UBL defeat WAPDA by 6 wickets to win the Departmental One-Day Cup 2018

[Abdullah719]

 

[MenInG]

ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18

Round One
December 28, 2017

* NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

SNGPL vs. KRL

Umpires: Tahir Rasheed & Qaiser Waheed
Referee: Khalid Niazi
Scorer: Arif Abdul Majeed

* NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

NBP vs. HBL

Umpires: Shozeb Raza & Majid Hussain
Referee: Iqbal Sheikh
Scorer: Syed Imran Ali

* STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

SSGC vs. WAPDA

Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal & Rashid Riaz
Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed
Scorer: Wasim Abbas


* UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

UBL vs. PTV

Umpires: Riazuddin & Muhammad Sajid
Referee: Athar Laiq
Scorer: Tariq Noor

 

[MenInG]

Round 1 starting tomorrow

 

[Sarfarazian92]

PCB ki marketing team ko salaam.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Any of the matches being televised?

 

[Abdullah719]

Any of the matches being televised?

We'll find out tomorrow

We'll also find out about the squads....

 

[hadi123]

None of the ODI players will be involved as they are obviously in NZ so a good chance for lesser known players to make names for themselves, although, the quality obviously won't be as good without the country's best players.

 

[ammar_merry]

any live match?

 

[MenInG]

Usual media blackout from PCB - no scorecards being updated, no live updates, not on TV it seems!

 

[MenInG]

Omagine how the players feel when they see no TV cameras at these grounds

 

[Bewal Express]

Usual media blackout from PCB - no scorecards being updated, no live updates, not on TV it seems!

Maybe less money needs to be spent on foreign holidays for Sethi and co and more on the cricketers.

 

[Markhor]

What a game between UBL and PTV...

Sorry, just trying to picture it in my head given the zero TV coverage and not a single live scorecard.

 

[Abdullah719]

What a game between UBL and PTV...

Sorry, just trying to picture it in my head given the zero TV coverage and not a single live scorecard.

I do believe Shan Masood hit a 145* for UBL.

(Not kidding)

 

[Abdullah719]

162 for Ahmed Shehzad

 

[Abdullah719]

Round One
December 28, 2017


* NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

SNGPL 321-4 in 50 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 68*, 8x4s,1x6, 44 balls, Hussain Talat 63, 4x4s, 2x6s, 67 balls, Khurram Shehzad 52, 1x4, 4x6s, 47 balls, Asad Shafiq 50, 7x4s, 63 balls, Taimoor Sultan 43, 8x4s, 50 balls, Mohammad Rizwan 30*, 31 balls, Nauman Ali 2-39)

KRL 209-8 in 50 overs: (Junaid Ali 38, 5x4s, 50 balls, Luqman Butt 36, 2x4s, 51 balls, Hasan Raza 31, 2x4s, 49 balls, Saif Badar 28, 3x4s, 31 balls, Nauman Ali 21, 1x4, 1x6, 23 balls, Imran Khalid 4-39, Mohammad Abbas 2-15)

Result: SNGPL won by 112 runs.

Toss: SNGPL and batting first


* NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

NBP 317-7 in 50 overs: (Naveed Yasin 101, 7x4s, 2x6s, 100 balls, Qaisar Abbas 91, 7x4s, 4x6s, 103 balls, Haris Ali 33, 3x4s, 42 balls, Ramiz Raja 29, 5x4s, 1x6, 21 balls, Abdul Rahman 3-53, Mohammad Bilal 3-75)

HBL 320-5 in 48.3 overs: (Ahmed Shahzad 162*, 9x4s, 5x6s, 142 balls, Ramiz Aziz 60, 2x4s, 65 balls, Imran Farhat 30, 5x4s, 28 balls, Ghulam Mudassar 2-58)

Result: HBL won by 5 wickets

Toss: HBL and fielding first


* STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

WAPDA 272 all out in 50 overs: (Khushdil Shah 103,4x4s, 8x6s, 86 balls, Kamran Akmal 45,5x4s, 1x6, 34 balls, Khalid Usman 32, 3x4s, 50 balls, Ahmed Jamal 3-41, Zia ul Haq 3-44, Kashif Bhatti 2-28)

SSGC 199 all out in 46.4 overs: (Sami Aslam 80, 7x4s, 1x6, 91 balls, Saifullah Bangash 31*, 1x4, 47 balls, Usama Mir 27, 2x4s, 32 balls, Fawad Alam 23, 40 balls, Mohammad Irfan 3-16, Zahid Mansoor 2-28)

Result: WAPDA won by 73 runs.

