Australia v Pakistan | 1st T20I | Sydney | 3rd November, 2019 | Pakistan Innings

[Usman Chadda]

Babar proving he is the best batsman in Pakistan.

He is one of the best in the world. People don't understand he is the best at what he does, and that is accumulate. You can be a wonderful T20 bat, without going all crash-bang-wallop.

Babar would be even better with someone like Sharjeel or an in-form Fakhar at the other end.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

As an indian outsider-cant see the logic in 3 lH bowlers, i do understand they r all diff...but this is the ideal chance for your young teen pace guns, dunno what Azam and MUH and your management are thinking...it would have been so awesome to watch young quicks go flat out...

 

[CadPakFan]

Khushdil is exactly like Rizwan. Will be an embarrassment especially vs the pacers.

PPers and their logic of "who's not playing is better than the ones playing".

Asif is a hitter and can hit pace. Khushdil is like Rizwan.

How do you know for sure without trying him?

 

[Snowflake]

Can anyone check the weather radar? Look pretty glum!

 

[Hawkeye]

How do you know for sure without trying him?

Sure, do try him, but not by dropping a hitter.

Maybe drop Fakhar and then try him.

 

[Mercurial]

I don't know why have they selected Irfan and Wahab? We are back to 2015. You have Shaheen Afridi, who has a good height then why do you even need Irfan? There is no need for Wahab as well. Go for the youngsters, don't ruin the WC.

 

[ARK Rafay]

As an indian outsider-cant see the logic in 3 lH bowlers, i do understand they r all diff...but this is the ideal chance for your young teen pace guns, dunno what Azam and MUH and your management are thinking...it would have been so awesome to watch young quicks go flat out...

Perhaps they are looking for a win and therefore going with full strength. But if I were there I would play at least one young pacer.

 

[Mercurial]

Babar Azam is in a different league altogether, in the T20I format especially.

 

[ARK Rafay]

I don't know why have they selected Irfan and Wahab? We are back to 2015. You have Shaheen Afridi, who has a good height then why do you even need Irfan? There is no need for Wahab as well. Go for the youngsters, don't ruin the WC.

I was hoping they bring Rahat back in the mix as well. Then only Nasir Jamsheed's impact will be missing

 

[angrypathan]

I don't know why have they selected Irfan and Wahab? We are back to 2015. You have Shaheen Afridi, who has a good height then why do you even need Irfan? There is no need for Wahab as well. Go for the youngsters, don't ruin the WC.

Shaheen will definitely play the WC. He's just building up some fitness after contracting dengue so he can be ready for the tests

 

[LegendAli]

He is one of the best in the world. People don't understand he is the best at what he does, and that is accumulate. You can be a wonderful T20 bat, without going all crash-bang-wallop.

Babar would be even better with someone like Sharjeel or an in-form Fakhar at the other end.

That's the problem, In form Fakhar hasn't been seen for two plus years now.

 

[Hawkeye]

Babar rescuing us again.

Our batting is 85% dependent on him.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Heavy rain, I guess match will be called off.

 

[MMHS]

Is there any chance of further play today?

 

[Gullycricket]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] Babar has to carry a pathetic batting lineup while as Kohli has got back of some excellent players.This alone makes me rate Babar higher.Kohli I have seen **** bricks under pressure

 

[Danyaalr01]

Khushdil is exactly like Rizwan. Will be an embarrassment especially vs the pacers.

PPers and their logic of "who's not playing is better than the ones playing".

Asif is a hitter and can hit pace. Khushdil is like Rizwan.

Khushdil deserves a chance. Asif doesn't. He has been given a chance for a year and hasn't performed, his time is up. I don't know if Khushdil is better or not in international (we'll see when e actually gets a chance), but in domestic he has been way better and scores consistently at a good strike rate.

Your logic: Whoever is in the team must be better than whoever is on the bench or not in the squad.

 

[Darkrai]

Fakhar averages 9.8 in his last 11 innings

 

[imshally81]

Heavy Raining...

