ICC Men's T20 World Cup | Semi-Final | Pakistan v Australia | Dubai | 11 November | Pakistan innings

[DRsohail]

We lost the toss, that's it man.80 percent match lost.

 

[castortroy]

Aussies massive favourites now

 

[ARK Rafay]

Uff. This is going to be tough. We have seen in this tournament even 50+ has been chased in the last 4 overs against big teams.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Australia will win the toss.

Yep, game over

 

[shah_1]

Sad

Advantage Australia

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Australia will win the toss.

Nicely done there

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Game over

don't be so negative pal Pakistan will win Inshallah

 

[m.shah]

Australia has won 90% of the match by winning the toss.

 

[Shafi]

Match over guys!!! Australia will win by 8/10 wickets (1996 World cup final). Pathetic pitches. Loosing toss mean loose the match

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Toss is not in ur hand. But u can still win.

 

[shah_1]

Game over

 

[dildilpak]

Keeping the hopes up high. Go for it, Babar & Rizwan!

 

[MenInG]

Teams:

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

 

[shah9425]

Insha'Allah hope for best

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Babar looks confident. That's a good sign

 

[shah_1]

99% chance Australia will win this

 

[Shafi]

Australia 90 Pakistan 10. We really need miracle to win this match now.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Australia has won 90% of the match by winning the toss.

We have won 15-16 T20I games consecutively in UAE

 

[shamaan]

Game is now 50/50

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Lol toss is not the game. Get 160+ and we are in with a decent chance.

 

[Devadwal]

Today people's Will understand important of toss.

 

[Kianig89]

So PPers got a reason to lose #toss
Don't worry stay positive and bat well

 

[Major]

Match over guys!!! Australia will win by 8/10 wickets (1996 World cup final). Pathetic pitches. Loosing toss mean loose the match

This poster has beennsaying the same thing since india game. Accirding to him we should had lost...


Anyways, to win a tournament, you need to win from different stages

 

[Baigel]

How’re you guys even fans?

‘The games over even before a ball has been bowled’ lollll

 

[castortroy]

Pak won't score more than 150 against this aussie attack.

Aussies will chase it easy with our no ball king and spray guns like hasan

 

[Major]

Today people's Will understand important of toss.

Be careful, might be bumping this qoute at the end of tonight

 

[fight_club]

I believe its a good toss to loose, Dew will not be a factor pitch is dry ball will come on the bat and it will have help for spinners. Pakistan must score least 170

 

[Kianig89]

It will be much sweeter winning after losing toss

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

I feel it's a good toss to loss today .

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

pakistan are batting first.

Dew or no dew, that is the real problem, Pakistan always bat too cautiously when they are allowed to set the target. If we can set 160+ then in with a fighting chance, but I am pretty sure we will crawl for the first 10 overs, then struggle to get 140.

 

[Gullycricket]

Today people's Will understand important of toss.

Lets see. You will run out of excuses soon

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I feel it's a good toss to loss today .

I rather defend than chase in semis.

 

[Arsal_AK]

160-170 atleast. Otherwise might as well not show up for the second half.

We have a stronger bowling attack than Eng, so such a total should be enough.

 

[DRsohail]

This poster has beennsaying the same thing since india game. Accirding to him we should had lost...


Anyways, to win a tournament, you need to win from different stages

Yes that's what I just thought, like you can't win big tournament on the basis of toss, you may bat first in finals too.you have to adopt and win to be true champion side.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

We gotta back our boys!!

 

[Usman Chadda]

Advantage Australia, not because of the dew as such but chasing is easier on this ground

 

[FollowThru]

Keeping the hopes up high. Go for it, Babar & Rizwan!

Babar & Rizwan should start with 160 in mind and then leave it to Rauf, and probably Shadab.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

I rather defend than chase in semis.

Yep people here forgetting it was asif who bailed them out in 2 chase out of 3.

 

[Shafi]

Hasan Ali again. This guy will ensure match will finish by 10 overs. Saqlain shouldn't be coach for a team. This guy is same mentality like Misbah/Waqar.

 

[Abdurmirr]

Wickets in Dubai fall quickly upfront in the powerplay.

Babar and Rizwan need to look to play orthodox cricket while keeping a run rate of around 6.5-7. That would be the perfect platform on such a wicket

 

[IMMY69]

Hopefully it will prove to be a good toss to lose!!!

 

[shamaan]

The key will be first 6 overs

 

[Bewal Express]

170 and we are in the game, anything less and Aus are fav.

 

[enigmatic_stani]

5-6 an over for first 5 overs is fine as long as dont lose more than 1 wicket. Get over 160 and we can do this come on boys!

