Which no-ball was the most expensive in the history of cricket?

[The Bald Eagle]

No balls are always freebies for batsmen and just lit up their eyes. But some no-balls are so much consequential that they are alone enough to change the course of entire match. Some notable no-balls that changed the entire landscape of crucial matches are as follow.

1. Jasprit Bumrah's No-ball delivery to get Fakhar Zaman off the hook in Champions Trophy 2017.

2. Mohammad Amir's spot fixing scandal No-ball in the Test series against England 2010.

3 Ashwin and Hardik Pandya's No-balls to lendl Simmons in the Semi Final of T20 WC 2016 in India.

4. Stuart Broads No-ball wicket taking delivery of Shoaib Malik at 40 who then went on to score 245 in the first Test in 2015 between England and Pakistan.

5. Mohammad Nawaz's controversial final over No-ball to Virat Kohli in T20 WC 2022.

There are other many expensive No-balls too that you can point out below in replies that can also be made part of the poll.

 

[RidiculousMan]

In recent history Bumrah' no ball to Fakhar was most expensive mistake

 

[The Bald Eagle]

In recent history Bumrah' no ball to Fakhar was most expensive mistake

Yep you are right, it cost India a whole tournament. You can cast your vote too bro.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Yep you are right, it cost India a whole tournament. You can cast your vote too bro.

Just to put it out. Using this same reasoning people may point out Amir's no ball costed him 5 years but that was spot fixing that costed him. Not the no ball.

It's an important distinction. One is symptom, another is cause.

 

[Marooned]

Technically it's mo Amir's.

It cost a lot to buy

 

[Major]

Was gonna say Amir, but than the thing is people dont change. Had Amir not been caught fixing, he would had found some other way to destroy his career. The fact that he came back to the team and still ended up ruining his own career is an example of that.

The most expensive No ball was Bumrah's champions trophy final one. It was against Pakistan, and Fakhar ended up scoring a 100 at a runrate that allowed us to just add more runs. Zaman was hitting everything that day.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Was gonna say Amir, but than the thing is people dont change. Had Amir not been caught fixing, he would had found some other way to destroy his career. The fact that he came back to the team and still ended up ruining his own career is an example of that.

The most expensive No ball was Bumrah's champions trophy final one. It was against Pakistan, and Fakhar ended up scoring a 100 at a runrate that allowed us to just add more runs. Zaman was hitting everything that day.

Yeah its a pity that Amir still found a way to keep himelf out of business even after his second coming.

 

[big_gamer007]

Amir/Asif spot fixing no balls were much bigger than any others mentioned here, losing a match or tournament can’t be compared to getting caught cheating live on TV.

 

[MenInG]

In terms of long-term damage to the country's reputation? Amir's.

 

[big_gamer007]

Let me just ask a simple question:

How many people even remember these no balls apart from the fans of the teams playing in that match?

Most casuals don’t even remember the no balls, the Lendl Simmons no ball in WT20 I don’t even remember and I watched that match live.
And the other no balls apart from Fakhar Zaman one I haven’t even heard of.

However, the whole cricketing world is still remembers Asif/Amir fiasco. Even the ones who don’t watch cricket know about it since it was prime time news on English media when it happened.

People think it just damaged Pakistan cricket by losing 2 bowlers, however, the financial and reputational damage it did was unfathomable.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Let me rank all of these:

1. Amir's no ball, costed reputation of entire nation

2. Bumrah's no ball, had it been any other opponent we wouldn't have been talking about this.

3. Bumrah and Ashwin's no ball to Simmons.

4.Stuart Broad: I wouldn't rank it at 4, no one even remember it

5. Nawaz's ball wasn't even no ball so no regrets

 

[batandballbattle]

For overall impact it's Amir's, no question. Reputation of an entire cricketing nation thrown in the bin, ended the careers of two promising players and took away the prime of the other.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Let me just ask a simple question:

How many people even remember these no balls apart from the fans of the teams playing in that match?

