Babar Azam "The turning point of the match was the dropped catch of Matthew Wade"

[Saj]

Babar Azam post match:

"The turning point of the match was the dropped catch of Matthew Wade. A new batter coming in then and it would have been a different scenario and maybe a different result"

"As a player you should always be on your toes and take any opportunity that arises"

"I thought we scored as many runs as we had planned in the first innings. I think if we give such teams a chance in the back end, it is going to be costly"

"The way we gelled and played the entire tournament, I am satisfied as a captain. Hopefully we'll learn from this for the next tournament. When you play so well throughout, there were small mistakes that cost us the match in the end"

"We gave players roles and they executed it really well. The way the crowds supported us, we enjoyed a lot as a team. We always enjoy playing here"

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

 

[Azrim_91]

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

Did the toss decide whether Hafeez bowls a double bounce ball.

Did it decide Hasan Ali’s no balls and awful 4 overs? Did it decide his dropped catch?


Yes, chasing is easier, but T20 is all about fine margins. Every ball counts, Pakistan did not make use of that, considering Australia in the field were also not their usual selves.

 

[Ramsay]

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

Is it the same case against India’s match?

Would you have lost the match, if India had won the toss and elected to field first?

 

[Barragan]

Turning point was bowling hassan's 4 overs!

Stoinis is weaker against spin and could have easily bowled out Imad.

Also, not bringing on Hafeez after the wicket of Finch was another big mistake.

Hafeez would have got Warner early and he was struggling against Hafeez (barring that mishap).

 

[Sycamore]

Weird because Waqar thinks that catch was meaningless, lots of former players trying to say no criticism allowed since you guys haven't played the game.

I mean Hasan shouldn't be abused, but surely going in the opposite direction isn't logical either?

 

[sweep_shot]

Babar is right.

That dropped catch was the decisive moment. Australia needed 20 runs from 10 balls. It was a crucial moment of the game.

 

[Kroll]

Babar shouldn’t be coming out with such statements. Its a time for unity and supporting each other, not a time for recrimination and the ostracisation of infividuals.

 

[Aman]

That's terrible to throw Hasan under the bus.

Abysmal from Babar really.

 

[Aman]

Babar is right.

That dropped catch was the decisive moment. Australia needed 20 runs from 10 balls. It was a crucial moment of the game.

A captain should be protecting his players, not calling for the knives of players who are already feeling bad.

Regardless of that drop, Aus were still favorites from there. Stonis, Starc and Cummins still there to hit a couple of boundaries.

 

[reversehook]

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

is toss hassan ali's middle name, if not then toss was not a factor ...

 

[The_KING]

Good on Babar for throwing Hasan Ali under the bus. Such an awful player deserves such humiliation.

 

[realitygaf]

That's terrible to throw Hasan under the bus.

Abysmal from Babar really.

Unite what . Tournament over for
Pakistan . Hassan ali won’t be going to Australia his career is over in white ball cricket

 

[Usman Chadda]

That's terrible to throw Hasan under the bus.

Abysmal from Babar really.

Hasan Ali lost us this match single-handedly. 44 runs in 4 overs and drops a crucial catch.

I’m speechless honestly. Babar should go bash his head in and rub it in the dirt for destroying our campaign tonight. Loser.

 

[realitygaf]

A captain should be protecting his players, not calling for the knives of players who are already feeling bad.

Regardless of that drop, Aus were still favorites from there. Stonis, Starc and Cummins still there to hit a couple of boundaries.

Babar already protected him by playing him regardless of form . Now that World Cup is over we know Hassan ali is enemy number 1 . No need to protect an investment which didn’t deliver

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Not the best post match interview by Pakistan captain .Literally putting it out there in public that one catch cost them the game,even though it might have but the job of the captain is to back his players and not blame him upfront .great captains wouldn’t even bring it up .

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Good on Babar for throwing Hasan Ali under the bus. Such an awful player deserves such humiliation.

More than Babar it is Hassan's own performance.

He was a having a bad tournament and Aussies exploited his toothless bowling.

