West Indies v Pakistan | 2nd ODI | Providence | April 9, 2017 | Pakistan Innings

[Hamza_]

Gabriel Strikes.

 

[MMHS]

These are sophisticated excuses

No, I am not his agent. It's different match when you take a total from 85/1 in 15 to 170/1 in 35 & 46/2 (1) to 128/4 (27).

Now, Sarfraz out ....

 

[pakistanisgreat]

outtttttttttt

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Sarfraz gone.

 

[Rafay Shafiq]

Babar azam is playing a slow

 

[pakistanisgreat]

flick did not work. look at the celebration by holder

 

[QalandarFan]

There goes Sarfraz.

 

[Syed1]

Lo jee... we will now crawl our way to 250

 

[uberkoen]

Looks as though we'll end up around 250-270 max.

 

[Barragan]

Sarfi gone

Big blow

 

[Hamza_]

Time to make bring back Azhar Ali threads?

 

[Hasan Cheema]

Just when Pakistan adding some impetus, As expected, we hate trying innovative things, Imad comes out instead of Shadab.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Time for imad to show that he is not bits and pieces cricketer.

 

[dildildalwalla]

Sarfraz with yet another captain's knock -___-

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Immad is in

 

[Speedster777]

well played sarfraz strike rate of 100

 

[Pakpak]

Lo jee... we will now crawl our way to 250

And lose again.

Man am I disappointed. Abject display.

 

[Syed1]

Babar is the key now. Better start finding the boundaries ASAP.

There seems to be a tinge of selfishness in his batting

 

[MMHS]

Shadab should come next, Has seen Imad plenty of times, at best Imad can play with SR of 100. Lets see how shadab tread

I think, Nurse is bowling from other end, so Imad MUST come - he is a lefti & we know it's easy for lefties to bat against turn that leaves them .........

 

[Adil_94]

Why is Sarfraz batting at 6. He isnt a slogger.

 

[Mamoon]

Doesn't matter how much we score and if we win or lose, as long as Babar can crawl his way to number 5.

 

[imshally81]

Should be Wide

 

[pakistanisgreat]

immad needs to show his true potential.

 

[RehanG]

Shouldve been Shadab now batting

 

[Abdullah]

If Pakistan gets 300 it will be due to whoever is batting with him. He is incapable at the moment.

if he is there at 50 overs we will have 300. if hw had got out an hour again trying to be expansive we would not het 250.
he will not play a risk shot now for a bit longer as another wicket falls!! and that is the right thing to do

 

[Syed1]

Our first lefty comes out at number 7


Probably the only side that doesn't have a lefty in the top order

 

[Markhor]

Airy fairy shot by Sarfraz. Need Imad and Shadab to apply themselves here.

 

[QalandarFan]

Why is Sarfraz batting at 6. He isnt a slogger.

Because Hafeez is in the side.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

last 11 overs

 

[Syed1]

Imad will score his usual single digit score. He is a garbage bat

 

[Pete Rose]

I am hoping Imad has a good day with the bat

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Our first lefty comes out at number 7


Probably the only side that doesn't have a lefty in the top order

we had one not long ago.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Imad in.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Time for imad to show that he is not bits and pieces cricketer.

will see. while writing this, he leaves a wide ball which has to be hammered... It is like he pre-meditated last night itself to leave the first ball when comes to bat...rubbish

 

[asma_cricfan]

This is why i have reservations for whole akmal brethren. The selfish inning so far from babar might cost pak the match as now that sarfraz is out trying to accelerate.

 

[Syed1]

Chalo shabash marna shoro karo

 

[uberkoen]

So far Babar's innings hasn't been any better than Hafeez at number 3

 

[super hitter]

Really loving the match today;

We need to bowl really tight today, hopefully the target isn't more than 250

if we loose, will play qualifiers and win at least some of the WC matches

 

[Pete Rose]

if he is there at 50 overs we will have 300. if hw had got out an hour again trying to be expansive we would not het 250.
he will not play a risk shot now for a bit longer as another wicket falls!! and that is the right thing to do

98 balls played and apparently he doesn't know to hit out. I agree with your earlier assessment, he doesn't have that gear at the moment.

 

[imshally81]

Babar is new M Hafeez...

 

[Hamza_]

SR of 76.

Awful innings.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Babar has a huge responsibility now.

