Pakistan v Pakistan A | Tour Match | Abu Dhabi | 17/2/2010 [merged]

[IM NOT YOU]

does anybody know the squads expected for this game (particularly with respect to Pakistan A)?

Has there been any info/ threads posted on this?



Pakistan A gets two matches against England prior to this match so they should be prepared.


Looks VERY intriguing if you ask me..

[Sledger]

Should be good, not sure about the squads - what format is this, not T20.. please!

Can the beast play in this game?

[IM NOT YOU]

Should be good, not sure about the squads - what format is this, not T20.. please!

Can the beast play in this game?



ODI i believe.


and yes the beast will be in team Pakistan from what i understand.

[12thMan]

The Pakistan A squad is here
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=89462
Post #37

[sultanator]

I'm rooting for A! Who else is with me?!

[Sohaib-789]

bro its
pakistan A vs uae A

[sultanator]

bro its
pakistan A vs uae A

And Pak v Pak A

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/series/443080.html?template=fixtures

[mindless slogging]

Two rubbish sides, maybe even both with ******** selections, playing against each other.

I hope they don't put highlights of this up, else it could end up worse than Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe (no offence to those two countries).

I'd be funny if one side makes 120 in 50 overs, and the other chokingly crosses the line. However, one thing will be clear: If Pak lose, M.Hafeez is a better captain than whoever is captain for Pak on that day.

[IM NOT YOU]

Two rubbish sides, maybe even both with ******** selections, playing against each other.

I hope they don't put highlights of this up, else it could end up worse than Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe (no offence to those two countries).

I'd be funny if one side makes 120 in 50 overs, and the other chokingly crosses the line. However, one thing will be clear: If Pak lose, M.Hafeez is a better captain than whoever is captain for Pak on that day.

:)))
wow

this post has got a lot of anger in it.

[mindless slogging]

:)))
wow

this post has got a lot of anger in it.

It is just a sport ....


.... until you start representing your country and start actively defaming it and coming with retarded excuses like:

'They had no McGrath or Warne. It would have been easier if we played them. We lost to the best Aussie side in history. 9-0 is the best we could have hoped for.'

And then follow that by repeating the same mistakes again and again. M. Hafeez is the captain of the 'A' side. Either we that poor (in which case what is being done about it?) or the people running this pathetic attempt of a board don't give a **** about the country (also in which case, what are we doing about it?).

They selected an 'A' side that won in Sri Lanka, with promising players. Then they go backwards and commit the same mistakes in selecting the A squad that they did in selecting the squads that got hammered by Australia. Imagine the excuses if the Pak side loses to the A side:

'M. Hafeez is always known to have had a great cricketing brain. He had 7 players on the boundary, and in an attempt to score the last 20 runs, chasing 120, with 15 overs left at a RRR of 1.33rpo, we went for the sixes and collapsed.'

Then Hafeez gets a recall and PPers with amnesia harp on about how they knew he was a superb player. Then we get whitewashed again in the summer, and the next captain of the A side gets a go ... Shahid Nazir.

[Chasing Cars]

I'm rooting for A! Who else is with me?!
Me :D
This is tempting, do I watch it, or not watch it is the question here :13:

:D

[cricket_fever]

well well i might also support Pak A........

[cricfan967]

Is it going to be telecasted?
(Pak vs Pak A)

[mindless slogging]

Is it going to be telecasted?
(Pak vs Pak A)

Hopefully not.

[IM NOT YOU]

Pakistan
Pakistan A
Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT)
Current time: 01:19 local, 21:19 GMT



Pakistan squad

Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik*, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Arafat


Pakistan A squad

Aamer Sajjad, Abdur Rehman, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq†, Kashif Siddiq, Mohammad Hafeez*, Mohammad Talha, Naeem Anjum, Naved Yasin, Shahzaib Hasan, Tabish Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Umair Khan, Uzair-ul-Haq, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah

[On_the_up]

Me :D
This is tempting, do I watch it, or not watch it is the question here :13:

:D
I say watch it, it might be one of those rare occasions when a Pakistani team wins a match.

[farhan1]

ODI i believe.


and yes the beast will be in team Pakistan from what i understand.

Its T20I not ODI. Along with England Lions take on England later after this match in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan is coming for T20Is so no chance of ODIs to play.

[Sledger]

Should beat cakewalk judging by how useless the 'A' side looks. Seems like Arafat and Talha have found their way into the wrong squads though.

[Inswinger]

A very incompetent A squad. Would have been a good game had a few deserving players been given an opportunity.

