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Federal Areas [254/5] defeat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [252] by 5 wickets to win Pakistan One-Day Cup 2018

Match Eight

May 2, 2018


*** IQBAL STADIUM, FAISALABAD


Sindh 196 all out in 46.2 overs: (Fawad Alam 52, 80 balls, 3x4s, Salman Butt 41, 64 balls, 4x4s, Gohar Ali 23, 19 balls, 4x4s, Danish Aziz 23, 37 balls, 1x4, 1x6, Zia-ul-Haq 4-24, Muhammad Irfan Jr. 2-41)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 202-5 in 23 overs: (Israrullah 74, 61 balls, 9x4s, 3x6s, Hammad Azam 38*, 13 balls, 4x4s, Shan Masood 31, 17 balls, 6x4s, Umar Akmal 27, 14 balls, 3x4s, Aamir Yamin 2-52)


Result: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets

Man of the match: Zia-ul-Haq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Toss Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss & elected to bowl first

Umpires: Asif Yaqoob & Shozeb Raza

TV Umpires: Khalid Mahmood Sr.
Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed

Scorer: Noor Nabi

Sindh Team: Umar Amin*, Salman Butt, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khurram Shahzad, Fawad Alam, Gohar Ali+, Aamir Yamin Bilal Asif, Danish Aziz, Junaid Khan, Muhammad Irfan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Team: Muhammad Hafeez*, Shan Masood, Adil Amin, Umar Akmal, Israrullah, Hammad Azam, Hassan Kahn, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Saad, Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad Irfan Jr.

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Glad to see Zia Ul Haq and Hammad Azam performing. Both have tremendous potential just need to work hard.

Really impressed with Israrullah as well over the last two years he has been pretty impressive with positive intent.
 
Would love to see Zia Ul Haq play against Zimbabwe where we can rest Amir. Hammad has been a super all rounder in this Pakistan Cup, pretty good with the ball and good lower order hitting with the bat.
 
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talat needs to perform well.. i desperately want this guy to perform otherwise hafeez will be back in the team..
 
4 wickets for Nawaz so far, another bad day for Talat in this cup. Fed 273-6 after 42.
 
Maqsood is the sorry looser of the cursed Misbah era - this guy should have played 200 LO games by now. He has temperamental issues and shot selection weakness, which could have led to an stats like 29/110, instead of 45/90; but his hitting ability is unreal, among very few PAK batsmen who can loft effortlessly and he can hit boundaries outside Power play, which makes him actually a more all-round destructive player than Sharjeel. Playing under a pro coach for few years definitely would have solved most of his temperamental issues and technical glitches in his game.
 
Maqsood is the sorry looser of the cursed Misbah era - this guy should have played 200 LO games by now. He has temperamental issues and shot selection weakness, which could have led to an stats like 29/110, instead of 45/90; but his hitting ability is unreal, among very few PAK batsmen who can loft effortlessly and he can hit boundaries outside Power play, which makes him actually a more all-round destructive player than Sharjeel. Playing under a pro coach for few years definitely would have solved most of his temperamental issues and technical glitches in his game.

Cant understand what was Misbah's fault; Maqsood got too many chances; more than he deserved but didn't improve at all and hasn't improved since and continues to slog mindlessly; he has done nothing in PSL apart from one innings. You can't give consistent run to a guy who has played lot of intl cricket; is 30+ already and very very inconsistent.

He got his chances unlike others, who were dropped after playing a game or two.
 
Cant understand what was Misbah's fault; Maqsood got too many chances; more than he deserved but didn't improve at all and hasn't improved since and continues to slog mindlessly; he has done nothing in PSL apart from one innings. You can't give consistent run to a guy who has played lot of intl cricket; is 30+ already and very very inconsistent.

He got his chances unlike others, who were dropped after playing a game or two.

He was dropped down the order to No. 7, from No. 3 despite hitting couple of 50s from No. 3 against SAF at start - to accommodate Asad Shafiq for 50+ games ....... then, Azhar Ali was played at 3 and Maqsood got dropped - you need more clue?

Not only Maqsood, every attacking batsman was filtered out one by one - first forced down the order to win larke lenge style (it did happen once for Maqsood in SRL), then out of squad. Maqsood, Umar, Jamshed - 3 names instantly comes to mind - add to that, Amin was hardly given chance, Fakhar had to wait for 5 years with a List A stats like 50/90 and Sharjeel hardly played back to back game ......... Only young batsman who had a longer stay was Ahmed, who did figure out what is appreciated in moods operand - they all made Misbah look like Javed for sure.

Again, I say in that period Asad Shafique played over 50 ODI, MoHa cemented his spot in top 3 from a career stats of 19/58 before 2010, and YK batting at 3 ............................. and Azhar Ali was brought back as Captain & opener.

Think again bro.
 
He was dropped down the order to No. 7, from No. 3 despite hitting couple of 50s from No. 3 against SAF at start - to accommodate Asad Shafiq for 50+ games ....... then, Azhar Ali was played at 3 and Maqsood got dropped - you need more clue?

