u/Scared-Breakfast-372

Wishing a very happy 28th birthday 🎂 to Pakistan mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed, who has 133 wickets in 67 International games. May you continue to shine for Pakistan 🇵🇰.

Best of luck for the upcoming Asian Games.

Clinical display of bowling by Pakistani spinners on this Sharjah wicket, Pakistan played all types of spin bowlers, perhaps for the very first time in T20I cricket, with Abrar being the leg-spinner (mystery), Nawaz being the left arm orthodox bowler, Sufiyan being the left arm wrist-spin bowler, while Saim Ayub was the right arm off-spin bowler.

As usual, our batting line-up failed to perform, though the middle order tried to get some runs, in the mid-innings, Afghanistan were the favourites to win the tri-series final, but brilliant spin bowling from Pakistan resulted in Afghanistan being all out for just 66 runs, resulting in Pakistan winning by 75 runs, Mohammad Nawaz was man of the match for his all-round performance.

Needed to have Sufiyan Muqeem as spinner in the 2026 T20I WC, and that would have made a better spin quartet, and who knows, we might have won the England game and thus qualified for the semi-finals.

I genuinely cannot understand what Aaqib Javed and the PCB were trying to achieve with this latest Test squad reshuffle.

Pakistan lost the first two Tests to England badly. There is no argument about that. The batting was poor, the fielding was poor, our bowling needed to be more consistent and England were simply much better. Nobody can seriously argue that Pakistan should have carried on exactly as they were. But there is obviously a massive difference between making sensible calls and pressing the panic button mid-tour.

Seven players are sent back home. Seven new players are called up. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Umar Gul were released from the coaching staff. Mike Hesson and Ashley Noffke were brought in for the final Test. All of this happened after two matches of a three-Test series.

And then PCB sending the selection committee a show-cause notice that why did they select opener Imam-ul-Haq and wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan, is simply baffling, because Mohammad Rizwan had been consistent with the bat despite being not in form in the recent days, and was among the top Test runs scorers for Pakistan in the last 2 to 3 years. He also scored two fifties in the Bangladesh tour in May, so there was no problem selecting him in July for the West Indies and English Tests, similarly, Imam-ul-Haq was performing well in domestic cricket, so that is why he is in the team.

What makes Aaqib's comments even more difficult to understand is that he is now explaining problems which should have been obvious before the tour. He says Abbas, Mohammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad are similar pace profiles and that Pakistan needed a bowler around 140 km/h to change the composition of the attack. Fine, we all know about that. But didn't he know about this when the original squad was selected??? Mohammad Abbas didn’t suddenly start bowling in 120 kmph spectrum, we all knew that Ali bowls in early 130s spectrum, and nor do we expect Khurram to bowl at 140 kmph, because we know that is not his ability to do it.

So, if genuine pace was needed, why didn’t you pick Musa Khan or some 140 kmph pacer. Musa has 145 first-class wickets in 42 matches and can bowl genuinely quick. Instead, Pakistan kept 20 year old Ubaid Shah who has 74 first-class wickets in 17 matches, and debuted him in Port of Spain, where he bowled in high 130s, but his line and length were inconsistent and he was expensive, there is some talent for sure, but he isn’t ready. But he is only 20. Razaullah, who is now brought in for Khurram Shahzad, is just 21 and has only eight first-class matches in which he took 30 wickets behind him.

And of course, I have absolutely nothing against either youngster. I want them to showcase their talent in domestic cricket, before playing Test cricket, because the Test cap cannot be simply awarded to someone, it needs to be earned.  Don't throw these youngsters against England because the senior team has lost two matches by big margins.

