tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72133042698666574372024-03-13T02:50:27.772-07:00Cricket Kornerharishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-21878590778864345942022-10-28T22:24:00.014-07:002022-10-28T23:07:32.954-07:00Why Babar and Rizwan are good choice for opening - Statistical View<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />As there has been lot of debate about opening pair of Pakistan, I am writing this article to find answers of questions been raised. Interestingly most of the criticism is coming from Pakistan including fans and ex-cricketers while rest of the world is less concerned. So let me start with questions and their answers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charge No. 1: Babar is struggling due to Rizwan's strike rate</span></b></h3><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While we have seen some(not major) slump in babar's form but is it really due to Rizwan's strike rate?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here are the strike rates of Pakistan openers (Min Qualification 10 innings):</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f5de2c3-7fff-f107-abbc-5aeb9ff72648" style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Player</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Innings</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Avg</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>SR</b></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Fakhar Zaman</b></span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>36</b></span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>22.55</b></span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>136.24</b></span></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Imran Nazir</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">24</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">21.73</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">135.13</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sharjeel Khan</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">18</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">22.55</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">133.11</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">Babar Azam</span></b></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">68</span></b></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">41.01</span></b></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">131.95</span></b></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Muhammad Rizwan</b></span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>49</b></span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>60.34</b></span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>130.50</b></span></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ahmad Shahzad</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">56</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">26.46</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">114.77</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kamran Akmal</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">27</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">21.37</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">114.48</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Salman Butt</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">20</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">27.89</span></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">114.47</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As we can see, on account of 100 balls, there is difference of mere <b>5.74</b> runs between Fakhar & Rizwan. It's almost impossible to play 100 balls out of 120. So opener plays really less balls than 100. In the end it makes difference of just 1 to 2 runs approximately. So does it makes sense to accommodate someone at the top who will score 2-3 runs more at the expense of 1/3rd of stability Rizwan provides?</span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charge No. 2: Pakistan cannot make big score with these openers.</span></b></h3><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's see Pakistan's highest scores in T20I's and who was openers, and what was there performances:</span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4160476c-7fff-76fc-f4fb-811e4b227f96"><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Score</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Bat 1</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Bat 2</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Opposition</b></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Venue</b></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-england-2021-1239529/england-vs-pakistan-1st-t20i-1239540/full-scorecard" target="_blank">232/6</a></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rizwan 63(41)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babar 85(49)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">England</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nottingham</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-in-pakistan-2021-22-1287766/pakistan-vs-west-indies-3rd-t20i-1287775/full-scorecard" target="_blank">208/3</a></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rizwan 87(45)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babar 79(53)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Indies</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Karachi</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wi-in-pakistan-2018-1140067/pakistan-vs-west-indies-2nd-t20i-1140070/full-scorecard" target="_blank">205/3</a></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fakhar 6(6)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babar 97*(58)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Indies</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Karachi</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pak-in-ire-eng-scot-2018-1119523/scotland-vs-pakistan-1st-t20i-1127300/full-scorecard" target="_blank">204/4</a></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fakhar 21(15)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ahmad 14(12)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scotland</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edinburgh</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-in-pakistan-2022-1327226/pakistan-vs-england-2nd-t20i-1327229/full-scorecard" target="_blank">203/0</a></span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rizwan 88*(51)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babar 110*(66)</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">England</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Karachi</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Babar and Rizwan were not only the openers in 3 of 5 of these matches, but they both scored 50+ runs in all these matches. Babar is involved in 4th match as well, and even performed when Fakhar departed early.