Mention matches that Pakistan team have lost from winning positions

[msb314]

So… any defeats across any formats that felt like a win and you have no heartache for?

Either due to how well we played and gave it our best shot? Or defeat was inconsequential?

Here is a few to get us started:

1. 2016 /17 Pink Ball Test Adelaide
Asad Shafique almost pulled out a blinder chasing 450+. No regrets losing that game given a win would have been a world record chase… we gave it our all in the 4th innings.

2. 2004 Samsung Series - 1st ODI Karachi.
One of the greatest games ever played… Chasing 349 and being 34/2 after 8 overs we stood no chance but Inzy stood tall and kept fighting… No regret losing that game..

3. 2nd T20 Aane Do Series
So never understood why the T20 series was limited to only two games… But anyway chasing 190+ was always going to be hard but MoHafeez played a blinder.. Tried the best we could and again no regrets losing that game and settling the T20 series 1-1
First game IndiaPak game of the 2022 Asia Cup also comes to mind… Defending a below par score of 141 we most India sweat all the way. 10/10 for trying and no issues losing a close game…

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Just 3? I don't think there is enough time to list the number of matches that Pak has lost from winning positions. How could you forget the most recent one against India at WT20? That will surely go down as one of the all-time bottle jobs.

 

[sweep_shot]

Sydney 2010 comes to mind. That was a golden opportunity for Pakistan to get a Test win in Australia.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The greatest hits:

2010 WT20 SF v Australia
2021 WT20 SF v Australia
2024 WT20 match v India
2009 Sydney Test
2007 WT20 Final v India
2013 Cape Town test
2016 Brisbane test
2024 Sydney Test
2009 CT match v Australia
1996 WC QF v India

 

[emranabbas]

cant remember which t20 WC it was Nawaz bowling the last over and pakistan losing it after the game was bagged

 

[Rana]

A better thread would be “Matches Pakistan have lost before even playing the match”

I would argue that every match in which Rizwan and Babar play together is already a match Pakistan should lose.

 

[Kianig89]

One of the all time embarrassing, it dragged and dragged till the rattlesnake bowled a foul super over , the game slipped like sand from close hands

 

[gazza619]

Sydney 2010 comes to mind. That was a golden opportunity for Pakistan to get a Test win in Australia.

Fixed games don’t count

 

[gazza619]

A better thread would be “Matches Pakistan have lost before even playing the match”

I would argue that every match in which Rizwan and Babar play together is already a match Pakistan should lose.

As always dragging RizBar here too as per your pathetic philosophy

 

[Kianig89]

Who can forget the slow poison from Michael Hussey in St Lucia 2010

The Wt20 SF 21 in ultimate bottlejob, Matthew Wade to the agony and Pakistan left stunned.

The mother of all chokes Mohali debacle 2011

The Joburg disaster which sown the seeds of Indian supremacy

 

[YousafTheBeast]

 

[msb314]

Who can forget the slow poison from Michael Hussey in St Lucia 2010

The Wt20 SF 21 in ultimate bottlejob, Matthew Wade to the agony and Pakistan left stunned.

The mother of all chokes Mohali debacle 2011

The Joburg disaster which sown the seeds of Indian supremacy

Just 3? I don't think there is enough time to list the number of matches that Pak has lost from winning positions. How could you forget the most recent one against India at WT20? That will surely go down as one of the all-time bottle jobs.

The greatest hits:

2010 WT20 SF v Australia
2021 WT20 SF v Australia
2024 WT20 match v India
2009 Sydney Test
2007 WT20 Final v India
2013 Cape Town test
2016 Brisbane test
2024 Sydney Test
2009 CT match v Australia
1996 WC QF v India

cant remember which t20 WC it was Nawaz bowling the last over and pakistan losing it after the game was bagged

A better thread would be “Matches Pakistan have lost before even playing the match”

I would argue that every match in which Rizwan and Babar play together is already a match Pakistan should lose.

One of the all time embarrassing, it dragged and dragged till the rattlesnake bowled a foul super over , the game slipped like sand from close hands

Fixed games don’t count

Sorry if this title is misleading but please read the OP to better answer the question..

 

[msb314]

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Please read OP. That’ll help you better answer the question

 

[Kianig89]

Sorry if this title is misleading but please read the OP to better answer the question..

What did you consider winning positions

To elaborate a couple of these games.

Wt20 2010 SF , Aus needed 15 an over for the last 7 overs yet they did it, infact 24 from last over was achieved in 5 deliveries.

