England (200 all out) beat Pakistan (155/9) by 45 runs at Headingley to level the T20 series 1-1

[mrtaim3]

Hafeez is the culprit here tbh.

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

Azam khan vs spinners

Is he good against spinners? What are his go to shots? never really seen him bat.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

He did bat poorly just like Babar and Maqsood

You cant perform every match and I wouldnt count batting with a strike rate of 100+ as "poor"

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need some big hits here.

 

[jattafridi]

Really good bowling from England spinners

Pakistan should learn

 

[Titan24]

Pak batsmen struggling agains spin here. Not the first time in T20. Shamsi looked unplayable to them in SA and Hasaranga in Pak

 

[Inswing]

hahahah hafeez. Already leave the team now

 

[AdamM97]

He's looked pretty ordinary so far.

Both batsmen playing spin like it’s their first time ever lol

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

We are missing Malik yaar

 

[PakFan2010]

Shoaib Malik would be ideal in this situation.

A shame PCB won't give him a chance.

 

[msb314]

Hafeez needs to get the boot now

 

[Zeshan547]

Yeah hafeez bhai thanks for coming, what would we do without your useless services.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Pakistan batting as if they've never played against leg-spin in their life.

I've seen this for some years now. This notion that Pakistani batsman are good against spin doesn't look right now. Things have changed

 

[Nado_]

Sometimes the batsman can’t do much , it’s just been great bowling. Selection has cost us this game.

 

[Thephenom]

Well done to the coaching team for telling Babar to bowl if he won the toss, jokers!

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

It wasn't even that good a ball and Hafeez all at sea.

 

[Savak]

Embarrassing to see England's spinners owning the Pakistani spinners but then again the Pakistani spinners were bowling to English power strikers

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Time for a blinder from someone

 

[Titan24]

Very ordinary knock from Hafeez

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

Run out Incoming.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Shoaib Malik would be ideal in this situation.

A shame PCB won't give him a chance.

That's what I'm saying yaar

Malik ko mauka dei

 

[OldWarHorse]

Match losing innings that

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Horrendous.

It’s a two man show. The rest have nothing.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Thats game done

 

[Nado_]

Embarrassing to see England's spinners owning the Pakistani spinners but then again the Pakistani spinners were bowling to English power strikers

This is what happens when you don’t play true spinners in your team. We’ve gone from the likes of Ajmal, Afridi (great white ball spinner), Abdur Rahman to Shadab.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Clueless from all. This is some change of momentum.

 

[Titan24]

With Hafeez’s recent form and if the struggle continues in WI I can see Malik coming as that experienced one in the team for NZ T20s at home.

 

[Energy]

This is a classic case of out thinking us. England bowling majority of overs spin and running havoc.

 

[Kroll]

Hafeez the epitome of mediocrity

 

[Inswing]

WTH is this? Are we losing this from 60 runs?

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

Ordinary batting against spin.

 

[saeedhk]

As I had predicted, Pakistan will lose because they are chasing. We are the world’s worst chasing side. The whole Pakistan team management, captain and coach are so incompetent that they do not realise this simple fact! We should ALWAYS bat first cone what may! This is so frustrating!

 

[Thephenom]

Rubbish batting by Faqar, games gone

 

[ARK Rafay]

Either our batsman forgot how to play spin or our bowlers had a stinker. Specially the spinners.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Moeen gets two in the over , Poms are ahead in the game now.

 

[Zeshan547]

MashAllah, Even over the hell Malik and Arrogant Amir can sleep walk into this useless team. PCB shukr better swallow the fake pride for the sake of team.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Well done to the coaching team for telling Babar to bowl if he won the toss, jokers!

Pakistan are even worse when they don't have a target to chase, they will usually try to get 170. Friday's game where we got 230 was a one off.

 

[AdamM97]

Babar, Rizwan or bust this team. Middle order has been a let down this entire year.

 

[ssuhaide]

Fakhar not much better. A pathetic display. Mentally weak and inept

 

[ravisurya]

Is England "c" playing? Wasnt Pakistan supposed to win against Englands's main team?

 

[Titan24]

As I had predicted, Pakistan will lose because they are chasing. We are the world’s worst chasing side. The whole Pakistan team management, captain and coach are so incompetent that they do not realise this simple fact! We should ALWAYS bat first cone what may! This is so frustrating!

To be fair we are not that good at defending as well.

 

[mrtaim3]

Can't they play pull shots? Horrendous batting

 

[Pakpak]

That's what I'm saying yaar

Malik ko mauka dei

Yes, Malik with an average of 8 in England will do fantastic.

Our fans deserve this sometimes. Morons

 

[Ashmal]

Just shows how much dependent this team is on Babar.....if he doesn't score big this team can't win, the middle order is non-existent.

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

Pakistani spinners couldn't extract any turn from the pitch. Strange.

 

[Savak]

Fakhar not much better. A pathetic display. Mentally weak and inept

Fakhar has always been suspect against spin. Not the first time Moin Ali has dismissed him

 

[Titan24]

I know some fans still won’t understand the importance of Babar to this batting lineup. He is the backbone of this team across the formats.