 

[Kaptan]

Looks like rain saved Pakistan

 

[hussain.r97]

Forecast says 4-6pm will be cloudy, no rain.

 

[Mean&Green]

Looks like rain saved Pakistan

More like Australia even if Pakistan made 150 and got warner early Australia wouldn’t be able to chase it they weren’t even tested for a minute against sir lanka

 

[iRfaN_LA]

If the ground drainage is good, we may get a 15 over game.

 

[Boi]

Simon Hughes on BT really loves the sound of his own voice. Apparently rain has stopped.

 

[Mesozoic]

More like Australia even if Pakistan made 150 and got warner early Australia wouldn’t be able to chase it they weren’t even tested for a minute against sir lanka

Yeah because Finch, Smith, Carey, Turner etc are tail enders.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Fakhar averages 9.8 in his last 11 innings

That is why we are seeing a different Fakhar Zaman.

 

[PakFan312]

Any update on whether the rain has stopped?

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Fakhar averages 9.8 in his last 11 innings

they should fast tracked sharjeel

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Weather is clear for the next 2 hours I think

 

[Ellipsism]

Any update on whether the rain has stopped?

It’s still pouring.

 

[Red Devil]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unfortunately the rain continues to fall in Sydney. We'll provide play updates when we get them.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AUSvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AUSvPAK</a> scorecard: <a href="https://t.co/A9S6xbX83z">https://t.co/A9S6xbX83z</a> <a href="https://t.co/faKzzGUstj">pic.twitter.com/faKzzGUstj</a></p>— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) <a href="https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1190855629469970432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[iRfaN_LA]

I doubt conditions will be playable after this. Game is done. Sucks!!

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Everyone here keep in mind, NONE of these players have ever played a t20 in australia before.

 

[Mamoon]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] Babar has to carry a pathetic batting lineup while as Kohli has got back of some excellent players.This alone makes me rate Babar higher.Kohli I have seen **** bricks under pressure

Of course you can believe whatever you want. Babar is better and mentally tougher than Kohli, Pakistan is the best T20 side in the world and would smash India in this format etc. etc.

 

[Mean&Green]

Of course you can believe whatever you want. Babar is better and mentally tougher than Kohli, Pakistan is the best T20 side in the world and would smash India in this format etc. etc.

You don’t have to be sarcastic aunty all the time he’s stating facts kohli has always crumbled under pressure on the big stage in crunch situations and he’s yet to play a test match winning innings

 

[imshally81]

Cover is coming off....

 

[DRsohail]

Good news.

 

[DRsohail]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] tagging you again here. How was Rizuu compared to specialist captain.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

You don’t have to be sarcastic aunty all the time he’s stating facts kohli has always crumbled under pressure on the big stage in crunch situations and he’s yet to play a test match winning innings

Lol

 

[Jeetlodil]

You don’t have to be sarcastic aunty all the time he’s stating facts kohli has always crumbled under pressure on the big stage in crunch situations and he’s yet to play a test match winning innings

kohli himself will repent this and because of this there have been talks of replacing him as the Indian captain.

 

[MMHS]

15 overs' game - Aussies likely to face a target around 125.

 

[Boi]

15 overs a side. So 2 more overs. Need to get upto 110ish so that the adjusted score is competitive.

 

[Mean&Green]

I don’t get th this concept of this 20 mins loss and the match gets reduced to 15 overs why can’t they just play the 20 overs plus I get it the tv rights and broadcasting times but cricket doesn’t have a set time it could finish sooner or later so why all this ** Why not just make it 20 overs

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rizwan was never a t20 player. Fawad alam played around 30 t20s and only 3 test matches pcb works in mysterious ways.

 

[Mean&Green]

kohli himself will repent this and because of this there have been talks of replacing him as the Indian captain.

I don’t wanna get into that debate cause this is not a thread for that but most Indians here agree with this as well that he’s yet to play a big innings on the big stage under pressure in a big match and also a test match winning innings

 

[imshally81]

15 overs game...
MOM... M Rizwan...

 

[Shafi]

So 15 overs!!! Rain always hamper our progress.

