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Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | PSL - 7th match | Dubai | Feb 17, 2019 | LQ innings

This is the problem with Pakistan. Play ,potentially, your best strike bowler round the year in all formats +PSL without giving him a break but give rest to Aamir from UAE test matches etc.
 
AB needs to apply himself. Seems like he is just trying to demolish the opposition which may have worked if he was in the form he was in before retiring. However he needs to look to build his innings rotate the strike. He’s a champion and these pitches are not great eother I expect him to do much better in Sharjah.

Just look at Ab's stats in the bpl.
The guy scored at an average of 60 and at a strike rate of 160+.
Dunno where that "form" is gone
 
This is the problem with Pakistan. Play ,potentially, your best strike bowler round the year in all formats +PSL without giving him a break but give rest to Aamir from UAE test matches etc.

He is well rotated during tours, he was rested in some SA matches as well
 
Just look at Ab's stats in the bpl.
The guy scored at an average of 60 and at a strike rate of 160+.
Dunno where that "form" is gone

Yeah go look at the other batsman’s stats in that tournament. Also the pitches in that league are extremley flat. If you honestly think a batsman can keep up the same intensity after retiring your delusional.
 
Pollard is so annoying to watch. He is like the West Indian Sohail Tanvir. No effort and most of the time no emotions.
 
someone who averages 15 is at number 7? who is selecting this XI?

pathetic
 
Somebody tell ABD and Aqib Hassan Khan is an all rounder who is pretty decent with bat
 
I told delusional fans it wont be easy for AB but they didn't want to listen. This is not IPL.
 
Just need Maxwell, Buttler and Miller, probably the three of the five best hitters in the world

Maxwell 2018 IPL average: 14.08
Career IPL average: 22

Next you will be moaning about Tom Curran not playing PSL :))
 
Bowlers under Mohd. Akram as coach did well before too...May be Azhar mahmood is not there yet compared to Mohd. Akram...
 
Only in the SA tour of believe he was rested a bit and that has done wonders for him. He needs to be in peak form at the World Cup.

Agreed. Hopefully he will be rested in couple of matches of Aus series as well if things go well
 
Is haris still going through the rehab... Or is it Hafeez purposely blocking him to save his place for the CWC2019...
 
Bowlers under Mohd. Akram as coach did well before too...May be Azhar mahmood is not there yet compared to Mohd. Akram...

Yes was thinking the same. He even did wonders with Junaid and Irfan back when he was the national bowling caoch
 
AB needs to apply himself. Seems like he is just trying to demolish the opposition which may have worked if he was in the form he was in before retiring. However he needs to look to build his innings rotate the strike. He’s a champion and these pitches are not great eother I expect him to do much better in Sharjah.

Difficult wicket demands application from batting, because at the end one mistake is enough. This is the curse of modern cricket - taken the perfection out of batting. On batting belters, teams are scoring 350+ at ease, but on slight difficult condition or penetrative attack, hardly any team survives 50 overs. Recent example is Martin Guptil :(

AB is still in the Jackie Chang mood of batting- this same guy played exceptionally well a year back on much difficult conditions against far better attack, because he knew that in that Test series (IND), he won't survive long doing fancy stuffs.
 
So its the high standard of bowling that is the reason for low scores and has nothing to do with terrible pitch.
 
you know it's a pakistani t20 league when there's more wickets than boundaries
 
Ibtisam bowling well. Other than Shadab all local spinners have been effective till now, hopefully he can sort out his issues
 
Ibtisam is getting some drift, excellant stuff though Hassan already did the damage and LQ was under pressure but still good stuff
 
it is the terrible pitch, uae has always had terrible pitches.

Its not great but not terrible either. 160 was gettable batting 1st.

Hassan was on fire but LQ threw it away.
What was AB thinking? I know he is a modern great but at least show some application. You cant hit every ball for a 4 or 6!
 