Toss: SSGC and fielding first


* UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

UBL 296-9 in 50 overs: (Shan Masood 145*, 13x4s, 1x6, 146 balls, Umar Saddique 72, 9x4s, 1x6, 89 balls, Umar Akmal 32, 2x4s, 2x6s, 31 balls, Mohammad Irfan Jr 3-51, Ali Khan 2-37)

PTV 232 all out in 46 overs: (Hasan Mohsin 63, 3x4s, 4x6s, 66 balls, Saud Shakil 53, 7x4s, 60 balls, Samiullah 30, 3x4s, 1x6, 26 balls, Hasan Raza 22, 4x4s, 26 balls, Sohaib Maqsood 2-17, Mir Hamza 2-35, Mohammad Asghar 2-37)

Result: UBL won by 64 runs

Toss: PTV and fielding first

 

[mmkextreme_1]

162 for Ahmed Shehzad

#MujhiKyuNikala

Also funny how the pitches miraculously change for the LO tournament. I understand they are using a different ball but still. Any explanation for this?

 

[Abdullah719]

Ahmed Shehzad in domestic cricket:
Ahmed Shehzad in international cricket:

 

[Abdullah719]

UBL's batting lineup: Shan Masood, Umar Siddiq, Umar Akmal, Younis Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Saad Ali, Hammad Azam.

Younis was run out for a duck. Not sure why he's playing tbh... Saad and Hammad batting too low.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

I know people will criticise YK for playing in domestic cricket and taking up a spot of a youngster, but honestly, I don't mind it. I think him playing is great for the upcoming youngsters.

People can say, well he could do that through some type of coaching role, but I think being out in the middle with another player gives it a totally different learning experience.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[mmkextreme_1]

So Ahmed Shahzad didn't open the innings.

Good to see Kushdil Shah performing.

Some good bowling performances there as well. Wonder how much of Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Irfans bowling is due to there reputations? (usually are getting smashed in international cricket).

I'm still amazed at how consistent Ifti Uncle is performing?! Also, Shan Masood has gone into some sort of beast mode.

 

[anonymous_guy]

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[Markhor]

There we go, give the players proper pitches and you'll actually see decent scores.

Good decision to play this event in the South.

 

[another drop catch]

imran farhat is still playing wow just wow

 

[ataullah]

Hasan mohsin wow☺

 

[UN talkz]

Sami Aslam is a Domestic Giant....... Beast in domestics

 

[Syed1]

162 for Ahmed Shehzad

Acha hi howa ke televise nahi howa

 

[MenInG]

Round Two

December 30, 2017

*** NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

SSGC vs. KRL

Umpires: Khalid Mehmood Sr. & Rashid Riaz

Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman

Scorer: Anjum Baig


*** NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

NBP vs. PTV

Umpires: Muhammad Sajid & Qaiser Waheed

Referee: Iqbal Sheikh

Scorer: Ubaid Ahmed


*** STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

SNGPL vs. WAPDA

Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal & Majid Hussain

Referee: Khalid Niazi

Scorer: Syed Imran Ali


*** UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

UBL vs. HBL

Umpires: Muhammad Asif & Shozeb Raza

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Tariq Noor

 

[Abdullah719]

ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18

Round Two
December 30, 2017

* NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

SSGC 291-7 in 50 overs: (Fawad Alam 71, 73 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Awais Zia 70, 72 balls, 5x4s, 3x6s, Umar Amin 46, 62 balls, 4x4s, 1x6, Asif Zakir 29, 42 balls, 2x4s, Usama Mir 25, 23 balls, 1x4, 2x6s, Sadaf Hussain 3-61, Nayyar Abbas 1-39)

KRL 204-10 in 44.1 overs: (Hassan Raza 45, 69 balls, 4x4s, Shoaib Ahmed 38, 46 balls, 2x4s, Jaahid Ali 34, 42 balls, 4x4s, Saif Badar 34, 44 balls, 1x6, Ahmed Jamal 3-37, Usama Mir 3-51, Adnan Ghous 2-41)

Result: SSGC won by 87 runs
Toss: SSGC


* NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

PTV 244-10 in 49.5 overs: (Hasan Raza 97, 118 balls, 10x4s, Saud Shakeel 41, 41 balls, 6x4s, Nihal Mansoor 36, 75 balls, 3x4s, Ali Khan 28, 26 balls, 3x4s, Raza Hassan 4-49, Bilal Asif 1-30)

NBP 237-10 in 50 overs: (Naved Yasin 69, 85 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Ehsan Ali 38, 48 balls, 7x4s, Haris Ali 37, 48 balls, 5x4s, Rameez Raja 28, 27 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Muhammad Irfan 4-45, Saud Shakeel 3-31)

