ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Warm-up: Afghanistan v Pakistan | Gabba | 19 October | Afghanistan innings

[MenInG]

66/1 in a powerplay looked good so will Pakistan try that opening combo again?

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[Kianig89]

How to tackle Rashid Khan that should be the mantra we are clueless and inept against quality spin infact that offie also troubled us in Asia Cup

 

[MenInG]

Rain may be an issue tomorrow.

 

[Rana]

Hopefully they won’t beat up our fans if this match is rained off

 

[Suleiman]

May be the game where AFG finally beat us. All the games so far between us have gone down to the wire, sadly. Pak should be destroying teams like this with eyes closed.

 

[Snowflake]

May be the game where AFG finally beat us. All the games so far between us have gone down to the wire, sadly. Pak should be destroying teams like this with eyes closed.

I think they've beaten us in a warm up game before. Personally, I want them to beat us in this warm up again. Just makes the victory in a real game even sweeter ) Give them hope and then crush it!

 

[pakistani pride]

May be the game where AFG finally beat us. All the games so far between us have gone down to the wire, sadly. Pak should be destroying teams like this with eyes closed.

This is a warm-up...

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Rizwan
Fakhar
Babar

Top 3.

 

[Fenrir]

Any team can beat any other team if it plays well on the day.England seem to be the most consistent team but it was beaten by India and South Africa earlier this year.This was unexpected because England has good bowling and it has the best batting depth.

 

[gazza619]

How to tackle Rashid Khan that should be the mantra we are clueless and inept against quality spin infact that offie also troubled us in Asia Cup

Main challenge would be to tackle the unfriendly aggression and hate we get.

 

[James]

Pakistan needs some more practice.

In the warm up game versus England they weren’t looking great.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Pakistan should not hold back. We are the only team who lets their spinner mujeeb get away with it in the power play.

For me the main event is seeing how Shaheen bowls. Hopefully Haris bowls too.

 

[Ozeirk]

I won't take this game seriously

 

[alishahid]

Rain

 

[ZafarKhan2022]

There sure are a lot of posters with Pak flags here performing mental gymnastics about why they would like to see Pakistan lose this one.

 

[daytrader]

Pakistan have won the toss and opted to field

 

[fight_club]

i checked a week ago and match looked a sure washout. It gives lot of hope that its underway so should be the big gane on 23rd.

Iheard Babar saying "would be happy to chase 160 170"

 

[daytrader]

Pakistan (batting XI, fielding XI): Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shan Masood, Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim Jr

Afghanistan (batting XI, fielding XI): Darwish Rasooli, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

 

[Kriketer]

Regardless of the pitch they should have opted to bat first. You need as much batting practice as possible

 

[daytrader]

Babar Azam: We are bowling first and we are trying to take early wickets. Looks like a good pitch. 160-170 will be good to chase. We were not up to the mark with our fielding. We had a fielding session yesterday, so we are confident. This is a good pitch to bat on. We are playing our full-strength today. We are ready (for the WC) and looking forward to this game.

Nabi: Happy to bat first. It's the third match on this pitch. We'll try to post a good score. We take experience from the various leagues. Few of us have played the Big Bash as well, we know the conditions. Mujeeb is better than me with the new ball.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Why Pakistan always chase against AFGHANISTAN, ODI,t20i, warm up every match we have played them till now, we have batted 2nd

 

[MHN1293]

Why isn't shaheen playing. He needs as much bowling practice as he can get if they want to play him against India.

 

[Giroux28]

Thanks m8

 

[MenInG]

Any questions on Broadcast - ask in this thread - dont spam the match thread.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?307776-ICC-T20-World-Cup---Broadcast-Thread

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan have won the toss and are fielding first against Afghanistan - this is their last warm-up game before the iconic clash against India on 23rd October.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Shaheen right on the money in the first over. Unlucky not to take a wicket so far.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Shaheen gets the wicket. Looks to have hurt Gurbaz too from the LBW.

Cracking over.

 

[MenInG]

All the players except Fakhar Zaman will participate in the warm-up match - Fakhar Zaman will continue his training in rehab (so not playing)

Mohammad Rizwan will also bat in the warm-up match

 

[Suleiman]

Nawaz needs this warm up far more than Ifti or Khushdil… yet they listed him at 7 in the batting order when he should be at 5 lol…

I know it’s a warm up, but why give the guy who hasn’t done anything of note ever in the last few series a chance at all right now when the main players need as much time in the middle in new conditions as possible.

 

[Nasty Naz]

So far the pacers are beating the batters quite a bit. Naseem a bit unlucky with a lucky edge that was close to a catch but ended up going for 4. Next ball resulted in what appears to be a dropped catch and resulted in 3 runs.

 

[Hextro]

Shaheen's looking fast and getting the new ball to swing. Good signs.

 

[alone1213]

Shaheen is looking a bit better than previous match but he is still not 100 percent.
His run up is not smooth and his pace is obviously down.
Hopefully he will be fully fit against India.

 

[Snowflake]

Two overs in and Shan has already dropped a catch

 

[Snowflake]

Shaheen is looking a bit better than previous match but he is still not 100 percent.
His run up is not smooth and his pace is obviously down.
Hopefully he will be fully fit against India.

