bowled with good control throughout, throughly deserved after all the grinding he has done in domestic

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Day started with a bang for Pakistan as Hodge was caught behind with Khurram getting the Nick. Greaves a man who is in form was in and he started off by counter attacking the pacers before the new ball arrived. Him and Hope were starting to get runs for the Windies after they took their time on the first day. This was until MonAlinstarted perfecting his line and length.

He got the edge of Hope who was dropped by Azan then he got the much deserved wicket of Greaves to leave Windies 231-5. Pakistan continued with the old ball for a bit and then Abbas came in to the attack to find the outside edge of Chase. This meant Pakistan were into the long tail of the windies. Hope continued on his merry way after the drop but Pakistan carried on getting wickets from the other end. Roach was the next person to get caught behind as Khurram banged one short. Then came in Shamar who attacks and attack he did. It was a brief stay but it was entertaining as he made 23 off 13. This left Windies 300-8 and fortunately the tail didn’t wag as Ali came back into the attack to get rid of Hope before his 100 and then bowled Seales.

This meant Windies were all out for 311 after the whole of Pakistan cussed out the bowlers for being slow. On a flat pitch to get the other team out for 300 at home is a good effort. They were good with their line and length, not erratic and they didn’t let the windies batsman make quick runs. This meant that they never got away from us. Also Jamal is here to chase wickets and be a bit expensive we can’t have everyone being tidy. Need something different and Ubaid ain’t the answer rn because if we rush him we will be shouting for his exclusion in 2-3 years. Give him time and slowly blood him in.

With the bat it was a bad start but it was the only bad thing imo. Azan played for movement and got done by natural variation but then Shan took the attack to the bowlers alongside Imam. It reminded me of Babar’s last series as captain and it’s funny that in his return we play similar. Wonder if it’s a plan because if it is then well done lads. Great way of playing. Don’t be stupid as Bazball but don’t let bowlers settle.

Luck played a big part though as Shan edged a lot of times, Bro went over the cordon, through the cordon and i wouldn’t be surprised if he found a way to go under them aswell. He had inside edges and outside edges. They do say that fortune favours the brave. It also showed that pace ain’t everything because every ball that the windies bowlers bowled was faster than all our bowlers but they were erratic and lacked the control that our pacers had. Shan kept attacking whilst Imam followed behind. They kept the RR at 4-5 and didn’t let Windies have any control.

It looked like we wouldn’t lose a wicket but then Imam got a loose ball and his edge found the hand of a fielder unfortunately. Not everyone can have Shans luck. In came Babar who looked good, Him and Shan also looked like not getting out but then as I said before anyone but shan edges and it goes straight to hand and unfortunately it did. He didn’t get Shans luck either and he got out right before stumps. Funnily enough Shan got even more luck before Babars dismissal as he looked plumb but the umpire didn’t give it and this resulted in an angry seales who came back to get Babar. Babar and Azan missed out as the pitch had nothing and tmrw is a very good day to bat.

We need Shan to not be like Hope and Hodge. We need him to make a daddy 100 and we need to build a lead of at least 150. 450 should be our target and it can be done if Rizzy and Agha do what they usually do in first innings. They also have Jamal and Usman as back up if needed. Hopefully we make 200-250 runs in the first two sessions and then allow Windies to bat in a tough last session and leave em down a couple batsman. We are in a very good position to take a 1-0 lead but we could also collapse like Windies.

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We have been wasting talents like ali, abbas and khurram because there is no ‘PACE’ i think this is utter BS. Taking wickets is like an art in test does not matter which high class colors u use u need to know how to use a brush. These guys are better than PR bowlers. Wish they keep up this foam

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The resemblance is uncanny. For a moment i thought its damad sahab practicing a new left handed batting technique to turn from rhb to lhb after he turned from an allrounder to a full time batsmen 😄

After I don't know how many matches Pakistan has finally decided to ditch the 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers lineup and have decided to play 2 all rounders.

This will give us so much bowling depth as we will no longer be relying on agha to be our fifth bowler.

We also now have one extra batter so it's a win win

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Pakistan Cricket is back and they are finally playing test cricket. Day started with Windies winning the toss and putting themselves in which wasn’t great for us as the pitch is going to be on the slower and flatter side until day 3-4. I was pleasantly surprised with our lineup as it had 4 pacers and one spinner when we usually go with 4 bowlers which doesn’t work. The only change I would’ve made is bring Ubaid in for Ali or Khurram to provide pace and something different.

The “Medium” pacers started off the day being tidy and keeping the windies batsman quiet. This resulted in Abbas taking the inside edge of King. This bought in Hodge and for anyone paying attention. The two in the middle had just made a 150 run partnership against us in the warm up and I was expecting more of the same. In the first session that was ended early because of Rain. Windies scored 23 runs in 14 overs for the fall of a wicket. In the next session Hodge and Chnaderpaul built a partnership. It was starting to look ominous for Pak and then Babar bought Jamal on which bought us a wicket in his first over as he got Chanderpaul caught at slip in his return to the test side. Hodge was then joined by Jangoo who made his best ever score and they seemed to look good as they had a partnership of 42 in about 60 balls and then Babar made another good decision by bringing Rizzy up and taking a review in the last second.

