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Quote from: Sithara007 on November 20, 2023, 10:40:27 PM

Glad to see that I can post about the ICC World Test Championship once more. The world cup fever has died down, and the fact that India once again lost at the last stage after performing so well in group stage will definitely help in shifting attention away from the limited overs format. The IPL is at least 3-4 months away, and till now the attention will be on test cricket. In a week's time, the WTC is going to resume with the match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The first match will be played at Sylhet. New Zealand is going to struggle, as they have done against Bangladesh while playing under sub-continental conditions.

@Sithara007 I wonder if people really want to see test cricket right away because I’m feeling they’ll be tired with seeing so much cricket and thus I won’t be surprised if the viewers ship is lowest for this series. Lastly New Zealand will be hurting from their World Cup exit and hence I feel they could perform much better against Bangladesh and probably even win the series.

Nah the show must go on and it's not like everyone watched every single match in the WC. Many only stick to the scoreboard and most of the time it just runs in the background. The same goes with the Test cricket, at least for me. Unless Indians are playing and when it's a test match then it's different excitement, more so if there is a good panel of commentary.

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Quote from: synchronym on November 20, 2023, 10:00:16 AM

Quote from: MusaPk on November 20, 2023, 09:35:54 AM

ODI World Cup is over and we have some test cricket coming up. PCB announced 18 member squad for 3 test matches to be played in Australia starting from 14th of December. Shan Masood will lead the squad and there will be two debutants in the squad i.e. Saim Ayub and fast bowler Khurram Shahzad. It will be a big test for Shan Masood to lead a test side in Australia. Naseem Shah and Harir Rauf are not part of the squad while wicket keeper will likely be Sarfraz.

Pakistan Cricket Team has ended the 2023 World Cup with the gloom of failure. Pakistan team could not perform well in 2023 World Cup. Babar Azam has been dropped from the captaincy. The Pakistan team announced the Test series with Australia on December 14. The Pakistan team has changed several players. How well can the Pakistan team play under the leadership of captain San Masood. Let's see how the Pakistan team can play the Test series with Australia. The reigning champions Australia are in great form. It will not be easy for Pakistan to win the Test series with them.

Pakistan's time in cricket is already started for the poor results and many mess-ups because as things going most chances they will be whitewashed again in Australia personal likes and egos are bigger than from game for few peoples, and they are doing all for the worst Wahab Riaz is new Chief Selector with Mohammad Hafeez is having post for the Head Coach for the tour of Australia really shameful changes.

Shan Masood is also going for his first tour and this is going to be nightmare for him as well most of the bowlers are below then average for the Australian tour and Wahab Riaz is also not happy with Haris Rauf's decision about Australian tour after worst end of the World Cup now many more results like this are waiting for them until they have no powerful and professional person like Ramiz Raja.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on November 20, 2023, 10:40:27 PM

Glad to see that I can post about the ICC World Test Championship once more. The world cup fever has died down, and the fact that India once again lost at the last stage after performing so well in group stage will definitely help in shifting attention away from the limited overs format. The IPL is at least 3-4 months away, and till now the attention will be on test cricket. In a week's time, the WTC is going to resume with the match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The first match will be played at Sylhet. New Zealand is going to struggle, as they have done against Bangladesh while playing under sub-continental conditions.

@Sithara007 I wonder if people really want to see test cricket right away because I’m feeling they’ll be tired with seeing so much cricket and thus I won’t be surprised if the viewers ship is lowest for this series. Lastly New Zealand will be hurting from their World Cup exit and hence I feel they could perform much better against Bangladesh and probably even win the series.

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Glad to see that I can post about the ICC World Test Championship once more. The world cup fever has died down, and the fact that India once again lost at the last stage after performing so well in group stage will definitely help in shifting attention away from the limited overs format. The IPL is at least 3-4 months away, and till now the attention will be on test cricket. In a week's time, the WTC is going to resume with the match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The first match will be played at Sylhet. New Zealand is going to struggle, as they have done against Bangladesh while playing under sub-continental conditions.

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Quote from: MusaPk on November 20, 2023, 09:35:54 AM

ODI World Cup is over and we have some test cricket coming up. PCB announced 18 member squad for 3 test matches to be played in Australia starting from 14th of December. Shan Masood will lead the squad and there will be two debutants in the squad i.e. Saim Ayub and fast bowler Khurram Shahzad. It will be a big test for Shan Masood to lead a test side in Australia. Naseem Shah and Harir Rauf are not part of the squad while wicket keeper will likely be Sarfraz.

