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England U19 (210) defeat Pakistan U19 (173) by 37 runs in match 4 of U19 World Cup 2026

Why is Subhan farming all the strike? Kaptaana hiding, learning well from the great mentor Sarfi.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
Hamza probably is the best wicket keeper we ever had at any level. I don't think any current International keepers are as good as him (talking about the glove work only)
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From hyping up every bowler pace by 15kph and now this after saying Ali Baloch is as good as that Indian opener. You hype them too much.
 
Pakistan need 78 runs from 76 balls. 3 wickets in hand.

It is tight. Can go either way. Pitch is slow.
 
khyberlion said:
From hyping up every bowler pace by 15kph and now this after saying Ali Baloch is as good as that Indian opener. You hype them too much.
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Normally a good poster but these days getting a bit carried away by the bubble of defeating India U19.

The batting is wafer thin with only Minhas having a bit of technique. Everyone else is not good enough and their basic fundamentals of batting are absolutely poor. The top order looks like glorified tail-enders with no release shots, no ability to manipulate the field, or maneuver the ball so it's always block or boom, nothing in between. None of the lower order players have any skill with the bat & the keeper is a proper hack.

The bowlers are all flawed and none of them are express. Ali Raza is an exception who has speed but he lacks the art of seam & swing.

The captain is also a total tool when it comes to strategy & shouldn't be allowed to have a free pass. The coaches should provide him with plans and get them implemented, the 10 over first spell of fast bowlers was a strategic blunder and might be the reason why we lost the match (Subhan should have been bowling after 7th over).
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Normally a good poster but these days getting a bit carried away by the bubble of defeating India U19.

The batting is wafer thin with only Minhas having a bit of technique. Everyone else is not good enough and their basic fundamentals of batting are absolutely poor. The top order looks like glorified tail-enders with no release shots, no ability to manipulate the field, or maneuver the ball so it's always block or boom, nothing in between. None of the lower order players have any skill with the bat & the keeper is a proper hack.

The bowlers are all flawed and none of them are express. Ali Raza is an exception who has speed but he lacks the art of seam & swing.

The captain is also a total tool when it comes to strategy & shouldn't be allowed to have a free pass. The coaches should provide him with plans and get them implemented, the 10 over first spell of fast bowlers was a strategic blunder and might be the reason why we lost the match (Subhan should have been bowling after 7th over).
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Not slating them because they lost the match, just saying that they are a very on-brand Pak team with one or two exceptional/better players while everyone else is mediocre at best.
 
In a way it's good , we normally go deep whenever we start badly , unbeaten stuff isn't for us, but from now on no more slip ups boys. And just hope rain don't have final say. Reverse is case with India generally , they start with bang and but get out of stems at last hurdle.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Normally a good poster but these days getting a bit carried away by the bubble of defeating India U19.

The batting is wafer thin with only Minhas having a bit of technique. Everyone else is not good enough and their basic fundamentals of batting are absolutely poor. The top order looks like glorified tail-enders with no release shots, no ability to manipulate the field, or maneuver the ball so it's always block or boom, nothing in between. None of the lower order players have any skill with the bat & the keeper is a proper hack.

The bowlers are all flawed and none of them are express. Ali Raza is an exception who has speed but he lacks the art of seam & swing.

The captain is also a total tool when it comes to strategy & shouldn't be allowed to have a free pass. The coaches should provide him with plans and get them implemented, the 10 over first spell of fast bowlers was a strategic blunder and might be the reason why we lost the match (Subhan should have been bowling after 7th over).
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He always does this every time with the u19s, last year he was saying all of our bowlers were 140lph lol.

As I said from the first ball when I watched this batch only one with potential is Sameer Minhas and the rest are poor in every aspect. Ahmed Hussain batting at 4 shows how poor the batting is. He's a terrific fielder but his batting is as bad as it gets.

Ali Raza night have pace but outside that there isn't much to like about him. As you mentioned he can't swing the ball and more worryingly he IQ is non existent. He's an awful fielding and a Chris Martin with the bat. Today run out of him was criminal.