And then we have Ali Usman. He has 204 first-class wickets in 57 matches. He has 12 wickets in four Test matches. 48 wickets in the last Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season, where he finished as the leading wicket-taker, he also became the first touring spinner to take a five-wicket haul at Headingley in a Test match, but now, Aaqib needed to complete the numbers to drop from the squad, and Ali Usman was one unfortunate person to be one of those seven players. And instead, Arafat Minhas comes in. Arafat is very talented and again, I have nothing against him, but he has only 22 first-class wickets in 17 matches. If you wanted an all-rounder, fair enough. But when it comes on the expense of one your best red-ball bowlers at this time, it’s a big no from me.

And here is where it becomes difficult to understand, how Aaqib has brought youngsters on the name of testing this young talent on the expense of talented senior players who have more experience than these youngsters. My prayers are with the young team, but I know that this is too much to expect, to win a Test match against England at Edgbaston while half of you make your Test debuts, that is next to impossible. And Aaqib knows this, he says that he knows that the talent is young, but he wants to show this young talent to the world, and this mindset is pathetic.

And Pakistan literally had alternatives sitting on the doorstep. Left-arm medium pacer Mir Hamza is already in England playing county cricket and has more than 521 first-class wickets, he has played 7 Test matches for Pakistan. Right-arm medium pacer Afaq Afridi, who has 80+ FC wickets, was playing cricket in Wales and recently took eight wickets in a game for Dafen CC 1^(st) XI, now he doesn’t have the big number of FC games, he has only 18 under his belt, but he is experienced enough in Grade-II cricket too, and he is 26 and obviously is physically more mature than Ubaid and Razaullah. Imran Jnr, left arm medium pacer got his maiden Test call-up, because he impressed Aaqib Javed at the white-ball camp.

Imran Jnr has 23 wickets in his 8 game FC career, has played only a single Quaid-e-Azam Trophy game, and that was the only first-class game he played in the last 12 months. Is this how we will start awarding the Test cap if a player impresses Aaqib Javed somewhere. Perhaps we would see a right arm medium pacer, who has not played a single club level game, picked up in our Test team only because he impressed Aaqib Javed in a Sunday evening tape-ball game.

Why fly seven players from Pakistan to England instead when you have the solution literally sitting in Britain at a flight of maximum of 2 hours? The plus point with Mir Hamza and Afaq is, that they are experienced red-ball bowlers who are already playing cricket in England and Wales, where the conditions are pretty similar to the conditions in Birmingham and that is what Pakistan need. Acclimatisation matters. Conditions matter. Understanding the Dukes ball matters. Getting used to the pitches matters.  A player who has already spent two or more weeks in England and is playing red-ball cricket there is naturally going to be better prepared than someone who has just got off a plane from Pakistan. PCB didn't need this entire logistical operation where they could have simply recalled Mir Hamza and given Afaq his maiden Test call-up. And if you genuinely wanted 140 km/h, then Ubaid is there in the squad, he could have handled those duties.

My ideal XI for the third Test would’ve been different, but not like this chaos: Abdullah Fazal, Azan Awais, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (C), Saud Shakeel, Ghazi Ghori (wk), Salman Ali Agha/Awais Zafar, Ali Usman, Mohammad Abbas, Mir Hamza, Afaq Afridi/Ubaid Shah (if genuine pace was really needed).

The only flight you would’ve needed was to send Imam back, and recall Abdullah Fazal, Abdullah Fazal wouldn’t even require a visa for England, as he was already in the squad before he got ruled out due to lower back spasms in West Indies. In this team, you can see experienced players and young players. You can have the right team balance with this team, and most importantly, you won't be throwing half a dozen players into their first experience of English Test cricket at the same time.

And then PCB changed the coaches too. I really don't understand this. I admit that I love Sarfaraz Ahmed a lot. I respect him immensely as a player, captain and person. But I am not going to pretend that his six-Test stint as red-ball head coach wasn’t bad. Pakistan's results were poor. But let’s not forget that the first Test series came right after PSL in Bangladesh, should’ve won the first Test at least there, but we failed to do so. Similarly, Pakistan should’ve won the test match against West Indies at Trinidad. But both him and Umar Gul have started coaching Pakistan since April 2026. Why give them only six Tests before removing him halfway through an overseas series? Sarfaraz and Umar Gul were released after the first two England Tests, with white ball head coach Mike Hesson and white ball bowling coach Ashley Noffke coming in for the final Test.

