will this finally deal a knock out blow to kamran akmal or will he come back again..he's playing due to his batting skills.. oh yes batting skills which win pakistan warm up matches.

From the beginning, it was obvious that if Razzaq would play, Pakistan would win, otherwise defeat would be the fate for Pakistan. Corruption is in each and every corner of Pakistan, We should not worry if it is in cricket game as well.

What do you think about Duck Duck Afraidi starting a duck farm in Peshawar ?

akmal Brothers must be put into scrutiny again. All old timers must bow out respectfully, now

Throw him, Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Sami and Sohail tanveer out of the team. Him for not playing Razzaq in all but a single match which they only won because Razzaq was there when batting failed to finish the job. Watmore and Hafiz have a personal dislikes and likes which are not based on game or interest of the nation..

i agreed but Afridi deserve opening....all pakis expert why don't think so..

Beaten by India..and u r satisfied..feel happy...

only these five player derserve place in team

u r destructed each and every time by India...and feel happy

you r only better than zimbabwe..now feel happy

Pakistan should not be worried.. they should appeal to ICC and see if they can still play finals on the basis of better net run rate.

I sincerely doubt your appreciation for Hafeez.It suits you as Indian to have an impotent opposition,be it Afridi,Akmals and likes.The Pakistani team seriously lacks any talents since batsmen all over started reading Ajmal and Gul.Our prayers for defeating India on a World-cup remains unanswered

Captain and coach made too many mistakes in batting order and team selection. When a particular batting order is not working, strategy needs to be changed but we never say any change other than sending Afridi against India. Lets be honest here, Pakistan was just lucky to be in semi-finals because of Umar Gul's extra ordinary knock in the match against SA. Hafeez is a good captain but he has failed as opener in T20, Imran was also failure. K. Akmal should have opened in all matches because that is where he plays best or he should have batted at #6 or #7. U. Akmal should have batted before Shoaib Malik and Razzaq should have played. PCB is obsessed with foreign coaches. I feel that Pakistan's success for the last few years was because of Mohsin Khan as a coach. What was Whatmore doing as a coach? We will have millions of analysis :-) Pak was just OK in the T-20.

If you are playing in Sri Lanka where pitches are going to be spinning,its not wise move not to include Mohammed Yousuf,Younis Khan,Misbah as they are very good at playing spin on subcontinent track.But some how Pakistan team and selectors have missed the bus.

With faltered batting line, which team could go in such a big game with Seven bowlers; five full timer (Gul, Afridi, Hassan, Tanvir, Ajmal), and then almost full timer Hafeez and good off spinner Mailk. Who, they thought, would make runs if your inform batsman (Umar) come down to just go not-out!

What a pathetic cricket played by Pakistani cricketers. I doubt their credibility because of their past history!

Kudos to Hafeez and his men. I, being an Indian, was very confident of Pakistan making to Finals and winning the cup. Unfortunately, it was just a bad day for them but it proved to seal their fate in this torunament. I have seen many Pakistani captains since I started watching cricket in early 80?s. However next to Akram, if anybody touches my heart, it

Kudos to Hafeez and his men. I, being an Indian, was very confident of Pakistan making to Finals and winning the cup. Unfortunately, it was just a bad day for them but it proved to seal their fate in this torunament. I have seen many Pakistani captains since I started watching cricket in early 80's. However next to Akram, if anybody touches my heart, it's Hafeez. I could see the hunger, thirst and the commitment in his eyes through out this tournament. Whether it's the calm and well-behaved individual in Hafeez or his captaincy skills in rotating his bowlers, swapping the fielders, appreciating his team mates, he stands a class apart. I wish Hafeez all the best and would love to lead his team to many more victories. By the way, can't wait for an India-Pakistan series. Well done Hafeez.

Good match so no major complains but Hafeez & his couch's decision to leave Razzaq still confuses most minds. S Malik should have made way for him, an inform batsman. I hope we find a decent keeper & U Akmal should bat before his brother in any case. Afridi to stay!

Personally I feel no sorrow because we lost against a better team.

pakistan team played well expect a few who had no place in the team!

I feel no sorrow because we lost against a better team.