Pakistan Cricket Team has ended the 2023 World Cup with the gloom of failure. Pakistan team could not perform well in 2023 World Cup. Babar Azam has been dropped from the captaincy. The Pakistan team announced the Test series with Australia on December 14. The Pakistan team has changed several players. How well can the Pakistan team play under the leadership of captain San Masood. Let's see how the Pakistan team can play the Test series with Australia. The reigning champions Australia are in great form. It will not be easy for Pakistan to win the Test series with them.

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ODI World Cup is over and we have some test cricket coming up. PCB announced 18 member squad for 3 test matches to be played in Australia starting from 14th of December. Shan Masood will lead the squad and there will be two debutants in the squad i.e. Saim Ayub and fast bowler Khurram Shahzad. It will be a big test for Shan Masood to lead a test side in Australia. Naseem Shah and Harir Rauf are not part of the squad while wicket keeper will likely be Sarfraz.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on November 02, 2023, 10:59:31 PM

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Most of their problems would be resolved if people on top posts could use their brains and put up a team's interest in front, instead of self interest goals.

Self interest does prevail sometimes and you can hardly blame anyone completely because it's human nature but FFS at least do something for the domestic system too or at least try to pretend.

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Quote from: SATWAT on November 02, 2023, 03:21:00 AM

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^^ Maybe these guys should first focus on PCB's leadership and stop playing dandiya every 6 months.

Also, I won't read much into domestic performances atm. Pitches are becoming a joke there and every random batter is just feasting on these pitches. There are reports of PCB didn't even pay salary to the national team so it's no surprise to anyone that they are not giving priority to domestic setup

Currently, no one can stop this all because Pakistan right now having tag of Banana republic where things are not control by peoples it's all under just one man show, and he is doing as he wants to do for the last one-year even courts are not able to give any relief which is happening due to few big conflicts which are happening in region so expecting anything positive is not ideal.
Maybe we will have the worst things ahead specially after this world cup as news are coming internal politics and other players personal ego's with current President Zaka Ashraf post is also no secure, but things will be clear if we have elections in early months of the 2024.

What kind of team is Pakistan? Are they in India to play and win the World Cup or eat Biryani? Did they forget that the Indian media is after them wherever they go? This is embarrassing for PCB, already they have been questioned about player's salaries and now the Pakistani team has new drama that they cannot eat their dinner without Biryani. This happened in Kolkatta on the day when Pakistan defeated Bangladesh.

ICC World Cup 2023: Babar Azam-led Pakistani team couldn't find biryani in Kolkata but gets it from Zomato

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Quote from: JSRAW on November 02, 2023, 12:33:17 PM

After their allocation amount went 3x, they did raise the pay amount for all the contract players and i guess for domestic players too, it's just they forgot to credit the salary into player's account

LOL.. this is epic. So I guess the funds just vanished in the midst of the ongoing economic crisis. Another issue is with the constant devaluation of the local currency. The Pakistani Rupee has lost almost 30% of it's value against the US Dollar during the last 12 months. Contract amount is specified in PKR and therefore the players lose out when PCB delays their payments. There is a similar situation for the Afghanistan players as well, since the ICC has put fund allocation on hold. But at least in their case, they received some amount from the ACC and it was distributed to the players.

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Quote from: SATWAT on November 02, 2023, 03:21:00 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on November 02, 2023, 03:13:24 AM

^^ Maybe these guys should first focus on PCB's leadership and stop playing dandiya every 6 months.

Also, I won't read much into domestic performances atm. Pitches are becoming a joke there and every random batter is just feasting on these pitches. There are reports of PCB didn't even pay salary to the national team so it's no surprise to anyone that they are not giving priority to domestic setup

Currently, no one can stop this all because Pakistan right now having tag of Banana republic where things are not control by peoples it's all under just one man show, and he is doing as he wants to do for the last one-year even courts are not able to give any relief which is happening due to few big conflicts which are happening in region so expecting anything positive is not ideal.
Maybe we will have the worst things ahead specially after this world cup as news are coming internal politics and other players personal ego's with current President Zaka Ashraf post is also no secure, but things will be clear if we have elections in early months of the 2024.

Zaka Ashraf is a downgrade for sure but to be fair to the current chief, his predecessors were not sharp either. Maybe Sethi and Khan were okayish.

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Quote from: JSRAW on November 02, 2023, 03:13:24 AM

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Well... this is surprising. PCB is one of those teams who benefitted from the ICC's new fund distribution structure. Their allocation went up by almost 3x. So what is the excuse for not paying the national and domestic players? Rameez Raja was doing a pretty good job as the head of PCB, before he was kicked out by the new government. They got him replaced with the incompetent Najam Sethi. Then he was also replaced a few months ago by Zaka Ashraf. I really don't know for how long Ashraf is going to stay as the chairman.

