Afg vs Pak - 3 Match ODI Series in Srilanka

[wazza]

14 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

Gurbaz looks really impressive.  Flat pitch? Yes.    But seriously, this guy is probably the best afghan batsman till date. Has a wide range of strokes. And he is only 21. (Assuming his age is fudged, then too he will be 24 at max, which is still very young)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMSsdWJnBM

 

 

 

Better than all our talents.

[Frustrated]

Pak are now ranked 3rd in Odi.   If they win today, they will move to no.1.  Meanwhile, Ind are 4th.   Not suggesting that these ranking matter a lot.   The reason for posting this is that Pak, after a long time, are on their way to achieve the no.1 ranking.  

[Number]

Imam has been dropped like 40 times in this series. 

[Lone Wolf]

31 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

Pak are now ranked 3rd in Odi.   If they win today, they will move to no.1.  Meanwhile, Ind are 4th.   Not suggesting that these ranking matter a lot.   The reason for posting this is that Pak, after a long time, are on their way to achieve the no.1 ranking.  

They achieved it earlier I guess for a short while... When they beat NZ D

[Frustrated]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

They achieved it earlier I guess for a short while... When they beat NZ D

Okk.   In April this year , I guess. 

[Lone Wolf]

3 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

Okk.   In April this year , I guess. 

Yeah last time I saw them moving around top 3 ODI rankings was way back in 2005 as a kid lol...  They definitely have come a long way & last decade was perhaps lowest points in their history. 

[vvvslaxman]

Rizwan is a massive frontfoot plonker

[vvvslaxman]

Wicket to wicket. Looks stone dead.

[vvvslaxman]

wow ball sails over stumps. Surprising.

[vvvslaxman]

Watched for 15 mins. Utterly boring. Both style and intent. This Rizwan is one of the fugliest batsman.

[vvvslaxman]

[Autonomous]

Get Nawaz In. 

[the don]

Man these are tough wickets. Two paced and the bowl is seaming for medium pacers. Nothing like what you would see in India.

[Number]

Unless Babar is planning to bat till 50 overs, this isn't a good innings for an ODI batsman.

[Frustrated]

Looks like a repeat of 1st Odi.    Pak scoring around 200-220.  Afghan folding for < 100. 

[Lala_is_back]

Wicket looks slow and two pace...240, 250 is a good score to defend.

 

3-0 on the cards though 

[Lala_is_back]

Time for the acceleration 

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, the don said:

Man these are tough wickets. Two paced and the bowl is seaming for medium pacers. Nothing like what you would see in India.

 

This is not the first time we see these guys bat this way lol Even in pakistan they added like 50 odd in 100 balls. One of the very few partners who scored at less than 5 an over in the last 2 years.

[vvvslaxman]

12 minutes ago, Number said:

Unless Babar is planning to bat till 50 overs, this isn't a good innings for an ODI batsman.

 

He is a statpadder with 3 gears. That's it. Their only impact player is Fakhar Zaman. Imam belongs to 1970s. 

[Frustrated]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

He is a statpadder with 3 gears. That's it. Their only impact player is Fakhar Zaman. Imam belongs to 1970s. 

No. 6 batsmen Shadab and No.11 batsman Naseem are also impact players.