What does a coach build in six Test, I was all for replacing the two after the England Tests, but both of them might have planned something for the third Test, they would have highlighted some problems that players are facing. And now suddenly they find themselves removed from their positions they held. If this is how PCB will continue treating our coaches, who will be interested to work with them. They will probably think: What long-term plan can he implement? What happens to the work he has already started?

Basically PCB is implying: “If you lose a couple of matches, we'll replace you. We don’t need long term planning.” And that is not how you build a Test side.

And honestly this is not a new thing that we get to see from PCB. Former Aussie pacer Jason Gillespie was appointed Pakistan's Test head coach in 2024 on a two-year deal. He resigned in December 2024 after a period of uncertainty around his role and Aaqib Javed’s assumed roles. Former ODI World Cup winning head coach Gary Kirsten, as appointed as the white-ball coach in 2024, he too resigned within six months of being appointed without ever coaching Pakistan in an ODI. After Gillespie, Aaqib himself took over as interim red-ball coach. Then we had Azhar Mahmood as interim head coach in July 2025, then Sarfaraz Ahmed was appointed in April 2026. And now Mike Hesson is appointed in late August 2026.

A Test coach needs time to work with players. PCB needs someone who can watch domestic cricket, identify Test prospect players, work with the selectors, build a proper red-ball philosophy, improve technique of players, and actually develop young players over multiple series. One cannot do that in six Tests. And Mike Hesson is not the solution to this particular problem right now. Because Pakistan don't need their white-ball coach suddenly becoming their red-ball coach for one Test. Hesson should be preparing Pakistan for the upcoming white-ball calendar and the 2027 ODI World Cup. The red-ball team needs its own coach with a long-term plan.

You can’t replace a coach midway of an overseas tour, that too in England, whose media got some good headlines for their sports columns from the tourist side management circus. The team coach should be accountable for his performance, but only once after the entire tour has ended and along with that the person who appointed him should also be accountable.

Aaqib says that once the squad is selected, the coach and captain are responsible for what happens on tour. Of course they are responsible, but the selectors are responsible for the squad they selected. But suddenly in the mid-tour, after losing two Test matches, and just one last Test left, the selector suddenly realizes, that Pakistan team actually required a better all-rounder than Salman Ali Agha, who can actually bowl (something Agha isn’t doing these days), then you realize that the wicket-keeper batsman who was your first choice for the last 6 years is suddenly unsuitable, and you decide that he cannot even function as back-up keeper (who is yet to make his Test debut) for a single Test match of an already lost Test series, then you suddenly remember that you don’t have any left arm pace bowling options, and you get informed that not a single pacer in the squad is able to bowl over 140 kmph!

Those things should have been discussed before the selection announcement in the first place. And if such things don’t get discussed at that time, the selection committee (which is more of an Aaqib Javed one-man show than anything else) should be held accountable. Misbah-ul-Haq's resignation from the selection panel makes the reality even more clear. Aaqib repeatedly said that there is no chief selector in the committee, as everyone is consulted, but now Misbah says that had not been consulted over the changes and therefore resigned from the selection committee. If everyone wasn’t consulted, who is making decisions??? Obviously it is Aaqib Javed!

My question for the PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is: Who actually makes the decisions??? Because the one who makes them is responsible for them? Because we can’t repeat the same cycle of blaming the players, the people responsible for the mismanagement should be investigated on, and then removed from office if no satisfactory explanation received. Because this is Pakistan Cricket Team, it doesn’t belong to either Mr. Naqvi or Aaqib Javed, it belongs to the 250 million Pakistani population. It isn’t selected on the vibe or personal preference of any single individual.

