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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:10 am

Final game vs New Zealand U20.

In Crumbling/Humid conditions, NZ U20 won the toss and went in to bat first.
It was a brilliant batting performance from them in these tough conditions as they amassed 259/7, and this meant that the match was already won by them before the 2nd innings even started. Saghar Yaqoob picked up 3 wickets.

The chase went horribly wrong as only four of our batters managed to get into double figures and NZ U20 ended up with an emphatic 144 run win, and together with Ireland U20 winning meant that we stay in Division 3 despite tying with 2nd place on 12 points but with a lower NRR.

Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 New Zealand U20
Batting - Top Order 8,897 10,263
Batting - Middle Order 8,270 7,965
Batting - Tail 3,993 4,286
Bowling - Seam 9,357 (30) 9,163 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,190 (20) 10,324 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,247 10,377
Overall 159,841 166,205

We won 3 out of 5 matches but it is still disappointing that we did not promote.

Focus now shifts to the U20 T20 World Cup where we hope to have a better campaign than this tour.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:05 am

The U20 T20 World Cup will be held in Ireland from 11-18 April, with matches set to start at 11:30 FTP time.

We are in Group 1 with New Zealand U20, USA U20, England U20, Scotland U20, and West Indies U20.

Please head over to the Association forum to participate in squad selection discussions.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:04 am

U20 T20 World Cup Touring Squad (Host: Ireland / Matches Start Time: 11:30 FTP time)

Batters

Maqbool Chugtai
Najeeb Dalpat
Ata Ghauri
Pervez Kazim
Pir Munir
Shaheer Shad

Keepers

Rafiq Saadat Ali
Qalander Daudpota
Shams Asad

All Rounders

Nadeem Ilyas (RM)
Imran Khan (RFM)

Bowlers

Mian Umair (RFS)
Shams Hamid (RWS)
Ameer Daraz (LWS)
Hussain Mohammad (RM)
Shahid Sadaf (RM)
Akram Ud-Din (LFM)
Shadab Bux (LF)

Pitches

11 Apr vs England U20: Dry
12 Apr vs Scotland U20: Green
13 Apr vs West Indies U20: Crumbling
14 Apr vs New Zealand U20: Green
15 Apr vs USA U20: Green

I am also in the process of creating a fantasy competition so please keep an eye out here as details will be posted very shortly.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:17 am

FTP U20 T20 World Cup Pakistan Fantasy Competition

This competition is designed for FTP managers as a means of entertainment. You have to select one player from each category, and I will be keeping track of the fantasy points they earn during the WC. The manager with the highest total fantasy points will be declared the winner. Prizes will also be offer depending on the number of people that sign-up for the competition.
A prize will be added for every 20 managers that sign-up, so if we get 60 managers then that means that the top 3 will be awarded a prize.

Prize: 1 month Pavilion Membership or 40 credits

Competition Details:

You have to select 1 player each from the following categories:
Batter
Keeper
All-Rounder
Spin Bowler
Seam Bowler

There are also 2 tie-breaker questions which will be used in case there is a tie for the winner.

To sign-up, simply go to this link and fill out the form:

https://forms.gle/egFiPi8i1mfZdPCA7

Managers are able to change their submissions until the registration deadline which will be on 11 April at 10:59 FTP time, and no more entries will be accepted after this time.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:47 am

We currently have 12 people signed up, so this means that first place will get a prize.
If we get more people sign-up then I will sponsor more prizes, so get in on the action.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:09 pm

So final list is 16 people signed up, which means that I will sponsor 2 prizes of either 1 month membership or 40 credits, will bump it up to 3 prizes if there is good forum activity here.

Some stats from the player picks:

Maqbool Chugtai is the most popular batter with 5 picks, while no one picked Pir Munir and Shaheer Shad.

Rafiq Saadat Ali is the most popular keeper with 9 picks, while Imran Khan is the overwhelming favorite AR with 14 picks.

Shams Hamid and Shadab Bux are the most popular spinner and seamer respectively with 10 picks each.