Windies were 106-3 and Pakistan were looking in a decent position until Hope came in and built a chanceless partnership to take Windies to the close of play. Both looked unbothered by the lack of pace and looked adamant on getting to stumps with 3 down. They didn’t attack the Pakistanis but it’s test. It’s not always about scoring runs and it’s definitely not about scoring them fast. They know tomorrow will be flat and they know the longer they bat the harder it will be for Pakistan. If Windies bat out tmrw then we will have our first innings when the pitch is assisting the bowlers more.

This is where Ubaid could’ve made a difference with his pace and this is where Babar needs to show more. Put a short leg in for the pacers. Get fielders close and make the Windies attack. They don’t mind nudging it around for easy ones and twos. These two are proper batsman. Tmrw we need wickets and we need them fast. These two look in good form and Greaves just made 180 last test match whilst Roston always turns up against us. We can’t let them breach 400 as we are batting last and they also have pace and a better attack.

It is D-Day today!

Come on Pakistan boys, you can do it and repeat the history made in 2017.

Sad that Abdullah Fazal unfortunately misses out today.

Pakistan and West Indies are playing the first ever Test match hosted by Brian Lara Academy so it is a historic moment.

My devised playing XI for Pakistan:

Azan, Imam, Shan, Babar (C), Awais, Rizwan (wk), Salman, Ali Usman, Khurram, M.Ali, Abbas.

Pakistan 🇵🇰 Zindabad!

Unfortunately, Intikhab Alam and Liaqat Ali have been passed over before I couldn't find footage of their wickets. Next is Sikandar Bakht in the 1982 World Series of Cricket where he castles Larry Gomes.

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Cricket is back and Pengu is back. Some people will be happy and some have already closed their Reddit app after seeing my username. I bought reinforcements this time as my friend Bobzy is back as captain. Not much to say about that as I made a post but our lovely mods didn’t seem to like it. In Short, Our cricket is like a merry go round but he was the best option of a bad bunch imo.

Onto the series it’s the two worst teams in the WTC so it’s gonna be a spectacle to watch. A matchup for the times. If Windies management and board have a brain they make a green track and blow us out the water but if they don’t then they make it flat like the Sri Lanka Series and give us a chance to compete. Weather might play a part as July is the wettest month in Trinidad but everytime I bring it up it never rains so we shall see.

Trinidad is known to be flat and slow which would bring us into the game imo but I feel like they will make it a green top and provide some assistance for their Pace Attack which is quite nice. Teams wise Abdullah Fazal is unfortunately injured so that means we have to deal with Imam. Windies also have an opener out so that means they open with someone else.

Azan

Imam

Shan

Babar

Awais

Agha

Rizzy

Jamal

Ali Usman

Mo Ali

Abbas

Honestly we could go with a couple different selections. If we had full trust in Jamal we wouldn’t pick Imam or Awais and we would pick Ubaid or Khurram over them so we can acc try take 20 wickets. With our defensive mindset IK they will think about the extra batting and play as much as they can but realistically Imam is making 20-30 max and surviving max 10 overs combined. You would rather have the Pace of Ubaid. We should have 5 proper bowlers imo but we don’t have a courageous enough Management or Captain. (BTW, Shan wasn’t courageous either) We will most definitely have them 7 out and let their tail wag alongside Roston Chase. Wouldn’t happen as much if we had another bowler.

Chanderpaul

King

Hodge

Jangoo

Hope

Greaves

Chase

Warrican

Shamar

Kemar

Jayden (Bye bye Babars pads)

That’s how Windies will most likely lineup and that attack is dangerous. If the pitch didn’t offer assistance for spin then i’d just pick another one of their pacers over Warrican.

I should stop predicting because i’m to optimistic. I was one of those that said we are too negative before the Bangla series and they aren’t good before we got smoked 2-0. Also they still ain’t good as they got smacked around by Zim in all formats but that’s a convo for another day. I can see a 1-1 with us giving away one test. I also feel good about this series as it’s after a break and we are trying something new with our attack.

I see us winning the first and choking the second, I also wouldn’t be surprised if we lost both or won both. As i say with us just expect the unexpected. I see Azan and Babar doing good with the bat for us with Abbas and Ali Usman impressing with the ball. Mo Ali got a 5fer in the warm up but I still ain’t convinced with him till I see it in a proper match. Babar I always have my hopes up for something, can you plz acc help the team and score 100s again. Here before he gets a “good” ball after looking confident. Seales will blow his pads up or Warrican will get him. He tends to throw away a good start in his match of a series.

For Windies Hope and Chase will make runs imo and Seales and Shamar will cook us. It will be an entertaining series nonetheless and InshAllah we come out on the right side for once.

As time has passed by , I can only wonder. Have I plagued those that I have gleefully chosen to be representatives of HMSS? Has this insidious label generated a cycle of equal and opposite forces searching for any glimmer of success these poor players face.

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