Pakistan [305 all out] slide to a 62-run defeat to Australia [367/9] at the ICC World Cup 2023 in Bengaluru

[NeVerMind]

How often has grandpa played a long or even longish innings ?

Exactly...to play a longer innings, you need to have the skill... Chacha looks like a deer in headlights as soon as you bring on any spinner on!

 

[GLORY OF '92]

I'm pretty angry hopefully Babar isn't near Scotland anytime soon.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Next match. Shadab should be in for Nawaz. He is no saviour but is way better than Nawaz. Fakhar Zaman should come in for Iftikhar and pay in the same position.

Just keep playing the same 11 that played India... bring Shadab back , if possible bring Abrar Ahmed from the reserve and play three spinners.... send brainless Haris and Usama back to Pak.....
no better players back in the bench... Usama Mir what a crap and trash , bowls repeatedly on the same area same way and DW scored three boundaries, also full tosses and his fielding and that drop catch cost Pak a game...

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Wonder what new excuse Mickey's gonna come up with? Playing Sayonee instead of Dil Dil Pakistan or too much yellow in the stands?

Cakes aren't tasty enough

 

[Marooned]

Yes, converting tons would have helped.

The problem was needing ro break world records to win.

This would have been the second time after SL.

you can't expect to succeed chasing 350 every game. The bowling is mediocre

This WC is a runfest so you need to apply context too. This WC is already breaking scoring records so chasing this target wasn't unthinkable.

 

[pratiktc]

Rizwan, Shafique, Hasan, Shaheen so far the only guys who have done creditably for Pak in WC so far.

It is ok to lose, but players like Wasim Jr and Mir make fans lose any interest in game. These guys have such weak skillsets that God alone knows how they reached this level

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Exactly...to play a longer innings, you need to have the skill... Chacha looks like a deer in headlights as soon as you bring on any spinner on!

And that parchi is named as the good player of spin lol

 

[hassan918]

5 sixes hit by pak

They actually hit 6 sixes.

 

[Sunzi]

Nawaz, Hassan, Rauf aren't good enough.

Usama or Shadab is a toss of the coin. Both are pony. Both for the bin.

Unless there are actually legitimately better players in Pakistan than our top 5, I can live with it. I'll even take Chacha as a no.7.

We need another bat and the bowling unit needs surgery. We don't have a frontline spinner - just bits and pieces spinners who average 35 with ball and 15 with the bat.

 

[Marooned]

Very unfair to blame batsmen . 365 is a huuuge chase no matter where. Pak actually did good to come close. They lost it in the 1st innings with dropped catches and poor bowling initially that's where the game was lost

It can't be a good batting performance without a century. It just looks ok because of the easy pitch.

 

[deltexas]

Same thing at the Wankhede tomorrow. 300 + is tough to chase. Don't go by IPL. Bat first especially if your bowling looks like it can't restrict to 290 ish

Against SA - always bat 1st lol! They just choke in chases

 

[nish_mate]

Cakes aren't tasty enough

Though I fully expect some of our more Jazbati friends to blame the food- no burgers

 

[shahroz123]

Said dropping Shadab would be a panic move, and thats what it ended up being. Whats the worst that would happen? He would give the same performance Usama did today? At least you have Shadab's experience and that he could turn it around any game. Also he wouldn't drop the easiest of catches.
A struggling Shadab is still better then Usama.

Anyways the positives, Afridi looks to be back. Pakistan tried their best in chasing a huge total. I'm not too concerned about this loss.

 

[shokz1408]

Soo… v India we lost about 8 for 40 runs I think. Today we lost last 6 wickets for about 36 runs. Our batting is not trustworthy after no 4 position. Very very worrying.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Against SA - always bat 1st lol! They just choke in chases

That's true too.

 

[Sunzi]

This WC is a runfest so you need to apply context too. This WC is already breaking scoring records so chasing this target wasn't unthinkable.

So you think it's acceptable to concede 350 regularly having only been chased 3 times in the history of the game, twice if you exclude the minnows.

The context isn't the runfest, it's needing to break records to win games consecutively. What's more realistic? Going out and getting a ton to chase 370. Or chasing less and bowling properly?

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Rizwan, Shafique, Hasan, Shaheen so far the only guys who have done creditably for Pak in WC so far.

It is ok to lose, but players like Wasim Jr and Mir make fans lose any interest in game. These guys have such weak skillsets that God alone knows how they reached this level

u missed Ifthikar in that list ( skill set hit sixers , how many can hit 3 or 4)

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Said dropping Shadab would be a panic move, and thats what it ended up being. Whats the worst that would happen? He would give the same performance Usama did today? At least you have Shadab's experience and that he could turn it around any game. Also he wouldn't drop the easiest of catches.
A struggling Shadab is still better then Usama.

The player who should have been dropped was Nawaz. He can't bat or bowl, at least Shadab can hit a few decent shots.

 

[Aseem_Khan]

What's wrong With This "ZIMBABAR" Always blame his bowlers today again he said "Bowlers were not upto the mark"
O Bhai 360 on this pitch 290-300

Umpteen times I have seen transferring blame on bowling ,Never said that I didn't play well , Bastman didn't play well.