My thoughts are with both Awais Zafar and Aamir Jamal who played a single Test in West Indies, Aamir Jamal made his Test comeback after 18 months at Brian Lara Academy, while Awais Zafar made his Test debut at Port of Spain. Both didn’t have good returns and didn’t feature in a single Test in England, they have been sent back to Pakistan. But just imagine being Ali Usman. You spend 10 years playing first-class cricket. You take 204 wickets. You take 48 in the last QeAT season being the highest wicket-taker. You earn Test cap.You take five wickets at Headingley, becoming the first touring spinner to take a fifer in 50 years at that venue, coincidentally that is your 3^(rd) Test match. But then, Pakistan management decides, that as Ali Usman isn’t adding some value with the bat, they should send Arafat Minhas, because apparently that lad knows how to bat a bit. This is the message this team management is sending to the domestic players.

What is the incentive for a domestic cricketer to spend years mastering red-ball cricket if selection happens on whether the selector likes that player or not. There is plenty of talent coming through Pakistani cricket. But let the mango ripen before you pick it. If you pick it too early, while it is still green like a kerry, it is going to be sour. Leave it on the tree, let it ripen and eventually you have a sweet golden-yellow mango. Young cricketers are the same. You must not confuse giving youngsters opportunities with throwing youngsters into the deep end because the senior side has failed. Then bring them into Test cricket when they are ready. There is a difference between talent, and ready talent.

What happened this week after the Lord’s Test loss isn't a long-term Test strategy. That's just a panic button pressed and a so-called narrative is built for Pakistan Cricket fans that justice is served by removing seven players and two coaches mid-tour. But in reality, this is done for the face-saving of Aaqib Javed by placing the blame on others. Just like Jason Gillespie said to Aaqib to look in the mirror, and see what he has done in the last two years as a selector, enough blaming coaches who have been there for a few months.

Therefore Aaqib Javed, we demand your resign, Mr. Naqvi, if you can take care of Pakistan cricket, good, otherwise, we need your resignation too.

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The eight-team DP World Women’s Asia Cup is set to be played from 28 August to 13 September at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium with all 15 matches beginning at 7.30pm PKT. Pakistan are placed in Group A alongside Hong Kong – China, India and Thailand. Group B consists of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates. 

Pakistan will face Thailand on 1 September, India on 5 September and Hong Kong, China on 7 September, while the semi-finals will take place on 10 and 11 September. The final is scheduled on Sunday, 13 September. 

Pakistan women’s squad for ACC women’s Asia Cup 

Fatima Sana (captain), Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar.

Reserves – Tasmia Rubab, Humna Bilal, Maham Anees, Sadaf Shamas 

Support Staff

Wahab Riaz (coach/mentor), Ayesha Ashar (team manager), Abdur Rehman (spin bowling coach), Umaid Asif (fast bowling coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Imran Farhat (batting coach), Waleed Ahmed (performance analyst), Moeen (strength & conditioning coach), Dur Samand (Physiotherapist) and Raza Rashid Kitchlew (media manager) 

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Chapter 2 First training session at r/pakcricket Oval

A couple days after the squad announcement, the Reddit Cup squad finally had its first training session.

The venue was the r/pakcricket Oval. u/Ghostly_100 had arrived there already.

He had arrived early, and was standing near the boundary dugout waiting for others. Then, right on time, u/Due-Finding4397 showed up.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Salam Ghostly vai!

u/Ghostly_100**:** Walaikumassalam.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Am I on time?

u/Ghostly_100**:** Yes, in fact you are early.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** www

u/Due-Finding4397 put his bag down.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** One problem though.

u/Ghostly_100**:** What?

u/Due-Finding4397: I forgot my sunglasses.

u/Ghostly_100 stared at him for one whole moment.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Why?

u/Due-Finding4397: Big fries wallahi!

u/Ghostly_100: And what does that mean?

u/Due-Finding4397: No idea!

u/Ghostly_100**:** You didn’t forget that we were coming here.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** No

u/Ghostly_100**:** Good, now borrow them from someone else. Go now.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** W Ghostly vai!