[cricfan967]

Will geo super be showing?
or any channel

[taaveez]

Pakistan
Pakistan A
Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT)
Current time: 01:19 local, 21:19 GMT



Pakistan squad

Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik*, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Arafat


Pakistan A squad

Aamer Sajjad, Abdur Rehman, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq†, Kashif Siddiq, Mohammad Hafeez*, Mohammad Talha, Naeem Anjum, Naved Yasin, Shahzaib Hasan, Tabish Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Umair Khan, Uzair-ul-Haq, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah
It would be interesting to see Wahab and Talha bowl from both sides.

They should have mixed up the teams instead.

[SuperSixer90]

Guys a squad looks pretty good too expect a fight

[Boi]

This 'A' side is a disgrace. How can you select a bunch of jokers like that? I hope Pakistan thrash this 'A' side.
Bunch of pathetic players, captained by an even pathetic player.

[the Great Khan]

yawn match!

[RehanG]

is it gona be on TVvvvv

[Nazir_ Rules]

What channel showing this match? Geo Super?

[sultanator]

I don't think it's being televised, Sky Sports aren't showing it and Zee Cinema returned no results on the programme guide :S It's listed as a 'Tour Match', they're never televised, are they?

[naikdilbadshah]

Both teams are loosers...so should be a good contest....

[Alam_dar]

In following, it is telling that Asad Shafique is the Wicket Keeper of A team. Is it really true?

Pakistan
Pakistan A
Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT)
Current time: 01:19 local, 21:19 GMT



Pakistan squad

Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik*, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Arafat


Pakistan A squad

Aamer Sajjad, Abdur Rehman, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq†, Kashif Siddiq, Mohammad Hafeez*, Mohammad Talha, Naeem Anjum, Naved Yasin, Shahzaib Hasan, Tabish Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Umair Khan, Uzair-ul-Haq, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah

[IM NOT YOU]

In following, it is telling that Asad Shafique is the Wicket Keeper of A team. Is it really true?



according to cricinfo..

[Zaid23]

Pakistan 2/0 (1.1/20 ov)

[iafzal]

crapinfo is confused again



Pakistan 10/0 (1.5/20 ov)

Pakistan A

Pakistan A won the toss and elected to bat

[moekind]

where can i watch this online?

[xbox]

M hafeez as an attack bowler and already took a wicket. I think he finally realized he is not much of a bat so try his luck as an attack bowler

[iafzal]

It seems Malik was right Pak has learned from its mistakes

Pakistan 11/2 (3.4/20 ov)

[iafzal]

Players still left to bat are
Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi*, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Fawad Alam, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz

So except Ajmal eveyone can bat. They should go for it rather then try to save wkts. Look they already down 2 so no point in tuk tuk

[Mobashir]

Interesting Afridi is the captain...

But can i see well?? Pak is playing with just one fast bowler???

[iafzal]

Interesting Afridi is the captain...

But can i see well?? Pak is playing with just one fast bowler???
one fast bowler, one tundler

Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz

[iafzal]

Umar does seem a little unhappy about dropping Kami

Umar Akmal (rhb) 2 of 9 balls

[pak4life]

is umar akmal still in protest 1 of 6 balls

[iafzal]

is umar akmal still in protest 1 of 6 balls
you cannot blame him he is playing a test plus as you know he is not a natural stroke player, he accumulates runs by singles and doubles.

[Mobashir]

44/4 hahahahahaha

[akafen]

Early on in his career Asad Shafiq kept wickets, so it is not a mistake. The mistake was to send Naeem Anjum as the specialist keeper. Anjum looked downright awful when I saw him keep during the RBS t2o last year. He makes Kamran Akmal look like Rashid Latif

[muhammad saad]

44/4 hahahahahaha

Can't get any better than this I hope they lose by big margin.

[IM NOT YOU]

is this on geo super?

[kamranO]

Ya yeh Ankhan Mera ******* bhaiya ko dhoonti hain

[akafen]

I could care less about AFridi. The more I think about it, AFridi is playing the biggest game of all. All he cares about is being captain and eating cricket balls.

[kamranO]

Why S.Afridi Is Playing

[pak4life]

i thought we had learnt from the australian tour ;-)

[kamranO]

fawad hit a six people say he can,t hit let him hit some more sixes

[iafzal]

i thought we had learnt from the australian tour ;-)
yes we have, lesson in how to even lose to A sides instead of national side.

