A total of 23 sixes in this match so far!!
- 6 by Warner 8 by Marsh 11 in green jerseys
They need 248 more runs in 27 overs. Australia can still make it.
It’s a nail-biting scene, a match within a single innings. These are unprecedented scenes. And now, imagine Imam ul Haq as your opener. This team would have never won the Champions Trophy in 2017.
Finally, Usama Mir caught Marsh on a deep square leg. All of a sudden, Shaheen strikes again as Maxwell goes on zero at Mid-Off.
Maxwell came with an intent to hit. By the way, Shaheen is on hat-trick.
Usama bowled the best delivery by a Pakistani leg-spinner to Smith in ODIs in over four years, only for it to be dropped by the King. Absolutely beautiful. Instead of playing with the ball, let’s play with the cake. We can catch the cake!
Babar is indeed a good captain. He has imparted a valuable lesson to Usama about the frustration a bowler experiences when a fielder drops a straightforward catch. A commendable move by King Babar.
Smith falls as well, and Usama Mir gets his maiden World Cup wicket. Steadily but surely, we’re staging a comeback!
A record-equaling knock in Bengaluru
Dropped on 10, no matter how much Warner scores, he’ll end up in hell. Warner with 150+ in 116 balls only.
Warner goes on 163. Thank goodness Warner didn’t reach 200.
Key Take Aways
Regrettably, it seems that the Pakistan cricket team is heading down a similar troublesome path as Bangladesh. Perhaps there is still time to rectify our errors. We need to weed out the nepotism, favoritism, and aging players who are well past their prime. Players like Nawaz, Iftikhar (who, let’s face it, has been underperforming), Imam, Rauf, and Hassan Ali seem to be occupying valuable spots without merit and should be let go after this World Cup. Abrar could potentially replace Nawaz, and Zaman could be given a chance in place of Hassan Ali.