 

[Jazx]

i just do not understand how can you have consecutive batting collapses in all important wc games? India Game..we went from decent 155/2 to 191 all out..stuff of nightmares..then this was nt enough we witnessed another one too..at 267/4 at end of 38th over..you would think 100 off 12 we had a decent chance..and here we are all out at 305 with 30 balls to spare..Its really hard being a Pakistani fan

Because there is no depth in batting. After number 4 there is inexperienced saud and then all mediocres. Saud should have been groomed way before this world cup as a regular batsman in this lineup. But pakistan persisted with mediocores like agha and ifti for most of the series before WC.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

So you think it's acceptable to concede 350 regularly having only been chased 3 times in the history of the game, twice if you exclude the minnows.

The context isn't the runfest, it's needing to break records to win games consecutively. What's more realistic? Going out and getting a ton to chase 370. Or chasing less and bowling properly?

With this trash bowling expect Pak to gift 350+ runs in the remaining games too....

Utter trash bowling, Haris rauf after so many games experience , couldnt get the fact that his pace is getting hammered and he repeatedly fed them with pace for 5 overs and got spanked outta the park everytime...

 

[ex-q-zit]

i just do not understand how can you have consecutive batting collapses in all important wc games? India Game..we went from decent 155/2 to 191 all out..stuff of nightmares..then this was nt enough we witnessed another one too..at 267/4 at end of 38th over..you would think 100 off 12 we had a decent chance..and here we are all out at 305 with 30 balls to spare..Its really hard being a Pakistani fan

Thats because they are under pressure. for the past 2 years they played the same team whether it was Nepal or Australia. the bench was never tested. they were lucky with Saud and Abdullah. But Usama's lack of match practice was clearly evident. There was no proper replacements for the fast bowlers as well. Now when they look at the bench they ahve no confidence in Wasim Jr, Fakhar or Salman Agha. So its showing on their performances.

 

[Jazx]

What's wrong With This "ZIMBABAR" Always blame his bowlers today again he said "Bowlers were not upto the mark"
O Bhai 360 on this pitch 290-300

Umpteen times I have seen transferring blame on bowling ,Never said that I didn't play well , Bastman didn't play well.

360 like 290! Not really in a big world cup game against a team like Australia.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

So far playing C and D teams , they were delusional coming into the WC and shown their place by 2 top teams....

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan needs batting depth and also good quality bowlers. Big conundrum. If you go for depth bowling quality suffers and vice vera. They could have gone for genuine bowlers like India did. Also Haris Rauf is a waste of space in Indian conditions. They can niggle someone out and Bring Amir in.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Pakistan needs batting depth and also good quality bowlers. Big conundrum. If you go for depth bowling quality suffers and vice vera. They could have gone for genuine bowlers like India did. Also Haris Rauf is a waste of space in Indian conditions. They can niggle someone out and Bring Amir in.

This line-up won’t work anywhere in the world in ODI cricket.

We are using T20 templates in ODIs and wondering what we are doing wrong.

 

[shahroz123]

The player who should have been dropped was Nawaz. He can't bat or bowl, at least Shadab can hit a few decent shots.

That is what I would have done as well

 

[Thephenom]

Say what you will about Shadab but he’d of taken the catch off Warner with his eyes closed!

 

[FearlessRoar]

David Warner and Mitchell Marsh hit a mammoth opening partnership to set up Australia for a 62-run victory over Pakistan in Bengaluru.

Warner top-scored with a brilliant 163, and Mitchell Marsh hit an excellent 121, with the openers adding 259 runs together – the second-highest opening stand in men’s Cricket World Cup history and a record at the tournament for Australia.

But Shaheen Shah Afridi helped Pakistan get some control back in the game, finishing with a five-wicket haul to limit the total to a large but not un-chaseable 367/9.

Australia’s total was temporarily at risk when Pakistan’s openers put on a big partnership of their own.

But such a huge target was always likely to be a challenge, and it was Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis who did much of the damage with the ball as wickets tumbled in the second half of the innings.

Victory means that Australia have recovered well from a poor start to the tournament, with Pat Cummins’ side now level on four points with Pakistan and well in the mix for one of the semi-final qualification spots.

Match 18: Australia beat Pakistan by 62 runs

Australia made the most of a good batting wicket in Bengaluru after being asked to bat first by Babar Azam, but were the recipients of some fortune early in the innings

Shaheen Afridi unleashed a confident leg-before appeal against David Warner off the very first ball of the game, but couldn't convince the umpire, with the review showing that the batter had a big inside edge.

But Warner survived another more significant scare in the fifth over, when Usama Mir shelled a straightforward chance on the on-side with the opener on just 10.

Warner kicked on after his reprieve, with Haris Rauf’s first over going for 24 runs, including a spectacular six from a crouched Warner, which went deep into the stands, before Marsh finished the over with a hat-trick of boundaries.

Pakistan’s spinners could do little to halt the scoring rate, as Warner and Marsh set up a big platform. Warner reached his fifty in the 13th over, with Marsh achieving that milestone in the 15th over, and by the mid-innings stage all six Pakistan bowlers had been hit for a boundary by the duo.

The scoring rate increased yet further as the innings went into its second half, with Warner and Marsh plundering 87 runs off the next 52 balls.

But it was the returning Shaheen Shah Afridi who finally brought a breakthrough for Pakistan, getting Marsh caught at short fine leg for a 108-ball 121.

