Sri Lanka (124/5) beat Pakistan (121 all out) by 5 wickets in Match 6 of the Super 4s

[shariqnoor]

Nawaz is a better batsman than Iftikhar, Khushdil, Asif and Shadab.

I would disagree. He is a hack. Iftikhar is much better than Khushdil, Asif, Shadab. Iftikhar is insecure about his place which restrains his ability a lot.

 

[imshally81]

Deluded Pakistani fans logic: this is a meaningless match so this is why Pakistani batsmen collapsed and failed to play spin. They are not focused and treating this as a practice match.

You are right.. We need to learn from india to how to perform in dead rubber only

 

[Marooned]

Unfortunately I am a Pakistani so unfortunately I have to support Pakistan even though Pakistan cricket is not worth supporting.

1st time I'm hearing this logic.

Is it written anywhere?

You can support who you want. You have a choice.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

These crap wides and no-balls could cost SL here. Especially the seamers bowl with poor discipline.

 

[Nasty Naz]

At the end of the day, any team can look bad on a given day. Sri Lanka got absolutely demolished by Afghanistan in their first and have run the table since. Zimbabwe demolished Australia.

It happens. We will need to see how Pakistan responds on Sunday.

 

[imshally81]

Sixer

 

[NeVerMind]

At least this tourney has seen Nawaz coming into his own...

 

[Marooned]

If Pakistan wins toss on Sunday, its a done deal. But no doubt, we cant play spin. Also true is the fact that spin will barely play a role in the flat pitches of Australia, so we should be ok for the T20 WC.

Rest assured our level will be much higher come the final, toss or no toss.

 

[Major]

1st time I'm hearing this logic.

Is it written anywhere?

You can support who you want. You have a choice.

yeh, i supported Afg, and every poster here started to claim I was from Afg.....

10 years ago, I used to be called anti Pathan on the forums, because i used to critisize Junaid Khan and Afridi..... go figure

 

[imshally81]

Nawaz gone

 

[Ozeirk]

yeh, i supported Afg, and every poster here started to claim I was from Afg.....

10 years ago, I used to be called anti Pathan on the forums, because i used to critisize Junaid Khan and Afridi..... go figure

There are non Pathans in Afghanistan

 

[Major]

Pakistan crosses 120,

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Unnecessary from Nawaz. Dude was needed in the last over.

 

[Rohan]

Unnecessary run out

 

[Champ_Pal]

Brain fade from Nawaz.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Pakistan saving the game for final..

 

[Marooned]

yeh, i supported Afg, and every poster here started to claim I was from Afg.....

10 years ago, I used to be called anti Pathan on the forums, because i used to critisize Junaid Khan and Afridi..... go figure

Well did I call u an Afghan?

I don't see the logic here. You support who u want to. What is stopping u?

 

[Usman Chadda]

Middle order will keep getting exposed though, the quality of the players in there is trash to say the least. Iftikhar and Khushdil are terrible, and you can’t rely on Asif Ali to carry an innings.

 

[Villager6964]

Nawaz should play at 4.

 

[Champ_Pal]

This can potentially cost Pakistan 10 runs here.

 

[Major]

There are non Pathans in Afghanistan

pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in afg and are more than 50 percent of the population there

 

[Markhor]

Why take an impossible 2nd run when you're the last recognised batsman ?

 

[Marooned]

Unnecessary from Nawaz. Dude was needed in the last over.

Sheer Stupidity. He was batting on a different pitch.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Not on this pitch, lol. What is wrong with you? You are out and Pakistan is playing the final. Deal with it.

Same pitch. Anyway this is not a WC to deal with anything just Asia Cup which happens randomly once every few years.

 

[Ozeirk]

It's good that Pakistan's bowling will be tested today.

 

[imshally81]

All out

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pathetic batting since the 9th over, worse then school boy batting here.

 

[Usman Chadda]

We have been owned

 

[Major]

Well did I call u an Afghan?

I don't see the logic here. You support who u want to. What is stopping u?

you did not, but i realized that overseas Pakistanis can live in foreign countries and support anyone they want. But they dont like when a Pakistani living in Pakistan supports any other team against Pakistan.. THey question your nationality and loyalty, even of your parents aswell....

I learned that while we bash India for not allowing people to support Pakistan, we are also no different either

 

[Champ_Pal]

Did not even bat full overs.