Afridi should retire from cricket,every time i saw him cominy and going back i wondered why he was in the eleven,it was a blunder on the part of team selection committee.Razzaq was the best choice?

I totally disagree. Choosing to bat first against India was probably the biggest blunder amongst many he has made. Another issue with Hafeez is that he does not have the personality and aura a captain needs to get his team fired up and highly motivated. But then again there is no one else in the present Pakistan team other than Afridi (who can barely justify his inclusion in the team) who can do that.

The US uses Rambo to frighten Pakistan. Pakistan uses Duck Duck Afraidi to frighten other countries. Just does'nt work !

You are obviously joking,Right?

Hello Anwar, I think Me an Dad should play. That crazy big mouth fella is jobless now !

Yes, batting first against India was the biggest and the only real mistake I saw Hafeez commit since he got the captaincy. He surely seems like he's learning. Otherwise I would disagree with you. I haven't seen a captain give so much time to each player individually. Not even Afridi. Afridi was amazing at motivating the team, but that was about it. No strategies, no game plan, nothing.

Very true

These boys are our kith and kin, Our flesh and blood. They are the mirror image of the nation and have usually performed better than the nation and the leadership. We should encourage them so that they can (and I am sure they are) analyze all defeats and keep on improving. Victory and defeat is a part of the game and we should not be very emotional either way.

people need to grow up..Reaching semi and defeating teams like South Africa, Nzl and Australia is a big achievement itself...and we need to accept that winning and losing is a part of game. Going by this should Aus throw out husseys and warner and change the captain because Australia was badly thrashed in the semis??

My team played well throughout the tournament except Few people.Congratulations that you people reached in Semi final.It is really a good achievement .West Indies and Sri Lanka deserved to be part of final.Pakistan and Australia are also strong teams but we have to understand that every day is not our best day.Now who will be the champion???? my best wishes for Sri Lanka :)

Just look at the comments here! Has everyone of us ever won every single match we ever played in our neighborhood, etc.? The answer is a plain No. The team did fairly well and kudos to them to play good cricket. The bottom line is to take the lessons learnt from these matches and improve upon them. The lessons are obviously fragile batting and lets hope the management sees it as well.

PAKISTAN TEAM is best...but unfortunatly we paki fans are feel proud when they the match and started blamming them win they loos...my dears this not the true love to ur country player...they play well...austrilia is also defeated by Indies but no australian fan is going to blame them.....sham on such pakistanis who told themselves the cricket fan and here they post against their country team........think about it...win or loos is the Part of game....

There was an era where Pakistan were great run chasers when Saeed Anwar, Aamir Sohail, followed by Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam use to do the run chase and achieve the target before the quota of the limited 50 over. See what is the condition of Pakistan Cricket today, Pakistan has not able to produce any world class batsman after that except Younis Khan and Mohammed younus whom they lost because of Internal politics. Pakistan should invest more time and money on building good batsman who can play on turning wickets rather investing on batsman who click once in a blue moon( Imran Nazir, Nasir jamshed, Afridi etc). I am sure any other country like India and Australia would have easily chased down the target of 140 with in 20 overs as they have very good batting line up.

Pakistan is the only team which reaches all semi final of all the T-20 world cup played till date. Playing semi finals mean you are among top 4 team. People of pakistan should proud of their team rather than complaining.

Sri Lanka played with a strategy. Pakistani captain did not have one. It

Sorry Captain, you have 4 match loosers in your team & you except to will the tournament, Pakistan is in a sorry state of selection, they have no vision to see if the player selected can he perform, i do not see the reason why these 5 players were in the team, are the selection commitee blind? please justify selection of ( Afridi, Shoib Malik , Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzal, Mohd Sami,) they are the most Pathetic player their days are over. inclusion of young players are must for pakistan to perform better & look better in the eyes crickeeters around the world. Pier Wasif USA

How many chances should be given? how many times they will disappoint their fans ? how many time people will laugh at our batting collapses, we have become a joker in a pack, if we are winning that is only becouse of or spinners rest is a laughing stock in the crickeeting world.

