Bangladesh v Pakistan | 2015 World Cup | Warm-up Match | 9th February 2015 | Sydney

[adnan yasin]

So we need a 15 players in our side to chase a total of 250 odd.. Encouraging signs these

We need positive batting approach in chasing the total..... we dont need 60 SR even when 2 wickets are down cheaply.

Million times been said...they need to rotate the strike ... single doubles will ease the pressure ...its not RISKY BATTING its basic.

They need to learn that .. but first our captain need to learn that

 

[angrypathan]

2

woops that was

 

[Arsal_AK]

So we need a 15 players in our side to chase a total of 250 odd.. Encouraging signs these

This is the regular batting order....

Where did the 15 come from??

 

[Bullet Drive]

16 off 24.

Lesson is to drop YK!

 

[iHammad]

9 from the over

7 off 18

 

[axl100mph]

He has done it in the past, although yes most of the time he bottles it under pressure.

He can only hit trundlers on low bouncing tracks or medkocre spinners. Anything short and he cant get it off the square. An extremely limited batsman. Cant hook or pull efficiently, neither has the bat speed to play horizontal shots. U cannot smash 140 plus back of a length stuff straight down the ground on pitches with bounce unless u hv a great eye and he doesn't.
Did u not see how he struggled in the last odi vs nz and could nt get the ball off the square when it was pitched short

 

[adnan yasin]

by Maqsood????

i guess

 

[Ottoman]

Well done Maqsood.

 

[waleed88]

Younis should be dropped in place of maqsood and sarfaraz should be played as an opener.

 

[Bullet Drive]

This is the regular batting order....

Where did the 15 come from??

Wrong.

We played 5 specialist bowlers which means we should have had 6 batsman + Afridi, instead we used 7 batsman + Afridi which is an extra bat.

 

[angrypathan]

7 needed off 3 overs

 

[iHammad]

Maqsood 88 from 87 balls, this is the guy that has been warming the bench for Younis Khan

 

[NZcricketfan]

Younis should be dropped in place of maqsood and sarfaraz should be played as an opener.

sarfraz should not be anywhere near the team. I looked at his batting style in the uae and just knew he would fail miserably here

 

[waleed88]

The team management did this with Shoaib akhtar, benched him with wahab.
Media had a tremendous outpour when shoaib akhtar did not make the starting 11 but that proved to be the right decision.

 

[Abdullah]

Only gonna happen after world cup though. Knowing Our lot tho they probably bring in shafiq and Azhar at 3 n 4

 

[iHammad]

And afridi's out

 

[Bullet Drive]

Afridi

 

[angrypathan]

Afridi out

 

[adnan yasin]

maqsoods innings showed that, he has the caliber to build the inning when chasing in a nice pace.

i think he has shown his caliber when he made a debut against SA.... after that they just start shuffling his batting order up and down
he is mentally strong. PCB and management just dont know how to nurture a talent.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

lost it in the last 5 overs of your batting innings. should have played nasir hossain

Yes you are right, we don't really have a power hitter like a Faulkner or a Rochi, all we have is Nasir who is as good as Behradein or Sabbir who is a hit or miss.

 

[asifp]

so now ideally our playing XI for the first match would be

Jamshed, Ahmed S, Harris S, Misbah, Umar A, Maqsood, Lala, Yasir S, 3 bowlers

Unless they play Sarfraz, cant see YK now getting in over Maqsood or Harris or Umar A

 

[Ottoman]

Lala gone.

Only Pakistan can make a match of this.

 

[waleed88]

sarfraz should not be anywhere near the team. I looked at his batting style in the uae and just knew he would fail miserably here

Better than younis playing imo.

The discussion is being implied on merit, sarfaraz has been pakistan's player of the year in 2014. No way is younis even close to that.

 

[JamalAfridi]

Lala Gone trying to hit six of Shakib

 

[adnan yasin]

as expected shakib will get a phainty by LALA or he will get him

 

[iHammad]

Wahab in , 6 off 15 to win

 

[justarslan]

maqsoods innings showed that, he has the caliber to build the inning when chasing in a nice pace.

This is the benefit of playing 2 years of league cricket in England.

I have said in the past that if our player cannot get county contract, they should try league cricket in UK and it will not just improve their cricket but it will make them mentally stronger as well.

