Zimbabwe v Pakistan | 3rd T20I | Harare | 25th April 2021 | Pakistan innings

[TeymurBlake]

Quality shot from Rizzie.

 

[Mesozoic]

3 full tosses in a row.

We're in the Magala zone now .

 

[90MPH]

Not sure about roy but bairstow is currently playing in similar types of wickets in chennai and he is playing well.

Is the ground as big as well ?

 

[NeVerMind]

Once again, Riz showing how it's done...

 

[Mean&Green]

Somebody fix the gold damn score

 

[imshally81]

Back to back boundaries

 

[TeymurBlake]

Six more for Rizzie.

 

[Fazzy321]

Useless Rizwan doing what he does best

OK I see you

 

[Rana]

Rizwan playing nice

 

[MHN1293]

Babar already knows that the game is won so he will be looking for the not out

 

[IMMY69]

So 149 we're on now is more like 199 on a good wicket...

So really we're doing extremely well.

So many people here lack perspective

 

[NeVerMind]

Honestly, people who complain about Mo Riz should hand in their Pak support card....man's a gem

 

[Ahmed216]

[MENTION=147179]Ahmed216[/MENTION] see what I meant now?

Yes he doesnt have the power hitting and is struggling even more because of slow nature of the pitch. But i am very confident he'll improve this aspect of his game very soon. Needs to correspond with mohd. Yousuf

 

[MHN1293]

170 on the cards

 

[TeymurBlake]

Maybe this is the position for Rizzie as well in ODI cricket.

 

[Rafa]

Rizwan is too good man even better than Babar when it comes to T20s. Can you imagine he is almost near a Century on such a sluggish surface ? Won't have enough overs to get his ton though. Doubt Babar can play such innings on a track like this.

 

[imshally81]

1. Rizwan
2. Babar
3. Sharjeel
4. Fakhar

Batting order in next series

 

[UzmanBeast]

Lol no, it’s a great score. I judge with what’s happening by watching, not looking at the scorecards on what could have happened.

This is beyond Zimbabwe, in fact most teams would struggle to chase over 150 on this pitch and ground.

It's not a good score.

 

[Titan24]

Not sure about roy but bairstow is currently playing in similar types of wickets in chennai and he is playing well.

What has been the average score in Chennai so far? Also are you saying wickets are spinning or they are slow and double paced? Both are different.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Rizwan playing nice

Rizwan always plays nice, unlike sharjeel

 

[90MPH]

Plus a slow wicket tend to get slower as the day goes on which is why batting first was crucial

True, once the ball gets old not easy to slog at all. Thankfully they played smart cricket in the middle overs today by getting lots of 2s

 

[UzmanBeast]

Nobody is arguing they are better hitters of a cricket ball than Babar but, they would have probably struggled to hit the ball hard on this surface is the point.

They'd have shown more intent. Babar shows no intent. He'll probably play dot balls in the final over.

 

[MHN1293]

Babar just cant get the levitation right.

 

[Rafa]

Common Babar Hit couple of big ones.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Babar already knows that the game is won so he will be looking for the not out

No he won't

 

[imshally81]

Babar gone

 

[marlonbrowndo]

People really using the slow wicket excuse here?? What about the multiple full tosses

 

[TeymurBlake]

And Babar gone.

 

[Third Man]

Babar losing his shape trying to him em big. He should just continue to look to time the ball like yousuf used to do in slog overs. Or Rohit does now

Younis, or even Yousuf should do their job and ask Babar to do that. Sometimes you need input from the outside to change your approach, even if you're Babar Azam.

 

[NeVerMind]

Babar's innings comes to an end... couldn't knock it out of the park

 

[Sunzi]

Hopefully Riz gets a chance to bang 15 more. IA.

 

[Mean&Green]

This innings just proved babar is extremely selfish anyways this wicket is slightly better the previous ones so Pakistan still have a high chance of losing

 

[UzmanBeast]

People really using the slow wicket excuse here?? What about the multiple full tosses

And the no balls?

What a poor excuse.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

T20 is not the game for classic babar, he should more focus on the other two formats like root

 

[Sirris]

As a casual pak cricket fan, I am watching a match after a very long time. So far I am enjoying the Babar and Rizwan duo.