I think Pakistan has started this tournament without their home work.Although we played Asia cup and series against Australia.We show in both tournament our batting was flopped.Despite this we selected same batting side.Second there is mistake in selecting some of the fast bowlers and leaving Junaid. Khan who has performed best has not been taken.Our selectors were not courageous and they have selected side on past performance and big names.Our touring selection committee are to blame along with coach and captain.We did not select inform batsman Asad Shafiq.We depended lot on slogers like Afridi,Imran Nazir and. Kamran Akmal.We should have opened with Kamran and Nasir Jamshed and Asad shafiq and Umer Akmal should be at number 3 and 4. Razzaq, Afridi and Hafiz should be sent as per situation of the match.Hafiz being an opener was suitable at number six to deal with closing overs of fast bowlers.Our fielding and our fast bowlers are also cause of our exit in the tournament.Wickets in SriLanka needs technically correct and mature batsmen who are capable of playing according to situation.We should learn from these mistakes.Last but not least coach selection was not right.He did not have any control over our senior players

I really do not understand the inclusion of Shoib Malik, Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzak & Sami they have past their prime they should respect their country and retire, these guys are no good anymore.

i agree, we failed to handle the pressure and froze at times. Also more attacking fields and mentality would have helped stifle the opposition. Having said that i think Hafeez needs to be given more time, he will learn.

The match with Sri lanka seems cheating to poor masses. why Razzaq was not considered after a good perfomance in match with Australia.What and why Sohail Tanvier brought in. The way Kamran Akmal and Afridi throw their wickets.Even Hafeez Throwing out his wicket what hurry he got when their is bright chances for the team for good show.This is the same as we loose to India. Cricket Pakistan is without doubt in the hands of "gamblers". As a wicketkeeper why Kamran Akmal with such poor show behind the wicket is given chances the same player has been put on restriction. Afridi is only a past for this team.No boom boom.If he has any respect for country cricket should himself side line. Sami and Razzaq has been abused not giving chance in playing team.In short it is a team of cheats who play for Pakistan Crickets.Shame to Hafeez kamran Afridi and team couch and Team Officials.

i think shahid afridi is the real culprit..of our defeat look at the shot he played...one needs to question his commitment towards the nation. i mean there was't any will to play for the team...i think his time has come to retire or selector must sack him.but no doubt players like nasheed jamshed, umar gul have impressed. hafeez needs to improve his capataincy skills at the moment he looks a defensive captain.

I Don't think Australia threw the match against Pakistan but I do think Australians played for 112 rather than the actual target. Pakistan was lucky to be in the semies. If the last matches were other way round (Aus vs India and Pak vs SA) then story would have been different. No SL match needed for Pak.

I think there is only two good batsman in Pakistan. One is Soaib Malik and another Hafeez. Umar and Kamran is overrated players. Why no ZUlfiqar is in Pakistan as wicketkeeper. Kamran drop two catchers every match. Why no investigation against him.

why was Razzaq dropped? No PAWA for him I guess.. Poor Man.. oppsss..sorry. what did I just say. truth hurts. PAWA guys must exit the team ASAP.

When you play the entire tournament with 10 players you cannot win... When you bowl erratically, wide, with width, not straight, short or full toss and bat like novices, don't change your ways with a different pitch and have no brains for field set how on Earth can you win? We hold the world record for playing the entire tournament with ten players. You know one player is failing endlessly, consistently, does not move his feet, has no foot work and hence gets out you keep including him in the team. If we want him as a bowler we don't need him. There are hundreds of spinners that we can choose from. Afridi should never have been taken in the first place. How many more failures of ducks you need to drop him? Or is he undroppable? Afridi already holds the world record for Maximum Failures in a career. You continue with him and give him hundreds of matches. A young boy in his place cannot be groomed too. Imagine instead of him had they taken Abdul Razzak how different the scene would have been. He would have brought us victory single handed. We threw out Shoaib Akhtar the world's fastest bowler on just one bad match. Then this same low intellect player (Afridi) conspired to make him retire and for his foolishness we lost the semifinal of the ODI World Cup. I fail to understand why is Afridi played? His inclusion means you play with one less player. That is Ten players not Eleven.