Result: PTV won by 7 runs
Toss: NBP


* STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

WAPDA 231-7 in 50 overs: (Salman Butt 49, 83 balls, 2x4s, 4x6s, Mansoor Amjad 39, 49 balls, 1x4, 1x6, Khushdil Shah 33, 36 balls, 2x4s, 2x6s, Khalid Usman 28*, 39 balls, 2x4s, Zahid Mansoor 28, 48 balls, 4x4s, Imran Khalid 3-50, Rahat Ali 1-37, Muhammad Abbas 1-45)

SNGPL 232-3 in 44.2 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 71*, 94 balls, 5x4s, Muhammad Rizwan 63*, 63 balls, 7x4s, Asad Shafiq 62, 66 balls, 9x4s, Khalid Usman 2-45, Muhammad Irfan 1-42)

Result: SNGPL won by 7 wickets
Toss: WAPDA


* UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

HBL 104-10 in 31.2 overs: (Ramiz Aziz 30, 72 balls, 3x4s, Masroor Ahmed 27, 42 balls, 3x4s, Umar Gul 15, 11 balls, 2x4s, 1x6, Aashiq Ali 4-20, Ehsan Adil 2-13, Muhammad Asghar 2-40)

UBL 106-1 in 16.3 overs: (Shan Masood 58*, 55 balls, 9x4s, 1x6, Umar Saddique 38, 44 balls, 7x4s, Ramiz Aziz 1-13)

Result: UBL won by 9 wickets

 

[Markhor]

Salman Butt trying to rekindle the 1980s with that knock - 49 off 83 balls !

No surprise 231 was easily chased down. Still think I'm being unfair on Butt [MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION] or is there another excuse up your sleeve ?

 

[Abdullah719]

Salman Butt trying to rekindle the 1980s with that knock - 49 off 83 balls !

No surprise 231 was easily chased down. Still think I'm being unfair on Butt [MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION] or is there another excuse up your sleeve ?

He was facing Rahat Ali and we know that you can not just simply make runs off Rahat.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Markhor]

He was facing Rahat Ali and we know that you can not just simply make runs off Rahat.

59 SR in 2017 in this day and age of one day cricket - wow.

 

[Abdullah719]

Ashiq Ali - Good to see an off-spinner doing well.

Mohammad Irfan, Raza Hasan and Usama Mir all amongst the wickets too, a good day for the spinners.

Saud Shakeel batting at 3 and bowling his full quota of overs.

 

[world cup captain]

Pathetic to see Hussain Talat at #9 below Ifti uncle. Similarly, Rizwan is turning out to be a dissapointing captain.

 

[Abdullah719]

Pathetic to see Hussain Talat at #9 below Ifti uncle. Similarly, Rizwan is turning out to be a dissapointing captain.

Talat batted above Ifti in the last game at #4.

Wonder why he was demoted, though. Played a good knock in the last game.

 

[GudduBadmash]

Pathetic to see Hussain Talat at #9 below Ifti uncle. Similarly, Rizwan is turning out to be a dissapointing captain.

He is scoring consistently, it is irrelevant then if he bats ahead of a fan favourite, it is his natural batting position, both him and Rizwan have one of the best understandings in domestic cricket and they always churn out scores like this together and have been doing so since 2012

 

[pakistani pride]

59 SR in 2017 in this day and age of one day cricket - wow.

And then gets run out LOL.
but hey according to the great man himself he is hitting the ball well.

 

[Abdullah]

Where is sahibzada farhan??!
@saj [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION]

 

[Abdullah719]

Where is sahibzada farhan??!
@saj [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION]

He isn't playing for a department so he isn't in this tournament.

He'll probably play in the Regional One Day Cup which should be sometime in late January insha'Allah.

 

[MenInG]

ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18

Round Three : January 1, 2018

* NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

NBP vs. UBL

Umpires: Muhammad Sajid & Majid Hussain
Referee: Khalid Niazi
Scorer: Arif Abdul Majeed

* NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

WAPDA vs. KRL

Umpires: Rashid Riaz & Muhammad Asif
Referee: Nadeem Arshad
Scorer: Wasim Abbas

* STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

HBL vs. PTV

Umpires: Qaiser Waheed & Imtiaz Iqbal
Referee: Iqbal Sheikh
Scorer: Junaid Afzal


* UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

SSGC vs. SNGPL

Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi & Shamim Ansari
Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman
Scorer: Tariq Noor

 

[Suleiman]

Salman Butt trying to rekindle the 1980s with that knock - 49 off 83 balls !

No surprise 231 was easily chased down. Still think I'm being unfair on Butt [MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION] or is there another excuse up your sleeve ?

I was sure you were playing along with my sarcasm, but I guess not..

 

[Markhor]

I was sure you were playing along with my sarcasm, but I guess not..

Oh, well I better call Professor Frink then to ask for his detector.

