* Before the last game, Pakistan were 2nd on the table for death-overs run-rate
Will compile bowling econs phase by phase for all teams later. Also better to relatively analyse data, hence eventually will go match by match & see which team won which phase how many times. For now, #ICYMI this for Pak’s bowling before the previous 2 games vs Eng:
Today will be Pakistan’s 200th T20I. 🧵 thread On some of Pakistan’s achievements in the format: In the first 2 editions of the T20I World Cup, Pakistan reached the final, won the second one. In the third edition they were the losing semifinalists >>
Pakistan has won 60.80% of their T20I matches, 121 wins, 70 losses, 3 tied games & 5 no-results. Pakistan’s top run-scorer in the format is Babar Azam while Shahid Afridi is the highest wicket-taker >>
Pakistan’s bowlers have taken a 5fer thrice in the format, Umar Gul did it twice, Imad Wasim is the other one. Best bowling figures for a Pakistani are 5/6 by Umar Gul in the 2009 T20 World Cup >>
THREAD: Pak’s T20I batting - Data since start of 2021:
Percentage of balls faced by the top 3: 1. Pak= 68.64 2. Ind= 55.78 3. SA= 53.95 4. Aus= 53.88 5. NZ= 53.59 6. Eng= 53.54 7. WI= 52.86
No other team’s top 3 comes close to consuming as many balls as Pak’s top 3 in this period. So out of 120 balls, top 3 of Pak consumes 82 to 83 balls. There are only 37 remaining balls for the rest of the team & yet it is expected of the rest to score big without getting out >>
SR of top 3 in this period:
India= 139.34
NZ= 135.75
Eng= 134.57
SA= 132.55
Pak= 129.64
Aus= 128.51
WI= 126.01
Highest percentage of balls faced by top 3, 6th in terms of scoring rate. What does that mean >>
Thread: The never ending plight of Athletes in Pakistan.
Whenever a major international event comes along, a bunch of officials (ppl in actual positions of power) come forward with the most absurd & unsustainable solutions >>
Lets start with the general ill-informed discourse. Many believe cricket is the reason other sports don’t flourish in Pakistan. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Cricket fund has literally got nothing to do with any other sporting budgets >>
So why is it that Pak’s athletes can’t compete at international level. For starters, ppl who win medals at these events have larger individual salaries than the entire budget of Pakistan’s athletics >>