ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan v Afghanistan | Match 22 | Chennai | 23 October | Pakistan Innings

[Spitfire]

What a prospect. Terrific bowler.

Hardik Pandya already has shown immense faith in Noor.

Got him to bowl at death for Gujarat Titans.

 

[mominsaigol]

I would happily take 250 on this wicket. Not easy to bat on.

I wonder if Abrar should've been thrown in.

On this Wicket you shall see shadab do nothing.

Abrar would have been a goat here.

Shadab and nawaz are useless. Problem with usama is his variation is zero, its just standard legspin with awkward height . Eventually it becomes predictable.

Abrar has all the tricks in the book. This dosti yaari culture is so annoying. Bcci would have booted sheddy and nawaz on the Asia cup games alone.

 

[BouncerGuy]

After 29 overs, Pakistan is 137/3. This is not good going for Pakistan. Seems like Spin is posing a huge thread for batters out there.

 

[castortroy]

Pak batting does look very weak after this pair

 

[aukhan]

What a selfish batting by Babar!!! Looks like we are heading for another defeat.

The KING needs to improve his average. Strike rate don't matter as much.

 

[Rana]

Look at Saud play spin and compare it to how Rizwan played it.

Who is the proper number 4?

 

[Major]

No he doesn’t! You can’t compare PSL and domestic. He’s been clueless against any spinner on the international stage, name one he’s played well against and dominated? Doesn’t mean he’s hit one 6.

just by watching 4 games of world cup doesnt make you an expert.

Funny seeing world cup fans that only tune in for icc tournaments flocking in and acting as experts.

No one even made a comparison, you need to looking at the playing history of a player. Iftis main weakness is bowling him length ball where he often edges it on backfoot to the keeper.

3 matches and we have experts here....

 

[castortroy]

This is awful batting v Nabi

 

[adzzy786]

Major it's not just this World Cup where Ifti's struggled vs spin.

He was tied up against Wanindu Hasaranga and Adil Rashid in 2022 Asia Cup Final, T20 series vs ENG and T20 World Cup Final.

There was a stat during the warmups I think where Ifti's SR was over 100 vs pace but 79 vs spin.

According to him Ifti if the greatest threat to spin in the world

 

[Aviator]

It feels like.. Its a test cricket last day last session and two tailenders are trying to salvage a draw...

 

[vprasanna83]

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of spin in the wicket . Just a little bit of grip

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Even 210 is a fighting total here...

Only because Afghan batting is like Pakistan's, only one or two genuine batsmen, the rest are makeshift players. Babar and his boys will be looking to put on a score they can defend, no chance they will want to take any risks. Not when their batting line up is so crap.

 

[viking2559]

Lol saud shakeel. Why is he overhyped? He has thousands of runs in FC and yet he can't read spinners from hand and is struggling badly. Who said he is the best player of spin?

 

[aukhan]

Asad Shafiq 2.0 is here to score a useless 50 today.

 

[Ahmed216]

Saud too has this age old disease of running 3-4 steps even if there's no run

 

[batandballbattle]

afghans spinning a web around us, need to play shots and put them off their length so that the wicket taking ball comes at 180-4 instead of 150

 

[Omer2002]

Nabi hasnt spun one ball so this is definately awfull..you cant just block him as other two spinners are getting vicious spin

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

wow pakistan are showing immense respect for afg brothers.

 

[Ahmed216]

Asad Shafiq 2.0 is here to score a useless 50 today.

There's help in the surface and they have very good spin attack.
50 would be great

 

[Asif321]

39 runs in last 10 overs

 

[oatmeal]

After 29 overs, Pakistan is 137/3. This is not good going for Pakistan. Seems like Spin is posing a huge thread for batters out there.

This is a fine position to be in. But need to bat till the very end and get to 250. 250 is very difficult to chase on this pitch

 

[Firebat]

Nabi has bowled 7 overs for just 15 while barely spinning the ball.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Our batsmen are so bad at playing spin, just letting bowlers get away with to many cheap overs.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Pakistan playing is very slow
I'm getting sleepy
Bye

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

This is a fine position to be in. But need to bat till the very end and get to 250. 250 is very difficult to chase on this pitch

Then it must be a difficult pitch to bat on.

 

[viking2559]

This saud guy is really poor. 9 off 22

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Why does a minnow like Afg have better spinners than PCT?

