UAE looking good to qualify with 2 wins already while Afghans and Oman have a win each. Afghans taking on Hong Kong today.

Reports indicating that Sharjeel is to replace injured Babar which is a blow but Sharjeel is in form however more worryingly is that Raees (who) is going to be replaced by big stage bottler Sami.

A14 will be happy his cousin Sami is back

no one gives a ($hit)

Could be worse Kamran Akmal could be there

Kamran, Adnan and Umar Akmal. the three ugly sisters...

Now now lets not disrespect our Afridi14 family members

Hey Kash - sorry Yaar!!

Been busy, house move coming up, and decided to invest in some more shares...so keeping an eye on those.

Glad to see a decent poster start a match thread. Asia cup...the greatest cricketing rivalry is ignited. Bring it on!!!

Anyway, have a nice evening, catch you tomorrow.

4th Match: India v Pakistan at Dhaka on Feb 27, 2016
(19:30 local | 13:30 GMT)


Save the date!!

Lefty

Just been through a house move myself. What a headache.

India v Bangladesh tomorrow. People are saying Bangladesh are the 2nd best team in Asia. Let's see what happens.

This should be a good tournament and a good warm up for all teams before the big event next month..

Kash, no problem with Sharjeel being included, been in great form although bottled it at the final stage today... Sami is in because of his 5-7 a few days ago, but agree with you he's a proven bottler..... Problem with these lads is that they need a nappy at the international stage.... We kick out sheezad and he performed very well today in final. Can't see Sami getting in first 11

Kash,

Might be worth adding onto thread - Yupp TV will do free online broadcast in the UK for all Asia cup games

A14 got a link for this Yupp tv?

The final today showed what is wrong with Pak players. A team chases a big total and the top scorer were an Aussie and West Indian. Umar Akmal scores plenty of runs when batting first but bottles it every time when chasing.

Sheetzad is bang average and rightly dropped.

Yeah agreed, some of the performances from pak players have been very average.

No link to it kash, I've downloaded the app on my iPhone ...

Still a bit cheesed off they switched it from 50 to 20 overs.

Mind you, it'll probably attract more viewers. Money talks

Hardly any hype here in Pakistan for the Asia cup yet, not even for the India Pakistan game. People were just too absorbed in the PSL. What a fantastic tournament it has been, and I am surprised to see theres not even one article here. Werent you guys following it?

Bangla win toss.... Field first. Boom

Winningways,

I watched it closely actually. Agree, great tournament and great for pak youngsters to play with some big names. Not sure we have learnt much about newbies coming through though. I did suggest to kash to put article up but he said no

Hopefully it'll get better and better as the years go on.. Not sure I agree about having a final on a Tuesday tho.

Well Afridi14 the stands were still full so no issues with that I think

Besides yes big names, in terms of both players and coaches We cant see improvement overnight, Muhammad Nawaz has been a great find though. InshaAllah many more will come up in later editions

Aye, interested to see how nawaz does on the international stage

India pulling away here

Decent score posted.

116 - decent total, good knock form Sharma.

Opening bowlers doing a decent job too

Are Bangladesh playing for a draw

wtf. you need over 8 an over and Kayes scores 14 off 24 balls. RR up to 11.6 so game over.

Wahay, a sixer! But the RR climbs further