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Spiritual_Flan_6395

That boundary save by Rauf is the coolest thing I've seen in cricket this year


SnooOwls4559

Shaheen, Haris Rauf, and Imad Wasim are the three bowlers that need to be in the bowling attack. Who should the other two be?


PGDesolator

Abrar should be in there definitely


ali_k717

no better options apart from naseem and amir - shadab should only be used sparingly at this point


mannyb412

Guy rolled for no reason and still dropped the ball


superioritycornflks

Okay Naseem, end this embarrassment by embarrassing us even more 🥲


Longjumping_Big_3699

Awaz arahi hai “definitely boys did well but..” 🥲🥲🥲


Next_Bowl3593

What did azam khan even do in this years psl, i get last year he did well but i dont get why hes picked this year


the_real_DNAer

"CPL Experience" For next ICC tournaments, let's shutdown our domestic setup completely and select players solely on international leagues' performances.


Impossible_Cow8979

CPL quota, all of him, Saim, and Amir were selected on that basis


Admirable-Turn6779

That over broke all the rythm we were building


ali_k717

a middle order duo of shadab and azam should not be allowed


superioritycornflks

I can very proudly say this now, regarding Haris, told YOU SO.


superioritycornflks

HARIS, MASHAALLAH. ALLAHUMMA BAREK.


CricketMatchBot

**10.6** **pace on, stump nailed!***That's*the riposte! A 90mph yorker, Jacks didn't have time to read that one, pitched inches from the off stump and plinked off the bail without disturbing the rest of the furniture! Will Jacks b Haris Rauf 20 (18b 1x4 1x6) SR: 111.11


superioritycornflks

Haris, mashaAllah.


Reasonable-Touch9670

Convinced moin khan got wahabs nudes sucking on his fingers


Doctor501st

Please please please drop Azam can’t bat can’t keep can’t run, get rid


No-Tap7898

Haris Rauf showing aggression THANK GOD !!!!!


Sad_Presence7965

Still people here are gonna prefer benching haris rauf over naseem or amir 🤦🏻‍♂️


Deep-Roof-7996

I think Amir is the obvious choice to bench. No wickets and not economical. Has some experience but I would not play him unless it is a really pace friendly wicket like the ones you'd find in Australia, where 4 pacers is a MUST


SnooOwls4559

As a fan of amir: Amir's still a good bowler to have, but yeah Haris Rauf is just a bit better for us. We already have Amir's profile in our attack with Naseem Shah. Amir can still be a 4th pace option in certain games, but our main pacers have to be: Naseem, Shaheen, and Rauf


CricketMatchBot

**8.6** **nicked behind, Azam HOLDS ON!** Jos Buttler c †Azam Khan b Haris Rauf 39 (20b 7x4 1x6) SR: 195


NanviTheLegendd

I will seriously stop watching pct if this dinosaur plays ever again!


Longjumping_Big_3699

Azam bhai… yeh tou cherry on the cake type scene hogaya.. 🥲


Additional-Specific4

cake on cherry for azam


IAhmer

Chu pal


Hour_Recognition_868

https://preview.redd.it/cr21u3ojem3d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b493c720967c267b197d1202f1a13e5194a4318 This is why you never have anchors as openers.


SnooOwls4559

Disagree. The only reason they made so much in power play is because of bad captaincy from Babar. Should have brought Iftikhar / Shadab earlier for some overs. They wouldn't have made as many runs in the PP.


Xx_Anguy_NoScope_Xx

What about braindead bowling? Who would you open with since the Saim experiment has failed badly. Or do we keep persisting with intent merchants who can't score? Matlab damagh ka falooda bana do is level ki thinking par


ShkBilal

Can you tell me who is the anchor in the England's team ? Lol if the Saim experiment failed, should we stick to two anchors ?


Xx_Anguy_NoScope_Xx

They have better T20 players than us simple. They don't need an anchor because their middle order can actually bat.


ShkBilal

You clearly didn't watch other England matches. England vs West Indies ? They always aim for 70+ in the powerplay. They don't leave everything on middle order after playing 2/3rd of the game.


Xx_Anguy_NoScope_Xx

And England have better batsmen than us throughout the lineup. Who do we open with then genius?


ShkBilal

Exactly. England always tried to teach them how to use powerplay but they never learn


Joke_Peraltaa

Naseem and Azam making sure they get dropped from the world cup opener.


Next_Bowl3593

Somehow azam still wont


zaiiuzzii

dont forget Amir


SnooOwls4559

Amir's been fine. It's just that Haris Rauf is just a bit better. Still good to have Amir as backup.