One wicket brought two, as Glenn Maxwell – promoted to number three – tried to loft the pacer off the very next ball, but could only reach Babar at mid-on.

Australia’s remarkable start had set up a terrific platform, but the middle order struggled to take advantage, with Steven Smith the next to depart for seven from nine balls.

Warner threatened to surpass his own highest ODI score as he continued to rack up the runs, but was finally undone by one of his big shots, holing out off Haris Rauf for a majestic 163 (124 balls).

Pakistan’s recovery continued apace, inspired by Rauf and Shaheen, with only Josh Inglis able to score at better than a run-a-ball in the final 12 overs.

Marcus Stoinis (21), Inglis (13), Marnus Labuschagne (8), Mitchell Starc (2) and Josh Hazlewood (0) all departed, as Pakistan’s pace duo ripped through the tail.

Shaheen twice took two in two balls across the course of the innings, finishing with 5/54 from his ten overs, while Rauf bounced back well from his disastrous first over to finish with figures of 3/83.

And while Australia’s total of 367/9 would have been a challenging one for any team to chase down, Pat Cummins’ side would have hoped to kick on yet further after that huge opening stand to completely bat Pakistan out of the game.

For a few hours, it looked like the crowd in Bengaluru were set to see a huge finish.

Pakistan’s chase got off to a super start, with openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq taking advantage of some wayward bowling in the first five overs, particularly from Mitchell Starc, who went for 28 off his first three.

The scoring rate slowed as Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa tightened things up, with a big chance going down off the bowling of Pat Cummins.

And the opening pair were still out there in the middle when the century partnership came up in the 17th over.

Marcus Stoinis proved the difference maker for Australia, removing Shafique for 64 with his very first delivery of the match.

Shafique’s excellent knock saw him score at better than a run-a-ball, with two maximums to his name.

And it was Stoinis again who prised out Imam-Ul-Haq for 70, caught in the deep, leaving Pakistan 154/2 approaching the midway point of their reply.

Imam’s 70 came off 71 balls, but both openers would have been disappointed not to have built on excellent starts.

With plenty of runs still to get, Pakistan turned to the trusted partnership of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to drive them towards the death overs, and the pair started.

But Adam Zampa picked up the crucial wicket of captain Babar for just 18 to leave Pakistan needing another special chase from their lower middle order, with the required scoring rate climbing to almost nine-an-over with 20 overs of the chase remaining.

Pakistan still had hope of pulling off a huge chase, but Zampa's excellence disrupted their approach to the final ten overs.

First the spinner removed the dangerous Iftikhar Ahmed for 26. And then he prized out the crucial scalp of Rizwan for 46 to leave Pakistan needing something remarkable from their tail.

And Zampa had Mohammad Nawaz stumped off the very final ball of his ten-over spell, to finish with impressive figures of 4/53.

It was a day to forget for World Cup debutant Usama Mir, who followed up his expensive figures of 1/82 from nine overs with a three-ball duck as the chase fizzled out.

And the Australia pacers returned to clean up the tail, bowling Pakistan all out for 305 with 27 balls still remaining.

The deficit was enough to see Australia narrowly move about Pakistan in the table on net run rate, with both teams right in the mix in a packed middle of the table in the race for the qualification spots.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This line-up won’t work anywhere in the world in ODI cricket.

We are using T20 templates in ODIs and wondering what we are doing wrong.

True. 4 overs vs 10 overs is a massive difference. Shadab's wide defensive bowling is penalized in ODis unlike in T20s. They need proper bowlers who can give you 10 overs.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Thats because they are under pressure. for the past 2 years they played the same team whether it was Nepal or Australia. the bench was never tested. they were lucky with Saud and Abdullah. But Usama's lack of match practice was clearly evident. There was no proper replacements for the fast bowlers as well. Now when they look at the bench they ahve no confidence in Wasim Jr, Fakhar or Salman Agha. So its showing on their performances.

Wasim Jr is a good bowler , but he was not given the ball even against any team that matter.. He is in the team for a long team , when Naseem was injured his replacement Hasan Ali came in from nowhere and been the main bowler instead of Wasim jr shows the depth of this think tank..

 

[cricketjoshila]

Giving 4 wickets to a spinner under lights, with dew, on a flat pitch and small boundaries, that's not how you chase.

 

[SportsWarrior]

This is batting paradise, with 60 M square boundaries.

Irrespective of that no one has chased that big target here. Pakistan did pretty well. Only bad thing was that they did not play out 50 overs. They could have reduced margins and improved their NRR while hurting that of Australia

 

[latecut]

Did Micky Arthur tell what was the cause of Pakistani loss this time ?

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Giving 4 wickets to a spinner under lights, with dew, on a flat pitch and small boundaries, that's not how you chase.

Pakistan way. We will always find a way to lose big matches. It's guaranteed. We have 3.5 batsmen and 1.5 bowlers yet people expect us to reach semis.

 

[Sunzi]

With this trash bowling expect Pak to gift 350+ runs in the remaining games too....

Utter trash bowling, Haris rauf after so many games experience , couldnt get the fact that his pace is getting hammered and he repeatedly fed them with pace for 5 overs and got spanked outta the park everytime...

Exactly my view. Batters could have converted their 50s, scored a bit more.

But conceding 344, then 370... if you think batting's the problem... theres a breakdown in understanding and expectations.

