Pakistan V England | First T20I | Dubai | 23/02/2012

[WiiiCKET]

45 minutes to go.. I hope that Awais and Hammad get a chance.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

3-0 eng again, pak have no interest of winning. Those akmals need to be out of the team. I dont trust them one bit.

 

[Sherlock]

Got a feeling it'll be the same tried and tested failures.

 

[Asif321]

13 mins to tosss.. Plzzzz awais and hammad plzzz

 

[Asif321]

Good news.. Awais is practising nowwwww Yaaaayyyyyy

Hopeee hammad too is in team

 

[ASAD NAZEER]

3-0 eng again, pak have no interest of winning. Those akmals need to be out of the team. I dont trust them one bit.

yaar match to start hone do.itne dukhi kyoun ho .have trust on our guyz.plz........

 

[Watsupdoc]

Awais and Afridi were seen practicing batting. May be they both are opening?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Cant Misbah get injured for 3 matches?

 

[Asif321]

Hammad also Playing Yaaaaaaaaaaaay mmad

 

[Inswinger]

WHat's the playing XI?

 

[ASAD NAZEER]

England win the toss and bowling first

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Sky Sports HD 1 is starting broadcast....

 

[Hando]

Toss?

 

[Love Pakistan]

England win the toss and bowling first

Pakistan need to post 165+

 

[A.M.]

Plz share the team guyz!!

 

[Zeeraq]

Now that's a strange choice? But considering Pakistan batting it might be a good choice

 

[Watsupdoc]

Hammad and Zia both playing!

But Malik still playing

 

[Asif321]

Yaaaaaaaaaay Awais and Hammad Both in
no adnan Gul in

 

[ASAD NAZEER]

Zia and hammad both are playing

 

[Watsupdoc]

Team

1. Hafeez
2. Zia
3. Asad
4. Umar (wk)
5. Misbah
6. Hammad
7. Afridi
8. Malik
9. Gul
10. Ajmal
11. junaid

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Misbah is saying ... they would have batted first anyways...

So he must be happy

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Apart from Malik, happy enough with that side

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Misbah again saying .. "we are having homesickness.. but we are professionals we should deal with that....

And he is saying.. morale is high for the game...

People love the t20 format... "

 

[Fawad_Bhai]

Awais Zia gonna blow em away!! InshaAllah hes gonna play really WELL!!

 

[siccric]

Team

1. Hafeez
2. Zia
3. Asad
4. Umar (wk)
5. Misbah
6. Hammad
7. Afridi
8. Malik
9. Gul
10. Ajmal
11. junaid

Best possible team imho. Good job Misbah

 

[NeVerMind]

Misbah is saying ... they would have batted first anyways...

So he must be happy

Agree PPers can't have much to complain with team selection...

 

[Asif321]

PakTeam: Misbah*,Asad Shafiq, Awais Zia, Hammad Azam, Junaid Khan,M. Hafeez, S.Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul

 

[Markhor]

Last chance for our limited overs side. Players will be competing for places, imperative that they perform otherwise the selectors will surely now after the ODI whitewash drop them.

 

[AFG_Brit]

Good team selection.. Hope they bat well.

 

[Monty786]

Well I hope the so called new "boom boom" of Pakistan lives up to his hype...People expecting abit too much I think!

 

[talha3]

Good team. Hoping for good things from Awais, if not in this game then the rest of the series. The last thing I want to see is another Shahzaib.

 

[Markhor]

Hate Malik's inclusion in the XI but it'll give us another bowling option. Don't like that Adnan is keeping but without a good keeper-batsman we're stuck so Umar as T20 keeper is the best we can do. Won't be too draining for him as its only 20 overs, not 50 or 5 days.

Good luck to Awais Zia, our General ! Get us off to a flyer you youngster beauty

Pakistan Zindabad !

 

[Asif321]

Finally a Great Selection By Mard e Haq

 

[bforme]

i have less expectations from Awais Gayle Zia.Maybe that is because i have not watched much of him than you guyz.
I hope he plays well.

 

[Abid Z]

Why is this guy Malik in the team...its really annoying me now, he contributes nothing with bat and ball..and before somebody shows me stats to say he is a t20 goliath..please dont...i could understand, though not agree with him being in odis but t20 is the ideal time to induct youth and experiment..