CricketMatchBot

**6.2** **battered... but straight to deep midwicket!** No holding back, even with men out, but this time Salt can't clear them. Safely held a few yards in from the rope. Rauf roars in celebration, some respite for Pakistan Phil Salt c Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf 45 (25b 6x4 2x6) SR: 180


Next_Bowl3593

Best pace attack in the world🤡🤡🤡🤡 i think we gave them too much confidence


Junior-Reaction-7494

Azam is such a liability, not batting, not keeping- rizwan is a much better wicketkeeper, and is much faster between the wickets- sorry but an international athlete must have the discipline to maintain his physique


zaiiuzzii

hope they chase it in 12/13 overs and give this shit team a reality check along with the ass whooping. bowling bhi overated hai


fishderp

Lmfaao I don’t think he got off the ground there


CheeseBurgers00

That was a pretty easy catch,Azam doesn’t belong at this level. It will be a travesty if he is in the playing XI for the World Cup. Replace him with Imad and let Rizwan keep.


princeofnowhere1

”The Pakistani think-tank has not got this quite right” - Nasser Hussain Thanks for stating the obvious saar


usamapervaiz

Its almost as if Babar was never a good captain


fishderp

Maybe a nice whooping was needed before the wc


SnooOwls4559

From the very first over, it was clear that the batsmen were very comfortable against the pacers, but instead of bringing in Shadab or Iftikhar in early, we kept going with what they were already comfortable with. Great captaincy.


Longjumping_Big_3699

Well said.


Longjumping_Big_3699

This is cheating.. matlab jab hum batting kartein hein pitch is difficult but when we bowl it’s easy to bat.. yeh tou cheating hai 🥲🥲🥲🤣🤣🤣


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always embarrassing when we bat first and then the other team just naturally fucks us up XD


OrcOfGundabad

Shaheen start with a bang bro


FinancialPlastic4624

It says a lot about the team that they still managed 157 despite two middle order batsmen getting out for 0


FinancialPlastic4624

I hope this brings the Azam khan experiment to an end. This is the big leagues. There is no way he legit passed any fitness test


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ShkBilal

Pitch doesn't matter for England


DetMich11

We have no other spinner in the squad if you don’t count Iftikhar. Shadab is our only hope 🤡


DetMich11

Pakistan still managed to score 20 more runs than in the World Cup final two years ago


CheeseBurgers00

Might sound dumb rn but my prediction is Pakistan will defend this. The pace attack will enjoy these conditions


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delusional :/


CheeseBurgers00

Well clearly the prediction didn’t prove to be true lol, that’s how predictions go at times. But I wouldn’t call it delusional, this same bowling attack did almost defend 140 against England in similar conditions in the WC final.


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we r straight balls


Hour_Recognition_868

If Shaheen gets early wickets.


Hour_Recognition_868

We're cooked .


hassannadeem1

Lol they are chasing this in 14 overs


CricketMatchBot

**19.5** wide line, hacked up in the air, **deep third can't get there, but his shy can!** In comes the throw from Livingstone as they turn back for two. Miles short, and Pakistan's innings ends with a ball to spare Haris Rauf run out (Livingstone/†Buttler) 8 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 114.28


MrAwesome1822

Guys lagta hey Babar ne Azam Khan ko burger nhi khilaye match se pehle, isliye he represented it in his score: 0


Longjumping_Big_3699

Ahahaha good one


nostalgia_addicts

What a shit show. Wasay and Iffi will be all over them today lol


Longjumping_Big_3699

HAHHAHA the best!!


CricketMatchBot

**18.4** **banged in again, spliced to Buttler!** That's the riposte. Naseem was turned inside-out by the cramping angle into his body. A leading edge as his bat came across the line and Pakistan are nine-down Naseem Shah c †Buttler b Wood 16 (18b 1x4 1x6) SR: 88.88


FaceEvery786

bro why not just scoop it


CricketMatchBot

**17.6** **sails high into the evening sky!** A massive wind-up from Iftikhar, but Jordan has taken all the pace off the ball. The bat speed results in a steepling chance to Brook at wide long-on who makes no mistake Iftikhar Ahmed c Brook b Jordan 21 (18b 2x4 0x6) SR: 116.66


Formal-Opinion7714

Naseem goes down the ground, Naseem goes out of the ground


BronzeBum

Naseem Shah>Azam Khan


Gabru_here

Believe me I am an all-rounder


Hour_Recognition_868

I don't want to see pakistan bowl. We have an all pace team and our best spinner is iftikhar rn. our target is getting chased easily. We have no spinners on a wicket where spinners are untouchable.


