***Official*** 2014 Asia Cup

[OverratedSanity]

Do they need to win this?

Nah. Even if they lose this by a huge margin (ie) Bangladesh gets a bonus point, Bangladesh still have to beat Sri Lanka and finish on 9 points for India to pip Pakistan (assuming we win over Afghanistan with a bonus point). Strangely enough, if Bangladesh win this with a bonus point, they'll be the only ones with destiny in their own hands. If they also beat Sri Lanka with a bonus point, they go through no matter what

Not complicated enough? Even Afghanistan can go through but only if they win by an absolutely humongous margin AND Pakistan and Bangladesh finish on 9 points

 

[Xuhaib]

great effort by Bangers sure Pakistan for some reason has turned on the sleep mode (don't know why when their final place is not yet confirmed) but they have actually manged to grab the opportunity with both hands.

 

[Jono]

Nah. Even if they lose this by a huge margin (ie) Bangladesh gets a bonus point, Bangladesh still have to beat Sri Lanka and finish on 9 points for India to pip Pakistan (assuming we win over Afghanistan with a bonus point). Strangely enough, if Bangladesh win this with a bonus point, they'll be the only ones with destiny in their own hands. If they also beat Sri Lanka with a bonus point, they go through no matter what

Not complicated enough? Even Afghanistan can go through but only if they win by an absolutely humongous margin AND Pakistan and Bangladesh finish on 9 points

Is that because head to head trumps all?

 

[Prince EWS]

Is that because head to head trumps all?

Yep. They only use NRR if it's a three-way tie on the ladder or the two teams tied on the ladder also tied when they played.

 

[Jono]

That's the case in the World Cup too right?

 

[Shri]

Bangers should attack with Pak with as much spin as they can here.

 

[smash84]

even the start is barely run a ball. Pak haven't lost an ODI to the bangers since that fateful odi in the 1999 WC. I guess they will lose tonight

 

[smash84]

Bangers should attack with Pak with as much spin as they can here.

yeah, Shakib's 2 overs have barely gone for 3 runs.

I can't remember how in hell did we become so **** at playing spin recently in ODIs. It used to be the pacers who used to trouble us.

 

[smash84]

Ahmed Shahzad seems to have forgotten that this is an ODI and that Pak are chasing a huge total

 

[Jono]

Sorry fellas just found the cricinfo article outlining all the possible ways a team could qualify for the finals couldn't find it when I first searched the crick of app.

 

[smash84]

wtf does ahmed shahzad think he is doing?

 

[Shri]

Live scorecard:

Bangladesh vs Pakistan Live Score, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Live Cricket Commentary : IBNLive

Legal.

 

[Jono]

Pak have a platform here thanks to hafeez, .n a good position now.

 

[smash84]

ahmed shahzad will face 75 balls for his 30 odd and then get out putting pressure on the rest of the batsmen

 

[smash84]

I wonder if Ahmed Shahzad has forgotten that he is playing for Pakistan

 

[Shri]

I wonder if Ahmed Shahzad has forgotten that he is playing for Pakistan

Misbah in a skin mask imo.

 

[smash84]

thanks to the pressure built by Ahmed Shahzad Hafeez has to go for slogging

 

[smash84]

Misbah at one down and gone

 

[Jono]

That's God awful umpiring.

 

[smash84]

sending Abdur Rehman before Akmal and Afridi while in last 10 overs you need 109 runs.

Clearly the Pakistan think tank is only a tank