Just then, u/Odd-Calligrapher-69  arrived.

u/Odd-Calligrapher-69: Good Morning. Where is everyone else?

u/Ghostly_100**:** That's what I'm wondering.

Slowly, the rest of the squad started arriving.

u/Pengu786, u/Snoo_56184, PhaintaAssociate, u/MoreCryptographer213, u/monohaven, u/Normal_Signature_500,  u/superioritycornflks, u/HMcod and u/Scared-Breakfast-372 and others, all eventually made their way onto the ground.

Then there was one player still missing.

u/Phaintaa_Shoaib.

The squad waited.

Eventually, he arrived.

Nobody complained.

u/Ghostly_100 looked at him.

u/Phaintaa_Shoaib looked back.

That was it.

u/Due-Finding4397 tried to speak, but u/Odd-Calligrapher-69 told him to keep quiet.

u/ Due-Finding4397 complained to u/Scared-Breakfast-372 who in turn stared at him through his dark glasses…

u/Scared-Breakfast-372: It’s his aura!

u/Due-Finding4397: Wrong! He doesn’t need aura! Aura needs him!

u/Scared-Breakfast-372: See, you got it!

The first session was physical training.

Warm-ups, stretches, sprints and a few running drills.

Everyone was putting in the work, although some were clearly enjoying the running more than others.

u/Pengu786 seemed to have an unlimited supply of energy. While everyone else was slowing down and settling to rest, he was still running around the ground.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Pengu bhai, we haven’t won anything yet, and you are on the victory lap.

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Someone tell him the session isn't a marathon.

u/Pengu786 didn’t pay any attention to them, pure ‘just let your hardwork speak’ vibe!

u/Ghostly_100 blew the whistle.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Alright, let’s go for fielding drills.

Everyone moved over.

u/Snoo_56184 was immediately looking comfortable, taking a couple of good one-handed catches.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Snoo bhai came prepared.

u/Snoo_56184**:** Wait till the batting, I am going to score a hundred.

u/MoreCryptographer213**:** That is way too low, I am going to score a triple ton here!

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Delusion.

Behind the stumps, u/DueFinding4397 and u/HMcod were both doing well too, taking the chances cleanly, when u/PhaintaAssociate prepared them for those.

u/HMcod picked up a sharp diving catch low to his right.

u/HMcod**:** UK78 special!

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Just stop!

u/HMcod**:** I have just started man!

At the other end, u/Pengu786 was practicing taking high catches with u/monohaven.

u/monohaven threw the ball pretty high, u/Pengu786 backtracked, and took a good running catch despite the sun shining right in his eyes.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Good catch.

u/Pengu786 was already getting ready to take another catch.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Bro doesn't get tired.

u/Odd-Calligrapher-69**:** Maybe that's what happens when you do actual work instead of yapping around.

u/Ghostly_100 and u/Downtown_Bat7013 moved towards the boundary and began practicing juggling catches.

With the help of u/superioritycornflks who was standing near them, who would throw the ball outside the boundary, one of them would leap outside and throws the ball with the hand inwards the boundary. The other would immediately run in position of taking the catch and safely pouch it.

After a few failed attempts, they managed to take a few successful catches in succession.

u/Ghostly_100: that was enough Maxwell for today!

u/Downtown_Bat7013: Agreed Ghostly bhai.

Meanwhile, u/Scared-Breakfast-372 got a low chance from the bat of u/Odd-Calligrapher-69.

He reacted quickly, dived to his right to take a good reflex catch with one hand.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Good catch, Breakfast bhai!

u/Odd-Calligrapher-69 sent the next ball pretty high.

u/Scared-Breakfast-372 settled under it and waited.

The ball came down.

Bounced on his fingers and dropped.