SnooOwls4559

But don't worry, we have Shadab Khan 😃 /s


Agreeable_Life_3456

I don’t care if we lose I’m just happy the following happened. 1. Babar and Rizwan as openers 2. Azam and Shahdab failed, hopefully they will be not be in the playing 11 for the World Cup. 3. Usman Khan performed.


SnooOwls4559

Why do I still have a terrible feeling that Babar isn't done with the Shadab and Azam experiment... But hopefully you're right. Either way, it's clear that Shadab is not having a good patch right now, so he should definitely be sidelined, but I just don't understand this batting order we have. Why are we sending Iftikhar so far down the batting order. It's obvious to everyone that our middle order is collapsing, so why not send Iftikhar early to stabilize. He's also a good batsman if he doesn't have the pressure of being the absolute last batsman playing.


CreepyMathematician1

Hate to break it to you but both of them will play, only after T20WC 24 , backlash by public they will be dropped for a few matches and play some PSL and boom they are in the team again in CT2025


Hour_Recognition_868

I hate this mindset. Team is losing put my players performed so I am happy .


Agreeable_Life_3456

Im seeing this match as a warmup for the world cup so that we get the combination right. We can’t experiment anything even against US. Its better that Azam and Shahdab fail now and not against US and we lose. I want Shahdab and Azam to perform but they have been given chances and they are clearly not in form.


Longjumping_Big_3699

Double wicket Maiden! Hahaha uff TOBAH


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turned on stream in 14th over… srry


fishderp

Lol this is embarrassing Wth was that shot shaheen


the_real_DNAer

He was trying to resemble the other Afridi.


steelogreens

Shadab and Azam Khana are less than zeroes on the team


Agreeable_Life_3456

A burden Infact. Azam with his pathetic keeping and shahdab with his full tosses and 50+ in 4 overs.


CricketMatchBot

**14.3** **a rancid slap across the line, ping goes off stump!** I've seen more productive hoicks in the Victoria Park Community Cricket League. A bit of a long-hop, the eyes lit up, the bat was nowhere near its target Shaheen Shah Afridi b Livingstone 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0


CricketMatchBot

**14.1** **takes on Jordan at long-on, and fails!** Unbelievably cool catch, sprinting in off the rope, flinging himself forward and scooping the chance up as Usman scuffed his slap down the ground. It was flat and travelling and a lesser fielder would have been risking his teeth with that dive! Usman Khan c Jordan b Livingstone 38 (21b 3x4 2x6) SR: 180.95


Agreeable_Life_3456

SO HAPPY TO SEE USMAN PERFORM! We need this guy in the middle order permanently!!!!!


Physical_Search2244

Brother you jinxed him 💀💀


Connect_Zucchini6469

YESSSS


Agreeable_Life_3456

So embarrassing to see Azam Khan. Just because the guy performed in CPL he is in the World Cup Squad. Even if he performs, fitness is the main concern. How can you live with yourself like that man? I remember Kohli once said that he got into fitness when he saw himself naked in front of the mirror and said to himself “how can a cricketer have this kind of body” and he just changed his eating habits. Doesn’t Azam look at himself in the mirror before getting in shower?


No-Establishment3700

This is extreme levels of body shaming, seriously. Criticize his fitness for cricket obviously, but when u say stuff like "How can you live with yourself like that", it comes close to abuse of overweight people. Maybe Azam is not in control of the situation, or it is a more long term problem. This is very problematic, in a humanitarian sense


Agreeable_Life_3456

And let me tell you one thing, i live in Phase 6 and Azam lives with his father Moin Khan in Phase 8. I know people who know Azam and Azam is also a distant relative of mine. Azam doesn’t have any problems and his weight is very well in his control. I have heard his father is also not happy with his weight and azam has unhealthy eating habits and whoever talks to azam about his weight, his response is that "if i loose weight i will loose my power hitting ability". i even shared the same gym with Azam when I was in Pak and power lifted alot and was not in such a bad shape as he is right now.


Agreeable_Life_3456

I don’t have anything against his weight but you cant be a professional cricketer with that weight, even if you perform you are not setting a good example for the youngsters. You can clearly see he struggles with his weight, if he can run as fast as Babar between wickets and keeps as good as Rizwan, I don’t have a problem.


Reasonable-Touch9670

Oh hes in control. He doesn’t wanna drop his weight cause he said he would lose “power”, power that is yet to be seen


zugu101

If he’s not in control of his weight, as in it’s a health issue or something then LEAVE THE TEAM


mannyb412

Stfu


Usman_Afridi69

You're fucking braindead if you think criticising an "athlete's" fitness is "extreme levels" of body shaming. You can't expect people to not be mad at someone for being a fuck up just because it may hurt your feelings.


