At about 7pm on Wednesday, Pakistan’s players were summoned by Waqar Younis for a aggregation meeting, writes Khalid Hussain.
Whatever the purpose of the meeting, it angry into one big showing-the-mirror session. Waqar minced no words if he criticised several players for their below-par assuming in the tournament. They were told how they accept let down their country.
Many of those players apperceive that if they yield the acreage adjoin Australia actuality on Friday (today) it could be their endure chance.
One of those players is Ahmed Shehzad.
But the opener told ‘The News’ on Thursday that instead of arena to save their own skin, he and adolescent aggregation associates will go all out in the bold adjoin Australia “to win it for Lala.”
Ahmed’s captain Shahid Afridi, affectionately accepted a allotment of accompany and team-mates as Lala (elder brother), will a lot of acceptable be arena his endure all-embracing bold today.
That is unless Pakistan exhausted Australia and the Aussies go on to exhausted India on Sunday. In that case, Pakistan could advance to the semi-finals.
“All of us capital to accord Lala a memorable adieu and so far we accept failed,” said Ahmed, who was singled out as one of the culprits of Pakistan’s bootless run-chase adjoin New Zealand.
“Tomorrow could be our endure adventitious and we will go all out win it for Lala.”
The Mohali wicket is agnate to the one on which Pakistan were clumsy to ability a achievement ambition of 181 admitting accepting an atomic alpha from opener Sharjeel Khan.
Pacer Wahab Riaz is accessible afterwards convalescent from an abrasion but is absurd to play.
Senior batsman Mohammad Hafeez charcoal a ambiguous amateur and will abide a exercise analysis advanced of the match.
On a dry wicket that is accepted to be a batting paradise, Pakistan can adorned their affairs adjoin an Australian which their captain conceded wasn’t arena at its hundred percent.
“We accept to play a bit bigger than we accept been in our aboriginal two games. We accept not been at our 100 per cent yet and that could plan for us. You don’t wish to be arena your best candid at the alpha of the tournament. We are next arena two superior action in India and Pakistan and we accept to exhausted both of them to qualify. As simple as that,” Smith told reporters on Thursday.
Australia accept to exhausted Asian giants Pakistan and India to affirm a abode in the endure four and Smith said that his aggregation was acceptable the challenge.
“It will be boxy exhausted two top abandon like Pakistan and India. The altitude actuality (Mohali) are as afterpiece as you can get in India and hopefully we can accomplish use of that.”
Australia will be cyberbanking on Adam Zampa afterwards the amateur leg-spinner’s three-wicket booty adjoin Bangladesh.
“I anticipate they (leg-spinners) accept a bit of variation. If you absence the average of the bat, you absolutely generally end up accepting a wicket. You see a lot of batsmen accepting bent on the fence (off leg-spinner). The aberration a leg spinner brings creates those chances. They accept done able-bodied commonly in T20 candid and I am actual appreciative of the way Adam Zampa has bowled for us. Hopefully we can see added of that.
“I absolutely anticipate he can be a blackmail for tomorrow. He has got acceptable skills, reads the batsmen absolutely well. We will just delay and see what the wicket has to offer. I absolutely feel he can play a big part,” said Smith.
Smith aswell compared the Mohali arena to the massive MCG in Melbourne, adage the altitude will clothing the Australians.
He has aswell best Shane Watson’s academician on some of the Pakistani players as the all-rounder was allotment of the Pakistan Super League.
“We had a affair yesterday. We got a fair bit of central intel on some of their players. It was nice to get some of his (Watson’s) thoughts. As I said, they (Pakistan and India) are both actual boxy sides. We saw India scrape their way out of a difficult bearings which they do so able-bodied in these conditions. Pakistan is a superior accouterments as well,” Smith said.
Australia accept been the a lot of acknowledged aggregation in the 50-over World Cup but are yet to win the T20 showpiece event. Smith approved his best to analyse that record.
“Twenty20 is a actual boxy game. It is a arbitrary format. One amateur can win you the game. It is a boxy one and I accept the band we got here, we are traveling to play our best candid in the next two amateur and annihilation can appear in semis and final. We are excited,” he said.
This will be the sixth time these teams accept met in World Twenty20 history; Pakistan acceptable three of the antecedent 5 encounters (L2).
Pakistan aswell authority a arch to arch advantage adjoin Australia if you attending at all affairs amid the sides, accepting won seven of 13 clashes (L5, T1).
Afridi is one of just 5 players to bat in 20+ innings and accept a bang amount over 150 in T20I history; Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch are two of the others.
Shane Watson needs four added wickets to become the Australian to 50 T20I wickets; he has taken four wickets in a bout already afore (v England in 2011).