"Winning combination" strikes!

 

[JaDed]

Terrible comment , considering what he said previously, this is stupid.

 

[Devadwal]

Hasan need to bowl well and catching practice instead of doing dancing at wagha border.

 

[realitygaf]

This is good from babar needs to stop protecting Hassan ali . We can’t be timid. Throw bad performers under the bus . Pakistan gave him 6 chances and he failed all 6 times. Should babar still defend Hassan ali ? Even he is likely fed up of Hassan Ali

 

[Ahmed216]

That's terrible to throw Hasan under the bus.

Abysmal from Babar really.

Agreed. Poor from Babar

 

[Aman]

Terrible comment , considering what he said previously, this is stupid.

It's really bad given Aus were favorites from that point. They also had the Warner dismissal go in their favor and Aus were able to finish with an over to spare.

Babar needs to accept Aus were just the better team and these things likely wouldn't have changed the outcome.

I mean Wade is less dangerous than Stonis, Cummins and Starc and he was able to finish the game against Afridi.

 

[Aman]

This is good from babar needs to stop protecting Hassan ali . We can’t be timid. Throw bad performers under the bus . Pakistan gave him 6 chances and he failed all 6 times. Should babar still defend Hassan ali ? Even he is likely fed up of Hassan Ali

Hasan is already down on himself now his captain has given the okay to trolls and Pakistani's to abuse him all over social media.

 

[Ismailtoca]

I think the captaincy wasn't great.

Imad shouldn't have bowled against Warner. And we should've bowled one or two more overs of spin instead of Hasan Ali

 

[realitygaf]

Hasan is already down on himself now his captain has given the okay to trolls and Pakistani's to abuse him all over social media.

Good time to give up your social media vlogs and concentrate on getting the batsman out

 

[castortroy]

Under lights that looked like the best wicket all tournament

T20 always favours the chasing team

 

[SaadAliG]

Hasan Ali lost us this match single-handedly. 44 runs in 4 overs and drops a crucial catch.

I’m speechless honestly. Babar should go bash his head in and rub it in the dirt for destroying our campaign tonight. Loser.

Guess who decided that he should be bowling out his quota? Babar himself.

Absolutely disgusting from Babar. Just mention that you played for a run a ball 39 then it's fair to throw the team mate under the bus if you'd jump with him.

It would've been okay had he simply mentioned it's a turning point, but he carries on with "you have to be on your toes" which is stupid. We missed 4 run out opportunities. It was still 18 for 9 after the catch and Shaheen didn't have to go straight after that.

No need to make Hassan villain here. This is Indian media level evil really.

 

[Araash]

Most Pakistan players are as usual devoid of statesman like leadership qualities and that includes providing analytical reasonings purely on technical level. Baber's statement reflects the same. There were many things that can be attributed to Pakistan's failing. First, the inability or lack of interest to take critical stock of their ever declining performance in every next match at the group level. Their batting kept getting exposed, inability to take advantage of powerplay, bowlers being inconsistent from one match to next. In the context of this match, a score of 190 would have given Pakistan some deep cushion given that Babar insisted on keeping the constantly misfiring Hasan in the playing 11. Not able to rotate bowlers according to the dynamics of second innings was also another crucial failure. Emad & Hasan's woeful overs and overall undisciplined bowling by Pak bowlers also played major roles in once again exposing Pakistan's major underlying fault lines.

 

[The_KING]

More than Babar it is Hassan's own performance.

He was a having a bad tournament and Aussies exploited his toothless bowling.

"Winning combination" strikes!

He should never play limited overs cricket again.

 

[castortroy]

Pak pace bowlers are too emotional

I have always said you can't have Rauf, Hasan and afridi in the team as they are too brittle mentally

 

[Sachin136]

You really shouldn't be saying things like these, even if it's obvious.

 

[TheSultan]

We lost the match bowling too many loose first balls of the over. Criminal.

Even though we got the top order, they’d put enough runs on the board to give the rest a fighting chance.

Also feel we didn’t keep the intensity up after maxwell got out.

