Pakistan cruise to comfortable eight-wicket win over Hong Kong in Asia Cup 2018

[New Yorker]

Amazing Test batting by Imam against mighty Hong Kong. Azhar was five times better than this in the CT

 

[Justcrazy]

up for Pakistan

 

[Madplayer]

Man this is hard to watch. And Why is the outfield so slow?

 

[DRsohail]

There’ll be no argument from me in 6 months.
By then we’ll have a good idea of whether he’s the right person to be partnering Fakhar.

lets se I will be happy if he does well and prove me wrong but I am not optimistic.

 

[Madplayer]

That was out. Imam was bloody lucky there. His luck has decieved even the third umpire there my word.

 

[Nasty Naz]

I don't think Imam hit that...

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

finish the match already

 

[imshally81]

I think.. It was plumb

 

[Slim]

Wow Imam is playing so bad

I hope he does better against India

Aeis sai behtar tou 420 shehzad tha

 

[ARK Rafay]

TBH the spike showed between bat and pad. When it was in the air. What's the FPS of the broadcast video?

 

[Salman4.]

Masood (and Shaheen) should've debuted here.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Imam is very unimpressive.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babaar 14 runs away from 2000 runs in OD

 

[DRsohail]

I still remember how people used to bash Fakhar Zaman when he debuted

Fakhar had at least 50 list A average behind h with good reputation.

 

[Asif321]

How long before imam gets dropped

 

[Syed1]

Imam is soooooo bad

 

[Slim]

Imam struggling against HongKong

 

[Asif321]

Imam might be gone after NZ and AUS series

 

[blackanhyellow]

Hong Kong showing how useful spinners are in UAE conditions.

I dont like Nawaz much but I think we can drop Amir for him considering Amir isnt taking wickets anyways.

 

[Slim]

Imam might be gone after NZ and AUS series

Think Shehzads shadow ban would end by then as well.

 

[mak36]

Babar showing Imam how it's done.

 

[Slim]

This umpire loves Imam lmao

 

[Madplayer]

How was that not out?
Atrocious umpiring throught the match.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan 45 runs away from win here

 

[Syed1]

Imam won't be given out in the Asia Cup

 

[imshally81]

Another plumb LBW..

 

[ARK Rafay]

Umpire is either blind or Imam FAN!

 

[Nasty Naz]

How many lives does Imam have...

 

[Syed1]

How bad is Amir Sohail

 

[ARK Rafay]

How many lives does Imam have...

Infinite

 

[Madplayer]

Umpire is either blind or Imam FAN!

There is more possibility of him being blind rather than IMAM's fan.

 

[mak36]

How bad is Amir Sohail

Subtlety isn't his strong suit.

"The reason the producers asked me to step into the commentary box is..."

 

[Syed1]

Subtlety isn't his strong suit.

"The reason the producers asked me to step into the commentary box is..."

Omg that was so cringey

 

[imshally81]

Even M Hafeez as a opener is better than Imam..

 

[cricguru]

Pakistani top order especially Imam and Fakhar shows such a bad techinue against spin in UAE conditions. I am afraid Chahal and Kuldeep will slaughter them especially if they are chase 280 + score

Disappointed start by Pakistan batting.

 

[Syed1]

Even M Hafeez as a opener is better than Imam..

bhai at this point even Imran Farhat would do.. he is making HK spinners look like Murali

 

[imshally81]

Great Shot..

 

[mak36]

Babar getting it right: if you can't find the boundary, at the very least rotate the strike.

 

[babajee]

Pakistani top order especially Imam and Fakhat shows such a bad techinue against spin in UAE conditions. I am afraid Chahal and Kuldeep with slaughter them especially if they are chase 280 + score

It’s just Imam. Fakhar, Malik and Sarfraz are world class players of spin. Babar is not too bad either.

 

[Zeeraq]

2000 runs in ODIs for Babar Azam.