WT20 21 SF, Aus needed 54 from 18 yet they won with 3 balls left, infact Pakistan dropped a catch in between.

Joburg 07, Pakistan messed and messed with player of tournament Afridi getting out on duck , Misbah needed 6 from 4 against a dibbly dobby Sharma and he funked it.

Ind v Pak 2011 SF , Pakistan kept India in check throughout 1st innings, the chase started nicely with brain freeze moments every now and then bringing India back in game, in fact midway Umer Akmal was getting settled and there was pin drop silence in Mohali yet Pakistan bluffed it.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Sorry if this title is misleading but please read the OP to better answer the question..

Did thread title changed?

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Think op means defeats from winning positions that didn’t hurt.

I’m just glad I wasn’t the only one fooled for once.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The greatest hits:

2010 WT20 SF v Australia
2021 WT20 SF v Australia
2024 WT20 match v India
2009 Sydney Test
2007 WT20 Final v India
2013 Cape Town test
2016 Brisbane test
2024 Sydney Test
2009 CT match v Australia
1996 WC QF v India

Can't believe I missed 2022 TW0 match v India. That should be near the top of the list, if not on top

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Not really from a winning position, but I loved this match. Afridi was never gonna chase the target, but he put on a show.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

I stopped caring about Pak results around 2022.

Before that every loss felt so real, now when they lose I am like, 'oh well, anways ..."

 

[topspin]

The 2 best examples are the 2007 WT20 final and 2011 WC semi-final. Big thanks to Misbah for his bottling.

 

[neonoir]

One that sticks out a bit randomly is the 2009 Champions Trophy SF vs NZ.

If I remember correctly Younis dropped Grant Elliot early on and he went on to win the game unbeaten for New Zealand

 

[neonoir]

Also the infamous 2010 Lords test Eng were 100 for 7 and ended up scoring 450

 

[msb314]

What did you consider winning positions

To elaborate a couple of these games.

Wt20 2010 SF , Aus needed 15 an over for the last 7 overs yet they did it, infact 24 from last over was achieved in 5 deliveries.

WT20 21 SF, Aus needed 54 from 18 yet they won with 3 balls left, infact Pakistan dropped a catch in between.

Joburg 07, Pakistan messed and messed with player of tournament Afridi getting out on duck , Misbah needed 6 from 4 against a dibbly dobby Sharma and he funked it.

Ind v Pak 2011 SF , Pakistan kept India in check throughout 1st innings, the chase started nicely with brain freeze moments every now and then bringing India back in game, in fact midway Umer Akmal was getting settled and there was pin drop silence in Mohali yet Pakistan bluffed it.

The OP is not about “winning positions”…

It’s about games we’ve lost that did not hurt. Either due to how well we played and tried our best or game was inconsequential

 

[YousafTheBeast]

I stopped caring about Pak results around 2022.

Before that every loss felt so real, now when they lose I am like, 'oh well, anways ..."

Now you’re just, “oh well, at least they brought in new chairs at the gaddafi stadium”.

 

[msb314]

Did thread title changed?

lol I think so

 

[msb314]

Think op means defeats from winning positions that didn’t hurt.

I’m just glad I wasn’t the only one fooled for once.

The OP is not about “winning positions”…

It’s about games we’ve lost that did not hurt. Either due to how well we played and tried our best or game was inconsequential

 

[YousafTheBeast]

The OP is not about “winning positions”…

It’s about games we’ve lost that did not hurt. Either due to how well we played and tried our best or game was inconsequential

Sorry brada, dunno where winning positions came from.

 

[msb314]

Also the infamous 2010 Lords test Eng were 100 for 7 and ended up scoring 450

The 2 best examples are the 2007 WT20 final and 2011 WC semi-final. Big thanks to Misbah for his bottling.

One that sticks out a bit randomly is the 2009 Champions Trophy SF vs NZ.

If I remember correctly Younis dropped Grant Elliot early on and he went on to win the game unbeaten for New Zealand

Also the infamous 2010 Lords test Eng were 100 for 7 and ended up scoring 450

Please read OP

 

[topspin]

Please read OP

Tbf, the OP and the thread title contradict with each other. But yes, happy to address the OP as well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think the thread should be "Well fought matches"?

 

[msb314]

Tbf, the OP and the thread title contradict with each other. But yes, happy to address the OP as well.

Okay - not sure how that happened…

 

[topspin]

I’m going to say the 2022 WT20 final. It might be a strange one but I felt Pakistan fluked their way into the final and the standard of their cricket was mediocre, so I felt a triumph would’ve felt somewhat hollow.

