After Kiwis winning tonight's game, bleak chance for Pakistan playing the semifinals has solely demolished, as per below mentioned tweet Pakistan requires to play a 400+ game, and then bowling out England team to bowl them out inside 288 runs margin, which is beyond capability of current Pakistani Team capability.
Pathetic mentality
This is something makes me irritate, when my own elders start such rubbish conversations, that Pakistan lost the tournament because Karachi players weren't included, what kind of rubbish conversation is this? I am not questioning anyone's capability, but what Pakistan misses, is not city-based association team, but instead we definitely require transparency in order to determine need-wants-assessment, because just like conformity-bias a problem for Pakistani society, same thing incorporates into selection of players on merit, as my point of view is quite simple, give importance to home based talent, we require transparency in selection of players, instead of selection on conformity biases, for which we are now suffering with the fate, no disrespect to our elders, but as elders it is your responsibility to adapt to the situation and do not tweak with the future generations, just for the sake of showing-off your authority, because such examples create a precedence for generations to follow.
Pakistan needs a margin of 288 against England to qualify for SF.
As per current standings after conclusion of Australia v Afghanistan game, also reveals a newer challenge for Pakistan to qualify for Semi Finals, in comparison, Afghanistan in comparison have more open chances to qualify.
Why I am so skeptical about Pakistan?
9th November 2023 is going to decide the fate of Pakistan in the tournament, because this game is between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, where right now New Zealand is going to score a 10-fer after winning the last game of round robin, so it is highly unlikely New Zealand going to be beaten on the last game of round robin, undermining Sri Lanka's current form and cricketing catastrophe back home where their cricket board has been dissolved, so under such situations, it is highly unlikely Sri Lanka winning that particular game, although being Pakistani, I want Sri Lanka winning the game, but probability of such estimation is hard to think.
Before 11th November game against England, Pakistan's fate in this tournament would have been cemented
Right now respectively India (P1), South Africa (P2) and Australia (P3) have been confirmed, and now, only New Zealand, Afghanistan and (hopefully) Pakistan in contention for P4 slot, where whoever confirms P4, is going to play India at Mumbai, whereas Australia and South Africa are going to play at Kolkata's Eden Gardens,
Situation is definitely bleak for Pakistan, but being Pakistani, I hope and I wish Pakistan to perform well, although even if Pakistan able to play semis, I am not expecting Pakistan to win this Cricket World Cup, (again being Pakistani I wish Pakistan does well in this cricket world cup, but right now the condition Pakistan cricket right now, it is ridiculous to think that way)
I was not at home, and right now when it is 2023/11/06 at 8.25 pm Pakistan Time, I got to know that a boring Bangladesh v Sri Lanka game (no offence, since it is a dead rubber game, that's why I am claiming this game stated as boring, otherwise no disrespect to any of players from their respective countries),
In case of Rizwan, when we were playing game against South Africa, when during 17th over of South African chase, Rizwan had ran Markram out, but later on when that particular ball was marked dead, but instead of continuing appealing, he withdrew his appealing, otherwise had he thinking at the same mindset like Shakib did, he would had surely continued appealing, because (I am gonna emphasize on what examples are BEING glorified), just like MANKAD now deemed as a wicket instead of disliking it, we are making it as part of the law, which is going to initiate a same strata of ripple effect, which happened with civilians governments in Pakistan.
