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

[emranabbas]

What's Abdullah upto? 20 of 31

 

[shah_1]

Exactly let them do stat padding

Would love to see Babar getting sacked. Timid captain

 

[boomboomcheema]

Too slow need to get this done by 30 overs Max.

 

[NeVerMind]

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

Well Saim will come in for the T20 WC so let's hope he makes a serious dent so he can make his way into the ODI team

 

[Kianig89]

Would love to see Babar getting sacked. Timid captain

And the alternative

 

[Shafi]

This Shafiq is such an useless batsman!!!

 

[shah_1]

Babar has given a clone of himself

 

[Marooned]

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

We won't. Every fan knows it's done and dusted and then some but it's amazing that even in this rubber with zero scoreboard pressure these batsmen absolutely incapable of playing at high sr.

They are leagues behind the competition.

 

[shah_1]

And the alternative

Shaheen Afridi in white ball cricket with Rizwan being the vice captain

 

[emranabbas]

Thought we got rid of parchi but ended up with this parcha Abdullah shafique

 

[Shafi]

Shafiq reminds me Taufiq Umar. Tuk tuk

 

[karthikc]

The fitness levels seem atrocious

 

[NeVerMind]

Only 8 runs ahead of Bangladesh who were 3 down at this stage...pathetic intent...and Abdullah gone down with cramps...take him off and send in Chacha (who will probably also start doing a tuk tuk)...

 

[NeVerMind]

And the alternative

Make Imad the limited overs captain...he's not in the Yaari Dosti circle so can make the ruthless decisions when required....

 

[sweep_shot]

Abdullah is having issue with cramp.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Make Imad the limited overs captain...he's not in the Yaari Dosti circle so can make the ruthless decisions when required....

List his performance in last 10 games.

 

[dravidthewall]

Crowd is in good numbers today

 

[Hermoine Green]

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

Yep, like he talked about SSA )

 

[mazkhan]

Saim ayub Is the replacement for shafique

 

[boomboomcheema]

Common yes need to get this done before 30 overs.

 

[NeVerMind]

List his performance in last 10 games.

I'm thinking about the bigger picture here....we need someone who is not part of the current comfortable circle and able to make the ruthless decisions that are required e.g. breaking up the opening batting paor of RizBar and slotting in Saim..at least for the T20 World Cup...

 

[Saanji]

C.o.r.n.e.r.e.d. t.i.g.e.r.s.

 

[sweep_shot]

3rd six from Fakhar.

He is on a roll.

 

[angrypathan]

Abdullah’s strike rotation is very poor

 

[7sins]

C.o.r.n.e.r.e.d. t.i.g.e.r.s.

Too late for the tigers to come to party pakistan already put of the tournament and just playing against Bangladesh

 

[Swashbuckler]

How do Bangladeshi fans tolerate this?

 

[7sins]

Abdullah’s strike rotation is very poor

When you select a batsmen who have hardly played a list A game that will happen.

 

[oatmeal]

Shakib should come on now

 

[angrypathan]

Shakib looks a broken man

 

[jnaveen1980]

How do Bangladeshi fans tolerate this?

I see them cheering on in the ground. But at the end of the match they will express themselves.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Looking at BD one of the biggest upset in this world cup is BD beating Afghanistan.

 

[7sins]

So if NZ wins tomorrow against SA, Pak can pack the bags and come home

 

[Shafi]

Such a brainless captain and coaches. We have nothing to loose. Just play fast and go for NRR. Most likely these people don't understand what is NRR

 

[sweep_shot]

Bangladesh may leave this World Cup with 2 points (finishing last and with a 8-match losing streak).

Pathetic.

 

[emranabbas]

Abdullah shafique finally woke up

 

[topspin]

Shakib looks a broken man

Don't worry the nagin dance will come out soon.

 

[NeVerMind]

Cramps actually benefitting Abdullah as he is just looking to hit boundaries now..

 

[Nado_]

Fakhar Zaman who waits for the balls in his area is very dangerous because when he connects it’s gone!

 

[angrypathan]

Very poor bowling from Fizz

 

[MMHS]

if not pride, at least show some shame!!!

Many of these players will be playing their last game in this WC - they know it also. And, that’s not for age ….

 

[t_kaay]

Takes 13 overs for the commentary team to pick up on the fact we need to watch our nrr.....

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 77/0 (13 overs).

 

[Shafi]

Looking at BD one of the biggest upset in this world cup is BD beating Afghanistan.

Come on!!! Bangladesh is better team than Afghanistan. We lost to them due to poor batting. We score 280 in 350 pitch

 

[jnaveen1980]

Will these guys slow down for 50s?

 

[apnapind]

People are funny here taking a dig at abdullah he is pak best talent plays proper shots got double hundred in sri lanka as babar once said kitabi player

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Trundling by Shoriful and Mustafizur.

 

[NeVerMind]

Guess who's back?

Fakhar's back!

 

[Asif321]

Imam crying in corner now

 

[jnaveen1980]

Come on!!! Bangladesh is better team than Afghanistan. We lost to them due to poor batting. We score 280 in 350 pitch

Afghanistan looked extremely clinical in their performance both against SL and Pakistan. They are also one of the only 2 sides that batted well against India. I rate them above most teams from Asia.