Obviously the hosts deserved to be in the final. They play like professionals whereas we have a bunch of misfits who play to the gallery and their own personal glory. Their best batting and bowling is reserved exclusively for soft drink and cell phone company ads.

Our nation should be mature enough now to learn that we cannot win all matches. As in any other profession we have good and bad days. We have good team, which performed well. We should understand that these players are not allowed to play in their own country, not allowed to play in IPL despite that they are performing consistently.

hafiz need to learn that how to handle pressure ...he will have to more attack ing ..they lost against big teams india and sri lanka because they failed to handle presure...in big games

To be honest, I haven't seen a cleverer captain for Pakistan in a long long time. Hafeez did really well utilizing the players that were selected for every match they played. Even selecting Sohail Tanvir was justified but it was just a bad day. If only he listened to the countless people asking him to change Umar Akmal's batting position. But anyway, very well playeddd! Sri Lanka deserved to be in the final.

The captain is in denial. He wants to justify losing. Reflection of weak mentality. Afridi needs to be dropped because he always gives momentum to the opposition. Time to move on and bring in fresh blood.

Yes Venkat i do agree with you it was a bad day i am an Indian i feel sorry of my team due to the format you see WestIndies won 2 games and they are in semis infact right now they are in the finals.

Yeah... He was the main responsible for losing the match. He was not having any strategy.

Few worries for pakistan Imran nazir, Shoaib Malik and for sure out of form champion player Shahid Afridi,even Umar Akmal doesnt perform when required most.Why not open with Kamran Akmal and Hafeez followed by Nasir Jamshed and Asad shafiq(as he is technecially very sounded).Razzaq must be in the playing eleven.The utmost important thing about selectors is that why Junaid khan was not selected?Over all very well played by the pakistanis and beautifully marched by the Skipper hats off to them,give rest to the few out of form players and look ahead with heads high.Well Done.

After long time i saw a cool and composed captain for Pakistan after great Imran Khan. Hafeez impressed as Pak captain..... Give him more time to groom.............

Akmal brothers? Did you even follow the matches. Or maybe you just missed Umar's batting.

Congratulations to Srilanka, they played well than Pakistan so deserved the vicotory. Better luck Pakistan next time. Atleast we played semi-final. :)

I agree with your post on Sami and Malik. But Afridi and Razzak can win a match for us anytime, as they have proven numerous times in the past. Every player goes through a form slump in their career. It doesn't mean you axe them.

Without a genuine fast bowler there is no way we can win any tournament. Find a fast bowler like Shoaib Akhtar and see what a difference it makes. These mediocre fast bowlers that we curently have are a waste of time. Don't you guys get it.

oh yeah but u lost pathetically to INDIA thank to almighty ....!!

Pakistan team came out a bit positive in this tournment is understanable, but hafeez has not justified his role completely as a captain. we can say he has come out to be a better captain then the others in the recent past. He has to mature up a lot in order to prove himself a worthy skipper for the team in future. The team management role in selection of the team for a particular match also looks in doubt and unclear. Unless we will have professionals in PCB and the team who should be more concerned about the teams welfare then their position and gains, we cannot except an effective change. People in pakistan follow this sport so passionately and it is ironic to see what they get in return for their love for the game. Hafeez has to lead like a captain and sacrifice his batting position and should be confident enough to play at other positions when required. He has not handled pressure situations properly so far. Twenty20 cricket is a fast paced game and our team has got all the potential to perform in this format. What we need is consistency and clear mindset of the players. What is the use of talent if the application is missing.Its not about winning or loosing.......what matters is fighting spirit................which was missing in bigger games.

While you were on leave from cricket, Shoaib Akhtar was so not-Shoaib for having trouble finishing his quota of 10 overs. And in his last series against New Zealand, in the last over he bowled, he gave 28 runs. In other teams, players retire when they inch behind their good performance. Shoaib was as ready as he could be to sign-up for off-field duties. Razzak should've been part of the side. Though I doubt he could have won it all on his own. We are all hurting, but exaggeration won't help no one. Ask the selectors to give youngsters a chance early so they can get experience early and settle in. Things always happen for a reason. You can't move on unless you accept that for a fact. Team tried and failed. Let's hope for the best

Great written yaar;) Cha gae ho ;)

Poor Sami didn't even play a game. Instead of blaming the players, why don't we blame the selection committee? I don't think a complete overhaul is in order. Just new players need to given chances as well. These were the best we could muster and they made it to the semi finals so accept the defeat and move on to the next tournament.