 

[Syed1]

LOL at the Indian chest thumpers who were like they wouldn't mind if Bobby batted the full 50 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to be more aggressive against better teams here

 

[babajee]

Hopefully Babar can bat at this sort of tempo against India.

 

[Syed1]

2000 ODI runs for Babar Azam.

Joint second fastest to 2000 ODI runs

 

[imshally81]

Wow.. 2nd fastest 2000... Great going Babar

 

[Anis10]

Babar should open and they should bring in haris at 3

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

2000 runs. Great start to his career.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar Azam 2nd fastest to 2000 runs in OD

 

[nextover666666]

Congratz to mister babar Azam

 

[Syed1]

Babar is all class.... he is schooling Imam

 

[Madplayer]

Babar Azam showing why he is rated so highly by Pakistanis. Clinical batting so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babaar and Imam both at 31

babbar in 29 balls , Imam in 53 balls.

 

[mak36]

Babar getting it right: if you can't find the boundary, at the very least rotate the strike.

And now he's finding the boundary with ease.

His placement is a delight.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Clear difference in class between babar and imam.

 

[ManFan]

Imam will probably be caught behind off Bumrah on Wednesday early on.

 

[imshally81]

Babar should open and they should bring in haris at 3

Hmm... not a bad suggestion..

 

[Pete Rose]

Think Shehzads shadow ban would end by then as well.

cowardly strike rates are bad whether left handed or right

 

[Pete Rose]

Imam will probably be caught behind off Bumrah on Wednesday early on.

LBW most likely

 

[Syed1]

Look how hard Imam has to work for just one run


What a garbage cricketer

 

[gazza619]

Think we will need one more spinner on these slow wickets against India. The problem is that on merit Amir should make way for Nawaz. But how can you drop Amir against India? Unthinkable considering what he did to them last time.
Shinwari is bowling well and so is Hasan Ali. Faheem is the alrounder so he should play as well.

 

[Syed1]

Think we will need one more spinner on these slow wickets against India. The problem is that on merit Amir should make way for Nawaz. But how can you drop Amir against India? Unthinkable considering what he did to them last time.
Shinwari is bowling well and so is Hasan Ali. Faheem is the alrounder so he should play as well.

At this point we can drop Imam and play Nawaz without effecting our side

 

[AFM]

How did Amir Sohail get a commentary job after his CT comments?

 

[Justcrazy]

Babaar showing why he is rated so highly , effortless batting so far

 

[Madplayer]

Even if Imam does a somersault before striking the ball, he will still score a single only at the most. It seems like he is giving it his everything only to score a single run.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

What the hell? should be straight forward!

 

[mak36]

Who is this on commentary right now, with Aamir Sohail?

 

[DeadBall]

Nazar lagaa di sab nai.

 

[ARK Rafay]

2 Sixes from Malik! Pakistan will win now very quickly!

 

[Syed1]

Should have sent Asif

 

[rajimam]

wished Imam's wicket and Babar has gone!

 

[ARK Rafay]

Freakin! He hit a six! Imam!

 

[Justcrazy]

Hundred up for pakistan

 

[Usman Chadda]

Matches like these are a disgrace to this sport and a total waste of time

 

[mak36]

Who is this on commentary right now, with Aamir Sohail?

I think it's Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. Can anyone confirm?

 

[DeadBall]

Matches like these are a disgrace to this sport and a total waste of time

HK should have had the courtesy to let Pakistan bat first at least.

 

[LegendAli]

Nazar lagaa di sab nai.

) ) ) Your AV ahahah.

 

[Third Man]

Who is this on commentary right now, with Aamir Sohail?

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan

 

[IMMY69]

If the lesser teams are going to play, and I think they should, then at least confiscate the toss.
It is disgraceful that HK would choose to bat first after winning the toss.

 

[Usman Chadda]

HK should have had the courtesy to let Pakistan bat first at least.

Definitely. There’s no need for teams like Hong Kong in a cut-throat tournament like this. They add nothing to the competition except easy runs and wickets.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan just two blows away from win here