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Pakistan's chances of reaching the semi-finals stage of the ICC World Cup 2023?

Will Pakistan somehow qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup 2023?


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I blame Lanka if there's early exit of Pakistan.

Lanka had just one thing to do and they even failed in that!
 
I am also following other sports, viz Chess. Two Indians won Grand Swiss Chess (Open and Women's titles) there. This was history's strongest tournament. 10 % of participants were Indians. Chess by the way is played by all 200 plus countries of the world. This feat is way bigger than most Indian achievements in cricket.
A very subjective opinion that.
 
Sri Lanka were never going to beat New Zealand, but they should of least got 220/230 to make a game of it, not for us but for them!
 
life is all about luck but you make your own luck. PAK failed to keep its destiny in its hands. Had they been sensible against SA while batting or if the bundled out NED/SL for lesser scores, their net run rate would have been higher than NZ. repeat of 2019
 
So the SFs will be pretty much what everyone thought (bar England not making it) and SA making it. Our cricket has been pretty much stationary for the most of this century. Our bowlers and batters are pretty average and hence the result is that we aren't very good. New captain will come in and so will a new coach but the results will be the same. No depth in talent, no domestic to develop talent and things aren't going to get any better over a period of time. No doubt we will have our moments but the trend is downwards
 
ICC is stupid they should have had the QFs also, that would have bought more charm, imagine top 8 goes to K.Os
QF1 Ind v SL ------> InD v Aus
QF2 Aus v Ban ind v pak final
Q3 SA v AFG -----> SA v Pak
Q4 NZ v Pak

That would have been more fun and Pakistan chances to final are silky smooth

If only ICC was brave enough to change the rules midtournament
 
ICC is stupid they should have had the QFs also, that would have bought more charm, imagine top 8 goes to K.Os
QF1 Ind v SL ------> InD v Aus
QF2 Aus v Ban ind v pak final
Q3 SA v AFG -----> SA v Pak
Q4 NZ v Pak

That would have been more fun and Pakistan chances to final are silky smooth

If only ICC was brave enough to change the rules midtournament
I mean yeah everyone has 3 months of their lives to spend away from their home playing cricket
 
life is all about luck but you make your own luck. PAK failed to keep its destiny in its hands. Had they been sensible against SA while batting or if the bundled out NED/SL for lesser scores, their net run rate would have been higher than NZ. repeat of 2019
Let me give you a little lesson for life.
Life is not all about luck.
Life is all about " how much effort you put into it to gain rewards".
 
Sri Lanka were never going to beat New Zealand, but they should of least got 220/230 to make a game of it, not for us but for them!
Relying on Sri Lanka should never have happened in the first place. Pakistan played this tournament very poorly and for them to get close to the semi-finals was only possible because of New Zealand’s abject performances.

However, NZ came back to absolutely thrash Sri Lanka while Pakistan conceded 340+ to these jokers and got thrashed by Afghanistan of all teams.
 
Relying on Sri Lanka should never have happened in the first place. Pakistan played this tournament very poorly and for them to get close to the semi-finals was only possible because of New Zealand’s abject performances.

However, NZ came back to absolutely thrash Sri Lanka while Pakistan conceded 340+ to these jokers and got thrashed by Afghanistan of all teams.
340 was was good effort considering SL were fully set to score 420+
 
Sri Lanka could not score even 250 in most of their matches after the first two matches.
But they did Pump SA for 350 odd the previous game and they were all set to delete Pakistan in Ahmedabad with Kusal Mendis setting the place on fire

It was a great comeback for Pakistan to save their blushes at that point
 
I am also following other sports, viz Chess. Two Indians won Grand Swiss Chess (Open and Women's titles) there. This was history's strongest tournament. 10 % of participants were Indians. Chess by the way is played by all 200 plus countries of the world. This feat is way bigger than most Indian achievements in cricket.
Nobody cares go on a chess forum and brag about it.
 
