Comfortable four wicket victory for England in 2nd ODI against Pakistan

[ViciousMachine]

Azhar ko niklo

We were sixth ranked before him coming. Pakistan had a wonderful streak against Bangladesh, that was broken and also were humilated under his captaincy in that series.

Worst captain of Pakistan

We will reach Kenya level If he continues to lead

Captain would make no difference; God would have trouble winning with this team. Garbage batting, worst fielding across all test teams, and average bowlers outside Amir.

 

[ExplicitAI]

This team is by far the worst ODI team I've seen from Pak, Misbah's ODI team had more venom and that says something.

 

[Mr Consistent]

classy batting by Stokes

 

[KyoOne]

England is a brilliant team

We have dud like Malik, Hafeez, Azhar as senior men

 

[angrypathan]

Hassan's having a bit of trouble adjusting to a left right combo

 

[#GreenRoars]

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Pakistan looks like associate playing against England. England has been on top of Pakistan from the first ball of first ODI.

 

[shah_1]

Captain would make no difference; God would have trouble winning with this team. Garbage batting, worst fielding across all test teams, and average bowlers outside Amir.

If you have a batsman like him leading your ODI then you aspire no confidence. Sarfraz plays like a leader and he should be the captain.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Lucky wicket, Stokes just trying to end it asap. Nothing special so far from Hasan

 

[Rayyman]

Hasan still better than Gul.

 

[dirk diggler]

Hopefully England will win the toss and bat first next game , otherwise it'll be exactly the same pattern of play again

 

[angrypathan]

 

[Itachi]

England should cross the target by 43rd over.

By calculation, I should be close.

 

[hadi123]

Yes! We'll only lose by 6 wickets now. What a performance lads.

 

[Mr Consistent]

wicket for Hassan

 

[shah_1]

This team is by far the worst ODI team I've seen from Pak, Misbah's ODI team had more venom and that says something.

We had Ajmal and Hafeez as spinners

Ab kuch nahi hai

 

[#GreenRoars]

Game is finished though.

 

[ExplicitAI]

hasan's first wicket

 

[angrypathan]

First wicket in international cricket for Hassan Ali, looks a good prospect

 

[SM1989]

Hasan Ali has leaked too many runs

 

[ViciousMachine]

If you have a batsman like him leading your ODI then you aspire no confidence. Sarfraz plays like a leader and he should be the captain.

I cannot disagree with opinion but facts are that Pakistani people are general delusional. Going into the series, any odds maker has England HUGE favourites. You are just expecting a miracle and disappointed in did not happen. Come back to reality and realize the facts. Facts are this team is crap on paper, and any win they get is a huge upset. We will be lucky to beat any top 8 ODI team outside Bangladesh.

 

[gunner]

Azhar ali is pathetic captain. Sarfraz should lead.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Nasser Hussain is completely right about our team, Azhar is a predictable captain, Pak playing old fashioned cricket, nothing exciting about our squad, England are very strong etc.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

1. How many bouncers, yorkers, cutters, slower balls, slow bouncers, back of the hand balls have we bowled so far?
2. How many unorthodox bowling options have we tried?
3. How many unusual field setting have been tried? In-out fields?
4. One over spells?

How did our captain force a change in course of the match?

 

[m.shah]

Yasir is not a odi bowler

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Again bowling Yasir to the new guy

 

[shah_1]

I cannot disagree with opinion but facts are that Pakistani people are general delusional. Going into the series, any odds maker has England HUGE favourites. You are just expecting a miracle and disappointed in did not happen. Come back to reality and realize the facts. Facts are this team is crap on paper, and any win they get is a huge upset. We will be lucky to beat any top 8 ODI team outside Bangladesh.

Azhar is a crap captain as well, I have seen enough of his feild setting.

Azhar, Hafeez and Malik should be dropped that would be a start

 

[ViciousMachine]

Nasser Hussain is completely right about our team, Azhar is a predictable captain, Pak playing old fashioned cricket, nothing exciting about our squad, England are very strong etc.

Yup, nailed it, especially the last point. Our team is crap. If any England batsman scores a 100, you can guarantee it will be at a SR over 100. Sarfraz inning was great, but even that is not good enough in the modern game, it only gets you to 250, but to win, you need 300+ with the bat consistently.

 

[classic]

i can still see a couple of wkts going down from here..

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Never wanna see Yasir in a green shirt

 

[Cricket World]

Yasir in ODI is as clueless as you get

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Yup, nailed it, especially the last point. Our team is crap. If any England batsman scores a 100, you can guarantee it will be at a SR over 100. Sarfraz inning was great, but even that is not good enough in the modern game, it only gets you to 250, but to win, you need 300+ with the bat consistently.

Sarfraz was going fine. Almost 100 SR. That's when wickets fell and he started blocking; to play 50 overs.

 

[Strike!]

Lol at all the people crying for Yasir's inclusion.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Azhar is a crap captain as well, I have seen enough of his feild setting.

Azhar, Hafeez and Malik should be dropped that would be a start

No, you misunderstand. I am not saying Azhar is a good captain; I agree he is nothing special. My point was that it would not matter who is captain at this stage. Our team and their mentality overall is crap.

We need to overhaul the entire mentality.

 

[New Yorker]

Captain would make no difference; God would have trouble winning with this team. Garbage batting, worst fielding across all test teams, and average bowlers outside Amir.

