RBS 20-20 Cup ***FINAL*** Karachi Dolphins Vs Sialkot Stallions. Afridi Vs Malik!

[SAM'S]

Malik didn't win this match 19(23) in 10 Overs, ridiculous effort!

 

[Muzy]

Sialkotis Ruled Today

We Kicked Beasties Ass

So Much Hype That Afridi Was Gona Lead His Team To A Terrific Win

Hahahah

Well Done My Sialkot Stallions

We Represent!!!!

And Yeh Well Done To Malik For Leading His Team To A Successful Final Something To Be Happy About

Woooooooooooooooooopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[hashman]

yaar Adeel Malik's jharu means

Hes got one strong jharu.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

and SS will be the last team in the champions league...pity

they have no match winners just an arrogant selfish captain and avg players

 

[Easa]

The kuptaan did all he could, all he could

4-0-18-1

.. and the dropped catch of Malik. Well done Dolphins as well.

 

[natalia]

Where the hell did that 23 off 11 come from?

Adeel Malik, go to hell

deep inside you must be secretly crying. i know it.
i supported dolphins just because they had an excellent lineup, but heck, they just couldn't get it right today.

 

[SAM'S]

champions league won't be fun now!

 

[12thMan]

and SS will be the last team in the champions league...pity

they have no match winners just an arrogant selfish captain and avg players

but their players will be richer and still the best this year from Paksitan

 

[SAM'S]

i am off, certainly need a (ci)

 

[Easa]

deep inside you must be secretly crying. i know it.
i supported dolphins just because they had an excellent lineup, but heck, they just couldn't get it right today.

Listen, Natalia.

I'm crying so much, the tears are forming a slightly offensive puddle right on my jeans. I'm crying so much, my eyes are as bloodshot red and as remorseful as the heart of the Dolphins' captain. I'm crying so much, I've lose my sense of feeling and touch, and hence, do not really know what I am typing right now.

 

[hashman]

Grow up, the Dolphins got to the finals on the back of being the strongest combination. If the Stallions weren't depleted by the loss of their ICL players then the Dolphins would've got squashed.

The Dolphins choked, when Afridi's captaincy was tested it failed. Anyone could have taken a team as strong as the Dolphins to the finals but winning the finals is another kettle of fish altogether.

Good Point man. Malik shown some of his leadership qualities this tourney.
Hope they put up a strong fight in CL

 

[Hash]

Afridi should hang his head in shame. His captaincy has been shown up to be a complete myth...a farce and a facade. He had a very strong team at his disposal and he failed to beat a depleted Sialkot side led by Shoaib Malik!

WELL DONE MALIK!

SHOAIB MALIK ZINDABAD! :romeo

 

[natalia]

and SS will be the last team in the champions league...pity

they have no match winners just an arrogant selfish captain and avg players

DITTO )
well i wouldn't call :romeo arrogant and selfish i would just say he isn't

"captain material."

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Well done to Sialkot team for such a good win.
Hard luck to Karachi team. i was supporting Karachi.

 

[Muzy]

cmon people... no1 expected stallions to win this year coz of a weaker team they had this year than previously but it just goes to show T20 dont mean if you have a stronger team you'll win easily, what matters is how you perform on the day and Stallions were ahead of Dolphins and there was only one winner

congrats to both teams in reaching the final, hardluck to afridi and his team mates

well done to Stallions we deserved to win and who says we cant do well in the Champions league stallions got stamina we showed it today we never choked we never will

 

[natalia]

Listen, Natalia.

I'm crying so much, the tears are forming a slightly offensive puddle right on my jeans. I'm crying so much, my eyes are as bloodshot red and as remorseful as the heart of the Dolphins' captain. I'm crying so much, I've lose my sense of feeling and touch, and hence, do not really know what I am typing right now.

wow.
easa, if i asked you to write an english essay for my end-of-year exams, would you accept?