100% agreed Venkat! Anxious for indo-pak series too :D

I think everyone should stop complaining and accept the fact that we were beaten by a better team. I keep hearing about Razzaq. He may be a good player but he has to qualify as an all rounder. We can't afford him to bowl dollys at batsmen and score 25 off 20 balls to be match winning performances. He should play only if he is also going to bowl otherwise no point in sending him at 8 and accept miracles to happen. Afridi on the other hand can play solely as a spinner and bat at 8 or 9. In any case, I would have really liked for them to give Asad Shafiq a chance in place of Malik but I am sure the coach and captain made the decision that they thought was right. So again stop complaining and move on!

India would have to chosen to bat as well. Colombo is known for turning pitches and I don't think they made a mistake. They were too nervous and trying to hit everything out of the park leading to their demise against India. I think Hafeez has grown on me and could be candidate for future given his all round abilities.

Fresh blood after every tournament has led to our demise to begin with. Hafeez the 7th captain since 2007. Might as well have a lottery system like Hajj on who will be selected...

Afridi holds the record for maximum failures in a career. He has lost touch completely and tries to bat with his arms and not brains and footwork. He fails miserably. He has not place in the team. He has been a burden on the team. The selectors and team management is to be blamed.

You are wrong..he is NOT captain material....HE WOULD HAVE CHASED 140 SUCCESFULLY. Sorry he si just a bowler...please...please do not compare him to Imran and Wasim.

Same story of PCB Team Pakistan team managmenets and captain only takes in final playing eleven player (2 on reputation Umar Gul and Afridi from K.P.) all other players who has played in T20 World cup upto semi final are from Province of Punjab Why ????????????????????anybody from government or social medica can answer my questions Why talented young player like Asad Shafiq and fastest pace bowler of Pakistan Mohammad Sami was on the benches why Fawad Alam one of the finest fielder and gusty batsman and lovelly spinner was not selected for Pakistan team??? if biased slection policy will continue Pakistan team will not win any more title. Shoaib Akhtar was forcefuly retired by team managment and PCB in-hand in glove way because he reacted to mystery man Kamran Akmal on his poor keeping.????High Time for PCB to please give breather to other talented players from other part of Pakistan another causality of biased selection is talented pacer from Karachi Tanvir Ahmed after performing outstanding way he was dropped all of sudden and now in the Semi final instead of Razzaz again baised slectionof Sohail Tanvir Kukrahi has cost us the semi final is anybody there in Pakistan to stop biased team slection??????????????wake up Pakistanis raise your voice. Good luck to fading cricketers like misbah ul haq/ Hafiz/shaoib malik/imran nazir/yasir arafat/Kamran Akmal and Umar akmal/adnan akmal/Sohail Kukrahi <<<

Umer Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Imran Nazir & Kamran Akmal. These players shouldnot have any further slot in playing eleven for Pakistan and for God sake these self centered players should be left out from team by self or by enforcing them out. Umer Akmal hasnot have learning capacity and have the poor strike rate throughout the tournament. He hasnot score a single half century and his scores are 2, 10, 23, 43, 21, 9, 29 and he is following a Misbah approach, even against South Africa he scored 43 of 42 balls in which all the responsibility shifted to Umer Gul and enforced Umer Gul to strike rather than striking own and so he hasnot have the striking ability as we seen against Srilanka and donot know how to play along with tail ender. I donot Know how come Shoaib Malik selected for T20? He has lost his prime and doesnot show any form and fitness throughout the tournament. His scores 37,7,9,12,28,4,6 and so after such experience not having a single fifty. Imran Nazir has not impressed at all and although there are expectation that after such a good season in srilankan premeir league, he would perform but he found it to be a waste, should left cricket. Kamran Akmal dropped too much catches at critical match turning points and couldnot perform well with bat too, its now enough for him and should left cricket for the sake of Pakistan. Besides this, Pakistan have some positive in this tournament with the likes of Nasir Jamshaid & Raza Hassan. Asad Shafiq should also given chance in playing eleven. The real bad selection is the exclusion of Junaid khan from the squad and he should have to be part of this team.

