ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan (205/3) end their losing streak with a convincing victory over Bangladesh (204) by 7 wickets

[jnaveen1980]

Longest Six of the tournament?

Iyer hit a 101 meter six. But Maxie beat him with a 104 meter i think

 

[emranabbas]

6 power play that deserves a cake cutting

 

[IAJ]

Ravi talking rubbish . Fakhar was backed quite a lot

He doesn’t follow every single match of Pakistan

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Hahaha did you see Watson and Waqars reaction to the 6??

 

[kingusama92]

Geez Fakhar smashed that delivery for six

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ravi talking rubbish . Fakhar was backed quite a lot

He probably didn't exactly follw his career He is talking from a coach perspective.

 

[AAli98]

6 power play that deserves a cake cutting

Micky Arthur was last seen running to the bakery !

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 23/0 (5 overs).

That six from Fakhar was superb.

 

[RKhan_Cricket]

6 power play that deserves a cake cutting

Bro we have enough Rana's here already
Give us some break.
Post some thing positive atleast for once.
Your reply is always negative.

 

[Asif321]

Lahore qalander boys

 

[shah_1]

Garbage team

 

[sweep_shot]

Spin time.

Mehidy is in the attack.

 

[jnaveen1980]

"I can take care of my record later on" - Waqar he is talking about Babar. Not sure what he is sa ying here.

 

[nish_mate]

Micky Arthur was last seen running to the bakery !

I think Swiggy's already agreed to sponsor the cakes for MA

 

[msb314]

Pathetic - we need to go for it now

 

[Asif321]

Excited for cake cutting tonight after having some Bengali fish

 

[kron]

Tuk tuk tuk toooook tuk tuk cmon.
So boring.

 

[Rana]

Fakhar definitely middled that

 

[shah_1]

No intent to go for NRR

 

[NeVerMind]

We are still the hit one boundary and then consolidate in an over while other teams hit multiple ones in an over...

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 28/0 (6 overs).

 

[emranabbas]

Bro we have enough Rana's here already
Give us some break.
Post some thing positive atleast for once.
Your reply is always negative.

There's nothing positive to post with this bunch
28/0 6th over vs might bangladesh bowling attack

We just need to laught it off

 

[kron]

Bat bowl field
No idea about RRate

Fast bowling means just bowl fast with no skills. Just try and bowl 145 to 150 to look good on speedometers.

 

[shah_1]

This team is all about personal milestones

 

[kron]

Bro we have enough Rana's here already
Give us some break.
Post some thing positive atleast for once.
Your reply is always negative.

Bro we need to up the NRR.
This is dead slow.

 

[NeVerMind]

We are only 5 runs ahead of the Bangladesh total and they were 3 wickets down by this stage! This is mediocre batting...

 

[kron]

This team is all about personal milestones

Yep play for my 50 or scrape my way to a 100 with a SR od 80

 

[oatmeal]

They have got set now. Time to accelerate for the NRR. Finish the game in 30 overs

 

[globetrotter]

fakhar hitting six in PP is an Oscar moment

 

[MANU ROY]

Pakistan should try to chase down this target as soon as possible

 

[emranabbas]

They have got set now. Time to accelerate for the NRR. Finish the game in 30 overs

Get set make slow 50 and gift our wicket

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Fakhar might turn out to be a great pick for this game, if he comes off that will do wonders for the NRR.

 

[oatmeal]

Fakhar is timing the ball well.

 

[topspin]

Shakib's face lol

He's done playing for this team

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shafique reminds me a bit of Rahane with respect to some shots

 

[sweep_shot]

Based on how Pakistan are going, I think they may win with around 15 overs to spare (35 overs-ish).

 

[emranabbas]

Don't understand why out batsmen hit the ball on the ground instead of hitting it through the gap

 

[Ali Active]

mandatory for abdullah shafiq to play dots after boundary

 

[shah_1]

Poor mentality of Pakistan has been exposed

First thing PCB chairman should do is sack Babar Azam after this WC

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 33/0 (7 overs).

 

[t_kaay]

Serious question.....we have coaches for virtually everything these days, but do they have "tacticians"? You see them analysing laptops so surely someone in the Pakistani camp should recognise that this is probably THE match to target to get the NRR improvement they may need later. The remaining games won't be easy and IF we win them, I doubt it will be by such a margin that our NRR will improve drastically. Fakhar should be given free reign, even put chacha in next. If we lose quick wickets, we still have enough batting and time to chase it without losing the points. But we need to look at the bigger picture.

 

[NeVerMind]

Only 6 runs ahead of Bangladesh at this stage and they were down 3 wickets...really poor

 

[IAJ]

Another Six

 

[emranabbas]

2 sixes in powerplay that's 2 cakes now

 

[NeVerMind]

Another 6 by Fakhar...that's two in the power play meaning we'll be cutting two cakes tonight!