Glorification of "Mankad" as part of Cricketing Laws
Today's incident is definitely a ripple's effect of when you allow a particular disliked event as part of the law, and instead (I am not gonna mention a particular Indian TV show, where they were glorifying mankad) since we glorified this thing, and everone started following the trend, some well known cricketing personalities done Mankad, paved way for juniors to follow the precedence,
My question remains the same
My question still remains the same, that WHY SUCH CRICKETERS NOT TAKEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS, Pakistan also lost that subjected South African game, but still I am proud that our boys played with grace and respect, which is something which can't be described in statistical analysis, but it clearly shows your inner-mettle, and I personally feel, this thing should accordingly promoted instead of promoting such things which is on the verge of a twilight zone between the good and the bad,
Slight difference from yesterday's standings because now Australia have opened their account and likewise Sri Lanka were downgraded from their last night position,
Curtains for Pakistan for sure
Because now Aussies have tasted the first blood, and after tasting the first blood, the next game is against us, because already their non-performing sectors i.e., Spin and the middle-order, started firing, and initial firing is surely going to be on us for sure, already we Pakistanis are well known for providing forms to opponent players, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to be precise, and I fear Glenn Maxwell might another beneficiary, because this game has more significance to Pakistan because in order stay on number four position, it requires to win, otherwise even if Pakistan loses, it should lose with less amount of deliveries because as you have been going through my previous blog's posts, I have been constantly giving references to 2019 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan lost the Semi-Final berth just on the basis of Net Run Rate, hence this tournament is precedent to 2019 edition, and hence NRR is quite an important aspect current format.
Australia's middle order woes recovery
This is another problematic aspect, where our bowling has not been firing, but on the contrary their (Australia's) middle order starting to fire from tonight's encounter against Sri Lanka, hence there is an Urdu saying which perfectly suits Pakistan's circumstances, کھایا پیا کچھ نہیں، گلاس پھوڑا بارہ آنے
Furthermore, Zampa also took four wickets, while we were unable to read Kuldeep Yadav, hence I fear how we are going to read a less lethal than Kuldeep Yadav spinner, although compared to Pakistan, Sri Lanka are still better drivers of spinning deliveries, which we also experienced during recently concluded Asia Cup, where except for the final, they were definitely threat for any opponent they competed against.
This bowling attack which bowled out Sri Lanka to 209
This bowling attack which was neutralized by South Africa, slowly starting to show off its groove, because this statistics which I took from ESPNcricinfo, I am already bit afraid while reading this statistics, because next game is against this bowling attack, where curtains are already drawn over Pakistan's expectations from Australia's game, and afterwards the game is against Afghanistan, where we are without the support of Nasim Shah to carry us towards the shores, and secondly our middle order yet to fire, hence I am not very optimistic with prospects for Pakistani Cricket Team.
This is a shame, I do not want to plagiarize my cricket sport blog into politics, but I have to use this platform to identify and highlight these aspects, because there is a famous saying, "slow and steady, wins the race", similarly this is throwing up pebble into pound, and we have to analyze the ripple effects.
What actually happened?
Just go on the top and read the tweet again, and imagine the percentage/amount of words he used for Gaza, which is nothing abusive, he just conveyed his personal point of view, and afterwards diverted the attention towards yester-night game against Lankans while chasing a mammoth and gargantuan target of 345, and afterwards he started talking about hospitality of Hyderabad, so what in the world, does he uttered anything wrong?
Voices from India
The @ICC says it’s from outside the field of play, not within their domain. Up to the individual and his cricket board https://t.co/5nc5Fai8eX
My query is again the same, why making non-issue as an issue? Why propagating like that as if Pakistan is their گھر کی کھیتی, this is a miscalculation off Pakistani authority, whether they are available with the team, or those associated with Pakistani mainstream media, why Pakistani mainstream media acting in contra Pakistani interests?
ICC in response to Mohammad Rizwan dedicating the win over Sri Lanka to the people of Gaza.
"It's from outside the field of play, so it's not within the ICC domain. It is up to the individual player and their Board on how they want to use their individual platforms"#CWC23
I am not saying to initiate fighting, but there are proper steps regarding countering such steps, because taking initiative for countering and safeguarding national interests, when we are living in an era where we all believe in Freedom of Speech, where recently we encountered an incident where #ZainabAbbas was forced to deport India, whereas Indian propagandists have been busy defaming Pakistan as if they have go born-right to insult Pakistanis and their sentiments, Indians have full right to defame, but why Pakistanis and Pakistani media houses are kept quiet??? Isn't that be treated as a "criminal negligence"???