I am sick and tired of people praising Hafeez and his friedns Shoaib, Afridi etc. I am sick of people of people of ZTBL Zak praising Imran nazir...I am sick of the whole Pakistan selection team who left out Junaid ..I am sick and taking Anti-boitic pills now.

I WILL NEVER WATCH CRICKET IF HAFEEZ IS CAPTAIN....I am watching cricket for the past FORTY years...I saw Imran bowl his first ball in international cricket in in in 1972.. Hafeez, Zia. Miandad , and selection committee are POLITICAL HAVE THIER OWN AGENDAS and must be changed. so sad.

Blunders do not win matches. Hafeez bad patch started from winning the toss against India and elected to bat. It proved that there is no planning behind decissions but all are rational just as the way Pakistan team plays. knowing the fact that India is going with 7 batsman and medium pacers and part time bowlers, they could have burried them in revenge for all the abuses Indian team and board has done, but Hafeez like all his predecissors made a mind less decission to bat first on a wicket which was dead and dry like a bone. Worst of all Shahid Afridi is a disaster, I have posted on face book also a big question for the interest of the Pakistan Cricket Team " Should Shahid continue his carrier", in my opinion he has not only lost his form but his confidence as well. He is a loughing stock - listen to all press and media what they talk about him. he is not only occuping space but also holding talent from grooming. It could be the case PCB is forced in response to commercial sponsor ship he is genrating - in countries interest some time captains have to make hard decissions.Only strong and determined captains can do this, Hafeez is lazy and immature - calls himself professor but has proven an idiot instead. Why? he had so many choices - one better then the other but yet Hafeez put all, national interest - team moral - fan's emotions, all on stake for personnal friendship & ego. India match, no capaincy, no winning attitude, no combination, team was like a bunch of street kids. read Raina comments on Twitter - what India thnk of Pakistan team and players. Come to Sri Lanka game, sense less team selection - I am sorry to ask this " who is the monkey whos selects the team before the match" does he has any brains. If one cannot improvise winning strategy, take leaf from expirience of others. 140 - need not to do any thing - just keep on rotating strike 1 & 2s nothing more, once hand, eyes & legs gets in rythem & momentum boundries start coming (all the former players know what I am talking about), One does not need to think to much for the target at early stages, just stand firm in the crease and simply bat. Not all national team need to be taught how to play cricket but need to educate them also for norms and deciplens of cricket. Board has a new duty now - hire some one to teach players cricgket regulations, it seems Pakistan team is a bunch of street kids who is totally unaware of regulations, Nazeer, Umer, Hafeez, Shoaib - disaster and a failure. Tanveer hopeless but we dont expect any thing, what he did - he was not suppose to be batting at the first place, batsman failed and that is why he was there. *Shahid Afridi* for God Sake take a job and leave cricket - you have better prospects in TV Commercials, or atleast play domestic cricket until you regain your form. Hafeez on return said, ' we are bad in chasing' - I am surprised to hear that - what did you do against India - you were batting first, and how can you ignore your performance against India in pratice match, against Bangladesh, against South Africa...... atleast Hafeez accept your defeat and pathatic captaincy flaws.

Pakistan gave up too many runs, their key players, AJMAL/AFRIDI didn't fire in this game. With pakistan, any total over 130 is a challenge, they have a mental block against quality spin and no coach has been able to create a game plan to get the team out. Put it simply, Pakistan batting is just not good enough to deal with pressure situation.It's an age old dilemma that no one seems to fix, and that includes the likes of Imran and Javed. So give this team the credit for even reaching the Semi's. Just imagine if Gul had not played that blinder against SA we would not even be discussing our loss. Enjoy and accept Pakistan's limitation. I think we have a good team, just not a great one.

no doubt Pakistan team very Good side but Sometime tiger come under the truck our were playing younger player they came for time in semi final, they are not only good player but also nice persons.

Proud of what?

Are you serius?were you watching the same game the rest of the world watching or watching cartoons at home?