 

[Arsal_AK]

And afridi's out

No brains at all. After playing 400 matches. Pathetic.

And this is why Afridi at any position other than 8 is a big NO.

 

[adnan yasin]

6 runs need of 15 balls .. with 3 wickets in hand.

 

[iHammad]

4 to win off 2 overs

 

[angrypathan]

4 runs needed off 2 overs

 

[JamalAfridi]

This should be lineup:

1. Shehzad
2. Sarfaraz
3. Harris
4. Maqsood
5. Misbah
6. Akmal
7. Afridi
8. Wahab
9. Yasir Shah
10. Sohail Khan/Rahat/Adil who cares
11. Irfan

 

[uberkoen]

Pathetic performance from the entire team bar Irfan and Maqsood.

 

[Bullet Drive]

The team management did this with Shoaib akhtar, benched him with wahab.
Media had a tremendous outpour when shoaib akhtar did not make the starting 11 but that proved to be the right decision.

Shoaib thinks Gul replacedh im.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

How many matches has Afridi thrown with this sheer stupidity

 

[angrypathan]

Pakistan win

 

[Bullet Drive]

4 to win. Was hoping Maqsood coulda made a ton

 

[angrypathan]

Maqsood ending up on 93, well played, can't believe he wasn't played in New Zealand

 

[JamalAfridi]

No brains at all. After playing 400 matches. Pathetic.

And this is why Afridi at any position other than 8 is a big NO.

Relax. He played part in crusual partnership and basically won the game.

Well played Maqsood.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Pathetic performance from the entire team bar Irfan and Maqsood.

Haris, Akmal, Maqsood, Irfan, Yasir, Afridi all did well. Chill.

 

[Watsupdoc]

throwing it away just before the win...

Great knock from Maqsood though!

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Maqsood may have just sealed his spot in the top 11!!!

 

[adnan yasin]

finally

Fantastic knock by Maqsood .. umar and haris sohail... with a cameo by Afridi in the end

 

[Jamxclusive]

Younis Khan is shitttttt! What the hell selection team was thinking ???????!

 

[akamaka]

Shoaib thinks Gul replacedh im.

Well of course he is going to say that, but gul had been our best bowler going into that semi final . He performed against sri lanka, NZ, WI, Aus, it was only in the semi final where sehwag and raina took him apart and even then he went for 60 off his 10 overs.

 

[Yatoo]

Our one and only win in this tour.

 

[waleed88]

Shoaib thinks Gul replacedh im.

That's bs, Umar gul upto that point was the best bowler fast bowler in our lineup.
Had fantastic figures vs Newzealand Zimbabwe Australia in the tournament uptil that point. Shoaib got tonked around vs Nz but gully was miles ahead of him.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Maqsood is a class above everyone else in team when it comes to chasing.

Chased 270 odd in SL( highest run-chase till date there).
Followed by chasing 340 in 40 overs against Wahab, Raza, Talha and others.

And now this. Not to mention a good 40 odd( runout) va Ind in Asia cup as well.


Still cant find a place in this team. Mindbogling just mindbogling.

 

[asifp]

to be honest with everyone fit this could hvae been a pretty decetn team

Shehzad, Hafeez (with cleared action), Umar, Harris, Misbah, Maqsood, Sarfraz, Afridi, Yasir , Riaz, Irfran

 

[NZcricketfan]

good luck against england in two days. you are going to need it

 

[Abdullah]

This is the regular batting order....

Where did the 15 come from??

It won't be tho. Afridi has to bat 7 to accommodate 5th bowler in absence of hafeez

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Well played Pakistan :

We brought back Akmal's form

 

[Arsal_AK]

Relax. He played part in crusual partnership and basically won the game.

Well played Maqsood.

He never did win the game. Maqsood did, followed by Umar, Haris and Yasir.

 

[asifp]

Maqsood is a class above everyone else in team when it comes to chasing.

Chased 270 odd in SL( highest run-chase till date there).
Followed by chasing 340 in 40 overs against Wahab, Raza, Talha and others.

And now this. Not to mention a good 40 odd( runout) va Ind in Asia cup as well.


