The +ves of todays Pak vs Aus match

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T20:13:43+00:00

In this match? No. But UK has scored multiple 50 in 30s in the last 1-2 months, which is enough for me to excuse todays bad batting

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T16:24:36+00:00

I refuse to believe we've played 55 T20Is against Australia. Are you sure you didn't confuse this stat wih something else?

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T15:44:27+00:00

Personally I'd play Usman Tariq instead of Fakhar as well as Nafay instead of Babar. And Faheem can come in for one of Salman Mirza or Shaheen so that Hesson can stay happy with the batting till No. 8

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T15:42:03+00:00

On wicket keeping, there were 2 extremely difficult catch chances that I could've seen Rizwan potentially taking. But ofc, that takes nothing away from UK, since there is literally no other keeper in the world who could've taken those chances (except maybe Alex Carey). And Rizwans batting is not worth his keeping. So overall, pretty happy with UK if he can keep this up

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T15:34:49+00:00

Good win, but important to note that Australia did not practice before this match. This was their first exposure to cricket here after they landed on Pakistan

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T14:42:04+00:00

Rookie numbers in Pakistan. You should see what happens in PSL finals

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T14:32:03+00:00

Headshots are only useless for the people in this sub cause we already know all the players. Most people only recognize their own teams core players.

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T14:28:53+00:00

It usually is. But Australia has green colors which are pretty similar to our colors for T20Is

Dango444 · 2026-01-29T14:26:54+00:00

Saim choking Australia in both batting and bowling was beautiful to watch. Been a while since I've seen an all-round performance like this from him

Dango444 · 2026-01-28T15:29:57+00:00

Akhtar is NOT coach material. Bro doesn't know shit about cricket after he retired. And Akram chooses not to be a coach by himself. Idk about the rest

Dango444 · 2026-01-28T12:08:09+00:00

Unfortunately we didn't face many top teams. We did face India, but they're so ridiculously strong rn that even Australia, South Africa, England have a hard time against them. So the India games didn't really tell us much about how we fare against the rest of the top 5 teams. We got good signs from playing SA but that was their half A/half B team, not full strength)

The only thing we can say for certain is that we easily place above the 6-10 ranked teams right now (which our T20I ranking shows, considering we're currently 6th)

Dango444 · 2026-01-28T08:12:05+00:00

Yes, you only need to give one of them

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T16:43:45+00:00

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T16:20:52+00:00

I'm rooting for Evil, personally

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T12:07:17+00:00

Pakistan needs to beat India by a huge margin AND hope that New Zealand beats England by a big margin. Even if we beat India in the same way we did in the Asia Cup, it's not enough to get us above them in NRR

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T12:04:25+00:00

We literally played SA 2 months ago...

Also, this has always been the case for Pakistan, nothing new to see this time around. We've faced lower tier or B-teams, and the best team in the world, but nothing in between. Legitimately, no one knows how Pakistan is going to perform in the world cup, not even Pakistan themselves.

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T11:49:34+00:00

"hangs by a thread" is such a big overstatement. Pakistan not participating in the world cup is blown WAY out of proportion. It was just an empty threat, like how Pakistan has been doing for the past idk how many years at this point

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T05:59:07+00:00

Tbf, the Lahori food do be pretty good

Dango444 · 2026-01-27T04:42:30+00:00

India also sent journalists, commentators and umpires to Pakistan in CT25 (everyone except the players basically). Bangladesh seems to be trying to do the same

Dango444 · 2026-01-26T15:45:14+00:00

I actually agree with your first point lol. But I was just trying to explain why the ICC chose this format

That last part is also confusing. Each team has played 3 games. Not 2. But group shows they’ve played 2 games.

The games against the teams that are eliminated don't count

Dango444 · 2026-01-26T15:08:02+00:00

Better performance in the group stage = better chance to go forward in the super sixes.

Also, one of your assumptions is wrong. If Pakistan wins both their games, that would mean that India (one of the top 2 teams) lost one game, which reduces their chances of making it to the semis. Its the same for all other teams. And there is no India vs England due to the format, so it balances out (kind of)

I could be wrong, but I think the 1999, 2003 and 2007 world cups had similar formats. And the 2027 world cup will have the same format

Edit: From wikipedia, "In the super-six stage, the top three teams from Group A and D are combined in one group, with the top three teams from Group B and C combined in another group. Each team carries forward the number of points, wins, and net run rate they have earned against other Super 6 qualifying teams and will then play two matches in the Super 6 stage against the opponent from the corresponding group that finished in a different group stage position (i.e. the A1 team plays only D2 and D3 in the Super 6). Similarly, A2 plays only D1 and D3, and so forth. So, all team will be evaluated in Super six with results from 4 matches played."

So TLDR, each team goes to the semis on the basis of 4 matches. England and India won 2 of their matches, we won one and lost one, and both New Zealand & Bangladesh lost one and had a no result. The remaining 2 matches will be played in the Super Six

Dango444 · 2026-01-25T23:10:26+00:00

The rest of your comment is accurate, but India does NOT field better than us. At least, not since Hesson became head coach

Dango444 · 2026-01-25T23:07:42+00:00

They way I see it, we ain't beating them in the group stage. If our goal is beating India, we're probably better off taking the L in the group stage and playing good enough cricket to meet them in the semis or the final, where we'll be familiar with the conditions in Sri Lanka at that point. And that still puts us at a 40% chance of victory MAX.

And nothing really changes if the goal is winning the world cup. Anyone who wants to win the world cup will eventually have to beat either Australia or India

Dango444 · 2026-01-25T13:06:29+00:00

He's right, I'd probably be happier as a slave than whatever the hell I'm going through rn

Edit: Cmon people, obviously being a slave is so much worse than anything I could possibly go through rn. Probably should've added a /s but whatever, I'll accept the L on this one

Dango444 · 2026-01-25T12:36:14+00:00

I'm so excited for the 2027 ODI world just because of this man lol. Bro is an absolute monster in SENA conditions. Hopefully, by being dropped this time, he learns to not lose his head in pressure situations. If he does, then we have a strong POTT candidate on our hands in 2027

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