Australia beat Pakistan by 41 runs in 17th match of 2019 World Cup

[IMMY69]

Another brainless pull shot...
Can't blame Hasan Ali too much for his batting...

Pitty he couldn't go on for another few more overs...

 

[Asif321]

This is going to hurt pakistan semi final chances

 

[Justcrazy]

Hassan played well here , being a bowler he did his job. The main issue was middle order

Even Babaar is just content to remain a good batsman , he has not taken his game to next level. He alone cannot win games on his own.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Hasan did his job. Now amir and wahab need to support sarfu.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Hmm if Hasan just realize the capability he has with the bat he can also look to capitalize after hitting some boundaries. Instead of trying to look like he's slogging

 

[Rayyman]

If Wahab scores a fifty we win

 

[Chokli]

Feel free to educate me.

Why exactly should we insist with Imam with many question marks on his selection just because the rest of the batting is prone to collapse? Why not look for better alternatives who are able to play like modern ODI batsmen?

Question marks on his selection?

Look at his average.

Do better alternatives grow on trees? Imam is a solid bat.

In the past 10 years we've had a plethora of openers yet none of them were as good as solid as Imam.

Imam is going to be the next captain.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

I can't believe this trundler Kane Richardson has picked up two wickets.he is very mediocre

 

[Rana]

108 to win from 96

Pak just making it too hard for themselves

 

[KingKhanWC]

50/50 game

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Whyyyyy

 

[JellyBro]

Feel free to educate me.

Why exactly should we insist with Imam with many question marks on his selection just because the rest of the batting is prone to collapse? Why not look for better alternatives who are able to play like modern ODI batsmen?

Wow excellent recommendation. Wonder why no one thought of that before. You should write to PCB about this revelation

 

[ARK Rafay]

108 needed of 96 wow. If we had batsman there

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Malik and Asif Ali must go.

Harris is needed for an actual batsmen.

We aren't consistent enough to have a power hitting luxury.

 

[BD Tigers]

[MENTION=64897]ronaldo[/MENTION] 7

Where are you hiding?

 

[unemployedgm]

Agree. But the most legend batsman for Pakistani fans is boom boom Afridi

Shahid Afridi had 0 Mental Toughness.

 

[hur rizvi]

Run rate never was a problem

Sad sad chase

 

[AFM]

More than enough time to still get the runs. Just need a partership.

Amir and Whahab can hold a bat. Should support Sarfraz.

 

[Syed1]

Starc into the attack game over

 

[Baigel]

Well played Hassan!

 

[Ronaldo7]

[MENTION=64897]ronaldo[/MENTION] 7

Where are you hiding?

At least tag me properly

 

[MMHS]

Hasan Ali has lot more potential than Asif Ali as an enforcer. And, to think that PCT management spent 2 years to extract an "all-rounder" out of Faheem Ashraf, pushing Hasan, Amir to 9-10-11 ... some one needs to be sacked for this only. In fact, in T20s, Hasan could be used as a floating pinch hitter - he is better hitter of fast bowling in PCT than everyone apart from Babar & MoHa.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Run rate is actually still very gettable if Sarfraz can do the batting instead of the tailenders.

 

[Rana]

Theyve sent the wrong guy out. Amir should have batted ahead of Wahab

 

[Syed1]

IDK what our management was doing playing both Malik and Asif. Absolute garbage players

 

[xbronze]

Nothing to worry Pakistan fans. At least Pakistan has gun bowlers unlike Indian trundlers.

Jokes aside, if Sarfaraz ever needed a canvas to paint his ability to lead from the front, this match is it. Time for Sarfaraz to step up and shut the critics once and for all, today.

C'mon Saify you can do it!

 

[Fahdi]

Honestly Hassan has brought the RRR in check. If Sarfraz can bat till the end alongside Wahab and Amir we can win this.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Wahab is sent before Amir? I feel the plan is to go for it. If Wahab hits 30 odd, we will be 60-70 runs away.

 

[Madplayer]

108 needed of 96 wow. If we had batsman there

Asking rate was never a problem. The pitch isnt too bad either. They just needed to take the game deep. Even if they had to score 75 in last 10, it was easily doable.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Even Finch is a Aloo. Hassan Ali need to work on his mental side of the game. He can be a handy allrounder.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Hassan doesn't have the batting talent to survive for long but he does have the ability to slog a few quick runs.

Hassan was playing to his strengths and hoping he can get us close.

I would have sent Amir before Wahab and Hassan and try give Hassan & Wahab a chance to slog us to victory with 50-ish runs required.

 

[ARK Rafay]

That Hafeez's wicket was game changer

 

[JellyBro]

20 odd from wahab and amir and I think we may have an outside chance. All depends on sarfaraz though. I have 0 faith In his abilities

 

[Boi]

Starc back to get some cheap wickets and maintain his stats.

 

[Chokli]

At least tag me properly

) Too funny

 

[Asif321]

It was easy had imam and Hafeez not made blunder

 

[captain.hansolo]

how did you guys bottle this? i mean 307 is such a pedestrian total.

was the game against england a total fluke?

 

[Fahdi]

We needed Harris and Shadab to play today.

 

[Madplayer]

Wahab is sent before Amir? I feel the plan is to go for it. If Wahab hits 30 odd, we will be 60-70 runs away.