Let me give you a little lesson for life.
Life is not all about luck.
Life is all about " how much effort you put into it to gain rewards".
Life is about luck.

Success is when talent meets opportunity. The opportunity is luck, no matter how hard you try, it's impossible to manipulate the situation to your favour.

However you need to make use of that luck which is where hard work and talent comes in.

Look at imam, you actually think, he'd be a front line owner for any team if he wasn't pakistani? And if he wasn't inzi's nephew? And inzi wasn't chef selector?

Luck is anything outside of your control but it's positive for you.

Imam being born into the right family, Right country is all luck, however he's a joke because he has no hard work to supplement his talent, instead he's more an aggressive moron who gets angry at fans wanting him to play modern cricket.
 
Hasan has been Ali said in press conference we don’t look at nrr we just want win.

Theyv been dumped out of consecutive world cups because off nrr used to love the days when these guys use to be greeted with egg/tomato’s at airports that’s the language they understand !!
 
If Pakistan managed to qualify for the semifinals. Now after all these crazy odds, they would truly deserve to win the World Cup handsdown. I would just Not take any other team over them. Nobody would have ever deserved the World Cup more than them
 
Life is about luck.

Success is when talent meets opportunity. The opportunity is luck, no matter how hard you try, it's impossible to manipulate the situation to your favour.

However you need to make use of that luck which is where hard work and talent comes in.

Look at imam, you actually think, he'd be a front line owner for any team if he wasn't pakistani? And if he wasn't inzi's nephew? And inzi wasn't chef selector?

Luck is anything outside of your control but it's positive for you.

Imam being born into the right family, Right country is all luck, however he's a joke because he has no hard work to supplement his talent, instead he's more an aggressive moron who gets angry at fans wanting him to play modern cricket.
Not an Imam fan

But I know someone really close to all the cricketers and he tells me Imam is the most hardworking cricketer in the current team

His problem is not hard work, it's the skill set. He was raised on playing cricket the traditional way where you would be scolded if you hit the ball in the air
 
It's a bit of a shame that in a World Cup held in Asian Country there is going to be only one Asian country (India) in the semi-final. The remaining three countries are going to be SENA ones. I am happy to be provided wrong and one of Pakistan or Afghanistan make it to the semis but at present it looks quite unlikely!
 
Life is about luck.

Success is when talent meets opportunity. The opportunity is luck, no matter how hard you try, it's impossible to manipulate the situation to your favour.

However you need to make use of that luck which is where hard work and talent comes in.

Look at imam, you actually think, he'd be a front line owner for any team if he wasn't pakistani? And if he wasn't inzi's nephew? And inzi wasn't chef selector?

Luck is anything outside of your control but it's positive for you.

Imam being born into the right family, Right country is all luck, however he's a joke because he has no hard work to supplement his talent, instead he's more an aggressive moron who gets angry at fans wanting him to play modern cricket.
Of course, luck does exist.
But we cannot spend whole life on luck. What percentage of luck we do get in our lives? Not more than 10%.

In imam's case, do we have any proofs that he is parchi? We cannot decide on just one single fact that he is inzi's nephew? We are bashing him unnecessarily most of the times.
 
Not an Imam fan

But I know someone really close to all the cricketers and he tells me Imam is the most hardworking cricketer in the current team

His problem is not hard work, it's the skill set. He was raised on playing cricket the traditional way where you would be scolded if you hit the ball in the air
Brother imam is not hard working at all, irrespective of whoever the close person says.

First of his diet and his weight again doesn't signal a hard working cricketer. Kohlinwas a chubby guy and adopted a fit diet.

Imam is fat, that's not hard working. Secondly anytime someone asks him to play modern cricket he gets aggressive and makes social media posts about nonsense.

Brother don't do this hard work stuff. The most hard working cricketer in our unit is fakhar. The guy tries his best in everything. He doesn't participate in those meme worthy tiktok's.

Fakhar has and always will be the hardest worker. He's worked hard since 2017.
 
