Warm Up Games

[harsh.ag]

Tamim's 100 gets Bangladesh to 219/2 from 33 overs against Pakistan. Massive.

Edit: And he goes the next ball.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Pakistan looks weak

 

[vcs]

Bangladesh looked to be on course for 375+ after 40 or so overs. Pakistan have actually pulled things back rather well, only 6 RPO in the last 5-6 overs.

 

[MW1304]

Tamim ****ing loves playing in England, doesn't he.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Bangladesh looked to be on course for 375+ after 40 or so overs. Pakistan have actually pulled things back rather well, only 6 RPO in the last 5-6 overs.

Yeah this might hurt now but Pakistan have to bat well

 

[Black_Warrior]

Yeah this might hurt now but Pakistan have to bat well

WOuld have cost them the game against any the top teams. 340 more than enough against Pakistan.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

WOuld have cost them the game against any the top teams. 340 more than enough against Pakistan.

Lack of lower order hitting. Thats why Shabbir needs to bat lower maybe as you have mentioned in another post.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Lack of lower order hitting. Thats why Shabbir needs to bat lower maybe as you have mentioned in another post.

You finally agreed. Glad I managed to convince at least person from the "Sabbir is a number 3" camp

 

[vcs]

Why is Miraz bowling his first over in the 39th?

 

[vcs]

WOuld have cost them the game against any the top teams. 340 more than enough against Pakistan.

Looks like it's going to cost them here.

 

[harsh.ag]

Who the **** is Fahim Ashraf and what the hell happened to this game??

 

[smash84]

Yeah just saw the scorecard for Pak vs bangers. How the hell did Pak win?

 

[Burgey]

Today ***** is an India supporter.

 

[Athlai]

Warm ups don't matter

 

[Black_Warrior]

I was not entirely convinced of Ashraf's selection for the medium pace all rounder's spot. Would have prefered Amir Yamin myself and he had better number in the domestic ODI tournament but boy did Ashraf make it count big time.

This does throw up a few selection dilemmas for Pakistan.

Azhar
Shehzad
Babar
Hafeez
Malik
Sarfraz
Shadab
Imad
Fahim
Hassan
Junaid/Amir

5 bowlers with Fahim the third seamer might be a risk. So that means they'll have to unsettle the top 6, something they don't really want to do and then go with

Hafeez
Shehzad
Babar
Malik
Sarfraz
Shadab
Imad
Fahim
Hassan
Amir
Junaid

But that means you play 1 less specialist batsman.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

You finally agreed. Glad I managed to convince at least person from the "Sabbir is a number 3" camp

If Shabbir bats down then I'm not entirely sure about who is going to play at #3. Mosaddek all his life batted mostly middle/ middle lower and he got what it takes to succeed at #3 but maybe its a big ask now for him atm. They should have tried him earlier. Mullah himself is not comfortable there. That leaves Mushfiq as a valid option. So Mosaddek at #4, shakib #5, Mullah #6, Shabbir #7

 

[spit]

Looks like Rohit's slacking off team India games again.

 

[cnerd123]

Yea I want Shabbir to bat lower too. Asking Mushy to captain, keep and bat 3 too is a bit too much tho. Maybe get Moses up there. He's young and talented and will adapt.

 

[Firebreaker]

Whoever made this pathetic graphics should be fired

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Brilliant. Now all our batsmen have failed and Ronchi will probably start as an opener. Hope they go for Latham over Ronchi and Neesham and CDG over Anderson.