Forgot to mention shayan who is probably the worst opener Pakistan has even taken at u19s level. No batting technique or any ability, which makes once wonder what on earth is the strand of our domestic u19s that such players are performing there and more worryingly what are the coaches doing with these players?
 
Farhan Yousaf’s half-century went in vain as England U19 beat Pakistan U19 by 37 runs in the Group ‘C’ match of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare on Friday. Pakistan will play their second fixture of the tournament against Scotland on Monday, 19 January at the same venue.

Chasing 211 to win, Pakistan were bowled out for 173 in 46.3 overs. Right-handed batter Farhan, who came in at number five with Pakistan at 28 for three, stitched a 26-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Ahmed Hussain, who scored 12 off 34 balls, including one four.

Following Ahmed’s dismissal, Huzaifa Ahsan and Hamza Zahoor were dismissed in quick succession as Pakistan slipped to 85 for six in 25.4 overs. Captain Farhan was then joined by Abdul Subhan and the pair added 48 runs for the seventh wicket. The partnership ended in the 38th over when Subhan was run out after scoring 14 runs, including two boundaries.

Farhan went on to complete his half-century off 72 balls. He was eventually dismissed in the 41st over for a fighting 65 off 86 balls, which included three fours and four sixes. Momin Qamar remained unbeaten on 18 off 28 balls, hitting one four and one six.

Earlier, after being put into bat, England were bowled out for 210 in 46.5 overs. Right-arm leg-spinner Ahmed claimed three wickets for 38 runs in his quota of 10 overs and also took a splendid catch off the bowling of Abdul Subhan. Right-arm fast bowler Subhan picked up two wickets, while Ali Raza and Momin also chipped in with two wickets each as England were dismissed in the 47th over.

For England, Caleb Falconer top-scored with 66 off 73 balls, including three fours and two sixes.


Scores in brief:

England beat Pakistan by 37 runs

England 210 all out, 46.5 overs (Caleb Falconer 66, Ben Dawkins 33; Ahmed Hussain 3-38, Abdul Subhan 2-24, Ali Raza 2-36, Momin Qamar 2-45)

Pakistan 173 all out, 46.3 overs (Farhan Yousaf 65, Momin Qamar 18 not out; Alex Green 2-21, James Minto 2-23, Ralphie Albert 2-23)

Player of the match – Caleb Falconer (England)
 
khyberlion said:
He always does this every time with the u19s, last year he was saying all of our bowlers were 140lph lol.

As I said from the first ball when I watched this batch only one with potential is Sameer Minhas and the rest are poor in every aspect. Ahmed Hussain batting at 4 shows how poor the batting is. He's a terrific fielder but his batting is as bad as it gets.

Ali Raza night have pace but outside that there isn't much to like about him. As you mentioned he can't swing the ball and more worryingly he IQ is non existent. He's an awful fielding and a Chris Martin with the bat. Today run out of him was criminal.

Forgot to mention shayan who is probably the worst opener Pakistan has even taken at u19s level. No batting technique or any ability, which makes once wonder what on earth is the strand of our domestic u19s that such players are performing there and more worryingly what are the coaches doing with these players?
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History should never be overlooked when making assumptions about the present. No batch of U19 for Pak has ever given us more than 2 or 3 decent/good players so it's kind of unfair/wrong to assume that this batch will deliver more than that.

U19 cricket is also not a fair assessment of a cricketer as the body is still growing so there shouldn't be extra outside pressure added on these kids. Because the team has been devoid of success & they beat India, the regime put unnecessary burden on these players by announcing big prize money and parading them like super saviors of Pak cricket.

Your observations are 100% valid & I agree with them. Even then I feel & despite their shortcomings that you have rightly pointed, Subhan, Raza & Minhas have potential & must be developed. Their true test, however, will come when they have to level up from the "small pond big fish to big pond small fish" that is domestic cricket & we'll see if they'll sink or swim.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
History should never be overlooked when making assumptions about the present. No batch of U19 for Pak has ever given us more than 2 or 3 decent/good players so it's kind of unfair/wrong to assume that this batch will deliver more than that.

