U20 Discussion & Announcements

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Good work.

Arthur has also had to step down as U20 Assistant unfortunately, so the management team is now looking for 2 people to join the Pakistan U20 management team.

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Touring Squad

Batters

Nawaz Saleem
Mushtaq Chandio
Pervez Kazim
Maqbool Chugtai
Afzal Laghari
Shan Mulla
Shehzad Qudsi

Keepers

Fida Mohammad
Feroz Wasim

All Rounders

Imran Khan (RFM)
Nasir Naqvi (RM)

Bowlers

Tahir Imran (RFS)
Jamil Abid (RWS)
Bijar Wasan (RM)
Shah Uz-Zaman (LM)
Saghar Yaqoob (RFM)
Armaghan Riaz (LFM)
Shadab Bux (LF)

Pitches

07 Feb vs Kenya U20: Green
08 Feb vs Zimbabwe U20: Uneven
09 Feb vs Ireland U20: Green
10 Feb vs England U20: Slow
11 Feb vs Scotland U20: Slow

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Everyone please welcome Muhammad16 as our new U20 assistant.

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sammyline is our 3rd Assistant, he was part of my World Cup winning team when I was Canada NAT manager.

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First match was against Kenya U20 in Green/Windy conditions.

We won the toss and batted first, most of our batters were able to get starts but no one really got stuck in and so we were only able to muster a total of 221/8, keeper Feroz Wasim was the top scorer with 43.

Kenya U20 openers gave their team a solid start and they looked set to comfortably chase it down, but then Jamil Abid rattled their middle order with 4 quick wickets to leave them struggling at 112/6. Unfortunately the rest of our bowling attack could not back him up and Abid's heroic effort went in vain as their lower order came up with an unbeaten 111 run partnership to get them home for a 4 wicket win.

Jamil Abid was the Man of the Match and also gets our Player of the Day award.

Kenya U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Kenya U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 10,447 9,722
Batting - Middle Order 7,811 8,652
Batting - Tail 4,270 4,049
Bowling - Seam 9,568 (30) 9,106 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,150 (20) 10,498 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 10,739 10,284
Overall 165,069 163,416

Next up we face Netherlands U20 in Uneven/Overcast conditions.

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2nd match of the tour was against Zimbabwe U20 in Uneven/Overcast conditions.

We won the toss and batted first again but similar to last game none of our batters could make a decent score which resulted in us only scoring 181 all out with 2 overs still left to play.
Nawaz Saleem was the top scorer with 36.

Our bowling was better this time though as we picked up regular wickets to contain them, but again just like last game we let their lower order get away as an unbeaten 49 run partnership for the 9 wicket got them home with 2 wickets to spare.
Armaghan Riaz had the best bowling figures and is also our Player of the Day for his figures of 10-1-33-4.

Zimbabwe U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Zimbabwe U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,929 9,568
Batting - Middle Order 7,680 8,249
Batting - Tail 4,763 5,018
Bowling - Seam 9,509 (50) 8,638 (40)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 10,475 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 10,136 10,299
Overall 162,681 162,248

We are now in dangerous territory as we need to win all 3 of our remaining games to have hopes of promotion.

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We played Ireland U20 in Green/Overcast conditions in a must-win match for promotion chances.

We were going to bowl first this time, but Ireland U20 won the toss and put us in to bat first for a third time.
This time around though we had batters making starts and fortunately for us Pervez Kazim was able to build on his start as he top scored with an important 70 runs to guide us to 231/8.

The chase went similar to our batting as a number of their batters were able to get starts and just like us they also had one batter cross 50 to guide their chase. However, our bowlers followed the similar template from last game of picking up regular wickets but letting their lower order get away.
This time it differed slightly as Shah Uz-Zaman was finally able to utilize his OBB talent and picked up the last wicket just when it looked like we might get unlucky yet again and kept our faint promotion hopes alive.

Player of the Day is shared between Pervez Kazim for his 70 and Shah Uz-Zaman for his figures of 9.2-1-36-3 as all 3 wickets were vital ones.

Ireland U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Ireland U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,908 9,407
Batting - Middle Order 8,488 8,375
Batting - Tail 4,990 4,180
Bowling - Seam 8,697 (40) 8,742 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,863 (10) 10,651 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 10,184 10,189
Overall 163,763 159,856

We face England U20 in Slow/Overcast conditions next

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4th match of the tour against England U20 in Slow/Overcast conditions

Batting first we could only score 185/7 and Mushtaq Chandio top scored with 48 as looking at our overall batting we could have gone a bit harder due to still having wickets in hand after 50 overs.

Our bowlers yet again got us into good positions a few times but were unable to capitalize on the momentum and allowed them to get home for a 4 wicket win which confirms our place in Division 3 again for next tour.
Best bowler and Player of the Day for us is Armaghan Riaz with his figures of 10-1-27-2.

