Pakistan Shaheens (202/6) comfortably defeat ACT Comets (111) by 91 runs in the Top-End T20 series match to qualify for the semi-finals

[BouncerGuy]

The Pakistan Shaheens, who finished runners-up in last year’s competition, are set to face ACT Comets in the 27th game of the ongoing Top-End T20 series in Darwin today August 17, 2024.

Shaheens barely crossed the line against Bangladesh A in their last encounter and won the game by 3 wickets.

Squads:

Pakistan Shaheens: Abbas Afridi, Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqoob, Faisal Akram, Haseeb Ullah, Jahandad Khan, Kashif Ali, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mubassir Khan, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Tayyab Tahir, and Usman Khan.

ACT Comets: Esam Rahman, Hanno Jacobs, Hayden Watling, Jake Smith, Kai Brunker, Mikey Mcnamara, Nicholas Broes, Nick Allen, Scott Murn, Tom Hogan, Tyler Hays, Tyler Van Luin, Zac Maron, and Zak Keogh.

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[BouncerGuy]

Shaheens should be looking to win this one with full authority. Play their best team today.

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan Shaheens have won the toss and elected to bat first against ACT Comets

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Only one pacer??

 

[Omer2002]

4 down ...Awfull batters we have honestly and all these haris farhan usmsan etc have played for seniors

 

[BouncerGuy]

Yet another failure for Haris Sahab. Total failure.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Only one pacer??

Probably a Nagpur Day 4 pitch in Australia

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shaheens were at 48/4 but what a great knock this is from Irfan. Taking it on the opposition alone. Birlliant batting so far by him. 61 off 33 atm.

 

[ElRaja]

the only players i have any long term hope for are faisal akram and arafat minhas.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Haseebullah should really be complimenting Irfan here. playing run-a-ball atm and it is not helping Irfan by any means. 4 overs remaining. Should go all guns blazing now. 25 off 25 is not something he should be playing on atm.

Shaheens are 144/4 after 16.

 

[Omer2002]

Haseebullah should really be complimenting Irfan here. playing run-a-ball atm and it is not helping Irfan by any means. 4 overs remaining. Should go all guns blazing now. 25 off 25 is not something he should be playing on atm.

Shaheens are 144/4 after 16.

Good come back by shaheens but i must say all these aussie chubbie bowlers plus all these dropped catches by them are they even professionals or amateur

 

[Omer2002]

Good come back by shaheens but i must say all these aussie chubbie bowlers plus all these dropped catches by them are they even professionals or amateur

100 off 52 by irfan khan

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan Shaheens vs ACT Comets - Top End T20 - Darwin

Innings break:

Pakistan Shaheens 202-6, 20 overs (Muhammad Irfan Khan 106, Haseebullah 49 not out; Hanno Jacobs 2-43)

 

[shah_1]

Irfan Khan is the only decent batsmen young talent I have watched recently. The talent pool is dry atm

I like Arafat a lot but he is in AR category

 

[FearlessRoar]

Pakistan Shaheens vs ACT Comets - Top End T20 - Darwin

Innings break:

Pakistan Shaheens 202-6, 20 overs (Muhammad Irfan Khan 106, Haseebullah 49 not out; Hanno Jacobs 2-43)

 

[Omer2002]

I like arafat more than mubashir khan but he hasnt had much chances this series

 

[FearlessRoar]

Pakistan Shaheens vs ACT Comets - Top End T20 - Darwin

Pakistan Shaheens won by 91 runs

Pakistan Shaheens 202-6, 20 overs (Muhammad Irfan Khan 106, Haseebullah 49 not out; Hanno Jacobs 2-43)

ACT Comets 111 all out, 16.1 overs (Tyler Van Luin 29, Zak Keogh 26; Arif Yaqoob 4-17, Arafat Minhas 3-22, Mubasir Khan 2-14, Faisal Akram 1-22)

 

[FearlessRoar]

Pakistan Shaheens vs ACT Comets - Top End T20 - Darwin

Pakistan Shaheens won by 91 runs

Pakistan Shaheens 202-6, 20 overs (Muhammad Irfan Khan 106, Haseebullah 49 not out; Hanno Jacobs 2-43)

ACT Comets 111 all out, 16.1 overs (Tyler Van Luin 29, Zak Keogh 26; Arif Yaqoob 4-17, Arafat Minhas 3-22, Mubasir Khan 2-14, Faisal Akram 1-22)

The Shaheens are through to the semi-finals

 

[RidiculousMan]

Irfan should come under influence of Fakhar Zaman

 

[mominsaigol]

Irfan should come under influence of Fakhar Zaman

Influence of what? How to get shoved aside at opening for?