</span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charge No. 3: Rizwan and Babar does stat padding.</span></b></h3><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's see are there runs beneficial for team or not?</span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2bf83d56-7fff-ea84-49c1-87ff6a43c95c"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Player</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avg in wins</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SR in wins</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avg in defeats</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SR in defeats</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rizwan</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">74.68</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">133.15</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25.27</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">110.97</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babar</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">47.18</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">134.12</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">32.53</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">119.39</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></span></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2bf83d56-7fff-ea84-49c1-87ff6a43c95c"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">When Rizwan and Babar performs, there is much better chance of Pakistan's winning. About 70 & 75 percent runs of Babar & Rizwan have come in winning cause. And when they do not perform, chances of Pakistan's defeat also increases. So their performance and long stay is directly proportional to Pakistan's victory chances.</div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><h3><b>Charge No. 4: Babar's performance has gone done since taking charge of captaincy </b></h3><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">Let's see his stats with and without captain:</div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-57414172-7fff-aee5-dc88-c49cd3e5e06e"><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col width="140"></col><col></col><col width="108"></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babar Azam</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innings</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Average </span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SR</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Highest</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a Captain</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">56</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">38.90</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">131.15</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">122</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not as a Captain</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">33</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">49.61</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">126.59</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">97*</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span>Yes his average has gone down a bit, But by no means 38 is a bad number in T20I. His strike rate has increased lately, Plus he was able to score 2 centuries being as captain as well.</span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><h3><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charge No. 5: Babar should leave opening and bat in middle order</span></b></h3><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">How many times he have batted in the middle order?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-942955e9-7fff-604f-e36d-4b330543cb68"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col width="140"></col><col></col><col width="108"></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Position #</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innings</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Average </span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SR</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Highest</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">38.90</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">134.11</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">54</span></p></td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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As we know his power hitting ability is limited, and he is a proper batsman with textbook shots. So in my opinion it will be more difficult for him play in middle order with better strike rate. As the legend says "<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Don't fix something that's not broken</span></b>"</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><h3><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some records of Babar & Rizwan</span></span></h3><div><ul><li><a href="https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?class=3;id=7;type=team" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Top 5 Highest opening partnerships from Pakistan are all between Rizwan & Babar. And Pakistan has won all of these matches.