Not only Maqsood, every attacking batsman was filtered out one by one - first forced down the order to win larke lenge style (it did happen once for Maqsood in SRL), then out of squad. Maqsood, Umar, Jamshed - 3 names instantly comes to mind - add to that, Amin was hardly given chance, Fakhar had to wait for 5 years with a List A stats like 50/90 and Sharjeel hardly played back to back game ......... Only young batsman who had a longer stay was Ahmed, who did figure out what is appreciated in moods operand - they all made Misbah look like Javed for sure.

Again, I say in that period Asad Shafique played over 50 ODI, MoHa cemented his spot in top 3 from a career stats of 19/58 before 2010, and YK batting at 3 ............................. and Azhar Ali was brought back as Captain & opener.

Think again bro.

I think he batted at 6 continously even in WC15 and did absolutely nothing; the abilities he has got surely 6 was not a bad position. He should have performed even if he batted at 7 or 8; look at his dismissals; pathetic way to get out every time, throws away his wicket each and every time and that's not acceptable imo.
 
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Balochistan - 108/6 after 12. Anwar Ali and Sohail Tanvir at the crease.

They are going all guns blazing because they need to chase down the total in 29.2 overs to qualify.
 
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Balochistan 160/7 after 17. Need 145 to win in 12.2 overs in order to qualify.
 
Match Nine

May 3, 2018

* IQBAL STADIUM, FAISALABAD

Federal Areas 304 all out in 47.2 overs: (Sohaib Maqsood 92, 47 balls, 6x4s, 8x6s, Abid Ali 73, 73 balls, 10x4s, 2x6s, Raza Ali Dar 70, 76 balls, 9x4s, 1x6s, Mohammad Nawaz 4-62, Shaheen Shah Afridi 2-36)

Balochistan 206 all out in overs: (Bismillah Khan 42, 23 balls, 6x4s, 1x6, Sohail Tanveer 42, 22 balls, 5x4s, 2x6s, Ramiz Raja 38, 27 balls, 6x4s, Anwar Ali 34, 26 balls, x4s, 2x6s, Waqas Maqsood 6-63)



Result: Federal Areas won by 98 runs

Man of the match: Waqas Maqsood (Federal Areas)

Toss: Balochistan won the toss & elected to bowl first

Umpires: Ahsan Raza & Imtiaz Iqbal

TV Umpires: Shozab Raza

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Noor Nabi



Federal Areas Team: Abid Ali+, Sarmad Bhatti, Raza Ali Dar, *Sohaib Maqsood, Hussain Talat, Saad Nasim, Salman Ali Agha, Waqas Maqsood, Zafar Gohar, Shahzad Azam, Ashiq Ali.

Balochistan Team: Ahmed Shahzad*, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Rameez Raja Jr, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Bismillah Khan†, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Irfan Jr., Rizwan Hussain, Shaheen Shah Afridi

*Tomorrows Match: Punjab vs. Sindh at Iqbal stadium, Faisalabad match starts at 14.30 pm
 
so the chasing team was given the task of 305 runs in 25 over? :facepalm: poor chasing approach.. whats the point of playing with risks when you have so many overs remaining..
 
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Sindh won the toss in the last group stage match against Punjab and opted to field.

Sindh: Salman Butt, Gohar Ali, Umar Amin (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Fawad Alam, Danish Aziz, Aamer Yamin, Bilal Asif, Adnan Akmal (wk), Mohammad Asghar, Taj Wali.

Punjab: Sahibzada Farhan, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk), Ashfaq Ahmed, Asif Ali, Sohail Akhtar, Kashif Bhatti, Usama Mir, Mohammad Sami, Imran Khan, Mohammad Imran.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sensational century of <a href="https://twitter.com/AasifAli2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AasifAli2018</a> and impressive performance by the opener <a href="https://twitter.com/SahibzadaFarha4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SahibzadaFarha4</a> help Punjab set a target of 311. Can Sindh chase this total?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PUNvSIN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PUNvSIN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PepsiPakistanCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PepsiPakistanCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/z047Swq6JZ">pic.twitter.com/z047Swq6JZ</a></p>— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/992390970732961792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sensational century of <a href="https://twitter.com/AasifAli2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AasifAli2018</a> and impressive performance by the opener <a href="https://twitter.com/SahibzadaFarha4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SahibzadaFarha4</a> help Punjab set a target of 311. Can Sindh chase this total?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PUNvSIN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PUNvSIN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PepsiPakistanCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PepsiPakistanCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/z047Swq6JZ">pic.twitter.com/z047Swq6JZ</a></p>— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/992390970732961792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Top bowling by M Asghar, 10-1-24-1, in such a high scoring game
 
Salman Butt 101 - good innings and has set them up for a win.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bowler Mohammad Imran has just done a Jonty Rhodes to run out Adnan Akmal <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakistanCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakistanCup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/SZ5wXfaFTR">pic.twitter.com/SZ5wXfaFTR</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/992459270384996352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bowler Mohammad Imran has just done a Jonty Rhodes to run out Adnan Akmal <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakistanCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakistanCup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/SZ5wXfaFTR">pic.twitter.com/SZ5wXfaFTR</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/992459270384996352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Itna extra janay ki kya zarurat thi jub batsman tasweer tak mein nahi hai :yk
 
Glad to see Asif Ali performing. Hopeful he will be the late order hitter we need for LO cricket.
 
