Pakistan v West Indies | 2nd ODI | Sharjah | Oct 2, 2016 | Match Thread

[Syed1]

Wow

 

[MMHS]

What sort of innings Sarfu is playing?

 

[msb314]

What a six by Babar - time to accelerate now!

330+ must be on the cards.

 

[Syed1]

What is Sarf doing???!?!?!

 

[Markhor]

Well done Babar, he's racking the tons up now.

This was a chanceless innings.

 

[MRSN]

Told you guys Sarfraz is another anchor.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Thats how you hit

 

[boomboom6]

excellent follow up 100 from Babar ... has looked lot more fluent today. Should be studying ABD's game, his role model, studiously.

 

[BabarAkmal_Fan]

Akmal is hardly consistent. He can make 80 off 40 probably once in 30 innings.

He's the best we have.

 

[Syed1]

Need to rest Babar in the next match. Let Umar have a game..

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Told you guys Sarfraz is another anchor.

Well done genius. We all thought he was Devilliers

 

[Syed1]

He's the best we have.

This is not 2010

 

[world cup captain]

Babar has ended Hafeez's career and cemented himself a test debut. Bravo!

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Sarfraz is a joke in the lower order, should only open.

 

[Abdul]

Need to rest Babar in the next match. Let Umar have a game..

I'm very happy to see him on the bench. That's the only place where he deserves to be.

 

[Syed1]

Lol Pollard

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Terrible

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Babar at 3 and Rizwan at 4, will make a good line up, despite Malik's knock today, he should only stick to T20I cricket.

 

[last_knight]

South Africa 361/6 (50.0 ov)
Australia 87/4 (16.1 ov)
Australia require another 275 runs with 6 wickets and 33.5 overs remaining

Can Pakistan replicate the first part here ?

 

[MRSN]

Well done genius. We all thought he was Devilliers

Some people called him dynamic batsman.

 

[Syed1]

Sarf just get out man

 

[BabarAkmal_Fan]

Score doesn't matter as long as we win, but:

These 2 games, as well as some previous games against NZ/ENG, prove to us that our top 5 is fine. Either Malik, Sarfraz, or Babr can get the job done in the middle overs. Opening is fine too with Sharjeel going berserk. The weak link is our lower order, where we need a guy like Yamin/Akmal to hit out.

 

[Syed1]

Atleast Azam is trying to hit, Sarf is just nudging

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Damn Sarfraz didnt get run out

 

[GLORY OF '92]

This is selfish cricket.

 

[Strike!]

Our batsmen need to learn how to score boundaries against pace.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Pretty lame batting. All the pressure is on the bowlers and they have scrub bowlers. There is plenty of wickets left and instead of trying to post a huge total, they are just playing for singles.

 

[super hitter]

Can Pakistan replicate the first part here ?

I hope so you've just got the answer by now...It was Malik (the difference).

 

[Syed1]

Finally

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

This should be given out.

 

[msb314]

Finally a boundary by Sarfraz!

 

[Suleiman]

Sarfraz is too slow. Always kills the momentum in our batting.

Insane how he is being persisted with in ODIs.

 

[Syed1]

I hope the review is successful

 

[aukhan]

I hope so you've just got the answer by now...It was Malik (the difference).

+1 Malik was the one scoring quickly.

 

[IAJ]

Lol at people critisizing Sarfraz here

 

[Syed1]

Tch tch bach gaya

 

[Markhor]

Waqar - "It was wow"

Wish the commentary thread was still around.

 

[Syed1]

Babar is class

 

[world cup captain]

))

Savage from Waqar, "I was hoping it would be clip the stumps"

 

[shah_1]

"I was hoping" Waqar

 

[msb314]

Great shot by Babar!

 

[aukhan]

This is why we need Umar Akmal in the side. Getting rid of Azhar and adding Akmal would be the right move.

 

[Zeshan547]

Just need to swap malik and sarf batting position because malik have the power game, and sarf should never come after 35th over, and umar is must at 6 in place of Rizwan, nothing against Riz but he can't bat lower than 4th but in current team it's not possible to fit him, and ideally we should have shahzaib in place of azhar and sarf as captain. Then the batting line up till 7 will be ideal modern day XI in an ODI.

 

[liquidice]

''I was hoping it would clip the leg stump but it just missed'' )

Waqar probably meant ''expecting''.

 

[boomboom6]

Sarfraz is too slow. Always kills the momentum in our batting.