Zainab Abbas’s departure from India due to threats over a nine-year-old tweet from her youth is deeply disheartening. She had great enthusiasm for this opportunity. Is this the way you treat foreign television hosts? Sports should remain separate from politics.
I might differ off #ImranKhanregime but one thing which I can't deny that his regime was more Pakistani supportive then that of current regime, which is constantly working in order to CREATE a mindset, instead of emphasizing on consistency and yet emphasis on Pakistani aspects??? Why creating a negative precedence while glamorizing such actions? Why Pakistanis have been "criminally quiet"??? Isn't this should be countered instead of acting "megalomaniac? This is something we should not ask from outsiders, but from our own selves, because self-accountability is something we lag.
Here is a statistics of teams' participated in ICC Cricket World Cups till date which is updated till today's game currently being played between Australia and India at Chennai's Chepauk Stadium, but the fact is we require to analyze how teams and especially our team is standing during ICC Cricket World Cup games,
As per above mentioned screenshot, Pakistan is evenly standing on World Cup games, but while comparing with Sri Lanka, Pakistan has its advantage, where 40% of the games lost by Pakistan is comparatively lower then Sri Lanka who stands at 49%
Pakistan v Sri Lanka head to head ODI Matches
Pakistan lead the head-to-head record in ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka by 14 matches to 6 games. In total, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have competed in 20 bilateral ODI series against each other. Not a single series has ended in a draw. 14 out of the 20 series have been won by Pakistan, while Sri Lanka has won the remainder six series.
Head to Head ODI matches | 14:4
Pakistan v Sri Lanka head to head Cricket World Cups
Head to Head ICC Cricket World Cup matches | 8:0
Both teams faced each other a total of 8 times, when 7 games were won by Pakistan whereas one game was no result and none of the games were won by Sri Lanka, but sorry to say I am rating Sri Lanka more than Pakistan for upcoming game on 10th October, 2023 at Hyderabad, being a Pakistan I wish that my country wins but reality is I am seeing Sri Lanka toppling Pakistan.
Current rankings after completion of #SLvSA game, where "tables have turned upside down" as after completion of this game, Pakistan have been shifted to 3rd position whereas Proteas have kickstarted their #CWC2023 campaign with a bang, and not to forget their "healthy" NRR, let's see how tomorrow's biggest game i.e., Australia and India; ends up, it could be either Indians celebrating at the end of the game, otherwise it would be other way round, but Indian team after losing their initial game is something Pakistan won't be wishing, because in that way, Indians are surely going to hit Pakistan really hard, because they next game for India is against their arch-rivals Pakistan, and slowly I am seeing pressure diverting tactics from Indian team to Pakistan whereas again Pakistan has been shown (because I personally feel, Pakistan still not even favorite for touching semi-final spot) as favorites for going through semis, بھائی کیا دوسری ٹیمیں کیا چھم چھم کھیلنے آئی ہیں کیا؟؟؟ My request to fellow Pakistanis is to take responsibility in easing down this pressure over our team, because this is our team which we are talking about, and as per Mr. Vikrant Gupta, I also agree with him, Pakistan perform well while none expect anything off them. support me on Dominance Pakistan Me on Streamyard platform
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Right now while I am writing these lines, South Africa v Sri Lanka game at Delhi being played, where at first when Proteas placed a mammoth target, but Sri Lanka is fighting back although probability is Proteas are going to win this game at any cost.