It's easy to say we have wickets at hands and players like fakhar and hafeez. However you can never be sure with Pakistan, what did they do in last match when we too had wickets at hands while chasing a low target.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Quite possibly the worst wickets I have seen for T20 cricket. Horrible viewing.

 

[Rafa]

Match losing innings comes to an end.

 

[imshally81]

Fakhar gone too

 

[Sunzi]

Fakhar gone

 

[TeymurBlake]

And Fakhar Zaman gone as well.

 

[MHN1293]

Reach a milestone and then get out: azam

 

[Rana]

Slot ball not dispatched

 

[Titan24]

People really using the slow wicket excuse here?? What about the multiple full tosses

Its not that difficult to look at the average score at Harare or even the last series or so played in Harare and how many 200s were there.

Yes full tosses should be put away.

 

[IMMY69]

Last two dismissals show exactly how slow the wicket is.

 

[Greenstorm]

Send in Hassan.

 

[imshally81]

Quite possibly the worst wickets I have seen for T20 cricket. Horrible viewing.

Exactly. .. This is good ODI pitch...

 

[Sadozai]

He’s done well against much better bowling attacks in the PSL just recently.

Rizwan has performed better than sharjeel in the same PSL against the same bowlers

 

[TeymurBlake]

Hasan Ali should come in next.

 

[Zeshan547]

Jongwe with a hat trick and that should be enough for ipl contract?

 

[Rana]

Lol what are they checking? Are the boundaries in the next postcode considering they can’t see how clean that catch was?

 

[90MPH]

This is not a slogging wicket, wish our expert armchair warriors would figure this out by now.

 

[MHN1293]

Smart from rizwan

 

[Rafa]

Last over ruined..

 

[imshally81]

164 runs to win

 

[IMMY69]

Intelligently played by Pakistan.

163 is a great score on this wicket

 

[Rana]

Rizwan has performed better than sharjeel in the same PSL against the same bowlers

Good for Rizwan

Good for Sharjeel

 

[UzmanBeast]

This is not a slogging wicket, wish our expert armchair warriors would figure this out by now.

Doesn't have to be a slogging wicket to put full tosses away.

 

[TeymurBlake]

So Pakistan get 163. tbf it was higher than what most of us thought Pakistan would get.

 

[Titan24]

Quite possibly the worst wickets I have seen for T20 cricket. Horrible viewing.

Thats why Harare didn’t get a T20 international in 4-5 years. To be honest with such wickets shouldnt get much T20s as well. Bulawayo cant do worse as a venue.

 

[Greenstorm]

Rizwan scored 4 of last two balls. Hassan could have scored 10.

 

[Rana]

Easy win coming up

Hassan might give you a chance, Rauf will not

 

[hamzi]

Given the pitch i think this is easily comparable to a 200 plus score on any decent wicket.

 

[Mesozoic]

What just happened on those last two balls?

Did he just tap and run?

 

[90MPH]

This is a very good score on this pitch.

Zimbabwe never chasing it.

 

[90MPH]

Doesn't have to be a slogging wicket to put full tosses away.

Those would have been 6s on an Indian ground, too bad it’s a very long boundary.

 

[Mean&Green]

Did they fix the score can anyone tell me

 

[jiduguravindra]

What has been the average score in Chennai so far? Also are you saying wickets are spinning or they are slow and double paced? Both are different.

Similar to this pitch. 140 kind of wickets once powerplay is done, scoring becomes very difficult. Slow pitches aiding spinners and all fast bowlers bowling cutters.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

People really defending babars knock here. Shows the complete lack of understanding of cricket and batting that has plagued Pakistan for so long. [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] is right

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

What just happened on those last two balls?

Did he just tap and run?

To stay not out..
That could probably cost them the series + babar torturous innings

 

[Titan24]

They'd have shown more intent. Babar shows no intent. He'll probably play dot balls in the final over.

Babar surely needs to work on this aspect. He has improved but can go a notch further as he is still young.

 

[Mean&Green]

People don’t realize this isn’t South African or newzeland or eden gardens where the boundaries are 55 metres this ground is insanely huge and international standards should be the same as well all the boundaries here are 75+ metres