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The forgotten form of cricket - Double-wicket cricket

Paradox

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Pakistan had three teams in the tournament, the Blues, Whites, and the Greens. One team was Imran Nazir/Shoaib Malik, another was Wasim/Afridi, and another was Abdul Razzaq/Azhar Mahmood.
 
I remember this. once they were international teams too.

so much better then t20
 
I remember, used to watch it all the time. i believe Afridi and Wasim were undefeated.

:afridi

They lost by a flip of coin. I remember one game was tied between them and the pair of Malik/Nazir. The match was eventually decided on a coin toss which Nazir won :D

Really enjoyed that tournament, wish we start that again soon
 
This was also one of the few occasions where we got to see Imran Nazir bowl, lol.
 
No idea this existed. YouTube?
 
I think in one tournament Afridi missed the final because i think his mum passed away (May Allah (SWT) grant her a place in jannah)
 
well i have memories that there use to be such tourment .. but i dont remember any game .... if i find any video ... i will post link
 
Yes I attended one of these games at Gaddaffi stadium Lahore sometime around 1995-1998. Ticket was only 20 rupees but people were still climbing over turnstiles and gates.
 
Lol, this was pretty lame but funny to watch. I think :afridi :wasim association (:raja) may have gone on to win the whole thing.

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No idea this existed. YouTube?

It was a fun tournament, 2 players per team. 8 overs to bat and whenever any player gets out, 10 runs were deducted. 9 additional players were provided for fielding.

I remember once Malik and Nazir needed 3 runs to win of final 3 balls when Malik played an aerial shot and got out. Then they needed 13 runs off two balls and Malik struck 2 sixes. It was a tie, great match :D
 
I remember once Malik and Nazir needed 3 runs to win of final 3 balls when Malik played an aerial shot and got out. Then they needed 13 runs off two balls and Malik struck 2 sixes. It was a tie, great match :D

:)) nice!
 
I don't think Afridi has aged ever since he grew that beard. Not even through captaincy.
Weird.
 
I don't think Afridi has aged ever since he grew that beard. Not even through captaincy.
Weird.

his voice tells now

it had a higher pitch and sounded boyish a few years ago

its more low pitched, set, heavy-ish and more manly (shud i say beastly :P) now :afridi:afridi
 
Anyone remember this: :)

http://www.dawn.com/2002/07/23/spt8.htm

Afridi-Wasim retain title

HOUSTON, July 22: Shahid Afridi smashed a belligerent hundred and partnered by Wasim Akram retained the International Double Wicket Championship beating Sri Lankan pair of Kumar Dharmasena and Dulip Lyange by 69 runs Sunday.

Playing before a crowd of nearly 10,000, Afridi delighted and thrilled the audience with his extra-ordinary powerful hitting, making a hundred off mere 32 balls studded with 14 massive sixes and four boundaries but was dismissed two-times. Afridi reached his half century in just 13 balls, fastest in 50 of the event.

Afridi-Wasim pair were presented crystal trophy and cash prize of $ 25,000 while Liyange and Dharamsena collected the runners-up trophy with cash prize of $ 12,000. Shahid Afridi Ricardo Powell (West Indies), and Syed Moin Rafaie (USA) were declared best batsman, best bowler and best fielder and were awarded $ 1500 each.

Earlier in the semifinal Afridi achieved a unique feat of blasting six sixes off one over from Saeed Anwar, who was bowling his left arm spinners. Thrice he lifted Saeed Anwar in the stands over mid-wicket, twice ball soared in the stands at long-on and one of his sixer struck loudspeaker close to roof of the stadium.

Due to Afridi’s hitting Pakistan Green’s overwhelmed Pakistan Blues by 52 runs. Afridi hammered 78 in 21 balls with ten sixes and three fours while Wasim Akram could manage 12 in 17 balls.

In the other semifinal Sri Lankan pair upset when they defeated Ricardo Powell and Wavel Hinds by just one run. Hinds cracked 41 in 19 balls with two sixes and three boundaries while Powell made 38 in 18 balls with two sixes and three fours.

Liyange played a pivotal role in his team’s triumph, hitting five sixes and two fours in his 53-knock of 22 while Dharmasena contributed 33 with four sixes.

