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*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
btw- main reason more punjabis play cricket than sindhis is because they are better cricketers, they have better physiques.
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If physique is the reason for being a better crickter then perhaps we should have more pathans in the team. Oh yes we have one, Afridi.
Re: Where are all the Karachi Cricketer?
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Umair?? 
you too ?
and I didnt say Moin should be called back as Skipper. I was just mentioning the fact that Maybe Miandad and Rashid , Sohail and co. want Moin as an opening Batsman in the team, just to have an Gilly type option. I m a great fan of ‘Rashid Latif all the way’ quotation 
P.S Thanks for elaborating my point PT :k:
Ehsan bhai 
Let me check ke mujhay heart-attack tu nai ho gaya 
2 big disappointments in oneday…
Saby yar don’t worry get use to it on GS 
teaser pra, kehna asaan kerna mushkil, i better shut up now to avoid the wrath of mod for being :topic: 
me kar chuka hoon isi lye keh raha hoon 
hmmmm… well yeah no harm in trying though :D… thanks for the advice but why guppies dont get it 
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*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
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btw- main reason more punjabis play cricket than sindhis is because they are better cricketers, they have better physiques.
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Lets keep that kinda nationalist discussion out to some other thread/forum.
Array baji I know you are a male.
BTW, forgive me for not reading your post correctly.
Aren’t I right about punjabi players being more talented. I am not being regionalist here, since I myself was born and raised in Karachi, but look at all the great names from Punjab, Wasim, Waqar, Inzi, Shoaib, Afridi, and Karachi has some great talent from themselves like Miandad, Moin, Latif, Kaneria, but way fewer than Punjab.
you are wrong…
Better Physiques? HOW? 
ARE THEY GIANTS? :rotfl"
Why are you camparing the whole Punjab with one small city Karachi?
You are wrong, There are more Punjabi (Population) in Pakistan and Cricket is well established Sport in Punjab. There are more Cricket leagues, more teams in different cities with in Punjab compare to Sindh. Sindhi don’t play sports, or I should say very few Sindhis play sports. How many cricketers have ever been selected from Interior Sindh in the history of Pakistani Cricket? Probably none. Most of the people are select from Sindh are from Karachi or Hyderabad because most of the cities don’t have Cricket leagues or tournaments, I think only Karachi & Hyderabad and maybe few others…
I have no issues with pujabi and others, we are all Pakistani.
Re: you are wrong…
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The Punjabi non-Punjabi talk is a non-issue and should'nt even be discussed. As Pakistanis we are all the same.
Are the results of these matches usually posted somewhere?
Up to know i have'nt heard how anyone has perfromed in these matches,,,,,
Elahi Bhai,
All match reports will be post here. 
Great damage done by Imran Farhat. Faisal Iqbal’s team crushed Moin Khan’s team. Wah Bhai!
Imran hits sparkling unbeaten century
LAHORE, April 18: Test reject Imran Farhat scored an magnificent unbeaten century as PCB Blues trounce PCB Greens by nine wickets in the opening trial match at Gaddafi Stadium here on Friday.
**Imran lashed 107 off 116 deliveries while dominating the unbroken second-wicket partnership of 178 with Faisal Iqbal. The left-hander slammed 14 fours and one six as PCB Blues achieved their target of 196 in just 37.1 overs. **
The only casualty in Blues’ innings was Babar Naeem who perished after making only four runs.
Faisal Iqbal, the PCB Blues skipper, remained undefeated with a polished 66 off 101 balls. His innings contained eight hits to the fence.
Earlier, PCB Greens squandered an excellent start to lose their last seven wickets for mere 31 runs. The wrecker-in-chief was the slow left-arm spin of Babar Naeem. The all-rounder snared five for 28 in 10 overs.
**Skipper Moin Khan hit six boundaries in making a 32-ball 29 during an opening stand of 57 with left-handed Salman Butt. **
Salman and Saeed bin Nasir then came together to put on 87 for the second wicket. Salman top-scored with 68 off 94 balls. He stroked eight fours. Saeed contributed 51 off 70 deliveries, striking five fours.
The only other notable batting in the Greens’ innings came from Naved Latif, who made 29.