Brother imam is not hard working at all, irrespective of whoever the close person says.

First of his diet and his weight again doesn't signal a hard working cricketer. Kohlinwas a chubby guy and adopted a fit diet.

Imam is fat, that's not hard working. Secondly anytime someone asks him to play modern cricket he gets aggressive and makes social media posts about nonsense.

Brother don't do this hard work stuff. The most hard working cricketer in our unit is fakhar. The guy tries his best in everything. He doesn't participate in those meme worthy tiktok's.

Fakhar has and always will be the hardest worker. He's worked hard since 2017.
I was told this like 3 years ago

Now that you mentioned, he has actually gained a lot of weight recently.
Maybe doesn't work hard as he used to and considers himself "undropable " now. I don't know
 
Of course, luck does exist.
But we cannot spend whole life on luck. What percentage of luck we do get in our lives? Not more than 10%.

In imam's case, do we have any proofs that he is parchi? We cannot decide on just one single fact that he is inzi's nephew? We are bashing him unnecessarily most of the times.
It depends. Someone like kylie jenner is automatically 99% luck considering she's successful because she's born into one of the richest and most famous families.

You can't quantify percentages. Life is too unpredictable, it depends on person to person. Theirs no such 10% nonsense that you're trying to explain to me.

And yes, 100%. If Imam wasn't born in Pakistan and had this play style then he wouldn't be qualified for framchise or even local domestic. He'd be in club lol.

He got fast tracked because of inzi, don't let the whole inzi stating that he won't bias Imam fool you, he said that to about flack but brought Imam just a few months after deapite Imam have poor list A and fc stats at the time.

Imam is born into a cricket family, that's automatically more luck then most other cricketers. His uncle is close to him, ik this cause I knew inzi's son itisam, and his uncle clearly clearly wanted to bias him beyond belief. He was even biasing his son in aitchsion lol.

Imam is more lucky then most cricketers, but he can't supplement it with hard work, his diet alone is proof.
 
It's a bit of a shame that in a World Cup held in Asian Country there is going to be only one Asian country (India) in the semi-final. The remaining three countries are going to be SENA ones. I am happy to be provided wrong and one of Pakistan or Afghanistan make it to the semis but at present it looks quite unlikely!
And that will be true for the foreseeable future for all icc events. Only 1 or 2 Asian countries will qualify for sf as the Sena countries are a well.oiled machine now.
 
I was told this like 3 years ago

Now that you mentioned, he has actually gained a lot of weight recently.
Maybe doesn't work hard as he used to and considers himself "undropable " now. I don't know
Bro after 6 games on his debut he pointed to the pavilion and told everyone to keep Quiet on him? And was arrogant beyond belief?

Bro, ik itisam and inzi family. I was with them in aitchsion and his son was my classmate. After that I went to aus so idk, but they were close.

But itisam and imam were arrogant even back then.

again I don't wish to assume, cause I left for aus to live in sydney over 10 years ago
 
And that will be true for the foreseeable future for all icc events. Only 1 or 2 Asian countries will qualify for sf as the Sena countries are a well.oiled machine now.
I get what you are saying. I thought Srilanka were a bit weak. However certainly expected Pakistan and Bangladesh to make more inroads. In fact I would argue that Afghanistan have played better in this world cup compared to Pakistan and one man (Maxwell) defeated them in their previous match. :)
 
It depends. Someone like kylie jenner is automatically 99% luck considering she's successful because she's born into one of the richest and most famous families.

You can't quantify percentages. Life is too unpredictable, it depends on person to person. Theirs no such 10% nonsense that you're trying to explain to me.

And yes, 100%. If Imam wasn't born in Pakistan and had this play style then he wouldn't be qualified for framchise or even local domestic. He'd be in club lol.

He got fast tracked because of inzi, don't let the whole inzi stating that he won't bias Imam fool you, he said that to about flack but brought Imam just a few months after deapite Imam have poor list A and fc stats at the time.

