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Sindh Knights vs Federal United | 2nd January, 2015 | Pentangular Cup | Karachi

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and another.

Tabish Khan to Kamran Akmal 4 run(s)
Another one. Back to back boundaries. Fuller in length, Kamran leans into it and this time drives through extra cover for four more

This was lovely. Kami at best right now.
 
What a TTF fest. Is this the best our domestic teams can offer? What is the median age of these teams, 100? Out of both teams, you can literally count the few players that should be in with a chance. The rest are beyond terrible. Do we seriously have no one else besides Farhat, Zia, Kamran, F. Iqbal, Shafiq, Latif, Manzoor, Sohail Khan, Tabish Khan, heck Anwar Ali, Gul, Tanvir, all are hacks. The only ones anyone cares about here are Babar Azam and Fawad and just maybe, Amin, even though he has done no better than Shafiq in the few chances he's gotten. But we all know the PCB, Don Shafiq is gonna be in now for sure after bashing some terrible bowling on the flattest pitch in the world. Sharjeel and Khurram, just wow, how terrible can you be.

And what is this retarded team selection, why does Federal United have 5 openers? Farhat, Kamran, Awais, Babar, Amin? Really? And dropping one of the only bowling 'prospects' Mir Hamza after one game.... for TABISH KHAN? I'd rather watch West Indies batting against South Africa in a Test match, and that's saying something.

The criteria for selection literally seems to be that the older you are, the better chance you have of playing. No worries if you're a hack and have proven to be useless time and time again, you will still get a chance.

Just watch :KAkmal get a big one here to bolster his chances of making it to the World Cup. We're literally going to play this WC with a team of dinosaurs.
 
:four
Kamran on fire. Fuller in length, just outside off, slight open face of the bat and ball raced away towards backward point fence for four

Kamran Akmal is Unstoppable.

No way he is finished yet.
 
Hahahaha Tabish Khan's first over goes for 14. Just don't know who to root for here, Tabish Khan, Sohail Khan, and Anwar Ali bowling to Farhat and Kami. :yk2
 
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Sohail Khan to Imran Farhat 4 run(s)
This time Farhat in action. Short in length, on leg stump, Farhat flicks it away like Lara style with one feet in the air, no chance for the fine leg fielder

Ah yes. Farhat, the new Lara. Just watch Awais come in next, the new Saeed Anwar. :29:
 
All Kamran's shots have been proper cricketing shots unlike some of the hacks.
 
Kamran's strike rate has been very good. 130+ impressive.
 
Misbah im sure will be against Kami's selection and he is right in that
 
Asif321 said:
Misbah im sure will be against Kami's selection and he is right in that
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Misbah will do anything to make sure Pakistan doesn't win the world cup and he will be right yeah lol.

I'm sure he will also be in favor of Asad and Azhar.
 
Kamran's batting talent has never really been questioned but he simply can doesn't cut it. He's no better than the other hacks because he is a once in a blue moon risk. He'll get beaten by an ounce of swing or play a stupid shot. We saw him in the Champions Trophy already, and then again in the WCT20. Utter failure in both tournaments. He has the ability, but that's about it. Ability doesn't get you anywhere if you don't put in the hard yards and have the temperament to succeed. Besides, he always ignites some terrible memories whenever he is seen in a Pakistani kit. :akhtar :rosco
 
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Short in length, on middle and leg stump, pulls away of his hips to backward square leg fence for four
 
Abdullah719 said:
Kamran's batting talent has never really been questioned but he simply can doesn't cut it. He's no better than the other hacks because he is a once in a blue moon risk. He'll get beaten by an ounce of swing or play a stupid shot. We saw him in the Champions Trophy already, and then again in the WCT20. Utter failure in both tournaments. He has the ability, but that's about it. Ability doesn't get you anywhere if you don't put in the hard yards and have the temperament to succeed. Besides, he always ignites some terrible memories whenever he is seen in a Pakistani kit. :akhtar :rosco
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If he was this poor he wouldn't have played a test match winning innings against SA in SA against likes of Styen,Pollock,Nitini etc.
 