 

[sweep_shot]

2nd six from Fakhar.

Great hit.

 

[globetrotter]

Slow batting by openers, as if they are winning next 2 matches by at least 500 runs

 

[hitthestump]

Fakhar needs to treat this like a net session.

The result is a formality now.

Him having good time in the middle is vital for the 1% chance we have left to qualify.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is a true wicket. But not surprising they were all out for 204 runs

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 42/0 (8 overs).

Good over for Pakistan.

 

[topspin]

Pakistan - 42/0 (8 overs).

Good over for Pakistan.

Do you think we'll see the nagin dance from the Bangladesh side during this innings?

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Fakhar might turn out to be a great pick for this game, if he comes off that will do wonders for the NRR.

We needed to chase the score within 20-25 overs to seriously impact the NRR..

No way we can do that now

 

[aukhan]

Without Imam, the batting looks better and is not one-dimensional on paper.

Out of form fakhar should never have been dropped.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Despite the boundaries, the rest are dot balls so the run rate is still pretty poor.

 

[jnaveen1980]

BD is in for some hiding

 

[emranabbas]

Outfield is pretty quick they need to find gaps and go for it

 

[hitthestump]

Without Imam, the batting looks better and is not one-dimensional on paper.

Out of form fakhar should never have been dropped.

He needed to be dropped to rediscover some form.

It was doing him no favours to fail in every match.

A bit of a break and now we’re seeing the real Fakhar again.

 

[Ali T]

We're playing way too slow.
Need to be conscious of the NRR

 

[emranabbas]

BD is in for some hiding

Bro this is pakistan team not india

We will take it deep

 

[shah_1]

Babar is one shameless captain

 

[Kianig89]

Amazed some fans still believe that we will win all remaining games with other agar magar and qualify on NRR

 

[chinaman00]

No intent to go for NRR

It’s amazing really. If you can’t improve your NRR here, where are you going to improve? They should be accelerating the chase and wrapping it up before the 30th over but instead going at snail pace with their tuk tuk.

Disgusting really.

 

[sweep_shot]

Fakhar seems to be getting his form back. He can score a century today.

 

[topspin]

He needed to be dropped to rediscover some form.

It was doing him no favours to fail in every match.

A bit of a break and now we’re seeing the real Fakhar again.

If you want to set 350+ scores or chase these scores down like against Pakistan, Fakhar gives Pakistan the best chance or perhaps the only chance given that no one else has the ability to bat at his tempo and score heavily at the same time.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

50 up but 4 overs too late I would say.

 

[Shafi]

Another power-play wasted!!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nothing happening on the pitch. Pakistan can finish off in 25 overs

 

[Marooned]

This run rate is absolutely pathetic and I'm not talking about our qualification chances, those are absolutely non existent.

What I mean is even with zero scoreboard pressure these guys can't play at high strike rates. Give this target to a top team and they will make a mockery of this small total.

This slow batting is the root cause of our failures in this wc.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

5 an over after the powerplay. Just getting the win and not going to risk chasing down the NRR.

 

[hitthestump]

Amazed some fans still believe that we will win all remaining games with other agar magar and qualify on NRR

It simply comes down to us winning our last 3 games and NZ losing to SL.

Crazier things have happened. Netherlands beaten SA was more improbable than this.

 

[aukhan]

Fakhar is the only player capable of scoring daddy hundreds. Never concerned about his SR.

 

[Kianig89]

Now we will feel the pain of that Shamsi lbw not given

 

[shah_1]

Amazed some fans still believe that we will win all remaining games with other agar magar and qualify on NRR

It is about the intent, we have no chance at all.

 

[hitthestump]

5 an over after the powerplay. Just getting the win and not going to risk chasing down the NRR.

NRR is a stretch in any case. We’ve got NZ and England to come. If we somehow manage to win I doubt it’ll be by much.

 

[NeVerMind]

Now Fakhar finds some form then Abdullah starts blocking...it's infuriating

 

[boomboomcheema]

Pakistan lost so much in this tournament due to Imam , his loser batting against India, Australia etc.

 

[Kianig89]

It simply comes down to us winning our last 3 games and NZ losing to SL.

Crazier things have happened. Netherlands beaten SA was more improbable than this.

We will beat Eng and Nz, let alone is equivalent to WC cheer up

 

[Ali Active]

abdullah is dot ball machine

 

[shah_1]

Abdullah is another stat padder, should be replaced by Saim Ayub after this WC

 

[Kianig89]

It is about the intent, we have no chance at all.

Exactly let them do stat padding