U20 Discussion & Announcements

[MOD-wmchamps]

Got our first win of the tour against New Zealand U20 in Uneven/Cloudy conditions.

Won the toss and batted first, we only had one noteworthy partnership which was 63 runs for the 3rd wicket, but it was enough for us to get to 140/7, Fida Mohammad top scored with 50 and Shan Mulla provided support with 48.

Our bowlers pulled off a special performance by restricting them to just 103 and what was great was that only two of their batters were able to cross into double digits. All of our bowlers picked up at least a wicket each with Bijar Wasan and Armaghan Riaz picking up 3 wickets each.

It was a team performance so I cannot really decide on a Player of the Day.

Pakistan U20 v New Zealand U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 New Zealand U20
Batting - Top Order 9,569 9,796
Batting - Middle Order 8,072 8,386
Batting - Tail 5,359 4,622
Bowling - Seam 9,465 (16) 9,242 (17)
Bowling - Spin 10,753 (4) 10,533 (3)
Fielding/Keeping 10,915 10,206
Overall 167,998 164,391

Next up is Bermuda U20 in Uneven/Windy conditions in a must-win match for us to avoid relegation.

[drag0on]

Thanks for beating NZ got us the division title with one game to go

Will be rooting for you tomorrow

[MOD-wmchamps]

Bermuda U20 won the toss and put us in to bat in Uneven/Windy conditions.

Disciplined bowling by the Bermudans did not allow our batters to get set, as only Pervez Kazim could bat freely and he top scored with 75 not out, leading us to 129/4.

Our bowlers generally did well to restrict the opposition but unfortunately some wayward deliveries from Mushtaq Muqeem gave them the edge in the chase, and Armaghan Riaz could not repeat his last over defending heroics as we lost on the penultimate ball of the match which also meant that we relegated

Bermuda U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Bermuda U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,991 9,165
Batting - Middle Order 7,214 8,344
Batting - Tail 5,035 5,329
Bowling - Seam 9,261 (16) 9,274 (16)
Bowling - Spin 9,478 (4) 10,423 (4)
Fielding/Keeping 11,839 10,220
Overall 165,970 164,208

[MOD-wmchamps]

Tour Details
Tour Dates 21 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022
Hosting Rights Won By Scotland
Hosting Country Scotland
First Preferred Pitch Crumbling
Second Preferred Pitch Dry
Third Preferred Pitch Slow

Final ODI tour of the season coming up, as always head on over to the Association to get involved in discussions for squad selection.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Please welcome Hchou1717 to the U20 management team, he is excited to help the team and we hope that he gets to learn some new things as well.

[Hchou1717]

Thank you for having me! I'm excited to help the U20 team grow and succeed. For starters, since I'm still learning some of the intricacies, is there an efficient way to look at all the Pakistani players of a particular age (17 in this case)? I tried the search feature, but it only returns a fraction of the results so I'd appreciate if someone could share a better way of doing it.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Thank you for having me! I'm excited to help the U20 team grow and succeed. For starters, since I'm still learning some of the intricacies, is there an efficient way to look at all the Pakistani players of a particular age (17 in this case)? I tried the search feature, but it only returns a fraction of the results so I'd appreciate if someone could share a better way of doing it.

I'll post in the Association forum so check over there.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Touring squad

Batters

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

Keepers

Rafiq Saadat Ali
Qalander Daudpota

All-Rounders

Hannan Umar (RFS)
Imran Khan (RFM)

Bowlers

Naushad Farhat (RFS)
Mian Umar (RFS)
Shams Hamid (RWS)
Ameer Daraz (LWS)
Hussain Mohammad (RM)
Saghar Yaqoob (RFM)
Shadab Bux (LF)

Pitches

21 Mar vs Canada U20: Crumbling
22 Mar vs Ireland U20: Slow
23 Mar vs Scotland U20: Crumbling
24 Mar vs Zimbabwe U20: Crumbling
25 Mar vs New Zealand U20: Crumbling

Matches will start at 09:00 FTP time.

[MOD-wmchamps]

First match of ODI Division 3, we faced Canada U20 in Crumbling/Cloudy conditions.

Won the toss and bowled first.
Bowlers started off well and kept it up, their fantastic efforts meant that the opposition could only score 134.
Each bowler picked up at least 1 wicket and the pick of them was Hannan Umar with figures of 8-2-23-3.