Most casuals don’t even remember the no balls, the Lendl Simmons no ball in WT20 I don’t even remember and I watched that match live.
And the other no balls apart from Fakhar Zaman one I haven’t even heard of.

However, the whole cricketing world is still remembers Asif/Amir fiasco. Even the ones who don’t watch cricket know about it since it was prime time news on English media when it happened.

People think it just damaged Pakistan cricket by losing 2 bowlers, however, the financial and reputational damage it did was unfathomable.

Yep bro, Amir one is the most notorious one. But if you weigh in both Bumrahs ct 2017 no ball with Amir,then you will find it very difficult to distinguish between which one was more consequential. As Bumrahs No-ball did not cost the match but the WHOLE TOURNAMENT. Otherwise India's trophy drought would not have been this long.

And on Amir one it brought an embarrassment for the whole nation, did not cost us the match though, but still you are right it changed the course of Pakistan Cricket.

 

[big_gamer007]

Yep bro, Amir one is the most notorious one. But if you weigh in both Bumrahs ct 2017 no ball with Amir,then you will find it very difficult to distinguish between which one was more consequential. As Bumrahs No-ball did not cost the match but the WHOLE TOURNAMENT. Otherwise India's trophy drought would not have been this long.

And on Amir one it brought an embarrassment for the whole nation, did not cost us the match though, but still you are right it changed the course of Pakistan Cricket.

No one cares about CT apart from hardcore nerds.
Even the recently concluded WC, outside of India/Pakistan no one even cared about it.

Bumrah CT No-ball is like the miandad six off Chetan Sharma, only the hardcore nerds hype it like a big deal but most fans don’t even remember it or care about it.


You fail to understand what the spot fixing scandal did to Pakistan’s image not just as a cricketing nation but a country as whole.

It’s not about the no-ball, it’s about the whole scandal associated with the no-ball.

Nothing can be compared to those spot fixing no balls. The way the whole story unfolded it was like a movie, you just don’t see such crimes on live TV.

 

[big_gamer007]

Yep bro, Amir one is the most notorious one. But if you weigh in both Bumrahs ct 2017 no ball with Amir,then you will find it very difficult to distinguish between which one was more consequential. As Bumrahs No-ball did not cost the match but the WHOLE TOURNAMENT. Otherwise India's trophy drought would not have been this long.

And on Amir one it brought an embarrassment for the whole nation, did not cost us the match though, but still you are right it changed the course of Pakistan Cricket.

But if you remove the Spot fixing saga from the poll then I would agree with you Bumrah no-ball was most costly one ever just because it was in a final against Pakistan.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Bumrah's no ball to Fakhar. Ashwin and Bumrah's no balls to Simmons, more surprising because Ashwin usually never bowls them. Had India won any 1 of those 2 games, this choking habit wouldn't have developed and we would have had few more ICC trophies to show today. As the ICC KO losses kept piling up, the mental stranglehold kept getting tighter and will now need something special to break the streak.

Amir was a stop fixer, if not for that no ball he would have done his corrupt deeds somewhere else and still got caught/banned.

Nawaz's no ball is a non factor because Pak still made the final and lost to a different team. India won that match but didn't make the final.

Don't remember the others. Pretty sure many batsmen have gone on to make big scores after getting out to no balls but mostly in bilaterals.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Think had Bumrah not overstepped in the final, Pak would have got the usual 240-250 and India would have clinically chased it, as has been the story in most of the recent Indo-Pak matches. Fakhar was one man who could take the game away from us, that time of course we didn't know his capability and he subsequently proved his batting firepower against SENA sides as well.

When Fakhar got out of the no ball Pak were 7/0 in 3.3 overs and both openers were struggling, getting beaten, inside edge close to the stumps etc. That one ball changed the course of the game.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Think had Bumrah not overstepped in the final, Pak would have got the usual 240-250 and India would have clinically chased it, as has been the story in most of the recent Indo-Pak matches. Fakhar was one man who could take the game away from us, that time of course we didn't know his capability and he subsequently proved his batting firepower against SENA sides as well.