 

[Easa]

Hash man,

Afridi bowled and captained superbly the whole tournament. Including... today. He made all the right bowling changes.. using himself at the right times, and utilized the pacers pretty much perfectly. Unfortunately, the Stallions were too good for us today. And our batsman let us down, including the kuptaan saab. Good effort from both teams, but Karachi played well all along.

 

[hashman]

Damn Muzy it looks like your by yourself here.

Every1 hates ur team.

 

[Easa]

wow.
easa, if i asked you to write an english essay for my end-of-year exams, would you accept?

depends, ha
is your essay on the scintillating and generally apocalyptic nature of one rather malevolent being?

 

[ucilite]

Great win for sialkot and hats off to them for pulling up this without some of their key players. Dolphins choked on the BIG occasion.

I am no fan of Malik, but credit to him for leading this very inexperienced side to a great victory.

 

[hashman]

Congrats to Shoaib Malik, Man of MAtch

 

[Muzy]

Malik U FinaLLY GAVE ME SUMFIN TO BE HAPPY ABOUT U ROCK Woooooooooooooooooopeeeeeeeeeeeee :romeo

 

[DM]

Listen, Natalia.

I'm crying so much, the tears are forming a slightly offensive puddle right on my jeans. I'm crying so much, my eyes are as bloodshot red and as remorseful as the heart of the Dolphins' captain. I'm crying so much, I've lose my sense of feeling and touch, and hence, do not really know what I am typing right now.

) ) )

This is indeed a thoroughly depressing result, but not as depressing as the Elite Initiator of Depression himself

We'll have another day, fantastic of Afridi to lead his team to the finals, what a captain

 

[hashman]

depends, ha
is your essay on the scintillating and generally apocalyptic nature of one rather malevolent being?

And your only in year 10 as well, is that correct

 

[Legendary_Sage]

cmon people... no1 expected stallions to win this year coz of a weaker team they had this year than previously but it just goes to show T20 dont mean if you have a stronger team you'll win easily, what matters is how you perform on the day and Stallions were ahead of Dolphins and there was only one winner

congrats to both teams in reaching the final, hardluck to afridi and his team mates

well done to Stallions we deserved to win and who says we cant do well in the Champions league stallions got stamina we showed it today we never choked we never will

Muzy yesterday u were the only supporter for stallions.Well done to you as well for standing alone in support of ur team.I have seen many posters disappearing when they dont have support from fellow posters but u deserve

 

[hashman]

poor Anwar Ali. How must he be feeling rite now

 

[12thMan]

In the poll http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=62370
Sialkot was ranked #6 after
Karachi
Pindi
Faisalabad
Islamabad
Lahore

so people didn't even expect them to get to the finals. I didn't expect them to win either as I wrote

I hope it is Sialkot even though they probably won't win it.

 

[DM]

Hash man,

Afridi bowled and captained superbly the whole tournament. Including... today. He made all the right bowling changes.. using himself at the right times, and utilized the pacers pretty much perfectly. Unfortunately, the Stallions were too good for us today. And our batsman let us down, including the kuptaan saab. Good effort from both teams, but Karachi played well all along.

Well said Easbeast

We'll have another day

To all the positive fans that keep the place here upbeat rather than moan, many thanks, I enjoyed the ride

 

[Muzy]

Damn Muzy it looks like your by yourself here.

Every1 hates ur team.

Yeh well u know what for once i aint gona stay quiet i got something to be happy about, dont care how much criticism malik has got in the past, what matters today for me is that as a sialkoti and as his fan he's made us proud for 1 day and i dont care how much people will carry on slanting him swearing at him giving him negative comments etc all i know is he led a weak team to the final and we played to our potential

im happy for him and the whole team who played well throughout this series

and yeh so what if im alone, ive supported him with few members on this forum, i will never stop supporting him or my hometown stallions no matter who wants to start on me hahahah i dont care no more

 

[hashman]

lol, well said

 

[Hash]

Afridi failed miserably to marshall his troops when it really mattered. He had a VERY strong team at his disposal with the likes of Anwar Ali, Sohail Khan, Fawad Alam plus more. Even Rodney the postman would have got this team into the final if he was captaining them.