</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283503.html" target="_blank">Rizwan & Babar pair has highest no of 100+ partnerships i.e 8. Next best are India's Rohit Sharma & KL Rahul with 5 century partnerships.</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283511.html" target="_blank">Muhammad Rizwan & Babar azam also holds the record for most runs (2327) in partnerships with average of 51.71</a>.</span></li><li><a href="https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283472.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Muhammad Rizwan has won 10 Man of Match awards from Pakistan in 75 matches. Which means he won man of the match award after every 7.5 match, which is best ratio from Pakistan. And better then few of the world greats like Warner, Kohli, Gayle.</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Muhammad Rizwan & Babar Azam are only Pakistan batters other than Misbah Ul Haq to hold World No.1 T20I position.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Babar Azam held No.1 T20I position for longest period in the world.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/player-rankings/t20i/all-time-batting" target="_blank">Rizwan & Babar Azam feature at 4th & 6th spot for All time T20I ratings</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Muhammad Rizwan has 2nd best average(74.68) in matches wins worldwide.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3ev78-uLoH6cG5W5x-dIQHe0lx8LwnYuIlSSSutotKWUMS7Amn0Sdl0ln1DbaF9usUoVB0skgY_L8lNh6hTAcuLPjlRwEJCF-9E6LHZ826rFonmZ38Mkzv8lTb4wF-pM86tZp03Na9GGYZJrkK8OaI-zLO9Hc6d2tasfFOqVkbVLjgcMmFu_gtj9/s1600/23babar_rizwan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1600" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3ev78-uLoH6cG5W5x-dIQHe0lx8LwnYuIlSSSutotKWUMS7Amn0Sdl0ln1DbaF9usUoVB0skgY_L8lNh6hTAcuLPjlRwEJCF-9E6LHZ826rFonmZ38Mkzv8lTb4wF-pM86tZp03Na9GGYZJrkK8OaI-zLO9Hc6d2tasfFOqVkbVLjgcMmFu_gtj9/w532-h312/23babar_rizwan.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Credits : Getty</div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><h2><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #444444;">Bottomline</span> : While Babar & Rizwan have struggled in opening 2 matches of World T20 Cup in Australia. But I still feel they are the best available choice for Pakistan. Pakistan do not luxury of players like Butler, Warner, Roy, or Gayle warming the bench.</span></b></h2><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Article written on 28 Oct 2022. Stats & Records might differ after this date.</span></i></span></div></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div>harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comPakistan30.375321 69.34511599999999-49.223880563300412 -71.27988400000001 90 -150.02988400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-8379314065593589742017-10-23T13:17:00.001-07:002017-10-24T10:57:28.700-07:00Ruthless Pakistan thrashes Clueless Srilanka - Whitewash in numbers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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October 23rd. 1.30 PM. Sharjah Hot & Sunny day. Captain unlucky Upul Tharanga for the 3rd consecutive time won the toss and chose to collapse, and this time collapsed occur even earlier than pessimists anticipated i.e. 5 down in 7th over of the game courtesy Pakistan's "another" new bowling sensation Usman Khan Shinwari.<br />
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Brilliant, Exceptional, Sensational, Delightful, Exquisite was Pakistan against Sri lanka in ODI series after horrific test series against the very same nation. Pakistan is riding a wave of success since champions trophy and continue to thrive in colored kits, winning 9 ODI games on trot, 3 less there own record. Pakistan has also chased there last 6 ODI's successfully, 9 being there best chasing streak.<br />
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On the other hand, I have not seen nation of awe-inspiring Sanga been so clueless and so helpless ever before. Losing 12 consecutive matches and 3 series whitewash within a year. Zimbabwe holds the record for most whitewashes(4) in year 2004 and Sri lanka is on track and have enough potential to equal Zimbabwe's record in December against India.</div>
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Dominant Pakistan wrapped up the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvSL</a> ODI series 5-0 in a match that lasted just 46.4 overs in Sharjah.<br />
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<legend><b> <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">No. Of Whitewashes</span></span></b></legend><legend><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></legend>
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<tr><td><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Pakistan</b></span></td><td><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 19 </span></b></td> <td><span style="color: #274e13;"><b> 9</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Australia</td><td> 15 </td> <td> 4</td></tr>
<tr><td><b><span style="color: #274e13;">South Africa</span></b></td><td><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 16 </span></b></td> <td><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> 2</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td>England</td><td> 13 </td> <td> 8</td></tr>
<tr><td>West Indies</td><td> 13 </td> <td> 16</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td> 12 </td> <td> 8</td></tr>
<tr><td>New Zealand</td><td> 10 </td> <td> 14</td></tr>
<tr><td>India</td><td> 11 </td> <td> 3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td> 10 </td> <td> 25 </td></tr>
<tr><td><b><span style="color: red;">Zimbabwe</span></b></td><td><b><span style="color: red;"> 4 </span></b></td> <td><b><span style="color: red;"> 28</span></b></td></tr>
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is enjoying the top spot with 19 whitewashes, most by any team. Sri Lanka(2), Bangladesh(4),
Zimbabwe(5) , New Zealand(3) and West Indies(5) were at receiving end. Inzamam-ul-HAQ was captain in 4* series.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe got whitewash most no. of times, been whitewashed by
