ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

[Master Khan]

Shaheen Shah Afridi you beauty, 5 wickets in a world cup and he is only 19 years old which is the youngest ever to get 5 wickets, hope he continue playing like this in future...so we can forgot about Hasan Ali

 

[SiriusBlack]

What a disappointing end to an otherwise good tournament. Got outplayed by Pakistan in every aspect today. Shakib's back must hurt like crazy carrying this entire team for a decade.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Brilliant 5-fer for Shaheen. He is some bowler.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

What worked well for Pakistan is that they are playing a dead rubber game against a team that still has got a lot to learn despite a wonderful tournament. I think this Pakistan team isn't that good when it comes to pressure situation. Much to do with players not getting enough opportunities. If they stick with a team they can do wonders and that is where the role of Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mickey Arthur comes in. They have failed as a leadership unit. I think Pakistan needs to regroup themselves and think how they can improve on this particular thing. As for Bangladesh this has been their best WC in their history. But it is just the start, if they can keep their head down and work with passion and ambition to improve their game they would become world beaters. Sometimes I believe few of their fans need to calm down a bit and respect other teams as well. It would definitely make the difference in how the team looks at it as well. The best is yet to come from Bangladesh, still yet !!

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

As far as the legacy of Inzy is concerned as a batsman, I have always rated him higher than Sachin Tendulkar. as far as versatility and match winning innings are concerned.

Lot to do with the quality of rest of the players in the team. Before 2000 era India did not have the advantage of a bunch of match winners which Pakistan always had with them in the past. Sometimes I feel that people unnecessarily bring up this criticism of Tendulkar not being a match winner. Either you can say it is out of jealousy or lack of knowledge for sure. Sachin Tendulkar's legacy would always remain unmatched. Let the haters keep hating !!

 

[Master Khan]

6/35 for Shaheen Shah Afridi, what a fantastic displays, those yorkers were awesome, 100% MOM today

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

6/35 for Shaheen Shah Afridi, what a fantastic displays, those yorkers were awesome, 100% MOM today

They should keep giving opportunities to him. He is a gold when it comes to talent. Never seen a bowler like him

 

[Trex99]

I knew Pakistan were gonna exit at the league stage since January. I expected them to end up 8th or 9th and this was further supported by that dissapointing opening game against windies but after the initial dissapointing phase this team was a team reborn especially after the india game. Dissapointed how that SL game ended im pretty sure pak wouldve got both the points and would be sitting at 4th with 12 points. Still its been a good tournament. Proud of the men in green. Expecting Shaheen to continue this form for the upcoming season.

 

[Alexei.]

I thought Imam was "Parchi?"

No doubt about that. He is still a parchi... the one case of Nepotism that turned out good.

Oh hi Tanvir!!

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We could be seeing an India Pakistan Final this year.

What?

 

[LiveLoveABD]

No doubt about that. He is still a parchi... the one case of Nepotism that turned out good.

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What?

Shame on you.

 

[Alexei.]

Shame on you.

Isn't that the truth? Everyone knows Inzaman favored him.

 

[Rehan_24]

You beauty Pakistan! Well played Team Green You finished the WC on a high note. With all due reservations, Pakistan ended quite well and completely outplayed Bangladesh. I think those who were writing off Pakistan against BD quite categorically would give it a thought but I know they will never realize the achievements. Never Mind anyway instead of a crawler win we beat Bangladesh quite comfortably here. Such a win should happen against Afghanistan. We beat the top teams and even the hot favorite England. We should have won the match against Australia.

I would call Newzeland the luckiest team here though Pakistan had its own faults as well. Had we have a balance combination since Australian match we would have been playing the Semi-Finals.

I would definitely want a captain change here because Sarfraz lacked the responsibility as far as his own performance is concerned as a leader as well as a batsman and poor selection decisions.

For the World Cup, I'd rate either England or Australia as favorites.

 

[Villain]

I've not been following Pakistan's team but I barely see any changes in their team from CT '17 since that is the last time I followed their performance. That is basically their problem to rely on the same players to pull off or repeat history which is where their problem lies.

I see the same opener, middle order, captain, spinner and bowlers except maybe Afridi. While I still saw Hafeez and Shoaib Malik playing (even they played CT '17 if I'm not wrong), even their coach seems to be same.

 

[Rehan_24]

Lot to do with the quality of rest of the players in the team. Before 2000 era India did not have the advantage of a bunch of match winners which Pakistan always had with them in the past. Sometimes I feel that people unnecessarily bring up this criticism of Tendulkar not being a match winner. Either you can say it is out of jealousy or lack of knowledge for sure. Sachin Tendulkar's legacy would always remain unmatched. Let the haters keep hating !!

No hate or jealousy at all with Sachin. I am a Cricket fan and I have my own view. I don't need to give any certificate though I consider Tendulkar as the best batsman of that era overall as well but versatility and match winning innings is a different debate all together as compared to Inzy which I don't want to start here. I don't value stats that much. Anyone can disagree no harm

 

[Rehan_24]

Shaheen Afridi is definitely our future. The lad is going to make waves soon Insha'Allah