Don't let incompetency in batting fool you that these pitches are 120-130. If you bat well, you can easily score 160+. Quetta showed how easy it was to score 160 on the same pitch because they had a quality batsman in Watson.
 
Ma sha Allah, the daughter of Riaz, remember she was very ill when she was born.
 
Do u even know what touché means? Lol
Also, by correcting your mistake i'm making sure u don't embarrass yourself in front of a more formal audience. You should be thanking me instead of talking smack.

Once again sorry for the informal writing. The precdent which you are setting in your posts is immaculate sir, next time I write a paper I will try to follow your outline.
 
Yes was thinking the same. He even did wonders with Junaid and Irfan back when he was the national bowling caoch

Yes indeed... Even bowlers like Asad ali, aizaz cheema were bowling decently under him compared to the bowling unit Azhar Mahmood has now..
 
Don't let incompetency in batting fool you that these pitches are 120-130. If you bat well, you can easily score 160+. Quetta showed how easy it was to score 160 on the same pitch because they had a quality batsman in Watson.

Akmal’s innings was the main reason Watson got going, it gave him time to settle down. Let’s not forget Watson was dropped and bowled on a no ball.
 
It should be common sense no one is able to maintain the same form in any sport once they tone down their playing schedule. AB is only playing T20 Leagues now, no test cricket, no odi cricket, no international cricket. So there is no way we can expect him to play like it’s 2015.

He has been caught in the deep twice in three games. These things happen in T20s. He has underperformed in T20Is and doesn’t score in every IPL game either.

Pakistani fans are so insecure that they were waiting for de Villiers to fail in a couple of games to conclude that PSL’s bowling is better than IPL’s bowling. Wow.
 
Good in the ipl though.
Shows the difference of bowling

Indeed the bowling standard is higher than even international cricket where the likes of Devillers, Gayle and Mccullum have done exceedingly well. No wonder Pakistan just bowls out opposition every where.
 
This Qalandars team doesnt have anyone now to play spin, this team will surely not make the knockouts if they dont use haris at no.3 ... ABDV struggling to hit form as well, as the bowling in PSL is good..
 
Akmal’s innings was the main reason Watson got going, it gave him time to settle down. Let’s not forget Watson was dropped and bowled on a no ball.

The point still remains. If you bat well and sensibly, 160 is easy to score. But many lineups here are devoid of brains.
 
He has been caught in the deep twice in three games. These things happen in T20s. He has underperformed in T20Is and doesn’t score in every IPL game either.

Pakistani fans are so insecure that they were waiting for de Villiers to fail in a couple of games to conclude that PSL’s bowling is better than IPL’s bowling. Wow.

Who are these pakistani fans you are referring to?
 
Ibtisam and Umer Khan are both bowling better than Shadab in this tourney
 
He has been caught in the deep twice in three games. These things happen in T20s. He has underperformed in T20Is and doesn’t score in every IPL game either.

Pakistani fans are so insecure that they were waiting for de Villiers to fail in a couple of games to conclude that PSL’s bowling is better than IPL’s bowling. Wow.

Calm down fam
It's all fun and games
 
He has been caught in the deep twice in three games. These things happen in T20s. He has underperformed in T20Is and doesn’t score in every IPL game either.

Pakistani fans are so insecure that they were waiting for de Villiers to fail in a couple of games to conclude that PSL’s bowling is better than IPL’s bowling. Wow.

I doubt the bowlers would be able to keep AB in check on a flat pitch. Even on this slow track Akmal and Watson smacked “the best bowlers in the word” and chased down 160 comfortably. If these were flat pitches the bowlers wouldn’t look so special. Not saying that the bowlers are mediocre; Howver, saying that these bowlers are better than the bowlers AB has faced in his career is just SO absurd, and downright stupid.
 
Hope someone punches Riaz in return for that celebration. Annoying pr1ck :trott
 
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We have a long tail, starts at #7 and then we got 3 #11’s from 9-11. Batting is weak, that’s why it is so important for AB to fire in Sharjah! Bowling is strong though.
 
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