Pakistan [239/9] defeat Afghanistan [215/9] by 24 runs to reach the Super League QF of U19CWC

[shah_1]

Qasim is obessed with himself

 

[PakEngFan]

Qasim is obessed with himself

Agreed. Very selfish from him.

 

[PakPremi]

With so many decent pacer why is he keep bowling slow bowlers at the end?

 

[Omer2002]

Bad captaincy this

 

[MenInG]

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Maaz Sadaqat wicket

 

[PakEngFan]

Bad captaincy this

Pathetic captaincy. Why hasn’t shehzad bowled in 2 games.

 

[imshally81]

43 runs required..

 

[imshally81]

Good fielding..

 

[imshally81]

Out... Good catch..

 

[Azzurri]

Qasim shouldn't be captaining

 

[PakPremi]

This Abbas guy is gun fielder

 

[Azzurri]

Comes across as a very selfish and limited cricketer

 

[PakEngFan]

Our u19 fielding is far better then our senior team.

 

[Saj]

Afghanistan played so many dots.

If they'd turned them into singles, they would have won this match by now.

 

[PakPremi]

Match going to the wire it seems

 

[Azzurri]

This Pakistani team won't make past quarter finals

 

[MenInG]

Match going to the wire it seems

Always the case when Pak play Afg - at any level!

 

[Azzurri]

I have been following u19 worlcups since 2008 and this team is one of the worst ones in years

 

[PakPremi]

Comes across as a very selfish and limited cricketer

He is a good player but captaincy was rubbish today atleast.

 

[imshally81]

9 down..

 

[PakPremi]

Always the case when Pak play Afg - at any level!

Fizzling out now though

 

[PakEngFan]

Comes across as a very selfish and limited cricketer

He’s not a bad player.

 

[shaaik]

Afghanistan played so many dots.

If they'd turned them into singles, they would have won this match by now.

Yeh more than 31 dot overs..

 

[pakistani pride]

Always the case when Pak play Afg - at any level!

Did Afghan (senior) team ever beat Pak team?

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Noor Ahmad from Afghanistan got 29 at strike rate of 160. He was picked by a team in PSL as well.

 

[Inswing]

Great over.

 

[shaaik]

I have been following u19 worlcups since 2008 and this team is one of the worst ones in years

Better team than last 4 world cups at least for sure..

 

[Greenstorm]

I have been following u19 worlcups since 2008 and this team is one of the worst ones in years

Despite selection howlers, this is actually our best team since 2014.

 

[IAJ]

Afghanistan played so many dots.

If they'd turned them into singles, they would have won this match by now.

Well that is true. But Pakistan should have made 270+ easily here. When Qasim ran himself out in a stupid way there was a collapse.

 

[IAJ]

Noor Ahmad from Afghanistan got 29 at strike rate of 160. He was picked by a team in PSL as well.

Karachi kings?

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2 wins out of 2 for Pakistan at the Under 19 World Cup as they beat Afghanistan by 24 runs. Pakistan made 239/9 with 68 from Abdul Faseeh, Muhammad Shehzad 43 & Maaz Sadaqat made 42*. Afghanistan scored 215/9 with Awais Ali taking 3-36 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/U19CWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#U19CWC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1484269249753407493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

 

[finalfantasy7]

why did Qasim Akram give zeeshan(9.5/54-0) more overs than Awais Ali-(9/36-3).

zeeshan bowled poorly today and last game- been expensive compared to others

 

[ElRaja]

this team is so boring, saw a bit of the game today, apart from maaz literally 0 flair with the bat.

abdul faseeh looks like he could be a decent long form player, however.

 

[PakPremi]

why did Qasim Akram give zeeshan(9.5/54-0) more overs than Awais Ali-(9/36-3).

zeeshan bowled poorly today and last game- been expensive compared to others

Ahmad was most economical yet bowled only three overs, and Shazad not bowled at all. Spinners over bowled at the end.

 

[D/DAhmed]

Despite selection howlers, this is actually our best team since 2014.

Easily the best/most well-rounded team that's been put out since then, pretty much epitomizes the decline of our cricket between 2014-18 and the improvement we've seen recently.