Imam is born into a cricket family, that's automatically more luck then most other cricketers. His uncle is close to him, ik this cause I knew inzi's son itisam, and his uncle clearly clearly wanted to bias him beyond belief. He was even biasing his son in aitchsion lol.

Imam is more lucky then most cricketers, but he can't supplement it with hard work, his diet alone is proof.
Too many "if's" in your essay my little brother.
If imran born in Trinidad and Tobago we didn't have single WC etc.

So you are basically saying, luck is based on "ifs"?
 
Too many "if's" in your essay my little brother.
If imran born in Trinidad and Tobago we didn't have single WC etc.

So you are basically saying, luck is based on "ifs"?
That's what the definition of luck if my dude.

Luck means anything that goes in your favour, however what went in your favour is usually outside of control.

But luck can only get you so far. For example dwayne johnson is lucky because his family was wwe family. They introduced him to Vincent mcmahon.

But, because he was so good at entertaining he become a front line superstar, otherwise if he sucked he'd be another Fodder wwe wrestler and wouldn't be in Hollywood, just a random superstar getting a few ppv's.

Your own god damn birth is luck, so is mine lol, outside our control
 
Too many "if's" in your essay my little brother.
If imran born in Trinidad and Tobago we didn't have single WC etc.

So you are basically saying, luck is based on "ifs"?
Brother life is about luck + Hard work + Talent + Skills.

^^ It's for everyone. Their all connected. And the whole 10% mantra doesn't apply.

Their are people who are rich and at the top despite doing nothing and being sugar daddies.

Them their are those who reached the top by working hard and being boot strappers.

Their are also those who worked hard but didn't get anywhere in life because of bad luck or unforseen circumstances

And their are also those who make it to the top bur crash down in a spectacular fashion like elizabeth Holmes.
 
Giving you a hypothetical scenario

If Pakistan restricted SL to 249 and reached 250 in 35 overs. The NRR would have become 0.24 now.
if Pakistan restricted SL to 299 and reached 300 in 40 overs The NRR would have bcome 0.25 now

Everyone was going gaga over the mighty world record world cup run chase of 344 forgetting the fact Pakistan managed to concede 344 to this team that has no technique or temperament.
 
That's what the definition of luck if my dude.

Luck means anything that goes in your favour, however what went in your favour is usually outside of control.

But luck can only get you so far. For example dwayne johnson is lucky because his family was wwe family. They introduced him to Vincent mcmahon.
Brother life is about luck + Hard work + Talent + Skills.

^^ It's for everyone. Their all connected. And the whole 10% mantra doesn't apply.

Their are people who are rich and at the top despite doing nothing and being sugar daddies.

Them their are those who reached the top by working hard and being boot strappers.

Their are also those who worked hard but didn't get anywhere in life because of bad luck or unforseen circumstances

And their are also those who make it to the top bur crash down in a spectacular fashion like elizabeth Holmes.

Let me try to explain my point again i think due to my bad english i cannot explain well.

You say dwayne johnson is lucky enough because his family is in wwe, i see this in another way it's his destiny. Luck is if he gets in to wwe without his family and with zero capabilities. No?

I think luck is just an illusion, actually what is working for you is, your efforts and hard work, more or less.

Our creator binds this world with efforts.
More you do hard work and sincere with your profession you will get rewards sooner or later and when you start getting rewards, "luck illusion" will vanish from your life.
 
Giving you a hypothetical scenario

If Pakistan restricted SL to 249 and reached 250 in 35 overs. The NRR would have become 0.24 now.
if Pakistan restricted SL to 299 and reached 300 in 40 overs The NRR would have bcome 0.25 now
Mate they did extremely well to get out of that game with 2 points let alone a great nrr

Sri Lanka’s bowlers were horrendous that day. Pathirana 5 wides galore

Madhushanka no ball’s galore
 
Mate they did extremely well to get out of that game with 2 points let alone a great nrr

Sri Lanka’s bowlers were horrendous that day. Pathirana 5 wides galore

Madhushanka no ball’s galore

Then Babar's slow innings against Afghanistan was hyped by his fans on social media like he was playing on a minefield. They missed extra runs there. Chacha saved Pakistan's blushes with late order flurry. Little things like this hurt Pakistan. They were not clinical against lower ranked sides. If anything they were struggling at 38/3 against Netherlands.
 
