ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Super 8 clash between Pakistan and New Zealand abandoned without a ball being bowled

[YousafTheBeast]

so why he got dropped and not the other crap?

Abrar is very effective against SENA teams and he is definitely better spinner than Shadab. Only one of Nawax or Shadab should have played. Shadab being accomodated at expense of better spinner than him

Because Abrar bats like a girl, at least Shadab bats like a tranny.

 

[Bhaijaan]

SBZ
Saim
Babar
Fakhar
Agha ji

That should be the batting order today.

 

[hks222]

Looks like we are gonna have a washout

 

[hks222]

SBZ
Saim
Babar
Fakhar
Agha ji

That should be the batting order today.

Match tay ho javay.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Because Abrar bats like a girl, at least Shadab bats like a tranny.

Shadab's bowling ends up costing Pakistan much more than what he ends up with Bat. So Crap decision from Crap Management. PCT as usual bedrock of nepotism. a pathethic player with cheap mentality should nt even be near any national team

 

[Asif321]

Other two games of Pakistan in Kandy . Weather is fine

 

[hks222]

What is cutoff before we start loosing overs

 

[JattMaula]

Fakhar in to smash NZ captain's wily spin.

Good decision. We will get Youngsta beaut Nafay later.

 

[IAJ]

Even if our team wins the toss, their decision tend to misfire. DLS helps team batting second to plan better and after rain ball can swing early on be troublersome for our top-order.

 

[shah9425]

What is cutoff before we start loosing overs

Maybe an hour I guess

 

[Fast bowler6929]

Shadab is crap.

Babar is crap.

Nawaz is almost crap.

Shaheen is crap.

Doesn’t change the fact that Abrar is crap.

The guy has only taken 2 wickets out of 4 t20’s vs India.

Yeah that's the truth. Abrar is so overrated and he is garbage.

 

[Shafi]

Typical dull captain!!! Choose to bat first on wet pitch. No wonder we cannot win any tournament. Team full of parchis and expired wanna be players

 

[shah9425]

Don't know why choose to bat first in rain

 

[Asif321]

What is cutoff before we start loosing overs

60 mins

 

[Shafi]

Don't know why choose to bat first in rain

so they have an excuse ready after the loss!!

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

 

[Bhaijaan]

The match hasn’t started but some Pakistani fans have already started doing maatam.

Show some junoon guys and back the team

 

[shah9425]

so they have an excuse ready after the loss!!

Yeah already excuses

 

[IAJ]

Typical dull captain!!! Choose to bat first on wet pitch. No wonder we cannot win any tournament. Team full of parchis and expired wanna be players

We don't even have street smart players. They have just read the criticism after India match where they selected to bowl first, and based on that they have already decided to bat first without looking at the conditions. Well, they have made the decision, let's back them now.

 

[Fast bowler6929]

No match today. It seems like it will be raining dogs and cats for few hours in Colombo.
It's time to pray taraweeh now.

 

[batandballbattle]

rain seems set to continue until 10pm local. A damp squib to start off the super 8s

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Chasing should b good now, esp if its a reduced one. With rain/ wetness, spin might not be a big part today

 

[m.shah]

Why did Pakistan choose to bat first in rain effect match ?

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I think that's a great thing for pakistan because nz looks the strongest in this group get one point and foucs on england game which will be full game weather is good that day and choke england with spin bring abrar if you have to.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

rain seems set to continue until 10pm local. A damp squib to start off the super 8s

10 overs ka game hojeyga

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Why did Pakistan choose to bat first in rain effect match ?

They thought it will not rain. It started raining after toss

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why did Pakistan choose to bat first in rain effect match ?

Because pakistan has a grand total of 1 batsman.

 

[hur rizvi]

Washout on cards

 

[jnaveen1980]

NZ is the toughest in the group. If any team pakistan will lose to that will be NZ. So it is a good thing for pakistan.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Khawaja gets dropped after one game.... great.

Babar Azam is still persisted with.... great.

Shadab Khan's "Heroics" against the mighty Namibia continue to see him get selected.... great.

It becomes really hard to support or back this team sometimes. Babar, Shaheen, Shadab, Fakhar & even if hasn't played this tournament, Naseem as well, just stinking up the place.

Naseem ain't done nothing in the past 12 months in his Intl.career yet after a few good overs, he's back in the team.

 

[batandballbattle]

10 overs ka game hojeyga

would have thought 10pm local would be past the cut off time...

 

[Devadwal]

NZ is the toughest in the group. If any team pakistan will lose to that will be NZ. So it is a good thing for pakistan.

Yes washout is perfect result for Pakistan. One free point and NRR is still 0.

 

[AndayWalaAllRounder]

Pouring hard rn at the stadium.

 

[Asif321]

NZ is the toughest in the group. If any team pakistan will lose to that will be NZ. So it is a good thing for pakistan.

Yeah good result for Pakistan . Most likely team Pakistan will lose to in this group was kiwis . Qudrat ka nizam already working

 

[Vikram1989]

Overs will start getting reduced from 8:10pm local time. For five-overs, the cut-off is 10:16pm local time.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

So in an hour, overs will start to get reduced by 2

 

[Bhaijaan]

India is the best place to play cricket.

Its sad that Pakistan had to play its matches in damp Sri Lanka brother

 

[AndayWalaAllRounder]

Speed of rain is getting slower now ..

 

[t_kaay]

Washout is probably a blessing in disguise. At least we walk away with a point. NZ are the most destructive batting side in the group. Quite confident we can beat Sri Lanka and England so I would be happy with a point here.

