England (247) beat Pakistan (195) by 52 runs in the 2nd ODI to take unassailable lead in the series

[Yasir_ch]

Saqib has improved a lot.He used to struggle with line and length now he has been consistently good with line and length.

 

[SangasCoverDrive]

Saqib actually bowling with substance and then in Pakistan you have brainless bowlers like Rauf.

 

[Ahmed216]

Babz doesnt have a good defensive technique...you would think by now he would have learned by now

Exactly he has some serious technical deficiencies which he seems to not understand or is unable to eradicate from his game. Our coaches ofcourse are useless

 

[Snowflake]

Gonna be a borefest with these two on the crease

 

[Gullycricket]

Waiting for a stupid runout now. That's the only thing left

 

[Omer2002]

Always getting squared up

very correct

 

[Snowflake]

Misbah and Waqas's faces are, for me, associated with failure. Like, I don't remember a time looking at these two and feeling good about our team.

 

[Yasir_ch]

Imam is the culprit again.Kick that imam out.

 

[AdamM97]

Saqib will definitely be a part of England’s regular team moving forward. He’s been brilliant this year.

 

[Omer2002]

I know Rizzy has done well recently and i like him coming at 4 but the guy moves so much always looks like a headless chicken to me

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

180 )

Not looking so funny now is it?

 

[Snowflake]

Have a feeling that Sohaib is gonna see us through today

 

[sweep_shot]

Rizwan has to play a big knock here.

 

[castortroy]

How are the English bowlers getting so much seam?

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Mahmood sledging his Pakistani brother!

 

[castortroy]

Showing up how bad our bowling is

 

[Mesozoic]

Saqib has definitely improved leaps and bounds since the last time I've seen him bowl. May end up replacing Mark wood as the 3rd seamer in the ODI team.

 

[castortroy]

Crazy amount of seam

 

[Snowflake]

Settle down, Rizzy! Way too much movement on the crease

 

[jattafridi]

England have so much talent

 

[Titan24]

Seam movement of this amount is pretty difficult to play from good fuller length as the movement happens after pitching.

Mahmood has been excellent other than one bad ball

 

[sindhiboy]

Saqib looks a quality bowler, will replace wood in the future. And should eventually break into the test side

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

How are the English bowlers getting so much seam?

There was seam for Pakistan as well, they just need to learn how to bowl one side of the wicket first, seam will come later.

 

[Snowflake]

These guys really need to learn the art of playing late, playing with soft hands and using wrists. We all know who can teach them this

 

[castortroy]

Saqib looks better than Al our bowlers

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership is the key here

 

[Snowflake]

Fakhar has looked terrible out there!

 

[castortroy]

There was seam for Pakistan as well, they just need to learn how to bowl one side of the wicket first, seam will come later.

There has been zero long hops whereas pak self destructed at this time

 

[sam_ahm]

Saqib is such a good bowler, should be an England regular.

Plenty of swing on offer, this is where players like Babar should take responsibility and guide the team through. A lot depends on Rizwan and Fakhar now. Pakistan need one big partnership.

 

[Snowflake]

Fakhar 4(20)

 

[castortroy]

Remember how much this team struggled against SA C team

 

[Omer2002]

Partnership is the key here

yes he has but somehow he still there

 

[mastimasti]

A bit of a disgraceful batting performance now....there could be excuses for Cardiff and England second xi is pretty good BUT this is now terrible. A complete lack of knowledge on how to play here. What was coaching doing for the last 10 days ?

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar 6 off 23 balls. Struggling so far like other batsmen.

 

[saabir]

Fakhar is struggling big time. Something going to happen

 

[Titan24]

Remember how much this team struggled against SA C team

Did you copy your own post from Eng innings thread. Lol!

 

[Ahmed216]

Michael atherton just called zaman a bit of a slogger

 

[Snowflake]

Wow! Can't time for #hit and he comes out and swings from the hip! What in the world, fakhar?!?!

Does the guy know he can score without hitting boundaries?