Pakistan had one job.One job, reach the semis. So that i could watch India versus Pakistan at Eden Gardens.

But no: they can't even do that.

Lost to Afghans. Couldn't even choke the chokers SA.


Matlab kuch bhi. Kuch bhi nahin hota inse. Jahan jana sirf Biryani khana hai.

Everywhere they go, they only care about Biryani. Hyderabad they went out to eat Biryani. Bangalore they went out to eat Biryani and Kebab. Kolkata they ordered Biryani and Kebab and gravies from a restaurant to the team hotel.

Is this the World Cup of cricket or Biryani eating?
I can understand your frustration. However Pakistan was the architect of it's own doom. They never selected the proper squad. Imad Wasim is miles ahead of Mohd Nawaz but for some reason he was not even considered for this world cup and the T20 world cup last year. It was Nawaz that at least cost 2 match losses. Then they never played their proper 11 from that squad. Abrar was given no chance. Mohd Wasim was the 4th bowler till Naseem got injured so instead of playing Wasim. They went for Hassan Ali (a bowler who hasn't performed in years). The moment they give Mohd Wasim a chance he starts performing. Zaman another pacer they should have played but they were dead stuck on playing a medium pace Hasan Ali. Everything about Pakistan is unprofessional not just the biryani.
 
This team didn't deserve a a semi final spot. The most underwhelming WC since 2007.

Need major changes in the ODI team.
 
Mate they did extremely well to get out of that game with 2 points let alone a great nrr

Sri Lanka’s bowlers were horrendous that day. Pathirana 5 wides galore

Madhushanka no ball’s galore
Shanaka's 12 (18) played a major role in Pakistan's comeback
 
Let me try to explain my point again i think due to my bad english i cannot explain well.

You say dwayne johnson is lucky enough because his family is in wwe, i see this in another way it's his destiny. Luck is if he gets in to wwe without his family and with zero capabilities. No?

I think luck is just an illusion, actually what is working for you is, your efforts and hard work, more or less.

Our creator binds this world with efforts.
More you do hard work and sincere with your profession you will get rewards sooner or later and when you start getting rewards, "luck illusion" will vanish from your life.
Let me try to explain my point again i think due to my bad english i cannot explain well.
don't worry about it my dude. I can understand you just fine irrespective of any grammatical errors made. No need to be hard on yourself I fully understood your point the first time.

"You say dwayne johnson is lucky enough because his family is in wwe, i see this in another way it's his destiny. Luck is if he gets in to wwe without his family and with zero capabilities. No?"
No, The very definition of luck is if something goes your way positively but it was outside your control. As for getting into wwe without his family and zero capabilities, that wouldn't be luck, that would be the very definition of favouritism, since they'd be selecting someone uncapable for literally zero reason.

At best it would be a botched opportunity.

I think luck is just an illusion, actually what is working for you is, your efforts and hard work, more or less.

and I'm telling you it's wrong. Because by this lottery winners who win 1 million dollars is hard work and effort even though all they did was buy a ticket and scratch off cards. Theirs barely any effort involved in it.

Theirs a book I would like you to read. It's called the book of unfair advantages. It's key point is how success is never rewarded to the hardest worker or the smartest worker but to those who leverage their unfair advantages to the maximum.