 

[Cric1234]

Irrespective of that no one has chased that big target here. Pakistan did pretty well. Only bad thing was that they did not play out 50 overs. They could have reduced margins and improved their NRR while hurting that of Australia

Did well? W to 380 par score wicket scoring 300 is doing well? Imam scored 70 after slowing down he did well Babar hit a few fours he did well Iftikhar hit a few sixes he did well the boys played well epitomising the current minnow mentality in the Pakistan team.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Exactly my view. Batters could have converted, scored a bit more.

But conceding 344, then 370... if you think batting's the problem... theres a breakdown in understanding and expectations.

Both are terrible just Babar has more influence when we field so he makes it a tad more terrible than the batting

 

[boomboomcheema]

After this World Cup, PCB must organize a Tri series involving Zimbabwe and Nepal to help Pakistani batsmen regain their lost confidence .

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Zampa bowled really well.
Chahal used to outfox the batsmen with his smart off-stump flights, but he also used to get thrashed at times.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

After this World Cup, PCB must organize a Tri series involving Zimbabwe and Nepal to help Pakistani batsmen regain their lost confidence .

Of course but only B teams remember

 

[adi_62941]

Babar used usama more deliberately when he was going for lots of run in order to bring shadab back in next match. My god this is not a cricket team but a dosri yari group. This will bound to happen. Imam and abdullah after scoring 50s and securing their places for rest of the WC getting out and i am sure they will be applauded by the management after the match.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Nawaz losing his wicket on last ball of the spell even when SSA told him to take it easy. I be very surprised if we do a complete overhaul of the team after this debacle of a WC, we do not have any quality.

 

[hassan918]

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[Cric1234]

After this World Cup, PCB must organize a Tri series involving Zimbabwe and Nepal to help Pakistani batsmen regain their lost confidence .

Imam supporters waiting for that moment eagerly to show his greatness against minnows.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Babar let the team down.

50 in last 5 over is possible on this pitch with wickets in hand.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Congratulations to Australia. Better luck next time boys
But how on earth you can collapse when you need 155 off 108 with 6 wickets in hand and 1 batter is settled down already. I think we didn't take this game deep. Iftikhar didn't absorb the heat after hitting 3 sixes. Rizwan LBW was bit of unlucky tbh but at the end of the day, loss is loss.

 

[shokz1408]

It’s worrying, losing 6 for 36 at the end, losing 8 for about 40 v India. Our lower order doesn’t exist atm, game is lost as soon as no 4 position Rizwan is out. Man I miss those days where we had the likes of Hafeez and Malik as all rounders as opposed to Nawaz/Shadab etc. Those guys were big hitters, if they were there today at the end Pak were favs. Where are we going to find high quality all rounders!?

Another worrying thing is same happened v India. We were in control of our innings and in a good position at the 30 over mark, and then just self destructed. We have a very unreliable batting line up, if the top order goes cheaply we are in big big trouble.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

After this World Cup, PCB must organize a Tri series involving Zimbabwe and Nepal to help Pakistani batsmen regain their lost confidence .

Babar will shamelessly play all the matches His fans will again reach upto the moon

 

[PakHammer]

The confidence and body language of the inspirational captain means that we could well lose to Afghanistan & Bangladesh. Let alone South Africa, NZ and England.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Afg to give us a knockout punch and we can sign off from this debacle of this WC. Fire captain, selectors and all those who are in the team based on a single performance in two years time period.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Australia has played 4 matches, out of that 3 were against stronger teams (India, Pakistan and RSA) while Pakistan played only 2 matches against stronger teams ie Australia and India and they lost both of those matches with big margins.

Worrying time for Pakistan as they are yet to play England, RSA, New Zealand and Afghanistan (in Chennai).

India and New Zealand are almost through the semis.
Australia, RSA, England and Pakistan to fight for remaining 2 spots.
No chance for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Australia has played 4 matches, out of that 3 were against stronger teams (India, Pakistan and RSA) while Pakistan played only 2 matches against stronger teams ie Australia and India and they lost both of those matches with big margins.

Worrying time for Pakistan as they are yet to play England, RSA, New Zealand and Afghanistan (in Chennai).

India and New Zealand are almost through the semis.
Australia, RSA, England and Pakistan to fight for remaining 2 spots.
No chance for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Add Pakistan to the no chance list as well, two spots for the other three teams. Afg is going to knock us out.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Australia scored 48 runs in the last 8 overs with 7 wickets in hand. That was very poor. If they had scored 80 which was possible this would have been over long back.

 

[deltexas]

Again in a WC , chases are always tough as it high pressure . Even if its 320 in B"luru. Bowling was hapless today and must take the blame. And Pak would have chased 320. But 370 was too much. Pak lost in the first half..

 

[Cricket Warrior]

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[deltexas]

Australia has played 4 matches, out of that 3 were against stronger teams (India, Pakistan and RSA) while Pakistan played only 2 matches against stronger teams ie Australia and India and they lost both of those matches with big margins.

Worrying time for Pakistan as they are yet to play England, RSA, New Zealand and Afghanistan (in Chennai).