When Fakhar got out of the no ball Pak were 7/0 in 3.3 overs and both openers were struggling, getting beaten, inside edge close to the stumps etc. That one ball changed the course of the game.

I believe Pak would not have even made 240-250 bearing in mind Pak has a very poor record whenever they get a bad start. It appears like the win was destined for Pak on that day. Kohli failing twice despite a dropped chance and Pandya getting run out by his own team mate are just some of the instances that show it was infact meant to be Pakistan's game.

 

[Rightarmfast]

Teams lose matches. No big deal.
Countries do not lose reputation on a cricket field. But Amir's no ball managed to do just that.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Teams lose matches. No big deal.
Countries do not lose reputation on a cricket field. But Amir's no ball managed to do just that.

No one cares about CT apart from hardcore nerds.
Even the recently concluded WC, outside of India/Pakistan no one even cared about it.

Bumrah CT No-ball is like the miandad six off Chetan Sharma, only the hardcore nerds hype it like a big deal but most fans don’t even remember it or care about it.


You fail to understand what the spot fixing scandal did to Pakistan’s image not just as a cricketing nation but a country as whole.

It’s not about the no-ball, it’s about the whole scandal associated with the no-ball.

Nothing can be compared to those spot fixing no balls. The way the whole story unfolded it was like a movie, you just don’t see such crimes on live TV.

Well not belittling the crime of Asif and Amir. But people don't realize Amir did hail from a poor and struggling family and in that young age and immature personality was a easy lure for bookies. But this is also a fact that ICC went extremely harsh against them but not against fixers from other countries otherwise the players with shortened careers would have been long.

Look these two No-balls they were also extremely suspicious but just went under the radar without any action.


Shannon Gabriel's no ball much bigger than Amir's one.

 

[Rightarmfast]

Well not belittling the crime of Asif and Amir. But people don't realize Amir did hail from a poor and struggling family and in that young age and immature personality was a easy lure for bookies. But this is also a fact that ICC went extremely harsh against them but not against fixers from other countries otherwise the players with shortened careers would have been long.

Look these two No-balls they were also extremely suspicious but just went under the radar without any action.

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Shannon Gabriel's no ball much bigger than Amir's one.

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If he did, then he should have been punished. But as far as I remember, India won the match.
There's no excuse for betraying your country. Age is not a factor there. Even kids have that much maturity.

 

[Asad T]

If he did, then he should have been punished. But as far as I remember, India won the match.
There's no excuse for betraying your country. Age is not a factor there. Even kids have that much maturity.

Unless you are Amir...

 

[shariqnoor]

The Lendl Simmons' no-balls

The no-ball wasn't bowled by Jasprit Bumrah. It was bowled by Ashwin as well as Pandya. Simmon's got out twice to no-balls in that match.

Ashwin's no-ball there cost them a World Cup.

 

[Rana]

The Amir no ball allowed Misbah to dig in and destroy Pakistan white ball cricket beyond repair

 

[The Bald Eagle]

The Amir no ball allowed Misbah to dig in and destroy Pakistan white ball cricket beyond repair

Asif and Amir were two great bowlers there exist just thrust Pakistan into era of mediocracy. We may would have won something big had young amir in his prime had been around. But again he shot himself in the foot.

 

[shaz619]

There’s no doubt it was Mohammad Aamir.

This cheat was responsible for depriving Pakistan off a fine talent like Asif, because he soaked up all the innocence of youth rubbish while Asif was made an example of, even though he didn’t even get paid for the no ball.

A chicken always shows its true beak in the end and Aamir deserves this humiliation. Karma. You deserve it theif, carry on selling yourself as a pandit on national TV.

