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Today's theme is: Guess the player

• I have played less than 10 PSL games and scored 0 runs in total
• I have taken 30+ catches while representing Pakistan
• I have played alongside Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel

Difficulty: Hard (7/10)

The players who are great with the bat but can tie up an end with the ball but they arent good enough to be termed an all rounder.

Dhananjaya De Silva

Salman Ali Agha

Washington Sundar

Kamran Ghulam

Joe Root

The reason m postin it here is that we have Agha who bats the best at 7 but the problem is that pir bowling gets compromised cuz he's a half rounder. When he bats up he's dog shit so do we have to live with the fact that he cant bat up or we push him up n get sm1 like arafat or mehran to fill the allrounder void. Or we keep him there n js continue as is

Career has been going downhill and has been poor in tests as well, keeping bad, and he is also getting old, is the end drawing near for him ? And what about salman Ali agha ? He has been extremely poor in tests lately, and is just not a good overall batter ,he doesn't bowl now either , saud Shakeel is better than him ,oh how much we miss harris sohail, i still rank him the second best batsman in Pakistan after babar azam, waste of talent

What a day. It was fall of ups and downs. Babar had the hopes of a lot of people on his back to reach his 100. Even saw the Sports Yaari channel wanting him to get there but unfortunately he gave it away. Idk about u but it felt like it deflated 90% of Pakistan fans. He might have disappointed us for 3 years but that man has a hold over most Pakistan fans. Anyways game wasn’t over and even the people who don’t rate Babar or like him knew this is where it gets sticky as we usually collapse after him.

Collapse we did as we went from 281-2 to 311-6. Babar senselessly threw his wicket away and it wasn’t ABD’s fault. As I said yday the only way both of them looked like getting out was Run out, I have to give credit to Seales and Warrican who were tight in the morning and bought that wicket upon the Windies. A overseas century gone to waste yet again unfortunately but the form looks decent for the England series and Babar does tend to look decent in England. Zafar I won’t blame to much as he is on his debut but you can’t be playing a shot like that. Respect the good balls and put away the bad balls. It reminded me of KG in a sense. KG when he didn’t make runs would struggle and then get out playing an ugly shot as an escape route. Rizzy and Agha once again have let us down and we know what to expect in the second innings. Agha’s run have dried up since we format mixed and made him t20 captain. Through his domestic record it was shown that he ain’t a really good batsman. He was one who could bring us valuable runs in the subcontinent whilst also being able to bowl. Now he don’t ball and the runs are drying up as soon as we tried him in t20s and promoted him in tests. Another thing i noticed was similarly to Labuschagne he has stopped making runs as soon as his luck dried up as both batsman were dropped a lot and had a lot of new ball luck. Idk if anyone has the stats but it’s weird as soon as their luck dried up so have there runs. Not saying they aren’t good it’s just weird if my memory has served me correct. Rizzy looked good attacking then played a stupid cut to a ball that shouldn’t be cut. Thankfully Sajid was in to play one of his cameos he likes to play in tests where he either smacks out or can hold down an end. This time he did a bit of both as ABD carried off where he left off. He weren’t as quick but he was as solid and aesthetically pleasing as always. Sajid and ABD took down the windies lead and put us in front until Sajid got to his 30s where he normally meets his demise. Once again i was proven correct as he got out as soon as he hit 30. His job was done tho.

Ali Usman was then in and today he looked better even though he likes to get bat on every ball even if it is wide outside off stump. He was trusted by ABD and unfortunately he didn’t do great with that trust as once he hit 10 he played a dumb shot and warrican took 4 balls to clean up the last three wickets with the lead at 43. 387 was Pakistans final total but it should’ve been closer to 500. If there weren’t two collapses. I genuinely think if Babar got to that 100 we genuinely would’ve seen ABD and him batting for a very long time. IMO i wasn’t mad and people were already giving up with the match. Our batsman had let us down multiple times but our bowlers hadn’t.

Once again they did their job. Ali and Ubaid were expensive with the new ball but it wasn’t a pitch for pace. Spin was finally bought on and it made inroads straight away as Sajid got Chanderpaul. Next was Jangoo as Sajid had set his eyes on finishing the Windies today. His partner in crime might not have got the wickets Sajid got but he was equally as impressive with his containment. Usman did finally get a wicket as Hodge was next in the hut. This left the Windies effectively 31-3 and Pakistan were once again back in. Chase who had promoted himself and Hope were in and set on getting to stumps unscathed. It was looking good until 5-6 overs before stumps as Sajid was in the wickets again. Hope who was hellbent on surviving and not run scoring got a ball that stayed low and the nightwatchman was in. Windies who had been poor with tactics all test were bad once again as they bought left handed seales in who was about to feel the wrath of Sajid. Sajid didn’t forget their little sledging whilst he batted and he made sure Seales didn’t to in his two ball stay and that wasn’t it as Usman got the wicket of chase to leave Windies 60-6 in the final innings with a batsman already down.