 

[emranabbas]

Imam crying in corner now

Imam will be back

Abdullah of fakhar will have to sit out

 

[Shafi]

I'm thinking about the bigger picture here....we need someone who is not part of the current comfortable circle and able to make the ruthless decisions that are required e.g. breaking up the opening batting paor of RizBar and slotting in Saim..at least for the T20 World Cup...

Heard Dhani will be vice-captain

 

[sweep_shot]

4th six for Fakhar.

He is on 43*.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Pitch has become good to bat on under lights. Aint the same pitch as last match here. Good toss to lose.

BD have a coach who has strange thinking of cricket and is a very reactionary Coach. because they batted poorly last match here (but it was a on a different wicket), so they thought bat first instead today even though its a different wicket. Usually under lights it favours batting side more in this venue with due around too.

 

[Syed1]

Aek do match kya haray log halka hi leh gaye thay brocolli

 

[Asif321]

Want to see Fakhar and Saim open for Pakistan

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Also this pitch hasn't crumbled as expected. It's gotten easier .

No chance of BD exerting any control now.

 

[Ml12345]

Pakistan have announced their arrival with this stellar performance

 

[nish_mate]

Fakhra!!!! Shabash cheete!

 

[angrypathan]

Never thought a Pakistani batsman attacking spin would become a rare sight, but at least Fakhar is back to do it

 

[Ali Active]

if pakistan chase this inside 30 how much will nrr improve?? any ideas

 

[7sins]

We could have won against Afghanistan or sa had we played fakhar our parchi

 

[NeVerMind]

Imam crying in corner now

He's calling his Uncle only to be told he's resigned too so crying a bit more now...

 

[t_kaay]

So many singles being turned down by these 2

 

[nish_mate]

Pakistan have announced their arrival with this stellar performance

Better late than never....

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pitch has become good to bat on under lights. Aint the same pitch as last match here. Good toss to lose.

BD have a coach who has strange thinking of cricket and is a very reactionary Coach. because they batted poorly last match here (but it was a on a different wicket), so they thought bat first instead today even though its a different wicket. Usually under lights it favours batting side more in this venue with due around too.

Under lights ball actually moves here. I am surprised BD is unable to extract any movement.

 

[sweep_shot]

Abdullah and Fakhar should open.

Imam should be gone for a while.

 

[shah_1]

Imam being a dhost of Babar got a free pass for so long

 

[shortbread]

Fakhar is being irresponsible here by scoring at run a ball, he should learn from Imam and aim to score a solid 20 odd from 40 balls. I can see why the selectors prefer Imam.

 

[mazkhan]

An investigation needs to be done why fakhar zaman was locked away in the closet this whole world cup and the spectacled nephew was given a run in the team , your gun white ball batsmen yes who is hit miss but why would you not play him when on his day he can take bowling apart.

 

[7sins]

if pakistan chase this inside 30 how much will nrr improve?? any ideas

Rr won't matter if NZ don't lose 3 matches

 

[Shafi]

Afghanistan looked extremely clinical in their performance both against SL and Pakistan. They are also one of the only 2 sides that batted well against India. I rate them above most teams from Asia.

Regardless!!! Our captain has timid mindset so as others. We would loose to Ned if we played after Ind/Aus match

 

[Mas-LFC]

I said it another thread. Pak needs to get Zaman into the team, a dasher at top. Yes its only against a mediocre bowling side. Most wickets are good for batting a dasher at top will work. Same way BD needed Sarkar who on proper highways has good record.

 

[Syed1]

An out of form Fakhar is still a better batsman than in form best friend Imam. I wonder what our standing in the table had been if we had dropped Imam instead of Fakhar.

 

[NeVerMind]

Want to see Fakhar and Saim open for Pakistan

In T20s , yes...but RizBar won't let it happen unless Babar loses his captaincy

 

[Ali Active]

Rr won't matter if NZ don't lose 3 matches

it will nz will likely beat sri lanka so they will also. stand on 10 points considering pak beat eng and nz and nz lose tomorrow

 

[deltexas]

Talk about it nrr is useless as it's almost impossible for pak to catch up with say nz . Say pal restrict all 3 oppositions including today for 150 in 35 overs and then chase the target in 15 overs in all 3 games- third nrr would be close to around 0.88 which is still below nz.. so there is no way pak can catch up on nrr. And the next 2 games are even tougher against nz and sa.

So at this point all pak can do is win all their 3 games and hope nz lose all their 3 games. That's the only way. All this talk about nrr here is ridiculous

 

[Ml12345]

Still lots of dot balls by Pakistani batters. Scoring only under 6.

 

[Shafi]

Fakhar is being irresponsible here by scoring at run a ball, he should learn from Imam and aim to score a solid 20 odd from 40 balls. I can see why the selectors prefer Imam.

44 of 43 by Fakhar is not that good either in easy match

 

[MMHS]

Not sure what PAK is trying to achieve here - they are not loosing with 150 needed - even Wasim & Mir can chase last 50 runs …. Go after 25 overs finish, that keeps mathematical chances still alive.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why is Shakib bowling his first over after Pakistan reached 84? This is bizarre