 

[moghul]

I know people will criticise YK for playing in domestic cricket and taking up a spot of a youngster, but honestly, I don't mind it. I think him playing is great for the upcoming youngsters.

People can say, well he could do that through some type of coaching role, but I think being out in the middle with another player gives it a totally different learning experience.

YK blocked a youngsters place in Pakistan team by playing till he was 43 and now he is doing the same in domestic cricket. Its mind boggling how a youngsters would learn from him by sitting on benches and YK in the middle on his place, ridiculous .

 

[Abdullah719]

HBL 113 all out
PTV 118/0

PTV win by 10 wickets


SNGPL 71 all out
SSGC 72/1

SSGC win by 9 wickets

 

[Naim]

HBL 113 all out
PTV 118/0

PTV win by 10 wickets


SNGPL 71 all out
SSGC 72/1

SSGC win by 9 wickets

It's look like they are still playing t10 cricket

 

[Abdullah719]

It's look like they are still playing t10 cricket

T10 had higher scores

 

[UN talkz]

ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18

Round Three

January 1, 2018

NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

UBL 344-3 in 47 overs: (Sohaib Maqsood 112, 83 balls, 8x4s, 6x6s, Shan Masood 105*, 8x4s, 121 balls, Umar Akmal 97, 10x4s, 5x6s, 67 balls, Altaf Ahmed 1-41, Kamran Ghulam 1-72)

NBP 250-7 in 47 overs: (Qaiser Abbas 57*, 7x4s, 1x6, 62 balls, Naved Yasin 50, 6x45s, 61 balls Kamran Ghulam 44, 4x4s, 1x6, 49 balls, Raza Hasan 42*, 2x4s, 2x6s, 38 balls, Ashiq Ali 2-51, Ehsan Adil 1-24, Muhammad Asghar 1-37)

Result: UBL won by 94 runs

Toss: UBL

Umpires: Muhammad Sajid & Majid Husain

Referee: Khalid Niazi

Scorer: Arif Abdul Majeed

NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

WAPDA 277-9 in 50 overs: (Zahid Mansoor 90, 9x4s, 3x6s, 88 balls, Salman Butt 48, 4x4s, 63 balls, Khushdil Shah 42, 1x4, 2x6s, 43 balls, Kamran Akmal 26, 5x4s, 29 balls, Shoaib Laghari 24, 2x4s, 20 balls, Wahab Riaz 20*, 1x6 19 balls, Yasir Ali 3-35, Ali Shafiq 2-57)

KRL 233-8 in 50 overs: (Junaid Ali 67, 5x4s, 74 balls, Jaahid Ali 57, 3x4s, 89 balls, Hasan Raza 29, 2xz4s, 34 balls, Nayyar Abbas 20*, 1x4, 30 balls, Wahab Riaz 4-48, Mansoor Amjad 2-40)

Result: WAPDA won by 44 runs

Toss: KRL

Umpires: Rashid Riaz & Muhammad Asif

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Waseem Abbas

STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

HBL 113-10 in 36.5 overs: (Salman Afridi 50, 85 balls, 4x4s, Samiullah 3-8, Saud Shakeel 3-23, Muhammad Irfan 2-1`5, Waleed Malik 2-24)

PTV 118-0 in 17.2 overs: (Muhammad Yasin 59*, 49 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s, Nihal Mansoor 56, 55 balls, 10x4, 1x6)

Result: PTV won by 10 wickets

Toss: PTV

Umpires: Qaiser Waheed & Khalid Mahmood Sr.

Referee: Iqbal Sheikh

Scorer: Junaid Afzal


UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

SNGPL 71-10 in 27.5 overs: (Asad Shafiq 15, 40 balls, 2x4s, Ahmed Jamal 4-28, Kashif Bhatti 3-12)

SSGC 72-1 in 14.4 overs: (Sami Aslam 39*, 43 balls, 3x4s, 2x6s, Muzammil Nizam 30*, 40 balls, 4x4s)

Result: SSGC won by 9 wickets

Toss: SSGC

Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi & Shamim Ansari

Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman

Scorer: Muhammad Tariq Noor

 

[dauntless]

Shan masood is in good form it seems and good to see umar akmal scoring some runs

 

[dauntless]

Wahab picked up 4 wickets great.He seems to be in good rhythm should be in squad for t20is against newzealand

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Hasan123]

Sohaib Maqsood should have been selected for the ODIs. He's in brilliant form. Another poor decision from the revolutionary.

 

[babajee]

Sohaib Maqsood should have been selected for the ODIs. He's in brilliant form. Another poor decision from the revolutionary.

Then we should also select Shan Masood as he is in sensational form.

 

[pakistani pride]

Some 1 should tell Salman Butt it isnt 2010 anymore. His SR is terrible.

