England (158/3) secure a 7-wicket victory against Pakistan (157/10) in the fourth T20I to win the series 2-0

[Sherazkhalid]

Take some singles.

 

[emranabbas]

All in the hands of amir

 

[Rana]

Iftimania turning into a 100 strike rate batsmen

The plan is…

8 of 8

Then 20 off 10 with 2 sixes

Then 35 off 20 with some more knocking around

 

[Champ_Pal]

Big wicket for England. Pakistan should still get past 160 here.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Rizwan and Babar opened today. Pakistan about to reach 150. We are playing our 4 best pacers. Profit?

 

[Mohraheem]

The legendary Iftikhar 20 off 17 balls

World most destructive finisher

LOL joke!

 

[adzzy786]

Finisher Iftikar. May be age is not on his side.

At 48 years old you can’t blame him

 

[RidiculousMan]

The plan is…

8 of 8

Then 20 off 10 with 2 sixes

Then 35 off 20 with some more knocking around

Plan only works if there is a brain

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Iftikhar never comes through

 

[NeVerMind]

Chacha made his 20 odd score as usual and then leaves without finishing the job

 

[Barragan]

Turned it off now

Far too embarrassing

 

[Savak]

All you have to do is change the pace, bowl plenty of slower deliveries and our hitters will struggle to hit.

 

[adzzy786]

The struggle is real for Chachu. Age has caught up with Pakistan's most famous finisher.

Reminds me of the guy who hits 6’s for breakfast. Asif Ali

 

[NeVerMind]

Quite clear that the best opening pair is Riz and BA.


These 2 now need to bed down and get in the groove. Rest of the batting order including Fakhar need to start earning their keep.

Doesn't matter if Babar keeps selecting Shadab, Azam and Chacha in the middle overs...

 

[Omer2002]

I dont blame chacha at all but clearly he isnt a finisher but i wud persist with him as he can bowl too and now saim has gone

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Naseem backing away from the ball even more desperately than Azam.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

oh well 160 team has downgraded to 145/150 team

 

[Ali T]

Even though I agree with this but irony is none of the players from the new generation are capable of hitting sixes like he did.

lol lol!
I think it was more the generation before. Then Misbah and Babar came and a whole generation of tuk tuk's emerged.

 

[Rana]

lol
There's no better batsman in Pakistan then Babar and in a T20 you always want your best batter to face as many deliveries as possible...
this is aided by the fact there are no other reliable batsmen in the squad let alone in Pakistan...

He can face all he wants once a proper opener gets out

No issues with that

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pace and wrist spin is the way to go against pakistan i suppose

 

[mominsaigol]

@DeadlyVenom

You didn't post an acknowledge me comment today, were you waiting for a big finish from chacha?

 

[Champ_Pal]

Wood trying to bully Naseem.

 

[Omer2002]

Wont get 150 i think

 

[Rana]

Team “20 runs short” here we come for the World Cup!!!

 

[adzzy786]

Pace and wrist spin is the way to go against pakistan i suppose

What else is there lol

 

[RidiculousMan]

Naseem backing away from the ball even more desperately than Azam.

He's a bowler. Clearly not his speciality. But hey he hit Wood for a four

 

[YousafTheBeast]

This feels no different to watching the current women’s series between the the 2 teams.

 

[Rana]

Beautiful batting by our All rounder Naseem

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This is a 170 par surface. Pakistan are a few short.

 

[castortroy]

England will chase this down in 15 overs

 

[jnaveen1980]

Whenever the ball is full Pakistan scored. Any hack of a lnegth ball they struggled massively.

 

[Mohraheem]

The struggle is real for Chachu. Age has caught up with Pakistan's most famous finisher.

Same excuse, I need more energy, he was never the finisher. Maybe career finisher

 

[alishahid]

Babar
Riz
Usman
Fakhar
????
Ifthikar
????
Imad
Amir
Shaheen
Naseem/Haris

Only if pak can find that missing bit, it would have been a perfect line up for the world cup, but instead its azam khan and shadab khan

I just feel nawaz and ashif Ali were good prospects when seeing these

 

[NeVerMind]

Naseem better than Shadab and Azam

 

[RidiculousMan]

This feels no different to watching the current women’s series between the the 2 teams.