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Our batsmen are so bad at playing spin, just letting bowlers get away with to many cheap overs.

No feet movement at all, stuck in to the crease.

 

[Aviator]

What are they thinking? Do they seriously believe that there are Razzaq and Afridi waiting in the ranks to come and whack 100 runs in the last 5 overs?"

 

[viking2559]

The way this guy saud is playing spin is embarrassing.

 

[topspin]

We knew Chennai was going to play out like this, which is why I was pleased with our Shafique's batting during the PP.

I look back at Imam's knock. Didn't show any intent when it was easier to bat during the first 10 overs.

 

[TheSultan]

Noor is getting tired I think

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

never thought Pakistan player would have difficulty playing spinners

 

[mominsaigol]

For those saying 250 is good, their wrong. Our bowling is toothless lol.

Also calm down on saud. You guys have no idea the real villians are rizzu and imam .

Rizzu isn't bad but as I said, Nokia rizzu, Blackberry imam, Gold 15 million dollar iPhone kohli.

 

[adzzy786]

Beta, just by watching 4 games of world cup doesnt make you an expert.

Funny seeing world cup fans that only tune in for icc tournaments flocking in and acting as experts.

No one even made a comparison, you need to looking at the playing history of a player. Iftis main weakness is bowling him length ball where he often edges it on backfoot to the keeper.

3 matches and we have experts here....

I’ve watched and watch more games than you, I also played in more games than you. I understand the game better than you.

You keep saying the same thing and you’ve said it 3 times but your not even consistent in what your saying, first it’s 3 matches and now it’s 4, how many is it?

Don’t you have a better come back than ‘oh you’ve only watched the world cup’ which isn’t even true.

listen go and have a look at the stats. It’s no point arguing with someone who thinks Pakistan domestic and PSL are the same as international calibre. , if that’s the case Hassan Raza would have been great (go look him up )

 

[Amjid Javed]

No feet movement at all, stuck in to the crease.

It's actually pathetic they can't use their feet, or create angles in crease etc. To score runs more meaningfully

 

[Shafi]

It’s amazing how Afghanistan are churning out spinner after spinner and we have no one

Because Babar wants to save his friends and himself for potential Better players

 

[batandballbattle]

Why does a minnow like Afg have better spinners than PCT?

There are no true minnows in the WC anymore, the days of scotland, bermuda namibia and canada are gone. Every team in this 10 team tournament is competitive

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

1 run free hit ........ really.

 

[Markhor]

Afghanistan keep producing these spinners whilst Pakistan haven’t produced any real quality spinners / seam bowlers in a while. Sign of a long decline.

And the reason for that ? A big portion of the blame goes to the fool on commentary now.

When Rameez was PCB CEO in 2004, he mandated green domestic wickets.

From 2004-19 we produced uniformly damp, seaming wickets which marginalised spin. If you look at the QEA Trophy bowling charts in the 2010s - military mediums totally dominate.

It also meant batters could rarely hone their game vs spin.

 

[VForVendetta]

Babar loses shape even while striking a free hit

 

[Firebat]

Why does a minnow like Afg have better spinners than PCT?

To be fair they have better spinners than every team except maybe India

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

There are no true minnows in the WC anymore, the days of scotland, bermuda namibia and canada are gone. Every team in this 10 team tournament is competitive

Ned beat SA; Afg beat Eng .... it is definitely fun

 

[imshally81]

Saud isn't that bad

 

[Spitfire]

That's the furthest Babar can hit Noor...

 

[Ahmed216]

Those feet are moving better now for Saud

 

[adzzy786]

Lol saud shakeel. Why is he overhyped? He has thousands of runs in FC and yet he can't read spinners from hand and is struggling badly. Who said he is the best player of spin?

he is doing fine

 

[topspin]

What a pathetic attempt by Babar on that free hit.

 

[Rana]

Noor as usual, wides and no balls

 

[Omer2002]

Goodness me cant even hit a free hit we are pretty bad

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Need to step on the gas

 

[160KPH]

For those saying 250 is good, their wrong. Our bowling is toothless lol.

Also calm down on saud. You guys have no idea the real villians are rizzu and imam .

Rizzu isn't bad but as I said, Nokia rizzu, Blackberry imam, Gold 15 million dollar iPhone kohli.

Afghanistan will be all out for less than 170 on this pitch.