If Hassan had to bowl at all he should have opened with shaheen. Hassan could have capitalised on shaheen and first over. Imad didn’t go for many in his first over but he really took the pressure off

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

A good captain will never say that in post match

What about his own slow batting and Shaheen's terrible bowling in 19th over ?

 

[Saj]

Surprised that Babar threw Hassan under the bus like that.

I thought he might have been a bit more diplomatic.

 

[PakEngFan]

Lol at people shaheen losing the game it that this clown Hasan it was the drop and his bowling. Get this clown gone. I can’t stand him. We were asking for it with picking this rubbish game after game and we paid the price. Thanks the management and Babar for sticking with him.

 

[ritzy_123]

I don't know what people are saying in this thread. It's obvious everyone knows the turning point of the match and if Babar stated the same thing I don't see anything wrong with that.

 

[Mobashir]

Surprised that Babar threw Hassan under the bus like that.

I thought he might have been a bit more diplomatic.

He did the right thing.

 

[Kroll]

Surprised that Babar threw Hassan under the bus like that.

I thought he might have been a bit more diplomatic.

Yep, I think he'll regret that now, but he will learn. No one is to blame, needed to have planned for a bigger total, scores of 170-175 are just too flaky in this format.

 

[Aman]

I don't know what people are saying in this thread. It's obvious everyone knows the turning point of the match and if Babar stated the same thing I don't see anything wrong with that.

How is a turning point when Aus were still on course to win regardless of whether Wade got out or not. At that point it was about boundaries, the more likely boundary hitters were Stonis, Starc and Cummins.

People are acting like Wade is Chris Gayle because he ended up smashing Afridi for the next 3 balls.

 

[pillionrider]

He did the right thing.

But Hasan won a lot of hearts today

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Surprised that Babar threw Hassan under the bus like that.

I thought he might have been a bit more diplomatic.

But that was the truth. That catch is your cup might be.

 

[Savak]

The lack of T-20 defensive bowling skills is what hurt Pakistani bowlers in the end. When you have a quality hitting T-20 batsman on song, the usual lengths like slower deliveries, full blooded yorkers will not work. You have to strategically bowl a defensive line where the fielders are placed perfectly, this is where Dhoni as T-20 and ODI captain was very good, i have seen him pull off many tight games with his on field captaincy where he gave the bowlers a plan and the bowlers stuck to it blindly without any questions.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Babar shouldn’t be coming out with such statements. Its a time for unity and supporting each other, not a time for recrimination and the ostracisation of infividuals.

I did like that coming from the captain himself. That is the heat of the moment, that’s is the way to go, can’t Meddle with such poor performance with the ball and then dropping a catch at such important phase of the game. If this things have happened in the past then Hafeez and Malik wouldn’t be playing in this World Cup.

 

[Asif321]

Pakistan missed a trick .going with 3 pacers is disaster . Australia love pace . Nawaz should have played .you could clearly see Australia give wickets to good spin

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Blaming a specific player for a loss is definitely a terrible idea.

Imagine Ms Dhoni blaming Yuvraj Singh for the wt20 final debacle.!

 

[Savak]

That's terrible to throw Hasan under the bus.

Abysmal from Babar really.

Can't blame a young inexperienced captain. He has every right to be emotional and let his feelings out in the heat of the moment. Hasan Ali has been poor for a while now and the captain has given him extra favours by playing him non stop. He didn't repay the faith

 

[Cric1234]

Hasan shouldn’t have played somebody like Raza Hasan would’ve been a better choice in UAE especially as Australia are weaker against spin and good against fast bowling.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan missed a trick .going with 3 pacers is disaster . Australia love pace . Nawaz should have played .you could clearly see Australia give wickets to good spin

Nawaz would have been massacred by Warner, Maxwell, Stoinos and Wade.

