National T20 Cup | Day 2 | 12 Nov, 2017 | Peshawar v FATA, Islamabad v Rawalpindi | Match Thread

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Today's games

Peshawar v FATA (12:00 local | 07:00 GMT | 10:00 AST)

PESHAWAR

[table= class:grid, width:750][tr][td]Pre-allocated[/td][td]Premium batsmen[/td][td]Premium bowlers[/td][td]Free picks[/td][td]Emerging[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Rizwan ©[/td][td]Rifatullah[/td][td]Waqas Maqsood[/td][td]Fakhar Zaman[/td][td]Saif Badar[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Zohaib Khan[/td][td]Musadiq Ahmed[/td][td]Mohammad Imran[/td][td]Sohail Khan[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Israrullah[/td][td]Naved Yasin[/td][td][/td][td]Kashif Bhatti[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Khan Jr.[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Imran Khan[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Usman Qadir[/td][/tr][/table]


FATA

[table= class:grid, width:750][tr][td]Pre-allocated[/td][td]Premium batsmen[/td][td]Premium bowlers[/td][td]Free picks[/td][td]Emerging[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Usman Shinwari ©[/td][td]Mukhtar Ahmed[/td][td]Bilawal Bhatti[/td][td]Usama Mir[/td][td]Shaheen Shah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rehan Afridi[/td][td]Naved Malik[/td][td]Sameen Gul[/td][td]Hammad Azam[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Asif Afridi[/td][td]Awais Zia[/td][td][/td][td]Mohammad Naeem[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Khushdil Shah[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Nabi Gul[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Irfan Rasheed[/td][/tr][/table]



Islamabad v Rawalpindi (Day/Night) 16:00 local time (11:00 GMT | 14:00 AST)


ISLAMABAD

[table= class:grid, width:750][tr][td]Pre-allocated[/td][td]Premium batsmen[/td][td]Premium bowlers[/td][td]Free picks[/td][td]Emerging[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imad Wasim ©[/td][td]Nauman Anwar[/td][td]Rahat Ali[/td][td]Shoaib Malik[/td][td]Arsal Sheikh[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Hasan Ali[/td][td]Adil Amin[/td][td]Umar Gul[/td][td]Rohail Nazir[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Zohaib Ahmed[/td][td]Shan Masood[/td][td][/td][td]Ali Sarfraz[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sarmad Bhatti[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Shehzad Azam[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Faizan Riaz[/td][/tr][/table]

RAWALPINDI

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[tr][td]Umar Amin ©[/td][td]Fawad Alam[/td][td]Mohammad Irfan jr[/td][td]Iftikhar Ahmed[/td][td]Umair Masood[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sohail Tanvir[/td][td]Zain Abbas[/td][td]Mohammad Abbas[/td][td]Mohammad Asghar[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shadab Khan[/td][td]Ahsan Ali[/td][td][/td][td]Rameez Aziz[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Nawaz[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Nasir Nawaz[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Adnan Ghaus[/td][/tr][/table]

 

[AB HAQ]

Is Muhammad Amir ok yesterday he was hit hard on his knee?

 

[Hamza_]

Waiting to see Ahsan Ali and Nauman Anwar

 

[Titan24]

Is Muhammad Amir ok yesterday he was hit hard on his knee?

He should be fine, he walked off the feild walking by himself

 

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Peshawar 30/1 (3.3/20 ov)
FATA
Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field

 

[Shafi]

Again no emerging player!!!!! Why these teams are not following rules and taking players whom they want? PCB is so powerless.

 

[Shafi]

Hope PSL will not copy these teams and bench emerging players

 

[last_knight]

This Musaddiq guy I have been talking about for more than two years now. Extremely talented hitter. Can be coached into a useful player.

 

[Shafi]

This Musaddiq guy I have been talking about for more than two years now. Extremely talented hitter. Can be coached into a useful player.

He is already 32 years old. Coach him 2 more years and he will be national team at the age of 34-35 just like Misbah. Useless

 

[ammar_merry]

mukhtar tonking sohail khan

 

[ataullah]

Awais zia has improved off side game. I hope him and mukhtar get picked today in psl draft

 

[supersix]

These games been broadcasted in the UK?

 

[mak36]

Khushdil Shah looked poor today.