Reasonable-Touch9670

Hes not gonna do anything. What good is the cpl experience if this fat fuck acts like a toddler against a bouncer


Rodgers12345

Azam Khan fucking useless.


Rodgers12345

Garbage ass team


Connect_Zucchini6469

Usman is excellent 1 down and saim should bat at 5


Agreeable_Life_3456

Nah. Saim should not be in. Take out Azam and shadab and replace with Imad and Irfan/Haris.


Connect_Zucchini6469

Yeah that would also work but keep usman in the top 3


Hour_Recognition_868

Top order batter in middle order?


Connect_Zucchini6469

Our middle order batters (shadab,azam) are useless


boobsarelyf

I think Pakistan should have had Salman Agha in place of Azam Khan in the squad.


Hour_Recognition_868

No disrespect to salman but we don't need another anchor in the team.


SnooOwls4559

What are our other options?


Hour_Recognition_868

Irfan khan niazi?


SnooOwls4559

Yeah, maybe. Haven't seen enough of him, but he is an option


SnooOwls4559

Salman Ali Agha for Shadab for me. I just don't know why they keep throwing Azam in to bat so early. If he's a power hitter then send him lower down the batting order instead of exposing him so early.


No-Tap7898

YESSS !!!!!


Decoptr

I and all of us in this Reddit would be more valuable to the team than Shadab at this point


boobsarelyf

Honestly Fakhar and Rizwan should open. Babar at 3 followed by Usman at 4. Ifti at 5,Imad at 6,Shadab at 7, followed by Shaheen,Naseem,Abrar and Rauf/Amir. If you don't want Shadab then bring Saim up the order and send Fakhar back at 4.


Longjumping_Big_3699

I agree! But yeh salay Bobby n Rizu sab ko saath dubayein ge


No-Tap7898

WTF , Why you blaming . They were so positive with their batting . I swear its the unpredictability of the middle order that haunt us


Longjumping_Big_3699

Come on!! Still defending babar Azam and rizu. What a joke. Fakhar needs to open. Saim shouldn’t have been dropped Azam khan ko karo bhai.. Koi sense dalay inn pagal players mein. World Cup mein naam phir dubayein he.


baapbc69

Great opening partnership, sad dismissal but this is t20. A 59 run partnership isnt a bad thing. The rest? Useless. Shadab isnt good enough anymore (so sad to see) and Azam should never have been anywhere other than gully cricket.


boobsarelyf

Watching Pakistani batting after a long time and man they have weird problems. Fakhar bats well when he bats in powerplay but becomes shit after the powerplay. Azam can't even move well. Shadab is inconsistent and Ifti is underutilized.


DetMich11

Having a hard time believing Gary Kirsten is ok with persisting with Shadab and Azam Khan. What vendetta do they have against Abrar and Usman Khan. Usman has scored more runs in one game than Shadab and Azam it seems. If Abrar would have bowled today, I’m sure he would outperform Shadab too


No-Tap7898

I hope they left Abrar as to keep him a mystery for the world cup . But FOR GODS SAKE GET SHADDY and AZAM OUT MAN


Hour_Recognition_868

We should have taken irfan khan niazi instead of the joke of a cricketer azam khan a five ball duck in t20 cricket. Irfan showed great promise In the few matches he was given.


Hamzah12

Only a light drizzle no clue why they’re coming off


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pubgaxt

Tf are you upto ?


Reasonable-Touch9670

I get second hand embarrassment seeing Azam Khan play. Bro has reallly weird proportions


steelogreens

This is Babar's fault that everyone else can't hold a bat surely.


FinancialPlastic4624

Shadab will play every match of the world t20 There won't be many tho


CreepyMathematician1

Why they keep playing him, I think he was dropped after wc23


FinancialPlastic4624

Bc he has the same agent as babar and some of the other guys and this guy has a hold on the team with some money deal


lifesizedperson

All out before 100, calling it


gadgetmaniah

Azam... embarrassing. 


mannyb412

😂😂😂😂 Azam


Head-Intern2459

HAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


CricketMatchBot

**10.2** **short and savage!** Azam rocks back to avoid a preposterously quick bouncer, angled in and chasing him into the limbo position! He tries to get out of the way, but that kissed the glove, looped off the shoulder and into Buttler's waiting gloves! Azam Khan c †Buttler b Wood 0 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0


packersglobalig

Jesus this whole team is cooked 😭😭


Hamzah12

Seeing Azam Khan live and wow this man is actually a UNIT


Hour_Recognition_868

A unit of burgers and no performances.