[iafzal]

fawad hit a six people say he can,t hit let him hit some more sixes
he hit two sixes in an over against WI to win us the Canada cup two years ago, people just have short term memory.

[akafen]

Did Kamran Akmal say it was okay for Umar Akmal to play? I guess he said its okay, but i guess playing well isnt an option.

[iafzal]

65/5, no signs of Afridi, must be finishing lunch as he may not want to chomp in the field.

[Mobashir]

Can't get any better than this I hope they lose by big margin.
That is what is so god with our team... They always flfill our hopes!!!! Great team!

[Afridi_Fan]

65/5, no signs of Afridi, must be finishing lunch as he may not want to chomp in the field.


Hahahaha, khush?

:P

[Afridi_Fan]

Any other scorecard, other than cricinfo?

It seems stuck.

[Afridi_Fan]

:afridi into double figures. :P

[Afridi_Fan]

And he is gone?

:)))

What a test innings, no boundaries.

:)))

[iafzal]

Malik playing like a captain even though he does not want anything to do with it

[akafen]

Malik only performs when he actually wants to perform.

[Afridi_Fan]

:razaaq :127:

[salman24]

The Razzler will shine iA

[Afridi_Fan]

:malik goes for 32.

[Afridi_Fan]

Another basher

:ajmal comes out

:127:

[Afridi_Fan]

Another :six

:razaaq :127:

[iafzal]

we cannot even run well in friendly side games. 2 runouts already

[naikdilbadshah]

any stream for livematch??

[Afridi_Fan]

3rd :six

:razaaq

:127: :127: :127:

[iafzal]

Razzler is a dazzler already with 3 6s

[Zaid23]

3 sixes by raZZaq

[Mobashir]

I think we are lucky to have abdul razaaq in T20s.. He can be very dangerous at the end of the innings....

[Afridi_Fan]

37 in 14 balls.

:razaaq

:127: :127: :127: :127:

[Zaid23]

37 of 14 balls

[salman24]

This is what I was talking about. We really missed the RAzzler in Australia. His presence surely would've made a difference..

[naikdilbadshah]

This is what I was talking about. We really missed the RAzzler in Australia. His presence surely would've made a difference..


he is lucky ..wsnt part of the squad ..otherwise we would have been cursing him as well

[Afridi_Fan]

:razaaq will end with 39 off 17 balls.

What a beast he is.

:127: :127: :127: :127:

[Afridi_Fan]

144 the target.

[iafzal]

total looks respectable because of Razzler the Dazzler

[naikdilbadshah]

its a match winning total...
:malik is a fox

[Zaid23]

shaatir malik will defend it

[naikdilbadshah]

any live stream????

[Afridi_Fan]

According to cricinfo :afridi is the captain.

[kamranO]

A.Razzaq The Best Allrounder After I.Khan kick out these rana he is just naaam ka hi rana hai

[Kriketer]

Malik and Razzaq only made good contribution, rest were useless

[Eagle Eyes]

where you kids watching the game at?

[PapaBear]

* Pakistan tour of United Arab Emirates - Tour Match
* Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
* Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (neutral venue) :))) :))) :)))
* 17 February 2010 (20-over match)

Neutral for who?

[Mobashir]

Guys how good a wicket keeper is Asad shafik? I am asking just about is wicket keeping....

[Zaid23]

talha gone forr 44 runs in 3 overs......wont get a game...Wahab continuing his good form

[iafzal]

seems A is going to beat the national team as well unless they have a Pakistani style collapse

[iafzal]

Asad has played well for his 29 of 14 balls.
If he can keeps as good as Kami he can be the answer to shorter version of the game

[Farhan!]

kia dhulaai horahi hai Pakistan team ki!

[iafzal]

so much for learning lessons, I think they still have some more learning left.

[Afridi_Fan]

Who we have as fast bowling replacement?

One is Gul, anyone else?

[Eagle Eyes]

WOW Asad Shafiq has average of 43~ and is not playing for the Pakistan team. Would love to see this guy play.

[Luton Bad Boy]

Biggest embarrasment for Pakistan cricket losing to its juniors...

I will be supporting England in the forthcoming T20's

[so123]

So England>Eng Lions>Pak A>Pakistan

[naikdilbadshah]

So England>Eng Lions>Pak A>Pakistan

we have a winner :))) :))) :))) :))) :)))

[naikdilbadshah]

we can till change the team name from Pakistan A to Pakistan..isnt it?