Predictions for Pakistan U20 making the semis are evenly divided with 8 picking yes and 8 picking no.

Australia U20 and South Africa U20 are the most popular WC Finalists with 8 picks each.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:13 pm

Game 1

MOD-wmchamps, muzammil, shiekh03, imcalledusama, and XUVwalagunda have all 5 selected players playing today and have an opportunity to take the lead first up.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:17 pm

Good luck in the U20 World Cup mate. Have signed up for the comp, but forgot all my picks to be honest haha. Picking West Indies U20 as a finalist is something I certainly did.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:20 pm

quirkilyalive wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:17 pm
Good luck in the U20 World Cup mate. Have signed up for the comp, but forgot all my picks to be honest haha. Picking West Indies U20 as a finalist is something I certainly did.
Thanks.
Ata Ghauri, Rafiq Saadat Ali, Imran Khan, Shams Hamid, and Shadab Bux are your picks, out of which the 3 bowlers are playing today.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:25 pm

Game 1

Pakistan U20 won the toss and elected to bowl first on a Dry deck with Windy weather.

3 wickets in the powerplay made it a good start for us and the bowlers kept up the pressure on the English batters and only a few late blows got them to 104/8. All the bowlers contributed, the two seamers picked up a wicket each while the spinners got two each.
Honorable mention goes to Ameer Daraz for his economical figures of 4-0-11-2, but for me the pick of the bowlers was Mian Umair. Even though his figures were 4-0-18-2, the 2 wickets he got were important ones of their scoring batters which stopped them from getting more runs.

The chase started off really well with us getting 17 runs off the first over and 30 from the first three, after which we had to withstand the pressure exerted by the English spinners, but we managed to hold on and get over the line with 6 wickets and 8 deliveries to spare.
Shaheer Shad was top scorer with 27.

Player of the Day is Mian Umair as described above.

England U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
England U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 10,008 9,556
Batting - Middle Order 8,389 8,551
Batting - Tail 5,178 4,781
Bowling - Seam 10,043 (8) 9,436 (8)
Bowling - Spin 11,373 (12) 10,234 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 11,309 11,076
Overall 177,257 169,570

Fantasy Competition Standings

1: XUVwalagunda 191
2: MOD-wmchamps 185
3: muzammil 185
4: imcalledusama 166
5: sheikh03 166

quirkilyalive 124
MOD-wmchamps 185
Sammyline 102
muzammil 185
Shahzaday11 124
RonnieG 54
sheikh03 166
MCBE00 98
Ghulam Boom83 96
sanmath85 124
imcalledusama 166
boscorp 153
XUVwalagunda 191
😎Cool😎 102
Hchou1717 111
PoweRrr 134
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by Shahzaday11 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:42 am

Fantastic! Excellent start of the tour. :thumbsup Keep it up.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by Shahzaday11 » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:53 am

Hard luck.
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:59 am

Game 2

Same as last time, won the toss and elected to bowl first vs Scotland U20 on a Green deck with nice Sunny weather.

We got an early wicket in the powerplay, but the Scottish batters managed a big 2nd wicket partnership which helped propel them to 160/5. All our bowlers went for runs except for Hussain Mohammad, who was the pick with figures of 4-0-16-1.

We also lost an early wicket in the powerplay, but our batters provided two wonderful partnerships for the 2nd and 3rd wickets which got us into a good position. However, the RRR kept climbing and despite the best efforts of our batters, we fell agonizingly short by only 1 run :cry:
Rafiq Saadat Ali top scored with 65 and is our Player of the Day as his runs and partnerships with Shams Asad and Pir Munir kept us in the game.

