Pakistan batter Afghanistan in South Asian baseball opener

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LAHORE: Pakistan gave Afghanistan a 21-1 thumping in the opening match of the Saarc Baseball Cup on Tuesday.

Pakistan maintained complete domination of the match as the tournament kicked off at Lahore’s Punjab Stadium.

The home team attacked the Afghan pitchers from the beginning, making 14 scores in the first innings.

Batters Arshad Khan and Farooq Khan showed authority over the opposition and made two scores each with one home run. Sumair, Imtiaz, Zubair Nawaz, Arif Iftikhar, Asif also made useful contributions with a score each.

While the second innings saw a less aggressive approach by the batters, with six scores in the innings, Iftikhar hit a massive home run that ended up landing the ball outside the stadium. Other batters also contributed to the innings, with a run each from Arshad, Farooq Khan, Mohammed Arif and Asif.

Pakistan wrapped up the match in the third innings, when Zafar scored a home run to take the total to 21 before Afghanistan’s Nisar made a consolatory home run to put his name among the run-getters.

The result was no surprise as Pakistan are South Asia’s top-ranked team and occupy sixth position in Asian rankings.

The four-nation tournament will be played on a round-robin league format, wherein the team topping the table at the end of the fixtures will be declared champions.

Sri Lanka and Nepal are the other two teams participating in the tournament after India and Bangladesh turned down Pakistan Baseball Federation’s (PBF) invitation.

Earlier, Baseball Federation of Asia Secreaty General Hyun Lee, President SAARC Baseball Federation and Pakistan Baseball Federation Shaukat Javed met with the players and officials of both teams.

Wednesday’s match: Sri Lanka versus Nepal at 3.00pm.

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The result was no surprise as Pakistan are South Asia’s top-ranked team and occupy sixth position in Asian rankings.

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Interesting, maybe we should start concentrating on baseball

 

[chops3d]

baseball is very similar to cricket

 

[SpArK]

Congrats...

 

[Areesh]

Interesting, maybe we should start concentrating on baseball

We have won Asia cup in baseball too.

Pakistan thrashes Hong Kong in 9th Asia Baseball Cup 2010 Final

Pakistan thrashed Hong Kong by inflicting a crushing 10-0 defeat in the final of the 9th Asia Baseball Cup 2010 at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Monday. Pakistan is ranked as the 31st team in the world while Hong Kong sits at number 18.

Pakistan batters did well throughout the final. Both teams started their first innings vigilantly, making no runs at all. In the second innings, Pakistan batters made two runs to take the lead.

Farooq opened Pakistan’s account with a home run. As the runs began to flow, Asif scored another run, taking the total score to two runs against their opponents. Both the teams failed to score any run in the third and fourth innings.

Pakistani batters humbled their opponents by bouncing back in the fifth and the last innings of the final match. They made the poor Hong Kong fielders run in every corner of the playing field in the hunt for the ball.

In the fifth innings, Pakistan scored a whopping eight runs, with Zubair making a home run while Sumair, Iftikhar, Farooq, Asif, Zaheer, Imtiaz and Usman scoring one run each. Asif Gujjar and Mohammad Farooq were stars for Pakistan, scoring two runs each. The match finished with a final score of 10-0.

Hong Kong players who are part of the number 18th team in the world turned out to be a wall of sand against Pakistan, who are ranked 31st in the world. Earlier on Wednesday Pakistan opened the tournament with a 16-3 drubbing over Thailand at the Pakistan Sports Complex.

Four Asian teams including hosts’ Pakistan, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Thailand participated in the five-day international tournament. Both Iraq and India dropped out from the tournament at the eleventh hour. The tournament was played on a round-robin league format. Pakistan remained unbeaten all the way throughout the tournament.

In the end, chief guest Shaukat Javed, President of the Pakistan Baseball Federation awarded the players with prizes and cash awards. Mohammad Farooq, the Pakistani batter received the award for the best player of the tournament. Usman was declared the best pitcher of the tournament.

President of the Pakistan Baseball Federation (PBF) Shaukat Javed while praising the home team for winning the Asia Cup for second time declared that Pakistan would participate in the upcoming Asian Games in China this year.

President PBF claimed that the Pakistan Olympic Association would be formally requested for the approval of the participation. He said the victory against a better-ranked team has raised the moral and confidence of the Pakistan team and they were eager to face top teams of the region in the Asian games.
The PBF has contracted a two-year deal with a Korean coach to instruct the local players.
Such is the level of performance that Pakistan has won the title as the best team in Asia for the second time running. Pakistan had finished runners up in the 2009 Asian Baseball Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand.

The winning team has qualified for the next Asian Baseball Championships by winning the title. Pakistan has also earned a berth in the Seniors World Cup to be held next year in the Philippines. This shows that the constant hard work can bring in many laurels for the national teams. Sports in Pakistan a part from cricket have been marred by mismanagement, corruption and intrigue. Despite so much talent in the ranks, the players have found it difficult to compete against the best teams of Asia. However, this marked improvement is largely due to the individual efforts of the Pakistani players. One hopes for the best as Pakistan powers through into the more difficult tournaments after beating an 18th ranked team in the world with a thumping victory.

Pakistan thrashes Hong Kong in 9th Asia Baseball Cup 2010 Final

We need to concentrate more on this game.

 

[chops3d]

i think ahmad and watani will come to congratulate us

 

[SQ8]

Arshad Khan.. Farooq Khan.. Shahid Khan Afridi...
Where blind but powerful hitting is required..

I believe at one point an American team showed interest in Afridi..
had that materialized.. he would have been fifty fold wealthier than he is now.

 

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I believe at one point an American team showed interest in Afridi..
had that materialized.. he would have been fifty fold wealthier than he is now.

Are you serious?

I could imagine Afridi being a baseball superstar in America

 

[Ahmad]

i think ahmad and watani will come to congratulate us

yes off course, it was a great achievement.

 

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Sri Lanka and Nepal are the other two teams participating in the tournament after India and Bangladesh turned down Pakistan Baseball Federation’s (PBF) invitation.

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Looks like bangladesh and india were too afraid of being humiliated by Pakistan

 

[PoKeMon]

Looks like bangladesh and india were too afraid of being humiliated by Pakistan

Offcourse they are afraid and because of you-know-who

 

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Offcourse they are afraid and because of you-know-who

No they were afraid of being defeated miserably by Pakistan or as usual they brought politics into sports

 

[chops3d]

if pakistan win matches in future, the teams will sure start coming in pakistan to play, its time to better other sports like hockey and win medals and international sports will be played in pak

 

[PoKeMon]

No they were afraid of being defeated miserably by Pakistan or as usual they brought politics into sports

Does it really matter if we loose a base ball match. Do public, either side, gives a damn about baseball.
Or India only participate in an event if provided with a gurrantee to win or if we never loose a match against pakistan?

Though congrats for your win

 

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Or India only participate in an event if provided with a gurrantee to win or if we never loose a match against pakistan?

I don't know do they? It's a possibility

Anyways thanks though!