Afridi has been shown up.....and this is good news for Pakistan cricket because now, hopefully, any fantasies about his captaincy have been laid to rest once and for all. I have seen him captain in the flesh when I saw Islamabad vs Sindh in the Pentangular Cup in Islamabad....and yep, as I said at the time....it was nothing to write home about and he even made a few blunders.

Good result for Pakistan cricket that Sialkot have won. Malik, with a much weaker team, was able to lead his players to victory over Afridi, who had a much stronger team. FANTASTIC STUFF!

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
SHOAIB MALIK ZINDABAD

 

[Muzy]

SHOAIB MALIK ZINDABAAAAD :romeo

SIALKOT STALLIONS ZINDABAAAAD ​

 

[Khabri420]

Sayali Bhagat Zindabad!

 

[Little Master]

Well done Malik and Stallions, as Hash said Afridi's captaincy has been showed up.

 

[Mercenary]

I'd like to see Afridi captaining a team like Multan or Rawalpindi into the finals. Dolphins would've got to the finals with almost any captain. In fact the Dolphins should've annihilated the Stallions and probably would've with a different captain

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Sayali Malik Bhagat Zindabad!

Above is the Correct version of slogan.

 

[gibster82]

I think the difference today was Khurrum Manzoor's 7 or 19 balls - even 5 or 6 runs from the 12 balls he wasted could have changed the game. After all SS won with 2 balls to spare. I think Afridi bowled well and even the run out was due to him. But SS played well.

The question remains why doesnt Malik bowl against any international team other than Zim and Bangladesh...

 

[Legendary_Sage]

I think the difference today was Khurrum Manzoor's 7 or 19 balls - even 5 or 6 runs from the 12 balls he wasted could have changed the game. After all SS won with 2 balls to spare. I think Afridi bowled well and even the run out was due to him. But SS played well.

The question remains why doesnt Malik bowl against any international team other than Zim and Bangladesh...

Because he has hidden strategy behind this.Which is beyond every one else.

 

[natalia]

depends, ha
is your essay on the scintillating and generally apocalyptic nature of one rather malevolent being?

yes, that malevolent being is
i look forward to your 10000-word, 20 page essay with around 7000 of those words being adjectives.

 

[natalia]

Because he has hidden strategy behind this.Which is beyond every one else.

he has his best friend to do that

 

[Khabri420]

Above is the Correct version of slogan.

My apologies .

Mr. Bhagat Zindabad!

 

[taqi]

congratz to sialkot and :romeo hope they put good show in CL (seriously doubt it).
Syali will be proud of her love :romeo

 

[DM]

Afridi bowled and captained superbly the whole tournament. Including... today. He made all the right bowling changes.. using himself at the right times, and utilized the pacers pretty much perfectly.

Exactly, Afridi has proven he's captain material throughout the tournament, the guy is not only fearless, but knows what he's doing.

He should be made captain of our national team immediately.

 

[siccric]

Malik U FinaLLY GAVE ME SUMFIN TO BE HAPPY ABOUT U ROCK Woooooooooooooooooopeeeeeeeeeeeee :romeo

Who got us to the finals of the T20 Worldcup?! Along with a reasonable number of other achievements.

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

Why wasnt I made aware of these criticisms of Afridi's captaincy during the earlier games in the tournament? You know, all those games which Karachi won.

 

[SAM'S]

let's find excuses
--> was there due on the ground in second innings?

 

[siccric]

Exactly, Afridi has proven he's captain material throughout the tournament, the guy is not only fearless, but knows what he's doing.

He should be made captain of our national team immediately.

He doesn't even have (or at least deserve) a permanent place in the team! He should have been dropped much before he became half the bowler he is today.

 

[Momo]

Words fail me so I am forced to use the following tired and worn out cliche:
Some people fall in love; others romeo ) rise!