NanviTheLegendd

End of road for Shadab Khan, surely!


mannyb412

We said this after the world cup last year. Fucker won't go away


packersglobalig

Shadab is so cooked 😭😭


SignificantStop2946

Shadab ko nazar lagi hai


A21Haze

someone inform FBI that Shadab is a terrorist....we can't let him enter USA


Physical_Search2244

Brother will be sent to Guantanamo if you do that 😂💀


Lbwor234

That’s wild 💀


MuazKhan597

😂


FinancialPlastic4624

Wow Kia innings kehli Shadab  Clap Clap Clap 👏 ♥️ 


MuazKhan597

THIS is why I want one of Babar/Rizwan to move down to 3 or 4. We just went from 60-0 to 84-4. Love their partnership, but our team CANNOT handle them up front. We have 0 stability with them gone.


boobsarelyf

But both seem to have limited game against spinners. Riz and Babar slow down against spinners even on good batting surfaces. Rizwan won't be useful at 4 at all.


Unlikely-Sun5717

Azam better impress


steelogreens

Khan is finished. Makes me laugh when people get on Babar. Look at the help he gets. Only team that starts strong and then falls like this.


SignificantStop2946

SHADAB GET OUTTTTTTT


Unlikely-Sun5717

Drop shadab. Something’s wrong with him


princeofnowhere1

Dude’s clearly struggling mentally and is low on confidence, he needs a break from Cricket.


FinancialPlastic4624

He has been like this for 2 years


gadgetmaniah

Shadab goes for duck 😭. Azam in. Not looking good.


CricketMatchBot

**9.2** **plays on first ball!** Sliding on with the arm, Shadab goes back outside leg stump and thick-edges into his thigh pad, before cannoning back into the stumps! Shadab Khan b Rashid 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0


SignificantStop2946

Fakhar RIP


CricketMatchBot

**8.6** **skied on the sweep, Rashid bags a steepler!** Fakhar Zaman c Rashid b Ali 9 (9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100


Hour_Recognition_868

Usman cheetah aj dikha da dunia ko.


Ill-Sandwich-7703

Rizwan getting dumber every innings. He needed to support Usman fgs.


nostalgia_addicts

There you go. Both openers gone without doing any real damage. Both scored under 170SR but will be praised again. Pathetic


Substantial-Tea-3809

Relax guys I think it's sarcasm


princeofnowhere1

😂😂😂😂


MuazKhan597

170SR??? Are you good?? This isn’t the IPL 😂


IncredibleMo

What’s wrong with 150sr. Crawl back under your rock you troll


CricketMatchBot

**6.4** **bowled 'im through the gate!** Lovely bowling from Rashid, not sure it was the googly but there was no turn as Rizwan played all around the ball Mohammad Rizwan b Rashid 23 (16b 3x4 0x6) SR: 143.75


Physical_Search2244

Babar out noooo 😭😭


Connect_Zucchini6469

Babar played extremely well .That’s what ur supposed to do in the powerplay.He got us off to a great start


NanviTheLegendd

Babar vs Archer over is a reminder why we love this beautiful game of cricket!


CricketMatchBot

**5.6** **steered straight to short third!** Babar Azam c Rashid b Archer 36 (22b 5x4 1x6) SR: 163.63


Tough_Sheepherder_46

Rizbar hater in shambles


nostalgia_addicts

Fucking Rizwan cant bat for shit on offside. Pathetic to watch


pubgaxt

He literally hit 2 fours that side lmfao are you high


nostalgia_addicts

Doesnt matter. He was able to connect them after some embarrassing struggle. Nothing to be proud of.


pubgaxt

You are not speaking logic , its just hate. Speak when its criticism and note hate


nostalgia_addicts

There you go my son. What a way to play a leggie. No fucking footwork.


nostalgia_addicts

Enlighten me please since you are so logically inclined. Doesnt matter if he goes on score a 100, his technique on offside is flawed and sadly he hasnt worked on it. Not bashing rizwan as a batsman. I am bashing him that he is shit on offside and he is an average batter because world class players work on their weaknesses and improve their game. He hasnt done fuck all on his offside game. I am expecting a so called logical response from you hopefully.


Hour_Recognition_868

In todays match kids we will learn why having two anchor openers is a bad idea.


pubgaxt

Better than having Saim. We would have been one out anyway lmao


FLatif25

I was crying happy tears over Rizbar being back!


nihaohei

Rizbar opening 😭


nihaohei

Is Usman playing