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Assuming captain changes are allowed after the match has started, he is indeed my captain. And so far the minnows and even Sri Lanka are struggling against his legspin, you heard it here first.

Don't be a typical English supporter - looking to shift the shame from England to Pakistan lol.

Lets just assume for a minute that Canada makes the target... without even losing a wicket say.. they will have his 185 runs.

In the Ireland game - several records were broken, including the highest run chase - on top of that Ireland were approx 150/5. They still lost.

The momentum went against them, the bowlers didn't hold their nerve - they lost despite hit 300+ runs.

Pakistan are a great team no doubt - but out of all the 'major' teams, they are probably one of, if not the most inconsistent. Them losing to Canada will NOT be a great upset in any way, shape or form. Pakistan have lost in the past to many weak teams. Ireland in fact comes to mind.

Any changes, captain or otherwise, after the match has started only take effect from the next match. Sorry

Are you kidding? Canada are the worst team in the tournament whilst Ireland are clearly the best associate nation. In terms of ODI ratings, Ireland are higher than Zimbabwe and closer to Bangladesh and Windies than Canada.

Don't be a typical English supporter - looking to shift the shame from England to Pakistan lol.

Lets just assume for a minute that Canada makes the target... without even losing a wicket say.. they will have his 185 runs.

In the Ireland game - several records were broken, including the highest run chase - on top of that Ireland were approx 150/5. They still lost.

The momentum went against them, the bowlers didn't hold their nerve - they lost despite hit 300+ runs.

Pakistan are a great team no doubt - but out of all the 'major' teams, they are probably one of, if not the most inconsistent. Them losing to Canada will NOT be a great upset in any way, shape or form. Pakistan have lost in the past to many weak teams. Ireland in fact comes to mind.

However, I was just checking the rules and;

"In the event of two matches in a day, you can change your captain any time after the scheduled start of the first match to take effect for the second match - thus effectively having two captains for that day."

Still don't think Canada can make it. Run rate is increasing and increasing and our spinners will choke them even further.
Wickets will keep dropping, so not worried yet.

I'm not trying to shift shame - England deserves all the shame that comes their way for their performance yesterday. But Pakistan losing to Canada not a great upset in any way, shape or form? You seriously believe that? Canada are the worst team in the tournament, even more so than Kenya. Of course it'll be a great upset. Ireland are a better team than Canada, how can you dispute that?

I'm not doubting Ireland are better than Canada.

I'll actually change the essence of what I am saying to this: Our team gets so hyped every match, every tournemant - when we lose the way we just did it - it is way more embarassing and a much bigger upset in the eyes of the media than Canada beating Pakistan.

Even for Canada to hit the target it will have reached 40~ overs. Pakistans batting has always been weak and inconsistent. This has happened to them before. Sometimes their bowling will get them out of a hole - sometimes it doesn't. But in all honesty, I see England losing to Ireland in the way they did a MUCH bigger defeat than anything that could possibly happen to Pakistan today.

YES Afridi! How fast was that ball lmao!

That's the gameee!
46 runs, won comprehensively in the end.

However, I was just checking the rules and;

"In the event of two matches in a day, you can change your captain any time after the scheduled start of the first match to take effect for the second match - thus effectively having two captains for that day."

That's kinda what I said...

Anyway, didn't you say you woke up after 9 and miss the start of the Pakistan match?