Pakistan [239/9] defeat Afghanistan [215/9] by 24 runs to reach the Super League QF of U19CWC

[MenInG]

Always fireworks when these sides meet at ANY level!

Lets see if Pakistan can suppress the Afghans today.

Match starts 13:00GMT

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Squads:

PAKISTAN

Qasim Akram (c), Abdul Faseeh, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahmed Khan,Ali Asfand, Arham Nawab, Awais Ali, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Maaz Sadaqat, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Shehzad, Rizwan Mehmood, Zeeshan Zameer.

Travelling Reserves: Ghazi Ghori (wk), Mohammad Zeeshan.


AFGHANISTAN

Suliman Safi (c), Ijaz Ahmadzai, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Suliman Arabzai, Bilal Sayeedi, Allah Noor, Muhammadullah, Khyber Wali, Ijaz Ahmad, Izharulhaq Naweed, Noor Ahmad, Faisal Khan, Naweed Zadran, Bilal Sami, Nangyalai Khan, Khalil Ahmad, Abdul Hadi, Bilal Tarin, Shahid Hassani and Younis.

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[Moiz14]

Will ptv sports and atv sports show live or same like previous match of pak vs zim??? I am amazed that pak sports channel didn't show pak match and streamed other one that day..

[MenInG]

Will ptv sports and atv sports show live or same like previous match of pak vs zim??? I am amazed that pak sports channel didn't show pak match and streamed other one that day..

Depends if its being broadcast by ICC/partners - if not then nothing much other channels can do

[Omer2002]

Will ptv sports and atv sports show live or same like previous match of pak vs zim??? I am amazed that pak sports channel didn't show pak match and streamed other one that day..

No this match is live on ptv sports and sky. Our last match would be back on youtube

[Babeikh]

Afghanistan always get too worked up when they play us. Put too much pressure on themselves.

We are the better team in every department
The pressure is all on us because we are expected to win. They should just relax and play their game. It will give them a better chance of beating us, not making silly mistakes

[IAJ]

Afghanistan always get too worked up when they play us. Put too much pressure on themselves.

We are the better team in every department
The pressure is all on us because we are expected to win. They should just relax and play their game. It will give them a better chance of beating us, not making silly mistakes

Actually they play their best cricket when they face Pakistan. That is THE match for them.

[Babeikh]

Actually they play their best cricket when they face Pakistan. That is THE match for them.

Every game against them seems to have followed the same pattern:

Pakistan dominates most of the game
Afghanistan have a remarkable fight back
Afghanistan capitulate at the end.

If they relaxed a little and weren't so gung ho, they might compete with us more consistently over the game.

[Angrez Pakistani]

Pakistan vs Afghanistan is a new rivalry in cricket and it has a lot to do with the intensity that both sides bring when they play each other. It can become a financial cash cow for both boards if they can make it into a globally marketable brand. It has potential.

[Rana]

Hopefully Sky Sports shows this and not the pointless England v UAE match

[IAJ]

Hopefully Sky Sports shows this and not the pointless England v UAE match

Sky will show AFG V PAK;

https://www.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky

[Rana]

Sky will show AFG V PAK;

https://www.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky

Oh yes now I am pumped for this fixture

Love India v Pakistan, or Pakistan v Afghanistan fixtures in any age group! Also Pak v Bangladesh u19s would be a great encounter

[shaaik]

Toss Pak .. batting first ..

Same team .. no changes from the last game.

[MenInG]

Pakistan U19 have won the toss and have opted to bat

Pakistan U19 (Playing XI): Muhammad Shehzad, Haseebullah Khan(w), Abdul Faseeh, Irfan Khan, Qasim Akram(c), Maaz Sadaqat, Abbas Ali, Ahmed Khan, Zeeshan Zameer, Mehran Mumtaz, Awais Ali

Afghanistan U19 (Playing XI): Mohammad Ishaq(w), Bilal Sayedi, Allah Noor, Suliman Safi(c), Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Khaiber Wali, Nangyalai Khan, Izharulhaq Naveed, Noor Ahmad, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran


Qasim Akram: We'll have a bat first. This pitch is very dry and looks good for batting. We played really good cricket against Zimbabwe and had a great win. Same team.

[Babeikh]

Good to see speed gun in use today

[Angrez Pakistani]

Are we supposed to really believe that Shahzad is really 17? But fair enough we are playing Afg here.

[Shafi]

This guy Sami looks like over 22.

[Babeikh]

Afghanistan appeal for literally everything

[Rana]

Haseebullah was looking rubbish throughout. How did this guy score 135 against Zimbabwe? How poor must they be?

[PakEngFan]

I called haseebullah rubbish last game but people were upset. You can see why he’s rubbish.

[Azzurri]

Haseebullah is such a meek player

[Rana]

That was class by Shahzad. He looks like a player!

[IAJ]

Shot yaar

[shamaan]

What a shot by shahzad

[D/DAhmed]

This guy Sami is easily between 23-27 years old, its a disgrace that such players are even allowed to play here

[Rana]

Alan Wilkins overhyping these Afghan bowlers a bit too much

[shamaan]

Afganistan fast bowlers bowling well.

[IAJ]

Calm down boys. Haseebullah is a wicket keeper so no big deal if he failed today. The ball will move early on. Will be easier later on.

[shamaan]

Alan Wilkins overhyping these Afghan bowlers a bit too much

To be honest they have bowled well.