MRSN said:
If he was this poor he wouldn't have played a test match winning innings against SA in SA against likes of Styen,Pollock,Nitini etc.
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Steyn? Please check again. And Kamran has played SOME spectacular innings, i.e. the one in Mohali which was a brilliant rearguard innings, the one in Karachi which we all know about and remember with much respect; however we can not go by his past innings in Test matches to select him for the WC. We can not ignore his long list of failures. He has had more than enough chances to reclaim a spot and he hasn't taken them. Time to move on.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Steyn? Please check again. And Kamran has played SOME spectacular innings, i.e. the one in Mohali which was a brilliant rearguard innings, the one in Karachi which we all know about and remember with much respect; however we can not go by his past innings in Test matches to select him for the WC. We can not ignore his long list of failures. He has had more than enough chances to reclaim a spot and he hasn't taken them. Time to move on.
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he has delivered in the past and you can hope he can carry this current form into international arena as well. He's the best bet you have in Aus/NZ pitches as an opener or no.3 batsman. If we had any good replacements I'd not be talking about brining him back but the fact is at best we have hacks like Awais Zia and Sharjeel Khan. No thank you.
 
MRSN said:
he has delivered in the past and you can hope he can carry this current form into international arena as well. He's the best bet you have in Aus/NZ pitches as an opener or no.3 batsman. If we had any good replacements I'd not be talking about brining him back but the fact is at best we have hacks like Awais Zia and Sharjeel Khan. No thank you.
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Sharjeel is a decent batsman. But out of form, He is a domestic beast usually but has not been scoring off late which show he isn't in form.
 
TTFs united.

Malik, Kamran, Tanvir, Gul, Shafiq (ODIs).. the list goes on.
 
MRSN said:
he has delivered in the past and you can hope he can carry this current form into international arena as well. He's the best bet you have in Aus/NZ pitches as an opener or no.3 batsman. If we had any good replacements I'd not be talking about brining him back but the fact is at best we have hacks like Awais Zia and Sharjeel Khan. No thank you.
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He has delivered on very limited occasions. Aus/NZ pitches need batsmen who can play bounce. If the ball isn't swinging much, Hafeez may be able to cut it in the top 3. I prefer him over Kami because of the lack of options, not because of his being good. Hafeez has the ability to play his strokes like Akmal but he has a slightly smarter head, despite his limitations against the moving ball. Kami averages 26 opening, 29 at 3 in ODIs. If he is our best bet, then I fear we are worse than the associates.

We could of course throw in someone like Babar Azam into the deep end as an opener instead, but he isn't being allowed to open even in this tourney in favor or Farhat, Awais, etc; which is why Hafeez is our only (and therefore, best) option. However, it looks like Younis will take the #3 spot which means that Hafeez will be opening, which means that failure beckons. Fast.
 
You gotta feel for the bowlers. The fielding standard is atrociously low. Catches dropped missed stumpings and Awais Zia making yet another 50
 
Fawad impressing with ball in hand , clearly a better choice for WC
 
Awais Zia making more than 20 is all the proof I need to see that the standard of this domestic league is very very low
 
Cricket Khan said:
He also made more than 20 international cricket few times.....so it mean international standards are also very low now ?
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His high score in all international cricket is 23 actually :))

Useless hacks like him making big scores should seriously worry Pakistan fans. He wouldnt get into any Associate line up let alone Pakistans
 
TNA said:
You gotta feel for the bowlers. The fielding standard is atrociously low. Catches dropped missed stumpings and Awais Zia making yet another 50
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True, but the standard of bowling hasn't been great, specially today. When your 'bowlers' are Sohail Khan, Tabish Khan, Anwar Ali, and on the other side Umar Gul and Sohail Tanvir... even Rehman is terrible nowadays. If these are the 'best' that we can choose (they aren't), it's a really terrible predicament for our fast-bowling tradition.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Awais Zia making more than 20 is all the proof I need to see that the standard of this domestic league is very very low
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they is a term called domestic bully. ravindra jadeja has 3 triple hundereds in domestic matches, guys Like Richard levi, usman khwaja etc have made great impacts at domestic level. doesnt mean india , south africa and australia have poor domestic cricket standards.
 
God, Sindh 'Knights' must have the worst bowling attack ever seen. Fawad is literally their best bowler. Shafiq is turning his arm over now; needless to say, it hasn't gone too well for him.
 