 

[FearlessRoar]

The Shaheens are through to the semi-finals

Pakistan Shaheens will play the semi-final against Adelaide Strikers. The Pakistan Shaheens vs Adelaide Strikers semi-final match will be played at 5:30 AM according to Pakistani time. Bangladesh A team will compete against NT Strike in the other semi-final.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Pakistan Shaheens vs ACT Comets - Top End T20 - Darwin

Pakistan Shaheens won by 91 runs

Pakistan Shaheens 202-6, 20 overs (Muhammad Irfan Khan 106, Haseebullah 49 not out; Hanno Jacobs 2-43)

ACT Comets 111 all out, 16.1 overs (Tyler Van Luin 29, Zak Keogh 26; Arif Yaqoob 4-17, Arafat Minhas 3-22, Mubasir Khan 2-14, Faisal Akram 1-22)

 

[FearlessRoar]

Irfan hits century as Shaheens qualify for Semi-final of Top End T20

Muhammad Irfan Khan registered his maiden T20 century as Pakistan Shaheens beat Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Comets by 91-runs in their last league game on Saturday in the Top End T20 series at the DXC Arena in Darwin.

With this win, Shaheens secured top position on the points table with five wins in six games and have qualified for the semi-finals along with Adelaide Strikers, Bangladesh ‘A’ and Northern Territory Strike.

Defending a huge total of 202 runs, the Shaheens made light work of ACT Comets batting line-up as they were bundled out for a mere 111 in 16.1 overs. Mubasir Khan dismissed opening batters, Esam Rahman (9, 4b, 2x4s), Nicholas Broes (3, 7b) early while Arafat got rid of Michael Mcnamara (5, 3b) reducing the ACT Comets to 24-3 in 3.1 overs.

Tyler van Luin (29, 17b, 4x4s, 1x6) and Zak Keogh (26, 20b, 2x4s, 1x6) looked threatening as the duo added 49 runs for fourth-wicket off just five overs but fell in the ninth and tenth over respectively with the scorecard reading 79-5.

ACT Comets lost their next five wickets for just 32 runs as the Shaheens spinners ran riot taking all ten wickets. Arif Yaqoob bagged figures of 4-36 while Arafat dismissed three batters. Mubasir had two wickets to his name while Faisal Akram picked up one.

Earlier, after opting to bat first, Pakistan Shaheens lost their opening batters, Abdul Faseeh (8, 3b, 2x4s) and Mohammad Haris (15, 13b, 2x4s) in the first and fourth over, respectively. Omair Bin Yousuf (7, 6b, 1x4) and Usman Khan (5, 5b) were the other Shaheens wickets to fall in subsequent overs as they stood 48-4 at the end of the field restrictions.

At this point, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Haseebullah joined forces to take Shaheens out of trouble. The duo put on a mammoth 140-run fifth-wicket partnership off 13 overs.

Irfan struck a brilliant century scoring 106 off 56 balls clubbing 14 fours and two sixes before departing in the 19th over. Haseebullah remained unbeaten for 49 which came off 34 balls hitting four boundaries and a solitary six.

Shaheens posted 202-6 in the allotted 20 overs as Hanno Jacobs took two wickets for ACT Comets while Zak Keogh, Tyler Hays, Esam Rahman and Jake Smith picked one wicket each.

Semi-finals

Pakistan Shaheens vs Adelaide Strikers at DXC Arena (5.30am PKT)

NT Strike vs Bangladesh ‘A’ at TIO Stadium (5.30am PKT)

Final - TBD vs TBD - Tomorrow

 

[Nasty Naz]

Looks like quite a performance from Irfan Khan. Could have been easy for Haris & coaches to drop him with his performance in this tournament but glad they stuck with him and got their reward. Middle order batsmen but that's why you need to stick with players like him so when they do, it's a match winning performance.

This entire tournament seems like its had slow pitches, slow outfield and in this game, we saw Pakistan going with 4 spinners. Very disappointing these are the kind of tracks Australia has prepared as the hope is to have some of these play in genuine Australian condition so they are prepared for the expected conditions if/when some of these players make the national team and tour Australia in the future. Basically, with the pitches prepared, they are playing in sub-continent conditions.