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Pakistan (224) end their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign and fail to qualify for the Semi-Finals with a 93-run loss to England (337/9)

Rana said:
Waqar Younis sitting on Air talking about problems…

Mate you and your mate Misbah started all the problems in 2019
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Yes and not for the first time. Remember, it was Waqar as Head Coach, who wanted Afridi stripped of the ODI captaincy after the 2011 WC so he could make his favourite Misbah as captain instead.

Him and Misbah have been the 2 x biggest architects in Pakistan's fall over the past 10-12 years.
 
Rana said:
Whenever I am feeling down from now on in life

I’ll just watch that Rizwan dismissal by Moeen
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Danish Kaneria's fielding always my go to stress buster video lol This one especilaly his act after dismissal is just as funny
 
Aviator said:
ICC should organise a mini world cup... where teams like Canada, PNG, China, nepal, HK, Zim,UAE and PAKISTAN should play... I am sure pakistan still won't win with this mediocre lot.
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They have something like this. It is called Qualifier. Sri Lanka are the current champion.
 
Impact of dew and softer balls in last 4 overs. This is when batting becomes ridiculously easy like it did for Maxwell the other night.
 
Bhaijaan said:
50 partnership from 32 from tail Enders 🤣🤣🔥🔥
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Today They will celebrate with tail cake
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Pak tailenders can't even score or even survive when needed, as it was the case during the match against SA at Chennai but look today when it's not needed and the match is over , they are scoring for fun at 10 RPO.
 
Australia must have thought "We should bat first if we win the toss. Batting second will be suicidal"

After watching this "This is not bad to bat second"
 
Harris Rauf is a gritty player... With batters like abdulla, imam and other jokers... I don't mind him giving up bowling and playing as a pure batsman.. I bet he can do no worse than the current top order..
 
sweep_shot said:
Pakistan finish their World Cup with 5th position. Same as last World Cup.
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Last world cup was one very bad match - against the windies.

this time the only win against a good side was NZ in a washout game. rest all were against mediocre teams.
 
Maybe these bowlers didn’t bat like that under pressure because they were just following team rules about batting negatively
 
Rizwan wicket was the summary of Pakistan world cup campaign. Perfect ending
 
Did anyone understand what Babar was trying to say when answering the question about his future as captain?
 
If Babar can see positives from this campaign he’s even more deluded then we give him credit for and he comes across a dumb man in his interviews
 
Thephenom said:
It was his usual garbled sentences that didn’t make sense but he managed to avoid the tough questions which he probably doesn’t know the answers to anyway
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I saw a couple of interviews early in his career. It was a bad car wreck. Hard to look at. Since then i mute his interviews.
 
Babar got caught out 4 or 5 times at short mid wicket in this world cup. Misjudged pace and length. He definitely needs to.work on it
 
Babar also just gave a big smile when asked if he will be captain going forward and then kind of changed topic.
 
This is what babar said. --

"We conceded a few too many runs. We bowled a few loose deliveries towards the end. And out spinners' aren't taking wickets, which doesn't help. That has a big effect because you need to take wickets in the middle overs. The pitch is very true and the margin of error is very low for fast bowlers, which explains the big scores we have conceded. We will sit together and take stock. We'll take positives from this and discuss mistakes. I'm keen to lead the rebuild," says Babar Azam

That last sentence is revealing though. Babar intends to continue as captain..interesting days ahead.for Pak🙂.. personally I think he should quit captaincy and focus on his batting. He is too good of a batsman for pak to lose..
 
Some absolute brutal trolling of PCT by Star Sports with that video package. Must be painful for Rambo to stand there and watch
 
I understand the hype about Morgan. Let us face it. That Morgan's team would have had zero chance in this world cup even under his leadership.
 
England produced their best performance of a disappointing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup campaign, beating Pakistan at Eden Gardens by 93 runs as both teams exited the tournament at the group stage.

Pakistan began proceedings knowing that they had the slimmest of chances of still reaching the semi-finals, requiring a win by an enormous margin to force a gargantuan swing on net run rate.

And the prospect of such a result soon vanished as England built towards a sizeable first-innings score.

Ben Stokes, whose future in the One Day International format is uncertain, smashed 84 from 76 balls to help spark England in their final game of the tournament, while Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root also hit half-centuries in the 337/9.

And, with the ball, England were right on the money right from the start, with David Willey starring on his final day in an England shirt.