 

[Rajdeep]

Well not belittling the crime of Asif and Amir. But people don't realize Amir did hail from a poor and struggling family and in that young age and immature personality was a easy lure for bookies. But this is also a fact that ICC went extremely harsh against them but not against fixers from other countries otherwise the players with shortened careers would have been long.

Look these two No-balls they were also extremely suspicious but just went under the radar without any action.

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Shannon Gabriel's no ball much bigger than Amir's one.

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Oh man, the extent you to defend the indefensible

Anyway, Amir's no ball should not have been included in this list as that was not cricket. He bowled them knowingly as a part of fixing and got jailed for that. Among the genuine no-balls that altered the course of the game, easily Jasprit Bumrah's no ball in CT Finals tops the chart. Had we got Fakhar Zaman out at that stage, the result could have been different. It still hurts to this day

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Oh man, the extent you to defend the indefensible

Anyway, Amir's no ball should not have been included in this list as that was not cricket. He bowled them knowingly as a part of fixing and got jailed for that. Among the genuine no-balls that altered the course of the game, easily Jasprit Bumrah's no ball in CT Finals tops the chart. Had we got Fakhar Zaman out at that stage, the result could have been different. It still hurts to this day

Yep among the unintentional ones the Bumrah's one rein supreme. I don't know why Indians always bowl No-ball in crucial knock out matches when the stakes are too high.

The other being Hardik Pandya & Ashwin in 2016 T20 WC. And the latest one is the Deepti Sharma one against South Africa in Women' WC 2022.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Amer's should not be in this list. He bowled it purposely.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Let me rank all of these:

1. Amir's no ball, costed reputation of entire nation

2. Bumrah's no ball, had it been any other opponent we wouldn't have been talking about this.

3. Bumrah and Ashwin's no ball to Simmons.

4.Stuart Broad: I wouldn't rank it at 4, no one even remember it

5. Nawaz's ball wasn't even no ball so no regrets

Bumrah's no ball to Fakhar. Ashwin and Bumrah's no balls to Simmons, more surprising because Ashwin usually never bowls them. Had India won any 1 of those 2 games, this choking habit wouldn't have developed and we would have had few more ICC trophies to show today. As the ICC KO losses kept piling up, the mental stranglehold kept getting tighter and will now need something special to break the streak.

Amir was a stop fixer, if not for that no ball he would have done his corrupt deeds somewhere else and still got caught/banned.

Nawaz's no ball is a non factor because Pak still made the final and lost to a different team. India won that match but didn't make the final.

Don't remember the others. Pretty sure many batsmen have gone on to make big scores after getting out to no balls but mostly in bilaterals.

This one ranks second in my estimation as it deprived England from claiming back Ashes after 8 long years. The wait still rages on for them.

Stuart Broads no ball wicket taking delivery to Usman Khawaja in the first Test of the Ashes series 2023.

 

[Major]

Well not belittling the crime of Asif and Amir. But people don't realize Amir did hail from a poor and struggling family and in that young age and immature personality was a easy lure for bookies. But this is also a fact that ICC went extremely harsh against them but not against fixers from other countries otherwise the players with shortened careers would have been long.

Look these two No-balls they were also extremely suspicious but just went under the radar without any action.

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Shannon Gabriel's no ball much bigger than Amir's one.

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bro this is a very false narrative that is created by overseas pakistanis sorry to say.

Amir was poor yes, but Amir was playing for Pakistan and earning money from each match.

Back in 2010, earning PKR 150,000 per month meant that you belong from upper middle class. He was probably making more than 4 lakhs per month. In Pakistan, earning that much money meant you are rich.

Also he was above 18 in his real age but had forged his age. He was an adult that got tried as a minor.

ICC was never harsh with him, ICC was harsh with no one. Spot fixing should mean you should be banned for life. This guy got away with a lighter ban and only got to go to juvi and not an actual prison.

ICC did not ban Amir or Asif for bowling a no ball, so why would Shanon Gabriel be banned? ICC banned him because he was caught spot fixing.