 

[batandballbattle]

So abrar is now condemed to the bench after the india game in which all but one player had an awful performance
Not liking the approach of only one out and out spinner, there needs to be 2
Khawaja IMO needs to be backed as well, if you're bringing in fakhar for the NZ matchup then switch him for bobzy. But of course hesson doesn't have the spine to drop him

 

[jnaveen1980]

India is the best place to play cricket.

Its sad that Pakistan had to play its matches in damp Sri Lanka brother

Srilanka is a beautiful country. But not the best place to play cricket. Even during woman's world cup Pakistan missed the opportunity to shock an opposition due to rain.

 

[Major]

Good thing is toss got down, so that saves time.

Bad news is, national anthem dramaybazi will take more time. But the silver lining is atleast bangladesh or sri lanka are not playing, as they have really long national anthems

 

[shah9425]

Looks like rain slowing in intensity

 

[jnaveen1980]

Worst thing that can happen to pakistan match becoming a 6 or 7 oers contest and pakistan ends up putting a below part total.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

What a sport we follow - wait for weeks, months even. Then it rains and we go home. Repeat.

Ghanta.

 

[Rana]

Good thing is toss got down, so that saves time.

Bad news is, national anthem dramaybazi will take more time. But the silver lining is atleast bangladesh or sri lanka are not playing, as they have really long national anthems

They could potentially agree to skip all that

 

[AndayWalaAllRounder]

9:20 is official cuttoff time btw, also after 11PM there are chances of more heavy rain.

So may be we could see a short game. Lets see

 

[Shafi]

Deep inside both management and coach know this team has no skill to win tournament. They selected team just for fun ride.

 

[Major]

@Rana u at the stadium?

 

[Rana]

@Rana u at the stadium?

Back in london

 

[Major]

Back in london

I always thought u from usa

 

[AndayWalaAllRounder]

Slight improvement but still long way to go.

 

[Rana]

I always thought u from usa

Tbf I do have more of an American mindset than British

 

[Katwalindian]

Yeah good result for Pakistan . Most likely team Pakistan will lose to in this group was kiwis . Qudrat ka nizam already working

This 1 point is useless because next two matches are must win regardless even if they lose this match...... unless some england matches wash out....

 

[Ali Active]

hows the weather anybody at ground

 

[AndayWalaAllRounder]

Ohky some good signs of improvement, at least its not pouring down hard rn.

 

[Human786]

Bad break deciding to bat 1st in what may be a curtailed game ... how is the forecast boyz ?

 

[harshjoshi87]

Sri Lanka, West Indies & England are worst places to play cricket because of rain.

 

[Bhaijaan]

At what time do we start losing overs dear

 

[harshjoshi87]

Deep inside both management and coach know this team has no skill to win tournament. They selected team just for fun ride.

Management head Hesson deep inside wishes New Zealand smashes Pakistan tonight.

 

[shah9425]

At what time do we start losing overs dear

8 15 pm local time

 

[Kroll]

Short blast doesn't suit us at all if overs lost, this game needs abandoned and points shared.

 

[adi_62941]

If its windy with rain then rain will not stay for long and will clear up in 1-2 hours

 

[PakPremi]

Still heavy rain, and likely to rain for longer.

 

[RehanG]

Toss needs to happen again, or there should be changed allowed if overs are reduced.

 

[Rana]

NZ have a pretty ordinary attack for this game

No one is mentioning Duffy getting dropped

He’s a guy that would peg 2-3 Pakistan wickets in the powerplay

Ravindra and Neesham have to bowl 4 overs between them too

 

[harshjoshi87]

Acha khasa match tha, baarish ne sab bigad diya.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

NZ have a pretty ordinary attack for this game

No one is mentioning Duffy getting dropped

He’s a guy that would peg 2-3 Pakistan wickets in the powerplay

Ravindra and Neesham have to bowl 4 overs between them too

That's fine its just a 10 over game now

 

[Sachin fan]

Overs will start getting reduced from 8:10pm local time. For a five-overs game, the cut-off is 10:16pm local time.

 

[Rana]

Overs will start getting reduced from 8:10pm local time. For a five-overs game, the cut-off is 10:16pm local time.

5 over game

I wouldn’t even send Babar at 11

 

[emranabbas]

would be a treat to watch sahibzada and fakhar to open vs newzealnd

 

[GLORY OF '92]

NZ have a pretty ordinary attack for this game

No one is mentioning Duffy getting dropped

He’s a guy that would peg 2-3 Pakistan wickets in the powerplay

Ravindra and Neesham have to bowl 4 overs between them too

Not playing Duffy v us is mental.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

5 over game

I wouldn’t even send Babar at 11

At that point he'll refuse to come out himself

 

[Shadow_muaythai]

Rain has stopped… covers still on

 

[RidiculousMan]

Most likely a shortened game will happen.

 

[RidiculousMan]

At that point he'll refuse to come out himself

He will save the collapse today. InShaAllah he will face 4 of the 5 overs and put on a Masterclass

 

[Deewana Mastana]

The rain percentage has gone higher for the next 2 hours now to 100%

 

[Rana]

Chalo 1 point against Kiwis

I think that will make them more desperate than it makes us.

Sri Lanka will beat them I recon

 

[globetrotter]

Its look like rain is saving Pakistan from a defeat

 

[Devadwal]

NZ have a pretty ordinary attack for this game

No one is mentioning Duffy getting dropped

He’s a guy that would peg 2-3 Pakistan wickets in the powerplay

Ravindra and Neesham have to bowl 4 overs between them too

Philips :ko