After their allocation amount went 3x, they did raise the pay amount for all the contract players and i guess for domestic players too, it's just they forgot to credit the salary into player's account

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Quote from: JSRAW on November 02, 2023, 03:13:24 AM

^^ Maybe these guys should first focus on PCB's leadership and stop playing dandiya every 6 months.

Also, I won't read much into domestic performances atm. Pitches are becoming a joke there and every random batter is just feasting on these pitches. There are reports of PCB didn't even pay salary to the national team so it's no surprise to anyone that they are not giving priority to domestic setup

Well... this is surprising. PCB is one of those teams who benefitted from the ICC's new fund distribution structure. Their allocation went up by almost 3x. So what is the excuse for not paying the national and domestic players? Rameez Raja was doing a pretty good job as the head of PCB, before he was kicked out by the new government. They got him replaced with the incompetent Najam Sethi. Then he was also replaced a few months ago by Zaka Ashraf. I really don't know for how long Ashraf is going to stay as the chairman.

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Quote from: JSRAW on November 02, 2023, 03:13:24 AM

^^ Maybe these guys should first focus on PCB's leadership and stop playing dandiya every 6 months.

Also, I won't read much into domestic performances atm. Pitches are becoming a joke there and every random batter is just feasting on these pitches. There are reports of PCB didn't even pay salary to the national team so it's no surprise to anyone that they are not giving priority to domestic setup

Currently, no one can stop this all because Pakistan right now having tag of Banana republic where things are not control by peoples it's all under just one man show, and he is doing as he wants to do for the last one-year even courts are not able to give any relief which is happening due to few big conflicts which are happening in region so expecting anything positive is not ideal.
Maybe we will have the worst things ahead specially after this world cup as news are coming internal politics and other players personal ego's with current President Zaka Ashraf post is also no secure, but things will be clear if we have elections in early months of the 2024.

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^^ Maybe these guys should first focus on PCB's leadership and stop playing dandiya every 6 months.

Also, I won't read much into domestic performances atm. Pitches are becoming a joke there and every random batter is just feasting on these pitches. There are reports of PCB didn't even pay salary to the national team so it's no surprise to anyone that they are not giving priority to domestic setup

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Quote from: MusaPk on October 27, 2023, 05:21:17 AM

Also there is no team from Balochistan region in 2023 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. The decline of test and ODI cricket in Pakistan is because not much preference is given to red ball in domestic setup. Sarfraz Ahmed along with Saim Ayub have performed well in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Players that are consistent in domestic cricket must be given preference rather then selecting team from PSL.
Cricket is already confined to few cities like Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar only. We rarely see player from rural areas in Pakistan team.

I don't agree with this setup. City-based structure will work for T20 leagues. But for 4-day domestic competition, you need teams representing different regions. Actually the city-based structure is what killed cricket in countries such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. On the other hand, you will notice the strongest first-class competitions in countries such as Australia and England (and to some extent in New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and India), where they have first-class teams representing different provinces.

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Quote from: Ayers on October 27, 2023, 11:19:01 AM

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The PCB has been changing the format of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy so often that it has become really confusing now. Now there are 7 city-based teams (with 2 from Lahore), and one regional team (FATA) participating in the 2023 edition. Last year's tournament was contested by regional teams (Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab). IMO, moving from a regional system to a city-based system was quiet regressive. It will cause death of cricket in rural areas and give more preference to the urban areas.

Also there is no team from Balochistan region in 2023 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. The decline of test and ODI cricket in Pakistan is because not much preference is given to red ball in domestic setup. Sarfraz Ahmed along with Saim Ayub have performed well in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Players that are consistent in domestic cricket must be given preference rather then selecting team from PSL.
Cricket is already confined to few cities like Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar only. We rarely see player from rural areas in Pakistan team.

Cricket in Pakistan is not in a good spot right now. Well, even Pakistan as a country is not in the best situation, to be honest. Especially considering the fact that a lot of problems, with the politics, and also the inflation going on right now in Pakistan. Actually, the whole world got hit with inflation. However, the situation in Pakistan is worse because of the political instability. Pakistan has already moved away from regional-based cricket and I don't think they are going to go back to that. At least not any time soon. Players from rural areas also needs to be scouted properly.

I am not agreed about this all with even few things are correct but again and again calling about situation and other non-issue topics are not right, but one thing is sure due to bad management we lost many things in last two decades because we have no fair policies and authority which bring things on good level mostly elections are rigged, and then we have been peopling those are not having any information or link related to sport which hurt their cause like Pakistan was ruling in Field Hockey and Squash with Cricket was also in good shape but in last few years all gone and non-state issues are creating mess up with many youngers are migrating to other countries for their future which is the biggest problem recently we have few good numbers of youngsters in European hockey clubs as well.
Currently, Cricket was also doing good under Ramiz Raja, and he was doing good work for the domestic setup as well, but suddenly new government and again new system which is now surely will bring this games, future under trouble as well.