[Rana]

Faseeh doing what Haseeb should have been doing. Love to see a player who knows how to leave a good ball

[D/DAhmed]

Faseeh's technique looks awful

[IAJ]

Btw like this Pakistani kit

[IAJ]

Faseeh's technique looks awful

What? He is leaving them beautifully

[IAJ]

Elegant 4

[shamaan]

Faseeh already looks like a better batter than Haseebullah

[PakEngFan]

Calm down boys. Haseebullah is a wicket keeper so no big deal if he failed today. The ball will move early on. Will be easier later on.

We are calm he’s a rubbish bat and a very good wicket keeper.

[shamaan]

Btw like this Pakistani kit

He's leaving them very well.

[IAJ]

Not out

[Rana]

Alan Wilkins disappointed Shahzad made it back to his crease

[Rana]

So this Shahzad bloke is quite tall as well. Unlike usual Pakistani batsmen.

[PakEngFan]

Faseeh already looks like a better batter than Haseebullah

He looks Mike’s better.

[IAJ]

We are calm he’s a rubbish bat and a very good wicket keeper.

So he is goot at his main job, what is the issue then? You can’t have Dhonis, Buttlers and Gilchrists ready at this level.

[Angrez Pakistani]

One thing you have to admire about Afg cricket is that they bring a kind of aggressive mentality that we usually associate with some of the great teams of the past. Good to see it in an emerging cricketing nation.

[D/DAhmed]

What? He is leaving them beautifully

Meant to say Haseebullah, my error there.

[Rana]

Pak batsmen struggling against the short ball

Nothing new

[Rana]

One thing you have to admire about Afg cricket is that they bring a kind of aggressive mentality that we usually associate with some of the great teams of the past. Good to see it in an emerging cricketing nation.

They bring that aggression against Pakistan only

[IAJ]

Alan Wilkins disappointed Shahzad made it back to his crease

Lol, he was well in, these afghanis made too much out of it.

Short ball a big issue for the youngsters.

[IAJ]

Shot, outfield not quick

[Babeikh]

These commentators are going a bit OTT with their gushing over Afghanistan U19

[shaaik]

These commentators are going a bit OTT with their gushing over Afghanistan U19

They are bowling well so need to be praised..

[Rana]

This is Afghanistan cricket and their fast bowling standards

4th over into his spell and the so called u19 comes around the wicket to a right hander even though the ball is swinging.

Another victim waiting to be fed to Asif Ali for 24+ in the over

[IAJ]

Shot Shahzad

[shamaan]

What a shot

[IAJ]

Easy son!

[Azzurri]

Shahzad is a good player

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan should win this.

[Omer2002]

Shezad is the opener who is a pretty decent medium pacer...we need a stokes/kallis type player and then have ahmed khan who can be razzak/azar mahmood type of player that would be just great

[IAJ]

Decent pace from Sami

[PakEngFan]

So he is goot at his main job, what is the issue then? You can’t have Dhonis, Buttlers and Gilchrists ready at this level.

No one is asking for them at least you want to see some potential. This guy has none awful technique poor against pace. Very limited shot range. Will be shocked if he ever plays for Pakistan. If he’s good at the main job then he shouldn’t be opening. When clearly the other batsmens are far better then him.

[IAJ]

Easy Shahzad, don’t be provoser, focus on your game and runs will come

[IAJ]

Shot 4

[D/DAhmed]

Faseeh is playing a test match innings here. Good potential for the longer format, doesn't seem like he's cut out for LOI though

[Shafi]

Calm down boys. Haseebullah is a wicket keeper so no big deal if he failed today. The ball will move early on. Will be easier later on.

If he is not good, why play no. 10 batsman in opening. His batting position between 9-11 nothing above than that.

[PakEngFan]

Shehzad looks very good. Has a lot of potential.

[PakEngFan]

If he is not good, why play no. 10 batsman in opening. His batting position between 9-11 nothing above than that.

Exactly his batting is just awful. Not sure why people get upset when you state what you see.

[Ahmed216]

Shehzad's definitely got potential. Got power in his shots and can break his wrists to pick singles. Nice positive front foot technique

[IAJ]

Six

[IAJ]

This guy is pure class

[shamaan]

What a shot wow

[D/DAhmed]

Unbelievable shot Shehzad my goodness

[silentkiller187]

2 great shots from shezad resulting in back to back 6s, hoepfully these 2 can carry on.

[Rana]

Pakistan have got something to be excited about with this Shahzad guy.

Very impressive player

[Ahmed216]

Faseeh and haseeb look very timid so far

[shamaan]

Shahzad reminds off Babar and Haider ali

[Azzurri]

Shahzad has got the X factor.

[Rana]

Looks a bit like Mahmudullah does Shahzad

[boomboomcheema]

Shahzad batting well but Faseeh should also start contributing from the other end now. Don't want all the pressure to be on Shahzad.

[Muhammad Sahal]

I wish bangalzai was there also in pakistan there are few batsman who have free flowing bat speed

bangalzai
amad butt
haider ali (at some extend)


other teams

pandia
sanju samson

pooran

marsh
etc etc

[Ahmed216]

Shahzad reminds off Babar and Haider ali

Yes looks very similar to haider ali

[Muhammad Sahal]

Faseeh batting style is little bit like nasir jamshed

[Azzurri]

Shahzad seems a slight weakness against spin.