Pakistan v West Indies | 3rd ODI | Abu Dhabi | Oct 5, 2016 | Pakistan Innings

[marlonbrowndo]

Maybe Rizwan should come in. Hasnt gotten a proper chance so far

 

[zn426]

The foundation is there now, shame that Azhar got out, but now Rizwan/Sarfraz/Malik need to go finish this.

 

[Inswing]

Just when it was time to accelerate

 

[Abdul]

Departs but well played.

 

[shaz619]

Come on guys, we need 400

 

[ExpressPacer]

Typical Azhar gets out as soon as he gets a ton.

I thought you wanted him to accelerate lol. Thats what he tried to do?

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Its obvious that u have no clue about cricket and have never played the game

A player in a good form in one format doesn't effect/affect his form in the other format, prime example is Guptill. If you have any clue about cricket, you will understand this, lol. And kindly respond in a cricketing language, merci.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Just when it was time to accelerate

He was trying to hit a big shot.You do that when you try to accelarate the innings.

 

[Hamza_]

In such slow wickets you need set batsmen to launch. Azhar has thrown it away

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

I thought you wanted him to accelerate lol. Thats what he tried to do?

But he crashed his car, should have known what he was doing, lol.

 

[Syed1]

I thought you wanted him to accelerate lol. Thats what he tried to do?

Did you see the shot he played?

Aisi acceleration se tou behtar hai tuk tuk hi karle

 

[ahmadharis1]

Come on shobby!

 

[shariqnoor]

Malik needs to hit out. Babar will be circumspect now all the way to his 100 which probably means another 15 balls from him. Malik need to compensate the scoring rate.

 

[ahmadharis1]

Not mad at Azhar for trying to accelerate, just mad at him playing that shot

 

[Syed1]

We have a very rigid batting order, most other teams would have sent a guy like Imad in this situation, we sent Malik because he was slotted in to bat at 4 before the innings began

 

[Markhor]

Hope Malik can hit like he was doing against Benn.

 

[Mir jibran]

malik gone

 

[MMHS]

Lol, and throws it away, cheap.

Actually no - he didn't throw. He is just not good enough to accelerate. This is his 3rd hundred of 101, 101 & 102 (not going to against whom). He too 19 balls to reach 50 from run a ball 40, then 14 to reach 100 from 90. The moment he tried to score faster, got out - this is all 6 times as Captain, whenever he has reached 80+

We are watching cricket in different era & comparing stats of last 40 years, hence average & strike rate is misleading. Unless PAK finishes well, WI will chase 320 here.

 

[Pakpak]

Malik departs

 

[Rayyman]

We have a very rigid batting order, most other teams would have sent a guy like Imad in this situation, we sent Malik because he was slotted in to bat at 4 before the innings began

Imad hasn't done too well hitting.

 

[Hamza_]

Really was a nothing shot for a guy batting on 101.

 

[ahmadharis1]

We have a very rigid batting order, most other teams would have sent a guy like Imad in this situation, we sent Malik because he was slotted in to bat at 4 before the innings began

My idea for the best XI is to rotate Malik/Sarfraz/Akmal at 4/5/6 based on the match situation. In this situation, I would have played Akmal to play aggresively.

 

[Markhor]

Caught behind and Malik dismissed.

Rizwan or Imad should come in next.

 

[volcyz]

Narine chucking it

 

[Hamza_]

Sarfraz in.

 

[ahmadharis1]

god dammnit

 

[the Great Khan]

Malik goes after a classy hundred..

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Didnt expect Malik to fall to a spinner. Rizwan should get a go..

 

[Syed1]

Well the Malik experiment failed

 

[TalhaSyed]

If Sarfraz comes in now some PPers will have a melt down....

...oh damn! Im outta here

 

[Markhor]

Collapse impending ?

 

[ExpressPacer]

The worst person to come out right now. I feel like the dressing room is trying its hardest that Babar misses out on his ton...

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Now brace yourselves for a tuk tuk marathon

 

[MMHS]

Arthur is becoming monotonous - that happens when you are in uneven contest. Sent Malik, now Sarfu. Should have sent out of box - may be Sohail.

 

[Pakpak]

Actually no - he didn't throw. He is just not good enough to accelerate. This is his 3rd hundred of 101, 101 & 102 (not going to against whom). He too 19 balls to reach 50 from run a ball 40, then 14 to reach 100 from 90. The moment he tried to score faster, got out - this is all 6 times as Captain, whenever he has reached 80+

We are watching cricket in different era & comparing stats of last 40 years, hence average & strike rate is misleading. Unless PAK finishes well, WI will chase 320 here.

Agree with every word except WI chasing 320.

They will collapse as usual. There is a reason why they have never chased anything over 300 in their history.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Narine chucking it

Yes. I'm surprised you're the first person to notice!

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

Lack of power hitter is hurting
We should have reached 270 by now
This is a third class Wi team against whom we should score 400
Atleast there should be someone after Malik who would hit big shots inztead of Sarfraz who will take time to set and then take singles to save his life

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Arthur is becoming monotonous - that happens when you are in uneven contest. Sent Malik, now Sarfu. Should have sent out of box - may be Sohail.

Not a bad idea, good suggestion.

 

[MRSN]

I would break my TV if Sarfraz came in to bat after the fall of this wicket. Sarfraz should not be batting today at all unless we are 5 down.

