Zimbabwe (130/8) upset Pakistan (129/8) to win by 1 run in Group 2 thriller

[Rana]

Nothing lovely in that

He is pretty sure Rizwan meant to play it like that

 

[Kianig89]

Extremely poor batting sack the batting coach

 

[NeVerMind]

Riz goes as well... We truly in trouble!

 

[D/DAhmed]

Only one Gray Nicholls tuk tuk left now, Pakistan’s chances of winning the game have gone up now

 

[Asif321]

Crap Rizwan

 

[10sion]

Rizwan gone!

 

[pakistanisgreat]

another one gone

 

[imshally81]

Rizwan gone too

 

[Rana]

The chuckle brothers out

 

[Punjab Kings]

Butler gone ..... Bowled

 

[Inswing]

Damnn rizwan OUT.

Can we just win it or we are going home today?

 

[boomboomcheema]

I can't believe this

 

[Major]

Muzrabni gets his psl captain.

Cha-cha coming out

 

[TheSultan]

He served that

 

[10sion]

No need to panic, tuk tuk anchor Rizwan is here, will score 50(41) here and then act like he’s scored 100(40) against India in the World Cup final

Pakistan would happily take a 50(41) now.....

 

[jnaveen1980]

Babriz gone. They give more practice to MO.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Comedy Team

 

[Rana]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION]

Yeh kya hua?

Phir ruswai?

 

[Kianig89]

Bizarre stuff RizBar theory busted again

 

[TheSultan]

No guts no glory

 

[10sion]

Shan is Pakistans best batsman in these conditions.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Ok real question arises here
CAN WE WIN IT??????

 

[Major]

[MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] can be happy that rizwN got out. His wish came true for his failiure

 

[pakistanisgreat]

All pressure on Haider now. Lets see what he does.

 

[jattafridi]

Pakistan in big big big trouble

 

[Sherazkhalid]

ok never a dull moment with this team. Can we do 130 or not?

 

[Shafi]

Babar is too much of a nervous starter on wickets outside his comfort zone. Very over rated and hyped and this is Pakistan's best batsman, tells you about everyone else.

Lucky he wan't playing in 90s with those hard pitches otherwise he would finish his career only playing first class matches.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is Perth. So any mistake will get you.

 

[Rana]

Very dangerous for chacha

 

[Kianig89]

Complete shock it is the preachers gone

 

[Sarwar89]

This 130 odd score reminds me of 2 matches and we did not breeze as was expected, just got over the line just.

Recent Asia cup match v Afghanistan in Sharjah

Last year world cup game versus Nzl.

Once again how correct i was

 

[emranabbas]

Chacha and shan much better then riz babar

 

[neonoir]

130 feeling like 180 all of a sudden

 

[Asif321]

Muzrabni gets his psl captain
Cha-cha coming out

That was lovely touch from Riz

 

[10sion]

Yet again a start with no intent

The intent is there. reach to 60 odd in first 10 overs. Thats been the intent for a long time.

 

[Asif321]

Thank god Zimbabwe didn’t get 150-160

 

[daytrader]

Chacha to bail us out

 

[Rana]

[MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] can be happy that rizwN got out. His wish came true for his failiure

Tere naa diya tumma pe gayi aa tu Chandigarh to aaaai niii…

 

[Kianig89]

Self destruction Pak-Zim rivalry

 

[castortroy]

Everyone knew this pak team would struggle in Australia.

They have a disgraceful record for a touring team.

They have never been able to deal with pace and bounce

 

[boomboomcheema]

Req rate already 7.2 . The first couple of overs tuk tuk followed by dismissals already leads to this.

 

[10sion]

Win predictor shows 71% for Pakistan

 

[Shafi]

This team doesn't desrve to be in semi and it would be nice slap on Ramiz for selecting Saqlain, Yousuf, Majed as coaches along with over-hyped Babar as a captain. Need a complete changes in system.