 

[srh]

Babar Azam post match:

"The turning point of the match was the dropped catch of Matthew Wade. A new batter coming in then and it would have been a different scenario and maybe a different result"

"As a player you should always be on your toes and take any opportunity that arises"

"I thought we scored as many runs as we had planned in the first innings. I think if we give such teams a chance in the back end, it is going to be costly"

"The way we gelled and played the entire tournament, I am satisfied as a captain. Hopefully we'll learn from this for the next tournament. When you play so well throughout, there were small mistakes that cost us the match in the end"

"We gave players roles and they executed it really well. The way the crowds supported us, we enjoyed a lot as a team. We always enjoy playing here"

Damn. Babar just throw Hasan under the bus.

His and Rizwan's slow batting is the main reason Pakistan was not able to post a winning score for Australia. Pakistan bowling was still able to make out a very challenging match. If Finch was not out in 1st over, Australia would have won this match in 16 overs.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Yep, I think he'll regret that now, but he will learn. No one is to blame, needed to have planned for a bigger total, scores of 170-175 are just too flaky in this format.

That was a very good total in this ground and nearly 10-15 runs above par

Imad shouldn’t have bowled the 3 over, Hafeez should bowled when Finch was gone , Warner would have struggled against him. Moreover Hasan Ali shouldn’t have trusted to bowl 4 overs he should have been stopped with 2 at max. Imad and Hafeez should have bowled 2 more overs.

Stoinis struggles against spin and if Hafeez can’t bowl against lefties , I don’t know why he is the team.

 

[Ahmed216]

Did the toss decide whether Hafeez bowls a double bounce ball.

Did it decide Hasan Ali’s no balls and awful 4 overs? Did it decide his dropped catch?


Yes, chasing is easier, but T20 is all about fine margins. Every ball counts, Pakistan did not make use of that, considering Australia in the field were also not their usual selves.

Aussies too bowled many no balls and dropped more catches than Pak. Their main bowler hazlewood also went for 49. That is how game goes.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Babar Azam post match:

"The turning point of the match was the dropped catch of Matthew Wade"

No it wasn't.
If it wasn't Wade, someone else could've scored the winning runs. Stoinis was still on the crease and he is bigger and better of a hitter than Wade can ever be.

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

Nope.
I have made at least 20 posts about this yesterday.

If you lose the toss and are put in to bat first, you MUST plan to score 195+ score.

But we were never interested in looking to this possibility.

We were targeting 175,and that's what we go.

And trust me, you cannot defend 175 against the likes of Aussies in these conditions.

It's neither Hassan Ali nor our bowling.

It was EXTREMELY POOR planning and prep to deal with a situation of batting first, and scoring those extra 20 runs. We never wanted it, we never got it.

177 is simply not defendable.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hasan Ali was a liability all way through the world cup. Yet he kept being picked that is babars fault, add to that he then stupidly gives him a 4th over when there was no need for it. So babar can take some blame aswell.

 

[dhawan]

Remember that Warner was not out in the first place. He was playing amazingly well.

 

[Kroll]

That was a very good total in this ground and nearly 10-15 runs above par

Imad shouldn’t have bowled the 3 over, Hafeez should bowled when Finch was gone , Warner would have struggled against him. Moreover Hasan Ali shouldn’t have trusted to bowl 4 overs he should have been stopped with 2 at max. Imad and Hafeez should have bowled 2 more overs.

Stoinis struggles against spin and if Hafeez can’t bowl against lefties , I don’t know why he is the team.

That's too many ifs and buts, top teams know they can knock off these runs if they still have a few wickets in hand going into the last few overs.

Better to try and get into the green zone, this is what the top tier teams try to do.

 

[shah_1]

Very poor from Babar Azam

Shaheen bowled trashed as well in the death. Shaheen sometimes is highly inconsistent in the death overs.

 

[tired1]

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

152-0

you can keep balming toss for your defeat and early from Worldcup lol

 

[PakLFC]

I am glad Babar has openly called Hasan the reason for Pak losing the match. No political correctness just call it the way it was. You expect bowlers to go for plenty of runs in T20 matches but there is always one crucial mishap that decides the result. In this match it was again Hasan's dropped effort. Why can this guy not catch?

 

[kukkad kamaal]

Babar's strike rate.. Pakistan scored only 71 runs in the first ten overs.