 

[Ahmed216]

Slight bit of assistance for the spinners and they've looked ordinary

 

[shariqnoor]

Pakistan getting dismantled with English spinners.

Time and again its being proven that Pakistan is just a two man team. Babar and Rizwan fails and it's curtains for the team.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

You cant perform every match and I wouldnt count batting with a strike rate of 100+ as "poor"

Batting with a strike rate of “100+” in a T20 chasing 200 is such a pathetic minimum required standard.

 

[Energy]

Moeen Ali out of all players owned our two main batters with ease.

 

[Nado_]

People talking about bad batting , it only looks that way because of the high run rate and resulted in having to try and over muscle their shots . The reality is England read the pitch well and played 3 spinners and most of all the spinners have all been on the money. Not much you can do.

 

[IMMY69]

Look at the score card
England Wicket takers:-

Rashid
Mahmoud
Rashid
Ali
Ali

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[ishtiaq_ctg]

Fakhar has always been suspect against spin. Not the first time Moin Ali has dismissed him

Shouldn't he play in the top 3 then?

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Why chase when you won last game defending?

Can't cure stupidity i guess.

 

[Savak]

Pakistani spinners couldn't extract any turn from the pitch. Strange.

They were too defensive with their approach and to be fair, not easy to bowl to a rampaging butter, Livingstone, Moen Ali

 

[dildilpak]

Actually Babar & Rizwan are to blame- they played rather slowly on a pitch which was good to bat earlier on & now it is spinning massively!

 

[Titan24]

To be fair I guess wicket became more assistive to spin as match progressed. However no defence of this mediocre application and game awareness

 

[AdamM97]

Actually Babar & Rizwan are to blame- they played rather slowly on a pitch which was good to bat earlier on & now it is spinning massively!

The RR was decent enough while they were at the crease. Hafeez is the main culprit today.

 

[Titan24]

Actually Babar & Rizwan are to blame- they played rather slowly on a pitch which was good to bat earlier on & now it is spinning massively!

They scored 50 in 5.4 overs. Its a good platform on any surface.

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

All 5 wickets taken by Bhais. Pakistanis gave dhoka to Pakistanis

 

[ARK Rafay]

This embarrassing. Look at these shots. School cricket

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

What was that Azam Khan?

 

[Inswing]

This was a pathetic shot by azam.

 

[ARK Rafay]

They're bowling super slow. Just wait on your crease man

 

[Fazzy321]

Someone said Azam Khan can hit the spinners?

 

[Thephenom]

Misbah, Waqar and Pakistan think tank, I wouldnt even let them coach a under 9 girls team!

 

[Pakpak]

Absolute embarrassment seeing this guy wearing our shirt.

 

[Savak]

This is how it's going to be in the UAE. It's going to be a spin fest. Worrying signs at our ability to deal with run rate pressure in spinning conditions against quality spinners

 

[Ahmed216]

Embarassing

 

[Thephenom]

Nothing wrong in trying Azam, but if Pakistan planned to bowl after winning the toss, why have a pinch hitter in your team, why not a proper batsmen?

 

[AAli98]

Reading posts on her ud think moins son was the 2nd coming of graham gooch (best player of spin)

 

[dildilpak]

They scored 50 in 5.4 overs. Its a good platform on any surface.

Yup but then Rizwan slowed down. Look at England even when they were loosing wickets regularly they kept the tempo.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Some absolutely disgraceful batting going on out there. Pakistan making this track look like a minefield.

 

[ssuhaide]

Absolute embarrassment seeing this guy wearing our shirt.

Agreed. It's shameful that morbidly obese players are selected at this level.

 

[Titan24]

Eng read the surface well and went with two specialist spinners. Pak should have added another spinner if the pitch showed glimpses of spin instead of a batsman in the form of Qadir or Nawaz.

 

[Zeshan547]

In these conditions vs This attack only a self destruction can make Pak hot chase it.

This is how it's going to be in the UAE. It's going to be a spin fest. Worrying signs at our ability to deal with run rate pressure in spinning conditions against quality spinners

Having worst nightmare even thinking about that, Pak better pull out with some excuse, or else it will be blood bath, both in batting and bowling spin, both are non existent.

 

[jattafridi]

It’s ok

Hopefully better performance in the 3rd t20

 

[Titan24]

Yup but then Rizwan slowed down. Look at England even when they were loosing wickets regularly they kept the tempo.

Their strategy (good or bad) is if one of them gets out than the other one tries to anchor the innings.

It’s important as the batting bunch after them showed.

 

[srh]

The root problem is Misbah as a coach of Pakistan T20I team.

• He would not let Pakistan's best T20 batsman (Sharjeel Khan) play and get his form back before the world cup.
• He is destroying Pakistan's 2nd best T20 batsman (Fakhar Zaman) by shuffling him all over the place.
• He continues to select Shadab Khan over better alternatives.