Manhandled!

 

[Rana]

Let’s blame Zaka Ashraf!!!

 

[Champ_Pal]

Bullying finally works. Naseem cannot handle pace. A decent innings for a NO.9.

 

[IMMY69]

He can face all he wants once a proper opener gets out

No issues with that

There are no reliable openers.
Not a single one...

Not Fakhar, not Ayub.... no one.
Zilch, zero.... nothing

 

[castortroy]

When was the last time pak won a game defending a total against a decent team?

 

[alishahid]

Lets hope azam or saim gets injured and we get niazi to fill in

 

[Technics 1210]

lol
There's no better batsman in Pakistan then Babar and in a T20 you always want your best batter to face as many deliveries as possible...
this is aided by the fact there are no other reliable batsmen in the squad let alone in Pakistan...

The poster believes that Azam Khan is the better T20 batsman vs Rizwan/Babar.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Babar
Riz
Usman
Fakhar
????
Ifthikar
????
Imad
Amir
Shaheen
Naseem/Haris

Only if pak can find that missing bit, it would have been a perfect line up for the world cup, but instead its azam khan and shadab khan

I just feel nawaz and ashif Ali were good prospects when seeing these

Niazi, Salman or Tayyab could've been slotted at no. 5

 

[AAli98]

As long as the teams family have had nice shopping trips & players have eaten junk food.. who cares about the cricket

 

[heddie19]

@Rana Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

 

[Rana]

This is a 170 par surface. Pakistan are a few short.

This is a 240 surface what you on about 170

 

[Sherazkhalid]

We cannot have so many passengers in the team. Shahdab needs to be benched for good. Usman got away this time, but don't see much from him either. The way things stands is that we are at such a low point that we poached a guy from UAE, smh

 

[heddie19]

@Rana @mominsaigol Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

 

[RexRex]

Looking forward to seeing Azam Khan at the t20wc.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

@DeadlyVenom

You didn't post an acknowledge me comment today, were you waiting for a big finish from chacha?

It wasn't a good performance. Naseem outbatted him ( and most of the others).

But he should still be playing the WC.

 

[Rana]

@Rana Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

Oh chal mama go and make Babar spam posts on Twitter using ‘Babar ki Shahzadi’ handle

 

[RidiculousMan]

This is a 240 surface what you on about 170

Not sure about 240 but easily 200+. It's skidding on as well and English players thrive on these kind of surfaces. Watch them chase it down in like 12 overs.

 

[NeVerMind]

We filled our WC squad with phaaast bowlers when we should have had proper batsmen!

 

[mominsaigol]

Wait no abrar? Okay big Big phainti coming up

 

[Dr_Bassim]

@Rana Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

Play all the overs and still lose,

What's the point?

Boosting averages?

 

[castortroy]

Not sure about 240 but easily 200+. It's skidding on as well and English players thrive on these kind of surfaces. Watch them chase it down in like 12 overs.

Yeah it will be carnage when England bat

 

[mominsaigol]

It wasn't a good performance. Naseem outbatted him ( and most of the others).

But he should still be playing the WC.

Chalo atleast some progress we have been making

 

[IMMY69]

The poster believes that Azam Khan is the better T20 batsman vs Rizwan/Babar.

I can tell you that my friends who are there now at least got some value for their money just by watching Babar bat for 5 overs...

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Itikhar has complained far too many times about not getting enough overs to show his skills.. but they do not exist..whenever he wants to hit a six , he covers the line of the ball.. gets across.. and tries to muscle it over mid on or deep midwicket.. and top edges it 8 out of 10 times.. does he even have an offside play in his game?

 

[AAli98]

@Rana Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

Read my earlier post I said rizwan & baba need to bat till 19.2 overs because of the garbage that is to follow.

