Pepsi Cup II - Survival of the Fittest!

[Perfect Square]

Awesome to get another win under the belt. Nice to see de Kock getting runs in this tournament. This was a complete performance except for an exception which I have to address.

Wtf was this.

40.3  Bhatti to Ali, OUT, That ball caught the edge and struck the stumps. Ali cant belive it, Quack Quack!

         Anwar Ali              0 (1b)
         b. Bhatti

40.4  Bhatti to Starc, OUT, What a brilliant catch by Mohammad Suleman, Quack Quack!

         Mitchell Starc         0 (1b)
         c. Suleman     b. Bhatti

40.5  Bhatti to S Khan, OUT, What a brilliant catch by Shahnawaz Dahani, out for a duck

         Sohail Khan            0 (1b)
         c. Dahani      b. Bhatti

      Bhatti, ripping through the lineup to claim his fourth victim
40.6  Bhatti to Hamza, no run, Left alone by Mir Hamza

That was mother of all collapses. Good for Bhatti that he got a hat-trick but have to ensure that it doesn't happen again. Lower order needs to do its job.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Awesome to get another win under the belt. Nice to see de Kock getting runs in this tournament. This was a complete performance except for an exception which I have to address.

Wtf was this.

40.3  Bhatti to Ali, OUT, That ball caught the edge and struck the stumps. Ali cant belive it, Quack Quack!

         Anwar Ali              0 (1b)
         b. Bhatti

40.4  Bhatti to Starc, OUT, What a brilliant catch by Mohammad Suleman, Quack Quack!

         Mitchell Starc         0 (1b)
         c. Suleman     b. Bhatti

40.5  Bhatti to S Khan, OUT, What a brilliant catch by Shahnawaz Dahani, out for a duck

         Sohail Khan            0 (1b)
         c. Dahani      b. Bhatti

      Bhatti, ripping through the lineup to claim his fourth victim
40.6  Bhatti to Hamza, no run, Left alone by Mir Hamza

That was mother of all collapses. Good for Bhatti that he got a double hat-trick but have to ensure that it doesn't happen again. Lower order needs to do its job.

it's pronounced a hat-trick

 

[CerealKiller]

Federal Territory tie with Central Punjab

The bowlers really saved us here, because we were 30-40 runs short with the bat. The overseas batters have been inconsistent, apart from Rahul, we need them to carry our middle order better.
Amir has been phenomenal in this tournament so far, and the spinners have always kept us in the game. Rauf showed why he's such a great death bowler by saving this match.

 

[CerealKiller]

Karachi undefeated and Sindh without a win. At least make it believable @Na Maloom Afraad

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Karachi undefeated and Sindh without a win. At least make it believable @Na Maloom Afraad

Federal Territory eliminator choke incoming...

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Please submit your lineups for the fifth round of the Pepsi Cup:​

Round 5

19 December, 2024

JANOOBI PUNJAB vs

FEDERAL TERRITORY
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
-

Faisal Akram [ Round 2–6 ]
- Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind for very few runs.

20 December, 2024

PESHAWAR vs

CENTRAL PUNJAB
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
-

Khurram Shahzad [ Round 4–playoffs ]
- Even - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines of the game.

21 December, 2024

KARACHI vs

BALOCHISTAN
Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi
-

Ben Stokes [ Round 4–8 ]
- Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way.

22 December, 2024

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA vs

SINDH
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
-

Shahzaib Khan [ Round 5–6 ]
- Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way.

22 December, 2024

LAHORE vs

NORTHERN AREAS
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
-

Mohammed Siraj [ Round 5 ]
- Even - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines of the game.

Standings

R​	Team​	Mat​	Won​	Lost​	Tied​	N/R​	Pts​	NRR​
​	Karachi	4​	4​	0​	0​	0​	12​	+1.560​
​	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	4​	3​	1​	0​	0​	9​	+0.211​
​	Central Punjab	4​	2​	1​	1​	0​	8​	+0.445​
​	Federal Territory	4​	2​	1​	1​	0​	8​	+0.161​
​	Janoobi Punjab	4​	2​	1​	0​	1​	7​	-0.120​
​	Peshawar	4​	2​	2​	0​	0​	6​	+0.615​
​	Balochistan	4​	1​	2​	0​	1​	4​	-0.472​
​	Lahore	4​	1​	3​	0​	0​	3​	-0.369​
​	Northern Areas	4​	1​	3​	0​	0​	3​	-1.050​
​	Sindh	4​	0​	4​	0​	0​	0​	-1.484​

Statistics

Available on respective team pages; as of round three.

Lineup Rules

You must have at least six capable bowling (/) options in your lineup
You can have a maximum of three overseas () players in your lineup
Mark your active bowlers with ^ and your active wicket keeper with †/+

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Deadline

24 hours - failure to submit lineup within given deadline will result in auto-selection.

@Aislabie @Lazerknighta @CerealKiller @pillowprocter @Perfect Square @mohsin7827 @ahmedleo414 @Neptune @Aravind. @Till Valhalla​

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

@pillowprocter, Faisal Akram can play in this round (one game early) with a 10% ratings decrease.

@ahmedleo414, Mohammed Siraj can also play in this round with a 25% ratings decrease, but he will have a 50% of exacerbating his injury.

 

[Aravind.]

Sahibzada Farhan
Mohammad Haris
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
Mohammad Rizwan
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Sarwar
Shaheen Afridi
Kuldeep Yadav
Abbas Afridi
Usman Khan Shinwari

 

[Perfect Square]

Federal Territory eliminator choke incoming...

Is that a prediction or a threat?

 

[Aislabie]

We will go unchanged

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Is that a prediction or a threat?

It's a spoiler

 

[Perfect Square]

KARACHI vs

BALOCHISTAN

Quinton de Kock
Saim Ayub
Shan Masood
Omair Bin Yousuf
Danish Aziz ^
Azam Khan
Anwar Ali ^
Marco Jansen ^
Mitchell Starc ^
Rumman Raees ^
Tabish Khan ^

Resting a few key players to see some others.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Imam-ul-Haq
Abid Ali
Babar Azam
Usman Salahuddin
Azmatullah Omarzai
Sikandar Raza
Zafar Gohar
Asim Ali
Josh Hazlewood
Usman Qadir
Ahmed Daniyal

 

[CerealKiller]

Another pitch that favours spin, so we’ll stick with the same combination.

 

[Perfect Square]

Karachi undefeated and Sindh without a win. At least make it believable @Na Maloom Afraad

Karachi carries Sindh and Federal. We need freedom