[iafzal]

I though Pak A team was very average but I guess Pak team is average not A

[Alam_dar]

So England>Eng Lions>Pak A>Pakistan

LoL.


Well, Yasir Arafat is justifying his inclusion in 20/20 with his good bowling. He may not be an attack bowler in Power Play, but after Power play is over, he is a good economical bowler then. He is also good in last overs too with beautiful reverse swing and beautiful yorkers.

Love to see an aggressive Batsman like Asad Shafiq. I dont think he is such good wicket keeper though. But he could make to the team solely on his aggressive batting ability and could replace Khalid Latif and Imran Farhat or even Imran Nazir (ony if Imran Nazir keep on playing so crap).

[Zaid23]

Talha is definately not ready for international cricket

[Zaid23]

shoaib malik bowls an amazing over...just 2 runs given

[Ali888]

stunning tactics or mischief from Malik ?

not giving Razzaq a bowl at all ?

[Ali888]

Talha is not a T20 bowler clearly

But will be interesting to see how Malik utilises Wahab Riaz at the end

[Afridi_Fan]

LoL

It seems like Pakistan has started to tighten the screws. :P

[Ali888]

well there goes my malik / razzaq theory though he looks like he may only bowl talha's over?

[Afridi_Fan]

If cricinfo is correct, :afridi is the captain not :malik

[Poison]

Its a practice game, Afridi hasn't even bowled, you lot get excited over nothing

[Alam_dar]

It is important to see how good Saeed Ajmal performs in this match in next 2 matches against England. Really, if Saeed Ajmal is not able to perform a lot more better than Malik/Razzaq/Arafat then he should be dropped.

[Amjid Javed]

Can anyone print scorecard on here please? Thanks. :)

[shahzadddd]

Looks like Pak A have it wrapped up :



Pakistan 143/8 (20/20 ov)
Pakistan A 135/3 (18.2/20 ov)

Pakistan A require another 9 runs with 7 wickets and 10 balls remaining


http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/443094.html

[Amjid Javed]

A 2nd T20 loss in a row for Pakistan team would not be to clever!

[Ali888]

brilliant outcome will be shoaib malik fails and wahab riaz demonstrates his promise

[Amjid Javed]

Good to see Razzaq back in T20 side as hes a vital player in this format of the game!

[Shayan]

5 to win off the last over.

[Shayan]

4 off 5 balls.

[Shayan]

3 off 4.

[Shayan]

Scores level, 1 off 3 needed.

[naikdilbadshah]

Ladies and gentlemen Pakistan A has clinched a victory against the world champions

[Shayan]

Pak A wins

[hashbb]

Wow....this is just Sad!

[Brainiac]

Pakistan 143/8 (20/20 ov)

Pakistan A 145/3 (19.3/20 ov)

The wrong team will be playing the Poms.

:))) :))) :))) :))) :))) :))) :))) :))) :)))

[naikdilbadshah]

so it mean if England lions > pakistan A>
and Pakistan A > Pakistan..

hence proved

England lions > Pakistan (World Champion)


such a shame but blessing in disguise....

[Ali Raja]

Shows that Talha should be nowhere around the t20 team and that wahab riaz is turning out to be a very good bowler.

Malik bowled better than ajmal, and i must say arafat also has good figures.

[the Great Khan]

Lol..ve are learning..ve very very proafessionaal!! Make malik cuptaan for life..

What a bunch of losers!!! Shabaash !! Boht khub!! Kya talunt hay!! Just proves how rubbish our selection policies are..useless captain, useless players,******** losers can't even beat a second string..I reckon the u19's could beat ******** cuptaan 11!!

[Poison]

Practice game lads, practice.

[hashbb]

But hey...at least Pakistan Won :p

[IAJ]

Why didn't Afridi bowl? Has he bowled instead of Talha Pakistan seniors probably would have won, but it is history now.

[Poison]

Afridi didn't bowl so others could be tested.

[Khabri420]

What a nail-biter! :)))

[BirdOfPrey]

LOL, just when you pak has hit rock bottom!

[asifp]

What is Khalid Latif doing in a T20 team?????????

[Genghis]

I know this was a practice and all ... but yet another loss for Pakistan.

And yes it was a practice, but looking at the lineup, this is pretty much the batting lineup we will be taking to the World Cup. Maybe Butt instead of Latif and maybe Kamran as the keeper, but still our batting is a mess at the moment.

[samiakh]

pak lost! wow! well played Pak A!!

[asifp]

I know this was a practice and all ... but yet another loss for Pakistan.