 

[ritzy_123]

How is a turning point when Aus were still on course to win regardless of whether Wade got out or not. At that point it was about boundaries, the more likely boundary hitters were Stonis, Starc and Cummins.

People are acting like Wade is Chris Gayle because he ended up smashing Afridi for the next 3 balls.

See everyone has own opinions. I personally feel as a Cricket Fan for more than 20+ years this catch would've given Pakistan the much needed boost at that time and the Australian tail can't just come and smash 3 sixes plus the dropped catch also costed 2 runs.

We all know in such crunch games anyone can win if such catches are taken.

 

[Hasan]

Babar is correct, the loss of the toss is a important disadvantage which needs to be overcome with big scores and excellent fielding. Pakistan did put on a competitive total and had the catch been taken the game would have swung significantly in Pakistan’s favour. So the drop at that point was indeed critical and Babar only said that which was obvious to any intelligent follower of the game. It is not having a go at Hasan Ali as no one intends to drop catches on purpose but drop catches do have consequences.

 

[PakLFC]

Captain saheb you also have to take some responsibility being too cautious at the start of the innings. After losing only a wicket or so after 10 overs we should have attacked much more in the second part of our innings. Our run rate is always behind other teams, this preserve our wickets then go crazy in the last three overs does not always work. I am having a go at Hassan Ali being sick of his poor fielding.

 

[Bilal7]

Hasan Ali lost us this match single-handedly. 44 runs in 4 overs and drops a crucial catch.

I’m speechless honestly. Babar should go bash his head in and rub it in the dirt for destroying our campaign tonight. Loser.

You need to go take your medication. Hasan did all he could; he's simply not suited for this format. The blame lies more on Babar for picking him for five consecutive games.

Regardless, it is just a game and people should not be getting so emotional.

 

[Bilal7]

Captain saheb you also have to take some responsibility being too cautious at the start of the innings. After losing only a wicket or so after 10 overs we should have attacked much more in the second part of our innings. Our run rate is always behind other teams, this preserve our wickets then go crazy in the last three overs does not always work. I am having a go at Hassan Ali being sick of his poor fielding.

175 is a winning score in Dubai. The batting has no issues.

 

[PakLFC]

You need to go take your medication. Hasan did all he could; he's simply not suited for this format. The blame lies more on Babar for picking him for five consecutive games.

Regardless, it is just a game and people should not be getting so emotional.

In every format catches have to be taken if the match is to be won

 

[realitygaf]

You need to go take your medication. Hasan did all he could; he's simply not suited for this format. The blame lies more on Babar for picking him for five consecutive games.

Regardless, it is just a game and people should not be getting so emotional.

yes we know this is all Hassan Ali could give. which shows he is unfit to play for Pakistan

 

[shamaan]

Babar shouldn’t be coming out with such statements. Its a time for unity and supporting each other, not a time for recrimination and the ostracisation of infividuals.

Sometimes it's needed espically when you backed that specific player throwout the tournament.

 

[shamaan]

Babar shouldn’t be coming out with such statements. Its a time for unity and supporting each other, not a time for recrimination and the ostracisation of infividuals.

Sometimes it's needed espically when you backed that specific player throwout the tournament.

 

[PakLFC]

175 is a winning score in Dubai. The batting has no issues.

The issue is we start slowly compared to other sides. 175 could be enough against many sides but not the Aussie machine. They have not won the WC so many times for no reason.

 

[shamaan]

Hassan Ali should rightly so be called out for the way he bowled and catch becouse Babar backed him in all the games throwout the world cup.

But Babar himself made some mistakes for example not bowling Shaheen for a third over.
Not giving a second over to hafeez.
If Hassan Ali was injured he should have fielded inside the circle.

 

[PakLFC]

Hassan should retire from the T20 format now. He just does not deliver at this level in the field or with the ball.

 

[Rana]

Hassan should retire from the T20 format now. He just does not deliver at this level in the field or with the ball.