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more interesting stories, Between span of 2005 - 2010 South Africa won 9
series by whitewash, in which Graeme Smith was captain in 8* of them. while Mighty Australians Between 2003 to 2010 won 8 series by whitewash, and Ricky Ponting was captain in 7* of them. including a <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/219296.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">whitewash</span></a> to ICC World X1.<br />
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Kamran Akmal along with Shoaib malik made a come back but his performance was not that better too. He averages 12 with the bat and strike rate of 85.71. Such average and strike rate as an opener in T20 is a big failure. Addition to this not a good performance behind the stumps too.<br />
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Unfortunate player of Team Pakistan, didn't get a chance after first match, and didn't even completed his quota of four overs against india. He gave 23 runs in 3 overs.<br />
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Sohaib Maqsood also failed to impress except his small cameo against India when he scored 22 off 11 balls. His avg in the tournament was 15 with strike rate of 109.75<br />
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Terribly out of form in batting is skipper Muhammad Hafeez. He didn't looked in good touch with batting in any match. He averages 13.75 with strike rate of 72.36. Although his bowling was quite economical as always. He took 1 wicket and maintained an economy 6.30, best in Pakistan attack. His captaincy was also ordinary in the tournament, Panicked in the start against Australia but then came back very well in the end.<br />
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Umar Gul didn't fulfilled even half of the expectations. He managed to took 6 wickets but leaked runs with economy of 9.11, He just bowled two good overs against Australia when team needed him in pressure situation and he delivered it.<br />
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He was expected to be a consistent batsman but failed in 3 matches out of 4. But in one match where he fired, He made a record of making first century by a Pakistani in T20I and also the youngest in world to score it. despite failing in 3 matches his average is 46.00 and strike rate is 163.25, best in the batting line up.<br />
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Umar Akmal scored with average of 32 and strike rate of 140.65. He completely failed in two matches, but against India he played better and against aussie played match winning innings of 94.<br />
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Sohail tanvir played two matches. bowled 7 overs with economy of 7.57. and scored 14 runs in one innings in which he batted.<br />
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Saeed Ajmal also didn't had a good tournament. Though he bagged 4 wickets but maintained economy of 7.46 which is surely not good by the standard of Saeed Ajmal. But he bowled a match winning over against Australia , So he got 6 points.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Zulfiqar Babar - 7</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>Zulfiqar Babar was a surprise addition in Pakistan attack and he bowled quite well under the circumstances. He took 4 wickets with economy of 7.00 in 3 matches.<br />
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Boom Boom was the only player from Pakistan who performed quite well. He scored 68 runs with strike rate of 161.90 and averaged 22. This is what Pakistan all needs at end finishing the innings. He hit 5 sixes among the longest in the tournament so far i.e. 98 Meter. He also bowled brilliantly , 4 wickets with economy of 6.53<br />
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<li>Pakistan has qualified for semi-final in all world t20 cups.</li>
<li>Yuvraj Singh holds the record for fastest t20 fifty in just 12 balls.</li>
<li>Mahela Jayawerdene of Sri Lanka has scored 858 runs, most by any batsman in World T20 cup.</li>
<li>B McCullum holds the record of highest score in an innings i.e. 123(58) vs Bangladesh.</li>
<li>Chris Gayle has hitted 43 of Sixes in World T20, most by any.</li>
<li>Most wickets in World T20 : Lasith Malinga 33.</li>
<li>Joginder Sharma(India) who took the last wicket of Pakistan in World T20 final, has never played for India after that. He took 20-2 with economy of just 5.71</li>
<li>Best bowling figures of World T20. BAW Mendins 6 wickets for 8 runs against Zimbabwe.</li>
<li>Only daniel vettori's economy rate is less then 6 RPO. (Min. 250 balls)</li>
<li>Kamran Akmal holds the record for most number of dismissals in World T20 (24).</li>
<li>Chris Gayle has highest strike rate (152) in world T20.</li>
<li>India After winning first edition of World T20, not even reached in semis of next 3 editions.</li>
<li>So far 4 centuries has been scored in World T20. Gayle, Raina, Jayawardene and McCullum have their names on list.</li>
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harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-17886154066983462732014-02-25T18:34:00.002-08:002014-02-25T22:05:25.496-08:00World T20 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">T20 has reshaped cricket in a dramatic way. It has obviously both benefits and drawbacks. Biggest disadvantage of T20 is traditional cricket is losing his audience and his charm. But on the other hand, it has also helped cricket in growing rigorously. T20 has lot of excitement, charm, fun and everything which now a days audience wants. It has become more popular than Test or ODI's. So just couple of days left in the start of year's biggest event in Bangladesh. 10 top sides of the planet will be in action for becoming the champion of World T20.</span><br />