 

[DRsohail]

welldone maqsood...and shahzad with a duck again ......umar has done well too....the saif badar guy has been complete failure so far.

 

[Shaka81]

How come SSGC changed their captain from Fawad Alam in the first game to Umar Amin in the others? Just curious if they thought captaincy was affecting his performance.

 

[Hasan123]

Then we should also select Shan Masood as he is in sensational form.

But he's not a ODI player and he's proven to be rubbish at international level.

 

[MMHS]

Then we should also select Shan Masood as he is in sensational form.

He isn't actually. Despite enjoying his best patch, he scored 145* at <100 SR batting first and in this latest match he was the only reason his team didn't reach 400.

What he is doing is making numbers, exploiting the lower quality attack (and fielding, captaincy), to make selfish runs. Many batsmen can bat in top 3 and make a sweet 125 at 90 SR in domestics, these days almost in alternate innings, but that's probably isn't asked for from your openers these days, who starts innings in PP on absolute belters, against 2 machine stitched Kookaburra, which does swing/seem new or old. If BCCI selectors could have been fooled like this, then by now Pujara would have played 3 times more ODI than Azhar Ali and in these days of 300+ par game, he would have maintained a nice 50+/70+ stats for sure.

However, Shan is giving Ul Haq food for thought indeed - won't be surprised if he is called for the T20 squad!!!!!!

 

[Hasan123]

He isn't actually. Despite enjoying his best patch, he scored 145* at <100 SR batting first and in this latest match he was the only reason his team didn't reach 400.

What he is doing is making numbers, exploiting the lower quality attack (and fielding, captaincy), to make selfish runs. Many batsmen can bat in top 3 and make a sweet 125 at 90 SR in domestics, these days almost in alternate innings, but that's probably isn't asked for from your openers these days, who starts innings in PP on absolute belters, against 2 machine stitched Kookaburra, which does swing/seem new or old. If BCCI selectors could have been fooled like this, then by now Pujara would have played 3 times more ODI than Azhar Ali and in these days of 300+ par game, he would have maintained a nice 50+/70+ stats for sure.

However, Shan is giving Ul Haq food for thought indeed - won't be surprised if he is called for the T20 squad!!!!!!

Hahaha that should shut him up. Well done.

 

[babajee]

Hahaha that should shut him up. Well done.

Chill. I’m just trynna say that Maqsood isn’t the solution. Just like how Kamran was “in sensational form” and then we all saw what he did on his international comeback.

 

[Hasan123]

Chill. I’m just trynna say that Maqsood isn’t the solution. Just like how Kamran was “in sensational form” and then we all saw what he did on his international comeback.

Didn't say he was the solution. Just that he deserved a chance due to his current form.

Kamran has had many comebacks so it's no surprise when he fails. Maqsood hasn't had numerous comebacks .

 

[Rayyman]

Didn't say he was the solution. Just that he deserved a chance due to his current form.

Kamran has had many comebacks so it's no surprise when he fails. Maqsood hasn't had numerous comebacks .

Bhai if memory serves us right then Maqsood wasn't selected due to fitness issues. Not his batting.

 

[MMHS]

Didn't say he was the solution. Just that he deserved a chance due to his current form.

Kamran has had many comebacks so it's no surprise when he fails. Maqsood hasn't had numerous comebacks .

Kamran is an International failure, because he is too limited in his array of shots. He is good at punching of the back foot and some cuts, which International teams can sort out quickly and block his scoring areas, which'll bring him out of his comfort zone - hence that average of 25-26 (may be 30, didn't check). But still, among many failures, the day he stood, he played some stunning knocks, which is the trait of such players - Afridi, Philo Wales, Romesh Kalu .... even the day our Kayes middles it, you'll see Brain Lara in it (but he still averages half of BCL). In domestics, KAkmal's weak links are not exposed, neither his limitations are that low that he can't overcome average domestic cricket, which because of these funny structure, is extremely poor. If this is Corporate one, imagine the regional one and I am sure he'll play against even more inferior opponents in Regional phase (Ahmed as well). In domestics, for his vast experience, he keeps floating within his limitations and wait for his time to pounce on, which obviously he gets frequently at lower level. That's exactly the reason why there exists two Ahmed Shehzad as well, (Shan Masood also - limited, but extremely disciplined cricketer, he'll dominate lower level cricket and, looking at the stats of these high scoring games, I can say the same for Sadaf Hussain also, but I haven't seen him, so won't claim that).