That 2016 U19 WC squad was an absolute horror show from top to bottom (the captain of that squad doesn't even play domestic anymore). Only Shadab Khan was of international quality, otherwise at best it just produced a few mid-level domestic cricketers (Badar, Zeeshan Malik, Sameen etc). Feel for the likes of Hasan Mohsin and Umair Masood, could have been useful cricketers if we had a better development system at the time.

The 2018 squad had a fantastic pace-bowling attack (the best ever for Pakistan imo) with the bounce of Arshad Iqbal, left arm angle of Shaheen and raw pace of Musa. Unfortunately the batting line-up was one of the worst, right alongside that of 2016. In 2018 we had the reverse situation, with high quality batting (aside from that parchi Fahad Munir), but useless bowling. It's surprising that Wasim Jr made it out as the most successful pacer from that, despite being a pretty average trundler at the time.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

this team is so boring, saw a bit of the game today, apart from maaz literally 0 flair with the bat.

abdul faseeh looks like he could be a decent long form player, however.

Faseeh looked technically correct and agree about maaz. He looks a decent prospect.

The bowling was quite disciplined with not much flair apart from the leftie spinner who looked good

I know you are a spin bowling fan, what did you think of the Afghani spinners? I was blown away by their skillset.

 

[Saj]

Maaz Sadaqat - Player of the match

 

[Saj]

Not ideal from Pakistan but a win is a win.

I don't get why Shehzad isn't given more of a chance with the ball.

 

[PakEngFan]

this team is so boring, saw a bit of the game today, apart from maaz literally 0 flair with the bat.

abdul faseeh looks like he could be a decent long form player, however.

Seems like you didn’t see shehzad bat. By the looked the best batsmen out of our players.

 

[ElRaja]

Faseeh looked technically correct and agree about maaz. He looks a decent prospect.

The bowling was quite disciplined with not much flair apart from the leftie spinner who looked good

I know you are a spin bowling fan, what did you think of the Afghani spinners? I was blown away by their skillset.

they clearly are very developed, its actually amusing that bowling leg spin is pbly the hardest discipline in cricket and they produce world class short format wrist spinners with every group of under 19 players.

nageryalia didn't look all that impressive, noor ahmeds been around the block a fair bit so wasn't surprised to see him bowl well, izharulhaq has a very good release tho, i can see him troubling some international batsmen.

 

[Rana]

Shahzad
Faseeh
Qasim
Maaz

4 very impressive players. Didn’t see the bowling today unfortunately

 

[shamaan]

I have been following u19 worlcups since 2008 and this team is one of the worst ones in years

I disagree I think it's good squad.

 

[shamaan]

this team is so boring, saw a bit of the game today, apart from maaz literally 0 flair with the bat.

abdul faseeh looks like he could be a decent long form player, however.

Shahzad played well and looked class.

 

[Saj]

Pakistan qualify for quarter-finals as Afghanistan leave it too late

Pakistan booked their place in the Super League quarter-finals after making it two wins from two with a 24-run victory over Afghanistan.

At the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, Pakistan skipper Qasim Akram elected to bat first and his side built a solid platform.

Opener Muhammad Shehzad lost his partner Haseebullah Khan for just two but kicked on to make 43 off 51 balls.

Shehzad shared a 60 partnership with No.3 Abdul Faseeh who made 68 off 95 balls with the skipper Qasim adding 38 from No.5.

But when Izharulhaq Naveed, three for 41, removed Faseeh, Pakistan lost three for 11 and were in danger of not having enough runs to defend at 184 for seven.

But Maaz Sadaqat played a gem of an innings with 42 not out off just 37 balls, including seven fours, to drag his side up to 239 for nine from their 50 overs.

Afghanistan got the pace of their innings all wrong in reply, as the top three soaked up far too many balls in pursuit of the target.

It took them 170 balls to bring up 100 runs with Bilal Sayedi, 42 off 81, Nangeyalia Kharote, 12 off 32, and Allah Noor, 28 off 49, all with strike rates under 58.

Despite the slow start, Afghanistan took the contest deep although their innings was characterised by some wild running between the wickets, with three run outs as well as a number of near misses.

Noor Ahmad blasted three sixes to leave his side in with a chance of a shock victory, needing 28 off the last two overs with two wickets in hand.