Pakistan U20 v Scotland U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 Scotland U20
Batting - Top Order 9,476 9,723
Batting - Middle Order 8,075 8,873
Batting - Tail 3,671 5,487
Bowling - Seam 9,268 (20) 9,321 (20)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,459 10,179
Overall 158,937 167,989

Fantasy Competition Standings

1: PoweRrr 271
2: quirkilyalive 261
3: sanmath85 251
4: Boom83 244
5: XUVwalagunda 234

Dramatic change in the table as only XUVwalagunda maintains his place in the top 5 for now, but still 3 more games to go so anyone can still win as only 108 points separate the top and bottom managers.

quirkilyalive 261
MOD-wmchamps 228
Sammyline 230
muzammil 228
Shahzaday11 213
RonnieG 163
sheikh03 225
MCBE00 197
Boom83 244
sanmath85 251
imcalledusama 216
boscorp 168
XUVwalagunda 234
😎Cool😎 221
Hchou1717 203
PoweRrr 271
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Thu Apr 14, 2022 4:28 am

Game 3

For the 3rd game in a row we won the toss and bowled first in Crumbling/Sunny conditions.

Yet again we got an early wicket, but unfortunately this did not help as West Indies U20 racked up a good total of 144/3 with their opener being in fine form. Shahid Sadaf really took a beating but hopefully he is able to bounce back.
Pick of the bowlers was Mian Umair with figures of 4-0-15-0.

Our chase was a forgettable one as we only managed a paltry 82 all out, falling short by 62 runs and suffering a huge NRR dip. Only 3 batters managed to get into double figures and Najeeb Dalpat top scored with 23.

West Indies U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
West Indies U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,458 9,527
Batting - Middle Order 8,198 8,252
Batting - Tail 4,470 4,291
Bowling - Seam 10,113 (8) 9,453 (8)
Bowling - Spin 10,184 (12) 10,234 (12)
Fielding/Keeping 10,658 10,847
Overall 166,789 166,136

Fantasy Competition Standings

1: quirkilyalive 314
2: sanmath85 313
3: PoweRrr 312
4: MOD-wmchamps 281
4: muzammil 281

Top 3 switch rankings as quirkilyalive moves to first, sanmath85 goes up to second, and PoweRrr comes down to third.
Gaps are opening up between managers but the top positions still have competition with 2 matches to go.

quirkilyalive 314
MOD-wmchamps 281
Sammyline 266
muzammil 281
Shahzaday11 261
RonnieG 189
sheikh03 271
MCBE00 239
Boom83 253
sanmath85 313
imcalledusama 276
boscorp 233
XUVwalagunda 255
😎Cool😎 271
Hchou1717 270
PoweRrr 312
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Re: U20 Discussion & Announcements

Post by MOD-wmchamps » Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:23 am

Game 4

Won the toss and elected to bat first on a Green pitch with Cloudy weather.

The batters started slowly as we only scored 50 in the first 10 overs, but then a wonderful 66 run partnership between Rafiq Saadat Ali and Pir Munir got us hoping for a good total before NZ death bowlers restricted us to just 125/4.
Rafiq Saadat Ali top scored with 57.

Yet again we got an early wicket but overall NZ batters performed better than ours despite a late brace of wickets for Shadab Bux.
Hussain Mohammad was the best bowler with figures of 4-0-19-0.

Player of the Day is Rafiq Saadat Ali.

New Zealand U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
New Zealand U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,425 9,228
Batting - Middle Order 7,874 8,921
Batting - Tail 4,036 4,245
Bowling - Seam 9,533 (16) 9,161 (16)
Bowling - Spin 10,261 (4) 10,368 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 10,602 10,443
Overall 161,502 163,677

Our WC campaign comes to an end as we cannot progress to the semis despite having a game left.

Fantasy Competition Standings

1: quirkilyalive 520
2: PoweRrr 510
3: sanmath85 499
4: Hchou1717 430
5: Boom39 429

A good margin has opened up between the top 3 and the rest, so it looks like quirkilyalive, PoweRrr, and sanmath85 are likely to finish in the top 3 with only 1 more match remaining.

quirkilyalive 520
MOD-wmchamps 383
Sammyline 420
muzammil 383
Shahzaday11 356
RonnieG 319
sheikh03 365
MCBE00 363
Boom83 429
sanmath85 499
imcalledusama 350
boscorp 281
XUVwalagunda 349
😎Cool😎 405
Hchou1717 430
PoweRrr 510
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