Pakistan v Afghanistan | Match 36, World Cup | Leeds | 29th June, 2019 | Afghanistan innings

[TamiL_GarvaM!]

Nah bro their proper batsmen come in after 5 wickets fall rashid and nabi

dont forget naji..he's ok...as well

 

[ARK Rafay]

Need to get Rahmat's wicket Asghar and Ikram will get out themselves

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Need to bring wahab now..he will be useful here

 

[saeed5646]

I totally agree....am an admirer of your pace bowling esp the quicks you bring in so frequently....this was the best chance to get hasnain in....

Exactly. imad is occupying a vital spot won't have mind both wahab and husnain in same side

 

[Mean&Green]

Afridi bowling hit me balls

 

[BleedGreen]

Couple more wickets and we’ll get them under 150

 

[castortroy]

Afridi still bowling trash

 

[BleedGreen]

Afridi bowling hit me balls

Gives a down leg side

 

[Asif321]

Shaheen has leaked lot of runs

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Poor ball again...shaheen back to normal

 

[shah_1]

Despite two wickets, his bowling has been poor.

 

[Madplayer]

Shaheen is trying too hard. Just relax bro.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

He will get ikram now and continue bowling

 

[uberkoen]

Afridi ends up releasing the pressure

 

[yasir]

These runs are going to bite us. 230+ will be really tough to chase here.

 

[Zeshan547]

Atleast there won't be Alarming spin even in the 2nd innings on this pitch I think. so not much danger of afghan spin attack

 

[castortroy]

Wicket is very slow

 

[uberkoen]

These runs are going to bite us. 230+ will be really tough to chase here.

lol why would 230 be difficult to chase here?

 

[Gullycricket]

This Rahmat guy has good technique

 

[IAJ]

Come on Shaheen! At least stop the runs, they will then make mistakes.

 

[TamiL_GarvaM!]

Lol wasim saying good pace by Amir 136kph

Wasim is like the monotonous drone, the boring headmaster who continually admonishes you for not doing the homework you have no interest in doing.....

 

[MMHS]

Where is the well built teenager Zazai?

 

[BleedGreen]

Beautiful ball.

45/2 after 9 overs

 

[Gullycricket]

lol why would 230 be difficult to chase here?

3 spinners for Afghans.All good

 

[Madplayer]

Thats the length Shaheen. Thats it.

I believe today wahab will pick up lots of wickets.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Need one more wicket before 50

 

[Rifaqat]

Ikram will get out if he faces a full over lol

 

[ekpakistani]

Why bring back Imad ......

 

[IAJ]

These runs are going to bite us. 230+ will be really tough to chase here.

It is a flat wicket. 250 is chaseable, but we should look to bowl them under 220.

 

[Mean&Green]

Man keep that khil guy on strike he can barely hold a bat for his life the other guy can actually play

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

lol why would 230 be difficult to chase here?

Depends on how good we are at negotiating spin. In the warm up game against their bowlers we looked clueless.

 

[Rifaqat]

Imad back on again wow

 

[Ahmed216]

Atleast there won't be Alarming spin even in the 2nd innings on this pitch I think. so not much danger of afghan spin attack

But both mujeeb and rashid are capable of producing couple of magical deliveries even on a good pitch. They definitely are dangerous

 

[BleedGreen]

Imad back on.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Where is the well built teenager Zazai?

Will carry bottles in drinks break

 

[Markhor]

Heartening to see that pitch map. No we haven't always got it right this morning but you'll take a lot more wickets bowling good and full lengths in England.

Much better than the short pitched crap we saw at Taunton.

 

[Mean&Green]

Ikram will get out if he faces a full over lol

Exactly

 

[Fahdi]

He's found the right length finally.

The pitch is a belter though. Contain them to under 250 and chase it down with 6-7 overs to spare. Get that NRR up

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Our 5th bowler imad to continue

 

[BleedGreen]

Imad bowling well

 

[yasir]

Imad is such a waste of investment. We would have been far better off with proper spinner, even Nawaz would have been 10x better.