**Scoreboard **
**PCB GREENS: **
Salman Butt b Babar 68 :k:
Moin Khan c Babar b Samiullah 29
Saeed bin Nasir c Amin b Babar 51
Naved Latif run out 29
Khaqan Arsal c Amin b Kamran 3
Faisal Athar b Babar 2
Salman Qadir c Faisal b Babar 0
Tahir Mughal b Babar 4
Yasir Shah run out 0
Fahad Masood b Kamran 1
Zahid Saeed not out 0
**EXTRAS (LB-2, W-5, NB-1) 8
TOTAL (all out, 46.2 overs) 195**
**FALL OF WKTS: ** 1-57, 2-145, 3-164, 4-169, 5-172 , 6-181, 7-191, 8-198, 9-193.
BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 5.2-0-36-0; Samiullah 9-1-36-1 ; Junaid Zia8-1-40-0; Qaiser Abbas 8-0-30-0 ; Babar Naeem 10-0-28-5; Kamran Younis 6-1-23-2.
**PCB BLUES: **
Babar Naeem c Naved b Tahir 4
**Imran Farhat not out 107 :k:
Faisal Iqbal not out 66** :k:
**EXTRAS (LB-1, W-8, NB-10) 19
TOTAL (for one wkt, 37.1 overs) 196
FALL OF WKT: 1-18. **
DID NOT BAT: Asim Munir, Faisal Naved, Qaiser Abbas, Kamran Younis, Amin-ur-Rehman, Junaid Zia, Samiullah, Faisal Afridi.
BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 6-2-15-1; Zahid Saeed 10-0-49-0; Fahad Masood 5-0-32-0;Salman Qadir 7.1-0-35-0; Yasir Shah5-0-29-0; Khaqan Arsal 2-0-21-0; Salman Butt 2-0-14-0.
RESULT: PCB Blues won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Iftikhar Malik.
Mohammad Hafeez(who led the team) and Kamran Akmal had a superb knock of 51 and 54 runs, respectively! Aamir Sajjad , Kamran Sajjad played good. Along with them, now we have discovered Atiq-uz-Zaman.
Inzi bhai didn’t play 'cause of Marriage Cermony. Still, his team won without him. :biggthumb Yoyo, who was expected to lead PCB Reds didn’t show for unknown reasons. :rolleyes:
Yasir Arafat and Najaf Shah had good bowling figures. :k:
LAHORE, April 18: Propelled by half centuries from Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal and Aamir Sajjad, PCB Whites scored an easy six-wicket victory over PCB Reds in the other trial match at LCCA Ground on Friday.
Set to a target of 200, PCB Whites achieved victory by scoring 203 for four with 10.3 overs to spare.
**Stand-in skipper Hafeez hit 51 at run-a-ball with seven fours and one six before Kamran and Sajjad added 93 for the unbroken fifth-wicket partnership. Kamran, the Test wicket-keeper, hammered 54 off as many balls with six hits to the ropes while Sajjad made 55 off 110 balls. He struck five fours. **
Earlier, electing to bat first, PCB Reds were curtailed to 199 for seven in 50 overs despite good contributions by left-handed opener Kamran Sajid (55 off 84 balls, seven fours) and former Test wicket-keeper Atiq-uz-Zaman (54 off 63 balls, five fours).
**Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was nominated to lead PCB Whites,did not turn up for the match since he was reportedly in Islamabad to attend a marriage ceremony.
Another notable absentee was current Pakistan vice-captain Yousuf Youhana who was supposed to represent PCB Reds. **
**Scoreboard **
**PCB REDS: **
Kamran Sajid b Mansoor 55
Khalid Latif lbw b Najaf 1
Mohammad Wasim lbw b Jaffar 4
Shahid Yousuf b Yasir Arafat 26
Asim Kamal b Mansoor 7
Atiq-uz-Zaman run out 54
Umar Javed run out 35
Irfanuddin not out 0
Imran Ali not out 4
**EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-9, NB-2) 13
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 199
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-20, 3-89, 4-101, 5-104, 6-192, 7-195. **
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Zahid, Shabbir Ahmed.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 8-2-38-1; Najaf Shah 6-2-18-1 ; Irfan Fazil 7-1-25-0; Yasir Arafat 9-0-33-1 ; Mansoor Amjad 10-2-44-2; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-39-0.
