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[MOD-wmchamps]

Third match was against Zimbabwe on a Hard pitch with Sunny weather.

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl first, we would have done the same if we had won the toss.

Their bowlers ran through our batting line-up and dismissed us for just 162.
Our Fast bowler Abdul Basit Abdus Samad top scored with 38 in a disappointing batting effort.

In reply, Zimbabwe cruised to a comfortable 6 wicket win which also boosts their NRR and leaves us with a lot of work to do if we want to gain promotion.
Junaid Jamshed picked up 2 wickets but Player of the Day is Abdus Samad for his batting and economical bowling of 8-0-27-1.

Match Ratings
Pakistan Zimbabwe
Batting - Top Order 14,136 14,466
Batting - Middle Order 10,367 10,973
Batting - Tail 5,128 5,772
Bowling - Seam 14,884 (40) 13,366 (40)
Bowling - Spin 14,785 (10) 13,516 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 17,257 16,864
Overall 239,492 236,647

[MOD-wmchamps]

Played Scotland today in Uneven/Sunny conditions in a must-win match for us in order to stay in contention for promotion and ODI WC qualification.

Scotland won the toss and elected to bowl first, we would have done the same.

We started off well, losing only one wicket in the first 15 overs. What followed then was a dramatic collapse from 84/1 to 130 all out, with their WS Cunningham picking up 5 wickets. Masood Gulzar top scored with 39, as only 4 of our batsmen got into double figures.

The chase was a comfortable one for Scotland, as they got home with plenty of overs to spare and lost only 2 wickets.
The bowlers did well but they did not have enough runs to defend. Nawaz Abubakar picked up the 2 wickets.
No one really stood up for the team so we do not have a Player of the Day.

Match Ratings
Scotland Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 14,148 13,900
Batting - Middle Order 11,672 10,106
Batting - Tail 5,115 4,328
Bowling - Seam 14,212 (40) 14,187 (30)
Bowling - Spin 13,034 (10) 14,342 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 16,431 16,398
Overall 237,807 229,450

[MOD-wmchamps]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Shahzaday11 will be in charge of the upcoming T20 and ODI tours as we feel that the time is right to help him get some experience in charge of the team.
I will not be running for re-election and will be supporting Shahzaday11 as he has proven to be a very capable manager and has done a phenomenal job as assistant. He has also stepped in a few times when needed, setting orders for tour matches and winning most of them, and ensuring that orders are set for friendlies.
The upcoming tours will give him a good platform to get familiarized in the role before elections, and hopefully the community supports him as well.

That being said, the USA match tomorrow will be my last time setting orders for tour matches, with the exception of emergencies which may come up.

[Shahzaday11]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Shahzaday11 will be in charge of the upcoming T20 and ODI tours as we feel that the time is right to help him get some experience in charge of the team.
I will not be running for re-election and will be supporting Shahzaday11 as he has proven to be a very capable manager and has done a phenomenal job as assistant. He has also stepped in a few times when needed, setting orders for tour matches and winning most of them, and ensuring that orders are set for friendlies.
The upcoming tours will give him a good platform to get familiarized in the role before elections, and hopefully the community supports him as well.

That being said, the USA match tomorrow will be my last time setting orders for tour matches, with the exception of emergencies which may come up.

I am playing this game since 2009 but i learned and enjoyed the game under your supervision, thanks for the confidence you shown upon me. Will try my best not to let down. Once again thank you.

[Shahzaday11]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Shahzaday11 will be in charge of the upcoming T20 and ODI tours as we feel that the time is right to help him get some experience in charge of the team.
I will not be running for re-election and will be supporting Shahzaday11 as he has proven to be a very capable manager and has done a phenomenal job as assistant. He has also stepped in a few times when needed, setting orders for tour matches and winning most of them, and ensuring that orders are set for friendlies.
The upcoming tours will give him a good platform to get familiarized in the role before elections, and hopefully the community supports him as well.

That being said, the USA match tomorrow will be my last time setting orders for tour matches, with the exception of emergencies which may come up.

Thank you MOD-wmchamps for your service to the National set up, you’ve done a great job over the seasons and I wish you all the best in the future.

Welcome to the hot seat Shahzaday11, best of luck for the remainder of the campaign.

Best Regards
ABC

Thanks dear.

[MOD-wmchamps]

Final match of the tour vs USA in Uneven/Cloudy conditions.

USA won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Top scorer Ammar Cheema anchored our innings with a fine 63 while Vohra gave him good support in a 96 run partnership for the 3rd wicket. Vohra's 46 runs and 32 from Khanum enabled us to get 220 in these tough conditions.