And just for context, ashraful got 8 years, Lou vincent got a life ban, Bodi got 20 years, Tsolekile got 12 years, Tsotobe ((no.1 odi bowler) got 8 years.

Our trio were given suspended bans where they were allowed to get a shorten deal if no further violation. And guess what Amir was openly violating his ban as he was playing club games in Rawalpindi as his ban end came near.

 

[Major]

There’s no doubt it was Mohammad Aamir.

This cheat was responsible for depriving Pakistan off a fine talent like Asif, because he soaked up all the innocence of youth rubbish while Asif was made an example of, even though he didn’t even get paid for the no ball.

A chicken always shows its true beak in the end and Aamir deserves this humiliation. Karma. You deserve it theif, carry on selling yourself as a pandit on national TV.

Asif was not angel, while i agree Amir should had got more years on his ban, but his case did not matter with Asif as Asifs 7 years was reduce to 5 ue to 2 years suspended.

One thing i dont get is how does a criminal like Asif get employement in USA. He has a criminal record in UAE and England.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

bro this is a very false narrative that is created by overseas pakistanis sorry to say.

Amir was poor yes, but Amir was playing for Pakistan and earning money from each match.

Back in 2010, earning PKR 150,000 per month meant that you belong from upper middle class. He was probably making more than 4 lakhs per month. In Pakistan, earning that much money meant you are rich.

Also he was above 18 in his real age but had forged his age. He was an adult that got tried as a minor.

ICC was never harsh with him, ICC was harsh with no one. Spot fixing should mean you should be banned for life. This guy got away with a lighter ban and only got to go to juvi and not an actual prison.

ICC did not ban Amir or Asif for bowling a no ball, so why would Shanon Gabriel be banned? ICC banned him because he was caught spot fixing.

And just for context, ashraful got 8 years, Lou vincent got a life ban, Bodi got 20 years, Tsolekile got 12 years, Tsotobe ((no.1 odi bowler) got 8 years.

Our trio were given suspended bans where they were allowed to get a shorten deal if no further violation. And guess what Amir was openly violating his ban as he was playing club games in Rawalpindi as his ban end came near.

Yep bro not belittling or downplaying his criminal act but just saying that the environment surrounding him, the introduction to a bookie through your own CAPTAIN and more than half a dozen guys in dressing room doing the same made it look this grave act just a trivial action. Amir should have used his mind too but he went with the flow and got caught. Remember Akmal brothers our current chief Selector was a fixer too but fortunately for them never got caught.

 

[sweep_shot]

I think Bumrah's no-ball was the most expensive.

It was a CT final. Fakhar went on to score a decisive century.

 

[Major]

Yep bro not belittling or downplaying his criminal act but just saying that the environment surrounding him, the introduction to a bookie through your own CAPTAIN and more than half a dozen guys in dressing room doing the same made it look this grave act just a trivial action. Amir should have used his mind too but he went with the flow and got caught. Remember Akmal brothers our current chief Selector was a fixer too but fortunately for them never got caught.

Its amirs own fault. No one forced him to do it. There were no half dozen guys there were only three guys doing it.

ASCU have their numbers pasted on every wall of the dressing room. He should had called and report.

Kamran Akmal was not a fixer. His name was mentioned but there was investigation by the UK police, the scotland yard and by ICC. He was never found guilty by anyone. Similarly, Wahab Riaz was also investigated but was never found guilty. Those were allegations thrown against them both and if there was anything of substance they would had been caught.

 

[big_gamer007]

Well not belittling the crime of Asif and Amir. But people don't realize Amir did hail from a poor and struggling family and in that young age and immature personality was a easy lure for bookies. But this is also a fact that ICC went extremely harsh against them but not against fixers from other countries otherwise the players with shortened careers would have been long.

Look these two No-balls they were also extremely suspicious but just went under the radar without any action.

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Shannon Gabriel's no ball much bigger than Amir's one.