**PCB WHITES: **
Kashif Siddique c sub b Shabbir 5
Mohammad Hafeez run out 51
Sufian Munir b Shabbir 2
Yasir Hameed c Shahid b Zahid 6
**Aamir Sajjad not out 55
Kamran Akmal not out 54
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-1, W-13, NB-6) 30
TOTAL (for four wkts, 39.3 overs) 203
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-23, 3-30, 4-110. **
DID NOT BAT: Yasir Arafat, Jaffar Nazir, Mansoor Amjad , Najaf Shah, Irfan Fazil.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 8-1-48-1; Shabbir Ahmed 10-2-32-2 ; Imran Ali 8.3-0-42-0; Irfanuddin 9-1-52-0; Umar Javed 4-0-18-0.
RESULT: PCB Whites won by six wickets.
UMPIRES: Nazir Jr and Zamir Haider.
PCB Blues killed PCB Reds. Fantastic century scored by Faisal Iqbal.
LAHORE, April 19: A splendid century by skipper Faisal Iqbal propelled PCB Blues to a 32-run win against PCB Reds in the other trial match at LCCA Ground on Saturday.
Faisal belted 11 fours and three sixes as he blasted 113 off only 96 balls to help PCB Blues reach 265 for six in 50 overs.
Babar Naeem was also in good nick while making a 93-ball 56 while helping Faisal in a second-wicket partnership of 114. Babar’s innings contained three fours.
In reply, PCB Reds failed to capitalise on a splendid opening stand of 90 by Kamran Sajid (65 with eight fours) and Khalid Latif (26) and were restricted to 232 for seven.
**Scoreboard
PCB BLUES:
Babar Naeem c Kamran b Aamir 56**
Imran Farhat c Atiq b Shabbir 4
Faisal Iqbal c Shahid b Irfan 113 :k:
Asim Munir st Atiq b Kamran 10
Faisal Naveed c Atiq b Zahid 25
Qaiser Abbas c Atiq b Shabbir 9
Amin-ur-Rehman not out 20
Junaid Zia not out 2
**EXTRAS (B-5, LB-5, W-13, NB-2) 25
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 264
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-38, 3-193, 4-201, 5-226, 6-257. **
DID NOT BAT: Kamran Younis, Faisal Afridi, Samiullah.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 10-1-43-1; Shabbir Ahmed 10-2-33-2; Mohammad Irshad 6-0-31-0; Kamran Sajid 10-0-49-1; Irfanuddin10-0-70-1; Aamir Khan 4-0-28-1.
**PCB REDS:
Kamran Sajid c and b Kamran 65**
Khalid Latif c Faisal b Qaiser 26
Atiq-uz-Zaman c and b Kamran 28
Shahid Yousuf st Amin b Babar 13
Asim Kamal c Imran b Kamran 31
Adnan Raza c Amin b Junaid 19
Aamir Khan not out 19
Irfanuddin lbw b Junaid 0
Mohammad Irshad not out 10
**EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, W-16) 21
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 232
FALL OF WKTS: 1-90, 2-131, 3-138, 4-176, 5-182, 6-208, 7-211. **
DID NOT BAT: Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Zahid.
BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 10-2-26-0; Samiullah 6-0-26-0; Junaid Zia 9-0-65-2; Qaiser Abbas 6-0-24-1; Kamran Younis 10-0-40-3; Babar Naeem 9-0-46-1.
RESULT: PCB Blues won by 32 runs.
UMPIRES: Mohammad Nazir Jr and Siddique Khan
In another match, PCB Whites beat PCB Yellow. Shoaib Akhtar was average. Najaf Shah and Adil Nisar seems to be good at bowling.
LAHORE, April19: PCB Whites clinched a thrilling one-wicket win over PCB Yellow in the trial match at Gaddafi Stadium here on Saturday. Kashif Siddique, the left-handed opening batsman, played a fine hand by scoring 65 off 74 deliveries with 10 boundaries.
PCB Whites eventually reached their target of 233 with one over left.
PCB Yellow’s fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was thoroughly disappointing as he gave away 55 runs in 10 overs for his two wickets. Part-time spinner Adil Nisar captured four for 30.
Kashif shared a second-wicket stand of exactly 100 with Yasir Hameed, who hit 46 off 70 balls with the aid of six fours.
Test wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal also played a pivotal role in his side’s second win by thumping 41 off 42 balls. He slammed four boundaries.
Earlier, PCB Yellow’s skipper Misbah-ul-Haq top-scored for his team with a fluent 70. His 97-ball knock was laced with seven hits to the fence.
Farhan Adil also excelled in making 40 with a solitary boundary.