 

[gani999]

Pakistans's next games after this ones are with SA, Bangladesh, New Zealand and England. This and the Bangladesh game are the only relatively easy ones. Pak need to win here today.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

 

[angrypathan]

Saud finally managing to hit a long hop

 

[shah_1]

The problem with iyer/imam is they keep attacking the short ball despite knowing it most certainly has their number. Why can't they just let their ego down and duck under it / roll their wrists? Why do they keep attacking and hitting it in air? Both are in their late 20s. Should have matured by now.

I think they play on front foot mostly, tendency to look for runs against short ball.

 

[imshally81]

4 runs

Finally a convincing boundary by Saud

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

It is evident we need a lower order hitter apart from Ifti Chacha ......

 

[adzzy786]

According to Shoaib Malik Pakistan should have gone with a seam up bowling attack

 

[Markhor]

And that freehit is why Babar stays in his comfort zone.

Embarrassing lack of a power game even after nearly a decade of international cricket.

 

[adzzy786]

It is evident we need a lower order hitter apart from Ifti Chacha ......

You’ve just realised? Been saying it for years

 

[Abraham786]

King Can't clear inner circle even on free hit,

 

[topspin]

For those saying 250 is good, their wrong. Our bowling is toothless lol.

Also calm down on saud. You guys have no idea the real villians are rizzu and imam .

Rizzu isn't bad but as I said, Nokia rizzu, Blackberry imam, Gold 15 million dollar iPhone kohli.

It depends if we can get Gurbaz out without hurting us too much but I would back us 7 or 8 times out of 10 to win with a 250+ score. I don't expect there to be any dew.

 

[adzzy786]

And that freehit is why Babar stays in his comfort zone.

Embarrassing lack of a power game even after nearly a decade of international cricket.

Embarrassing couldn’t even get it passed the inner circle

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Ned beat SA; Afg beat Eng .... it is definitely fun

It is good ofr teams like us ..... as we need soembody to take down big teams as we might need to qualify based on run rate.

 

[Kroll]

After 29 overs, Pakistan is 137/3. This is not good going for Pakistan. Seems like Spin is posing a huge thread for batters out there.

Just giving too much respect, should be on the counter not nurdling, nudging and blocking around for all eternity.

 

[Third Man]

On this Wicket you shall see shadab do nothing.

Abrar would have been a goat here.

Shadab and nawaz are useless. Problem with usama is his variation is zero, its just standard legspin with awkward height . Eventually it becomes predictable.

Abrar has all the tricks in the book. This dosti yaari culture is so annoying. Bcci would have booted sheddy and nawaz on the Asia cup games alone.

"Tricks" are overrated in ODI cricket. A consistent turner on a good length is all you need. This obsession with "tricks" has ruined spin bowling.

 

[VForVendetta]

My son wants a Babar century at the stadium . Let’s hope it happens

Let's hope it happens as a winning contribution.

 

[Major]

I hope shadab doesnt choke with batting poke he always does. He will get to bat today most likely

 

[amvbfm]

This is a fine position to be in. But need to bat till the very end and get to 250. 250 is very difficult to chase on this pitch

But but 250 is never enough - stop living in the 90s
Also its not about winning, its about intent!!
South Africa scored 400 twice, we should do it as well.
Its so easy! see ball hit ball
Babar is timid, Abdullah is weak, Saud is useless,
must hit sixes,
must hit sixes
must hit sixes
What did he do!! Why was he hitting??? What a stupid shot! Babar is useless. Abdullah is brainless, Saud has no place in the team.
250 even on the most difficult pitch in the world will not make sense to people here.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Is this pitch really a low scoring pitch or we are just soothing our frustrations?

 

[shah_1]

Good shot

 

[Major]

Lovely cut from saud

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

4 by Saud .....

 

[mominsaigol]

"Tricks" are overrated in ODI cricket. A consistent turner on a good length is all you need. This obsession with "tricks" has ruined spin bowling.

By all tricks in the book, I meant all variations.

And no this trick hasn't ruined spin bowling, Shane Warne would like to have a word with you

 

[imshally81]

4 from Saud

 

[topspin]

There's something seriously wrong with how our spinners are being coached from grassroots to the highest level. We've not produced a single decent finger spinner after 2015, when ICC clamped down on chucking.

 

[Ahmed216]

Saud now showing his class against spin.

 

[shortbread]

For a change, the opponents are the worse fielding side.