It's a solid book. As for english, I think you should try reading more books in general. I enjoy reading in my spare time, it defo improves vocabulary, you'll brush up in no time. ❤️





 
Then Babar's slow innings against Afghanistan was hyped by his fans on social media like he was playing on a minefield. They missed extra runs there. Chacha saved Pakistan's blushes with late order flurry. Little things like this hurt Pakistan. They were not clinical against lower ranked sides. If anything they were struggling at 38/3 against Netherlands.
Tbh Babar didn’t intentionally play slow, it’s the best he could have done according to his skill set against proper spinners. That’s something we need to accept. His best isn’t good enough to get the job done if others don’t do the heavy lifting

That batting performance against Netherlands especially having played 2 warm up games in Ahmedabad was atrocious
 
Tbh Babar didn’t intentionally play slow, it’s the best he could have done according to his skill set against proper spinners. That’s something we need to accept. His best isn’t good enough to get the job done if others don’t do the heavy lifting

That batting performance against Netherlands especially having played 2 warm up games in Ahmedabad was atrocious
These were easily controllable things. Now praying for 274 run win against defending champion who merely goes through a bad form.
 
Let me try to explain my point again i think due to my bad english i cannot explain well.
don't worry about it my dude. I can understand you just fine irrespective of any grammatical errors made. No need to be hard on yourself I fully understood your point the first time.

"You say dwayne johnson is lucky enough because his family is in wwe, i see this in another way it's his destiny. Luck is if he gets in to wwe without his family and with zero capabilities. No?"
No, The very definition of luck is if something goes your way positively but it was outside your control. As for getting into wwe without his family and zero capabilities, that wouldn't be luck, that would be the very definition of favouritism, since they'd be selecting someone uncapable for literally zero reason.

At best it would be a botched opportunity.

I think luck is just an illusion, actually what is working for you is, your efforts and hard work, more or less.

and I'm telling you it's wrong. Because by this lottery winners who win 1 million dollars is hard work and effort even though all they did was buy a ticket and scratch off cards. Theirs barely any effort involved in it.

Theirs a book I would like you to read. It's called the book of unfair advantages. It's key point is how success is never rewarded to the hardest worker or the smartest worker but to those who leverage their unfair advantages to the maximum.

It's a solid book. As for english, I think you should try reading more books in general. I enjoy reading in my spare time, it defo improves vocabulary, you'll brush up in no time. ❤️

In my opinion, those who get everything in life stress the importance of hard work.

Those who don't get to be successful usually blame the Lady Fate and being unlucky.

There could be exceptions but in a gist this is what it is.
 
What if England beat Pakistan by 280 runs? Or chase 108 in 3 overs? :afridi

Don't think either side can beat each other by 280 runs. England and Pakistan aren't that type of teams.

If England do that, England should finish at 7th and Pakistan should finish at 6th.
 
Let me try to explain my point again i think due to my bad english i cannot explain well.
don't worry about it my dude. I can understand you just fine irrespective of any grammatical errors made. No need to be hard on yourself I fully understood your point the first time.

"You say dwayne johnson is lucky enough because his family is in wwe, i see this in another way it's his destiny. Luck is if he gets in to wwe without his family and with zero capabilities. No?"
No, The very definition of luck is if something goes your way positively but it was outside your control. As for getting into wwe without his family and zero capabilities, that wouldn't be luck, that would be the very definition of favouritism, since they'd be selecting someone uncapable for literally zero reason.

At best it would be a botched opportunity.

I think luck is just an illusion, actually what is working for you is, your efforts and hard work, more or less.

and I'm telling you it's wrong. Because by this lottery winners who win 1 million dollars is hard work and effort even though all they did was buy a ticket and scratch off cards. Theirs barely any effort involved in it.

Theirs a book I would like you to read. It's called the book of unfair advantages. It's key point is how success is never rewarded to the hardest worker or the smartest worker but to those who leverage their unfair advantages to the maximum.

It's a solid book. As for english, I think you should try reading more books in general. I enjoy reading in my spare time, it defo improves vocabulary, you'll brush up in no time. ❤️
Favoritism is totally another thing and got nothing to do with luck. Btw, You still need to put efforts to get a job by favoritism, some nice dinners, weightlifting of balls, etc etc.