India and New Zealand are almost through the semis.
Australia, RSA, England and Pakistan to fight for remaining 2 spots.
No chance for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

NZ has 5 games against the big teams - Ind Pak SL Aus SA.. Guys here sometimes overrate NZ ability. They can easily lose 3 of these and be stuck at 6 wins. So I dont think NZ is a shoo in for sf at this stage. Ind looks to be the only team to be a certainty for sf. Ind problem has always been the sf KO game lol ! And as an Ind supporter , the sf is what worries me the most no matter who it is

 

[Kianig89]

A big game of cricket lot of runs made, For Australia their openers got the rhythm for upcoming matches bowling was not bad also, Hazlewood in particular was exceptional just proved the value of line and length, Cummins got confidence by defending a score in dew and micky mouse boundaries however this is all false dawn as Pakistan were without a plan and completely listless. ENG NZ will be a stern test for the Aussies.

As for Pakistan who still has an outside chance, if I was in Pakistan team mgmt. I'd be very worried sadly no positive for us Shaheen got 5 but he is a champ bowler and you bank on him otherwise a disastrous debut for Usama set the defeatist tone with that butter fingers don't be surprised if he is axed in next game with the ball in hand he is no Swann and mind you these Aussies are not the best player of spin.

But the calamity that struck Pakistan was the prototype of going with a tennis'ya as hard ball bowler aka Haris who was belted mercilessly by Aus openers, his spell of 83/3 @ > 10RPO will be the one this Bengaluru crowd will remember while thier life
Morne Morkel should get a pay cut for this lacklustre bowling performance and leave us with mutual consent.

The batting the less said the better don't be fauxed by Pakistan scoring 300+ our battlers were always catching up and it was a matter of if not then, none of them was able to exert authority or completely put thr Aussies under the pump as evident by the lack of sixes.

All in all another shameful defeat added in Aus v Pak record books and the one which will rub salt in Pakistan fans wounds a story of pain and agony which goes back to Lords 99 to Hobart 99 to Joburg 03 to Sydney 2010 to St Lucia 2010 to Karachi 2021 to UAE 2021 to Bengaluru 2023

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

NZ has 5 games against the big teams - Ind Pak SL Aus SA.. Guys here sometimes overrate NZ ability. They can easily lose 3 of these and be stuck at 6 wins. So I dont think NZ is a shoo in for sf at this stage. Ind looks to be the only team to be a certainty for sf. Ind problem has always been the sf KO game lol ! And as an Ind supporter , the sf is what worries me the most no matter who it is

I dont consider Sri Lanka as a big team.

 

[kron]

And that parchi is named as the good player of spin lol

He wants to open a brand named parchi too.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan's remaining games are against Afghanistan, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Bangladesh.

None of these teams will be easy to beat. The team is paying the price for its complete lack of preparation. We did not play enough ODI's against quality teams to guage the true level, form, abilities and temperament of the players who were selected.

 

[kron]

With this trash bowling expect Pak to gift 350+ runs in the remaining games too....

Utter trash bowling, Haris rauf after so many games experience , couldnt get the fact that his pace is getting hammered and he repeatedly fed them with pace for 5 overs and got spanked outta the park everytime...

If naseem wasn't injured and he played we would have had Aussies for 320 330 which is chaseable.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

[Reporter:]

134 was a good start. It was a solid opening stand. Then you both got out playing short. Then on one occasion, you needed 168 runs in 20 overs.

How will you summarise the match?

[Abdullah Shafique:]

First of all – Australia has played very well; we have to admit that and we have also put in our entire effort. As a bowling unit in the end, we bowled very well. Our batting was also good, but in the middle overs – we couldn’t finish well. Hopefully we will learn from this and perform better in the next matches.

[Reporter:]

We have seen in the past 2 matches that the Pakistani team is leaking a lot of runs in bowling, especially in the middle overs and this time even in the power play we have given a lot of runs. In such a situation do you feel pressure as a batsman when you're chasing such a big total?

[Abdullah Shafique:]

First of all, this is a team game. Sometimes a bowler can't bowl well, so as a batsman it is our job to cover up and put in an effort as a team and try to perform well.

The venue is such, a high score was expected. We were performing well, but we couldn’t finish well. That’s it. We will work on this.

[Reporter:]

You understand that catches win matches and right in the beginning we dropped Warner catch, then even by Babar and even your catch was a tricky one which you couldn’t take. So, you understand the score went up because of these missed catches?

[Abdullah Shafique:]

No, I don’t think so – catches obviously change your game, you get wickets and you get into momentum. All fielders are trying to do their best, but sometimes you don’t get that value. But we have given a good fight.

[Reporter:]

Do you think 368 was gettable on that surface. And I guess, how much confidence did you and Imam take from the way you guys were able to finish off the innings with the ball and restrict Australia to under 400, going into your batting innings?

[Abdullah Shafique:]

Yeah, we have chased down this total, like 345 in the previous match against Sri Lanka. We have confidence in our batting unit as well. But yeah, they bowled pretty well. So, they have ticked all of their boxes in the fielding and in the bowling as well. So, we gave a good effort like in the start we were going well. And then we couldn't finish well I guess yeah.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

[Reporter:]

That six you hit off Haris Rauf, that hit the roof. Could you kind of describe the process behind it? And also, was it one of the most memorable sixes of your career perhaps?

[David Warner:]

No, it's just pure instinct. I knew I faced him before plenty of times and I think the line and length and the pace that he bowls, It's just one of those shots that at a ground like this, it's a small boundary. So, you know, if you get anything on it and it's in your arc, you can just go with it. That's how I've always intended to go out and about it. And yeah, he bowled it pretty much in my arc where I wanted him to bowl. So yeah, memorable sixes - no, I've hit a lot.