**Scoreboard
PCB YELLOW: **
Adil Nisar c Kamran b Najaf 20
Naved Qureshi lbw b Jaffar 10
Bilal Asad c Kamran b Saad 25
Misbah-ul-Haq b Hafeez 70 :k:
Farhan Adil b Hafeez 40
Naumanullah b Mansoor Amjad 14
Humayun Farhat run out 6
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 22
Shoaib Akhtar c Saad b Yasir 5
Abdul Rauf run out 6
Aqeel Ahmed not out 1
**EXTRAS (LB-3, W-7, NB-3) 13
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 232
FALL OF WKTS: ** 1-27, 2-35, 3-71, 4-161 , 5-188, 6-190,7-198,8-208, 9-224.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 10-1-42-1; Najaf Shah 8-1-25-1; Yasir Arafat 7-0-43-1; Saad Janjua 5-0-27-1 ; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-43-2; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-49-1.
**PCB WHITES: **
Kashif Siddique c Aqeel b Naveed 65 :k:
Mohammad Hafeez c Humayun b Shoaib 19
Yasir Hameed c Humayun b Shoaib 46
Aamir Sajjad c Misbah b Adil 7
Asif Hussain b Naveed 0
Kamran Akmal b Adil 41
Sufian Munir b Naveed 14
Yasir Arafat b Adil 0
Jaffar Nazir c Aqeel b Adil 8
Saad Janjua not out 14
Mansoor Amjad not out 7
**EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-7, NB-2) 17
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 49 overs) 238
FALL OF WKTS:** 1-35, 2-35, 3-139, 4-139
, 5-166, 6-207, 7-207, 8-109, 9-227.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-55-2; Abdul Rauf 5-1-32-0
; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 10-0-51-1; Aqeel Ahmed 10-1-33-0
; Naveed Qureshi 5-0-29-2; Adil Nisar 9-1-30-4.
RESULT: PCB Whites won by one wicket.
UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Asad Rauf.
Thanks for the info PT yaar.
Wow we have some great young players.
Faisel Iqbal really looks like he could be the batsman we are looking for.
thnx for sharing the scorecards:k:…
Dissappointed to see Shoaib's performance, he is being hammered by county players. Maybe he shouldn't be picked for Lankan series and given another fast bowler like Abdul Rauf a chance, or maybe Fazl E Akbar.
Mohammad Hafeez and Kashif Siddique has been playing good Cricket. Najah Shah, once again, was good with ball. Naved Latif scored 72 runs from PCB Greens.
LAHORE, April 20: A superb opening partnership of 144 between skipper Mohammad Hafeez and Kashif Siddique enabled PCB Whites beat PCB Greens by nine wickets in the other trial match at LCCA Ground on Sunday.
**Hafeez opted to retire after making 75 with 13 boundaries off 90 balls while Kashif scored 54 as PCB Whites achieved their target of 233 in only 42.3 overs. It was PCB Whites’ third consecutive victory in the series. ** :k:
Kashif hit six fours and a six in his 65-ball knock. Aamir Sajjad(41 off 51 balls with three fours) and Asif Hussain (43 off 55 balls with five fours and two sixes) led their side to victory.
Earlier, Naved Latif smashed 72 at run-a-ball and Khaqan Arsal hit exactly 50 off 80 deliveries that took PCB Greens to 229 for nine in 50 overs after Moin Khan elected to bat first at the toss. Naved laced his knock with seven fours and two sixes. Khaqan struck three boundaries.
**Scoreboard
PCB GREENS:**
Salman Butt c Yasir b Jaffar 4
Faisal Athar run out 20
**Khaqan Arsal c Kashif b Hafeez 50
Naved Latif b Jaffar 72** :k:
Saeed bin Nasir st Kamran b Mansoor 4
Tahir Mughal b Hafeez 29
Moin Khan c Asif b Jaffar 19
Zahid Saeed run out 15
Yasir Shah b Yasir Arafat 0
Mohammad Khalil not out 2
Mohammad Umair not out 0
**EXTRAS (LB-7, W-7) 14
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 229**
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-49, 3-111, 4-120, 5-184, 6-188,
7-209,8- 216, 9-228.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 10-2-37-3; Najaf Shah 6-0-13-0;
Yasir Arafat 9-0-40-1; Saad Janjua 4-0-27-0;
Mansoor Amjad 10-0-53-1; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-45-2;
Kashif Siddique 1-0-7-0.
