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Pakistan [189/6] beat South Africa [188/6] by 4 wickets in 1st T20I

Mamoon said:
Babar falling cheaply in a big run chase - 300+ in ODIs and 190 odd in T20s is a usual day at the office. The only time he has ever made an impact in a big chase was 2 years ago when he scored 91 against South Africa.

He has a mental block. Lacks the guts and resilience of players like Kohli and Sharma. Simply not in their league and never will be.

He is Pakistan’s Amla.
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How does one overcome this mental block? Is it a fear of getting out or a lack of grit and determination to finish a game off?
 
Rana said:
Just take a punt and look to build this top 5

Fakhar
Sharjeel
Babar
Hafeez
Haider

This Rizwan obsession is keeping us in the stone ages of Misbah 2014
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Unfortunately, he's back to foist his misbahisms on us all over again. We're all wise to his tricks now and need to make sure he's booted out.
 
Baigel said:
How does one overcome this mental block? Is it a fear of getting out or a lack of grit and determination to finish a game off?
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I don’t think it is something can be easily overcome. You either have that quality or you don’t.

Miandad and Inzamam were excellent chasers but the likes of Yousuf were not. Babar is following the footsteps of Yousuf.
 
Rizwan is reminding me of YK right now with his constant shuffling. Good thing is that here is when the similarity ends as Rizwan is a solid LOI player.
 
South Africa with their elite fitness standards have this Magala guy playing for them
 
NeVerMind said:
Rubbish...Mo Riz had scored the majority in that previous over of 20 runs where even Babar couldn't put away a free hit...there was no pressure when Babar got out as the run rate was 9.5...so your theory does not make any sense...
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Babar was playing with hard hands (unnatural for him) because we were behind the required RR.
 
Slim said:
Rizwan is reminding me of YK right now with his constant shuffling. Good thing is that here is when the similarity ends as Rizwan is a solid LOI player.
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Younis Khan was a great T20 captain
 
The way to play T20 cricket now is to maximize the output of runs per delivery.

Right now, both Rizwan and Fakhar are at a SR of 140-150. If they play 3 more overs, their strike rate needs to be higher near 160-170, and the progression should continue the longer they bat.
 
Why is Pakistan vs South Africa on Sky Sports Mix? An international match should be on Sky's Cricket channel.

A domestic match shouldn't take priority over an international match.

I will be cancelling my Sky subscription tomorrow morning.
 
Magala's bowling a good length to Rizwan. Something that most orthodox batsmen won't be able to get underneath
 
Every delivery of Magala has been producing some moments in one way or the other.
 
Psl has really helped us in getting confident at chasing. These guys are doing it easily.
 
When Pakistani batsmen bat for long, their strike rates fall, and that's where we're a poor batting side.
 
Pakistan about 15 runs behind than what they should've been at this stage.
 
Babar played poorly - don't think that's Rizwan's fault (striking at 150, rotating strike, managing the rate and now on 39*).

Babar is better suited to 3. He tried to force the pace playing in a fashion that is unnatural to him.

Babar flopped - why does that have to be someone else's fault?
 
Not good enough from Pak against a very ordinary attack.
Surely that anchor role that babar used to play has now been assigned to rizwan by management.
My guess is even in 8-over games Pak coach and captain will first think about who's going to anchor the innings
 
Sunzi said:
Babar played poorly - don't think that's Rizwan's fault (striking at 150, rotating strike, managing the rate and now on 39*).

Babar is better suited to 3. He tried to force the pace playing in a fashion that is unnatural to him.

Babar flopped - why does that have to be someone else's fault?
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Yep he was trying to be a power hitter. He could have easily place those balls for boundaries.
 
Looked like that might have been a 6 TBF. Be keen to see that again.
 
They were bowling too legside.
They put the ball more wide offside and now fakhar goes.

Hafeez should chase this
 
For someone who used to think Riz did not belong in white ball cricket, he has been impressing me for a while now...such a clever cricketer
 
Clever batting from Rizwan. You can score boundaries without having to muscle the ball into the stands.
 
If hafeez gets out, this game is over. Don't have much batting left to chase 10 an over
 
Can we slot in Sharjeel at 6? Can be very interesting. We dont have a great power hitter in the lower order.
 
Lately Rizwan has become Pakistan's most reliable batsman, scoring at good strike rate too.
 
Linde bowling pies, and these two aren't gonna miss out given their spin playing abilities.
 
Tabrez shamsi must be an idiot. That was a ridiculous celebration not worthy of an international game that is watched around the world
 
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