Pakistan Green’s top group “A” while Sri Lankan finished second in the pool. West Indies emerged as group “B” champions by winning all their four league games and Pakistan Blues second spot thus making the four stage of the event.

Summarized scores:

Final. Pakistan Greens bt Sri Lanka by 69 runs.

Pakistan Green 121-3 in eight overs (Shahid Afridi 109, Wasim Akram 24, Kumar Dharamasena 2-65, Dulip Liyange 1-71); Sri Lanka 52-2 in eight overs (Kumar Dharmasena 42, Liyange 17, Shahid Afridi 2-42). Semifinals.

Pakistan Green’s bt Pakistan Blues by 52 runs.

Pakistan Blues 45-3 in six overs (Saeed Anwar 33, Yousuf Youhana 17, Shahid Afridi 1-25, Wasim Akram 1-25);

Pakistan Green’s 97-0 in six overs (Shahid Afridi 78, Wasim Akram 12).

Sri Lanka bt West Indies by one run.

West Indies 77-2 in six overs (Wavel Hinds 41, Ricardo Powell 38, Kumar Dharmasena 1-31).

Sri Lanka 78-2 in six overs (Dulip Liyange 53, Kumar Dharmasena 33, Ricardo Powell 1-44).—APP
 
http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHI...DS/PAK-WHITES_SL-GREENS_PIDWCC_22APR2001.html

Total destruction as -1 plays 93. :)))
Imran Nazir with 2 wickets. :malik

Can see why Pakistan have done so well here. They're a team who get better the shorter the game is - Afridi an absolute monster in this format. Seems to have murdered everyone going by these scorecards.

:))):))):))) Afridi was destined to commit murder and be the monster that he is from the day he was born.

This format is perfect for Afridi and fans like me. Imagine if they adopted the whole penalty runs thingy in Test cricket, Pakistan wins the toss, bats first and Shahid Afridi and Imran Nazir open the innings...
 
Earlier in the semifinal Afridi achieved a unique feat of blasting six sixes off one over from Saeed Anwar, who was bowling his left arm spinners. Thrice he lifted Saeed Anwar in the stands over mid-wicket, twice ball soared in the stands at long-on and one of his sixer struck loudspeaker close to roof of the stadium.

Anwar announced his retirement a year later... :)))
 
Lol, Yousuf use to be an athletic fielder back then...He could slog the ball as well..
 
dont know why it was stopped. it was real fun game and a treat to watch. should be back again and im sure we wud get lots of crowd for it and in this way, new comers could get themselves to show their skills aswell. Wasim n Afridi jodi was jsut awsome
 
The match I saw was fixed in the sense that the local fielders who were fielding on behalf of every team blatantly let Pakistan hit fours and dropped catches but put in 110% for the rest as if there was some kind of bonus on offer. Needless to add Pakistan won.
 
I think reviving this as a tournament in Pakistan would be one step towards getting crowds in cricket there.. get all the best, crowd-pulling players in the country (Afridi, Nazir, Akhtar, etc.), and maybe get a few of our retired players back (Wasim etc., if they're willing to play?). Would REALLY get the crowds in, regardless of the game being 10 overs a side (it's a slogfest anyway).
 
The forgotten form of Cricket - Double-wicket cricket

Does anyone remember this form of cricket back then in the early 2000s? It was a fun form of cricket.

For those who don't know know;

Double-wicket cricket It is a form of cricket with two teams of two players each which are pitched against each other for a limited number of overs. A player getting out in this form of cricket does not retire but continues to bat but gets penalised a stipulated number of runs for each time he gets out.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forms_of_cricket#Double-wicket_cricket

Some double wicket tournaments were held back in the early 2000s. I still remember a double wicket tournament held in Pakistan comprising of international players as well. I remember Carl Hooper was playing in it as well. Don't remember other international participants. Wasim and Afridi's team had won the tournament by beating Aamir Sohail and Razzaq in the final. It was kind of one sided. Wasim was too good. I remember almost everyone struggled to smash him.
 
My dad told me he watched a match in lahore in the stadium once where Imran and Holding were in the same team and Holding took one of the best catches off his own bowling, hes ever seen
 
Does anyone remember this form of cricket back then in the early 2000s? It was a fun form of cricket.

