Afghanistan vs Pakistan | World Cup 2019 | Leeds | 29 June | Match Discussion

[Asian.Century]

Afghanistan vs Pakistan | Match 36, World Cup | Leeds | Saturday Jun 29, 2019 | Pre-Match Discussion.

Must-win game and a pretty winnable one, but we can't afford to take the bottom table Afghanis lightly.

Share your Opinions and match day commentary

 

[Asian.Century]

Pakistan Team to Play, Consistent XI or Make some Changes?

1. Imam-ul Haq (Not Performing as much, drop with Asif Ali or both Babar Azam and Fakhar open together)
2. Fakhar Zaman (Unpredictable shot selection but ok!)
3. Babar Azam
4. Haris Sohail
5. Hafeez (Very Poor Shot selection, Change batting position)
6. Safraz Ahmed (No batting performance yet)
7. Imad Wasim ( Bowling poorly, Can be dropped)
8. Shahdab Khan
9. Wahab Riaz ( Looks tired give him rest)
10. M.Amir (Give him rest for 1 game)
11. Shaheen Shah Afridi

Hassan Ali, Asif Ali, Hasnain and Shoaib Malik to sit outside and just watch the match.

Well on the other hand - Fast bowlers, Amir's tiring shoulder , and Wahab Riaz must be exhausted playing continous 50 Over matches with short time intervals back to back....require rest.

Just my two cents suggestions.

 

[Kaniska]

Use this match to increase your run rate...Bat first and score 375+ here..

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Use this match to increase your run rate...Bat first and score 375+ here..

I think if England and SL loose just one match from their remaining ones, NRR won't matter for Pakistan than. It will be straight forward case of defeating Afghanistan and Bangladesh than.

Bangladesh match will be a good one but I still fancy Pakistan side to defeat them easily especially when momentum is behind them. As far as Afghanistan is concerned, anything over 250 should be more than enough for them.

 

[Asian.Century]

The equation is simple, England and Sri Lanka loose one more game each and we win our next two

That is all we need

For those worrying about Net Run Rate N.R.R. Both NZ and Eng, 3rd and 4th Slot up for grabs in the Semis. Maybe play Asif Ali to try to up N.R.R by scoemring 300+ depending on the Headlingly Leeds ground conditions.

There is just roughly 2.0 NRR difference between Pak and NZ. And 1 point with England. If NZ loses two matches and we win two matches it'll automatically come down to 0.5 difference or less..... so if we smash Afghanistan badly - we should go ahead of NZ in overall N.R.R with teams sitting at 11 points each and N.R.R comes into contention.

 

[Super Falcon]

Only main change should be bring asif ali in for imad and put idiot asif at third man field position

Imad wasim position is wasted with him neither he is bowlernor batsman

No rest for amir bring hasnain for one game for wahab

 

[Mahmood-ur-Rehman]

Fakhar ?

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Lmao for god sake don't ruin the team by opting for losers. Asif, Hasan Ali, Malik all have been big failuers. Imad as an all-rounder, is way better than above 3 mentioned. Lastly, there is no run rate issue for Pakistan if England and SL loose just 1 more match and we win our remaining 2. Both SL and Eng will than be stuck at 10 points even if they win after that.... while Pakistan will qualify with 11 points.

 

[I.R.A]

Imam and Fakhar are a better opening pair, but they seriously should work on taking singles and doubles. Babar Azam too should focus on running more between the wickets, he played 69 dots in last match that is unacceptable.

 

[Kaniska]

I think if England and SL loose just one match from their remaining ones, NRR won't matter for Pakistan than. It will be straight forward case of defeating Afghanistan and Bangladesh than.

Bangladesh match will be a good one but I still fancy Pakistan side to defeat them easily especially when momentum is behind them. As far as Afghanistan is concerned, anything over 250 should be more than enough for them.

Actually...i feel England will loose one match anyway...So rather than England, Srilanka has better chance.Sri Lanka can sail through WI and BD..But they have last match with India...If India win all match, then they will experiment with reserve players for their last match against Sri Lanka...And then it will be a tricky affair where Sri Lanka may make an upset with India..

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Actually...i feel England will loose one match anyway...So rather than England, Srilanka has better chance.Sri Lanka can sail through WI and BD..But they have last match with India...If India win all match, then they will experiment with reserve players for their last match against Sri Lanka...And then it will be a tricky affair where Sri Lanka may make an upset with India..

SL has to play one match against SA not Bang. That match got abandoned because of rain. They may beat WI but I don't see them beating both Ind and SA. Since SA are now out, they will be playing more freely now.

SL actually got lucky with eng in the end and with rain. They got 2 points, thanks to rain. Their matches against Pak and Bang got washed out and seriously Pak would had fancied them beating even Bang.

 

[Areesh]

No need to change opening pair. This is the best we have for now

Don't even think about changing Babar position

In fact no need to make any changes for now

 

[WAJsal]

Afghanis will come very hard against us, need to play well.

 

[I.R.A]

Afghanis will come very hard against us, need to play well.

May tou kehta ho mar mar k laal kar do in ki. But well pressure match banana hy to wo alag bat hy.

 

[WAJsal]

May tou kehta ho mar mar k laal kar do in ki. But well pressure match banana hy to wo alag bat hy.

I agree, we should try and thrash them to teach them a lesson. Then again we are always too humble.