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Quote from: MusaPk on October 27, 2023, 05:21:17 AM

Quote from: Sithara007 on October 27, 2023, 02:42:17 AM

The PCB has been changing the format of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy so often that it has become really confusing now. Now there are 7 city-based teams (with 2 from Lahore), and one regional team (FATA) participating in the 2023 edition. Last year's tournament was contested by regional teams (Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab). IMO, moving from a regional system to a city-based system was quiet regressive. It will cause death of cricket in rural areas and give more preference to the urban areas.

Also there is no team from Balochistan region in 2023 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. The decline of test and ODI cricket in Pakistan is because not much preference is given to red ball in domestic setup. Sarfraz Ahmed along with Saim Ayub have performed well in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Players that are consistent in domestic cricket must be given preference rather then selecting team from PSL.
Cricket is already confined to few cities like Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar only. We rarely see player from rural areas in Pakistan team.

Cricket in Pakistan is not in a good spot right now. Well, even Pakistan as a country is not in the best situation, to be honest. Especially considering the fact that a lot of problems, with the politics, and also the inflation going on right now in Pakistan. Actually, the whole world got hit with inflation. However, the situation in Pakistan is worse because of the political instability. Pakistan has already moved away from regional-based cricket and I don't think they are going to go back to that. At least not any time soon. Players from rural areas also needs to be scouted properly.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on October 27, 2023, 02:42:17 AM

The PCB has been changing the format of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy so often that it has become really confusing now. Now there are 7 city-based teams (with 2 from Lahore), and one regional team (FATA) participating in the 2023 edition. Last year's tournament was contested by regional teams (Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab). IMO, moving from a regional system to a city-based system was quiet regressive. It will cause death of cricket in rural areas and give more preference to the urban areas.

Also there is no team from Balochistan region in 2023 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. The decline of test and ODI cricket in Pakistan is because not much preference is given to red ball in domestic setup. Sarfraz Ahmed along with Saim Ayub have performed well in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Players that are consistent in domestic cricket must be given preference rather then selecting team from PSL.
Cricket is already confined to few cities like Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar only. We rarely see player from rural areas in Pakistan team.

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Quote from: MusaPk on October 27, 2023, 02:19:42 AM

Pakistan Domestic Cricket - Quaid E Azam Trophy.

Sarfraz Ahmed is likely to make come back atleast in red ball format as under his captaincy Karachi Whites have won the biggest domestic tournament i.e. Quaid e Azam Trophy. In final Karachi whites beat faislabad Region by a huge margin of 457 runs.
PCB also has moved Sarfraz from Central Contact D category to B. Seeing the performance of Pakistan team in ODI its very much likely that after world cup there will be changes in team. Players like Saim Ayub and Abrar are also likely to be part of playing 11 in coming series.

The PCB has been changing the format of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy so often that it has become really confusing now. Now there are 7 city-based teams (with 2 from Lahore), and one regional team (FATA) participating in the 2023 edition. Last year's tournament was contested by regional teams (Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab). IMO, moving from a regional system to a city-based system was quiet regressive. It will cause death of cricket in rural areas and give more preference to the urban areas.

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Pakistan Domestic Cricket - Quaid E Azam Trophy.

Sarfraz Ahmed is likely to make come back atleast in red ball format as under his captaincy Karachi Whites have won the biggest domestic tournament i.e. Quaid e Azam Trophy. In final Karachi whites beat faislabad Region by a huge margin of 457 runs.
PCB also has moved Sarfraz from Central Contact D category to B. Seeing the performance of Pakistan team in ODI its very much likely that after world cup there will be changes in team. Players like Saim Ayub and Abrar are also likely to be part of playing 11 in coming series.

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Quote from: BitcoinsGreat on October 17, 2023, 03:57:30 AM

Today is the 3rd day of this test match, which is played in Perth and the teams who play this match are Tasminia and Western Australia. I think that this match cannot end with a result because three days were passed and the second innings was on play. I hope that the match ends with a result because I want to see the result of this test match, but the biggest chance is that the match will end without a result. If we look at the score so Western Australia trails by 120 scores. At this time, Tasminia can win the match because they play very well.

LOL.. this first-class match is taking place at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground (WACA) at Perth. WACA, along with Kingsmead in Durban used to be nightmares for the batsmen. These two grounds offered so much support for the pace bowlers that even an innings total of 200 was considered as above average. But times have changed. Batting first, Tassies made 439, with Jordan Silk hitting 181. And it was the West Australian spinner Corey Rocchiccioli who picked up most wickets. And in return, West Australia has made 437/6.

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