Criminal to be all out before 20 overs. Pak bowlers will be in top form to defend this.

 

[Ozeirk]

Bad captaincy from Babar here. Nawaz should have been sent up the order.

 

[Champ_Pal]

We have been owned

Not done until both teams bat. May be there are some demons in the pitch which we don't know.

 

[daytrader]

121 all out in 19.1 overs. We can't even bat out 20 overs yet people want to drop Rizwan and Babar

 

[Savak]

This is the problem with starting off slow and in the middle. It puts immense pressure on everyone else to go after the bowling from ball one when the pitch requires you to spend some time getting your eye in, this tactic will fail against quality T-20 bowling attacks who know how to keep things tight.

 

[Markhor]

Thank god that innings finally ends. Let's see how SL bat on this reused pitch. They've chased well so far in this tournament.

 

[Marooned]

Did not even bat full overs.

Criminal to be all out before 20 overs. Pak bowlers will be in top form to defend this.

Nah man, we aren't getting close to make a match out of it today.

 

[Savak]

Based on my observation, Pakistan struggled against the variations of the Sri Lankan spinners and the slower deliveries of the Sri Lankan pacers. They fell into the trap of targetting the short boundary and then dumbly played aerial shots targetting the longer boundariess

 

[Ozeirk]

pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in afg and are more than 50 percent of the population there

Yes, but there are a significant number of non Pashtuns

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka looking to win this.

 

[Marooned]

It's ok guys. I'm not much of a dead rubber enthusiast anyway.

 

[Muddaser]

you did not, but i realized that overseas Pakistanis can live in foreign countries and support anyone they want. But they dont like when a Pakistani living in Pakistan supports any other team against Pakistan.. THey question your nationality and loyalty, even of your parents aswell....

I learned that while we bash India for not allowing people to support Pakistan, we are also no different either

Are you Afghan or Indian? By nationality or descent?

Where's the correlation with British people of Pakistani descent supporting Pakistan?

 

[Kriketer]

yeh, i supported Afg, and every poster here started to claim I was from Afg.....

10 years ago, I used to be called anti Pathan on the forums, because i used to critisize Junaid Khan and Afridi..... go figure

Are you trying to support Afghan by justifying a rivalry which isn't there? We have seen your long sorry attempt, let it off it won't go anywhere. As for supporting Afghan as a team sure you should, even I support them despite their arrogance at time. They are a good developing team who just needs to take sports as sports

 

[IAJ]

Not worried at all. We will win it when it matters most on Sunday IA.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

If the trend continues of wickets easing out in the 2nd innings , this should see SL win at a canter. Pakistan needed 160 for that. I'd say par considering the conditions is 145.

 

[Mainul]

lets see how he bowls tonight, if the Pakistanis bowlers pull out a win that would be something.

Hasan Ali has only 4 overs tonight to do something extraordinary. If he pulls out a rabbit tonight, he can be in the squad.

But, this game is very difficult to win for us, but i would never say never cause srilanka can bottle it.

Hasnain is still raw in my eye. He along with Haris Rauf have to bowl 6 good deliveries if Pakistan want to have a chance tonight. But the problem is these 2 bowls 1 or two wayward delivery every over. If Hasan does something extraordinary today he can replace one of these 2.

Naseem is surely going to be in the playing 11 in the final.

 

[Justcrazy]

Its pretty poor show by Pakistan, with this batting they will struggle badly in Australia.

 

[Kriketer]

Two back to back batting collapse , Pakistan to always play like Pakistan! No worries we are used to it, now fight with the ball.

 

[Marooned]

Not worried at all. We will win it when it matters most on Sunday IA.

Honestly, I don't feel bad at all. Are people really that enraged over this meaningless practice match?

 

[Major]

Are you trying to support Afghan by justifying a rivalry which isn't there? We have seen your long sorry attempt, let it off it won't go anywhere. As for supporting Afghan as a team sure you should, even I support them despite their arrogance at time. They are a good developing team who just needs to take sports as sports

bhai jaan, i have been following afghan cricket since 2007. Even when Afg played against Misbahs team i backed them because this team has the talent to dominate top cricket and its the only good thing that can provide happiness to its people back home.

Issue is, people find problem in such support which i realized.

 

[Justcrazy]

I would like to see Usman bowl well here , this is a big opportunity for him , he needs to make most of this.