 

[Mamoon]

You don’t have to be sarcastic aunty all the time he’s stating facts kohli has always crumbled under pressure on the big stage in crunch situations and he’s yet to play a test match winning innings

What is the confusion? As I said, you can believe anything you want.

You can also add that Kohli is not a Test match winner to the list of things you believe in. It is your world and your choices. No one has to rain your parade.

 

[hussain.r97]

15 over game, will Pakistan's total be adjusted?

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Of course you can believe whatever you want. Babar is better and mentally tougher than Kohli, Pakistan is the best T20 side in the world and would smash India in this format etc. etc.

And the Mamoon is the most bitter person on PP? Oh no that would be right.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rizwan has totally killed the match for pakistan.

 

[Mamoon]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] tagging you again here. How was Rizuu compared to specialist captain.

Sorry I post from my phone so I don’t check notifications. He is not an explosive player but did well within his limitations. He is better than Sarfraz and that is all that matters. He is not competing with Buttler and Bairstow.

 

[Mamoon]

And the Mamoon is the most bitter person on PP? Oh no that would be right.

If you believe so.

 

[ARK Rafay]

So maximum of 110 Pakistan can get?

 

[Mercurial]

Now that it is a 15 overs game, don't see us winning. We will score 110 max. It will be an easy chase for them. I blame Fakhar and Haris for their recklessness. Rizwan was decent in stabilising the ship.

 

[imshally81]

Now that it is a 15 overs game, don't see us winning. We will score 110 max. It will be an easy chase for them. I blame Fakhar and Haris for their recklessness. Rizwan was decent in stabilising the ship.

I blame M Rizwan...

 

[ARK Rafay]

There goes the match.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Now babar is in fix ke 50 kerun ya shots khelun.

 

[MMHS]

Score will be adjusted - 14 balls remaining; based on wickets at hand anything between 15 to 35 will be added to PAK's final total. My hunch is PAK will end like 105/6, and target will be around 125.

 

[Shafi]

Easy win for Australia. Hopefully we will get rid of Misbah soon

 

[imshally81]

Should be wide..

 

[shah_1]

Rizwan is match ka mujrim

 

[iRfaN_LA]

they need to adjust thie score per dl

 

[saeedhk]

Babar needs to up the ante.

 

[Shafi]

Score will be adjusted - 14 balls remaining; based on wickets at hand anything between 15 to 35 will be added to PAK's final total. My hunch is PAK will end like 105/6, and target will be around 125.

Australia will chase it by 10 overs. Irfan/Wahab will be murdered

 

[shah_1]

Strugging

 

[ARK Rafay]

100 hi krlo

 

[shah_1]

Out

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Score will be adjusted - 14 balls remaining; based on wickets at hand anything between 15 to 35 will be added to PAK's final total. My hunch is PAK will end like 105/6, and target will be around 125.

140+

 

[Shafi]

Our batsmen don't have power to hit 6s

 

[Snowflake]

What a silly adjustment this is

 

[Indiafan]

they need to adjust thie score per dl

They will after innings is over

 

[JibranAnsari]

Asif alis final tour i think

 

[msb314]

Asif is rubbish

 

[imshally81]

50 for babar..

 

[Snowflake]

Just kills the game for the batting side when this happens

 

[Usman Chadda]

Richardson, with 120 KPH slower balls, the most successful bowler on show today. Who would've thought that in Australia

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Rizwan is not a natural stroke maker, can't blame him if he was sent into this position. He may be a good ODI player but not suited for T20s.

Rain really killed us today.

 

[Shafi]

As expected our team will perform even worse than SL. This guy Asif is not a batsman at all.

 

[Mercurial]

I blame M Rizwan...

Keep on blaming him, lol. He played a decent knock.

 

[ahmedzee]

The overs adjustments and such silly rules is the reason cricket is losing its popularity. Don’t forget the farce that was World Cup final.

They have the whole day in front of them. Why not just go with 20 overs? Now it’s advantage Australia all of a sudden. Pakistan was looking good before the rain.