Still cant find a place in this team. Mindbogling just mindbogling.

because cry baby YK thinks its his God Given birth right to be playing this WC.

guy should be sent back and Fawad Alam flown in

 

[waleed88]

Maqsood is a class above everyone else in team when it comes to chasing.



Chased 270 odd in SL( highest run-chase till date there).

Followed by chasing 340 in 40 overs against Wahab, Raza, Talha and others.



And now this. Not to mention a good 40 odd( runout) va Ind in Asia cup as well.





Still cant find a place in this team. Mindbogling just mindbogling.

Agreed. His knock vs Lahore lions in the pentagular cup has been his best so far.
Took wahab talha raza hasan to the cleaners.
Virat kohli esque how he managed to be the main man to chase down a 320 odd total in 45 overs.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Maqsood should replace Younis khan in team for the game against India.

 

[Jamxclusive]

Younis khan should be sent home ... Misbah had a rough day! He should be more agressive !!!

 

[waleed88]

Younis khan should be sent home ... Misbah had a rough day! He should be more agressive !!!

Captain came in at 7.

If Michael Clarke batted at no.7 he would struggle too.

 

[Jamxclusive]

Bangladesh innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
Anamul Haque c Sohaib Maqsood b Sohail Khan 0 7 7 0 0 0.00
Tamim Iqbal b Yasir Shah 81 165 109 5 0 74.31
Mominul Haque c Haris Sohail b Mohammad Irfan 7 23 13 0 0 53.84
Mahmudullah run out (Ahmed Shehzad) 83 129 109 5 0 76.14
Shakib Al Hasan c Ahmed Shehzad b Mohammad Irfan 31 38 30 3 0 103.33
Mushfiqur Rahim† b Yasir Shah 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Soumya Sarkar c †Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 15 25 17 1 0 88.23
Sabbir Rahman c Misbah-ul-Haq b Mohammad Irfan 6 15 5 1 0 120.00
Mashrafe Mortaza* c †Umar Akmal b Mohammad Irfan 2 8 5 0 0 40.00
Arafat Sunny c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Irfan 0 4 3 0 0 0.00
Rubel Hossain not out 0 1 0 0 0 -
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 17) 21
Total (all out; 49.5 overs) 246 (4.93 runs per over)
Did not batAl-Amin Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Anamul Haque, 0.6 ov), 2-16 (Mominul Haque, 6.1 ov), 3-184 (Mahmudullah, 39.1 ov), 4-190 (Tamim Iqbal, 40.3 ov), 5-190 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 40.4 ov), 6-231 (Soumya Sarkar, 46.6 ov), 7-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 47.4 ov), 8-244 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 49.1 ov), 9-246 (Sabbir Rahman, 49.2 ov), 10-246 (Arafat Sunny, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Mohammad Irfan 9.5 1 52 5 5.28 (4w)
Sohail Khan 6 0 18 1 3.00 (1w)
Wahab Riaz 10 0 51 1 5.10 (4w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 56 0 5.60 (2w)
Yasir Shah 10 0 42 2 4.20 (1w)
Haris Sohail 4 0 23 0 5.75
Pakistan innings (target: 247 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
Ahmed Shehzad c Anamul Haque b Mashrafe Mortaza 5 18 10 0 0 50.00
Sarfraz Ahmed c Anamul Haque b Rubel Hossain 1 9 10 0 0 10.00
Younis Khan c Shakib Al Hasan b Taskin Ahmed 25 60 41 2 0 60.97
Haris Sohail c Soumya Sarkar b Mahmudullah 39 92 55 1 1 70.90
Sohaib Maqsood not out 93 129 90 9 2 103.33
Umar Akmal† c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 39 37 41 3 1 95.12
Misbah-ul-Haq* b Taskin Ahmed 10 24 19 0 0 52.63
Shahid Afridi c Arafat Sunny b Shakib Al Hasan 24 22 20 3 0 120.00
Wahab Riaz not out 2 4 3 0 0 66.66
Extras (lb 3, w 6) 9
Total (7 wickets; 48.1 overs) 247 (5.12 runs per over)
Did not batMohammad Irfan, Sohail Khan, Ehsan Adil, Nasir Jamshed, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 1.6 ov), 2-8 (Ahmed Shehzad, 4.1 ov), 3-52 (Younis Khan, 15.1 ov), 4-103 (Haris Sohail, 24.2 ov), 5-166 (Umar Akmal, 36.4 ov), 6-199 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 42.2 ov), 7-240 (Shahid Afridi, 47.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza 10 0 50 2 5.00 (1w)
Rubel Hossain 8 1 32 1 4.00
Taskin Ahmed 7 0 41 2 5.85 (4w)
Soumya Sarkar 3 0 18 0 6.00
Shakib Al Hasan 10 0 45 1 4.50 (1w)
Arafat Sunny 4.1 0 31 0 7.44
Mahmudullah 4 0 17 1 4.25
Sabbir Rahman 2 0 10