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Bro!

u/Ghostly_100 sighed: Come on! You can’t drop catches on this level!

u/Scared-Breakfast-372 (thinking of an excuse): The sun shone directly in my eyes.

u/Snoo_56184**:** So convenient! /s

u/Ghostly_100: Whatever!

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Unc can’t take catches now! Tch tch tch.

u/Scared-Breakfast-372**:** Would you please keep quiet???

u/Due-Finding4397: Go and touch grass unc!

After the fielding session, u/Ghostly_100 called everyone together.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Soccer time! Thirty minutes, two halves!

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Ghostly vai! It’s FOOTBALL!

u/Ghostly_100 seemed to hear nothing.

u/Ghostly_100 started announcing the teams.

u/superioritycornflks as referee.

Whites

u/Ghostly_100 — Captain
u/Odd-Calligrapher-69
u/Phaintaa_Shoaib
u/PhaintaAssociate
u/Downtown_Bat7013
u/Pengu786 — Goalkeeper

Greens

u/Due-Finding4397 — Captain
u/Scared-Breakfast372
u/Normal_Signature_500
u/MoreCryptogpher213
u/monohaven
u/HMcod — Goalkeeper

u/Ghostly_100 looked at the teams again.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Everyone ready?

u/Snoo_56184: What about me?

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Give him to us!

u/Ghostly_100**:** Why

u/Due-Finding4397**:** You have got all those big boys, it is only fair that we get an extra player in Snoo.

u/Snoo_56184**:** I wanted to be on the winning team!

u/Due-Finding4397**:** You are in the captaincy of a Madrid expert! Don’t worry

u/superioritycornflks**:** Alright. Enough talking, let’s start the game.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** You're the one talking right now!

u/superioritycornflks**:** Do you want a yellow card Due?

u/Due-Finding4397: I was just joking…

u/superioritycornflks blew the whistle.

Whites vs Greens

The opening few minutes were fairly even.

u/Due-Finding4397 was already shouting.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** COME ON BOYSSS!

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Chill Due, it's been two minutes we have started.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Focus on the game!

The first real chance came from the Greens.

u/Normal_Signature_500 got the ball in midfield and spotted u/Due-Finding4397 running towards the Whites’ goal.

u/Normal_Signature_500 passed the ball to u/Due-Finding4397, u/Due-Finding4397 kicked the ball with precision towards the goal.

Shot!

Goal!

Greens 1–0 Whites

u/Due-Finding4397 celebrated enthusiastically.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Siiiuuuuuu!

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Well Done Due!

u/Due-Finding4397: W NORMAL!!!

u/Ghostly_100 just shook his head.

u/MoreCryptographer213 then got himself into a good position and got across the flying ball.

He went for the header.

Good contact.

The ball flew  towards the goal.

u/Pengu786 reacted quickly and got a glove to it, sending the ball flying away.

u/MoreCryptographer213**:** Oh No!!!

u/Pengu786**:** No way I am letting it fly in man!

A little later, u/Snoo_56184 found himself with the ball.

He took up the ball and spotted u/Scared-Breakfast372 being pretty close to the goal.

u/Snoo_56184 passed the ball to u/Scared-Breakfast372.

u/Scared-Breakfast372 sent the ball with his left leg.

u/Pengu786, who was already prepared for it, took an easy dolly catch.

u/MoreCryptographer213**:** You can’t miss out on those bro!

u/Due-Finding4397**:** We could’ve gone up 2-0!

u/Scared-Breakfast372**:** I guess I have pulled up a muscle.

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** No more excuses man!

The Whites pushed forward again.

u/Downtown_Bat7013 took the ball and made a run towards the Greens' goal.

He got past u/monohaven and took the shot.

u/Snoo_56184 got across and managed to block it.

The game continued to get more intense.

Then, the turning point.

Due made a foul, by pushing down a Whites’ player.

u/superioritycornflks immediately blew the whistle.

u/superioritycornflks**:** Penalty awarded to Whites!

u/Due-Finding4397**:** WHAT?!

u/superioritycornflks**:** You fouled him.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** No I didn't!

u/superioritycornflks**:** You literally did.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Come see me outside.

u/superioritycornflks**:** Stop this yap, or you will get the red card too.