 

[the_game]

One 20/20 match does not prove that Malik has, in any capacity, grown a brain big enough to lead our national side.

Credit where credit is due, however, the shmuck did own Afridi today. I feel hurt.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Well done Sialkot Stallions!

 

[Easa]

Why wasnt I made aware of these criticisms of Afridi's captaincy during the earlier games in the tournament? You know, all those games which Karachi won.

lol, the hypocrisy stings me too.

How exactly has his captaincy been a myth or a farce? He hasn't made a mistake on the field all tournament, yes, including the final. His batting was average and his batsman were just not good enough on the given day against the accurate bowling attack of Sialkot.

I don't understand what he could have done about the failures of the "stars" of our team: Khurram Manzoor, Khalid Latif, Sarfraz Ahmed, et cetera, et cetera. Out of all the batsman, one other "star", Fawad Alam raised his hand and played a good knock. If only one more batsman had scored runs, just one extra batsman, Karachi would have won.

And Afridi would get all the plaudits again and rightly so -- he's been the best captain of the tournament, with the best cricketing acumen on the cricketing field. Poor batting from his team will not change that.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

I hate how most of you guys dis Shoaib Malik just because you wanted Younis or Afridi as captain
Shoaib Malik is the one person in our team that has done everything asked of him under every captain unlike Afridi (undisciplined) and Younis (Rigid) both might have good cricket brains but have no man managemnet skills.
Shoaib might not be a crowd pleaser but he is a good player that was performing consistently with the bat no matter what position he was asked to bat at.
He might have been captain for a long time if you count months
but in reality he has captained the side for less than 40 matches tests an ODI combined
under diffrent controversies with the board, players, drugs etc
So give him a break let him captain a few more months

 

[Couch Cricketer]

lol, the hypocrisy stings me too.

How exactly has his captaincy been a myth or a farce? He hasn't made a mistake on the field all tournament, yes, including the final. His batting was average and his batsman were just not good enough on the given day against the accurate bowling attack of Sialkot.

I don't understand what he could have done about the failures of the "stars" of our team: Khurram Manzoor, Khalid Latif, Sarfraz Ahmed, et cetera, et cetera. Out of all the batsman, one other "star", Fawad Alam raised his hand and played a good knock. If only one more batsman had scored runs, just one extra batsman, Karachi would have won.

And Afridi would get all the plaudits again and rightly so -- he's been the best captain of the tournament, with the best cricketing acumen on the cricketing field. Poor batting from his team will not change that.

Tell me if who is being a hypocrite )

If pakistan lost a match shoaib malik is a bad captain no matter if it was afridi that threw away the match and the series

Now if Karachi has lost the match why cant they say Afridi did not perform well as a captain or his captaincy was bad

 

[Easa]

Tell me if who is being a hypocrite )

If pakistan lost a match shoaib malik is a bad captain no matter if it was afridi that threw away the match and the series

Now if Karachi has lost the match why cant they say Afridi did not perform well as a captain or his captaincy was bad

Hi Couch Cricketer,

I'm one of the biggest advocates for Malik, his personality, his batting, and his captaincy on this board.

(just to let you know)

 

[Mercenary]

I'm real disappointed that the Dolphins lost, they had a good chance of winning the Champions League with their really strong lineup.

Sialkot without Nazir, Rana and Asif will find it very tough.

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

Sialkot without Nazir, Rana and Asif will find it very tough.

Sialkot seemed to relish the underdogs title. I think they should fancy their chances to pull off an even bigger surprise.

 

[pakcricketfan]

Karachi lost due to absolute failures of the stars...
I was really disappointed with Khurram Manzoor n Khalid Latif... They didn't really seem their own self..they never played like that!! Dunno what happened...
If only one more batsman would have played well with Fawad Alam, Karachi could have won!!
But nevertheless, good effort in the tournament from these youngsters...and great captaincy by Afridi!!