Maqsood is totally different beast - he has much wider ranges of shots, much much better timing, placement, much better balance and much better judgement of length (his front foot pull indicates how quickly he picks the length, which was Inzi's biggest asset as well). What he lacks from Kamran is that, KAkmal was blessed child of PAK cricket, played 10-12 years almost un-challenged, hence he has lot, lot more experience and he knows how to survive against average attack to cash on later. Maqsood's weakness is that it takes one mistake to get out and Misbah era has categorically destroyed the confidence of the man - from No. 5 to 4, 5, 6... 7 then to bench to doors. His defensive side of the game wasn't developed and it won't ever from bashing QEA bowlers. What he needed was 3/4 unconditional series at one go from No. 3 or 4 at the start of career regardless of whatever, to build his confidence and develop his game at the highest level under pro coaching - unfortunately something reserved for Azhar, Asad MoHa those days.

Still, any given day, I'll pick Maqsood over most of the batsmen picked for NZ and I'll pick UAkmal (if he isn't unfit) as WK in T20s.

 

[Hasan123]

Bhai if memory serves us right then Maqsood wasn't selected due to fitness issues. Not his batting.

I would like to know the results of these fitness test for all of our players.

 

[Hasan123]

Kamran is an International failure, because he is too limited in his array of shots. He is good at punching of the back foot and some cuts, which International teams can sort out quickly and block his scoring areas, which'll bring him out of his comfort zone - hence that average of 25-26 (may be 30, didn't check). But still, among many failures, the day he stood, he played some stunning knocks, which is the trait of such players - Afridi, Philo Wales, Romesh Kalu .... even the day our Kayes middles it, you'll see Brain Lara in it (but he still averages half of BCL). In domestics, KAkmal's weak links are not exposed, neither his limitations are that low that he can't overcome average domestic cricket, which because of these funny structure, is extremely poor. If this is Corporate one, imagine the regional one and I am sure he'll play against even more inferior opponents in Regional phase (Ahmed as well). In domestics, for his vast experience, he keeps floating within his limitations and wait for his time to pounce on, which obviously he gets frequently at lower level. That's exactly the reason why there exists two Ahmed Shehzad as well, (Shan Masood also - limited, but extremely disciplined cricketer, he'll dominate lower level cricket and, looking at the stats of these high scoring games, I can say the same for Sadaf Hussain also, but I haven't seen him, so won't claim that).

Maqsood is totally different beast - he has much wider ranges of shots, much much better timing, placement, much better balance and much better judgement of length (his front foot pull indicates how quickly he picks the length, which was Inzi's biggest asset as well). What he lacks from Kamran is that, KAkmal was blessed child of PAK cricket, played 10-12 years almost un-challenged, hence he has lot, lot more experience and he knows how to survive against average attack to cash on later. Maqsood's weakness is that it takes one mistake to get out and Misbah era has categorically destroyed the confidence of the man - from No. 5 to 4, 5, 6... 7 then to bench to doors. His defensive side of the game wasn't developed and it won't ever from bashing QEA bowlers. What he needed was 3/4 unconditional series at one go from No. 3 or 4 at the start of career regardless of whatever, to build his confidence and develop his game at the highest level under pro coaching - unfortunately something reserved for Azhar, Asad MoHa those days.

Still, any given day, I'll pick Maqsood over most of the batsmen picked for NZ and I'll pick UAkmal (if he isn't unfit) as WK in T20s.

Well said about Maqsood. I will never understand why he wasn't given a longer run at 3. If he had been backed I'm sure he would have gone to have a successful career. If given confidence, I'm sure he would outperform Hafeez at number 4 in NZ.

I think he'll play in the t20s. Hope he takes his chance

 

[Usman Chadda]

Well said about Maqsood. I will never understand why he wasn't given a longer run at 3. If he had been backed I'm sure he would have gone to have a successful career. If given confidence, I'm sure he would outperform Hafeez at number 4 in NZ.

I think he'll play in the t20s. Hope he takes his chance

Maqsood 1.0 had developed a habit of being a tullaybaaz with his feet going nowhere most of the time. The fact is he got lazy and did not work hard on his game, while international teams worked him out fairly quickly. Haven't seen much of him lately so I don't really know if he has improved on that, but a fit and firing Maqsood is very dangerous for sure.

 

[Hasan123]

Maqsood 1.0 had developed a habit of being a tullaybaaz with his feet going nowhere most of the time. The fact is he got lazy and did not work hard on his game, while international teams worked him out fairly quickly. Haven't seen much of him lately so I don't really know if he has improved on that, but a fit and firing Maqsood is very dangerous for sure.

He's done well in the last few months. We need a batter like him who can clear the ropes with ease. On current form he should have been in the squad.

 

[asma_cricfan]

Maqsood will be playing up in psl from multan for sure now. Great to see he is performing and start giving value to his wicket.

