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[Shahzaday11]

Lost against India yesterday, Now its hard to make a comeback . Its Survival time now.

[MOD-wmchamps]

2nd match of the tour was against India in Hard/Humid conditions.

We won the toss again, and elected to bat first this time.
Once again we got off to a poor start, before a 120 run partnership between opener Galileo Galilei and Saeed Amjad helped us get to 223 all out.
Galilei top scored with 97 while Amjad got 52 runs.

Our bowlers were much more economical this time, but still could not defend the total as we did not have enough runs on the board.
Nawaz Abubakar was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 10-2-46-2.

Galileo Galilei is the Player of the Day for his 97 which helped us get a decent total on the board.

Pakistan v India >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan India
Batting - Top Order 14,216 14,188
Batting - Middle Order 10,380 11,508
Batting - Tail 4,743 5,528
Bowling - Seam 14,096 (40) 14,027 (50)
Bowling - Spin 14,809 (10) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 17,176 16,702
Overall 235,335 239,610

2 losses in 2 games puts us in the relegation zone, so we need a win against the Netherlands, who we play next on an Uneven pitch with Sunny weather.

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3rd match was against the Netherlands in Sunny/Uneven conditions.

Netherlands won the toss and put us in to bat first.
The team made a solid start, which the middle order then built on to take us to 178/4, led by a fine 76 from Saeed Amjad, and a quick 40 from 35 balls by Shah Saeed.
What followed then was an unbelievable collapse, as none of our bottom 6 managed to score more than 5 runs, which caused us to fall to 195 all out.
Saeed Amjad was the pick of the batsmen.

Our bowlers started off very well, Jamshed is particular starring with a 3 wicket haul.
Unfortunately their lower order helped get them over the line, as we just could not find a way to close out the game after having them at 149/7.
A 2 wicket win for the Netherlands places us in real danger of relegation if we do not win our remaining 2 matches.

Junaid Jamshed was the pick of the bowlers and also the Player of the Day for his figures of 10-1-43-3.

Netherlands v Pakistan >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Netherlands Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 14,429 14,015
Batting - Middle Order 13,035 11,687
Batting - Tail 5,566 5,443
Bowling - Seam 14,968 (30) 13,684 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,990 (20) 13,324 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,341 16,293
Overall 253,462 236,079

West Indies are up next on a Sticky pitch with Humid weather.

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4th match of the tour vs West Indies

Humid/Sticky conditions where WI won the toss and put us in to bat first.

WI bowlers were on fire, reducing us to 47/6 before Ahsan Waqas and Nawaz Abubakar put on a 70 run partnership for the 7th wicket to get us to 119 all out.
Only 3 of our batsmen made it to double figures, and Ahsan Waqas top scored with 40.

An opening partnership of 61 runs helped WI on their way to victory, as even though our bowlers fought back after a triple wicket over from Sarfraz Waqas, we simply did not put enough runs on the board and lost by 5 wickets.

Sarfraz Waqas was our best bowler and Player of the Day with figures of 5-0-15-3

Pakistan v West Indies >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Pakistan West Indies
Batting - Top Order 13,578 14,518
Batting - Middle Order 11,406 12,610
Batting - Tail 4,584 5,699
Bowling - Seam 13,329 (40) 13,685 (30)
Bowling - Spin 14,827 (10) 13,986 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,674 16,813
Overall 231,856 245,076

Unfortunately this defeat confirms our relegation, and we will be hoping to finish strong with a win against New Zealand, who we play next in Uneven/Sunny conditions.

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Final match vs New Zealand

Once again our bowlers bowled well at the start, but we let their middle order build a good partnership as both their 5th and 6th wicket partnerships were of 50+ runs, and they finished with 197 all out.
Pick of the bowlers was Muslim Rauf with figures of 8.4-1-36-3

In trademark Pakistani fashion, our batting disappointed yet again, as we crumbled to 127 all out, ending a horrible tour with 5 defeats out of 5 matches.
Jafar Vohra top scored with 34 runs.

Player of the Day goes to Muslim Rauf.

New Zealand v Pakistan >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
New Zealand Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 13,537 13,147
Batting - Middle Order 12,426 9,854
Batting - Tail 4,741 4,978
Bowling - Seam 13,607 (30) 13,431 (40)
Bowling - Spin 13,630 (20) 13,324 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 15,989 15,601
Overall 234,127 220,795

This relegation now means that we have to promote in the next ODI tour to strengthen our hopes of WC qualification, and the management team will be doing the best we can to take the hard lessons learned from this tour and use them to hopefully gain promotion back to Division 2.

Thank you to all the supporters, and we all apologize that we could not perform better in the current tour.

With this being said, the team is really struggling for good players, as witnessed by the fact that we were outrated in all of our matches, and the 26-28 year old pool is not looking good, so the management team is keeping an eye on future players, and will or have already contacted managers regarding their training.
As always, we are available for any questions, comments, or concerns regarding player training or anything else, so do not hesitate to contact us if needed.

[sheikh03]

In the last game, we had a better keeper than NZ but we conceded 31 extras against 4 by NZ... How is it fair by ME?

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Pakistan >> Touring Party
Tour Details
Tour Dates 14 Sep 2020 - 18 Sep 2020
Hosting Rights Won By India
Hosting Country India
First Preferred Pitch Dry
Second Preferred Pitch Crumbling
Third Preferred Pitch Slow

As usual squad discussions will be on the association forum

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NAT T20 Tour is going to be played in India from 14-18 September, and matches will start at 04:30 FTP time.

Batsmen

Saeed Amjad (12 caps)
Manzoor Ansari (Debut)
Galileo Galilei (9 caps)
Ammar Cheema (3 caps)
Aamer Munaf (7 caps)
Shah Saeed (12 caps)

Keepers

Jafar Vohra (Debut)
Masood Gulzar (6 caps)
Ilyas Khanum (3 caps)

All Rounders

Imranullah Adnan (RFS) (7 caps)
Shaheer Akhtar (RM) (14 caps)

Bowlers

Allahditta Jan (RFS) (Debut)
Sarfraz Waqas (RFS) (5 caps)
Tasleem Agha (LWS) (6 caps)
Muslim Rauf (LWS) (6 caps)
Misbah Burfat (RM) (2 caps)
Junaid Jamshed (RFM) (4 caps)
Nawaz Abubakar (RF) (Debut)

Pitches:

vs Sri Lanka: Dry
vs Scotland: Slow
vs Canada: Dry
vs UAE: Dry
vs India: Dry

[MOD-wmchamps]

Pakistan >> Touring Party
Tour Details
Tour Dates 28 Sep 2020 - 02 Oct 2020
Hosting Rights Won By India
Hosting Country India
First Preferred Pitch Dry
Second Preferred Pitch Crumbling
Third Preferred Pitch Slow

The touring party will be announced on Sun 20-Sep 00:00

Squad discussions will be held in the Association forums.

[Shahzaday11]

A tough match between Pakistan & Sri Lanka, ended well

[MOD-wmchamps]

Great work with the write-up

[Shahzaday11]

Great work

[MOD-wmchamps]

Good work with the write-ups, and nice win today as well thanks to Shahzaday11