Lotteries lol, saw people here who just buy whole series of lotteries, one is bound to get matched, what luck?
Everything is setup by organizers and they manipulate it. I can give you hundred examples how they fix to get desired results.

I will try to read that book but by name look like it's all about unfair advantages, again nothing to do with luck.

If sucess is not being rewarded to hardest and smartest workers due to favoritism then fix your system rather throwing everything on luck.
How you can relate favoritism to luck, it's beyond my imagination.
 
Realistically speaking,

If England bat first and score 350

How many overs does Pakistan need to chase the total?
 
The question is, if we bat first,
Should we just try to score 500? We have nothing to lose
 
What happens if England bat first?

Getting them out cheap will help the team understand how many over to chase the score down in.

Similar to what the Kiwis did today.
Pakistan have to win in 4 overs if they are chasing 150. Lol
 
The question is, if we bat first,
Should we just try to score 500? We have nothing to lose
ofcourse. i would say 450 should be target, 500 is is something you cannot really target, especially given our team.

target 450 and if in last 10 overs you get more then 450+. below can be template:

10 overs of pp: 90/1
10-20 overs: 80/1, reach 170/2
20-30 overs: 80/1, reach 250/3
30-40 overs: 90/1, reach 340/4
40-50 overs: 110/5, reach 450/9

take it 10 over at a time, and playing a couple of T20 innings in a way. major issue is ground if eden gardens, if it was bengaluru, then 400 is not abnormal (some domestic side scored 500+ last year i think). at EG, i dont know what is highest score, so this is near impossible even if playing against some minnow bowling.

even if we get above, our bowling can't get them all out for 160. will need to play abrar to somehow bamboozle them.
 
ofcourse. i would say 450 should be target, 500 is is something you cannot really target, especially given our team.

target 450 and if in last 10 overs you get more then 450+. below can be template:

10 overs of pp: 90/1
10-20 overs: 80/1, reach 170/2
20-30 overs: 80/1, reach 250/3
30-40 overs: 90/1, reach 340/4
40-50 overs: 110/5, reach 450/9

take it 10 over at a time, and playing a couple of T20 innings in a way. major issue is ground if eden gardens, if it was bengaluru, then 400 is not abnormal (some domestic side scored 500+ last year i think). at EG, i dont know what is highest score, so this is near impossible even if playing against some minnow bowling.

even if we get above, our bowling can't get them all out for 160. will need to play abrar to somehow bamboozle them.
another simple way to look at it:

3 boundaries ever 2 overs. gives you 12-14. add couple of singles and your run-rate is 8-9.

if its a super good bowler/over, then skip boundary that over, get 5-6 runs, next over 3 boundaries.
 
Athers said 50 by England needs to be chased in 2.3 overs (15 balls)

I guess 350 needs to be in 75 balls? Correct me if I am wrong
 
Athers said 50 by England needs to be chased in 2.3 overs (15 balls)

I guess 350 needs to be in 75 balls? Correct me if I am wrong

50 runs by England would require 2 overs or 12 balls.

The equation is not linear. Nor is it Quadratic (ka Nizam).

If England scores anything over 100, the asking rate is more than 6 per ball.
 
We will be taking out 8kg mutton and going home now.

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On a side note, all diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka have also been cut.
 
Well we did dress up as if we have arrived to serve the World Cup to our opponents

Hotel wala confuse hogay the yay staff hain ya cricket team....(The hotel staff was confused whether they were staff or a cricket team)
 
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Bat first and aim for 600 ie 2 sixes per over. Simple formula
 
Pakistan's chances to qualify for the semis have gone from ''Hope are high to no chance at all" with yesterday's victory of NZ over SL. SL was pathetic yesterday and now Pakistan just has to win the last match against England and it will be termed as a consolation win. That's all
 
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