 

[Mamoon]

if he is there at 50 overs we will have 300. if hw had got out an hour again trying to be expansive we would not het 250.
he will not play a risk shot now for a bit longer as another wicket falls!! and that is the right thing to do

We have been hearing this narrative for 7 years now, and it is wrong. It has not yielded results before and it will not yield results again. We might win today and might win this series, but it means nothing. I will repeat: if Babar doesn't change his approach, he will not win games for Pakistan against the quality sides, which means I don't care how many individual records he breaks. I want my team to win, and they cannot win with such batting. I am also not suggesting anything, because I know that he is our best batsman. Best but with considerable limitations.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

hope had a good game

 

[Abdullah]

Babar is the key now. Better start finding the boundaries ASAP.

There seems to be a tinge of selfishness in his batting

paijan wjy the short memories. if he had start trying to be expansive 10 overs ago and got out we could have folded for 220. we have both seen that enough times!!
it is an area of his game that needs to improve but not at the expense of the game today!

 

[super hitter]

So far Babar's innings hasn't been any better than Hafeez at number 3

today's and yesterday's matches were totally different but yeah, babar is a weak hitter and bad rotator

 

[Hasan Cheema]

If Immad plays a cameo that would be nice

Imad is not a cameo type player, not a hard hitter or death over slog player.

 

[Hamza_]

Really loving the match today;

We need to bowl really tight today, hopefully the target isn't more than 250

if we loose, will play qualifiers and win at least some of the WC matches

I think we still have a chance by winning some CT Matches?

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Babar survive

 

[MMHS]

Nurse is a fantastic LO cricketer - should get BPL/PSL contracts instead of those sale by date STARs.

 

[JibranAnsari]

With sharjeel gone there is nothing left in pakistan odi team.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Ramiz says there is enough time here for imad to build an innings here lol.. In the 40th over already...

 

[Syed1]

Last 10, can we get 100?

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Missed chance.

 

[Pete Rose]

This West Indies bowling attack has some potential.

 

[fasihulhaq94]

babar isnt getting his century at this rate

 

[DRsohail]

babar has no clue when it is turning///

 

[uberkoen]

today's and yesterday's matches were totally different but yeah, babar is a weak hitter and bad rotator

Every match is different. I understand Babar hasn't had a consistent partner at the other end and wickets have been dropping at regular intervals but still expected him to do a little better. There is still time though. He should make up on his strike rate

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Babar gets to 100 at SR of 77 ...

Congrats to PP.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

need a boundry here

 

[Pete Rose]

Where's the bro who was asking for 350 today.

 

[Shafi]

We can't afford too many accumulator. Sarfraz should be opening with some new player. Hafeez, Shehzad, Wahab and Kamran needs to be kicked out. Imad is not good enough as well.
We need to put separate players for each format.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

runs drying up.

 

[imshally81]

Some nice crowd

 

[JibranAnsari]

I dont want babar to get a 100 now , been a selfish knock.

 

[Syed1]

Told you Imad is garbage

 

[Hasan Cheema]

today's and yesterday's matches were totally different but yeah, babar is a weak hitter and bad rotator

weak hitter and bad rotator, could not agree more

 

[Pakpak]

Imad being useless once again.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

imsd gone

 

[Nasty Naz]

Stay mediocre, Pakistan.

What an awful team this is.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Imad gone.

 

[imshally81]

Haha.. What a dismissal

 

[Abdullah]

We have been hearing this narrative for 7 years now, and it is wrong. It has not yielded results before and it will not yield results again. We might win today and might win this series, but it means nothing. I will repeat: if Babar doesn't change his approach, he will not win games for Pakistan against the quality sides, which means I don't care how many individual records he breaks. I want my team to win, and they cannot win with such batting. I am also not suggesting anything, because I know that he is our best batsman. Best but with considerable limitations.

no doubt has limitations but a little bit of regular permanacy at the crease from fellow memebrs of the top 6 would be good too.
limitations can be worked on in t20s and also if we were 170-2 after 30 overs more often that could help him to address and work upon those linitations!!

 

[Pete Rose]

Babar Azam so far in his career shows he has the game of Malik and hafeez combined but with a defense technique that is better than these two.

 

[Mamoon]

Imad should not have given up his medical career.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Imad needs to be kicked out

 

[Hasan Cheema]

here comes Shadab

 

[Shaan]

here goes Imad !! why these guys are playing so defensive here ??

 

[Hamza_]

Gabriel too good for them.

 

[shah_1]

Imad the most overrated player right now