I think he's intentionally not going full tilt

 

[Nasty Naz]

Shaheen absolutely lethal. Bowls out Zazai finally after he miraculously survived about 3 times against Shaheen.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

Man with kind of swing Afridi is getting I would not mind bowling him all out against India if he gets the same swing.

 

[SamNJ]

Poor from Afghan batters.
Zazai was backing away to leg umpire.

 

[Slim]

Shaheen is breathing fire. Love to see him back! <3

 

[SamNJ]

Lol this Darwish guy can't sight the ball. Just backing away and swinging the blade

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan should bat first today...

 

[Nasty Naz]

A ton of swing & misses so far. Afghans batters just look like a bunch of hacks.

Rauf with a wicket in the 3rd ball of his over.

 

[world cup captain]

These guys can't pull the bat on the ball. The bowling is looking very solid this tournament.

 

[alone1213]

Haris is important here. He is the one with experience in australia.
He is certainly the best bowler in the world.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Rauf certainly continues to look dangerous. Fantastic over.

 

[Snowflake]

In addition to shaking their confidence, this warm up has likely taken out Afghanistan's best batsman from the WC.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Khushdil taking over wicketkeeping duties for Rizwan... with Rauf bowling. Good luck.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Pakistan getting carried away with these bouncers. Both Rauf & Wasim Jr bowling way too short and ended up going over the wicketkeeper for boundaries.

 

[SamNJ]

Finetuning the length so important for fast bowlers here.

 

[Kianig89]

Chairs should be chained so that AFG spectators not throw them

 

[fight_club]

Looks like fakhar is sure to miss out opener might be first few games.

 

[Kianig89]

the gulf between the sides is evident yet AFG think its Barca Vs Real )

 

[Bilal7]

All the players except Fakhar Zaman will participate in the warm-up match - Fakhar Zaman will continue his training in rehab (so not playing)

Mohammad Rizwan will also bat in the warm-up match

Looks like this is confirmation that Fakhar will not be playing against India. Either that or Pakistan are playing 4D chess and will thrust him into the team on the 23rd and catch India off-guard.

If it is the more likelier scenario, I'd play Haider instead of Masood at #3. At least that guy won't eat up dot-balls even though his natural position is #5.

1) Babar
2) Rizwan
3) Haider
4) Nawaz
5) Shadab
6) Asif
7) Iftikhar
8) Wasim
9) Rauf
10) Naseem
11) Shaheen

Need six proper bowlers with Shaheen's fitness still not certain and Naseem a looking a bit out of form.

 

[Kianig89]

But its more like Barca Vs Espanyol

 

[Bilal7]

For this match though, Haider should be opening with Rizwan. Haider needs more batting practice and Rizwan hasn't batted in Australia thus far.

 

[Kianig89]

Umer Gul the bowling coach

 

[Kianig89]

We should not be carried away, Eng showed where we stand

 

[Kianig89]

These Aus wickets are tough to play, Pakistan real test will be negating the pace early on

 

[Kianig89]

AFG settling in chsse wont be easy 8 overs of mujjeeb n rashid

 

[MenInG]

Shaheen's wicket

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[MenInG]

Hazraat's wicket

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[SamNJ]

Complete mismatch this.
Afghanistan cannot face raw pace.

 

[Snowflake]

How is this Afg team able to even compete with top teams? They look like a bunch of amatures

 

[Nasty Naz]

Rauf with a beauty and rips off the off-stump.

 

[Kianig89]

thankfully no hooligans attitude today

 

[Kianig89]

Not liking Shaheen with Afridi & 10 on his jersey should have his own identity he is a genuine player unlike the rellukatta Afridi was

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Shaheen needs to bowl 4 today, 2 is too less.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

we need to go with 4 seamers, 4 from today.

 

[SamNJ]

thankfully no hooligans attitude today

Thank god no spectators allowed for warm ups.
Otherwise Pak Afghan matches are like Man Utd vs Leeds games of mid 90s.

 

[Kianig89]

we should bowl some freebies to get a taste of tough chase

 

[ZaidTR]

Not liking Shaheen with Afridi & 10 on his jersey should have his own identity he is a genuine player unlike the rellukatta Afridi was

What????? U serious

Tum kitnay AFRIDI retire karwao gy, Har ghar se AFRIDI niklay ga

 

[Suleiman]

Need to persist with Hasnain. PCB and some of our fans have no foresight or patience, but in Australia especially, Hasnain > Waseem everyday.

Waseem and Hasnain both lack control currently, but Waseem is slower and can’t move the ball around.

No brainer, really.

 

[Suleiman]

Shan costing more runs than he’ll score, as usual

 

[Sunny_majoka]

fitness doesn't help in catching, 2nd drop by shan

 

[Nasty Naz]

Shan Masood drops another dolly catch.

Fielding just continues to be... the same mediocre garbage we've seen for months.

 

[Snowflake]

Shan should be dropped purely because of his fielding. This is unacceptable

 

[Kianig89]

Shan Masood apart from his communication skills is pure garbage should be dumped in any bin near vulture street end

 

[Kianig89]

Poor outing for Naseem surprised they didnt bowl Hasnain

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Rain

 

[Sherazkhalid]

good recovery by afg, 150 on cards, and rain interrupted.

 

[Bilal7]

Shan Masood apart from his communication skills is pure garbage should be dumped in any bin near vulture street end

Shan should be the designated press guy. Let him go wax lyrical about how the better players won the World T20 by crushing England in the final.