 

[Hermoine Green]

Excellent knock from hammad Azam..
FATA won by 6 wickets.

 

[DRsohail]

Khushdil Shah looked poor today.

he is poor. i can,t see anything special in him.

 

[mak36]

he is poor. i can,t see anything special in him.

His batting has regressed if anything. Game awareness was disappointing.

 

[mak36]

Excellent knock from hammad Azam..
FATA won by 6 wickets.

Azam showed good temperament and game awareness.

 

[Abdullah719]

Zohaib Ahmed captaining Islamabad.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

how much did Hammad score?

 

[Abdullah719]

how much did Hammad score?

38* off 27 with 3 sixes.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

38* off 27 with 3 sixes.

nice, hope he isn't ignored in PSL again, been piling on the runs recently

 

[pkwdpassion]

Good game, unfortunately I could'nt watch the 1st innings and only watched the 2nd [FATA's batting].

Really superb standard T20 innings by openers Mukhtar Ahmed and Awais Zia. Mukhtar Ahmed played some good shots on the leg side. A bad day for Sohail Khan and rest of medium-fast bowlers as FATA had hard time scoring against Peshawar spinners, so they went after them. Both took turns, Mukhtar hit sixes whereas Awais was hitting 4s. First 50 runs were made in just 3 and a half overs [21 balls].

Awais has changed his game and mellowed down, but played strokes on both sides of the ground including that beautiful six at extra cover, completed a well-made 50. Still remains restless and does'nt like playing dots. Should've been part of the PSL longtime back.

Saw Khushdil Shah[PCB allocated player] for first time, not aware of his game before. Very unlike of T20 inning, really Babar Azam/Akmal/Malik like innings, actually even worse than them, piled on dots or take singles, did'nt attempt a single shot, put pressure on his partner to hit scoring shots. Even the single 4 he scored was due to no fielder on long on.

Hammad Azam ['Man of the crisis'] is probably the best finisher in Pakistan cricket. Since U19 days, when he chased single-handedly against India, Hammad Azam has shown he is a mentally tough cricketer. Another good innings for him again doing most of the heavy lifting himself whereas the partner [Khushdil] just wasted deliveries. The last person to walk in, Sohail Akhtar has hit the most sixes in Quaid e Azam Trophy this season. Was waiting to watch him. Really good hitter of the ball.

Never knew Nowshera [KPK] is the new cricketer-producing stronghold and producing players who play with incredible strike rate, yesterday belonged to Gohar Ali and today another Nowshera-born hitter Musadiq Ali batted beautifully for his 51 catapulting his team to a good total alongwith Israrullah.

 

[Abdullah719]

nice, hope he isn't ignored in PSL again, been piling on the runs recently

Picked by PZ in Gold.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Picked by PZ in Gold.

He will be benched. Too many allrounders there.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Saad Ali playing for Islamabad

 

[Extra_Cover]

Rawalpindi won the toss and elected for field first.

Islamabad batting well at the moment. Nauman anwar and shan masood batted well. Nauman scored 35odd shan batting at 41 (30).

I want to see Raza hasan bowl today.

 

[DRsohail]

impressive nauman anwar.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Asghar, Nawaz and Raza Hasan all playing this game. We can get an idea who is the better one for this format.

For me so far Asghar wins over the other two but I would like to see Raza bowl after a long time.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Saad Ali batting now, looking nervous

 

[Watsupdoc]

Lol Amin is bowling is absolute trash.

 

[shah_1]

Looking forward to Umar Masood bat

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Saad Ali batting now, looking nervous

Whenever I have watched him, he has always started nervously but still managed to score runs

 

[Boi]

Saad looking much better than he did in the Pakistan Cup earlier this year.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Saad Ali is looking good.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Saad playing spin well.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Shan Masood playing slow bowlers really well here. Saad Ali also looking good, but watching him play you get the idea that he loses his balance too often. This could mean that he would struggle against genuine pace.

 

[DRsohail]

very unfortunate to get out on that ball.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Shan Masood played well today but lets keep in mind he was lucky at start when few edges went for four and all. Further, he played Iftikhar Ahmed, Nawaz and Amin for main runs. However, it was still a good innings and some of his sixes were really clean strikes which were good to see.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Amin classy as always

 

[Extra_Cover]

Amin giving classy phainty to Irfan and Gul, 29 (12). What a shot!

