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Pakistan take an unassailable 2-0 lead with a comfortable 16 run victory

I would have liked to seen Akmal coming in ahead of Sarfraz as well but hard to complain with Sarfraz performance. 46 off 32 balls @ 144 SR is pretty great. Played a little too slow early on but great performances from Malik and Sarfraz. Should be a competitive total.
 
TalhaSyed said:
:)) :)) Snails :)) SR of 130 and 140 on this pitch is "snails batting"? :))

You a Pakistani fan or an Umar Akmal fan? Half an hour ago you were complaining that these singles and doubles are "useless runs" and we "will never get to 160 batting like this" - now what you gonna complain about? You gonna claim that if junior went out there we would have been at 200? :inzi

And what if Umar went out there and got out for 10 - like he has done so many times? Expect the others to absorb the pressure of losing quick wickets and consolidate whilst settling for a score of 140?
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First of all stop making things up. I never said the second quote.

No, I'm not claiming anything and it isn't about one match. It's about giving yourself the best chance to maximize run production. Umar is your most explosive batsman therefore should be facing the most balls.

There are only 20 overs genius. We had a platform set and enough wickets left to ensure there would be no collapse.

Learn some cricket first before posting all those idiotic smileys.
 
The Last Of The Stars said:
These statistics are deceiving, he clearly struggled to hit big, couldn't even hit big on a spinner, we are 30 runs short.
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Dude you are going on and on about hitting big and hitting 6s! Hitting big doesn't matter scoring runs at a good pace does! Malik and Sarfraz both did that! You win matches by scoring more runs than the opposition not hitting more 6s! There is nothing deceiving about the statistics - both batsmen batted exactly how was required on the pitch and putt you up to a score of a 160. A ground where the average score is 139. What on earth are you complaining about? If you think that Junior or anyone for that matter could have "easily hit big" 9' this pitch - you really don't have any thing to support your argument.
 
Teams posting 150+ batting first have won 10 out of 12 T20s in Dubai.

However WI are strong chasers and dew factor will come into play.

Series hangs on this chase.
 
TalhaSyed said:
Dude you are going on and on about hitting big and hitting 6s! Hitting big doesn't matter scoring runs at a good pace does! Malik and Sarfraz both did that! You win matches by scoring more runs than the opposition not hitting more 6s! There is nothing deceiving about the statistics - both batsmen batted exactly how was required on the pitch and putt you up to a score of a 160. A ground where the average score is 139. What on earth are you complaining about? If you think that Junior or anyone for that matter could have "easily hit big" 9' this pitch - you really don't have any thing to support your argument.
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My point is if he scored less boundaries, because of that we are 30 runs short.
 
TalhaSyed said:
Dude you are going on and on about hitting big and hitting 6s! Hitting big doesn't matter scoring runs at a good pace does! Malik and Sarfraz both did that! You win matches by scoring more runs than the opposition not hitting more 6s! There is nothing deceiving about the statistics - both batsmen batted exactly how was required on the pitch and putt you up to a score of a 160. A ground where the average score is 139. What on earth are you complaining about? If you think that Junior or anyone for that matter could have "easily hit big" 9' this pitch - you really don't have any thing to support your argument.
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Yes the average score is 139 we should just have score 140 why would you try to maximize your score :uakmal
 
Sarfi,malik can't hit especially against pace,any decent managment will just bowl pacers to them (bravo get hit because he bowl too many slower balls),easy to restrain them under 5-6 rpo against pacers.
 
It kills me that these young 22 year olds are so abysmal in the field . . it really does!
 
Chief Destroyer said:
First of all stop making things up. I never said the second quote.

No, I'm not claiming anything and it isn't about one match. It's about giving yourself the best chance to maximize run production. Umar is your most explosive batsman therefore should be facing the most balls.

There are only 20 overs genius. We had a platform set and enough wickets left to ensure there would be no collapse.

Learn some cricket first before posting all those idiotic smileys.
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Sorry - I confused a post made by Cricketfanno 1 for a post made by yours.

