Pakistan tour of Australia and New Zealand 2023/24

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Please give the guy a break. Babar should rest himself from cricket and come back rejuvenated. He like Virat was bound to lose form at some point. Unlike Virat, Babar also has to go through all the bullshit politics around him and I am sure BAbar is not as strong as a character as Virat. Champ needs some rest and he should be good to go.

Also Shaheen needs to be rested, 27 overs in 96 bowled is going to kill him. That is almost 30% of the bowlers workload taken by one single bowler. That field setting to get Marsh out was outstanding. Great day of cricket for Pakistan

 

[Ahmad94]

Please give the guy a break. Babar should rest himself from cricket and come back rejuvenated. He like Virat was bound to lose form at some point. Unlike Virat, Babar also has to go through all the bullshit politics around him and I am sure BAbar is not as strong as a character as Virat. Champ needs some rest and he should be good to go.

Also Shaheen needs to be rested, 27 overs in 96 bowled is going to kill him. That is almost 30% of the bowlers workload taken by one single bowler. That field setting to get Marsh out was outstanding. Great day of cricket for Pakistan

I think it is hard for Babar to be self-aware enough to take a break. Arguably, he has been the generational talent we have been looking for and the pressure on him is so crazy, that he seems almost lost in it.

I know we have a T20 series in NZ coming up after this. A slightly radical approach, but I would rest Rizwan, Babar and Shaheen Shah Afridi. The only way we are going to find player able to hold their own is to try them in the series. Worse comes to worse, we lose the series. I'd much rather lose the series and find some good talent so that we don't have what happened at the WC and we couldn't find a replacement for Naseem Shah and Shaheen off colour.

My ideal T20 squad for NZ

1. Saim Ayub
2. Shahibzada Farhan
3. Fakhar Zaman (ideally would have liked Tayyab Tahir but not been selected)
4. Haseebullah
5. Azam Khan (wk)
6. Iftikhar Ahmed
7. Aamer Jamal
8. Usama Mir
9. Mohammad Wasim
10. Haris Rauf/Abbas Afridi
11. Zaman Khan

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

I think it is hard for Babar to be self-aware enough to take a break. Arguably, he has been the generational talent we have been looking for and the pressure on him is so crazy, that he seems almost lost in it.

I know we have a T20 series in NZ coming up after this. A slightly radical approach, but I would rest Rizwan, Babar and Shaheen Shah Afridi. The only way we are going to find player able to hold their own is to try them in the series. Worse comes to worse, we lose the series. I'd much rather lose the series and find some good talent so that we don't have what happened at the WC and we couldn't find a replacement for Naseem Shah and Shaheen off colour.

My ideal T20 squad for NZ

1. Saim Ayub
2. Shahibzada Farhan
3. Fakhar Zaman (ideally would have liked Tayyab Tahir but not been selected)
4. Haseebullah
5. Azam Khan (wk)
6. Iftikhar Ahmed
7. Aamer Jamal
8. Usama Mir
9. Mohammad Wasim
10. Haris Rauf/Abbas Afridi
11. Zaman Khan

Shaheen isnt he the captain?

 

[Bevab]

Is this the mythical all-rounder Afridi we were promised?

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Those 50 extras coming back to haunt. Need to get early wickets and put Aussies under pressure.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

8 more to go! Need to get Warner quickly. A 200
Odd target should be chasable.

 

[Bevab]

Oh my lord this could be special.

 

[Umair7]

Mir Hamza WOW!

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

That was a peach of a delivery by Hamza. This is what I was talking about post match 1, all visiting teams are at already starting at disadvantage. No matter what players you have, you need to find that spark and something in them. This is just the test. Lets go and bowl them out for less than 100 and chase it down.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

This partnership is the Key.

Both will score big runs now*.

Although the old Kookaburra ball doesn't swing much but can set an attacking field and extract the little of extra purchase from the surface will be the key.

A reverse swing magic maybe.













*Or maybe reverse jinxing

 

[wasteyouryouth]

That ball to get Travis Head was an absolute beauty from Mir Hamza.

 

[pillowprocter]

I like test cricket in Australia. Every morning I wake up and 2/3rds of the game is gone

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Is Abdullah Shafique trying to lose this match? That three drops this match?

 

[pillowprocter]

Is Abdullah Shafique trying to lose this match? That three drops this match?

More runs for him to chase down

 

[pillowprocter]

Jamal and Hasan Ali are almost opposites — Jamal has this huge load up, brings down the front leg and arm with such force. Meanwhile Hasan bowls almost straight on and retains a lot of his momentum in the follow through. Jamal relies on generating pace when releasing, while Hasan is more rythmic.