Hope Umar Amin can score good and get selected for the World Cup.

We need a player of his class and calibre there.

Needs to be given a chance in ODIs. 20-25 matches.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
His high score in all international cricket is 23 actually :))

Useless hacks like him making big scores should seriously worry Pakistan fans. He wouldnt get into any Associate line up let alone Pakistans
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what about home conditions ? don't you see players from all around the world making loads of runs on home pitches infront of home crowds ? would you not consider this fact at all ?
 
Hawkeye said:
Hope Umar Amin can score good and get selected for the World Cup.

We need a player of his class and calibre there.

Needs to be given a chance in ODIs. 20-25 matches.
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at what position and in whose place?
 
Although its very sad that our players do not get any chances to score on home grounds and gain some valuable confidence ..
 
Abdullah719 said:
True, but the standard of bowling hasn't been great, specially today. When your 'bowlers' are Sohail Khan, Tabish Khan, Anwar Ali, and on the other side Umar Gul and Sohail Tanvir... even Rehman is terrible nowadays. If these are the 'best' that we can choose (they aren't), it's a really terrible predicament for our fast-bowling tradition.
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The bowlers of either side are one of the worst in the tournie especially sindh's. they should have persisted with Hamza.
 
Hawkeye said:
Ideally as an opener because that spot is empty.
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Guy averages 31 in domestic

Averages 19 in Intl Arena after 19 matches

There is this old adage, Dont judge a book by its cover

Thank you.
 
Federal United's median age is 28. That's more than Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand and level with South Africa and West Indies. In a supposed tournament where we're trying to give chances to those on the fringes to make a case for World Cup selection. Why is it always extreme with Pakistan? Before it used to be debutants at bizarrely raw ages (read: Hasan Raza), often teens. Now we're delving into the 30 year olds. Why does the PCB refuse to give youngsters a chance? Says it all that we were all extremely excited by Haris being given a chance and subsequently taking it, because it has become very rare for youngsters to be given an opportunity. And he's already around 26. I look back to that test against SL a few years ago when Misbah got injured... ideal opportunity to give a chance to a youngster you'd have thought... and look who came in: 33 year old Mohammad Ayub. Understandably failed to impress.
 
aukhan said:
Babar got out again very quickly. :(
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He is an opener primarily. However, this is what happens when you have FIVE openers in a team; see: Kami, Farhat, Zia, Amin, Babar. Obviously the youngster is the last to come in. Thanks for the awesome team selections for this whole tourney, PCB.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Federal United's median age is 28. That's more than Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand and level with South Africa and West Indies. In a supposed tournament where we're trying to give chances to those on the fringes to make a case for World Cup selection. Why is it always extreme with Pakistan? Before it used to be debutants at bizarrely raw ages (read: Hasan Raza), often teens. Now we're delving into the 30 year olds. Why does the PCB refuse to give youngsters a chance? Says it all that we were all extremely excited by Haris being given a chance and subsequently taking it, because it has become very rare for youngsters to be given an opportunity. And he's already around 26. I look back to that test against SL a few years ago when Misbah got injured... ideal opportunity to give a chance to a youngster you'd have thought... and look who came in: 33 year old Mohammad Ayub. Understandably failed to impress.
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The failed generation.
 
drops a sitter Asad Shafiq.

Why would you have him on the boundary?:facepalm:lol
 
Pathetic bowling by Anwar. Terrible ball down leg side on last ball. And not a great decision to keep third man up with Rehman, nowadays the "edge" is his only scoring shot.
 
Baba Abdul Rehman pulling off a Sohail Tanvir.
 
Ok, guys, sorry for my ignorance. But please tell me about this; Gul was on strike on the 2nd last ball and got run out. Shouldn't the new batsman have faced the last ball, rather than Sarfraz? Or can you cross over with run outs like you can with caught dismissals?
 
wow.what a close game, FU should have won it easily
Sohail got the game back
 
lol how come Sami isn't good enough for this team?

They almost chased 317 with an ease.
 
MOM should have been Fawad alam, I think.
A wicket and quickfire runs
 
golden boy treatment continues.

Asad scores a 50 its classy,, Fawad will score a 100 and it will be considered lucky
 
Woah, Fawad has been out to prove a point. His place in the squad should be guaranteed atleast.
 
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