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Oh, do get him out. He yaps more than he plays.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** BRO?

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Faxx

u/Due-Finding4397**:** I'm literally the captain!

u/superioritycornflks**:** And?

u/Due-Finding4397 reluctantly moved away.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** This referee is against me.

u/superioritycornflks**:** I guess that might warrant a Yellow card.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** No!!! Soory! My bad!

u/Phaintaa_Shoaib stepped up for the penalty.

u/Due-Finding4397 stood clearly annoyed.

u/Phaintaa_Shoaib took a few steps back.

Shot… u/HMcod misses!

Goal!

Whites 1–1 Greens

u/Phaintaa_Shoaib turned around calmly while Whites’ players surrounded him to celebrate.

u/Due-Finding4397: HM?!?!

u/HMcod**:** His aura!

The final few minutes were pure chaos.

Both teams wanted to get the lead.

Greens tried to push forward again, but the Whites held them back.

Then, in the 28th minute, u/Odd-Calligrapher-69 took up the ball possession.

He saw u/Ghostly_100 getting close to the goal.

u/HMcod and u/Snoo_56184 came closer to u/Odd-Calligrapher-69. He simply passed to u/Ghostly_100 who put it in the goal.

Shot!

Goal!

Whites 2–1 Greens

u/Due-Finding4397**:** NOOOOO!

u/Ghostly_100**:** Let’s GO Boys!

The Greens tried their best to get a goal in the last two minutes…

But u/superioritycornflks finally blew the whistle.

Time’s UP!

Whites 2–1 Greens

u/Due-Finding4397 stood there looking disappointed.

u/Normal_Signature_500**:** Good game.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** We should've won.

u/Snoo_56184**:** You conceded that penalty.

u/Due-Finding4397: Whatever! I tried my best!

u/Normal_Signature_500: To lose?

u/Ghostly_100 gathered everyone together.

u/Ghostly_100**:** Good session today. Almost everything was satisfactory. Next training session will be held a couple of days later. We will have proper batting and bowling then.

u/HMcod: UK78 masterclass loading, or perhaps some MFTB heroics.

u/Due-Finding4397**:** Ghostly vai. When is the quiz coming?

u/Ghostly_100 shows him his mobile wallpaper.

“When you coming to Dagestan?” – Islam Makachev

u/Due-Finding4397**:** But that would take two to three years, while the Reddit Cup is in two weeks.

u/Ghostly_100 rolls his eyes: Excuse me!

u/Due-Finding4397: Soory Ghostly vai!

The players started packing their belongings.

The first training session was completed successfully.

The Reddit Cup was now only two weeks away.

And somehow, the squad still had to figure out their game plan!

 

Former Pakistan left arm pace bowler Mohammad Amir interview with Cricket journalist Muhammad Furqan Bhatti. Interview starts at 10:13 of the video timeframe.

Here Mohammad Amir and Furqan Bhatti discuss Pakistan pace bowling weaknesses, where Amir highlights workload issues. They further discuss about Pakistan batting and skill issues. Both of them also discuss Imam-ul-Haq's calf injury that prevented him from batting in the Lord's Test. Amir also mentions that his international cricket chapter with Pakistan is closed.

Former Pakistan Chief Selector Mohammad Wasim, who served as chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Team from 2020-22, and later as head coach of Pakistan's women cricket team in 2025, while speaking in a live session with cricket analyst Dr. Nauman Niaz on YouTube, alleged that Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq had faked injury during the Lord's Test, to keep himself safe from batting on a pacer friendly track.

If what Wasim has said, is the truth, then it is very selfish from Imam-ul-Haq, and this matter should be investigated properly. If proved correct, Imam should be banned from playing for Pakistan Cricket team in the future.