West Indies have a real chance to qualify directly for the World Cup

[tanveer din]

With Westindies usually playing against top sides such as England and India till cut of date:

England tour to Westindies March 2017 3 Odis
India tour to westindies July 5 Odis
westindies tour to England September 5 Odis
So by looking at the schedule an odd win here and there will make the work done...
Similarly Pakistan is playing Westindies and Bangladesh so its all between Pakistan and Bangladesh now...

 

[IMMY69]

I think the fear of not qualifying is holding us back...
Not just in our game play but in selection matters.

Just pick upcoming yungsters and let them play without fear. If we qualify great, if we don't then so be it.

We simply have to take a longer term view otherwise whats the point in qualifying and seeing the likes of Hafeez, Malik and Azhar fail again in another worldcup or champions trophy.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

With Westindies usually playing against top sides such as England and India till cut of date:

England tour to Westindies March 2017 3 Odis
India tour to westindies July 5 Odis
westindies tour to England September 5 Odis
So by looking at the schedule an odd win here and there will make the work done...
Similarly Pakistan is playing Westindies and Bangladesh so its all between Pakistan and Bangladesh now...

Yeah. It's relay race between bd,pk and wi. Let us see which two wins the race

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

I think the fear of not qualifying is holding us back...
Not just in our game play but in selection matters.

Just pick upcoming yungsters and let them play without fear. If we qualify great, if we don't then so be it.

We simply have to take a longer term view otherwise whats the point in qualifying and seeing the likes of Hafeez, Malik and Azhar fail again in another worldcup or champions trophy.

That will be the reason Pak will be left behind to wc.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan playing Bangladesh? Is it before the cut off or after the cut off date? I think its after the cut off date.

 

[Pollack]

Pakistan will qualify for India Pakistan match has to happen to earn huge bucks.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I don't really mind if we don't qualify in the top eight , we will get some more cricket by playing against Zimbabwe , Ireland and Afghanistan.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Pakistan playing Bangladesh? Is it before the cut off or after the cut off date? I think its after the cut off date.

No its before cut off date in July,cut off date is 30 September.

 

[Abdullah]

if we win out tw series we will be fine.
windies are nit winning more than 3 out of their 13 odis v england and india which shouldnt be enough, if we extend the gap by beating them

 

[Ankit007]

I don't really mind if we don't qualify in the top eight , we will get some more cricket by playing against Zimbabwe , Ireland and Afghanistan.

Will that be meaningful for Pakistan? If they lose anyone of them like against AFG then what? Their quality will get degraded. Also their rankings will fall further. And believe me their is a strong chance of it that they lose one...

 

[JibranAnsari]

Will that be meaningful for Pakistan? If they lose anyone of them like against AFG then what? Their quality will get degraded. Also their rankings will fall further. And believe me their is a strong chance of it that they lose one...

We will still be the top 2 of the 4 of them , rankings won't matter just before the world cup anyway.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Pakistan playing Bangladesh? Is it before the cut off or after the cut off date? I think its after the cut off date.

Before cut off. Another 3-0 defeat coming for Pak as bd will be home team and miraz will be licking his hand in both test and ODI series

 

[Convict]

That will be the reason Pak will be left behind to wc.

Pakistan will qualify from a qualifying group of Afghanistan, Ireland, Pakistan and whoever the fourth team is

 

[JibranAnsari]

Before cut off. Another 3-0 defeat coming for Pak as bd will be home team and miraz will be licking his hand in both test and ODI series

30 sep is cut off date , we will deal with the spinners. Bring on fast bowlers.

 

[IMMY69]

That will be the reason Pak will be left behind to wc.

Not that we won't make it through the qualifying round but personally I'd rather miss out on the worldcup if we don't take important steps now.

The last thing we should want is a team full of TTF's managed by one of the ex coaches losing all the important games and crashing out at the first hurdle.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

30 sep is cut off date , we will deal with the spinners. Bring on fast bowlers.

Do you think bd will give pace friendly pitch to Pak ???

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Not that we won't make it through the qualifying round but personally I'd rather miss out on the worldcup if we don't take important steps now.

The last thing we should want is a team full of TTF's managed by one of the ex coaches losing all the important games and crashing out at the first hurdle.

Pak has the quality to go to semis.*I just wanted to say that*for that they*just need the right attitude.

 

[IMMY69]

Pak has the quality to go to semis.*I just wanted to say that*for that they*just need the right attitude.

you mean like we did in the last world cup?
Or the last two or three T20 world cups or even the last few champions trophies?

 

[IMMY69]

If we kept the same players as we have now, I have no doubt we'll beat the likes of Bangladesh but whats the point of that if it means we go on to lose against the bigger teams?

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Before cut off. Another 3-0 defeat coming for Pak as bd will be home team and miraz will be licking his hand in both test and ODI series

Pak will win 3-0 for sure. Reasons as below.

No Azhar Ali and hafeez
Sarfraz as captain
Sharjeel, Babar, Malik, Amir, Imad, Hasan Ali, junaid are the players that Bangladesh didn't face last time
Hopefully another promising young spinner from PSL could be asghar, Usama Mir
Hairs will be back and also hopefully I see a return of Asif too with the pace team being very bad.
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More opportunities for pak to go for the revenge this time.

 

[malik junaid]

I think pak will easily get into world cup before cut off date. Mark my words.Nobody should worry. Pak will easily beat wi in odi series.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Pak will win 3-0 for sure. Reasons as below.

No Azhar Ali and hafeez
Sarfraz as captain
Sharjeel, Babar, Malik, Amir, Imad, Hasan Ali, junaid are the players that Bangladesh didn't face last time
Hopefully another promising young spinner from PSL could be asghar, Usama Mir
Hairs will be back and also hopefully I see a return of Asif too with the pace team being very bad.
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More opportunities for pak to go for the revenge this time.

Yah, your*proposed team is world beater. We should be worried about*your thrashing of 3-0.

 

[zn426]

Do I need to remind people that we just abused WI 3-0 just back in September with the same terrible squad? Have they come out with an arsenal of amazing players since then? No.

Besides, we won the last ODI series in WI in 2013 and those pitches are very spin friendly, which will benefit the likes of Sarfraz, never mind Sharjeel and Babar as well as guys like Malik.

Don't worry. We will handle the Windies.

 

[KhalidRafi]

Weren't Pakistan and Bangladesh supposed to play in February in UAE? Hardly seems fair that Bangladesh are getting 2 home series in a row.

 

[Executioner]

Weren't Pakistan and Bangladesh supposed to play in February in UAE? Hardly seems fair that Bangladesh are getting 2 home series in a row.

Not our fault your board never invited us to the UAE and keeps complaining about us not travelling to Pakistan.