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Lets first talk about minnows of the event. May be its wrong to call any team "Minnow" in T20, but one can say these are less rated teams in the event. Top 8 test playing nations are direct qualified to group stage of World T20, and 2 top teams from 2 qualifiers group will meet top8 in a group stage, From group A there is a tough contest between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, yes you read it right, Home nation needs to qualify to group stage and there are good chances Afghanistan taking over them into group stage. In group B there is a contest between Zimbabwe and Ireland to qualify for group stage.Though these teams may have very less chance of winning the tournament but for sure they are capable of throwing any of the team out of tournament. well we have to wait and see how many upsets we can see in this world cup.</div>
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Talking about the favorites no doubt Asian trio (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka) have every chance of winning the cup. They are familiar with the conditions,weather and most importantly recently these teams have played Asia cup here. Pakistan's bowling attack and India's batting attack can be termed as the most powerful attacks of the tournament. But both of the teams lack in other department(Pakistan in batting & India in bowling). any of the team finding good balance will have better chance of winning.<br />
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T20 champions West Indies on their day can demolish any bowling lineup, but their recent performances shows a bit doubt on their form as a team. They lost T20 series in NZ, and then at home merely able to draw series from Ireland. So they are not as much in the favorites lineup as they were in last tournament.</div>
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Ok with the favorites, but Australia, England and South Africa are also very good sides and can reach the top anywhere. England is hurt after Ashes and former world champions wants to gain some respect in cricketing world. However they need something extra to retain get this title. While Australia and South Africa are both in very good form, every one likes to see player like De villier, Steyn , Johnson, Warner in action, and they are very good match winners too, but how they respond to asian slow tracks, its a big question mark.</div>
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harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-7119361362798998572013-11-29T08:22:00.000-08:002013-11-29T08:28:41.770-08:00Whitewash in numbers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Couple of days ago Pakistan pulled off a thriller in <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-pakistan-2013-14/engine/current/match/685733.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Port Elizabeth</span></a>, stage set by Saeed Ajmal and Junaid khan with finishing move. As a result Pakistan became the first Asian team to defeat South Africa in South Africa courtesy young guns of Pakistan, If Pakistan somehow manages victory on saturday too, They will become the first team to whitewash South Africa in South Africa, before that South Africa has only been white washed twice by West Indies(1992) and Sri Lanka(2004) in their homes respectively.<br />
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Pakistan has a great chance to make history on saturday by beating South Africa at Centurion, if it happens, it will be Pakistan's 18th whitewash victory(Most by any team) in history of One day Internationals, while South Africa has received least number of whitewashes(Qualification : Test Playing nations).<br />
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<tr><td><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Pakistan</b></span></td><td><b><span style="color: #274e13;">17 </span></b></td> <td><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>7</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Australia</td><td>13 </td> <td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td><b><span style="color: #274e13;">South Africa</span></b></td><td><b><span style="color: #274e13;">12 </span></b></td> <td><b><span style="color: #274e13;">2</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td>England</td><td>12 </td> <td>8</td></tr>
<tr><td>West Indies</td><td>12 </td> <td>13</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>10 </td> <td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>New Zealand</td><td>9 </td> <td>13</td></tr>
<tr><td>India</td><td>7 </td> <td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>7 </td> <td>21 </td></tr>
<tr><td><b><span style="color: red;">Zimbabwe</span></b></td><td><b><span style="color: red;">4 </span></b></td> <td><b><span style="color: red;">23</span></b></td></tr>
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Pakistan is enjoying the spot with 17 whitewashes. Sri Lanka(1), Bangladesh(4), Zimbabwe(5) , New Zealand(3) and West Indies(4) were at receiving end. while Zimbabwe received whitewash most no. of times, been whitewashed by all the test teams. while South Africa received least number of whitewashes.<br />
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Digging in stats, lets have a look at some more interesting stories, Between span of 2005 - 2010 South Africa won 9 series by whitewash, in which Graeme Smith was captain<span style="font-size: x-small;">*</span> in 8 of them. while Mighty Australians Between 2003 to 2010 won 8 series by whitewash, and Ricky Ponting was captain<span style="font-size: x-small;">*</span> in 7 of them. including a <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/219296.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">whitewash</span></a> to ICC World X1.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sliding from no. 1, England continue to struggle against spin in Asia. India got a very comfortable victory in Ahmadabad, taking 1-0 lead in the series. Match seems to be over on 4th but Cook and Prior gave some life to British hopes but all in vain on final day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would like to discuss player of the match first, 24 years old Cheteshwar Pujara, averages 71.25 in 6 matches he played, seems ready to fill Dravid's place in the team. He was introducing himself to International Cricket with every delightful shot he played. with 21 fours remained not out as India declares on 521 when he got his double Century(206).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: 18px;">"Alistair Cook innings - That's one of the finest innings I have seen by a visiting batsman on Indian soil" - </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; line-height: 18px;">Words by Sanjay Manjeraker sums up the perfomance of Alastair Cook in second innings. </span>India was sensing victory on third day, but It was Cook who stood rock solid and gave glimpse of hope but fails in the end. He played a marathon innings(176) comprising of 556 Minutes and 374 balls. More importantly that innings was under huge pressure in India against India. </span></div>