Babar Azam ended the tournament with an average under 20, which is understandable for a player out of form. However, a strike rate of under 100 is simply unforgivable in any T20 tournament, especially in a WT20.

The fact that this fraud is still playing for Pakistan, shows that this fluke appearance in the final papered over the cracks. Babar should have been permanently booted out of the T20I side after this substandard showing of his.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I’m going to say the 2022 WT20 final. It might be a strange one but I felt Pakistan fluked their way into the final and the standard of their cricket was mediocre, so I felt a triumph would’ve felt somewhat hollow.

Babar Azam ended the tournament with an average under 20, which is understandable for a player out of form. However, a strike rate of under 100 is simply unforgivable in any T20 tournament, especially in a WT20.

The fact that this fraud is still playing for Pakistan, shows that this fluke appearance in the final papered over the cracks. Babar should have been permanently booted out of the T20I side after this substandard showing of his.

Babar is still in top 10 ICC ranking of T20s lol

 

[topspin]

Babar is still in top 10 ICC ranking of T20s lol

Another ICC T20 player of the year award coming up for this young and classy player.

 

[dravidthewall]

Some i remember
2010 Sydney test
Random odi against australia in Dubai or somewhere needed 2 runs in 6 ball..but still lost that time afridi was captain.I think sohail tanveer was at crease.
2007 T20 wc .

 

[mominsaigol]

Basically every t20 knockout vs Australia lol.

 

[Hellion]

1996 QF was a lost cause the moment India finished on 288.

Only 2 scores higher than that had ever been chased in India until that time.

Never was a winning position especially since PAK weren't great chasers anyway.

 

[Devadwal]

Nobody mentioned 2024 world T20 game against mighty USA

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Some i remember
2010 Sydney test
Random odi against australia in Dubai or somewhere needed 2 runs in 6 ball..but still lost that time afridi was captain.I think sohail tanveer was at crease.
2007 T20 wc .

I remember that match against Australia. Maxwell was the bowler lol

 

[Pakpak]

1996 really hurts to me having watched it live especially as the same Pakistani team had battered India throughout that decade before and then after that match, home and away.

First we let India get away with it and Waqar let all the great work by himself be ruined. Then we were absolutely smashing them and were like 113/1 after 13. And needed the rest at less than a 4 but totally ruined it yet again. All our 'legends ie Inzi and then later on Yousaf totally choked in key WC games whenever it mattered, especially against India.

 

[RexRex]

1996 really hurts to me having watched it live especially as the same Pakistani team had battered India throughout that decade before and then after that match, home and away.

First we let India get away with it and Waqar let all the great work by himself be ruined. Then we were absolutely smashing them and were like 113/1 after 13. And needed the rest at less than a 4 but totally ruined it yet again. All our 'legends ie Inzi and then later on Yousaf totally choked in key WC games whenever it mattered, especially against India.

96 QF is easily my favorite Indo-Pak encounter, great memories watching it live.

 

[Major]

2009 champions trophy semi final vs NZ where Younis Khan dropped Grant Elliot
2010 Sydney
2011 Semi Final
Pakistan Vs Australia Series in 2009
Pakistan Vs Australia Series in 2014 (It was soo hot, there was no way Australia should had won that series)
South Africa vs Pakistan Series in 2012 (odi) (but Pakistan made it up in the 2013 series)
Pakistan vs India 2016 World T20 (afridi messed this one up)
Pakistan vs India 2012 Asia Cup (That innings by Kohli was marvelous)
Pakistan vs India 2024 World T20 (Thanks to Imad Wasim)
Pakistan vs USA 2024 World T20 (Thanks to Mohammad Amir)
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2022 World T20
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Test Series in UAE 2017
Pakistan vs West Indies 2007 World Cup
Pakistan vs Ireland 2007 World Cup

The one that still stings me the most is Pakistan vs India World T20 2007

 

[jeetu]

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Nothing will ever beat this match , where Pakistan first won and then lost the match in last ball of the match.

In this match Paklstan need 1 run to win the match ( the score would have been tied but Pakistan would have won the match as they scored more run than India after 15 overs ). However Abdul Qadir went for non existent 2nd run and got run out. India won the match as they lost 1 less wicket than Pakistan.
Had Abdul Qadir just stopped after 1 run Pakistan would have won the match.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Recently it should be the Test matches against Bangladesh and south Africa... we should have won at least 2 of those 3 games.

 

[dravidthewall]

I remember that match against Australia. Maxwell was the bowler lol

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