Yes, discrete changes won't produce wholesale change overnight. Therefore we might as well not make any changes at all. Just give up already.

Genius.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Yup, nailed it, especially the last point. Our team is crap. If any England batsman scores a 100, you can guarantee it will be at a SR over 100. Sarfraz inning was great, but even that is not good enough in the modern game, it only gets you to 250, but to win, you need 300+ with the bat consistently.

To be honest, most of our batsmen block balls just for the fun and culture of it, they're not playing a run-a-ball innings or at a slightly less SR since that's what's required. Like back in the day you'll see a scorecard from an ODI in 1990 where a Pak cricketer might have scored 70 from 130 balls, I think our batsmen are trying to replicate those types of innings and not getting on with it.

 

[ExplicitAI]

In the most unlikely event, I'll forgive this ODI team if we win the series 3-2, but that ain't happening. Winning series is more important than winning games

 

[gunner]

Sarfraz plays fast modern cricket he's among the rare batsmen in our side with a good strike rate.

 

[Belawal2014]

We're just a pathetic ODI side and will be for a long time...just accept it.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Sarfraz was going fine. Almost 100 SR. That's when wickets fell and he started blocking; to play 50 overs.

Somebody else already stated this, so I do not want to take credit for it....

But why play defensive to get to 250, when you know it will only give you a 1% chance to win? Why not show some guts and go blazing for 300+ instead? If this was any other team and they had a batsman batting at 50+, he would cut loose and try for 300+. Only Pakistani players get scared about failure and want the minimum.

You also cannot argue Azhar is a defensive captain, which is bad, but then praise Sarfraz for being defensive with the bat.

Either you like defensive mentality, which is fine. But I do not, on a batting track, small boundaries, minimum should be 300.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Lol at all the people crying for Yasir's inclusion.

Either 0 cricketing knowledge or people who cry about anything like Latif or Wasim

 

[#GreenRoars]

 

[imshally81]

Run out

 

[ViciousMachine]

We're just a pathetic ODI side and will be for a long time...just accept it.

Yup. Lucky run out

 

[Mr Consistent]

 

[ExplicitAI]

well that's something new

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Finally they hit the stumps.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Too little, too late imo. Root yaar, ab to out hoja mere bhai!

 

[#GreenRoars]

Only 33 runs left behind.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Reversing Yorker cmon

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Bowl even fuller...

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Why is Wahab not bowling yorkers?

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Guys don't panic. This was the last series for most of the mediocre players.

Micky and Inzi will make quite a few changes from now on. I am sure a lot of inexperienced but talented players will be included for the WI series.

It will take at the least 12 months to undo the damage done to our ODI setup by the last coach(es)/captain.

 

[Adijazz1706]

FYI Root is going at ~80 SR too because he has wickets left.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Get Amir on. Wahab is bowling filth

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Get Amir on quick

 

[gunner]

rubbish bowling by wahab

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

We need wickets but field is spread. No slips. Why?

 

[Cricket World]

We should thank Sarfaraz and Imad to loose the game with some respectability and that is what minnows want

 

[fazleefridi]

Why no slips?

 

[ExplicitAI]

In other news, India are having a sniff at chasing 245 in a T20 against WI

 

[HussainRx8]

Azhar Ali has no clue.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Amir has kept it seriously tight.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Guys don't panic. This was the last series for most of the mediocre players.

Micky and Inzi will make quite a few changes from now on. I am sure a lot of inexperienced but talented players will be included for the WI series.

It will take at the least 12 months to undo the damage done to our ODI setup by the last coach(es)/captain.

The problem is that all the good teams are good with YOUNG players. However, our young players are terrible. Outside Amir, there is nobody on this team I would pick for any ODI team in the world.

I do hope the mentality changes though. No more starting your innings scoring 18 from 33 like Imad did. Go out blazing, target should always be 300 on batting tracks.

 

[Cricket World]

Allah raham from Azhar Ali

 

[ExplicitAI]

 

[Shafi]

We really need a fast bowling coach. Azhar Mahmood is rubbish!!! Mustaq should be in NCA not work as a coach

 

[Adijazz1706]

In other news, India are having a sniff at chasing 245 in a T20 against WI

I'd say conceding 245 in a T20 was bad, but that is a flat pitch and a small baseball ground so ...

 

[ExplicitAI]

Mickey looks like he's gonna have a real go at everyone after the game

 

[ExplicitAI]

I'd say conceding 245 in a T20 was bad, but that is a flat pitch and a small baseball ground so ...

That ground is too tiny, like a hula hoop

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Finally a yorker in the 43rd over!

 

[gunner]

Out

 

[ExplicitAI]

The bowlers are looking like they're giving up, just going back to their mark and bowling again, waiting for the game to be over

 

[Adijazz1706]

Wahab can't quite control the swing.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Depressing

 

[Adijazz1706]

The bowlers are looking like they're giving up, just going back to their mark and bowling again, waiting for the game to be over

You could have Mcgrath and Wasim bowling and still England would be favourites.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Sadder yet; Both WI and India almost scored as much as us in a 2020 over game.

 

[ExplicitAI]

What a horrid performance in the series so far

 

[#GreenRoars]

Another easy victory for England.

 

[ExplicitAI]

You could have Mcgrath and Wasim bowling and still England would be favourites.

They looked like that since 20 overs ago