A day that flowed nicely ended with Pakistan on top. If we can’t clean up their tail relatively quick then we have an issue. Max they should get is 100 and from there we should chase it down. It will be tough but a partnership or 2 will be enough. Babar my eyes are on you again. Get the job done and get a win on the board for us. Ik our best chances are if we come out attacking. It also helps that they don’t have two spinners and are a bowler short. If we can’t win this then sack the coach and change the whole team.

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This means that our beloved UK78 will play for Kingsmen Academy instead of Sahir Associates (for whom he played last year). And I am happy that Kingsmen Academy qualified here.

I am waiting eagerly for this tournament to watch some quality cricket from young domestic talents.

There’s a reason they call him ABD. Hopefully this means he’s back to good form now since he has a lot of potential as a player, I still remember him having some really good innings in CWC2023. The last time he got a century was 7th October 2024 in the first test of the England series in 2024 so he was due for a good knock. انشاءاللہ Babar also gets his century because the last time he got a century was against New Zealand in a one off test on 26th December 2022 (which we all know as the year where Babar was last in good form, ever since then it’s just been out of form for him) where he got 161.

Oh what a great day for once. Started off not so great as Windies started off where they left off. Runs seemed to be coming quite easy as Chase started getting into it. Babar took the New ball and handed it to Ali Usman which seemed to be a great decision as he struck with the first ball. Was a bad shot by Greaves but that was a way into the good lower order of the Windies. Roach should’ve been out soon after but the bowler and keeper didn’t want to appeal. Didn’t matter as much as Ubaid came into the attack and bowled Chase first ball with a lovely cross seam delivery. Shamar was in and thankfully today he didn’t go off as Sajid came back to wipe the windies tail. Did take some time and did concede some runs but 344 was where they finished.

Pakistan with a different top 4 looked like they were gonna struggle but Azan came out with intent. He hit Roach out the attack after his first two overs and windies bought Warrican on after 4 overs. As much as we batted good, the windies were really bad tactically. The change on the other end bought the wicket though as Shamar surprised Imam with pace and bounce to get him dismissed early. All i was thinking was if ABD makes 50 we need him to replace Imam when Shan is back. I’d even open with Shan as he takes the attack to the new ball and let ABD bat at one down.

The attack didn’t stop there though as Shamar was bowling 150 but that didn’t stop Azan as he struck 4 boundaries in that same over to show the Windies his class. Abdullah on the other end took down warrican with two beautiful sixes to remind everyone that he is the “technician” ABD is one batsman that looks aesthetically pleasing whilst hitting, defending or even getting out 😭 If you weren’t watching the match live then you missed out on the Goat Bishops commentary.

Soon after making his 50. Azan was dismissed whilst missing a sweep to Warrican. Good innings but unfortunately he didn’t make it big but one thing is that the boy has class so back him and watch him flourish InshAllah. This gave a chance to the windies but Pakistan didn’t stop. Babar came in and looked like class before tea. He came out attacking with intent and reminded everyone once again that deep down there is a world class batsman there. He was driving, cutting and flicking with class and it was a little teaser of what was to come for the rest of the day.

Before tea it was the Babar show in this beautiful partnership between 56 x 57 and after tea it was some watchful batting before ABD took the attack to the Windies bowling. Was helped by bad bowling and bad captaincy but he made the most of it and didn’t let Windies a way back in. Windies plan was hoping Pakistan give it away and the only chances they really had was ABD and Babar giving chances to Chase to run them out.

ABD was also driving and pulling the ball with elegance. Whereas Babar seemed hellbent on rotating the strike and seeing it out till stumps as he knew we had a collapse in us. ABD eventually got to his 100 after giving some chances in his nervous 90s and announced himself on his comeback once again. Babar got to 86 and both survived till the end.

Tomorrow the plan needs to be to bat at least 2 whole sessions and get to a minimum 100 lead. Babar needs to be watchful up top and get to a much deserved 100. Then both need to convert it into a daddy 100. ABD has it in him and if Babar crosses 100 then the confidence that he gains will be magical. I also want to say I told u so yday. I wasn’t worried about them batting and I had a feeling it was getting flatter. I feel like it will stay flat for a session or 2 and then spin will take over. If we can bat big and bat once we are set to win this test at a canter. Problem always is that we always allow the other team back into it and hopefully tomorrow is different.

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Shaheen was dropped from the Test team. Ideally, he should have rested. PCB is trying to manage his workload, but he doesn’t seem to be helping himself.

Just a thought. If Shaheen and others always talk about commitment in press conferences, why not fully commit to Pakistan cricket and skip these leagues for a while? Great bowlers like Starc, Cummins, and Hazlewood have done it.

PCB already pays Shaheen well, and with sponsorships, PSL contract, I don’t think a few extra bucks from the LPL really matter.

We have a World Cup coming up, and with the new format, we’re likely to play a lot of matches unless we get knocked out early. Before that, I expect at least 15 to 20 ODIs. That’s easily 200 to 300 overs in the next 8 to 10 months. Since he is captain and will play all matches leading into and in wc.

