MCC [137/6] defeat Lahore Qalandars [135/5] by 4 wickets to win T20 match

[MenInG]

A wonderful celebration of cricket and the first of 4 games that should send a positive message about Pakistan to the rest of the world.


MCC squad to tour Pakistan:

Kumar Sangakkara (President/Captain)
Guy Lavender (Tour Manager)
John Stephenson (Assistant Manager)
Ajmal Shahzad (Head Coach)
Ravi Bopara (Sussex)
Michael Burgess (Warwickshire)
Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Warwickshire)
Fred Klaassen (Kent)
Michael Leask (Scotland)
Arron Lilley (Leicestershire)
Imran Qayyum (Kent)
Will Rhodes (Warwickshire)
Safyaan Sharif (Scotland)
Roelof van der Merwe (Somerset)
Ross Whiteley (Worcestershire)

The following three players, who will appear in the upcoming Pakistan Super League, will each represent MCC in one match on the tour:

Liam Dawson (Hampshire/Peshawar Zalmi)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire/Lahore Qalandars)
Phil Salt (Sussex/Islamabad United)

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Lahore Qalandars full squad:

Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Lynn, David Wiese, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan Shinwari, Sohail Akhtar (c), Haris Rauf, Samit Patel, Salman Butt, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ben Dunk, Farzan Raja, Jaahid Ali, Mohammad Faizan, Dane Vilas, Dilbar Hussain.

 

[IAJ]

What time, GMT, is it starting?

 

[MenInG]

What time, GMT, is it starting?

12:00pm GMT is official start but toss 30 mins before

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

12:00pm GMT is official start but toss 30 mins before

Is there a live telecast of this anywhere?

 

[IAJ]

12:00pm GMT is official start but toss 30 mins before

Thanks

 

[MenInG]

Should be available on a local TV channels

 

[minamino]

I thought this match was being played in Aitchison College.

 

[Omer2002]

no this is at Gadaffi rest are played in College

 

[adzzy786]

Which channels will it be showing on? As I can’t seem to find it anywhere

 

[Omer2002]

i have heard on GeoSuper and Qalanders youtube but nothing on there so far

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Which channels will it be showing on? As I can’t seem to find it anywhere

Doubt it will be.

Will the PCB even provide a scorecard for it?

 

[adzzy786]

Doubt it will be.

Will the PCB even provide a scorecard for it?

The whole idea is to try get other teams to come and play. So they must be showing it somewhere

 

[RehanG]

it starts at 17:30 local time so 15:30 GMT

 

[Omer2002]

12.30GMT you mean

 

[adzzy786]

it starts at 17:30 local time so 15:30 GMT

12:30 GMT you mean

 

[RehanG]

12:30 GMT you mean

Yes 12:30 i meant.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

The whole idea is to try get other teams to come and play. So they must be showing it somewhere

It is the PCB not BCCI.

 

[Omer2002]

its on Geo Super now

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Where can I find a scorecard?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

People are not even clapping

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Hafeez and Samit have a laugh

 

[Titan24]

Looks like Fakhar and Salman Butt are gonna open.

 

[adzzy786]

Has the match started yet?

 

[Titan24]

Has the match started yet?

No. LQ team has just given bouquets to MCC team and they have been pictured together.

 

[minamino]

The kit of Lahore Qalandars look terrible

 

[Titan24]

So LQ kit is now light green and grey. Maybe they also have home and away concept as Shaheen and one other guy had slightly different kits on display.

 

[silentkiller187]

Wonder what the odds for Salman Butt to be out in the first over are

 

[Titan24]

Nice green field.

 

[minamino]

This female commentator is a joke.

 

[silentkiller187]

Don't know whats worse the commentary or the pictures.

 

[adzzy786]

Can’t even hear the ground, this telecast is pathetic

 

[ammar_merry]

Can’t even hear the ground, this telecast is pathetic

finally can hear the crowd.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

i really hope they do not play salman butt in this tournament

wat a garbage mind this aqib has

litrally shameful

 

[silentkiller187]

"Ross?" The bowlers name is Oliver, "i think so it is samit" after samit dived to save a run. Rambo is looking like Benaud compared to these newbies.

On a side note it is a local match so you can excuse the telecast quality however you would think MCC in pak first time in how long they should have made atleast a bit of effort.

 

[adzzy786]

finally can hear the crowd.