Haha getting touchy I see :mv

Umar has shown time and time again he is not capable of building a big innings and Pakistan has shown time and time again that they cannot handle pressure in the shorter format of the came. If you don't agree with those then I really think that someone else around here should be watching more cricket before getting so sensitive and throwing around accusations. :inzi

Keeping both those things in mind - Umar has to be used as a pinch hitter at the death of an innings & he hasn't warranted a spot to come up the order. 85/3 after 11.4 overs is a solid base - but you send the "explosive Umar Akmal" in and you may very well end up on 92/4 after 12.4. There goes your solid base. You're back to consolidating and absorbing pressure.

On the other hand on 85/3 after 11.4 - you have two batsmen who are brilliant at running between the wicket and can easily pick up 8 runs an over without taking any risks. They can easily get you to 115-120 after 15-16 overs. At that stage Umar can go in and actually be expected to do something.

Sure UA can take you from 85/3 to 130/3 very quickly. But what he can do - and has done consistently in the past - is take you from 85/3 to 95/4 and you lose your "strong base". Food for thought genius :yk2
 
Gone !

That ball was in the air for an eternity. Akmal kept his cool.
 
They should send Imad over here to sort out the Kashmir dispute, he'll do it in minutes. Amazing all round run of formm for him these last 10-15 games. :bow:
 
Jeez Umar just did the worst dab ever, absolutely cringy
 
Viv just said akmal might never get the chance to celebrate again. Ouch
 
hahahaha, every time sharjeel takes a catch, he looks like the happiest person in the world....
 
itsme said:
Yes the average score is 139 we should just have score 140 why would you try to maximize your score :uakmal
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Who scored 140? Who said we should aim for 140? :afaq

The referral to 139 was because posters on here suggesting that we batted too slowly and didn't get enough runs on the board, even though everything suggests that we have got a very good score for this pitch?

You and some other's keep going on about "maximising the score". Please remind me how many times Umar Akmal has helped us "maximise our score"? Historically speaking - is Umar more likely to take the score from 85/3 to 95/4 in 1 over or from 85/3 to 140/4 in 5-6 overs?

I think you and I both know the answer to that question. So lets move onto a 2nd one.

85/3 is a decent start. Nothing great - nothing terrible. however, how does 95/4 look? is that going towards "great" or going towards "terrible"?

Bottom line is - as much as I like the guy - Umar Akmal as done nothing to suggest that he can be used as anything more than a pinch hitter. In my opinion when you are 85/3 in the 12th over - you don''t send in a pinch hitter.

The Last Of The Stars said:
My point is if he scored less boundaries, because of that we are 30 runs short.
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:facepalm: You say 30 runs short. So you are telling me that Sarfraz scored 46 in 32 balls. But Umar would have managed to some how get 76 in 32 balls?
 
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So far so good, and where the few is gone? Pak bowlers don't seem to have any dew problem so far.
 
And people were saying we needed 30 more runs... 160 is looking extremely competitive right now. The pitch is looking difficult to bat on.
 
TalhaSyed said:
Who scored 140? Who said we should aim for 140? :afaq

The referral to 139 was because posters on here suggesting that we batted too slowly and didn't get enough runs on the board, even though everything suggests that we have got a very good score for this pitch?

You and some other's keep going on about "maximising the score". Please remind me how many times Umar Akmal has helped us "maximise our score"? Historically speaking - is Umar more likely to take the score from 85/3 to 95/4 in 1 over or from 85/3 to 140/4 in 5-6 overs?

I think you and I both know the answer to that question. So lets move onto a 2nd one.

85/3 is a decent start. Nothing great - nothing terrible. however, how does 95/4 look? is that going towards "great" or going towards "terrible"?

Bottom line is - as much as I like the guy - Umar Akmal as done nothing to suggest that he can be used as anything more than a pinch hitter. In my opinion when you are 85/3 in the 12th over - you don''t send in a pinch hitter.



:facepalm: You say 30 runs short. So you are telling me that Sarfraz scored 46 in 32 balls. But Umar would have managed to some how get 76 in 32 balls?
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A better hitter than Sarfraz would have definitely scored more.
 
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