Match Ten
May 4, 2018

* IQBAL STADIUM, FAISALABAD

Punjab: 310 for 9 in 50 overs: (Asif Ali 138, 91 balls, 14x4s, 7x6s, Sahibzada Farhan 73, 69 balls, 10x4s, 1x6s, Mohammad Rizwan 21, 24 balls, 2x4s
Bilal Asif 3-51, Taj Wali 2-83)

Sindh 310-7 in 50 overs: (Salman Butt 101, 91 balls, 17x4s, Iftikhar Ahmed 95, 94 balls, 9x4s, 2x6s, Fawad Alam 38, 36 balls, 3x4s, 1x6s
Usama Mir 4-62, Imran Khan 1-55)

Result: Match Tied
Man of the match: Asif Ali (Punjab)
Toss: Sindh won the toss & elected to bowl first
Umpires: Ahsan Raza & Asif Yaqoob
TV Umpires: Waleed Yaqoob
Referee: Nadeem Arshad
Scorer: Noor Nabi

Punjab Team: *+Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Sami, Sahibzada Farhan, Abdul Samad, Asif Ali, Ashfaq Ahmed, Sohail Akhtar, Usama Mir, Kashif Bhatti, Imran Khan Sr, Mohammad Imran

Sindh Team: *Umar Amin, Fawad Alam, Salman Butt, Gohar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Danish Aziz, Bilal Asif, +Adnan Akmal, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Asghar, Taj Wali
 
Seeing lots of high scoring games. Is it that we have come to our senses and making good batting tracks or bowling quality has gone down:sanga
 
Seeing lots of high scoring games. Is it that we have come to our senses and making good batting tracks or bowling quality has gone down:sanga

Think it's a bit of both. Surprised to see the huge scores being posted almost every match - hopefully we can unearth some hard hitting batsmen for our LOI teams.
 
Is sadaf performing well in this tournament. I mean beyond just the stats. What to make of his performances?
 
Maqsood is the sorry looser of the cursed Misbah era - this guy should have played 200 LO games by now. He has temperamental issues and shot selection weakness, which could have led to an stats like 29/110, instead of 45/90; but his hitting ability is unreal, among very few PAK batsmen who can loft effortlessly and he can hit boundaries outside Power play, which makes him actually a more all-round destructive player than Sharjeel. Playing under a pro coach for few years definitely would have solved most of his temperamental issues and technical glitches in his game.

We will recover from Misbah's disastrous era in next 2-3 years.
 
Final at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (day/night)

Federal Areas

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Match scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time (09:30 GMT | 12:30 AST)
 
Federal Areas: Kamran Akmal (c), Abid Ali (wk), Raza Ali Dar, Sohaib Maqsood, Hussain Talat, Saad Nasim, Agha Salman, Umaid Asif, Raza Hasan, Waqas Maqsood, Usman Shinwari.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Khurram Manzoor, Shan Masood, Israrullah, Mohammad Hafeez (c), Umar Akmal (wk), Adil Amin, Hammad Azam, Hasan Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Irfan jr, Zia-ul-Haq.

Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
 
Federal Areas are the winners of the Pakistan One-Day Cup (2018) after defeating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 5 wickets with 54 balls remaining; Superb performances by Agha Salman (60), Saad Nasim (51) & K Akmal (49);Scores KP 252 (43.4/50 ov),Federal Areas 254/5 (41/50 ov) #PakistanCup
 
I gather Hussian Talat hasn't done much in this tournament since his name hardly propped up in this thread. Asif Ali was spectacular, I think those three sixes off Hasan flipped a switch in him. He is an asset for any side at 5 or 6, we need to wager with him in the ODI side. If he comes off then may God help our opponents, no harm in trying.

Agha Salman also hardly showed up, two fifties in the PSL seem to be exception rather than the rule.



[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] am I correct in my assessment that Talat and Salman have failed in the PC?
 
I gather Hussian Talat hasn't done much in this tournament since his name hardly propped up in this thread. Asif Ali was spectacular, I think those three sixes off Hasan flipped a switch in him. He is an asset for any side at 5 or 6, we need to wager with him in the ODI side. If he comes off then may God help our opponents, no harm in trying.

Agha Salman also hardly showed up, two fifties in the PSL seem to be exception rather than the rule.



[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] am I correct in my assessment that Talat and Salman have failed in the PC?

Talat did absolutely nothing with the bat. Bowled a couple of decent spells with the ball.

Agha has a fifty today but not much besides that.

Asif Ali has been a revelation, though.
 
Talat did absolutely nothing with the bat. Bowled a couple of decent spells with the ball.

Agha has a fifty today but not much besides that.

Asif Ali has been a revelation, though.

Perhaps the little bit of fame got to Talat's head. He did seem the kind of guy who has that arrogance gene.



I hope this ill-performance is a reality check for him and he puts his head down and works hard.


Salman is perhaps too mediocre to succeed consistently.
 
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