2024 Pakistan Super League - General Discussions

[Na Maloom Afraad]

According to reputable sources on Twitter - everyone except him has tested negative and the match will go ahead, tho the starting time has been pushed ahead by 2 and a half hours (to 9:30 PM local time).

EDIT: Correction - 2 hours, it starts at 9 PM.

 

[Khan Sahab54]

 

[Khan Sahab54]

Match between Quetta and Islamabad postponed

 

[CerealKiller]

So the situation seems to be under control, absent more positive tests.
The only thing is that there should’ve been a lot more transparency.

 

[Khan Sahab54]

Sarfaraz on fire 4 sixes in a row!

 

[ABDULLAH]

It feels like Quetta players aren't playing the game, they are playing Sarfaraz Ahmad. Poor Sarfaraz deserves a win, hopefully he get in the next game.

 

[Khan Sahab54]

I feel sad for Sarfaraz he is doing his best still he is not getting any support from other hand.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Glad to see Stirling getting in the runs

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Quetta have such a shit bowling line.

 

[CerealKiller]

The chasing streak continues.

 

[Khan Sahab54]

The chasing streak continues.

So Is Quetta's losing Streak

 

[ABDULLAH]

Quetta have such a shit bowling line.

Not really. I mean if you look at their squad they have plenty of decent fast bowlers (Hasnain, Naseem, Shinwari, Anwar and Steyn) it's just things not working for them. Adding to it Sarfaraz needs to change his tactics, using the best bowlers effectively can help them win the game.

 

[Velocity]

Watched the first ten overs of Islamabad's innings. The game was pretty much lost for Quetta from the start, when Stirling was going after the bowlers and timing the ball beautifully. Don't think Quetta bowled badly, Stirling was given the role to hit out and get 30 quick runs. Some days it comes off, like today, some days it doesn't and the batsman gets out in single digits. Zahid Mahmood looked impressive and even the balls which he got hit for boundaries weren't all bad balls.

Weird to see that all 12 games have been won chasing, is the dew actually having that much of an effect at night?

 

[CerealKiller]

Weird to see that all 12 games have been won chasing, is the dew actually having that much of an effect at night?

Partly dew, partly poor bowling and captaincy, partly good batting.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Not really. I mean if you look at their squad they have plenty of decent fast bowlers (Hasnain, Naseem, Shinwari, Anwar and Steyn) it's just things not working for them. Adding to it Sarfaraz needs to change his tactics, using the best bowlers effectively can help them win the game.

Hasnain and Naseem are good prospects, but they do not have the experience to lead a bowling attack. After years of watching them bowl in the PSL and in national colors, I can safely say that Shinwari and Anwar are way too unreliable to be put in the same spot. Steyn? Well, Steyn is Steyn, but he isn't the Steyn of old. On Twitter yesterday I saw somebody say that in an IPL game last year, Steyn conceded 15+ runs in the penultimate over which led directly to his team's loss? If Wahab Riaz is hitting you for two sixes, one so big it literally lands out of the stadium, in an over that costs 20 runs when all you have are 30 to defend, then I wouldn't exactly say that Steyn is in the form of his life.

The other two bowlers tho - Zahid and Nawaz, they are good but they can't do crap on these flat Karachi wickets, let alone when they are bowling second and having to deal with dew (in all four games Quetta has played). Perhaps they'll be more beneficial in Lahore where there's slight assistance for spinners, but still probably only in the first innings.

Of course the other team came to play as well, and Stirling was incredible last night. He gave Islamabad his best Ronchi impression and from that point the game was done and dusted. But you still gotta have a bowling line that you can be confident in, and sadly, Shinwari/Anwar/Steyn/Naseem/Hasnain/Nawaz/Zahid, as good as they may or can be, do not inspire a world of confidence (right now).