Pakistan and Karachi under Ahson8

[Ahson8]

Okay, so waiting for the Android version was becoming a bit tiresome so I've decided to start my save on the Demo and then I'll continue it on the Android version by syncing the saved game on to Android via Dropbox.

Much like former Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur, I'll be coaching Pakistan in all formats as well as Karachi Kings in the PSL

[Ahson8]

Our first series is against Netherlands which is a great series to start with and try and figure team combinations and give some youngsters a go. This will also be Babar Azam's first match as Pakistan captain in ODIs. Considering all of this in mind, here is our squad for the series (in alphabetical order):

Babar Azam (c)
Shaheen Afridi
Iftikhar Ahmed
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Abid Ali
Haider Ali
Mohammad Amir
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Rizwan
Imam ul-Haq
Nasim Shah
Usman Shinwari
Haris Sohail
Imad Wasim
Fakhar Zaman

Uncapped batsman Haider Ali gets a Pakistan call-up after an impressive PSL, while 17 year old pacer Nasim Shah is also called up to the ODI squad after making an impact in tests.

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Pakistan vs Netherlands 1st ODI:

The first game of the season. Young Haider Ali gets a debut at 4. Pakistan's XI is: Fakhar, Imam, Babar (c), Haider, Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar, Imad, Shadab, Amir, Shinwari, Shaheen.

Pakistan win the toss and elect to bowl first. The opening bowlers, Afridi and Shinwari make early inroads, and Netherlands are never able to recover from there to be honest as they collapse to a paltry total of 155, being dismissed in the 41st over. Pakistan's chase isn't wholly convincing as they lose 4 wickets in the process, with a rare failure for captain Babar, and Haider unable to impress in his first outing. Nevertheless, Fakhar anchored the innings with his 61 to take Pakistan to victory, also securing the player of the match award in the process.

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Netherlands v Pakistan
1st One Day International (of 3) - 4 Jul 2020
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Netherlands - 1st Innings R B 4s 6s
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M O'Dowd c Rizwan b Shinwari 2 10 - -
T Visée c Ali b Afridi 8 14 1 -
B Cooper st Rizwan b Khan 21 36 3 -
T Cooper c ul-Haq b Afridi 8 11 1 -
C Ackermann c Rizwan b Wasim 41 68 6 -
R t'eschate c Rizwan b Amir 33 71 5 -
M Rippon c Rizwan b Amir 6 6 1 -
R v'r Merwe lbw b Khan 21 18 4 -
P Seelaar b Afridi 6 7 1 -
T v' Gugten c Ali b Khan 0 1 - -
A Malik not out 0 3 - -
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Extras: (nb3,w2,b4) 9
TOTAL: (all out, 40.2 overs) 155

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O M R W Econ
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S Afridi 7.2 2 25 3 3.41
U Shinwari 7 1 32 1 4.57
M Amir 7 0 44 2 6.29
S Khan 9 1 32 3 3.56
I Wasim 10 2 18 1 1.80
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Fall of Wickets:
1-7 2-20 3-35 4-63 5-120
6-127 7-137 8-151 9-151 10-155

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Pakistan - 1st Innings R B 4s 6s
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F Zaman lbw b v'r Merwe 61 71 9 -
I ul-Haq b v' Gugten 21 28 2 -
B Azam c t'eschate b v'r Merwe 1 4 - -
H Ali c Ackermann b Seelaar 15 23 2 -
M Rizwan not out 21 37 3 -
I Ahmed not out 34 32 6 -
I Wasim
S Khan
U Shinwari
M Amir
S Afridi
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Extras: (w3) 3
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 32.3 overs) 156

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O M R W Econ
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T v' Gugten 7 0 35 1 5.00
A Malik 7.3 0 52 0 6.93
R v'r Merwe 7 0 28 2 4.00
P Seelaar 7 0 27 1 3.86
M Rippon 4 0 14 0 3.50
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Fall of Wickets:
1-56 2-57 3-94 4-111


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Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: F Zaman
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2nd ODI::

Far better showing from the Netherlands batting lineup. While they started slowly, they made sure not to lose wickets upfront and took toll on the spinners particularly Shadab, however the spinners recovered well with Imad taking out the middle order, and while Shadab was expensive in the middle overs, he came back well in the death to take 4 wickets. In response, Fakhar and Babar were slow to start, but while Fakhar eventually got out trying to up the antr, Babar anchored the innings with his 93. Haider made an impressive quick 59 as well which was very pleasing. All in all, another good victory which gives us the chance to experiment in the 3rd ODI

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Netherlands v Pakistan
2nd One Day International (of 3) - 7 Jul 2020
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Netherlands - 1st Innings R B 4s 6s
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M O'Dowd c Rizwan b Khan 56 68 6 2
T Visée lbw b Wasim 29 52 1 -
B Cooper lbw b Afridi 5 6 - -
T Cooper lbw b Wasim 5 9 1 -
C Ackermann b Wasim 54 57 7 1
R t'eschate c Ali b Khan 58 59 8 1
M Rippon lbw b Afridi 4 4 1 -
R v'r Merwe lbw b Khan 4 8 - -
T v' Gugten lbw b Khan 1 11 - -
A Malik lbw b Amir 1 3 - -
V Kingma not out 0 1 - -
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Extras: (nb6,w4,b4,lb1) 15
TOTAL: (all out, 45.2 overs) 232

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O M R W Econ
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S Afridi 8 0 28 2 3.50
U Shinwari 10 1 38 0 3.80
M Amir 8.2 0 45 1 5.40
I Wasim 10 0 61 3 6.10
S Khan 9 0 55 4 6.11
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Fall of Wickets:
1-84 2-92 3-98 4-105 5-196
6-210 7-223 8-231 9-232 10-232

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Pakistan - 1st Innings R B 4s 6s
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F Zaman c Cooper b v'r Merwe 31 57 1 1
I ul-Haq c Rippon b Malik 16 18 3 -
B Azam lbw b Rippon 93 125 13 1
H Ali b Rippon 59 69 11 -
M Rizwan not out 18 15 3 -
I Ahmed not out 9 8 1 -
I Wasim
S Khan
U Shinwari
M Amir
S Afridi
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Extras: (nb3,w3,lb1) 7
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 48.1 overs) 233

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O M R W Econ
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T v' Gugten 9.1 1 37 0 4.04
A Malik 10 1 36 1 3.60
V Kingma 10 1 39 0 3.90
R v'r Merwe 10 0 61 1 6.10
M Rippon 8 0 53 2 6.62
C Ackermann 1 0 6 0 6.00
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Fall of Wickets:
1-23 2-82 3-204 4-217


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Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: B Azam
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