 

[Rana]

Play all the overs and still lose,

What's the point?

Boosting averages?

Ask Babar to play all the overs where he is supposed to in Tests in SENA

We know all about that dont we

 

[Sherazkhalid]

@Rana Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

Problem is the rest of the team, they play with fear, that the minute they are out, this will happen and they play too much in the shell. If they get out cheaply they are called playing for stats, today they played fast and we still couldn't reach 170/180 let alone 200+.

 

[mominsaigol]

@Rana @mominsaigol Do you idiots need to urderstand further Why Babar and Rizwan play all overs? This is exactly why and it is for millionth time.

I understand it in the same vein as understanding that babar is the greatest player ever to hold a bat and is Mile's better then kohli can ever hope to be. Thank you for your words of wisdom Young Padawan

 

[Rana]

Archer is rubbish at the moment

 

[Champ_Pal]

Harris flexes his muscles.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

If the ball swings we are in the game.

 

[Technics 1210]

This is a 240 surface what you on about 170

Highest ever T20i score on this ground is 211, with par 180, and Azam Khan fans think its a 240 surface.

The comedy doesn't stop at Azam Khan with these guys!

 

[RidiculousMan]

Aamir: "Aja aja aja"

 

[Champ_Pal]

Archer is rubbish at the moment

Predictable bowling.

 

[castortroy]

Absolutely shambolic white ball team

England will get this within 15 overs

 

[Champ_Pal]

There was no two available there. Suicidal run.

 

[Technics 1210]

I can tell you that my friends who are there now at least got some value for their money just by watching Babar bat for 5 overs...

They get a comedy cameo with Azam Khan too!

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Bad performance. Hopefully, bowlers can work some magic.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Absolutely shambolic white ball team

England will get this within 15 overs

If Shaheen can produce some magic with the new ball and remove Buttler and Salt, its game on from there.

 

[Rana]

Highest ever T20i score on this ground is 211, with par 180, and Azam Khan fans think its a 240 surface.

The comedy doesn't stop at Azam Khan with these guys!

Cricket is moved on since 2003

England haven’t played a T20 here since 2013 apparently

 

[mominsaigol]

Highest ever T20i score on this ground is 211, with par 180, and Azam Khan fans think its a 240 surface.

The comedy doesn't stop at Azam Khan with these guys!

Father abandoning his children? Has the ba/riz mask now slipped?

 

[RidiculousMan]

Itikhar has complained far too many times about not getting enough overs to show his skills.. but they do not exist..whenever he wants to hit a six , he covers the line of the ball.. gets across.. and tries to muscle it over mid on or deep midwicket.. and top edges it 8 out of 10 times.. does he even have an offside play in his game?

I think he doesn't know how to pick slower balls off pacers he does not bat much regularly. In PSL he plays Shaheen, Naseem, Haris and Amir every year and even in the National team. If you watch his PSL innings, he is able to hit their change ups for sixes and you can only do that if you are picking the slower balls. That does not seem to be the case in International Cricket.

 

[mominsaigol]

Who on earth decided no abrar and no imad? And only shadab, chacha and Saim will be your spinners while England have adil rashid?

 

[RidiculousMan]

Pakistan should give themselves 16 overs to bowl England out. Leave Shadab's 4 overs for last. Don't bowl him and just bowl your pacers and try to get them all out.

 

[Usman Chadda]

You don't make any sense...

It's so fricken tiresome

Really puts me off coming here

The lack of talent is making some of these people deranged.

Cue a bunch of random names who are supposed to replace the current crop.

We have no middle-order batters in domestic cricker. Anyone who follows Pakistan cricket properly knows we are severely lacking in the spin department and middle-order batting.

 

[mon858]

There was no two available there. Suicidal run.

its last over, you sometimes take a chance on a slight mis field or wide throw which is expected at league level or poor fielders but not to livingstone. bad decision. Amir told him he will bowl slower ball he should have listened, waited and then tried to smack it.