Insane how he is being persisted with in ODIs.

Yes lets criticize our best batsman from previous series who scored 300 runs with avg. of 60 at a SR of 92, better then Root.

Calm down people. We are in winning position already with 270+ on the board which is more then enough against WI.

 

[shariqnoor]

Really impressed with Babar Azam, not only because he has scored heavily this series but also because of his fitness levels. Scoring back-to-back centuries in the UAE heat is something amazing.

 

[Syed1]

Yes lets criticize our best batsman from previous series who scored 300 runs with avg. of 60 at a SR of 92, better then Root.

Calm down people. We are in winning position already with 270+ on the board which is more then enough against WI.

That is no excuse for batting like Misbah/Azhar when the platform had already been laid

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Lol at people critisizing Sarfraz here

He is rubbish in the middle order, especially in death overs.

 

[Suleiman]

Yes lets criticize our best batsman from previous series who scored 300 runs with avg. of 60 at a SR of 92, better then Root.

Calm down people. We are in winning position already with 270+ on the board which is more then enough against WI.

Wrong mindset. This is a new series, and there was no collapse like last series that he should tuk tuk.

He only has 1 gear, when the platform is set he can't accelerate.

 

[NauV]

Not easy to come out and hit on this pitch .. its a slow, double paced pitch . .

 

[Syed1]

Signs of fatigue in that shot.

 

[liquidice]

'looks a million dollar' )

 

[shariqnoor]

What's annoying is the fact that Sarfraz isn't even looking to hit the big shots. He's just trying to nudge around.

 

[Syed1]

Sarf continues his tuk tuk

 

[Suleiman]

lmao Pollard making Sarfraz jump )

Joke of a LOI bat.

 

[aukhan]

Captain should have sent Imad Wasim instead of Sarfraz.

 

[IAJ]

Lol Waqar get's very over excited

 

[Syed1]

"Take the charge, LIKE THAT, goes straight to the fielder though"

ahhaha Vicky bhai )

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Always maintained that Sarfraz will screw us over when we are in a good position

 

[Hasan123]

You don't want Sarfraz in these types of situation.

 

[imshally81]

 

[shariqnoor]

I guess Sarfraz needs to be added to the Fawad Alam club. Can't hit at all.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Babar looked tired, but fair enough, Sarfraz has killed the momentum.

 

[Hasan123]

Hopefully rizwan will give this innings some imputance and accelerate our run rate.

 

[MMHS]

Sarfu finally got managed to get a wicket for WI

 

[Syed1]

The wrong bat gets out.


Well played lad..

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Captain should have sent Imad Wasim instead of Sarfraz.

when the captain is azhar dont expect any aggression

 

[Syed1]

Send Imad

 

[aukhan]

You don't want Sarfraz in these types of situation.

Who sent him? Clearly captain lacks the intelligence. Sarfraz is not a hitter and we are a in a comfortable position.

Imad or Nawaz should have been the choice.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Thanks Sarfraz

 

[Nasty Naz]

Great job Babar.

 

[Markhor]

Imad Wasim rightly promoted.

 

[Speedster1]

"Take the charge, LIKE THAT, goes straight to the fielder though"

ahhaha Vicky bhai )

That was hilarious along with the sudden change of tone - Vicky at his best ) ) Defo one for the legendary Vicky commentary thread

 

[Syed1]

Sarf needs to hit.. Imad is new to the crease

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Great innings from Babar.

 

[Syed1]

Sarf bhai single hi leh le.. bhaiiiiiiiii

 

[Markhor]

lmao Pollard making Sarfraz jump )

Joke of a LOI bat.

Yeah what a joker who averaged 60 vs England, better than any other batsman in that series. Bin him at once.

 

[last_knight]

What's annoying is the fact that Sarfraz isn't even looking to hit the big shots. He's just trying to nudge around.

No harm in learning the lesson NOW when goings aren't tough. Can change this strategy ( of Sarfaraz coming in around 35th over) against better oppositions.

 

[boomboom6]

That is no excuse for batting like Misbah/Azhar when the platform had already been laid

I do agree that they could've promoted Rizwan/Imad instead of Sarf today but we're fine. Ideally, Umar coming in at 5 would've been best.

 

[Markhor]

He is rubbish in the middle order, especially in death overs.

Were you asleep during England series ?

Yes he's not a boundary hitter for the last 10 overs but he's been a top middle over bat for us since 2015 WC.

Don't let your Rizwan love blind you to the facts.