Unless Hassan reinvents himself as a top order slogger. He isn’t a complete write off because he can still lick them better than the likes of Malik at least against decent pace bowling. If Sunil Narine can do it so then why should Hassan completely delete himself in this format?

 

[Bilal7]

The issue is we start slowly compared to other sides. 175 could be enough against many sides but not the Aussie machine. They have not won the WC so many times for no reason.

They have won the T20 WC zero times. Had that catch been taken or one of those two been run-out, Pakistan would have defended that score comfortably.

We start slowly but more than make up for it at the death, which is the best approach for this team. Not sure why anyone would have a problem with Babar and Rizwan opening, lol. You might as well drop Shaheen Afridi too.

 

[Major]

Babar captaincy lost us the game.

The guy was too animated in the field, shadab is vice captain yet he tried to console with hassan ali and kept backing him.

You guys can bash hassan all you want, look at hazlewood. He bowled worse.

Babr should had bowled imad another over. Even hafeez didnt bowl that bad if you ignore that no ball.

Babar kept panicking, should had got an over done by one of the spinners to save harris or hasan from bowling full qouta.

Also one drop catch didnt make us lose. Cumins can also hit and who knows what he would had done and stoinis wws there at the other end.

I dsint want to critisize babar, but if you gonna throw your player like that in public that lets first talk about your antics

 

[PakLFC]

Unless Hassan reinvents himself as a top order slogger. He isn’t a complete write off because he can still lick them better than the likes of Malik at least against decent pace bowling. If Sunil Narine can do it so then why should Hassan completely delete himself in this format?

Coz he is poor under pressure that we have repeatedly witnessed. Narine may be good for the Windies now does not mean Hassan is for Pak. This guy has let us down to many times in most crucial matches. We have to look at the current status quo not what he may become in the future. I am sure there are other's who can take his place in the side.

 

[Kroll]

Sometimes it's needed espically when you backed that specific player throwout the tournament.

I can understand Babar's frustration, but you would never see the English or Aussies throwing one of their player's under the bus immediately after a match. Even if that player cost the match.

You win as a team and you lose as a team. It's not as if the other players have never made a mistake or played poorly.

 

[fight_club]

Babar captaincy lost us the game.

The guy was too animated in the field, shadab is vice captain yet he tried to console with hassan ali and kept backing him.

You guys can bash hassan all you want, look at hazlewood. He bowled worse.

Babr should had bowled imad another over. Even hafeez didnt bowl that bad if you ignore that no ball.

Babar kept panicking, should had got an over done by one of the spinners to save harris or hasan from bowling full qouta.

Also one drop catch didnt make us lose. Cumins can also hit and who knows what he would had done and stoinis wws there at the other end.

I dsint want to critisize babar, but if you gonna throw your player like that in public that lets first talk about your antics

Aren't you the same guy who was blindly supporting this "Management" decision of not experimenting
at all in any way against meaningless games. I believe Rizwan is the best guy to lead this team and not Babar. Don't understand this insecurity or sticking to the same combination to keep few members happy

Sport can be very ruthless and the near you are to your target the more it tend to hurt. Nawaz who has ability to turn the ball would have been a better option against Aussies but then "Stick with the winning
combination" blah blah doesn't improve your obvious weakness.

Success can blind you and defeat can teach you, however those are ready to learn even in success do become real Champ. Sadly This team did very well but their mentality is not that of a champion and this statement of Babar is a very poor statement putting entire blame on Hasan

 

[nam]

Sadly , turning point was the toss..
When Babar lost the toss, match was lost 80%.

why do we even play then. let's just decide matches using coin toss and hand over the cup to winner. genius.

 

[shaz619]

Surprised that Babar threw Hassan under the bus like that.

I thought he might have been a bit more diplomatic.

Babar looked to throw his toys out the pram the moment anything went wrong, not good signs for Pakistan fans if this continues, the team needs a calming influence in these situations and he could learn a thing or two before scapegoating someone

 

[shokz1408]

Yup, like most fans believe to be the case. That was the biggest moment in the 2nd innings, it would have kept Pakistan interested until the last over had that catch been taken.