Pakistan (284/5) defeat West Indies (280) by 5 wickets in first ODI match to lead the 3-match series 1-0

[Nasty Naz]

Interesting that Faheem career ODI numbers are even worse than Sheppard.

Faheem: 46.32 average, 28 wickets in 36 matches
Sheppard: 40.27 AVG 33 wickets in 37 matches

Batting -
Faheem: 13.41 AVG 85 SR
Sheppard: 17.47 AVG 103 SR

Sheppard is no world beater and somehow Faheem is even worse than that. Batting doesn't make up for his horrific bowling either. Even his List A record isn't good to suggest he's dominated at List A domestically to warrant his place in this side. I just wish we would finally move on from him.

To further add just how bad Faheem is, in his last 25 ODI matches dating back all the way to 2018, he ONE match where he took more than 1 wicket (took 2). In total, he has a whopping 12 wickets in those 25 matches. It's shocking just poor he is.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Move to whom ?

Abbas Afridi. His List A numbers are good too in his early career.

 

[Rana]

Bobsy

 

[Nasty Naz]

Tuk tuk Babar out. Well deserved for the way he was playing.

 

[imshally81]

Babar gone

 

[Rana]

He danced down the track with passion

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Cant clear in field even his life was on line.. what a timid stroke.. Nothing shot to a harmless spinner

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Babar again fails after start

 

[Rana]

Tbh he deserved no 50 nor did his abusive, disguisting fans

 

[Rana]

Cant clear in field even his life was on line.. what a timid stroke.. Nothing shot to a harmless spinner

Pakistan desperately need him in T20

 

[batandballbattle]

another very low impact innings from babar

 

[Rana]

Blades is a rubbish bowler atm but his captain ain’t exactly helping him

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Brain fart by Zimbabar Moti is a rubbish bowler

Moti Got him in Multan test too

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Babar got too slow after getting a good enough start. The dismissal was around the corner.

 

[Zeshan547]

Moti Got him in Multan test too

You just have to be a left arm bowler, And king generally and eventually get himself out.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Ian Bishop is such an enthusiastic individual. After decades of WI team letting their fans down, he still has the childlike optimism in his voice.

 

[sweep_shot]

145 to win from 142 balls. 7 wickets in hand.

Pakistan are ahead at this stage.

 

[sweep_shot]

Ian Bishop is such an enthusiastic individual. After decades of WI team letting their fans down, he still has the childlike optimism in his voice.

Best commentator in the world currently. By a country mile.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need 129 runs from 21 overs.

Pakistan on top here

 

[AZulfi]

Rizwan playing a captain's knock 42* @ SR 93!

 

[Greenstorm]

To further add just how bad Faheem is, in his last 25 ODI matches dating back all the way to 2018, he ONE match where he took more than 1 wicket (took 2). In total, he has a whopping 12 wickets in those 25 matches. It's shocking just poor he is.

If Talat and Faheem are in our plans for 27WC then we are doomed. Hesson has been extremely disappointing in this regard.

Khushdil was our top scorer in CT25 and he is dropped for these lalus.

 

[Champ_Pal]

One of these needs to hit a few biggies. Req Run rate is climbing steadily.

 

[AZulfi]

RRR almost 7.5

 

[Mohraheem]

Why they giving tribute to Misbah ul haq tuktuk

 

[Nasty Naz]

Pathetic stuff from Rizwan. Young debutant in a pressure situation and instead of being the one to take the attack on while he settles in, he plays just as slow.

 

[Rana]

Just not helping the youngster out at all

Tuk tuk tuk

 

[Mohraheem]

Pathetic stuff from Rizwan. Young debutant in a pressure situation and instead of being the one to take the attack on while he settles in, he plays just as slow.

Misbah ul haq tactics are being used

 

[Mohraheem]

Tuktuk has ruined Pakistan cricket! Yet We keep Misbah around our players

 

[Greenstorm]

Its business as usual in ODIs it seems. Don't know how much selection power Hesson has but this ODI XI is even worse than Aqib's.

 

[imshally81]

Finally a 6666

 

[G0rmintAunty]

*** is Rizwan doing, its not his business the bowler fell, could've been a run out. No need to be that nice.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Finally Hasan gets a hold of one.

Meanwhile, the leader and captain of this team hiding on the non strikers end and not attacking or being the aggressor but forcing the rookie to do it.

 

[Rana]

What is this batting?

 

[G0rmintAunty]

4 dots now due to that dramaybaazi and no rotation of strike.

 

[imshally81]

Need to rotate the strike

 

[Rana]

That was dead in front

 

[Nasty Naz]

Rizwan with a solid match losing knock. Deserves to be out for his selfish play.

 

[AZulfi]

Rizwan has gone into his shell. SR has dropped from 93 at one point to 77 now

 

[Rana]

Useless

Useless 50

 

[Champ_Pal]

Looks like missing leg. Could be umpires call.

 

[Rana]

Rizwan has gone into his shell. SR has dropped from 93 at one point to 77 now

You’ve been doing a lot of RizBar cheerleading

 

[Rana]

This is why these two curses had to be removed

They don’t take any responsibility

They always shove the heavy lifting on others

 

[Zeshan547]

Now watch how these fake all rounders will get Pak over line. And RizBar have done what they always do best. Mean suck out all the momentum.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Rizz gone. Too much pressure on the lower order now.

 

[Rana]

Rizwan acting like the umpire did him dirty

No he didn’t. This umpire is one of the best in the world

He’s been absolutely fair!

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Looks like missing leg. Could be umpires call.