 

[realitygaf]

Now that pakistan has lost the toss I feel fans will accept a defeat more easily than if they had won the toss. I already see pakistan lost messages after Toss only

 

[Devadwal]

Lets see. You will run out of excuses soon

Just wait for few hours ,return ticket to Lahore from Dubai will confirm .

 

[sindhiboy]

Australia making the mistake of not picking agar yet again

 

[fight_club]

Pakistan has best bowling attack to defend a total specially death bowling. I would never like to watch Pakistan chasing in a knock out game. This is a great Toss to loose

 

[90MPH]

Def need minimum 160, it’s if it’s a decent batting wicket as it has been last Few matches in Dubai.

I will take 170 but 180 will give us a good chance.

Anything below we are in trouble.

 

[Concerned]

Last 16 night T20 matches in Dubai
Batting 1st won: 1 (IPL final)
Batting 2nd won: 15

 

[Rana]

Very pessimistic Pakistan fans

InshaAllah we are winning this

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

8 out of 8 night t20 wc matches won by team batting 2nd.

But IA we will win i am confident

 

[yadunoe]

There wasn't much dew last match England just bowled poorly so hopefully we have some chance I think we need to make 180 to have a good chance

 

[Concerned]

Need to score in the powerplay - not to end up with 36 runs in the first 6.

 

[Rana]

You want to be world champions? Then be ready to fight hard

 

[Mean&Green]

You guys are forgetting this same Australian team rattled by Pakistan in uae 3-0 they won’t even chase 150

 

[Jabo]

i cant see the opener sticking... if the openers fall early we will get bowled out under 80

hafeez/malik don't do anything against Australia
Zaman is out of form
Asif will slog out

openers need to perform and build a platform otherwise its gonna be a collapse

 

[Major]

Just wait for few hours ,return ticket to Lahore from Dubai will confirm .

Or maybe you will be soon deported from this place

 

[Rana]

IA Pakistan will defend 140 if they must

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

You want to be world champions? Then be ready to fight hard

Yes, انشاءاللہ

 

[ARK Rafay]

Dew or no dew, that is the real problem, Pakistan always bat too cautiously when they are allowed to set the target. If we can set 160+ then in with a fighting chance, but I am pretty sure we will crawl for the first 10 overs, then struggle to get 140.

Our death batting has been amazing. We just need to play with more flow in the power play. We have been scoring less than 6 per over there. Except for that we are good in other phases.

 

[Ozeirk]

Wrist splitters have descended on this thread now. Lol to say the game is lost before a ball being bowled is another low for our fans lol

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Our death batting has been amazing. We just need to play with more flow in the power play. We have been scoring less than 6 per over there. Except for that we are good in other phases.

Minimum 45 in PP.

 

[shamaan]

Need to get 40 runs without losing a wicket

 

[Thephenom]

Yeah, give up before the match has even started, way to go!

 

[Ashmal]

Wrist splitters have descended on this thread now. Lol to say the game is lost before a ball being bowled is another low for our fans lol

Not for the first time

 

[Jabo]

Pak won't score more than 150 against this aussie attack.

Aussies will chase it easy with our no ball king and spray guns like hasan

if the openers go in the first few over
i expect all put 80

batting is weak

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bhains ki dum, pakistan have to swim against the tide.

 

[DHONI183]

I just get this strange feeling that Hasan Ali might end up playing a very vital role tonight. Let's see what that ends up meaning as.

 

[Ramsay]

There wasn't much dew last match England just bowled poorly so hopefully we have some chance I think we need to make 180 to have a good chance

That is Abu-Dhabi and this is Dubai. Different grounds.

 

[Asif321]

Having a feeling strac will knock Rizwan out with indipper

 

[Devadwal]

Or maybe you will be soon deported from this place

I'm here to stay regardless of result. First time Pakistan lose a toss against top team in this world cup if they're good then they will win it otherwise we know......

 

[Ozeirk]

We thrashed India so that's a big positive to take out of this world Cup. Enjoy it like another game and don't stress. I am sure players are relaxed and going to give us a good game.

 

[Bull]

Toss doesn't matter.If they are the best team in the tournament they will find a way to negate the toss.
Pakistan will win without a doubt.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Having a feeling strac will knock Rizwan out with indipper

Having a feeling rizwan will smash him for six in first over.

 

[Gullycricket]

This is where a pep talk by Hayden will do wonders. Its make or break

 

[shokz1408]

Wow, going to need 185-190 to win this I think. Hopefully our batsmen can get close to such a score!

 

[IMMY69]

Bowling is our traditional strength so I back is to defend even a below par score.
Bowlers can take the pressure whereas our batting could implode.

We got this

 

[Gullycricket]

SA beat Eng batting first. Just go all out.

 

[Manunited18]

Pakistan need 190+ to be confident