Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Khalid Latif at 3 killed the chase. I don't know why they don't make more use of Sarfraz at the top where he can pick singles right after the power play and keep the scoreboard ticking.
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11th Match - New Zealand v Pakistan (22nd March)
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kiwiviktor81
International Debutant
No boundaries for the last 5 overs.
Good win for the BCs, we're in the semifinal now at least.
Good win for the BCs, we're in the semifinal now at least.
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
something definitely wrong with the weight machine
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hey buddy...
indiaholic
International Captain
Khalid Latif killed the chase. Should have sent in Sarfaraz at three.
Niall
International Coach
Or Malik either at three. The logic for latif I'd love to know.
It was always a big total against a gun bowling attack, but the fact they didn't get close after a gun knock from Sharjeel is frightening.
In a perfect world that should be game over for Shezhad, poison at the top unless he is playing Bangladesh.
No idea what to do with Umar after that either.
BeeGee
International Captain
That's a staggering stat. Credit to the NZ death bowlers.
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Latif was a bad call but Akmal has to take a fair share of blame. He played 4.1 overs for 24 chasing 181.
indiaholic
International Captain
Akmal killed the chase. Should have sent in Sarfraz at 4..
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
Amazing bowling at the death. I hope NZ win the whole thing.
indiaholic
International Captain
Yup. The WC final made me very sad. Hope they win this.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Serious question for the Pak fans here.. I think the attitude of Umar Akmal is disastrous for team morale. Why would you want a donna like that in the side? He is not even that good. Would it really hurt the team to play without him for 2 or 3 years till the bloke understands that nothing revolves around him?
And why cant they bat Sarfraz, Malik and Afridi in that order in the top 5?
And why cant they bat Sarfraz, Malik and Afridi in that order in the top 5?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
needs 140 balls...
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Sure Akmal played a poor knock. But what I am saying is, at 65/1 from 6 overs, Sarfraz could have managed 6 plus an over without risks. Khalid Latif hasn't played an international game in 4 years, to expect a guy like that to come in at that point and do that difficult job was the problem.
Had Sarfraz managed to do that, Shehzad could have carried along the innings and then the job left for Akmal and Malik would have been very different than the one they had to do.
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
My bet on Ish Sodhi to win Man of the tournament. Has been fantastic. Coming at crucial moments and seizing.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
There are a lot of off field factors behind Akmal's issues. I know what you're referring to here but there's a series of actions that led to this stage. In short, the team management in the last few years are a bit more responsible because they destroyed his confidence and the media ridicule he gets is unacceptable. That conversation with Imran was a private one and should not have been released online.
One of my friend said that with the way the team management has treated him over the last 4 years and the media ridicule he gets constantly, and to then expect him to go and match Kohli is just stupid.
I don't believe that he can possibly turn it around from here anymore, at least not in the way we would have liked. But it's more a case of poor management which just did not understand what role to set for him and how to help him achieve that.
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