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

Round Four

January 3, 2018



*** NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD



WAPDA vs. HBL



Umpires: Rashid Riaz & Shamim Ansari

Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed

Scorer: Anjum Baig





*** NBP STADIUM, KARACHI



NBP vs. KRL



Umpires: Zameer Haider & Tahir Rasheed

Referee: Athar Laiq

Scorer: Syed Obaid Ahmed





*** STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI



SNGPL vs. PTV



Umpires: Khalid Mehmood Sr. & Muhammad Asif

Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman

Scorer: Junaid Afzal





*** UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI



UBL vs. SSGC



Umpires: Ahmed Shahab & Asif Yaqoob

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Syed Imran Ali

 

[MenInG]

ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18

Round Four

January 3, 2018

*** NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

HBL 314-8 in 47 overs: (Ahmed Shahzad 110, 107 balls, 14x4s, Imran Farhat 63, 63 balls, 6x4s, Zohaib Khan 59, 46 balls, 5x4s, 1x6, Ramiz Aziz 43, 38 balls, 3x4s, Zahid Mansoor 4-52, Muhammad Irfan 2-55, Waqas Maqsood 2-57)

WAPDA 318-3 in 45.1 overs: (Kamran Akmal 200, 148 balls, 27x4s, 4x6s, Salman Butt 59, 59 balls, 10x4s, Aamir Sajjad 40*, 55 balls, 3x4s, Muhammad Bilal 2-53)

Result: WAPDA won by 7 wickets

Toss: HBL

Umpires: Rashid Riaz & Shamim Ansari

Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed

Scorer: Anjum Baig


*** NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

KRL 177-10 in 48 overs: (Nouman Ali 31, 32 balls, 2x4s, Hasan Raza 23, 39 balls, 2x4s, Junaid Ali 21, 37 balls, 1x4, Jaahid Ali 20, 44 balls, 2x4s, Bilal Asif 3-43, Kamran Ghulam 2-36)


NBP 168-10 in 47.4 overs: (Usama Ali 40, 85 balls, 5x4s, Kamran Ghulam 36, 53 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Hamza Paracha 32, 63 balls, 4x4s, Raza Hasan 20*, 42 balls, 1x4, Sadaf Hussain 3-22, Ali Shafiq 2-30)



Result: KRL won by 9 runs

Toss: NBP

Umpires: Zameer Haider & Tahir Rasheed

Referee: Athar Laiq

Scorer: Syed Obaid Ahmed


*** STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

PTV 253-8 in 50 overs: (Nihal Mansoor 58, 66 balls, 5x6s, Saud Shakeel 41, 39 balls, 2x4s, 3x6s, Hasan Raza 39, 53 balls, 1x4, 1x6, Hasan Mohsin 28, 37 balls, 1x4, 1x6, Taimoor Khan 27, 49 balls, 3x4s, Muhammad Irfan 26, 21 balls, 2x4s, Muhammad Abbas 2-33, Imran Khalid 2-27)

SNGPL 244-10 in 44.3 overs: (Asad Shafiq 75, 89 balls, 6x4s, 1x6, Hussain Talat 70, 55 balls, 7x4s, 2x6s, Khurram Shahzad 32, 52 balls, Imran Khalid 25, 26 balls, 3x4s, Athar Mahmood 5-28, Saud Shakeel 3-41)


Result: PTV won by 9 runs

Toss: SNGPL

Umpires: Khalid Mehmood Sr. & Muhammad Asif

Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman

Scorer: Junaid Afzal

*** UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

UBL 265-8 in 50 overs: (Umar Akmal 82, Ashiq Ali 41*, 80 balls, 4x4s, Saad Ali 38, 46 balls, 2x4s, 1x6, Muhammad Asghar 27, 11 balls, 4x4s, 1x6, Kashif Bhatti 2-27, Usama Mir 2-66, Adnan Ghous 2-68)


SSGC 212-10 in 46.1 overs: (Sami Arshad 88, 105 balls, 7x4s, 1x6, Fawad Alam 47, 67 balls, 4x4s, Umar Amin 36, 49 balls, 7x4s, Muhammad Asghar 4-31, Sohaib Maqsood 2-32)


Result: UBL won by 53 runs

Toss: SSGC

Umpires: Ahmed Shahab & Asif Yaqoob

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Syed Imran Ali

 

[shah_1]

Good to see Hussain Talat and Umar Akmal scoring runs and

He is scoring consistently, it is irrelevant then if he bats ahead of a fan favourite, it is his natural batting position, both him and Rizwan have one of the best understandings in domestic cricket and they always churn out scores like this together and have been doing so since 2012

Today Hussain Talat coming at 6 is the reason why SNGPL lost against PIA

Hussain Talat>Muhammad Rizwan

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Kamran Akmal with a double ton, a comeback is looking more and more imminent

 

[dauntless]

Kami Bhai with a double hundred! WOW! Meanwhile umar akmal scored 82 runs seems like he is liking batting at no.3 so far so good.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Sami Aslam is also another domestic beast.