But it expected that Proteas are gonna win the game, but as I mentioned earlier, the format of this tournament is highly dependent on NRR, earlier after conclusion of Afghanistan v Bangladesh game concluded with a Bangladesh winning but Afghanistan was spared with NRR, where while comparing with those teams which lost their first game of the tournament, their NRR is by comparison still at par, which is DEFINITELY the reason going to decide the fate of many teams at the end part of the tournament,
A win is a win, but I personally don't feel any game in this Cricket World Cup is an easy game, keeping in mind, Sri Lanka coming to this tournament while playing the qualifiers and were the finalists of recently concluded Asia Cup, whereas Pakistan coming off a defeat amid the same opponent in Asia Cup, where in both editions of Asia Cup, this was the same team which defeated our team.
while Sri Lanka is making improving
Both while analyzing the economy of Sri Lanka and likewise Cricket Sri Lanka, both are on the verge of improvement, and unlike previous years when SL seemed to be under-mind when it came to be playing with Pakistan, current fraternity of SL players have been playing fearless cricket, otherwise Pakistan cricket is suffering with ambivalent media tactics, where already it has been mentioned that they (the PCB) is analyzing the performance of Babar Azam, my simple معصومانا query have been, why playing with consistency factor? Why we are moving towards 1990s era while we were creating a precedence of skippers were replaced just like we do with dispensable shopper bags.
Current Standing after Bangladesh v Afghanistan game
Right now while I am writing these lines, it is 6.09 pm Pakistan Time, supposedly it is going to be 6.29 pm across the border, and by this time, the Bangladesh v Afghanistan game finished with points on standing table for Bangladesh, but one thing is for sure, (after learning lesson from 2019 CWC), this Cricket World Cup is surely going to be influenced on Net Run Rate (NRR), and similarly Afghanistan lost the game, but on the amount of NRR, Afghanistan is still on a better condition than Netherlands and England, and like previous ICC Cricket World Cup, NRR in this Cricket World Cup is surely going to play a gargantuan role in deciding the fate for teams in Semi Final situations
Coming back to South Africa v Sri Lanka game being played at Delhi
while SA v SL game is still in process where SA scored a mammoth 428 score in 300 deliveries, which means 1.43 runs per ball ratio is required to be scored per 300 legal deliveries, which under current Proteas bowling attack is a difficult ask for Young Sri Lankan team, but still I might be biased in my assessment that may the best team wins, but my sentiments are with Sri Lanka.
I do not want myself to be seen anything like Athar Ali Khan, but today's performance of Pakistan team needs appreciation, because today's performance both with bat and ball made sure that Pakistan has slight chance of winning the second test while still a 55% chances of Bangladesh saving the match, which is also mentioned on Cricinfo but now time is the constraint as four sessions remain before Pakistan would be packing their bags for Pakistan, to play against Windies at Karachi.
Mystery Bowler in Sajid Khan
Newbie in Sajid Khan made sure that Bangladesh would be fighting to avoid following on
Pakistan got busy as soon as play commenced at 10:50am. They first
declaring on 300 for four, with half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and
Fawad Alam. Then, despite being hamstrung by the umpires' diktat that
play wouldn't continue if they operate with fast bowlers, Pakistan made
inroads with spin.
On Tuesday, play was called off at 4.30pm, an hour before scheduled
close. Conditions continued to remain murky all day. Yet, it was better
than on the three previous days where heavy rain allowed just 63.2 overs
to be bowled in the Test.
Sajid Khan's maiden six-wicket haul left Bangladesh in danger of being made to
follow-on with one day of the Dhaka Test to go. It remains to be seen if
the weather will halt Pakistan's push for full WTC points, though.
Debutant Mahmudul Hasan Joy tried to charge
off spinner Sajid, only managing to edge to slip. Then, Hasan Ali made
his presence felt at point, first with a simple catch to dismiss Shadman
Islam before running out Mominul Haque with a direct hit.
Mushfiqur
Rahim was the next to go, one ball after surviving a close lbw call, as
he tried to swing Sajid across the line with Fawad taking the catch at
short midwicket. Then, Liton Das, sent ahead of Shakib Al Hasan, tried
to attack Sajid but only hit one back to the bowler as Bangladesh
slipped to 46 for 5.