We did not fare much better in the chase, but the difference in the 2nd innings was that our opener Maqbool Chugtai played a crucial and defining innings as he remained unbeaten on 75 which guided the team to a 5 wicket win.

Pakistan U20 v Canada U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan U20 Canada U20
Batting - Top Order 9,541 9,809
Batting - Middle Order 8,664 9,644
Batting - Tail 4,769 5,759
Bowling - Seam 9,716 (20) 9,159 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,486 (30) 10,371 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 11,006 10,327
Overall 171,037 175,506

Honorable mention goes to Hannan Umar, but Player of the Day is Maqbool Chugtai for his great knock.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Game 2 vs Ireland U20 in Slow/Overcast conditions

Loss the toss and were put in the field first where we started well with a wicket in the very first over, after which their 2nd wicket put on a 71 run stand. Our bowlers made a nice comeback by restricting runs and picking up wickets. At 127/6 things looked good for us but they put on a 68 run partnership at the end to put on a competitive total of 209/7.
All bowlers got at least one wicket but the pick of the bowlers was Saghar Yaqoob with figures of 10-1-45-3.

AR Hannan Umar's promotion to opener did not work out as he fell in the 5th over of the chase, but we had good contributions from Pervez Kazim (63) and Shaheer Shad (52*) which guided us home to a 3 wicket win.

Pervez Kazim is also our Player of the Day for today as he was the anchor of our chase.

Ireland U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Ireland U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 10,071 9,847
Batting - Middle Order 8,127 9,352
Batting - Tail 5,078 4,621
Bowling - Seam 9,705 (30) 9,598 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,188 (20) 10,970 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 10,547 10,114
Overall 171,163 171,741

Next up is Scotland U20 in Crumbling/Cloudy conditions.

[Shahzaday11]

Good going.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Game 3 vs Scotland U20 in Crumbling/Cloudy conditions.

Won the toss and bowled first, but unfortunately today we could not make early inroads which resulted in a 53 run opening partnership for them. Spinners controlled the middle overs but we let them off the hook again as they managed a 68 run partnership for the 6th wicket which got them to 215/7.
All the bowlers chipped in but Shams Hamid was the pick of them with figures of 10-23-2.

Our chase never really got going and it was shown by the fact that only 4 of our players managed to get into double figures. Najeeb Dalpat top scored with 56 but he could not see us home and we lost by 52 runs.

Scotland U20 v Pakistan U20 >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Scotland U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,758 8,989
Batting - Middle Order 9,037 8,157
Batting - Tail 5,946 4,689
Bowling - Seam 10,140 (20) 9,184 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,866 (30) 9,985 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 9,998 10,571
Overall 172,892 162,685

We are currently in 3rd place tied with 2nd on 8 points, but the table is interesting and wins in both our remaining matches is important.

Zimbabwe U20 up next in the same Crumbling/Cloudy conditions as today.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Game 4 vs Zimbabwe U20.

We won the toss and bowled first in Crumbling/Cloudy conditions.

After an early wicket the opposition managed to hold things together and bat steadily towards a good total, they looked comfortable at 123/2 heading into the last 15 overs, but our bowlers made a strong comeback with the highlight being 4 wickets from overs 46 to 48 which dented their charge and restricted them to 206/8. Once again all the bowlers were among the wickets but the pick of them was Saghar Yaqoob with figures of 10-2-35-3.

Once again we had to chase 200+ in the same conditions as yesterday and we got off to the worst possible start, losing 3 wickets for just 21 runs. Najeeb Dalpat and Ata Ghauri then provided great support to Rafiq Saadat Ali who was reading the pitch well and anchoring along our chase. He had stands of 61 with Dalpat and 74 with Ghauri. He fell with 51 runs still required and Ghauri was also dismissed with 27 still needed, which is where our tail managed to hold firm and finish the job for an important 3 wicket win.

Rafiq Saadat Ali's 93 and Saghar Yaqoob's 3 wickets put them in contention for Player of the Day, but for me it was a team effort as everyone put in valuable contributions at times.

Match Ratings
Zimbabwe U20 Pakistan U20
Batting - Top Order 9,726 9,349
Batting - Middle Order 8,360 8,251
Batting - Tail 3,923 4,578
Bowling - Seam 9,003 (20) 9,444 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,902 (30) 10,009 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,379 10,297
Overall 162,965 163,947

All-important match against New Zealand U20 is next in Crumbling/Humid conditions, we need to win to guarantee promotion.

[Shahzaday11]

Good luck champ.