Hopefully will learn to score in the international arena as well.

Mir Hamza needs to improve upon his LO performances

 

[DRsohail]

Kamran>>>>

 

[MenInG]

Round Five : January 5, 2018



*** NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD

WAPDA vs. PTV

Umpires: Riazuddin & Shamim Ansari

Referee: Muhammad Anees

Scorer: Arif Abdul Majeed


*** NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

NBP vs. SSGC

Umpires: Zameer Haider & Alay Haider

Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed

Scorer: Syed Imran Ali


*** STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

KRL vs. HBL

Umpires: Asif Yaqoob & Waleed Yaqoob

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Wasim Abbas



*** UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

UBL vs. SNGPL

Umpires: Ahmed Shahab & Khalid Mahmood Sr.

Referee: Muhammad Javed

Scorer: Junaid Afzal

 

[MenInG]

Round Five

January 5, 2018

*** NIAZ STADIUM, HYDERABAD
PTV 300-10 in 49.5 overs: (Saud Shakeel 94, 89 balls, 11x4s, 1x6, Nihal Mansoor 49, 51 balls, 6x4s, 1x6, Shahid Ilyas 39, 55 balls, 4x4s, Taimoor Khan 38, 24 balls, 3x4s, Muhammad Yasin 21, 24 balls, Wahab Riaz 3-52, Zahid Mansoor 2-24, Muhammad Asif 2-46)

WAPDA 301-7 in 49 overs: (Salman Butt 102, 102 balls,9x4s, Aamir Sajjad 54, 51 balls, 4x4s, 1x6, Kamran Akmal 42, 49 balls, 3x4s, 3x6s, Khushdil Shah 23, 23 balls, 2x4s, Mansoor Amjad 21, 18 balls, 1x6, Muhammad Irfan 3-78)

Result: WAPDA won by 3 wickets

Toss: WAPDA

Umpires: Riazuddin & Imtiaz Iqbal

Referee: Muhammad Anees

Scorer: Arif Abdul Majeed


*** NBP STADIUM, KARACHI

NBP 120-10 in 32.4 overs: (Ehsan Ali 44, 46 balls, 7x4s, Usama Mir 3-21, Fawad Alam 2-31, Kashif Bhatti 1-20)

SSGC 122-2 in 22.4 overs: (Sami Aslam 52*, 65 balls, 5x4s, 1x6, Umar Amin 49, 58 balls, 6x4s, Awais Zia 20*, 13 balls, 5x4s, Hamza Paracha 1-24)

Result: SSGC won by 9 wickets

Toss: SSGC

Umpires: Zameer Haider & Alay Haider

Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed

Scorer: Syed Imran Ali


*** STATE BANK GROUND, KARACHI

HBL 212-8 in 50 overs: (Ahmed Shahzad 82, 92 balls, 9x4s, Ramiz Aziz 34, 49 balls, 3x4s, Imran Farhat 31, 66 balls, 1x4, Yasir Ali 3-30, Sadaf Hussain 2-48)

KRL 206-10 in 49.4 overs: (Jaahid Ali 73, 109 balls, 6x4s, Hasan Raza 50, 71 balls, 2x4s, 2x6s, Saif Badar 31, 48 balls, 2x4s, Ammad Butt 4-32, Muhammad Bilal 2-48)

Result: HBL won by 6 runs

Toss: KRL

Umpires: Asif Yaqoob & Waleed Yaqoob

Referee: Nadeem Arshad

Scorer: Wasim Abbas


*** UBL GROUND NO 1, KARACHI

SNGPL 293-6 in 50 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 75, 69 balls, 4x4s, 3x6s, Hussain Talat 59*, 48 balls, 4x4s, 1x6, Khurram Shahzad 58, 62 balls, 3x4s, 4x6s, Asad Shafiq 49, 70 balls, 7x4s, Sadaf Mehdi 3-54, Muhammad Asghar 2-46)

UBL 295-5 in 44.2 overs: (Umar Akmal 124, 87 balls, 19x4s, 4x6s, Umar Saddique 73, 75 balls, 9x4s, 2x6s, Sohaib Maqsood 50, 45 balls, 4x4s, 3x6s, Imran Khalid 2-72)

Result: UBL won by 5 wickets

Toss: UBL

Umpires: Ahmed Shahab & Khalid Mahmood Sr.

Referee: Muhammad Javed

Scorer: Junaid Afzal

 

[Syed1]

Salman Butt and Umar Akmal scored centuries


We need to end this tournament right now.