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harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-63383540615861112772012-10-29T06:28:00.002-07:002012-10-29T06:37:42.877-07:00ICC new playing conditions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, 'MS Sans Serif', 'MS Sans', 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The new playing conditions for Tests, One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) will come into effect with the series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand which starts in Pallekele on Tuesday 30 October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, 'MS Sans Serif', 'MS Sans', 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The amendments have been approved by the ICC Board following proposals made by the ICC Cricket Committee at its meeting in London in May.</span><br />
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harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-1317739701792347712012-09-15T14:06:00.000-07:002012-09-15T14:06:06.271-07:00Road to WC T20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
T20 has reshaped cricket in a dramatic way. It has obviously both benefits and drawbacks. Biggest disadvantage of T20 is traditional cricket is losing his audience and his charm. But on the other hand, it has also helped cricket in growing rigorously. T20 has lot of excitement, charm, fun and everything which now a days audience wants. It has become more popular than Test or ODI's. So just couple of days left in the start of year's biggest event in Sri Lanka. Twelve top sides of the planet will be in action for becoming the champion of World T20.<div>
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Lets first talk about minnows of the event. May be its wrong to call any team "Minnow" in T20, but one can say these are less rated teams in the event. Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan are also in the event along with 9 test playing nations. Afghanistan is the nation which is rising tremendously in cricketing world, specially in T20. There inclusion in another event shows their hard work. Similarly Ireland, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh may have very less chance of winning the tournament but for sure they are capable of throwing any of the team out of tournament. well we have to wait and see how many upsets we can see in this world cup.</div>
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Talking about the favorites no doubt Asian trio (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka) have every chance of winning the cup. They are familiar with the conditions,weather and most importantly recently these teams have played some cricket in Sri Lanka. Pakistan's bowling attack and India's batting attack can be termed as the most powerful attacks of the tournament. But both of the teams lack in other department(Pakistan in batting & India in bowling). any of the team finding good balance will have better chance of winning.</div>
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Some cricket pundits are calling West Indies as favorites, and why not? I mean any team with the likes of Gayle, Pollard, Bravo, Narine can be termed as favorite. they are a very goo T20 side. This is a good chance for West Indies to get their position back in world of cricket. Many of the eyes will be on Caribbean players how they perform for their team. </div>
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Ok with the favorites, but Australia, England and South Africa are also very good sides and can reach the top anywhere. England will be defending its title but I will not call them favorites in these conditions. They need something extra to retain their title. Similar is the case with Australia.We have seen them struggling a long way against Pakistan in T20, although they get a very handsome victory in the last match but not favorites for me.</div>
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harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-50558274781378156672012-09-01T15:25:00.001-07:002012-09-01T15:25:38.273-07:00Sizzling Jamshed sets the stage for Sharjah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Classy Nasir Jamshed helped Pakistan to level the series against Australia in UAE. Unexpectedly Pakistan chased 249 on just 3 wickets against Australia with quite ease.<br />
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Australia's start was not much impressive as they lost wade in second over. David Warner once again was uneasy at the crease. You don't often see it.Warner scored a run after 18 deliveries. Warner and Clarke had a good partnership but then once again Pakistan spinners showed the world why they are best in the business. Mike Hussey(61 off 72) stood this time, with the help of Bailey(39 off 46) to get Australia out of the trouble and quite succeeded. Saeed Ajmal once again was a hero for Pakistan as he took 4 for just 32 in his 10. Australia finished their innings on 248 for 9 in quota of 50 overs.</div>
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Pakistan's reply was astonishing as they were right on top from the very first over, Australia never looked comfortable against the class of Nasir Jamshed. With 11 4's and two 6's scored brilliant 97 on just 98 deliveries. Azhar(59 off 86) and Misbah(35 off 34) also helped the Pakistan cause.</div>