Willey finished with figures of 3/56, becoming the 14th England men’s player to reach 100 wickets in the ODI format, helping his team secure a guaranteed top-eight finish that cements the team’s qualification for the next Champions Trophy.

A brilliant spell of swing-bowling early in the second innings saw Pakistan lose both of their openers, with Willey taking both wickets with the new ball.

Abdullah Shafique was trapped in-front off just the second ball of the innings for a duck. And Fakhar Zaman departed two overs later, caught by Stokes for 1, leaving Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan requiring a rebuild.

The pair did see out the powerplay, but captain Babar's tidy innings came to an unsatisfying end when he was caught at midwicket off Gus Atkinson for 38.

Any lingering hopes for Pakistan were effectively snuffed out when Moeen Ali saw Mohammad Rizwan coming, pulled back his length, and turned the ball back through the gate to clean up Pakistan’s number four for 36.

Rizwan’s ugly-looking dismissal was made all the worse by the batter suffering with cramp in the follow-through from his big heave.

On a turning wicket it was Adil Rashid and Moeen who took advantage of the scoreboard pressure, with Rashid removing Saud Shaeel for 29, bowling him around his legs, and then cleaning up Shadab Khan (4) with a peach of a googly.

The leg-spinner finished with 2/55, while Moeen – who also had Iftikhar Ahmed caught for 3 – took 2/60 in what could also be his final ODI for England.

Willey returned to pick up his third, reaching 100 ODI wickets in his final England appearance with the dismissal of Agha Salman, who had provided some resistance for Pakistan with 51 from 45 balls.

Some late hitting limited the margin of Pakistan's loss, as Shaheen Shah Afridi (25) Mohammad Wasim (16*) and Haris Rauf (35 from 23) connected some big late shots. But it was too little too late for a Pakistan side who join England in departing the tournament at the group stage.

Earlier, England captain Jos Buttler decided to bat after winning the toss. From Pakistan's perspective, this wasn't the best of news, given the huge net run rate swing they required to snatch the fourth semi-final spot, but skipper Babar Azam added that they'd try to make the best of the circumstances.

After overcoming an early hostile spell from Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf, the England openers flourished in Kolkata. They were also assisted by some wayward bowling from Rauf, who conceded three wides in his first three overs, two of which went over the keeper's head for a four.

Once in, both the batters racked up a number of boundaries and ensured that England were going close to seven at the end of the first Powerplay.

Things slowed down once Mohammad Wasim came into operation in tandem with the tweakers, with the batters failing to find boundaries. Dawid Malan eventually fell to Iftikhar Ahmed while trying to reverse sweep the bowler.

Not much later, England lost their second wicket when Jonny Bairstow tried to charge Haris Rauf through the covers, but found the fielder. The scoring rate was stifled over the next few overs as Pakistan regained control. They could've had a third in the 25th over as well, but Shaheen spilled a straight-forward chance offered by Ben Stokes off his own bowling.

This proved costly, as Stokes smashed four boundaries off the next 10 balls he faced against Shaheen.

And after this, Stokes looked like he was continuing his form from Pune, unleashing boundaries at will to lift the England scoring rate to 5.82 at the 35-over mark. Along with Root, he picked the scoring rate even further, adding 36 runs in overs 36-40.

It took an absolute jaffa from Shaheen Afridi, to send back Stokes for 84, and Root followed two overs later to the same bowler, departing for 60.

England’s innings was at risk of petering out, but Jos Buttler 27 (18), Harry Brook 30 (17), Moeen Ali 8 (6) and David Willey 15 (5), all smashed sixes in an excellent display of late hitting to fire England well beyond 300.

That final total could have been far more were it not for a superb mini-spell of death bowling from Haris Rauf, who removed Brook and Moeen and expertly ran out Buttler.

But 337/9 proved more than enough as England ended their stuttering campaign on a relative high.

Source: ICC
 
Currently Ind has at least double the points of teams ranked 5 and below with a game in hand, absolutely mind blowing. We didn't again didn't play full 50 overs, we need to retire from this format and top ranking bat and we who play with SR of under 80
 
David Willey post-match press conference after his player of the match performance against Pakistan in his final ODI match for England.

[Reporter:]

"Could you tell us what your emotions are right now after what's been a pretty roller coaster couple of months I guess from the point where you found out about the contract to wrapping it up today and reaching 100."