Sajid
then completed his five-for when he trapped Najmul Hossain Shanto for
30. Shanto couldn't capitalise on his reprieves, first being dropped on
13 and later when he was caught behind off a Nauman Ali no-ball.
Shakib
tried to bristle his way for runs, but Bangladesh kept losing wickets.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz became Sajid's sixth victim. Shakib and Taijul Islam
then survived 5.2 overs before play was called off.
Pakistan
had earlier declared their first innings on 300 immediately after Fawad
reached his second Test half-century. Rizwan made an unbeaten 53 off 94
balls, with the pair's unbroken fifth-wicket stand worth 103.
Rizwan
endured slices of luck; he was dropped on 30 apart from surviving two
lbw calls from the on-field umpires, both reversed through DRS.
Bangladesh
had started well with pacers Ebadot Hossain and Khaled Ahmed bowling
well in tandem, with the wickets of Azhar Ali and Babar Azam
respectively. It was Khaled's first Test wicket, having bowled 69.4
overs over three Tests since his debut in November 2018.
When it comes to the Ashes
Tomorrow at 5 am Pakistan time (+5 GMT) and likewise 12 am Greenwich Meridian Time, England would be locking horns against their rivals Australia in Australia, hence this is gonna be something to worth watching, if there were India-Pakistan games, only than I won't had taken that much of the interest, but whatever the circumstances, the longest cricket format is likely to be watchable either in Australia and/or England, just because of different factors,
the Crowd
Ambiance at ground
Production and broadcast quality and standard
On-Ground Theming
On-Ground theming
This is something many of my fellow Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan friends would be thinking that یہ لڑکا کیا اول فول بک رہا ہے but Australian, British and Proteas ground advertisement does complement their theming, unlike Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Lankan grounds, where use of theming colours on on-ground advertisement does look obnoxious because just imagine you're watching a game in either of the South Asian countries, instead of watching a complementary colour schema as yellow, orange, black etc are always seen, including India who're now incorporated with electronic on-ground advertisement, but still they way colour combinations are used during British, Australian, New Zealand and Proteas games, which is pleasing to the eyes.
One of the most anticipated series was the one between Australia and India in Australia where heavy usage of electronic advertisement was implemented. Along with the sporting excellence on display during the last two games between these two sides, technological brilliance is also witnessed by the sponsors.
In the first two one day international games, virtual advertisements have been used in Australia. The main sponsors of the series were not painted or laid down on the ground. The technology was used by the broadcast team to virtual embed these logos. In the past, sponsors used to get visibility when their big logos were painted in patches across the ground. However, technological advancement has made sure that there is no need to paint or lay down the carpets on the ground.
Dream11, Hero, Sensodyne, Ebco, IIFL, Amazon, Volkswagen were some of the brands that had virtual logos embedded during the one-day games between Australia and India. They were found on either sides of the playing pitch.
Virtual 3D logos are not being implemented for the first time in cricket grounds. In the past, virtual 3D logos have also been seen during India’s games in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Considering the exposure on the television is not affected during the use of virtual 3D logos, brands are unlikely to be against using this technology. In the stadium, LED boards on the boundaries have also given another avenue to sponsors to explore without making any physical changes to the field.
However, the physical presence of logos is essential for the crowds in the stadiums. As of now, most of the games are played behind closed doors, so it does not make a big difference. Fans have been let in during the ODI series between India and Australia. It will be interesting to see whether they continue to use this approach when fans are completely back in the stadium.
Arthur feels sacking Sarfaraz was the main reason Pakistan was misfortuned at the shortest format of cricket i.e. The T20
This is a reality because you tweaked with the formidable lineup sequence of the Pakistan team in every series, Pakistan team lineup was tweaked and new players were inducted, like in the Sri Lanka series Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shahzad, otherwise in the next series which was in Australia, both of the players were sans available, is this the way team-understanding is created?