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You are missing the point here.

What Amir or Asif would have done is all speculation and hyperboles, no one knows for certain what they would have done had they not been caught.

The thread is about which no-ball was the worst and what me and most other posters are trying to say is the impact those no-balls had on Pakistan as a country and not just cricketing nation is something which can’t be compared to any other no-balls out there.

Others might have been fixing and cheating too long before Amir/asif but the way they were caught on live TV and the press associated with them was something which took Pakistan cricket and reputation of Pakistan as a nation few years back.

It’s just not comparable to losing a tournament or match .

 

[Cricket Warrior]

for sure the one Bumrah bowed to Fakhar Zaman

That one no ball costed India the entire Champions Trophy. What else could be more expensive than this?

 

[Major]

for sure the one Bumrah bowed to Fakhar Zaman

That one no ball costed India the entire Champions Trophy. What else could be more expensive than this?

i just realized Bumrah is a chocker and will bowl a no ball more likely in an ICC knockout event.

Never knew he was the one that bowled that no ball against West Indies

 

[Major]

i just realized Bumrah is a chocker and will bowl a no ball more likely in an ICC knockout event.

Never knew he was the one that bowled that no ball against West Indies

sorry misread It pandya as Bumrah

 

[SamNJ]

Pakistan lost 2 of it's finest bowlers of the generation and a young, very good all format batsman who showed good captaincy skills, all due to those no-balls.
It totally derailed Pakistan cricket for next half decade and the gap between them and top teams kept widening.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Pakistan lost 2 of it's finest bowlers of the generation and a young, very good all format batsman who showed good captaincy skills, all due to those no-balls.
It totally derailed Pakistan cricket for next half decade and the gap between them and top teams kept widening.

The far reaching consequences of that no balls just make them stand out despite having very low to no impact on the game in which it occurred.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Surely it has to be the one bowled by Bumrah to Fakhar in the Champions Trophy final where he scored a century later on to win it for Pakistan.

I also remember the no-ball of Stuart Broad during the first Test of the 2015 series against Pakistan. Shoaib Malik was batting on 40 when he conceded a straightforward catch to gully off Broad’s bowling. However, it was ruled a no-ball as Broad’s front foot had crossed the crease by a significant distance. Malik went on to score a lengthy 245.

 

[shaz619]

Asif was not angel, while i agree Amir should had got more years on his ban, but his case did not matter with Asif as Asifs 7 years was reduce to 5 ue to 2 years suspended.

One thing i dont get is how does a criminal like Asif get employement in USA. He has a criminal record in UAE and England.

Amir got treated like Royalty when he came back but Pak got little out of it. Pak were better off investing in Asif.

Asif wasn’t but for that incident he was compared to the other two.

Asif probably seduced them with his words.

 

[BouncerGuy]

As per some reports on social media:

During a match in BPL, Shoaib Malik bowled three no-balls in one over. Due to this, his BPL contract has been terminated on suspicion of "fixing".

Shoaib Malik is also done for No-balls?????

 

[Cricket Warrior]

As per some reports on social media:

During a match in BPL, Shoaib Malik bowled three no-balls in one over. Due to this, his BPL contract has been terminated on suspicion of "fixing".

Shoaib Malik is also done for No-balls?????

he came back and joined BPL to bowl his remianing no balls

 

[Suleiman]

There’s no doubt it was Mohammad Aamir.

This cheat was responsible for depriving Pakistan off a fine talent like Asif, because he soaked up all the innocence of youth rubbish while Asif was made an example of, even though he didn’t even get paid for the no ball.

A chicken always shows its true beak in the end and Aamir deserves this humiliation. Karma. You deserve it theif, carry on selling yourself as a pandit on national TV.

Yep. While Asif is passing on his bowling skills to the youth doing seminars across the US and the world.