Wont happen. Sarfaraz just isnt talented enough to pull this off. If there was a talented hitter like Pandya or Butler, we could have had some hope. But not with sarfaraz.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Another brainless pull shot...
Can't blame Hasan Ali too much for his batting...

Pitty he couldn't go on for another few more overs...

He came out fighting, bought some pride back.

The next 3 tailenders can bat and need to show the same determination but perhaps in a different style as the RR is not big at all.

 

[hur rizvi]

That Hafeez's wicket was game changer

Imam

 

[NeVerMind]

Malik and Asif Ali must go.

Harris is needed for an actual batsmen.

We aren't consistent enough to have a power hitting luxury.

Bring Shadab and Haris for both of them...but we need mental strength which I doubt any replacements have...

 

[ahmadharis1]

Next match

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Sarfraz Ahmed
3. Babar Azam
4. Mohammad Hafeez
5. Haris Sohail
6. Asif Ali
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shadab Khan
9. Wahab Riaz
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Shaheen Afridi

 

[WCWinnerPakistan2019]

why captain is not telling hasan to calm down

Bolay ga tou bolo ge k bolta hai

 

[Ahmed216]

U cant expect to win when ur tail starts at 6 really considering maliks form these days.
Simple as that!

 

[hur rizvi]

Pakistan would have won if they batted 50 overs

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Mitch starc did say something to wahab in that 2015 world cup match if i remember correctly I m not sure though

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Sarfraz giving false hopes once again.

 

[Asif321]

This is bad before the India game
We didn’t needed such collapse

 

[Hasan123]

Try to take the game deep at least.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Imam

I don't have faith on Imam. As long as Hafeez was there we had 90% of winning

 

[Madplayer]

Will Pakistan have any hope of making semis after this disaster?

 

[Shafi]

Crossing 200 is a moral victory for us

 

[topspin]

Where's Mamoon to remind us "we deserve this humiliation"

 

[Syed1]

Will Pakistan have any hope of making semis after this disaster?

Can only drop one more match after this and that includes India, NZ, SA etc

 

[ILcricket]

103 off 90 - can be done

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Honestly Hassan has brought the RRR in check. If Sarfraz can bat till the end alongside Wahab and Amir we can win this.

Real question is if Sarfaraz has the mental toughness for this chase.
His body language does not suggest so.

 

[mon858]

He came out fighting, bought some pride back.

The next 3 tailenders can bat and need to show the same determination but perhaps in a different style as the RR is not big at all.

next 3???

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Wahab clueless!

 

[Ronaldo7]

Where's Mamoon to remind us "we deserve this humiliation"

So you want to get insulted?
Jeez...

 

[Syed1]

Where's Mamoon to remind us "we deserve this humiliation"

He already posted it here.... go a couple pages back

 

[Asif321]

This shows we should bat first no matter the wicket

 

[Rana]

Where's Mamoon to remind us "we deserve this humiliation"

Hes waiting for the game to actually finish.

 

[Chokli]

This shows we should bat first no matter the wicket

Indeed like the West Indies match.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Should have sent Shaheen to smack around as well.

 

[topspin]

He already posted it here.... go a couple pages back

Lool I know it was coming, he's so predictable

 

[ARK Rafay]

Mickey Arthur on TV

 

[Mueez]

Sarfraz needs to believe in himself.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Indeed like the West Indies match.

Windies had a fluky Win against us. That was the biggest fluke ever. More than an irl game in 07 wc.

 

[Ahmed216]

This power-hitting is the most overrated thing in ODI cricket.
U need batsmen who rotate strike well, play well under pressure against both spin and pace, and capable of hitting boundaries.

 

[Madplayer]

Can only drop one more match after this and that includes India, NZ, SA etc

Thanks. Is NRR going to play a part if we win 4 out of next 5 matches?

 

[ILcricket]

7.13 rr aint much

 

[Madplayer]

Windies had a fluky Win against us. That was the biggest fluke ever. More than an irl game in 07 wc.

It wasnt. WI almost beat Australia as well.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Thanks. Is NRR going to play a part if we win 4 out of next 5 matches?

Yes

 

[IMMY69]

Will Pakistan have any hope of making semis after this disaster?

Not in my view.
Thats why that Sri Lanka game was son crucial. We needed to pick up two points from that game.

I give us no chance of winning all five remaining games, then you add the weather factor and another rained off game is very likely..

 

[ARK Rafay]

Sarfraz needs to believe in himself.

He needs to revive his inner player that won us in CT17 against Sri Lanka

 

[lahoriyah1234]

How does a team make it to the semis with 4 & half wins?

Its not like aussies going to win every game and nzl, india, eng wont lose. Relax impatient pakistani fans.

 

[Syed1]

If we are all out at 207 our NRR drops by a further 2 points, so goes from -2.something to -4.something

 

[Cric_lover4487]

I think it is a good batting pitch. All Pak need is somebody to bat sensibly 50 overs. Too many soft dismissals: Barbar, Fakhar, Imam, Hafeez. Only Malik got out to a good delivery. I think if Sarfaraz plays till the end, Pak can win.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Windies had a fluky Win against us. That was the biggest fluke ever. More than an irl game in 07 wc.

We need a fluke now.