[David Willey:]

"Mixed, I think. Looking back to being a kid I could only have dreamt of playing as many games of cricket for England, so I'm immensely proud of that. To be in a dressing room with so many quality players, I've been very fortunate to be a part of that and play my part in that. But it's at the same time I'm sad, I don't think anybody ever wants to walk away from playing for their country it's all I ever wanted to do but at the same time, my timing of my announcement was so I can enjoy my last three games and I've very much done that and on the phone my wife this morning she said go on - just get to 100 wickets it'd be a nice way to finish and to do that was a nice way for me personally."

[Reporter:]

"Obviously, you've been the only one who's announced your retirement, but some older players knocking around, older than yourself, knocking around in the squad. Did today, beforehand, or during, or just now, feel like sort of an end of an era moment for this team?"

[David Willey:]

"I don't know it's been a bit of a bit of a whirlwind to be honest. Does it feel like an end of an era. Look, I think immediately there's probably going to be a little bit of a shuffle. I think they go over to the Caribbean in a couple of weeks' time, there'll be some new faces there, start of a new cycle, next World Cup in four years. So, inevitably there'll be a few guys that don't make that, but they'll probably have a bit of a reshuffle immediately, and then they'll probably settle down and start planning towards that."

[Reporter:]

"With the performances you've been able to put in the last three or four games, do you still - You spoke about sadness, do you still feel like you're playing cricket at international standard? And is that the frustration that you're not walking away when your time is done?"

[David Willey:]

"Yeah, I think so. I mean my time is done because I've called time on it, but it's with deep regret, I think. I think anybody looking in has probably looked at the way I've gone about my business and probably playing the best cricket of my career. I'm 33, as fit as I've ever been. So, one of the reasons that I wasn't offered a contract was them going in a different direction after the World Cup, I don't know why."

[Reporter:]

"you were part of the rebuilding 15 bunch of younger players coming in to sort of set the thing off on a new direction. Do you think there's a group of players out there sort of the same ability and same hunger to do that as you guys were in 15?"

[David Willey:]

"Yeah, definitely. I think the depth, you only have to have looked at the last couple of years of white ball cricket, I think through COVID, where the whole new squad was picked to play against Pakistan, I think it was. And then the guys that just played against Ireland as well. There's so many good players in the English game at the minute is really excited. So, there'll be people knocking on the door and there's certainly going to be some competition for places."

[Reporter:]

"A bit of a follow-up. I mean, there is talk about how much of this team is going to be there going forward? Yesterday Malan said it might be his last game that is I mean we are thinking about Stokes, Moeen and others but yours was very clear-cut you are applauded onto the pitch by your teammates so how was it playing that match and how did you feel going into the field today?"

[David Willey:]

"Yeah, it was mixed emotions it's nice to be able to go out there with clarity on what I'm doing beyond this. My situation with England has always been, I know I'm on the fringe. I'm next in if there's an injury, very much a squad player. And I've been very much at peace with that, but it doesn't mean it's easy to be in that position, never knowing where you stand from tour to tour. So, look, to go out there and just be able to enjoy my last game of cricket for England was lovely - the boys have been great. It made it special for me walking out there first. It was a special moment. And they're memories that I'll cherish forever."

[Reporter:]

"Was there ever a point where you attempted to carry on maybe until that T20 World Cup next summer or was it made clear to you that you probably wouldn't be in England's plans for that?"

[David Willey:]

"I think being told that they're likely to go in a different direction after the World Cup. I think that was the final nail in the coffin for me. I think, I believe that I could still be a part of that World Cup and an injury or two, and they're going to be calling on someone with very little to no experience in World Cups. So yeah, look I think I could still have played a part in that World Cup. I feel like I'm probably playing my best cricket. So that was part of my decision-making with my family, but it's been a period for some time now and like I've just touched on not knowing quite where I stand with England and it's just taken its toll and becomes very tiring."

[Reporter:]

"If there were injuries and the run up to June and you were to get a call from somebody, could you be tempted back for one last go or is that definitely it for you?"

[David Willey:]

"I don't think never say never but right now I'm very confident my decision that today was my last game of cricket for England. Do I want to go to the Caribbean and run drinks and not know where I stand and just feel like a third wheel again which is very much what I felt like when I turned up at Lords and being the only one without a contract, probably not so I'm done"

[Reporter:]

"Mickey Arthur was here before you and he made a brutally honest confession that Pakistan had finished number five because they deserved to finish there.

Now, given where England finished and the fact that you are the world champions, and definitely, I think, everybody expected you more to be in the last four, do you think That's where England deserve to finish at number seven."

