Pakistan STILL has what it takes to win the ICC World Cup 2023!

[Sunzi]

Spearhead is clearly Shaheen. Dude is struggling with issues in his action/fitness and still went against his instinct and hit perfect Chinnaswamy length after 1 over which is not his natural length

Would have put OZ under serious pressure too had it not been for a horrendous drop of Warner.

Brain dead express pacer was bowling utter nonsense and Warner and Marsh cashed in big time.

I've never seen a PAK pacer who is mentally tougher than Shaheen. Not Akhtar, not Asif, not Aamir and certainly not Naseem.

Clear bowling leader.

Him, Ifti and Rizwan are the only real tough, hard men in this side .

He came back well for sure but he's not at his best. He's down around 10kph and is unsupported by the supporting cast or fielding.

He's still searching for the inswinger at 135kph and is getting whipped through mid-wicket a lot - He's leading our attack, I'll agree, but he's the best of a bad bunch IMO. The Aus game is really his only decent game in the tournament and it can be argued that a few of that 5-fer were caught getting slapped to the boundary.

 

[pillionrider]

I can see Pak making the semis at the expense of SA or even NZ who have some tough games ahead and whose invincibility has mostly been based on thrashing the life out of England who no one other than @GLORY OF '92 perhaps thought would drop like a stone.

But unless something really dramatic happens, few of the players have the games of their lives, I can't see this team under Babar having the fire to win the Cup. I really like Babar the batsman, but am done with his captaincy.

 

[happydavy]

You have more confidence in my team than I do.

No spearhead. Wayward trundlers. No frontline spinner.

Above star quality, there's no fundamentals. Line, length, discipline (extras, spraying)

Because as tournament progresses and pitches slow down a bit, i would be surprised if only 1 asian team reaches semis, it has to be 2. Secondly, with very high likelihood of only 1 team winning 7 or more matches, atleast 3 teams will end up with 6 victories and will qualify for semis.