For those who don't know know;

Double-wicket cricket It is a form of cricket with two teams of two players each which are pitched against each other for a limited number of overs. A player getting out in this form of cricket does not retire but continues to bat but gets penalised a stipulated number of runs for each time he gets out.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forms_of_cricket#Double-wicket_cricket

Some double wicket tournaments were held back in the early 2000s. I still remember a double wicket tournament held in Pakistan comprising of international players as well. I remember Carl Hooper was playing in it as well. Don't remember other international participants. Wasim and Afridi's team had won the tournament by beating Aamir Sohail and Razzaq in the final. It was kind of one sided. Wasim was too good. I remember almost everyone struggled to smash him.

T20 killed it ... like the Super 8 tournaments that used to happen!
 
One of my favourite game of cricket. I remember as a kid in 90s when Pak would host this even like almost every year. Great crowds used to come for the games.
 
2 on 2 cricket?

now I've heard of everything, who the hell would pay to watch that? lol.
 
2 on 2 cricket?

now I've heard of everything, who the hell would pay to watch that? lol.

It was very entertaining back in the early 2000s. I know it's T20s era now but it was well received during those times. The stadiums in Pakistan used to be more than half full if not completely full.
 
I remember Afridi and Aqib Javed in the same team. The crowd wanted Afridi to hit every ball out of the ground. That tournament made Afridi a celebrity.
 
Used to play it a lot as a kid.

Was popular in street cricket specially when you were really short on players.. :D
 
Only the 2 would bowl and bat. 9 other random players would only field (WK included).

Used to play it a lot as a kid.

Was popular in street cricket specially when you were really short on players.. :D

You sure don't have much going on in your life if you're only watching 4 players play while all you do is run around when the ball gets spanked and than throw it back to the two players that are bowling.
 
You sure don't have much going on in your life if you're only watching 4 players play while all you do is run around when the ball gets spanked and than throw it back to the two players that are bowling.

Who said anything about fielding? :amir
 
2 star players would play for each team. Rest of the 9 players would be young players like from domestic cricket who would field. Youngsters got the chance to play with big names and get exposure. Fielding was not a big deal as the games were few overs only.
 
Used to play this. Got bored in fielding when opponents outscored us and deliberately gives extra runs :kakmal
 
What happened to double wicket cricket tournaments?

Back in the days, late 90s and early 2000s, there used to be double wicket cricket tournaments held quite frequently. I remember our team of Afridi and Akram, Abdul Razzaq and Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Malik and Imran Nazir.
South Africa used to send Pollock and Klusener, Australia Lee and Warne.

It used to be pretty tension free entertaining cricket of slogs. For some reason, I feel it played some role in making Pakistan's line of All rounders, helped their slogging skills and sort of developing both disciplines.

Why were they stopped playing? I think it could be a good prelude to 4-5 day tournaments now and can help our up and coming all rounders if any to develop their slogging skills. Even if we only hold it between our domestic cricketers.

What's your opinion?
 
There is T20 slog leagues everywhere, who really cares for double wicket cricket tournaments. Afridi and Aaquid javed won the first double wicket tournsment at Gaddafi in 1997
 
There is T20 slog leagues everywhere, who really cares for double wicket cricket tournaments. Afridi and Aaquid javed won the first double wicket tournsment at Gaddafi in 1997

That's why I said, we need to hold it domestically among emerging allrounders so that they can hone their power hitting skills and work on their bowling as well
 
I was watching a youtube clip. Just curious if this is Kamran as wicket-keeper.
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Back then, there were Wasim and Afridi, Azhar and A Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Imran Nazir.

If we could do it today, team would be like, Fahim and Hafeez, Shoaib Malik and Amir Yamin, Sohail Tanvir and Bilal Asif, Shadab and Amir, Sohail Khan and Imad, Anwar Ali and Mohammad Nawaz, Bilawal Bhatti and Afridi, Amad Butt and Umar Amin/Fakhar.
 
Back then, there were Wasim and Afridi, Azhar and A Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Imran Nazir.

If we could do it today, team would be like, Fahim and Hafeez, Shoaib Malik and Amir Yamin, Sohail Tanvir and Bilal Asif, Shadab and Amir, Sohail Khan and Imad, Anwar Ali and Mohammad Nawaz, Bilawal Bhatti and Afridi, Amad Butt and Umar Amin/Fakhar.

It could potentially benefit players like Nawaz and Imad, who are not genuine big hitters of the ball.
 
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