And yes it was a practice, but looking at the lineup, this is pretty much the batting lineup we will be taking to the World Cup. Maybe Butt instead of Latif and maybe Kamran as the keeper, but still our batting is a mess at the moment.

Agreed batting is a complete mess!

Where is the T20 team that Afridi led in his first match as captain why dont we play that team. Khalid Latif needs to go seriously.

Nazir
Farhat
Afridi
Alam
U Akmal
Malik
K Akmal
Razzaq
Gul
Aamir
Ajmal

Rana as we also saw is useless with the bat.

[Genghis]

^ the only difference between the team that played today and your team is Kamran Akmal ... with that lineup I just can't see us winning the World Cup. Too many hit and miss players.

[Inswinger]

This was a practice match and different things were tried. Some of you love to get overly dramatic.

[Genghis]

This was a practice match and different things were tried. Some of you love to get overly dramatic.
Yes as a bowling unit ... it was a pretty new side. I am not looking at the result, because with Aamer, Gul, Asif we probably could have won. But the thing to take out of this game is that our batting is still not world class. Yes we all knew that, but I think its about time we lose this top 3. We were in essense 3/0 at the start of the game.

[Sohaib-789]

What is so good about Talha? Everyone wanted him in the side.

[pakistani pride]

I dont care much about the result BUT BUT BUT ..................

[B]Mohammad Talha 3 0 44 0 14.66 :)) :))) :)) :)))

Thats really really poor bowling !

[ZAK]

Cricinfo staff

February 17, 2010
Text size: A | A

Pakistan A 145 for 3 (Shafiq 48, Hafeez 41, Riaz 2-27) beat Pakistan 143 for 8 (Razzaq 39*, Malik 32, Hafeez 2-21) by seven wickets

After a disastrous Australian tour, Pakistan's confidence will not have been helped as they were overcome by an inexperienced Pakistan A in their warm-up game ahead of the Twenty20 series against England. Abdul Razzaq's rollicking unbeaten 39 boosted Pakistan to 143 for 8 after they were put in to bat, but well-paced innings from Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq set up a seven-wicket victory, achieved with three balls to spare.

Hafeez, who is captaining Pakistan A, was named Man of the Match for his efforts in this game, which included two wickets for only 21 runs in four overs of tight offspin and a vital 41 in Pakistan A's chase. Hafeez, who has not played international cricket for more than two years, brought himself on early in Pakistan's innings and was soon rewarded with Imran Farhat's wicket.

Imran Nazir fell soon after for a pedestrian three runs from 10 balls, and though Khalid Latif and Umar Akmal consolidated with a 33-run partnership, Pakistan struggled to score quickly in the first half of the innings. Latif and Akmal fell in quick succession, and Fawad Alam and Shahid Afridi struggled to get going in their short innings.

Shoaib Malik provided some impetus with a rapid 32 before he was run out by substitute fielder Abid Ali as Pakistan slipped to 109 for 7 in the 18th over. Razzaq then showed his extensive experience at the end of the innings with a typically aggressive knock, smashing two fours and three sixes to add 34 for the eighth wicket with Yasir Arafat, who was out off the last ball after contributing just three runs to the partnership.

Pakistan A lost Shahzaib Hasan early in their chase, but Hafeez and Shafiq steadied the innings with a 67-run partnership - the highest of the match. Hafeez struck five fours and a six before he was bowled by Arafat, who was impressively economical in his four overs, conceding only 17 runs to go with his wicket.

Shafiq was in sight of a maiden twenty20 half-century, having muscled his way to 48 with six fours and a six, but edged Wahab Riaz to Sarfraz Ahmed with 23 still needed in under three overs. Umair Khan and Naeem Anjum, who both made their twenty20 debuts against England Lions last week, were up to the task, however, hitting three fours and a six between them to seal the win in the final over.

[Radiance Of Australis]

pathetic!

[PakPassionate]

WoW shahid afridi is captain on this match....

[pakmania]

Epic Fail !

[Amjid Javed]

"Imran Nazir fell soon after for a pedestrian three runs from 10 balls"

So much for giving Pakistan a flying start!

[Amjid Javed]

Lets hope Pakistan improve in the two proper games v England!

[161]

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH HAA !!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH HAA !!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH HAA !!!



So England>Eng Lions>Pak A>Pakistan

:))) :))) :))) :)))

I think we are in for a shocker the next two matches.

