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Sep 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Since M. Haris is making his debut today, some statistical T20 background: 18 of his 21 inns have come as an opener, in those 18 he avgs 24.47 at a SR of 138.66. In the 3 inns not as an opener he avgs 9 at a SR of 85.71.
*Sample size not as opener is too small for judgements
Pakistani batters with the highest powerplay SR in this season’s PSL (min 5 inns in PP): 1. M. Haris= 187.32 2. Fakhar Zaman= 150.00 3. Shadab Khan= 146.87
Sep 25, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
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 >>
Sep 25, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Thread 🧵- Phase by phase scoring rate (batting run-rate) of ICC full member teams in T20I, since the start of 2020, as of 24th Sept 2022:
Powerplay (Overs 1-6): 1. India= 8.48, 2. WI= 8.37 3. Eng= 8.18 4. Aus= 8.15 5. SA= 8.07 6. Ire= 7.95 7. Afg= 7.65 8. NZ= 7.62 9. Pak= 7.12 10. Zim= 6.92 11. Sri= 6.87 12. Bang= 6.44 >>
Aug 30, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
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 >>
Aug 1, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
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 >>