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Mickey Arthur believes that the removal of Sarfraz Ahmed as Pakistan's captain was one of the key factors in the team's misery in the shortest format last year.
Despite being at the top of the T20I, Pakistan removed Sarfraz from its captaincy in October 2019 after a series whitewash at the hands of Sri Lanka's losing team.
While Pakistan managed to end its pride with a home series win against Bangladesh earlier this year, Arthur felt the decision to oust Sarfraz had made him a restless unit.
"Truth be told, Sarfraz is an incredible captain in T20 cricket. He reads the game well in T20 and was helpful to get his T20 team back to where he was needed."
"Sarfraz lost the captaincy and created a bit of suspicion in the team and we saw the confidence level fall."
Arthur further claimed that the team management has become accustomed to constant cutting and changing, disrupting the team's integrated structure.
Currently, the pandemic going on in today's time, it is highly unlikely that cricket games would not gain confidence of the international fraternity to stage international games at home and away (home of away team), therefore I personally feel it is highly unlikely that even ICC World T20 Event 2020 in Australia is not going to occur, where a single game ends within 3 hours, unlike a test match game where there are 3 sessions a day; A standard day of Test cricket consists of three sessions of two hours each, the breaks between sessions being 40 minutes for lunch and 20 minutes for tea. Means if there are 2 test matches in a series, therefore a single test match would contain 15 hours of playing sessions, which means a 2 test match series would have 30 hours of playing sessions, which in today's scenario is not the case that even a non-test match playing nation would risk playing on home nor foreign soil for such long span of time.
The World Test Championship should be played next year
Why I am advocating for its postponement?
Keeping in mind the today's scenario, where every single individual is and have been skeptical of each and every single thing like washing hands, touching staircases nor handshaking with our fellow colleagues etc. and hence under such circumstances if we opt for staging a single bilateral series between two teams is a dream of a dreamer these days, let alone a test match series which at least have a 2 test match series and like I mentioned above, there are 3 session a day, and there are 5 days a test match, therefore there are 15 hours of playing test match duration, and for that purpose, it is a potential risk of getting contaminated with the said contagion.
This is the main reason;
Because the game of cricket especially the test match cricket, is the game of sheer concentration, where it is like one is sewing a proper dress, which can either be a 3 piece suit, a shalwar suit, a casual tee shirt, or an un-stitched shorts, and for the purpose concentration is the main thing, and in current scenario, it is even harder for a player like the great Inzamam ul Haq to concentrate on the game amid the ongoing pandemic.
World Test Championship
Current Scenarios
The current remaining game of WTC
World Test Championship Calendar
Current remaining games of WTC excluding the postponed Pakistan v Bangladesh 2nd game at Karachi
Current World Test Championship Standings
This is the current WTC standings till April 20th, 2020
In case, if none of the WTC games being played in 2020, than under the current scenarios, those games are deemed to be called as a drawn game, and in such scenario where the game is not able to be completed under the current playing conditions where there is a global pandemic situation, and hence any single individual couldn't ignore this fact for sure, such game is going to be called a No result, where a "no result" is recorded if a limited over match which has been started cannot be completed, which usually occurs if weather or light interrupts play. The result is effectively the same as a draw.
In case, if all remaining games of WTC couldn't occur, such scenarios are expected
What I personally feel if we do not rerun these games at a later time?
It'd be unjust for some teams especially England and South Africa because in case of England, England is having all two games in their own backyard against the West Indies and Pakistan, where in their own den, England is definitely power to watch for and under current circumstances, they are deemed favourites for beating both and that too comprehensively, therefore England is surely going to show its displeasure in sharing those points with their opponents which England is surely going to oppose, considering their current lot of cricketers, and reconsider the fact that they are current ODI cricket champions, therefore being an unbiased cricket fan, I personally feel it is going to be unjust for some countries for sure.
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