[BoomBoomCricket]

Talha was playing for the wrong team :))). Good batting by Razzaq though and good bowling by Yasir Arafat.

[BoomBoomCricket]

Yasir Shah bowled out Shahid Afridi. That must have been some moment.

[BoomBoomCricket]

On the whole, embarrassing result for the national selelctors . Extremely hilarious outcome :)))

[BoomBoomCricket]

Hahahahahahahhahahahahaha :)) :13:

[salman24]

Talha was playing for the wrong team :))). Good batting by Razzaq though and good bowling by Yasir Arafat.

Good bowling by Abdul Razzaq too. 2 overs and 7 runs is an exceptional performance. In fact the most economical.

[taaveez]

Well, looks like England is headed for a similar "embarrassment". :30:

[ZAK]

I hope the selectors don't pick Hafeez after this performance as everybody knows that he's a tried and tested failure. IMo they should pick Asad Shafiq over Sarfraz as his List A and first class averages suggest that he's a much better batsman than Sarfraz, at least he wont try to sweep the fast bowlers :P

[Ali Raja]

I hope the selectors don't pick Hafeez after this performance as everybody knows that he's a tried and tested failure. IMo they should pick Asad Shafiq over Sarfraz as his List A and first class averages suggest that he's a much better batsman than Sarfraz, at least (hopefully) he wont try to sweep the fast bowlers :P

I agree, Asad Shafiq looks a decent batsman, but how is his keeping? It can't be worse than Akmal's?

[Boi]

Wow! Thats just embarrasing. Probably one of the worst 'A' side to be picked and they beat the seniors. Pathetic stuff.

Anyways, its a pratice game after all. Talha seems a no no in T20 and Lala didnt even bowl so I'm sure we'd do better come Friday, Insh'Allah.

[Rizwan25]

YOUNIS KHAN ka asshirwaad jaab nahi ho gaa team nahi jeetay geey!!!

[kingusama92]

Positive thing I guess is that at least we lost to our own country. :)))

[muhammad saad]

I agree, Asad Shafiq looks a decent batsman, but how is his keeping? It can't be worse than Akmal's?

For God sake how many times will this be asked? He is not a keeper!!!

[in_cutter]

For God sake how many times will this be asked? He is not a keeper!!!

lol calm down mate..

[Inswinger]

The English team suffer the same fate losing to the Lions. This is what practice games are for, trying out different things.

[Ali Raja]

For God sake how many times will this be asked? He is not a keeper!!!

Kamran Akmal isn't either, so it's fair to compare them. Both are part-time keepers...

[taaveez]

This was 16 on 16, 11 batting, 11 fielding. I'm sure some of these guys weren't even sure which sides they would play from until the toss.

[Fawad_Bhai]

Why didnt Shahid Afridi bowl???

[hashbb]

Why didnt Shahid Afridi bowl???

He thinks he cant resist the irresistible taste of the cricket ball , thus staying far away from the ball as possible :afridi

[Geordie Ahmed]

Lol..ve are learning..ve very very proafessionaal!! Make malik cuptaan for life..

What a bunch of losers!!! Shabaash !! Boht khub!! Kya talunt hay!! Just proves how rubbish our selection policies are..useless captain, useless players,******** losers can't even beat a second string..I reckon the u19's could beat ******** cuptaan 11!!

You do know that Afridi was captaining the side?

[Mohsin]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PAKISTAN WON!

PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!





























How the **** did we lose to the A team. Oh dear God help us! :|

[muhammad saad]

Kamran Akmal isn't either, so it's fair to compare them. Both are part-time keepers...

But Asad Shafique isnt even a part timer ,cricinfo has mixed him up with Ali Asad.

[Amir]

This is the perfect game for us.....a game we cannot lose :afridi

[shahzadddd]

In the sydney test match Pakistan were accused of "beating themselves" - I guess this is what literally happened today :-)

[cricket_fever]

well done, tym to promote the A team

[sa88]

The worst thing about this defeat is Mohammad Hafeez's match winning performance. The guy has been useless against Eng Lions but has turned it on against the seniors. I fear the man with an ODI average of 18 might have earned himself another run in the senior team beacuse of his aaal rounder performance.

That would be a tragedy for Pakistan cricket. But we shouldn't read too much into this performance. Afridi, Aamer and Gul did not bowl. Razzaq only got 2 overs. Also, we're missing Koomran Akhmal, who is a decent T20 bat. But I would like to see Asad Shafiq in the senior team, he has done really well with Karachi Blues this year and deserves his oppertunity.