[Reporter:]

David, how are you feeling right now? You're off the field quite a bit and even just now you look a little bit much in pain.

[David Warner:]

How are you feeling? How's your thumb?

[Reporter:]

It's better actually. Getting there.

[David Warner:]

No, I feel alright. Just cramping. You saw me go down in Melbourne. I got upstairs, had an ice bath and then I think it's once you have an ice bath, for some reason you start cramping. So yeah, I tried, I went out there, chased the ball to the fence and then came back and just cramping in both abductors.

[Reporter:]

David, in three consecutive World Cups now, 2015, 2019 and here, you've got a big 100. Often people talk about your Test batting and your T20 batting, but how much have you enjoyed your 50-over batting and the fact that you're able to get those big scores in a period of, say, eight years?

[David Warner:]

Yeah, look, for me, I think what I've established early on in my career is that 50 overs is a long time. And having played Test cricket, you actually can take that out on there and change your gears quite easily. So, in the first 10, two new balls, you got to respect that. But then if you get away, you can get on top of it and then you can be 50 off the first 10. And then from there, you set the platform for yourself and that's the energy you feed off. And then you look to try and bat.

For me, I look to try and get to 35 overs and then from there, try and put my foot down if I'm still in. So, yeah, it's probably in the back of your mind, you've got a lot more time. And I think that's where in T20 cricket, I've learned a little bit as well to change my gears, especially in IPL. I learned a lot when I was playing for Sunrisers that you're able to have a lot more time than you think. And I think playing on these surfaces specifically, you know, if you give yourself time at the back end, you can actually score big. And that's what I felt today. We missed a little bit with the bat. We set our platform up very, very well, and we didn't execute as well as we like as a batting unit to post what I thought 400 was probably on the cards from where we were.

[Reporter:]

Four consecutive ODI 100s against Pakistan, big triple century in Test match. What is it sort of about this opposition that brings out the best in you.

[David Warner:]

I think sometimes you just match up well against certain teams and, they're going to bowl you good balls. Sometimes you're going to put away those good balls. But I think you just keep backing yourself. I don't really look at any stats or I don't look at anything of which team I have success against or not. It just so happens to be that I've scored, as you said, four consecutive hundreds, which I didn't know about until they came up. But for me, it's going out there and just doing my best every time I go out there. And I think for me, I'll probably even look at someone like Shaheen Shah and think, oh, he probably has my measure a little bit. But he doesn't.

They're the guys that you try and watch as hard as you can, left arm swinging at about 140 Ks [kph] It can be a difficult task to try and take on but yeah look I don't really have the answer to give you but just go out there and try my best against each opposition.

[Reporter:]

That's just wondering if you could talk about the way that partnership worked between you and Mitch and the way you fed off each other centuries of successive balls and he looked like he was enjoying his birthday.

[David Warner:]

Yeah, definitely. I was probably the opposite, David - Goliath. But he struck the ball so well and he was very, very unlucky. Like to get out like that, he was very unlucky. And, he's in such a great frame of mind at the moment and we love when Mitich is in that zone. And today his tempo was very, very good. We spoke about in the middle period there that if the spinners bowled a good over to us or so, just keep looking to try and hit straight. We didn't need to play, like, for me, reverse sweep. He didn't need to lap. Just keep hitting straight down the ground and we'll get that boundary ball because we're ahead of the game. And that's what we try and stay out to do. And I think today he executed very, very well and he was stiff to not keep going on today.

[Reporter:]

David, what was going through your mind when ball shot up and Usama Mir was sitting under there, underneath that catch?

[David Warner:]

Nothing to be honest. It was more slow off the wicket and from that perspective was more like, you know, I wish I just went through with the shot. But they're the ones that sometimes they're holding up on the wicket, you haven't been bowled a short ball yet. So yeah, I actually didn't even see him drop it. I was behind the big bison. So, I was actually not happy I didn't get a single as well. So, but yeah, nothing, it's how it is when you're an opening batsman. If you're going to go after it, you're probably going to give some chances.

[Reporter:]

And just Adam Zampa, he had to play through some duress, well, it looks like he's been playing through duress throughout the entire tournament, but can you, to the best of your knowledge, can you explain his situation heading to the game today?

[David Warner:]

I think it's just a back spasm. I'm not 100%.

[Reporter:]

David, you mentioned that you let the few out there, made a big score, but let the few out there. How nerve-wracking was the run chance for the team?

[David Warner:]

Look, I honestly thought 350 was probably par, given the fact that we know the history of this ground and a little bit of dew can come and get a little bit easier to bat on. The guy said there was no dew out there, so that's a positive. But always in these totals, they're going to get partnerships, they're going to come out, they're going to get some momentum going. But what happens is you see there that I know this well and truly chasing when the total up on the board and you feel that you still have to go hard, but on these venues, and when you've had experience playing here, you know if you just back yourself, you'll get those boundaries. You don't have to beat the square men, by much and it goes for a four. So, from our perspective, I think we just stayed in the contest very well. We executed well, we got wickets at the right time. And when Iftikhar came in and started teeing off, you just sort of had that feeling that one was going to go to hand because it seemed like he was just going as hard as he wanted to. And that's what you've got to try. Okay, I can just get my boundary, try and milk the rest of the over. And that's what we felt that that's all they needed was one boundary, one risk and over and then it can milk it. But fortunately, enough, we create a bit more pressure and yeah, they're going after it.