Pakistan U20 v England U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 9,002 9,475
Batting - Middle Order 8,567 7,629
Batting - Tail 4,391 3,772
Bowling - Seam 8,634 (30) 9,007 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,324 (20) 9,904 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 10,105 10,798
Overall 160,316 158,956

We finish the tour against Scotland U20 in Slow/Overcast conditions and hope to finish off on a good note.

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Final match of the tour

Won the toss and bowled first this time.
Bowlers did well for the most part and only allowed one good partnership which turned out to be a big one as it got them from 72/4 to 232/7.
Pick of the bowlers was Tahir Imran for his 3 wickets.

The chase went really well for us for once, with opener Maqbool Chugtai playing a gem of an innings as he held one end and anchored himself to guide the team home to a 4 wicket win.
His unbeaten 96 from 128 balls gets him the Man of the Match and our Player of the Day.

Scotland U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Scotland U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 10,002 9,429
Batting - Middle Order 8,314 8,156
Batting - Tail 4,653 4,468
Bowling - Seam 8,326 (30) 8,742 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,891 (20) 9,951 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 10,559 9,740
Overall 163,664 157,888

We end the tour with 8 points and 4th place in the table, level with Ireland U20.
One more win and we could have promoted, but we will aim to come back stronger after gaining the lessons learned from this tour.

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Tour Dates 28 Feb 2022 - 04 Mar 2022
Hosting Rights Won By Kenya
Hosting Country Australia
First Preferred Pitch Uneven
Second Preferred Pitch Hard
Third Preferred Pitch Green

U20 T20 Division 2 tour up next for us, discussions to be held in the Association as always.

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Touring Squad

Batters

Maqbool Chugtai
Pervez Kazim
Afzal Laghari
Shan Mulla
Shehzad Qudsi

Keepers

Ifrahim Fayyaz
Fida Mohammad
Feroz Wasim

All-Rounders

Hannan Umar (RFS)
Imran Khan (RFM)

Bowlers

Bijar Wasan (RM)
Jahanzaib Yar (LM)
Saghar Yaqoob (RFM)
Ayaz Mukhtar (LFM)
Armaghan Riaz (LFM)
Mushtaq Muqeem (RF)
Ajmal Shad (RF)
Shadab Bux (LF)

Pitches

28 Feb vs Kenya U20: Uneven
01 Mar vs Zimbabwe U20: Uneven
02 Mar vs Scotland U20: Hard
03 Mar vs New Zealand U20: Green
04 Mar vs Bermuda U20: Uneven

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Our first tour match was against Kenya U20 in Uneven/Windy conditions.

We lost the toss and were sent in to bat first.
Our batters had a slow start but some boundaries at the end by Feroz Wasim and Shan Mulla got us to 141/3. Feroz Wasim top scored with 72 not out.

A 110 run opening partnership put Kenya U20 in the driving seat of the chase, but our bowlers made an impressive comeback as Hannan Umar picked up 3 wickets and Armaghan Riaz bowled a fantastic final over as they required only 3 to win but only managed a tie.

Player of the Day is shared between Feroz Wasim and Hannan Umar as both made game-defining contributions.

Pakistan U20 v Kenya U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 Kenya U20
Batting - Top Order 9,844 9,960
Batting - Middle Order 8,965 8,065
Batting - Tail 5,009 4,575
Bowling - Seam 9,663 (16) 9,710 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,551 (4) 9,049 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,231 10,939
Overall 173,167 166,534

We are up next against Zimbabwe U20 in Uneven/Overcast conditions.

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We faced Zimbabwe U20 in Uneven/Overcast conditions.

Our decision to bowl first did not pay off, as we could only pick up 3 wickets and Zimbabwe U20 managed to set us a target of 142. Mushtaq Muqeem was our most economical bowler with figures of 4-1-19-0.

Our chase never really took off and it was only thanks to a 5th wicket partnership of 65 between Pervez Kazim (63*) and Afzal Laghari (20) that got us to within 22 runs of the target.

Pervez Kazim is our Player of the Day for his valiant effort in our unsuccessful chase.

Zimbabwe U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Zimbabwe U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,311 9,360
Batting - Middle Order 7,171 9,444
Batting - Tail 4,628 4,574
Bowling - Seam 9,470 (16) 9,326 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,969 (4) 10,753 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 10,416 10,324
Overall 159,913 167,966

Scotland U20 are up next on Hard/Cloudy

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Batted first against Scotland U20 in Hard/Cloudy conditions.

The batting never really got going and we struggled our way to only post 124/7. Bowler Armaghan Riaz top scored with 29 so that shows how poor the batting was.

Our bowlers did their best but they did not have enough runs to defend and Scotland U20 coasted home for a 6 wicket win.

Player of the Day is Armaghan Riaz for his 29 and 2 wickets.

Pakistan U20 v Scotland U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 Scotland U20
Batting - Top Order 9,279 9,550
Batting - Middle Order 7,687 8,440
Batting - Tail 4,629 4,992
Bowling - Seam 9,294 (20) 8,852 (16)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 10,215 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 10,964 9,570
Overall 161,119 161,269

All-important game against New Zealand U20 is up next in Green/Cloudy conditions.