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Team management will come out and say that Younus was critical to the chase as he negotiated the moving ball when early wickets fell and left the middle and lower order an opportunity to express themselves. Just like in '92 with Imran.

Needless to say I don't agree with this inane logic for all the reasons that PPers have been going on about for the last 6 months and I want him out of the team.

However, it would be delusional to convince yourself that Younus will not play against India. He is going to play.

 

[CricketBuff]

Younis Khan is shitttttt! What the hell selection team was thinking ???????!

It should have been Fawad Alam in place of YK.

 

[Barragan]

Spot on [MENTION=136113]Barragan[/MENTION].

Unfortunately, knowing the management we will see misbah back to no. 4 and his usual tuk tuk, which will suck the life out of the innings.

They will also carry on playing team man.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shehzad, Jamshed, Haris, Maqsood & Akmal all in one line up is something I simply cannot wait for. I hope and pray that it happens.

 

[wazzy]

so now ideally our playing XI for the first match would be

Jamshed, Ahmed S, Harris S, Misbah, Umar A, Maqsood, Lala, Yasir S, 3 bowlers

Unless they play Sarfraz, cant see YK now getting in over Maqsood or Harris or Umar A

This looks a lot better.

 

[Jamxclusive]

Lol big difference between both. misbah is not like him! Clarke is better thn misbah

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

good luck against england in two days. you are going to need it

If we reach 200 against England's seam attack I will consider it a moral victory.

 

[faizanj]

sarfraz should not be anywhere near the team. I looked at his batting style in the uae and just knew he would fail miserably here

Agree. Both Younis and Sarfaraz should be dropped. Jamshed and Sohaib in

 

[waleed88]

Lol big difference between both. misbah is not like him! Clarke is better thn misbah

I agree on this. But give the guy a break. Its just a warm up. He's been coming good the past 4 games in NZ.

 

[Jamxclusive]

World cup should banned tuk tuk players LOL i swear!!! Kills the game! Misbah is retiring from odi inshallah soon! So i cant wait

 

[Jamxclusive]

I do that every match lol ... Lets see if i can survive!

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Anamul, Arafat Sunny and Mominul are a total waste. Anamul will have a hard time.

1. Tamim
2. Soumya Sarkar
3. Shakib
4. Riyadh (boss)
5. Mushy
6. Nasir
7. Sabbir
8. Mash (don't bowl death over, finish your quota before 41st over)
9. Rubel Hossain
10. Al Amin Hossain
11. Taskin Ahmed

 

[Aman]

Congrats to Pakistan

Guess the 92 planning is off with the win in a warm up match

 

[fadydaddy]

I would have had the following playing XI for the WC

Shehzad, Sarfaraz, Fawad, Babar, Harris, Misbah, Afridi, Yasir, Wahab, Irfan, Rahat.

If any batsman in doesn't work, then replace with Umar Akmal.

But alas, this is not going to happen. We are going to return from this cup without enhancing a world tournament experience of most of the players who will be representing pakistan in a few months time.

 

[AZulfi]

Not a convincing win

 

[Ottoman]

Congrats to Pakistan

Guess the 92 planning is off with the win in a warm up match

sadly

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

I have a feeling we might lose to Ireland.

 

[superman]

There must be a way to make the PCB drop younus or should we just pray for an injury to him (which is really wrong on all moral levels but we need #selfishkhanout)

 

[habibi hayya]

Team man needs to go.....Please PCB do something right for once.

 

[Justcrazy]

should not play against India.

 

[Aman]

I have a feeling we might lose to Ireland.

That was always the case?