But can’t hear the bat hitting the ball. It’s silent. This is the worst stream I’ve ever seen

 

[ARK Rafay]

Was this game supposed to be broadcasted? Because if it was then the broadcast is even worse than the domestic games.

 

[silentkiller187]

whys the boundary so short, and why do they keep calling players by their first name

 

[silentkiller187]

whos the guy behind the stumps, clueless missed a few easy takes already

 

[ARK Rafay]

whos the guy behind the stumps, clueless missed a few easy takes already

:Kamran

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[ARK Rafay]

Can't wait to see Jaahid Ali.

 

[minamino]

These two will make sure no one else will bat and score 100/0 after 20 overs.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Brilliant decision by the Umpire.

 

[Abdullah719]

Pretty slow going by LQ.

 

[minamino]

Poor performance by young batsmen of LQ.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

LQ will finish at no6 again

 

[minamino]

Can Lahore get rebranded?

 

[arehaan]

Another 6 place finish coming for Lahore qalandar this year

 

[adzzy786]

Poor performance by young batsmen of LQ.

They have a great role model in Salman Butt to follow.

 

[arehaan]

Any team having Salman Butt opening in T20 deserves to finish last

 

[adzzy786]

Any team having Salman Butt opening in T20 deserves to finish last

Agreed. He should have been banned for life. I can’t stand the sight of him

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Nothing to see here folks. Just Qalandars qalandaring their way around the game.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Commentator. "Ye Van der Merwey ny sirf 6 runs diya hain" )

 

[minamino]

Any team having Salman Butt opening in T20 deserves to finish last

He wont play in the main tournament. He will be replaced by some international player.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Great to see packed crowd.

 

[arehaan]

He wont play in the main tournament. He will be replaced by some international player.

Agreed Chris Lynn will be opening the innings but can surely see Salman Butt in playing eleven especially since he was retained by LQ

 

[Shafi]

Who is this rubbish Farzan Raja? Looks like some former player's relative.

 

[Nasirpollo]

What is full score....Can anyone give link for the score

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Who is this rubbish Farzan Raja? Looks like some former player's relative.

He’s a leg spinner. LQ batting is thin.

 

[Omer2002]

this is like watching paint dry...full team or not Lahore will finish last again ...all they have is bowling

 

[TrentDevil]

Read on Twitter that LQ played a practice game against some local university few days back and they received a drubbing from university guys

 

[Omer2002]

How can SOhail be the captain its amazing

 

[ARK Rafay]

Struggling to put up a decent score against this MCC. And Chris Lynn is going to fix their batting woes that we have seen for many years?

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

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Says National Triangular T20 Womens cricket championship on top

 

[MenInG]

Final score:

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Final score:

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Hafeez Showing his Class again.."Best & Blessed in All facet's of the Game " Masha Allah

 

[shamaan]

Let's forget about the game a minute and congratulate the lohare crowd what amazing support !

 

[Omer Baloch]

LQ batting is so hopeless.

 

[MenInG]

Ok-ish crowd it seems

 

[Kaddy]

So Hafeez bhai got out on ZERO against this bowling line up.
He truly is the greatest batting talent produced by Pakistan in this century.

 

[Titan24]

So is Maaz Khan the emerging player for LQ and is filling a spot in LQ squad?

 

[Rellu_Katta]

maaz khan is a good spinner..... he shld in the squaad

 

[Titan24]

And the leggy Maaz Khan gets his first wicket.

 

[DRsohail]

And the leggy Maaz Khan gets his first wicket.

Did not see much turn from him.

 

[Titan24]

So Ali Majid another leggy from the LQ development program.

 

[Titan24]

Did not see much turn from him.

Yes, mostly straight balls and wasnt trying to flight it much. This is the first time I am seeing him.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lots of love for Kumar Sangakkara from the crowd in Lahore today <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvMCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvMCC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/RAaLW7x1Lr">pic.twitter.com/RAaLW7x1Lr</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1228337530489262080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Rellu_Katta]

Maaz Khan played in tht series in Abu Dhabi where SSA and Haariz Rauf made their name and Sohail Akhtar scored a 100 opening and captained and LQ won tht series

he is a decent spinner... not sure if he is in PSL squad or not but shld be

 

[Titan24]

Have to give credit to LQ for trying all their young and untested players. Bowling couple of leggies in the power play.