U19 cricket is also not a fair assessment of a cricketer as the body is still growing so there shouldn't be extra outside pressure added on these kids. Because the team has been devoid of success & they beat India, the regime put unnecessary burden on these players by announcing big prize money and parading them like super saviors of Pak cricket.

Your observations are 100% valid & I agree with them. Even then I feel & despite their shortcomings that you have rightly pointed, Subhan, Raza & Minhas have potential & must be developed. Their true test, however, will come when they have to level up from the "small pond big fish to big pond small fish" that is domestic cricket & we'll see if they'll sink or swim.
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doesnt matter which sport you take, which team you take, if you can get 2 world class players from an under 19 batch, its amazing, thats why A cricket is so important, but pak doesnt prioritise it. it gives you a platform to compete in the large pond without not necessarily being good enough yet to justify that level cos winning is less important than player development.
 
khyberlion said:
From hyping up every bowler pace by 15kph and now this after saying Ali Baloch is as good as that Indian opener. You hype them too much.
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Last batch Ubaid and Zeeshan clocked 142 and 144k in PSL , this batch pacers are also very quick and I am not getting carried away as I will be proven right again when they bowl with a speed gun , Pace talent is there but batters and spinners are crap in this squad.

And I repeatedly said we are not going to win the worldcup with this batting lineup which is probably the worst U19 Pak batting lineup in its history.
 
2 years ago we used to play inter city U19 tournament with 36 teams playing 1 day and 3 day formats and then the performers get to play in 12 regions U19 tournament consisting of 1 day and 4 day format , but last year we didn’t have any U19 tournament and this year we only had one day cup where each team played 11 matches so it’s understandable why our batters are not trained at all.

They have shifted the focus from U19 domestic cricket in to school cricket which in the long run will pay more dividends.
 
U19 tournaments in the past had way too many over age players who were not eligible for U19 worldcup but they used to provide good competition to the eligible U19 players and now this competition is non existent.
 
Pathetic batting performance as expected... If sameer fails, this team is not gonna score much...
 
shamaan said:
Ali Bolach should play ahead of Shayaan.
Sayyam is twice as good as Zaib.
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Zaib need a fast pitch with good bounce to succeed because on a slow low pitch he becomes a cannon fodder because of his short height he doesn’t get any bounce at all to trouble the batters but yes he is quick through the air.
 
Looks like Samir is good against weaker attacks like Malasia and India , not so much against big and fast bolwers in big teams like England, hope he will prove me wrong in coming days.
 
Remember Zaib just two matches ago destroyed Afg batting lineup due to sheer pace and he made them dance, the same Afg batting lineup which destroyed Saf bowling attack yesterday.

He just need a better conditions due to his short height.
 
moghul said:
Looks like Samir is good against weaker attacks like Malasia and India , not so much against big and fast bolwers in big teams like England, hope he will prove me wrong in coming days.
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Zim and Afg also having good pacy pacers this time and the English pacers were not much quicker than them just more disciplined and consistent.
 
moghul said:
Looks like Samir is good against weaker attacks like Malasia and India ,
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I love when you guys start such chest thumping and making such big claims after one single innings. Because after that invariably that batsman never succeeds again against Indian attack ever again.

Happened with Jamshed. Happened with Fakhar. All the big claims and chest thumping after one single innings then fails next 100 times.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
Zaib need a fast pitch with good bounce to succeed because on a slow low pitch he becomes a cannon fodder because of his short height he doesn’t get any bounce at all to trouble the batters but yes he is quick through the air.
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Unfortunately you have to adapt according to the pitch and situation.
 
Sachin fan said:
I love when you guys start such chest thumping and making such big claims after one single innings. Because after that invariably that batsman never succeeds again against Indian attack ever again.

Happened with Jamshed. Happened with Fakhar. All the big claims and chest thumping after one single innings then fails next 100 times.
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Fakhar average is what in odis ?
 
Pakistan needs to do a better job in the batting department... The batting lineup is totally useless apart from Sameer.
 
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