 

[Mercenary]

Sialkot seemed to relish the underdogs title. I think they should fancy their chances to pull off an even bigger surprise.

Sarfaraz Ahmed and Kashif Raza arent fit to lace Rana and Asif's boots plus neither of the openers can give the sort of start Nazir is capable of.

The Dolphins or even the Wolves would've been a far better bet.

 

[Plasma]

Im at the Uni Library right now and am having a hard time not bursting out in laughter!

Where is Kabloooee87?

Ahem AHem, clears throat.



) ) ) )












Alright im done.

 

[Hash]

some pictures from Malik's humiliation and abliteration of Afridi....

 

[Wazeeri]

I don't like the blue in their uniform

 

[Monsee]

^^^ That is Grey...not blue1

 

[Wazeeri]

Don't like it,
very close to the Indian uniform

 

[Sultan Yusuf]

Dear oh dear! A non-international 20-20 match seems to have decided the fate of pakistan's national captaincy in the eyes of some!

20-20 is and always will be a lottery for the most part.

Maliks credentials (or lack of) are provided in his abysmal and quite disgraceful captaincy record against international non-minnows. No amount of shouting, screaming groupies or alleged patriotic gestures are gonna change that.

 

[DM]

Dear oh dear! A non-international 20-20 match seems to have decided the fate of pakistan's national captaincy in the eyes of some!

20-20 is and always will be a lottery for the most part.

Maliks credentials (or lack of) are provided in his abysmal and quite disgraceful captaincy record against international non-minnows. No amount of shouting, screaming groupies or alleged patriotic gestures are gonna change that.

Spot on

 

[the_game]

Dear oh dear! A non-international 20-20 match seems to have decided the fate of pakistan's national captaincy in the eyes of some!

20-20 is and always will be a lottery for the most part.

Maliks credentials (or lack of) are provided in his abysmal and quite disgraceful captaincy record against international non-minnows. No amount of shouting, screaming groupies or alleged patriotic gestures are gonna change that.

The voice of reason. Thank you SY!

A special note about the "alleged patriotic gestures"; supporting Malik does not make you a loyal supporter of the Pakistani team, as some people here like to impose that notion upon others and it has become very tiring in nature. This was a domestic 20/20 tournament; we have all seen what brave Malik sahab has done in the past year (I'm not even talking about the win-loss ratio against big teams, although that does prove my point; I'm talking about his sotu approach on the field and how it has not changed AT ALL since he was made captain).

 

[Monsee]

In all honesty, I am not a fan of both the skippers but do tell me, someone anyone...how does a loss like this looks good for Afridi's captaincy, especially when he was marshaling one of the strongest teams in the competition...and this marks it twice under his captaincy that Karachi Dolphins have lost in the final?

Malik is not much of a skipper and for Afridi to lose to him in a final while Malik skippering one of the weaker teams in the tournament...makes Afridi's credentials as a skipper look meek and non-existent!

 

[12thMan]

This captaincy issue in this tournament was not there on Saturday. It was started by Afridi for captain and appreciating the wins. I think some understand that it was all for fun as they do it everytime Afridi has the bat or ball in hand, or shown sitting in dugout/pavilion. I even appreciated MoYo's captaincy as he restricted Sialkot to 120 in semis.

Ofcourse if Karachi had won we would have seen posts that Afridi led the team to victory. This is all fun

 

[Monsee]

^^^ No it is not merely for fun since some of the Bakri-ologysts going so deep in praise of his captaincy that they would have you believe that Afridi the skipper is the 2nd coming of Imran or something!

Afridi the player is almost past his prime...time Pak invested in a younger all rounder who is at least 'Consistent'!

 

[shabs100]

In all honesty, I am not a fan of both the skippers but do tell me, someone anyone...how does a loss like this looks good for Afridi's captaincy, especially when he was marshaling one of the strongest teams in the competition...and this marks it twice under his captaincy that Karachi Dolphins have lost in the final?