[Reporter:]

Today was a game, it was a contrasting game for leg spinners. Usama has had a relatively poor game, but Adam Zampa was very good under the lights.

What do you think he did well that got him the wickets that Mir couldn't do at the start of the game? What do you think Adam Zampa did well, better than Usama Mir?

[David Warner:]

I think you've got two different kinds of bowlers, don't you? So, one shorter than the other. So, he got a lot more skid. I think with Usama, he comes over top a little bit, gets a little bit more drift and a bit more bounce. So, they're two different types of bowlers. So, I think with Zam, see this bowl stump to stump. Unfortunately for Usama, he also had a left-hander in there for most of the inning. So, it's not easy as a leg-spinner to keep trying to bowl to a left-hander. And I felt like he held his length pretty well, to be honest. And when you're none for 150 or 200, it's very challenging as a bowler. So, I wouldn't discredit the way that he bowled. And Zam's just executed as well as he did so far in the tournament.

[Reporter:]

Marcus Stoinis has got a couple of crucial wickets tonight and also did some good things in the field. Can you just talk us through what you thought of his game tonight and how important is it for the sixth bowl, I guess, to be getting wickets for Australia?

[David Warner:]

Yeah, look, it's good to see Stoinis charge in like he did and bowl the ball. And, you know, he knows India well. He knows these grounds very well. He knows what he has to do. And when you've got someone up your sleeve that can do that, it helps a lot. And, you know, he knew exactly what he was trying to do. You saw he didn't really give the offside away much, backed himself with the short, there were short boundaries, but he backed himself in his skills to bowl through sort of the, between shoulders and head high and force that extra pace and try and speed them up a little bit. So, he executed very well.

I know Babar played a very nice shot off him, which he was frustrated about, but it's just great to have the skill that he has with the bat and ball.

[Reporter:]

Going back to that six off Haris earlier. We saw you working on that shot yesterday at training and also your right-handed batting. Do you have a name for that sort of slog scoop, sweep six that you play so well?

[David Warner:]

I don't know. Not sure. I think the last game, the one I hit went over square leg. It wasn't supposed to go there. Now, I won't be naming any of those shots, but if you actually watch my net, I nicked off about 20 times. So, I wasn't actually pleased with my net yesterday, but I batted for two hours, which is very rare day for a game.

[Reporter:]

You spoke about Mitch Marsh and the way he was batting, but when he got to his 100, you celebrated it almost more than you celebrated your own 100. What makes him so popular and what was that like for you in that moment?

[David Warner:]

Look, we love each other's success. You should be happy for your teammate. I know he missed out on one in Africa and he's been playing really, really well of late. So yeah, I'm just so happy for him at the top of the order there, coming out and playing the way he is. But to execute that and get 100 is awesome. And that's what you do for your teammates. You'd always go into bat for him and I was just so ecstatic for him. You know, he's a great man to have around the change room. He's the life of the party, brings out the best in everyone and he's always a character and that's what you need in teams and in these back up against the wall games, you need that. It was awesome for him to come out today. On his birthday as well, he said to me today that he hasn't really scored any runs on his birthday so he's happy about that. But yeah, I think tonight's Indian tradition, cake in the face, I think.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

What is immediately obvious is that Pakistan's bowling is simply not as strong as the TM or the fans think. Usama was the worst bowler today - maybe it was nerves but it's not that much better than Shadab at this point.

What can Pakistan do?

I think it's just better to forget about playing so-called bowlers and bowling all-rounders and beef up the batting. Nawaz at 7 weakens the batting significantly

Pakistan should just focus on batting strength since you look like conceding big runs anyway and play this lineup

Abdullah
Imam
Babar
Rizwan
Saud
Agha
Iftikhar


Hasan
Shaheen

Play any 2 bowlers at 8 and 9 and get overs from Ifti, Agha and maybe even Saud to bowl 10-15 overs. Playing extra bowlers is not doing anything for Pakistan because they are all overrated and serves no purpose but to offer buffet balls to good batters.

Just add Agha and hope that the extra batter gets Pakistan around 20-30 runs more.

The batting-heavy balance is what Pakistan needs. No point playing bowlers when they are not of sufficient quality.

 

[PakPremi]

I been asking for Agha as Nawaz bowling does not get Pakistan wickets, if it's tight overs then both Agha and Iftikah can do that. Next match drop Nawaz bring back Agha and Shadab. Shadab will not go for as many runs as Usama and can bat and field better too.

 

[pakistani pride]

No. How on earth we went to India with no specialist SPIN bowler in the squad. Massive blunder by Babar and co!

 

[pakistani pride]

I been asking for Agha as Nawaz bowling does not get Pakistan wickets, if it's tight overs then both Agha and Iftikah can do that. Next match drop Nawaz bring back Agha and Shadab. Shadab will not go for as many runs as Usama and can bat and field better too.

Hope to see never again Shadab in the playing 11. Nothing cricketer. Shirt asking was final nail in the coffin.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I been asking for Agha as Nawaz bowling does not get Pakistan wickets, if it's tight overs then both Agha and Iftikah can do that. Next match drop Nawaz bring back Agha and Shadab. Shadab will not go for as many runs as Usama and can bat and field better too.