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Gul put in his place. Dude needs to retire.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Whenever I look at Rahat Ali he always looks physically well built. Its such a shame that he could not change his attitude and become more aggressive.

I hope if he plays under Sarfraz (attacking captain) it can change his agressive attitude too and make him an overall better bowler.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Lol, Rahat is in full Malang mode.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Lol, Rahat is in full Malang mode.

He is wearing Imad shirt. But yeah Rahat in the spirit of Movember!

 

[Syed1]

Where can I watch?

 

[Hamza_]

Its Mitch Rahat

 

[Syed1]

Found it

 

[Syed1]

Ah yes 1970s level production by PTV and ad in the middle of the over

 

[Syed1]

Taking this long for boundary decision?

 

[shah_1]

Umar Amin is all class

Deserve to be in ODI squad ahead of Mohammad Hafeez

 

[Extra_Cover]

Umar Amin played some really good looking shots today off Gul and Irfan.

 

[Syed1]

Zain sahab playing tuk tuk innings when required run rate is reaching 2 runs a ball

 

[Syed1]

It seems like we are producing so many lefties

 

[shah_1]

Umar Amin is OUT

 

[Extra_Cover]

It seems like we are producing so many lefties

Yes seems like, even in bowling. We wont be far off most lefties in a T20 XI

 

[DRsohail]

Zain sahab playing tuk tuk innings when required run rate is reaching 2 runs a ball

very poor agsint pace but struggling against spin as well.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Iftikhar Ahmed on the crease now. Cant see Pindi winning this one now.

 

[Syed1]

Powderrrr

 

[Extra_Cover]

Unlucky Iftikhar Ahmed

 

[mak36]

How did Saad bat?

 

[DRsohail]

How did Saad bat?

nervous in the beginiing but played a few good shots,had to speed it up and got out on the off side trying to loft it over but did not middle it.a bit off balanced whie playing strokes, bats more like umar amin i think.

 

[Extra_Cover]

nervous in the beginiing but played a few good shots,had to speed it up and got out on the off side trying to loft it over but did not middle it.a bit off balanced whie playing strokes, bats more like umar amin i think.

Saad was kinda comfortable against spin but against pace he struggled.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Fawad Alam batting lower than Nawaz, why he is even playing then?

 

[shah_1]

Zain Abbas is extremly poor.

 

[DRsohail]

Saad was kinda comfortable against spin but against pace he struggled.

agreed.

 

[DRsohail]

lolz look at fawad alam.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Fawad Alam doesnt inspire any confidence while batting.

 

[shah_1]

What are they exactly trying to do with RR climbing?

 

[Extra_Cover]

Nawaz and Fawad, this is complete joke on a batting wicket with due and with spinners bowling. This is joke batting.

 

[Abdullah719]

Great effort by the two Nawazs but Islamabad win by 2 runs. Fawad not really a good fit at #6.

 

[mak36]

Great effort by the two Nawazs but Islamabad win by 2 runs. Fawad not really a good fit at #6.

I'll tell you where he is a good fit- warming the bench.

 

[Abdullah719]

I'll tell you where he is a good fit- warming the bench.

I was trying to be subtle

 

[mak36]

I was trying to be subtle

I don't do subtle.

 

[Khan12]

Nasir Nawaz is a decent prospect can bowl medium pace too. Was batting way too low down the order.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Azam showed good temperament and game awareness.

He is the finisher Pakistan failed to nurture and the one they are still searching for. Failure due to inconsistent selection policies. Hope he proves wrong and finish many matches for his team and win the title.

 

[mak36]

He is the finisher Pakistan failed to nurture and the one they are still searching for. Failure due to inconsistent selection policies. Hope he proves wrong and finish many matches for his team and win the title.

If he keeps pretending to be an all rounder then his career has already peaked. He needs to focus on his batting and bat in the top 5- then we can see what he is made of.

 

[Titan24]

Whats up with both our test openers Shan and Sami performing in T20s

 

[MenInG]

Whats up with both our test openers Shan and Sami performing in T20s

Showing all how its done!

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

So Hammad Azam won his first game as captain? Hammad is having a very interesting domestic season.