Malik is not much of a skipper and for Afridi to lose to him in a final while Malik skippering one of the weaker teams in the tournament...makes Afridi's credentials as a skipper look meek and non-existent!

Hear Hear

 

[Mercenary]

In all honesty, I am not a fan of both the skippers but do tell me, someone anyone...how does a loss like this looks good for Afridi's captaincy, especially when he was marshaling one of the strongest teams in the competition...and this marks it twice under his captaincy that Karachi Dolphins have lost in the final?

Last time he didnt play the final, he went on Hajj after the semi-final so he missed it

 

[Fallen King]

Dear oh dear! A non-international 20-20 match seems to have decided the fate of pakistan's national captaincy in the eyes of some!

20-20 is and always will be a lottery for the most part.

Maliks credentials (or lack of) are provided in his abysmal and quite disgraceful captaincy record against international non-minnows. No amount of shouting, screaming groupies or alleged patriotic gestures are gonna change that.

In the way for afridi who will struggle to lead international, but sound confident about domestic team to lead like Malik.

 

[Fallen King]

Last time he didnt play the final, he went on Hajj after the semi-final so he missed it

If he had played, Sialkot would have won it, wouldn't it?

 

[Fallen King]

In all honesty, I am not a fan of both the skippers but do tell me, someone anyone...how does a loss like this looks good for Afridi's captaincy, especially when he was marshaling one of the strongest teams in the competition...and this marks it twice under his captaincy that Karachi Dolphins have lost in the final?

Malik is not much of a skipper and for Afridi to lose to him in a final while Malik skippering one of the weaker teams in the tournament...makes Afridi's credentials as a skipper look meek and non-existent!

SPOT ON

 

[DM]

In the way for afridi who will struggle to lead international, but sound confident about domestic team to lead like Malik.

Both sides of the camp can speculate about whether Afridi would do well as an international captain until the earth stops spinning but there is a fact that we know for sure: Afridi has not been given that chance.

Until then, there is no way on earth that we can know for certain. He's proved his credentials domestically. Our current international captain "isn't the best", it's time Afridi was given a run as captain.

 

[Fallen King]

Both sides of the camp can speculate about whether Afridi would do well as an international captain until the earth stops spinning but there is a fact that we know for sure: Afridi has not been given that chance.

Until then, there is no way on earth that we can know for certain. He's proved his credentials domestically. Our current international captain "isn't the best", it's time Afridi was given a run as captain.

How can he be given a chance if he is not taking responsible as player, to perform for team. Malik was consistent in almost every series and posses temperament enough to score long inning. Why should Afridi be given a chance?

 

[Wazeeri]

Malik is already a proven failure at the international level. Anyone who has seen him captain knows that he is not comfortable or able to do the job.

Afridi from all we have seen is not reliable and selfish. Hence he needs to be kept away from the captaincy as well.

 

[BD-fan]

Scorecard anyone?

Congrats Malik and Sialkot. Wish you all the best for CL.

 

[infamous9383]

remarakable stuff by malik's men, first to hold the strong lahore batting lineup to 111 defending 117 and KD to 125. Really is amazing how well they played with virtually few talent. They only have Malik himself, and maybe Amajad, thats potential could play for Pakistan and thats it.

Afridi annihilates another team well done greatest captain to have never captained the Pakistan side.

 

[DM]

How can he be given a chance if he is not taking responsible as player, to perform for team. Malik was consistent in almost every series and posses temperament enough to score long inning. Why should Afridi be given a chance?

There are two arguments

1) Afridi's place in the team
2) Whether Afridi would be a good captain

We're not debating the first point, there are two sides to it, but assuming he does play, would Afridi be a good captain?

The answer to that question is that we won't know until we try him. As those who have watched this tournament, like Easa, have said: Afridi has been a good captain domestically.

Ok now did his erratic batting have a bearing on the quality of his captaincy? The answer to that question seems to be no.

So what conclusion is left? It's that we can't assume anything about Afridi's captaincy from his batting.

So please stop using it as an argument.