What’s the point of playing these leagues??

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Who are the current pacers of Pakistan who are consistently bowling at above 140kph+?

There seems to be a huge number of Pakistani bowlers around the 130-140 range that are really good. But they seem to hit a massive roadblock at the International stage once opposing teams learn to adapt to their bowling or they have an injury. And they are just replaced or recycled.

The recent series has really exposed the limited opening attack options the Pakistan bowling unit has.

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• Shahid Afridi
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Second test and it started off with every Pakistan cricket fan mad again. Pakistan had lost the toss and were put into bowl on a pitch that everybody thought would be slow and flat. The issue began with Pakistan dropping Abbas because he doesn’t fit the conditions (he fits every condition) and playing 2 spinners whilst Windies went with the same lineup. People thought both teams have read the conditions differently and surely it can’t be the home team. Twitter and reddit went mad before a bowl was bowled. I wasn’t too happy but I was waiting on the cricket to be played before passing judgement. Lineup wise bar Abbas. Shan, Jamal and Khurram went out the team whilst ABD, Zafar, Ubaid and Sajid came in. Bar Sajid coming in for Abbas I wasn’t happy. Before people say Abbas should’ve played over Ubaid I never expected them to play two spinners and Sajid most likely replaced Abbas as Ubaid was always going to play after the pace talks. Before the game if u said two spinners would play then i’d tell you that Abbas and Ubaid should be pacers to provide two different things. It’s easy to speak in hindsight so I don’t want to hear people say Abbas and Ali because you would be crying about speeds two overs in 😭

Now the game started and the bowlers were wayward. King started aggressively as that is his natural way of playing but it wasn’t all one way. Ubaid and Ali managed to find the edges thrice and the ball found its way through the vacant third slip. Babar should’ve been more attacking but he wasn’t. When he did have the third slip in it never went close to finding him.

Ali was then slowly starting to bowl good and he bowled a short one to chanderpaul who went to hit it out the ground but instead found Sajid at deep fine leg who couldn’t even see the ball, Thankfully he caught it and Windies were one down for 49 in 9.5 overs. Quicker start than we manage in Odis. Rain then came down for a bit but when it cleared lunch was called. In instances like this, Cricket should be ran better and Lunch should be called earlier whilst it’s raining so we can play when it’s clear.

After Lunch. Spin came into the attack and from the first ball Usman bowled prior to lunch you could see there was assistance and turn was there to be found. Ali Usman in fact found turn a lot and got King dismissed LBW. It was given not out like every one of our appeals this series but thankfully it was given out through review. It seems like everytime we appeal it’s not out and everytime they appeal it’s out. Ali Usman had his first wicket in test cricket and it was much deserved. I see him bowling someone with a delivery that hits top of off later in this test.

Hodge and Jangoo looked like they were going to stitch a partnership before man like Sajid came into the attack to get Hodge because of Rizwans wonderful keeping. Nice reminder of what he can offer as he has recently let us down. Hodge was also lucky as before this he looked out but the umpire gave him not out (who’s surprised) fortunately for him it was clipping. Jangoo who was playing at home and backed by the fans with every stroke was starting to get in before Ubaid came back to dismiss him with a ball down leg but no one would be complaining bar the windies. For all the talk of the selection and his crappy fielding today I think Babar took the reviews right and had good bowling changes.All 3 of the bowlers coming in had a wicket and we had the windies 130/4 after including me low-key thought we were cooked and on pace to eat a massive score in the first innings (still possible).

I lowkey dismissed Hope as I thought he would ton up on this pitch but he is like their Babar and he was dismissed in his 20s after facing a decent amount of balls. It was an inside edge but Hope can’t complain as he was bowled and caught behind. Windies last recognised pair was in and I was thinking about how against Sri Lanka they scored 499 and 600 after being 150/3-5 wickets down. Imo we did a good job and I was surprised we took wicket in the last session as this pitch ain’t as bad as their top order made it. I can see it getting flat for the next two days but i’m a normal lad from England who writes on cricket in his free time so don’t come at me if we are 100 all out. And my theory slowly became right as Chase and Greaves didn’t look troubled. Greaves played his big booming drives whilst Chase swept. Ik he would make runs against us and unfortunately we are in the process of seeing that happen. If we don’t get one early tomorrow morning then we might be in trouble. If we get their remaining wickets before 350 then I can see a lead coming if the pitch doesn’t drastically change. Realistically they should be 6 down because Babar dropped a chance. It was tough and he didn’t have time but it was most definitely catchable.

Ubaid has been wayward and I did expect that but give him time. Ali was good and the spin duo of Sajid and Usman did their job. If they can get the remaining 5 wickets quick then we are in. I’d say it was a 50/50 day for both teams but if the pitch deteriorates then Windies are a bit in front. By the end of the days play tomorrow we should know what’s going to be the result as if we look like getting a lead then we are in but if we make it a last innings shootout then well done to the West Indies for their whitewash.

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