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Star of the day was 22 years old left arm opener of Pakistan, Nasir Jamshed. In the heat of UAE where temperature is almost about 44 C in the morning, and still quite humid at night, Nasir showed his class for 152 minutes. He played some great shots all over the place. Funny thing about his innings was, it was completed in two months(started on 31st August and ended on 1st September). He is always impressive but need to work on his fitness, one can argue on Abu dhabi heat but fitness was also his problem in the past. If he can work on it he can even become a better prospect for the team.</div>
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Such a chase from Pakistan was really unexpected. I dont even remember last time Pakistan chased with so ease without any drama against one of the better team in the ratings. They were on top from the very first over, and never looked struggling. Even Misbah scored more then run a ball this time, Hafeez find some runs with the bat, which was a very positive sign. and Azhar Ali once again proved his selection in ODI.</div>
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Aussie batting line up still not reading the spinners well. Ajmal and hafeez seems to know every way how to handle Aussies. but Pakistan seamers still struggling for good line and length, Junaid khan replacing Aizaz Cheema was much impressive, picked up 3 wickets, leaking 52 runs, but Sohail Tanvir was awful, his recent performances are certainly not up to the mark. Anwar Ali should get a chance in next match.</div>
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Dew can be all important factor in the third ODI. As we seen Aussie were facing serious trouble to grip the ball. Maxwell was drying ball after every single delivery which can show how much dew was present there. Both captains at toss was also unsure what to do on this pitch. But loosing toss became the winning cause for Misbah in the end. It can become difficult to grip the bow. Important to note here, apart from dew factor Nasir's innings was classy, you have to give him credit to play such a master innings in UAE heat.<br />
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harishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765249983385368555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213304269866657437.post-71229196776121769962012-08-26T05:58:00.000-07:002012-08-29T07:28:20.924-07:00Kangaroos in the heat of desert<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Aussies frightened from heat, arrived at Emirates. They are here to play four ODI's and three T20. They had played their first match against Afghanistan and beat them by good 66 runs. As expected, that match seems to be a good practice match for Australia.<br />
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<b><u>Overview of Pak vs Aus</u>:</b></div>
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Both teams have conceded a defeat recently, Aussie defeat was more terrible as they lost 0-4 to England, and Pakistan was defeated from Srilanka 1-3. But the teams surely have the ability to bounce back and produce some world class cricket</div>
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Aussie here are much frightened from desert heat as we are going to see all night matches. yes matches are not day&night, they are night matches as they will be started 6.00 pm local time and will be finishing after midnight. this is all to avoid the heat in day time and play in bit cooler time.<br />
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<b><u>Players to watch out:</u></b><br />
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Aussie will be practicing to face the best spin attack in the world, This spin attack recently helped in a clean sweeping the number 1 team. It will be interesting to see how Clarke and company will treat the spin trio (Hafeez, Afridi, Ajmal) in Emirates.<br />
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Micheal Clarke, captain himself will take the responsibility of great Ricky Ponting who is no more in the squad now. Clarke will now bat at the most important position at no. 3.<br />
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K.Akmal is making all important comeback in Pakistan squad just before World T20. Notorious for his wicket keeping, Akmal was dropped after world cup 2011, but currently he is in top form and top scorer in ongoing <a href="http://slplt20.co/">SLPL</a> averaging 40+.<br />
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<b style="text-decoration: underline;">Facts & Trivia</b> <b>:</b><br />
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Head to Head
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<tr><td><b>Team</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b>Won</b></td><td><b>Lost</b></td><td><b>Tie/NR</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>86</td><td>30</td><td>52</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Australia</td><td>86</td><td>52</td><td>30</td><td>4</td></tr>
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Head to Head in UAE
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<tr><td><b>Team</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b>Won</b></td><td><b>Lost</b></td><td><b>Tie/NR</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Australia</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>0</td></tr>
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<li>3 matches of ODI leg will be played in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.</li>
<li>Pakistan has played 3 matches with Australia at Sharjah and won all of them.</li>
<li>3 matches has been played between them at Abu Dhabi , Aussie has an upper hand with winning 2 of them.</li>
<li>Saeed Ajmal need 1 wicket to make his wicket counts to 100.</li>
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This seems to be a close encounter, interesting to see how Aussie face spin here, middle overs(20-40) will be crucial as Pakistan spinners usually dug in this period. I reckon Pakistan will win the series.<br />
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