One has cleaned up his act and is now coaching the next gen while the other is a bitter individual spewing hatred and spat on the hand that was willing to give him a second chance after he bit it (chance to play for Pak again)

 

[Buffet]

No ball by fixer was at a different level.

Removing that from option will result in a fair comparison.

 

[Croma]

Aamir's no ball destroyed 3 careers and country's reputation.

 

[Suleiman]

A&A no ball sent Pakistan cricket back 50 years.

Still recovering. Definitely the most expensive.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Definitely those no balls in the 2010 series, were worst in the Pakistan's cricket history.

if we talk about India, that champion trophy final No Ball by Bumrah was the most costliest one for them.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A&A no ball sent Pakistan cricket back 50 years.

Still recovering. Definitely the most expensive.

Yep impact was this one reigns above all. But when you consider it changing the course of an entire match wise then Bumrah's no ball still stands out.

 

[Suleiman]

Yep impact was this one reigns above all. But when you consider it changing the course of an entire match wise then Bumrah's no ball still stands out.

Yes, if we’re talking about expensive in the context of winning or losing in terms of the sport- then Bumrah’s is #1.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Now you know Nawaz's fulltoss ball wasn't expensive but made one.

 

[mominsaigol]

Now you know Nawaz's fulltoss ball wasn't expensive but made one.

Even if it wasn't a no ball, kohli hit a 6, meaning target would be 4 of 2. Then nawaz the idiot bowled a wide, so 3 of 2.

They would have chased it.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Even if it wasn't a no ball, kohli hit a 6, meaning target would be 4 of 2. Then nawaz the idiot bowled a wide, so 3 of 2.

They would have chased it.

Kohli would've been out on that free hit.

 

[mominsaigol]

Kohli would've been out on that free hit.

He wouldn't have played that shot on the freehit.

He played it because it was a free hit so obviously he went for a lofted shot.

 

[Major]

Now you know Nawaz's fulltoss ball wasn't expensive but made one.

Still it was very stupid of nawaz that as a spinner he bowled at that place, plus babars pathetic captaincy using nawaz in last over.

This has been the story of babars captaincy. Not knowing how to use a 5th and 6th bowler and end up losing it from there.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Still it was very stupid of nawaz that as a spinner he bowled at that place, plus babars pathetic captaincy using nawaz in last over.

This has been the story of babars captaincy. Not knowing how to use a 5th and 6th bowler and end up losing it from there.

Yep but i believe he didn't have any other option then.

 

[Major]

Yep but i believe he didn't have any other option then.

He created that problem for himself.

Every tournament we lost was because babar created an issue for himself where he never used his 5th and 6th bowler and at the end he is in a situation where he has to use his 5th bowler in the death overs or he has to use a pacer that got hit for runs.

Pre 2019 a discussion that used to go on here on Pakpassion was aggressive and defensive captaincy. Posters here would romanticize aggressive captaincy being the best thing and how we should come out of defensive captaincy etc.

Babar, Shaheen and even shadab, are text book aggressive captains. What these guys do is they start attacking from ball one where they use all there main resources upfront. This strategy only applies when you are defending a very small total.

In cricket, whether its t20, odi or test, the strategy should be captaining according to the situation.

You need to be defensive in situations that warrant such decisions.

Our biggest problem is the Shaheen opening spell. We go gaga on it and Babar goes gaga on it, but that shaheen opening spell does us more damage after on in the game even if he takes a wicket first over.

If we start using guys like Imad or Iftikhar in the powerplay, and be able to complete their qoutas, than Babar would not be in a situation where he is forced to use particular bowlers in the 17th 18th and 19 or even 20th.

Basically what happens is that if Rauf is bowling at economy of 12+ and babar has used all 4 bowlers and Rauf is the only bowler left with overs than Babar is forced to use him. But if babar uses iftikhars full qouta and even get imad in, than even if Rauf has 1 over left Babar can create a situation where he doesnt have to go to rauf but to some other pacer.

This way babar wont force himself out

 

[The Bald Eagle]

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