[David Willey:]

"Yeah, we've won three games, so we've got six points."

[Reporter]

"And for a world champion team to come into a tournament with holders and then to have a tournament like this, just how difficult is it in the dressing room, particularly for the players to maybe focus? I'm just curious about the environment of a world champ, the holders, having a terrible tournament."

[David Willey:]

"Well, the environment's good. A great group of players that work extremely hard, we've just underperformed. What else do you want to know? We've finished on what, six points? So that's where we finished. Good bunch of players that get on well."

[Reporter:]

"Just as you look back on your international career, I'm just wondering, is there a particular moment or a particular thing about being part of that that really stands out to you as being the best and what is that?"

[David Willey:]

"Look, I think it's been a roller coaster for me. I remember vividly feeling in 2019, falling out of love with the game. Around that time, having been left out of the World Cup and then COVID hit, had an extended period with no cricket and they picked two squads. One was against Ireland for white ball cricket and there was a test match squad as well. And I joined up for that sort of return to play group and thought I'm probably only getting this opportunity because they've got a pick and a large group of players and I promised myself on that day when we went out and played against Ireland, every time that I played cricket from there on, I was going to make sure I enjoyed it because I don't know whether it's going to be my last. I think that's stuck with me over these last few years that I have to go out there and make sure I'm enjoying it. I think the time has come in the last few months and things where I've started looking over my shoulder not knowing where I've been and it's led me to the decision I've made. But the fond memories, I think, winning that World Cup in Australia, I didn't actually play a game. But from my journey from 2019 to have my family there two children running on the outfield afterwards two kids in the line with the whole team running up to the Barmy Army at the MCG. An incredible memory not just for me, but for my whole family and sort of encapsulates and celebrates my journey from falling out of love with the game to finding my way back in and I guess the resilience that I've had to overcome the disappointments along the way."

[Reporter:]

"You said how much you just wanted to enjoy these last few games, but just on yourself from getting selected for the World Cup to you making the decision, how much did it play on your mind just knowing that you were the only one out here without the contract I mean how frustrating was that?"

[David Willey:]

"Yeah, look I think if I'm being brutally honest now look, I wasn't sure whether I was going to come to the World Cup even to the 11th hour when we were, the morning that we were joining up at Lords, I still wasn't sure whether I'd make the trip or not. So, from then on it was something that was on my mind. And look, it's not just that I haven't been offered a contract. it's sort of how I feel valued as an England player there when I look down that list of other guys that have got contracts. So yeah, it had been on my mind. I'd spoken with my family, I'd spoken with Jos, Motty – and then it came to the decision that the time was right for me to call it a day and to make sure that I did enjoy my last few games of cricket because it's special, wearing this shirt is special and I didn't want to walk away with tainted memories of playing for my country."

[Reporter:]

"Was it just something that played on your mind in the first few weeks over here?"

[David Willey:]

"No, it had been on my mind for some time. You only have to look at the global landscape now, ultimately, for us as players cricket is a business. And for me, never knowing, not having a contract with England, not knowing what tournaments I can commit to. I find myself in a position where I'm constantly, I don't know what I'm doing all year round. Now, that's not easy for me. It's not easy for my wife. It's not easy for my kids. And I had to take control of that at some stage. So, all rolled up over a period of time, looking at that and trying to juggle it and manage it, from playing cricket, enjoying it, making money, making sure I'm spending some time with my family, became difficult."
 
Don't understand why babar would want to continue as captain. like dude, go for glory as a batsman. He is pretty sad, based on the responses posted here for his press conference. the guy needs to take a back seat and focus on improving his batting. It is just sad that he doesn't seem to realize that.
 
following on from my last post, babar is fast becoming a derided batter. He doesnt deserve that but he can turn that around in tests. He has always been a classical player. Score big in aussie tests and the world will love you. Work on your power hitting for odis and the world will worship you. No one gives crap if you're captain.
 
Blistering Barnacle said:
following on from my last post, babar is fast becoming a derided batter. He doesnt deserve that but he can turn that around in tests. He has always been a classical player. Score big in aussie tests and the world will love you. Work on your power hitting for odis and the world will worship you. No one gives crap if you're captain.
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The truth is that Pakistani Cricket fans memory is very short - well truly most cricket fans. People forget how good he was in the 2019 WC and only remember how bad he was in the 2023 WC. If he bats amazing in the Australian Tests, the world will love him again.
 
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