 

[topspin]

This is what happens when you're in comfort zone bashing B/C grade bowling attacks and then all of a sudden you have to turn up and play at full intensity when the stakes are high. Babar must bat at 3.

Rizwan isn't mentally weak as Babar. His problem is more technical. He's been worked out and his scoring areas can be easily eliminated when you bowl in his weak areas.

Unfortunately, there's competition for Rizwan as wicket keeper, so we're stuck with him opening.

I would take an unfit Sharjeel opening in this team. He has a proven track record in Australia against Starc and Cummins. He can handle the fast wickets and he's the best boundary hitter against express pace in the country.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Now we will have to face more tuk tuk..

 

[Kianig89]

Shell-shocked

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Why oh why, why they make every game so miserable, why can't they cruise for once.

 

[sam_ahm]

Pakistan under the gun

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Grabbed my popcorn...
Go Zimbabwe Go

 

[ssuhaide]

Panicstan playing like scared kitties. A real fear factor. Very little intent. Babar and Rizwan set the tone for this feeble response so far.

 

[Shafi]

Everyone knew this pak team would struggle in Australia.

They have a disgraceful record for a touring team.

They have never been able to deal with pace and bounce

Its Pakistan's fault they keep persisting with many useless players.

 

[Kianig89]

Palying safe dealing in legbyes

 

[topspin]

I don’t want Rizwan out [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION]

The longer he stays in

The more he exposes his incompetence

Bang on.

 

[Asif321]

Ifti and Shan need to play till 12th over or else it will get tricky

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Win predictor shows 71% for Pakistan

It showed like 92% against India, useless thing.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan as usual making the game more interesting than it should be.

Not a dull moment when they are on the field.

 

[castortroy]

Watching Stonis the other day made me realise that Pak have not got a single player like that who is capable of changing a game with brute power

 

[Kianig89]

Ifti will play out the session

 

[boomboomcheema]

Dots and dots and more dots. Difficult to come out of this situation.

 

[Rana]

Poor guys had to run 4 anyways

 

[Asif321]

Ifti and shah only hope for Pakistan in this WC

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Dropped catches, misfields all will be remembered if this goes the other way.

 

[Kianig89]

Loathe abhor despise this approach

 

[arif_2021]

^sharjeel is not even in the squad so your suggestion wont make a difference.

Babar has a century in perth and rizan has runs as well in test cricket...so its not that

they are committing to front foot, thats the problem.

babar azam played some loose shots

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Thank god Zimbabwe didn’t get 150-160

Sometimes these little targets are more trickier than higher ones..
Lets hope for a close match
Pakistan still clear favorites..

 

[imshally81]

44 by Iftikhar

 

[pakistanisgreat]

I see game going to 20th over.

 

[ChTab]

Don't worry ZimBabar you will get to olay 2 more Minnows Ned next & then the real minnows of world cricket (Bangladesh)

 

[imshally81]

PP is done

28-2

 

[10sion]

28/2 after 6 overs

 

[Kianig89]

Should have sent Nawaz in a couple of boundaries would had eased it

 

[NeVerMind]

If Chacha wins this for us, we need to bring back Maamah and Taiyah back into the team (Malik and Hafeez)... Bazurg power!

 

[Asif321]

Poor PP for Pakistan . Good that target is less

 

[topspin]

Imagine struggling to score run a ball against Zimbabwe after 6 overs

Thank you Babar and Rizwan

 

[boomboomcheema]

What a torturous powerplay.

 

[daytrader]

28/2 in the PP. Would gladly have taken 40/0 now

 

[Sherazkhalid]

This is the problem the openers play too slow and if they go, the pressure set it and even 130 looks like a mountain. Can't see us doing anything against SA. India was probably under pressure due to which the match went so close.

 

[Rana]

Horrendous powerplay

 

[reversehook]

and ppl dreaming of us winning the WC, we are struggling to get going against a minnow team...

 

[Asif321]

Spin might help