Looked the same to me also in real time, but somehow its hitting.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

*** is Rizwan doing, its not his business the bowler fell, could've been a run out. No need to be that nice.

Dramaybazi

 

[Nasty Naz]

Clearly they haven't learned anything after their humiliating WC and CT campaigns. Still same approach with their batters doing the same nonsense things. Crappy power play, followed up by slow batting in the middle phase and just praying they hold onto wickets until the end to get the runs.

I wonder how much more they will need to continue with this nonsense.

 

[Greenstorm]

Babar and Rizwan at 3 and 4 makes us one dimensional. This is why we need Fakhar at 4. Not only is he dynamic but also a left handed which is important in middle order.

 

[Rana]

looks like some people need specsavers here

Rizwan shuffles across

He was dead in front! Even on umpire’s call

That was plumb out!

 

[AZulfi]

You’ve been doing a lot of RizBar cheerleading

No, They are all poor at rotating the strike. That's my point. What was stopping Hassan for instance from rotating the strike or hitting the ball into gaps? The fact is the current lot has little clue when it comes to milking singles and doubles. They can either hit or tuk tuk. There is no middle gear.

 

[Greenstorm]

These are ideal conditions for Talat. He is horrible against pace and bounce but slow wicket suits him.

 

[Rana]

Like Kamran Ghulam

And Tayyab Tahir

And Saud Shaqeel


Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Talat will also fail and be discarded

Rizwan at 4 will continue to destroy the careers of plenty of proper middle order batters who are better than him.

 

[AZulfi]

Babar and Rizwan at 3 and 4 makes us one dimensional. This is why we need Fakhar at 4. Not only is he dynamic but also a left handed which is important in middle order.

Fakhar should open imo. He's better against pacers than spinners. Will be more destructive in PP with the field restrictions rather than the middle overs.

 

[Rana]

Kamran Ghulam
Harris Sohail
Saud Shaqeel
Iftikhar Ahmed
Tayyab Tahir

How many proper middle order batter’s career’s have been ruined by Rizwan hogging the no.4 spot?

 

[Greenstorm]

Like Kamran Ghulam

And Tayyab Tahir

And Saud Shaqeel


Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Talat will also fail and be discarded

Rizwan at 4 will continue to destroy the careers of plenty of proper middle order batters who are better than him.

Saud didn't even failed. Scored 62 in his last ODI vs India.

 

[Rana]

Hassan now getting a move on

 

[Nasty Naz]

Hasan Nawaz is so raw he literally has zero idea how to get a single in ODI's. He can hit big and has power but clearly has zero strike rotation ability. Not his fault as he is so early in his career that he only even has 5 List A matches.

He started playing T20's in 2022 and the coaches looked at that talent he showed in T20 and thought no, this talented lad barely played List A cricket in his career. Just shows what a poor shambolic system we have and that is why Pakistan's raw talented players stay raw.

 

[AZulfi]

Like Kamran Ghulam

And Tayyab Tahir

And Saud Shaqeel


Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Talat will also fail and be discarded

Rizwan at 4 will continue to destroy the careers of plenty of proper middle order batters who are better than him.

Oh Please. Kamran surely deserves another chance but both Tayyab (limited technique) and Saud are ill-suited to white ball cricket imo

 

[Rana]

Pakistan still not out

20 runs in last 2 overs so far

 

[Rana]

Oh Please. Kamran surely deserves another chance but both Tayyab (limited technique) and Saud are ill-suited to white ball cricket imo

Acha and Rizwan’s technique is like Dravid??

 

[Rana]

Rubbish over by Joseph bringing Pakistan back into the game

 

[Devadwal]

Pakistan don't disappointed me. Rakhi ka karacha nikalna hai next one hour m

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Some very nas shots by Talat so far, pleasantly surprised.

 

[Zeshan547]

Bhai ye Hussain Talat aaj kya kha k aaya hai ? And thanks shamar for the gifts. Wese Hussain Talat ke achi inning b future k liye hani karak hai.

 

[Rana]

Some very nas shots by Talat so far, pleasantly surprised.

Surprised?

He’s a better white ball player than both Babar and Rizwan. You don’t watch domestics

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need 72 runs in 60 balls.

Just need to play ball on merit .

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Talat is batting with real urgency. Good to see.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Much needed big over and thanks to it, Pakistan are back in the game.

 

[Greenstorm]

Fakhar should open imo. He's better against pacers than spinners. Will be more destructive in PP with the field restrictions rather than the middle overs.

Fakhar can bat anywhere in the lineup and will still be useful but need him in the middle order now. He is also aging and with fitness concerns, middle order is better where he can bat as an impact player.

Farhan and Saim should open but we also have other candidates for opening. Not many players are available in middle order that can provide Fakhar Zaman like value.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Hope is Hasan Nawaz will be ready by 2027 WC because right now he is extremely raw. Simply doesn't know how to rotate strike at the moment.

 

[Rana]

My days

I thought that was out

 

[Greenstorm]

Win predictor says 50-50 even though we are in a strong position.

 

[Greenstorm]

Hope is Hasan Nawaz will be ready by 2027 WC because right now he is extremely raw. Simply doesn't know how to rotate strike at the moment.

His real test will be against 145 kph short balls in SA and Aus. Most of our batsmen fail that test.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Nawaz getting a move on now too

 

[Justcrazy]

F O U R

F O U R

Those two hits will release the pressure here

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Nawaz's SR goes from 30 to almost a 100 in a matter of balls, this is the ability most of our other batsmen don't possess in pressure situations

 

[Greenstorm]

Hassan Nawaz needs to hit the gym. Those forearms can get bigger.

 

[batandballbattle]

good momentum to the chase now, they are making up for the tuk tuk earlier

 

[G0rmintAunty]

His real test will be against 145 kph short balls in SA and Aus. Most of our batsmen fail that test.

He seemed quite at ease against the short ball, hit quite a few sixes off those in the t20 WI series, a couple even while falling and off balance