**PCB WHITES:
Mohammad Hafeez retired 75 :k:
Kashif Siddique c Khaqan b Yasir 54 :k: **
Aamir Sajjad not out 41
Asif Hussain not out 43
**EXTRAS (LB-2, W-12, NB-6) 20
TOTAL (for one wkt, 42.3 overs) 233**
FALL OF WKT: 1-44.
DID NOT BAT: KamranAkmal, Yasir Arafat, Jaffar Nazir,
Najaf Shah, Mansoor Amjad, Saad Janjua.
BOWLING: Mohammad Umair 6-2-40-0; Tahir Mughal 9-0-26-0;
Mohammad Khalil 7-0-37-0; Zahid Saeed 7-1-32-0;
Yasir Shah 6.3-0-41-1; Salman Butt 6-0-35-0; Saeed bin Nasir 1-0-20-0.
RESULT: PCB Whites won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: Nazir Junior and Asad Rauf.
Shoaib Akhtar bowled good without giving a break. Inzi back in business :biggthumb. He had to retire 'cause of eye-infection, though he smashed 10 boundaries. What a Champ!
PCB Reds secure first victory in trial series
LAHORE, April 20: Young opener Khalid Latif played an excellent innings that laid the foundation of PCB Reds’ first victory in the trial match series at Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday.
Khalid struck 78 off 116 deliveries as PCB Reds got the better of PCB Yellows by four wickets.
Left-handed Asim Kamal also excelled in making 55 off 59 balls with six fours while adding 93 for the third wicket with Khalid, who slammed seven boundaries.
Adil Nisar continued his fine form with his part-time slow left-armers by picking up four for 30.
Inzamam-ul-Haq, currently out of favour, played his first game in the series to hit a superb 89. The former Pakistan vice-captain was originally slated to lead PCB Whites but the national selectors inducted him in the PCB Yellows squad.
**Inzamam showed his true class :biggthumb in striking 10 fours in his 100-ball innings that helped PCB Yellows reach 259 for seven in 50 overs. Troubled by a groin problem and an eye infection, Inzamam chose to retire to the pavilion. **
Opener Adil Nisar also excelled with the bat and scored 44 off 65 balls with seven fours while Bilal Asad contributed 47 with five fours and Farhan Adil 35.
Fat bowler Mohammad Zahid disappointed again as he conceded 64 runs in eight overs without taking a wicket.
**Scoreboard
PCB YELLOWS:**
Adil Nisar c Atiq b Azhar 44
Naved Qureshi c Shahid b Shabbir 13
Bilal Asad c Shabbir b Azhar 47
Inzamam-ul-Haq retired hurt 89
Farhan Adil c Khalid b Altaf 35
Naumanullah b Shabbir 0
Humayun Farhat b Altaf 1
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan c Shahid b Altaf 3
Irfan Fazil not out 6
Aqeel Ahmed not out 5
**EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-8, NB-2) 16
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 259 **
FALL OF WKTS: 1-42, 2-88, 3-137, 4-233, 5-240, 6-243, 7-250.
DID NOT BAT: Shoaib Akhtar.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 8-1-64-0; Shabbir Ahmed 10-2-26-2;
Mohammad Irshad6-0-31-0; Azhar Ali 10-0-42-2;
Kamran Sajid 6-0-33-0; Shahid Yousuf 5-0-33-0;
Mohammad Altaf 5-0-24-3.
PCB REDS:
Kamran Sajid c Sohail b Adil 18
Khalid Latif run out 78 :k:
Shahid Yousuf c Naveed b Sohail 12
Asim Kamal b Adil 55
Aamir Khan c Wahab b Adil 32
Mohammad Altaf st Humayun b Adil 33
Atiq-uz-Zaman not out 6
Azhar Ali not out 5
**EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-6, NB-11) 22
TOTAL (for six wkts, 49.1 overs) 261**
FALL OF WKTS: 1-55, 2-70, 3-163, 4-191, 5-235, 6-255.
DID NOT BAT: Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Irshad, Mohammad Zahid.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 5-0-17-0; Irfan Fazil 8-1-48-0;
RanaNaveed-ul-Hasan 7.1-1-40-0; Adil Nisar 10-0-57-4;
SohailKhan 7-1-37-1; Aqeel Ahmed 10-0-42-0; Naved Qureshi 2-0-15-0.
RESULT: PCB Reds won by four wickets.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ijaz Ahmed.
Way to go Inzi ;)