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2nd Match of the tour against Zimbabwe on Hard pitch.

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

Shuja's 3 wicket spell and the other three bowlers took 1 each couldn't help to stop them scoring. Zimbabwe put a huge total of 208 on board.

In response all the batters score with 135+ strike rate. Opener Jalal Awais's 68 and in the end Azizullah Hussain's finishing touch of 17* on 6 balls helped to chase the total on 2nd last ball.

Pakistan won by 5 wickets

Pick of the day goes to Azizullah Hussain for his finishing touch and 1 wicket.

Match Ratings
Zimbabwe Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 14,696 15,007
Batting - Middle Order 12,039 13,821
Batting - Tail 6,403 5,908
Bowling - Seam 14,289 (12) 14,563 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,548 (8) 14,113 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 17,234 17,496
Overall 249,815 257,890

Next match will be on hard pitch against Ireland.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Good comeback team

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Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat on a cloudy day at Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club CG where hard deck selected to play the match.

Opener Junaid Hassan bowled in first over for just 3 but the other opener Jahangir Badshah went on scoring and the rest of the batters played around him. Yousaf Ahmad played a finisher inning 36* on 19 balls to get a total of 186.

All the bowlers remained economical in mid 30's except Shaheer Saeed who went for 47. Restricted them to 183 for 5 to claim the victory.

Pakistan won by 3 runs.

Pick of the day goes to Jahangir Badshah for his inning of 78 on 41.

Match Ratings
Ireland Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 14,631 14,725
Batting - Middle Order 12,212 11,359
Batting - Tail 4,920 4,761
Bowling - Seam 14,920 (16) 13,580 (16)
Bowling - Spin 14,936 (4) 14,587 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 17,023 17,064
Overall 247,824 238,718

Next match is against Canada on Crumbling pitch.

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Canada won the toss and elected to bat on crumbling pitch where we wanted to bowl first.

The opener wicket keeper batsman scored brilliant 80 to put his side in a comfortable position. We were unable to take wickets.

136 never look easy to chase. Openers did well to score quick 36 runs partnership in just 4.4 overs but after that its a night mare as Shaikh Ahmed Deedat the rfs took 7 for 14 only. Bowled out for 86.

Lost by 48 runs.

Match Ratings
Pakistan Canada
Batting - Top Order 15,270 13,383
Batting - Middle Order 11,730 14,220
Batting - Tail 4,139 5,888
Bowling - Seam 15,466 (8) 14,606 (8)
Bowling - Spin 14,340 (12) 14,930 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 17,347 17,456
Overall 246,410 254,446

Next match is against UAE on flat track. To remain in hunt we have to win the match with a big margin.

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Nat One Day 2 >> Overview
Season: 50

Tour Details
Tour Dates 14 Mar 2022 - 18 Mar 2022
Hosting Rights Won By South Africa
Hosting Country South Africa
First Preferred Pitch Uneven
Second Preferred Pitch Green
Third Preferred Pitch Hard

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Squad selected for the tour:

Batsman:
Jamal Abdullah   Debut
Jalal Awais   2 Caps
Jahangir Badshah   24
Sibtain Shad   Debut
Akhlaq Shahid   4
Qamar Gul   14
Junaid Hassan   11

Keeper:
Yusuf Ahmad   Debut
Nasir Rahim   14

Bowler:
Azizullah Hussain   6
Naeem Rashid   5

Sarwar Saeed   Debut
Shuja Ul-Ghani   13
Sarfraz Ghauri   Debut
Tabraiz Faisal   5

Hussain Jawad   5
Fawad Murtaza   2

Sahir Pasha   12

Matches to be played on:

Hard
Hard
Uneven
Green
Uneven

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Its a windy day on 14th March and Pakistan is up against Scotland on a Hard deck.

Scotland won the toss and elected to bowl.

Brilliant Jalal Awais scored 194 and the rest of the team played around him to make a total of 347 for the loss of 8.

Because of 5 quick wickets they went in their shells and that helped us to win the match by 29 runs. 3 wickets of Sarwar Saeed.

Player of the day award goes to Jalal Awais.

Match Ratings
Pakistan Scotland
Batting - Top Order 15,914 15,300
Batting - Middle Order 12,311 13,140
Batting - Tail 4,310 6,270
Bowling - Seam 14,969 (40) 16,077 (40)
Bowling - Spin 15,019 (10) 15,890 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,955 18,932
Overall 254,594 269,569

[MOD-wmchamps]

Saeed Anwar like innings from Jalal Awais, great start to the tour

[Shahzaday11]

Lost yesterday against South Africa. Will write tomorrow.

[Shahzaday11]

In a bad position today.

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Week started well but lost the next two games.

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West Indies scored 270 on green pitch where Pakistan opted to bowl first. None of the bowlers remain economical but Naeem Rashid who took 3 wickets.

All seven batsman in lineup goes in double figure and two of them had 50 or 50+ score but none of them able to finish the match. Last four couldn't resist long hence the team got out in 48th over for 250 runs.

Sibtain shad who gave the hope by scoring quick 62 runs stood player of the day.

atch Ratings
Pakistan West Indies
Batting - Top Order 14,653 15,037
Batting - Middle Order 11,396 12,242
Batting - Tail 4,271 4,929
Bowling - Seam 13,971 (40) 13,938 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,668 (10) 14,512 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,570 17,082
Overall 236,271 245,415

Next match against Kenya too much important to stay in Div2.

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Last match of the tour.

Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

5 wickets were gone on 67 but then A. Joho stand as a brick wall and score 66 important runs for his team.

167 Never looks a big target. Yusuf Ahmad's 55 not enough to chase the target as the rest of the team not able to score. Bowled out in 42nd over for 160.

Yusuf Was declared as player of the day.

Match Ratings
Kenya Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 13,856 14,333
Batting - Middle Order 12,790 11,058
Batting - Tail 5,046 5,039
Bowling - Seam 13,762 (40) 13,551 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,106 (10) 14,072 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 16,486 16,465
Overall 239,341 234,354

Heart broken. Relegated. Apart from the first match nothing goes our way.

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Match Ratings of the tour. We stood low in every match.

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Today Pakistan played a friendly match against Bermuda on a green track and despite under rating won the match comprehensively.

Its my last match as National Manager as I am not a candidate this time, I wanted to thank my assistants and the community for their support.

Its not a pleasing time for me as the stats shown, our team is in bottom line but i certainly sure we tried to build a squad that can be competitive. In current squad we had 18 players under the age of 30 and in every tour we had debutante.

Now its upto the new manager to build the squad and team and i wish him best of luck.


Regards,
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