This. Bowlers are not making any difference. Just play the extra batter and look to outbat the opposition. No point looking to restrict with this level of bowling

 

[ChennaiFan]

I watched only a part of the match. Adam Zampa bowled very well considering the conditions. He is a champion limited-overs bowler.

368 is a very tall target; don't expect many teams to scale that. A few of the late middle-order batters could have applied more when Pakistan was chasing. But again it is easier said than done when the required run rate is 11+.

 

[BChaudhry02]

Honest question: what do Haris and Nawaz bring to this team? I can't find a single redeeming quality.

Haris: sure, Haris takes wickets in the back-end, but when you lose the game in the first 10 overs of the match with absolutely brainless bowling, are those back-end wickets really worth anything? Ahh, wait! He was able to castle a Netherlands tail-ender and point to his shattered stumps - HE MUST BE RETAINED, WE CAN'T FORGET THAT, NOW PART OF PCT FOLKLORE!!!

Nawaz: sure, Nawaz bowls one or two good overs out of 8 or 9, but I'm actually curious if he knows how to hold a bat. This man is an all-rounder? According to who? Nawaz.Com? He looks dazed and confused every time he is on the screen, and has an incredibly punchable face, only behind the GOAT...Imam (who I know is super impressed and proud of himself for his stupid 70).

While this lineup will never ever happen, because Bobby's friends are the cool kids in school, the following is our best shot of making it to the semifinals before we crash out in classic Pakistan fashion:

1. Mohammad Haris
2. Abdullah Shafique
3. Babar Azam
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Saud Shakeel
6. Iftikhar Ahmed
7. Shadab Khan (I know, I know...)
8. Abrar Ahmed
9. Shaheen Shah Afridi

That's it - my mind won't allow me to consider the rest (Haris, Hassan, and Wasim, Jr.) and prefers playing with only 9 Players, as I think we are better off.

"Back The Boys" "We Are A Family!" "#1 ODI Ranked Side!"

 

[Savak]

Will the team management replace Haris Rauf with Mohd Wasim Jr?

Shadab makes it into the team on his fielding alone, he should replace Mohd Nawaz.

How to play Shadab, Usama Mir, Iftikhar, Agha Salman together? Not convinced Hassan Ali is adding much to the team with his innocuous medium pace

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Will the team management replace Haris Rauf with Mohd Wasim Jr?

Shadab makes it into the team on his fielding alone, he should replace Mohd Nawaz.

How to play Shadab, Usama Mir, Iftikhar, Agha Salman together? Not convinced Hassan Ali is adding much to the team with his innocuous medium pace

It was obvious before the tournament that the squad is several rungs below the top contenders in terms of quality. Only a fool would think we had a chance. Anyway we all know Babar will be captain in 2027. Can't wait.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Will the team management replace Haris Rauf with Mohd Wasim Jr?

Shadab makes it into the team on his fielding alone, he should replace Mohd Nawaz.

How to play Shadab, Usama Mir, Iftikhar, Agha Salman together? Not convinced Hassan Ali is adding much to the team with his innocuous medium pace

i will pick shadab in place of usama because he is a pathetic fielder and Agha Salman for Nawaz, ifti can bowl good 10 overs so why not make a use of it and give ur batting unit bit stronger look which can boost confidence of batters that we have a healthy batting line so they can play with confidence.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

If England beat SA tomorrow and Netherlands continue their giant run vs Sri Lanka, Pakistan can slip to 7th place tomorrow on NRR

 

[vodafone_lover]

Pakistan should start preparing for cake cutting ceremony... It's a moral victory.. Both openers getting their 50...saud, ifti, riz all contributing.. Pakistan crossing 300 mark against mighty Australian bowling...Get the cake ready!

Looking the same when an affiliate nation performed a bit well against a test playing nation.

Surprised to see the factors for celebration

 

[kron]

Pakistan's remaining games are against Afghanistan, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Bangladesh.

None of these teams will be easy to beat. The team is paying the price for its complete lack of preparation. We did not play enough ODI's against quality teams to guage the true level, form, abilities and temperament of the players who were selected.

We will beat them all

 

[160KPH]

I don’t know why everone is always so depressed and negative. It’s just a sport at the end of the day. We, as fans, can only watch and hope for the best. Nothing we say on this forum actually matters in terms of how the team will perform. So why not choose to be positive and hope that we pull it off? If you’ve already given up, then why even watch another game of cricket?

I can understand the Indian fans hating on our team, but self hating Pakistani fans are the ones I’ll never understand.

 

[deltexas]

We will beat them all

That should be the spirit ! Wish Mickey Arthur and Pak TM had this spirit

 

[kron]

I don’t know why members of this forum are always so depressed and negative. It’s just a sport at the end of the day. We, as fans, can only watch and hope for the best. Nothing we say on this forum actually matters in terms of how the team will perform. So why not choose to be positive and hope that we pull it off? If you’ve already given up, then why even watch another game of cricket?

I can understand the Indian fans hating on our team, but self hating Pakistani fans are the ones I’ll never understand.

We have issues, mental block and match up problems vs india and Australia. Rest we can beat at our best anyday. I am not too concerned.