 

[Markhor]

England pundits raving over their youngsters at the moment.

 

[madaboutcricket]

not sure which team to support. it will be a good one for the neutrals for sure. I will support Pakistan for Umar Akmal this time. lets see.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Good team selection, I hope Junaid bowls full, unlike the short pies he was throwing the other night.

 

[musaarthali]

Looks like no one is interested in Least favourite format of some PPrs

 

[ninjafirstslip]

good squad but not perfect

 

[Dr_Bassim]

England pundits raving over their youngsters at the moment.

Lol ,the vagaries of watching Sky sports HD

 

[Legend Killer]

Finally we get to see Hammad and Zia, for once good team selection by Misbah

 

[sarmadsl]

Less expectations from general but high from hammad hazam

 

[Markhor]

Anyone else hate that Ladbrokes advert with the Italian guy yelling ?

Where's that mute button ?

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Looks like no one is interested in Least favourite format of some PPrs

lol its pakpassion not liking don't mean not following.

 

[Vegitto1]

Looks like no one is interested in Least favourite format of some PPrs

Goes to show that despite being semi-finalists in all T20 worldcups and winning one, we do not jump around and start calling it the "Main" thing.

Compare that to Indians, who worship the format they are doing ok in and when the performance goes, suddenly the format becomes meaningless.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

zia out to indipper.

 

[sarmadsl]

Hope that general can make his impact with 40 +

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Anyone else hate that Ladbrokes advert with the Italian guy yelling ?

Where's that mute button ?

Agreed.. when he yells you wanna shut the broadcast off

 

[talha3]

Anyone else hate that Ladbrokes advert with the Italian guy yelling ?

Where's that mute button ?

It was funny-ish first time but now it's just really annoying.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

waqar i hate you issed:

 

[WiiiCKET]

Hammad,Zia Vs Buttler,Bairstow

Let see who performe well.

 

[Asif321]

Waqar disagrees for having seperate teams for sep formats

 

[farsiddiqui]

I like the line-up. Glad to see Hammad Azam and Awais Zia in.

I hope Hammad is sent up the order at #5 or #6. Boom Boom and Malik should be after him.

 

[WiiiCKET]

Junad not playing ??

 

[AnotherIndian]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

playing again??????????????

Obviously sees something in which everyone fails to see )

 

[Dr_Bassim]

They are talking about Craig Kieswetter

 

[sarmadsl]

10 mins to goo

 

[WiiiCKET]

cricinfo showing Junaid is playing, can anybody confirm it

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Good to see Zia and Hammad play! Finally, eh?

still playing. I fail to see what Misbah sees in him.

 

[Asif321]

Junaid khan is playing With Gul ...

No Cheema and Wahab gud choice

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

cricinfo showing Junaid is playing, can anybody confirm it

He's not. It's Cheema and Gul.

 

[sarmadsl]

Yes he is playing

 

[ninjafirstslip]

hafeez our best bat hahhahahaha.....

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Junaid khan is playing With Gul ...

No Cheema and Wahab gud choice

Huh?

When they showed the squad they showed that Cheema is playing? Confusions.

 

[saeedhk]

Yeah, pak batting first

 

[iZeeshan]

Really excited to watch Awais and Hammad

Hope they all get proper chances

 

[Watsupdoc]

Best possible team imho. Good job Misbah

Best possible team? With Malik in there?

Would rather have Wahab or even Rehman...

 

[Asif321]

Hafeez is gonaa open with some one ... hafeez is padded
awais is not

 

[sarmadsl]

Ptv sports on fire with ads now have to go to their fb page to say something to them

 

[speed]

disgrace what more can malik do to get dropped

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

is Malik playing?

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Ptv sports on fire with ads now have to go to their fb page to say something to them

like they care what you think.

 

[Asif321]

Junaid is playing they showed on TV ... and misbah also didnt said
anything abt cheema junaid change

 

[Justcrazy]

What is the point in playing so much down the order???

 

[Justcrazy]

is Malik playing?

Yes he is

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Its Junaid Khan and Gul.....

 

[Fawad_Bhai]

Whats up with calling Awaisy, General?

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan must play positively here, promote

 

[Zeeraq]

People are expecting a little too much from Awais Zia.