But when he fell for 29 off just 18 balls to Awais Ali, the pick of the bowlers with three for 36, there was only going to be one winner and after finishing short on 215 for nine, Afghanistan now must prepare for a winner-takes-all clash against Zimbabwe on Saturday.

 

[shamaan]

Shahzad
Faseeh
Qasim
Maaz

4 very impressive players. Didn’t see the bowling today unfortunately

Mumtaz bowled well and had a dropped catch off his bowling otherwise the bowling looked OK

 

[Artaxerxes]

Noor Ahmad from Afghanistan got 29 at strike rate of 160. He was picked by a team in PSL as well.

He plays in BBL too.He is supposed to be 17 but has lots of experience in limited overs cricket.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Always love it when we smack these guys, really does make my day.

 

[Savak]

None of the Pakistani U19 bowlers clocked 140 km/hr plus. In the previous generations this was a given. Disappointing stuff

 

[Muhammad Saad]

If speed was accurate I am pretty sure Zameer and Asim would have hit 140k mark.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

None of the player looked international material apart from Shehzad and it's baffling he didn't bowl much , Ahmed Khan looks promising with his accuracy and Cool hard hitting but is too slow and short for international level bowling.

 

[realitygaf]

where do these under 19 afghan players reside? under Taliban rule or abroad?

 

[zacattakk]

He plays in BBL too.He is supposed to be 17 but has lots of experience in limited overs cricket.

He is another Afghani player on the circuit who is 17 +/- 7-8 years!

 

[LegendAli]

where do these under 19 afghan players reside? under Taliban rule or abroad?

lol I was thinking the same thing before reading your post.

 

[zacattakk]

Easily the best/most well-rounded team that's been put out since then, pretty much epitomizes the decline of our cricket between 2014-18 and the improvement we've seen recently.

That 2016 U19 WC squad was an absolute horror show from top to bottom (the captain of that squad doesn't even play domestic anymore). Only Shadab Khan was of international quality, otherwise at best it just produced a few mid-level domestic cricketers (Badar, Zeeshan Malik, Sameen etc). Feel for the likes of Hasan Mohsin and Umair Masood, could have been useful cricketers if we had a better development system at the time.

The 2018 squad had a fantastic pace-bowling attack (the best ever for Pakistan imo) with the bounce of Arshad Iqbal, left arm angle of Shaheen and raw pace of Musa. Unfortunately the batting line-up was one of the worst, right alongside that of 2016. In 2018 we had the reverse situation, with high quality batting (aside from that parchi Fahad Munir), but useless bowling. It's surprising that Wasim Jr made it out as the most successful pacer from that, despite being a pretty average trundler at the time.

I watched Hasan Mohsin in the domestic season last year - I don't understand the hype about him, he looked extremely mediocre.

 

[Titan24]

None of the Pakistani U19 bowlers clocked 140 km/hr plus. In the previous generations this was a given. Disappointing stuff

Zeeshan did hit 140kph during the game despite the apprehensions about speed gun which was sometimes showing bouncers to be 135 kph while other time below 110kph mark.

 

[Azzurri]

Zeeshan Zameer clocked 140.1kph with an average speed of 135kph

 

[MenInG]

Video highlights of innings

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[arehaan]

Pak bowling attack was toothless. Surprised by the non selection of Faisal Akram.

The captaincy was ridiculous and had no clue on bowler rotation. This team will find it tough going into Quarterfinals with such a toothless attack.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

He is another Afghani player on the circuit who is 17 +/- 7-8 years!

Noor Ahmad does look 18-19 years old.

Some of the Pakistani players did look like dads on the other hand.

Other Afghan players looked overage, but not Noor Ahmad

 

[Artaxerxes]

Noor Ahmad does look 18-19 years old.

Some of the Pakistani players did look like dads on the other hand.

Other Afghan players looked overage, but not Noor Ahmad

Ten Afghan players in this squad are under 17.Not a single one is around 17.Most of them are at leat 5-7 years older.Rashid Khan is 23 my foot.He is over 30 at least.

 

[MenInG]

Lets leave the age debate off this thread.

Discuss the performances.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

This Pakistani team won't make past quarter finals

wat are the lottery numbers for this week? given u know future so well

i bet you would crawl back somewhere when we do make it