 

[Marooned]

With Naseem we could've given them a scare here.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Not done until both teams bat. May be there are some demons in the pitch which we don't know.

Whatever demons in the pitch, 121 is too low for modern batting line-ups unless they lose their heads completely lol

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

If the trend continues of wickets easing out in the 2nd innings , this should see SL win at a canter. Pakistan needed 160 for that. I'd say par considering the conditions is 145.

Same old B$. Sri Lanka bowled well here. You talk as if there is an ODI going here.

 

[Major]

sri lanka need 122 in 120 balls

 

[Marooned]

Soo the same thread will continue??

 

[Justcrazy]

Hasnain with the ball , can He make a good start

 

[Rana]

sri lanka need 122 in 120 balls

Are you sure?

 

[Major]

hasain gets himmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Gone

 

[Ozeirk]

H

 

[Mamoon]

1st time I'm hearing this logic.

Is it written anywhere?

You can support who you want. You have a choice.

You cannot pick and choose which national team to support. It doesn't make sense. You have no grounds for support a team other than your country's.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Hasnain strikes , first blood.

 

[NeVerMind]

M hasnain starts off with one on the leg side. Not sure if he is good enough to be in the team.

And yet he gets the man in form, Mendis

 

[Marooned]

Great ball btw!

Get in!!

 

[IMMY69]

Today shows the value of Rizwan at the top.

He always looks for the singles and two's and drives the batters to keep it ticking over.
As long as he's at the crease we don't get bogged down and then play stupid slogs like we did today.

 

[Mainul]

But seeing today's match and the match against Afghanistan, Pakistani batting line up is quite vulnerable to collapse once Rizwan and Babar is out early. Pakistan seems to be quite lucky to reach the final. If Naseem failed to hit those 2 sixes against Afghanistan,India would have been in the final.

Pakistani think tank have big problems ahead of the upcoming world cup. This batting line up consisting of Khushdil, Iftikhar ,Asif looks quite unreliable to me.

 

[Major]

Are you sure?

Maybe not, but what i am sure about is that Rizwan will play in the world t20 and open the innings while you will whine about it for the whole year

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to get attacking field here .

 

[Ozeirk]

And yet he gets the man in form, Mendis

Fair enough

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Same old B$. Sri Lanka bowled well here. You talk as if there is an ODI going here.

Nobody is trying to explain anything to you , neophyte

 

[Marooned]

You cannot pick and choose which national team to support. It doesn't make sense. You have no grounds for support a team other than your country's.

Yeah, I don't see why not. You are a free individual.

 

[Villager6964]

121 all out in 19.1 overs. We can't even bat out 20 overs yet people want to drop Rizwan and Babar

They are just dumbos and understand nothing about cricket.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

With Naseem we could've given them a scare here.

Dont know why he was rested today. He has only played 4 T20I matches. He should be playing every game until the World Cup.

 

[Justcrazy]

But seeing today's match and the match against Afghanistan, Pakistani batting line up is quite vulnerable to collapse once Rizwan and Babar is out early. Pakistan seems to be quite lucky to reach the final. If Naseem failed to hit those 2 sixes against Afghanistan,India would have been in the final.

Pakistani think tank have big problems ahead of the upcoming world cup. This batting line up consisting of Khushdil, Iftikhar ,Asif looks quite unreliable to me.

There is no room for ifs and buts in cricket . In every game played ever , luck plays a part that is part of game.

The bottamline is that Pakistan has made the finals.

 

[daytrader]

Big wicket! Loving our pace battery. Hopefully Philander doesn't have them trundling in the WC

 

[Villager6964]

Hasnain bowling 150ks.

 

[Rana]

Maybe not, but what i am sure about is that Rizwan will play in the world t20 and open the innings while you will whine about it for the whole year

And he will fail

He will become a symbol of failure

And you will always defend him no matter. Just like you defend Afghan aggression towards Pakistan

 

[Ozeirk]

Hasnains accuracy in these critical games is still not great. Been watching him for a while and that's been his biggest problem. Somewhat like wahab Riaz that didn't allow him to be a great bowler.

 

[NeVerMind]

Brilliant first over from Hasnain

 

[Major]

They are just dumbos and understand nothing about cricket.

[MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION], haan bhai, lets drop rizwan than?