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Pakistan thwart Brendan Taylor’s brilliance to seal 26-run win in first ODI against Zimbabwe

Maddy’s dot balls have put us back in control. Not bad work here by Babar
 
Zimbabwe are relying too much on the later half of their innings I think. They should be attacking a bit more
 
Zimbabwe have some decent batsmen but their bowling and opening batting has been lacking quality for sometime. Overall a bit surprising how they have gone so low in the rankings, lack of cricket doesnt help too and ICC and world cricket doesnt see to care much.
 
Khan12 said:
Shaheen and babar may not start but Curran can open. Loool. Udana is better then shaheen.
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Mere bhai tu Dekh main kaise in sab ko kaise rulata hoon.

I like banter but not blatant hatred and lies
 
Forward Defensive Push said:
Wahab, Haris, Imad.. who would you attack? It's not so easy facing them
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Agreed. Though I still believe the best chance against Pak bowling is to keep in under pressure consistently but obviously you need certain kind of players for that. Its still better to lose trying the first strategy as it gives a better chance than to play a game the way Pakistan likes.
 
sad to see no young talents from zim in last decade or so, these players are only half decent batsman they have since early 2010s, i mean chibaba, Taylor, Ervine,. Waliams, and Raza, and by the way where is chugumbura, he was decent all rounder by zim standards?
 
Wahab's accuracy has been pretty decent in last two years. If only if he could have gotten this radar bit early in his career but, still goof as long as he is able to serve Pakistan cricket.
 
Zeshan547 said:
sad to see no young talents from zim in last decade or so, these players are only half decent batsman they have since early 2010s, i mean chibaba, Taylor, Ervine,. Waliams, and Raza, and by the way where is chugumbura, he was decent all rounder by zim standards?
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Madhevere is 20. He maybe 1 for the future.
 
Imad has been excellent in this game. With more flight and some spin in his bowling he has been pretty good with older ball, just a bit unlucky though today.
 
Double up 30 overs, it comes around 260 - ZIM might not even reach there. That Imad-Fahim partnership actually took the game away.
 
MMHS said:
Double up 30 overs, it comes around 260 - ZIM might not even reach there. That Imad-Fahim partnership actually took the game away.
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If zim loses by 20 odd runs against pak full strength team that will be a big achievement for them.
 
Hasan123 said:
Madhevere is 20. He maybe 1 for the future.
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They need proper organised batsmen from the non white community, which is like 99% of total population. From past, even now, Raza is probably their best non white batsmen and three best batsmen today are white, and close to 35 each.
 
MMHS said:
Double up 30 overs, it comes around 260 - ZIM might not even reach there. That Imad-Fahim partnership actually took the game away.
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More than that it was trash bowling in the last ten i think, no way Pak would have made even 260 from that position vs any half decent bowling, by the way this new kid have something about him, this medhevere, or maybe just another flash in pan. not a bad Start for sure.
 
I have been seeing the same Zimbabwe players and team since 2011 which was when I saw pakistan first play against them. Feels like 80 percent of the players are the same.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
If zim loses by 20 odd runs against pak full strength team that will be a big achievement for them.
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It’s good, but they need to win games. This one was one off day for PAK & Babar had missed his hundred - if they don’t win today, chances won’t be coming frequently. Next two games, PAK might post 330+ & by 12th over ZIM 38/3....
 
MMHS said:
They need proper organised batsmen from the non white community, which is like 99% of total population. From past, even now, Raza is probably their best non white batsmen and three best batsmen today are white, and close to 35 each.
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Madhevere looks organized. He could be one. I hope Zimbabwe become a competitive side for the sake of cricket.
 
This Madhevere is looking quite decent. Him and Taylor could easily snatch this game away from Pakistan.
 
Faheem Ashraf - 2 wickets in his last 10 ODIs according to Bazid Khan. Averages 13 with the bat.

Hasan Ali is a far better “bowling all rounder”.
 
Shadab is the VC so he has to play. Faheem and Imad have done well today. Who is Shadab replacing?
 
Zeshan547 said:
More than that it was trash bowling in the last ten i think, no way Pak would have made even 260 from that position vs any half decent bowling, by the way this new kid have something about him, this medhevere, or maybe just another flash in pan. not a bad Start for sure.
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I think ZIM lost plot from that Sikander over - got a wrong call in favour, reversed; then he bowled last ball over a No Ball & it went for six. Otherwise, even with that bowling effort, 270 was looking tight.
 
Madhevere and Taylor probably know chasing around or over 100 in the last 10 overs won't be easy. Hence the positive intent here.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
I have been seeing the same Zimbabwe players and team since 2011 which was when I saw pakistan first play against them. Feels like 80 percent of the players are the same.
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Problem is there's no real infrastructure and no money in ZIM cricket due to their dire economy.

There are some decent youngsters like Blessing Muzarabani, who's 6ft 7, and scored a County deal. Madhevere looks like he has potential. However there's no proper system to develop them.

With investment and competent administration, and if the likes of Ballance, de Grandhomme and the Currans stayed, there's no reason why Zimbabwe couldn't be a decent mid-tier team competing with likes of Pakistan, Sri Lanka (who they beat away in ODIs in 2017), Bangladesh, West Indies etc.
 
MMHS said:
It’s good, but they need to win games. This one was one off day for PAK & Babar had missed his hundred - if they don’t win today, chances won’t be coming frequently. Next two games, PAK might post 330+ & by 12th over ZIM 38/3....
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Why you think Misbah will tell batsmen to set target over 300? Misbah still think 250-270 runs are match winning score.
 
Shafi said:
Why you think Misbah will tell batsmen to set target over 300? Misbah still think 250-270 runs are match winning score.
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Not every thing Misbah’s fault. Professional players in middle need to know their game. His fault was to pick wrong player for wrong format - hence these players are misfit and often becomes selfish to hold on to their spot.

Imam & Abid opening pair ..... you know, then Iftekhar the finisher. It’s good that Faheem & later Shaheen connected few today, otherwise .....😩
 
Wahab Riaz is my favourite cricketer . I hope he makes it to the 2023 WC. I don't know if he can sti bowl well at 38 though. But he's bowling well, better than overhyped youngsters.
 
With Shaheen still to bowl 4 overs, Zimbabwe has no chance. I think the presence of Babar and Shaheen makes Pakistan a very good side.
 
Eight per over for last 15 isn’t that daunting task in T20 era - there is dew & I guess the boundary is 80 metres including pitch length😝 it’s not impossible, but Taylor has to be till end here today.
 
For PP's armchair specialists, when was the last time Wahab bowled three consecutive quality out-swingers like that?
 
Don't get too excited about Rauf. The guy has hardly played list A cricket, how can ever be a good ODI bowler?
 
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