The bowlers had some runs to play with this time, and they performed really well, dismissing the opposition for 141 to help us earn a 79 run win.
All bowlers had an economy rate of less than 4, and Junaid Jamshed was the star and our Player of the Day with figures of 10-0-38-5. He chipped in with the bat as well, scoring 18 runs.
Nawaf Laeeq picked up 3 wickets, while Kashaan Abbasi and Sarfraz Waqas got 1 each.

USA v Pakistan >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
USA Pakistan
Batting - Top Order 13,608 13,291
Batting - Middle Order 11,005 9,871
Batting - Tail 4,906 4,079
Bowling - Seam 13,862 (40) 14,077 (30)
Bowling - Spin 12,892 (10) 14,354 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 15,908 16,947
Overall 229,238 226,669

We finished in 4th place on 8 points.

Ammar Cheema was the top scorer in the tour with 275 runs, Manzoor Ansari was 8th in the tour and 2nd for us with 166 runs.
Ilyas Khanum the only other Pakistan batsman in the top 30 run scorers,

Junaid Jamshed was the joint-leading wicket taker of the tour with 12 wickets, and we had Nawaf Laeeq as the only other bowler in the top 30 wicket takers.

Thank you for supporting the team, and hopefully we can use this win to push on in the upcoming tours and gain promotion in the ODI tour.

[Shahzaday11]

We are heading towards T20 now and hosting rights for the tour won by Pakistan.

Tour detail is as follows:

Tour Dates 28 Dec 2020 - 01 Jan 2021
Hosting Rights Won By Pakistan
Hosting Country Pakistan
First Preferred Pitch Slow
Second Preferred Pitch Sticky
Third Preferred Pitch Crumbling

As per routine squad discussion will be held over associate forum.

[MOD-wmchamps]

We should see some interesting matches in Division 1 based on the pitch types.

Not too many high-scoring games I think

[Shahzaday11]

Squad selected for the Nat T20 Div1 S46.

Batsman
Shah Saeed 19 Caps
Ammar Cheema 10 Caps
Manzoor Ansari 7 Caps
Ahsan Waqas 4 Caps
Sajid Jan Debut
Ifrahim Mufti Debut


Keeper
Masood Gulzar 12 Caps
Ilyas Khanum 9 Caps
Jafar Vohra 5 Caps

All Rounder
Aaqib Estijaab 1 Caps

Bowlers
Junaid Jamshed 10 Caps
Nawaz Abubakar 6 Caps
Misbah Burfat 7 Caps
Tasleem Agha 12 Caps
Hashmat Habib 2 Caps
Muslim Rauf 12 Caps
Sarfraz Waqas 11 Caps
Nawaf Laeeq 3 Caps

[Shahzaday11]

Matches to be played on:

Sticky
Slow
Slow
Slow
Slow

Spinners have to do a lot of work

[MOD-wmchamps]

Thank you for the support, hard work for the spinners yes, hopefully they can lead the team to some wins.

Batsmen have to step up as well

[Shahzaday11]

1st Match of the tour against USA on sticky pitch while the weather is windy on 28th December.

Pakistan lost the toss and USA elected to bowl first, we would do that too if we won the toss.

Openers started very well and gave a solid start of 44 runs in 6 overs where Illyas khanum lost his wicket for 30 on just 24 balls and remain the highest scorer. The other opener Jafar Vohra lost his wicket in 10th over when the team total is 59. Here we look to score big but just lost 6 wickets in 3 overs including a Hat-trick by T.Mossely. We end up scoring just 95 in 18.2 overs which doesn't look comfortable in any case.

While bowling we have a pretty good bowling as we put them 5-64 in 11th over. Here we need the similar kind of bowling what they did but we dropped catches and A.Brock scored 33 not out for the winning side.

Junaid Jamshed and Muslim Rauf both pick 2 wickets each. Pick of the day is Illays Khanum for his quick 30 runs.

Match Ratings
Pakistan USA
Batting - Top Order 15,247 15,653
Batting - Middle Order 10,956 12,549
Batting - Tail 4,736 5,696
Bowling - Seam 14,992 (12) 14,887 (12)
Bowling - Spin 14,926 (8) 14,054 (8)
Fielding/Keeping 18,286 17,605
Overall 248,707 255,484

https://www.fromthepavilion.org/scoreca ... Id=5613649

[MOD-wmchamps]

Hard luck today, bowling first would probably have worked for us but it was a good match as both teams found the conditions tough