Afridi, however, is just three shy of acceptable the aboriginal amateur from any nation to ability 100 T20I scalps.
Whatever the purpose of the meeting, it angry into one big showing-the-mirror session. Waqar minced no words if he criticised several players for their below-par assuming in the tournament. They were told how they accept let down their country.
Many of those players apperceive that if they yield the acreage adjoin Australia actuality on Friday (today) it could be their endure chance.
One of those players is Ahmed Shehzad.
But the opener told ‘The News’ on Thursday that instead of arena to save their own skin, he and adolescent aggregation associates will go all out in the bold adjoin Australia “to win it for Lala.”
Ahmed’s captain Shahid Afridi, affectionately accepted a allotment of accompany and team-mates as Lala (elder brother), will a lot of acceptable be arena his endure all-embracing bold today.
That is unless Pakistan exhausted Australia and the Aussies go on to exhausted India on Sunday. In that case, Pakistan could advance to the semi-finals.
“All of us capital to accord Lala a memorable adieu and so far we accept failed,” said Ahmed, who was singled out as one of the culprits of Pakistan’s bootless run-chase adjoin New Zealand.
“Tomorrow could be our endure adventitious and we will go all out win it for Lala.”
The Mohali wicket is agnate to the one on which Pakistan were clumsy to ability a achievement ambition of 181 admitting accepting an atomic alpha from opener Sharjeel Khan.
Pacer Wahab Riaz is accessible afterwards convalescent from an abrasion but is absurd to play.
Senior batsman Mohammad Hafeez charcoal a ambiguous amateur and will abide a exercise analysis advanced of the match.
On a dry wicket that is accepted to be a batting paradise, Pakistan can adorned their affairs adjoin an Australian which their captain conceded wasn’t arena at its hundred percent.
“We accept to play a bit bigger than we accept been in our aboriginal two games. We accept not been at our 100 per cent yet and that could plan for us. You don’t wish to be arena your best candid at the alpha of the tournament. We are next arena two superior action in India and Pakistan and we accept to exhausted both of them to qualify. As simple as that,” Smith told reporters on Thursday.
Australia accept to exhausted Asian giants Pakistan and India to affirm a abode in the endure four and Smith said that his aggregation was acceptable the challenge.
“It will be boxy exhausted two top abandon like Pakistan and India. The altitude actuality (Mohali) are as afterpiece as you can get in India and hopefully we can accomplish use of that.”
Australia will be cyberbanking on Adam Zampa afterwards the amateur leg-spinner’s three-wicket booty adjoin Bangladesh.
“I anticipate they (leg-spinners) accept a bit of variation. If you absence the average of the bat, you absolutely generally end up accepting a wicket. You see a lot of batsmen accepting bent on the fence (off leg-spinner). The aberration a leg spinner brings creates those chances. They accept done able-bodied commonly in T20 candid and I am actual appreciative of the way Adam Zampa has bowled for us. Hopefully we can see added of that.
“I absolutely anticipate he can be a blackmail for tomorrow. He has got acceptable skills, reads the batsmen absolutely well. We will just delay and see what the wicket has to offer. I absolutely feel he can play a big part,” said Smith.
Smith aswell compared the Mohali arena to the massive MCG in Melbourne, adage the altitude will clothing the Australians.
He has aswell best Shane Watson’s academician on some of the Pakistani players as the all-rounder was allotment of the Pakistan Super League.
“We had a affair yesterday. We got a fair bit of central intel on some of their players. It was nice to get some of his (Watson’s) thoughts. As I said, they (Pakistan and India) are both actual boxy sides. We saw India scrape their way out of a difficult bearings which they do so able-bodied in these conditions. Pakistan is a superior accouterments as well,” Smith said.
Australia accept been the a lot of acknowledged aggregation in the 50-over World Cup but are yet to win the T20 showpiece event. Smith approved his best to analyse that record.
“Twenty20 is a actual boxy game. It is a arbitrary format. One amateur can win you the game. It is a boxy one and I accept the band we got here, we are traveling to play our best candid in the next two amateur and annihilation can appear in semis and final. We are excited,” he said.
This will be the sixth time these teams accept met in World Twenty20 history; Pakistan acceptable three of the antecedent 5 encounters (L2).
Pakistan aswell authority a arch to arch advantage adjoin Australia if you attending at all affairs amid the sides, accepting won seven of 13 clashes (L5, T1).
Afridi is one of just 5 players to bat in 20+ innings and accept a bang amount over 150 in T20I history; Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch are two of the others.
Shane Watson needs four added wickets to become the Australian to 50 T20I wickets; he has taken four wickets in a bout already afore (v England in 2011).
Afridi, however, is just three shy of acceptable the aboriginal amateur from any nation to ability 100 T20I scalps.
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