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

In Wasim Akram's world, everyone's a youngsta and a quick learner

 

[Rifaqat]

Imad bowling with glasses. Bara aaya superstar

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Looks like ikram will out soom

 

[yasir]

He is no threat what so ever on ideal wickets for spinners

 

[BleedGreen]

Beautiful over from imad

46/2 after 10

 

[Markhor]

Imad is such a waste of investment. We would have been far better off with proper spinner, even Nawaz would have been 10x better.

We need to invest in specialists not pseudo allrounders like Imad and Nawaz. I think this is a Mickey obsession like many SAF coaches.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Rehmat is the key here

 

[Madplayer]

Choke them now. They shouldnt score 60 till 17th over.

 

[BleedGreen]

Hafeez on d

 

[Rifaqat]

Now hafeez bowling. We need pace bowling yaar

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Hafeez to bowl

 

[Asher]

Pathetic again from sarfaraz, picks up 2 wickets and brings on imad. Same stupid mistakes again and again. Go for the kill you defensive idiot!

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

How is the pitch boys? I just got tickets for Anabelle

 

[uberkoen]

Imad gets a lot of flak here and to an extent I understand it but he is so good at choking the opposition.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Pace would've make the difference here

 

[Rifaqat]

Beautiful over from imad

46/2 after 10

It was just ok...

 

[ARK Rafay]

Pakistan going for 50 overs. Defensive planning.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Rehmat feels so comfortable

 

[BleedGreen]

Need shadab on i think

 

[QalandarFan]

Afghanistan to get 173 Runs.

 

[MMHS]

Atleast there won't be Alarming spin even in the 2nd innings on this pitch I think. so not much danger of afghan spin attack

Yaar, you are dreaming of winning WC and then concerned of Afghan spin in 2nd innings!!! There is not much talunt in Afghan spin, trust me. If you pick our ARazzak to play most career games against associates, that too non Asian associates on turners, you’ll be surprised with his stats.

There is nothing to worry unless PAK starts to panic with couple of Mujeeb mystery. Fakhar & Imam should start with a mind set to chase (whatever) inside 30 overs and loft couple of six ..... wheels will come off from the spin generator; this game is much tougher than earning few quick bucks through impressive talunt.

 

[Madplayer]

Bit of turn there for Hafeez.

 

[Fazzy321]

Some beautiful scenes in the crowd

 

[ekpakistani]

If they want spinner to bowl then bring shadab

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Wahab is injured

 

[saeed5646]

Pakistan are waiting for ball to get old .Conditions are perfect for reverse swing

 

[yasir]

Imad gets a lot of flak here and to an extent I understand it but he is so good at choking the opposition.

Oh come on, good spinners should be running through sides, on these wickets. He could not bowl 5 overs on rank turner the other day, the most useless spinner in entire WC

 

[Markhor]

What would complete our bowling attack is a right arm seamer who can swing the new ball and a gun specialist spinner.

Three left arm pacers is a bit one dimensional.

 

[BleedGreen]

51/2 after 11.

 

[Tapeballcricket]

Pathetic again from sarfaraz, picks up 2 wickets and brings on imad. Same stupid mistakes again and again. Go for the kill you defensive idiot!

Can't express how frustrating it is to see this type of captaincy.

Imad the dart machine to Afghanistan's rescue.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Can't imagine any side has two less threatening spinners than Imad and Hafeez.

 

[Ahmed216]

Has imad picked a wicket in WC?

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Ok guys wicket is coming in this over

 

[Mean&Green]

There is no planning here whatsoever sarafraz will be brilliant one day and extremely atrocious the other and today is the latter I mentioned

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Beautiful city of Leeds.

First time those words have been said

 

[Gullycricket]

Some beautiful scenes in the crowd

Cameramen are always looking for them

 

[Tapeballcricket]

Oh come on, good spinners should be running through sides, on these wickets. He could not bowl 5 overs on rank turner the other day, the most useless spinner in entire WC

Should he even be called a spinner if he can't even turn the ball lol

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

Hafeez's action looks dubious again(not surprised)

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Ikram doesn't look comfortable