So did you break your tv?
Its Pak team what you expect?seniors will always bat ahead of juniors irrespective of odd situations.

 

[Rayyman]

Should look to get 370+.

 

[the Great Khan]

Good to see sarfraz out there. Busy player and gutsy individual. should allow babar to be a bit more aggressive too.

 

[Syed1]

Arthur is becoming monotonous - that happens when you are in uneven contest. Sent Malik, now Sarfu. Should have sent out of box - may be Sohail.

No need to destroy the box by sending Sohail lol.

 

[the Great Khan]

just dont get why we dont have 500 on the board yet..sack arthur

 

[Hamza_]

Sarfraz is tuking here.

 

[shariqnoor]

We really need someone who can hit sixes at will. Apart from Sharjeel and Malik, I don't see any player in this lineup who can hit sixes frequently.

 

[pak4life]

What is the point of Rizwan in the team. His not a big hitter nor a finisher. A wasted position.

 

[ExpressPacer]

"Go Nawaz Go" in the stands. xD

 

[the Great Khan]

we need kamran akmal in this situation

 

[aukhan]

Azhar's great captaincy on display. Very rigid of him.

Imad Wasim or Rizwan should have been promoted in this situation.

 

[MMHS]

Agree with every word except WI chasing 320.

They will collapse as usual. There is a reason why they have never chased anything over 300 in their history.

Lets see - before IND chased 312 at Dhaka in 1998, there was only one chase over 300 in 27 years - that too in a 55 overs match. In last 5 years, we have seen at least 50 & probably another 100 when teams have chased 280 ish score in 45 overs with plenty to spare.

 

[MRSN]

When Pakistan should be hitting fours and sixes we will witness Sarftaz playing amother run a ball selfish knock.

 

[aukhan]

we need kamran akmal in this situation

NO

We don't need him any situation.

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

Going at run a ball is not a big thing in today's cricket
Dont know why everyone is going crazy over this series

 

[Hamza_]

We are so poor in slog overs.

 

[dauntless]

So rizwan here is for warming the bench!!

 

[Syed1]

When Pakistan should be hitting fours and sixes we will witness Sarftaz playing amother run a ball selfish knock.

Then he will hit four fours of a mummy daddy bowler's over and show all his haters. lol

 

[ahmadharis1]

Anything less than 320 is going to be a huge disappointment

 

[the Great Khan]

i think we need to drop babar azam/ Just seems to be tuking now. Need to get in Shahzaib hasan. He can whack it a bit..

 

[Rayyman]

Sarfraz we don't need 6-7 an over. We need 10-11 an over.

 

[Syed1]

9 more runs Babar

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

batting looks ugly while sarfraz is batting

 

[Syed1]

Sarfaraz

 

[the Great Khan]

if sarfraz doesnt hit three sixes off his next three balls he should be dropped.

 

[ahmadharis1]

If Azhar ever gets relieved of his captaincy duties, I'd like to see Sarfraz open with Sharjeel. Thoughts?

 

[shah_1]

pathetic from both of them

 

[MMHS]

No need to destroy the box by sending Sohail lol.

This happens when you jump in to post, without understanding the game - check 1987 WC final. AUS won by 7 & a certain Craig McDermott came to bat at 4 to knock 14 of 8 balls. In that match also, AUS had lots of wickets at hand after top 3 put a slow but steady start.

Context has changed - that 250 range now has gone to 350 level, but not the concept or strategy.

 

[angrypathan]

4 runs off the over

 

[Taaya]

The pitch seems to have slowed down a bit. The ball isn't coming on as nicely any longer.

 

[MRSN]

This Pak team will struggle in NZ and Aus because their no.6 who is key in any team is untested and has insecurity about his place in the team.

And this team hasn't shown they can accelerate at required rate.

So if Sharjeel or Baber fail we will see us struggle to score at decent pace.

 

[ahmadharis1]

Remember the days of Razzaq and Afridi tearing **** up in the last overs now we just limp along.

 

[Syed1]

A 50 SR innings from Sarfaraz was exactly what was needed right now

 

[Naim]

SARFARAZ SAYING TO BABAR . JALD bazi nahi karna

 

[Rayyman]

Babar Azam is better than De Kock. He deserves this record.

 

[Syed1]

Babar Azam is better than De Kock. He deserves this record.

Lol even Babar Azam himself won't agree with that. QdK is at a different level at the moment

 

[saeed5646]

Via CI

Babar will join Saeed Anwar and Zaheer Abbas if he gets this third consecutive century. He'll be in great company

 

[Syed1]

2 more runs Baba

 

[yasir]

Pakistan power game is really missing in last 10/15 overs, we cannot hit boundaries, this is where Umar would help a bit. When you are going to play against top team, that will hurt a lot more and score will go back to 260/280, even right now they had very slow last 8 overs

 

[the Great Khan]

babar needs to hit some sixes.

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

Babar Azam and sarfraz ahmed both need to be addressed by the coach
They both need to accelerate
Babar azam has been looking to accelerate after his milestone
While for sarfraz it seems that his attitude has changed due to permanent spot
Both dont accelerate, keep on scoring at run a ball maximum which is their limit
For babar its a starting and hopefully he will learn but Sarfraz needa to step up now

 

[Inswing]

just another run by babar please