 

[Cosmic]

Just a little luck for fakhaar...almost gone

 

[castortroy]

A bit of a disgraceful batting performance now....there could be excuses for Cardiff and England second xi is pretty good BUT this is now terrible. A complete lack of knowledge on how to play here. What was coaching doing for the last 10 days ?

Rizwan number 4 lol

What a joke

 

[Gullycricket]

Joker team

 

[castortroy]

A bit of a disgraceful batting performance now....there could be excuses for Cardiff and England second xi is pretty good BUT this is now terrible. A complete lack of knowledge on how to play here. What was coaching doing for the last 10 days ?

Nassar is bang on about Rizwan batting so high in England

 

[Cosmic]

Would Andy Flower take as a coach Now ? Or is still too early ?

Misbah and Waqaar no good any more

 

[jattafridi]

Poor batting

 

[Zeshan547]

Sab flat track bullies and minnow bashers expose hun ge, sab phray jan ge, sad things is these top four are best we have to offer. So maybe Mamoon is right and it's the talent which is lacking.

 

[shamaan]

Crucial innings for saud

 

[Titan24]

Saud with bit of a hard luck to debut in this series which hasnt been easy for batting

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

three down

 

[Darkrai]

Rizwan has been a failure in ODIs since his comeback.

 

[Gullycricket]

Ab to definitely ghabrana hai. Losing to D teams

 

[Markhor]

Saqib actually bowling with substance and then in Pakistan you have brainless bowlers like Rauf.

England don't pluck players from Pepsi/Brighto Talunt Hunts and YouTube videos.

 

[castortroy]

A bit of a disgraceful batting performance now....there could be excuses for Cardiff and England second xi is pretty good BUT this is now terrible. A complete lack of knowledge on how to play here. What was coaching doing for the last 10 days ?

Our bowlers offer zero swing or seam. Look how much movement England are getting

 

[shamaan]

Saud looks tense

 

[Mainul]

Who is still in hope of A Pak win? I am still optimistic.

 

[ssuhaide]

Right now the Derbyshire ladies under 12 side would give problems to the Pakistan top order. Given that Rizwan and Babar are the mainstays in the ODI side I would expect Winviz predict to be 96% in England's favour.

 

[Usman Chadda]

England bowling has been humble at best, yet these guys can’t put bat to ball. This team is mentally shot and doesnt believe it can win against any team, simple as that.

One can only assume how toxic the current dressing room environment must be. I mean when your best players are unable to put bat to ball against mediocre gully level bowlers, you know something is horribly wrong.

 

[jattafridi]

I think only maqsood will perform

 

[Justcrazy]

Would Andy Flower take as a coach Now ? Or is still too early ?

Misbah and Waqaar no good any more

Andy Flower needs to be given loads of power , rather than coach he should be director general of cricket

 

[srh]

Fakhar is not as good as Sharjeel. There is considerable talent difference between the 2.

 

[imshally81]

Collapse is on..

 

[Mesozoic]

What a magnificent ODI wicket!

Much much more entertaining than the 350v330 pattas.

 

[Snowflake]

A bit of a disgraceful batting performance now....there could be excuses for Cardiff and England second xi is pretty good BUT this is now terrible. A complete lack of knowledge on how to play here. What was coaching doing for the last 10 days ?

Coaching was probably to block everything in sight for the first 10 overs. That's the Misbah way

 

[jattafridi]

Need to score at least 150 runs

 

[Kroll]

This Mahmood isnt even club level and we're turning him into the second coming of Malcolm Marshall.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Another loss coming up

 

[Yk313]

With a lot of respect to Mahmood, PAK are gifting things here a bit. Would be very impressed if he can keep getting wickets in this manner against quality sides.

 

[Snowflake]

Fakhar has no idea where his runs are going to come from. Looks absolutely clueless out there.

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

7*(31)

This is slow even in Tests

 

[Snowflake]

Can't put away off side deliveries, can't put bat on legside deliveries. Shocking shocking innings

 

[Omer2002]

How is fakhar surviving...all leg side balls he is missing

 

[Mesozoic]

Who is still in hope of A Pak win? I am still optimistic.

Still a long way to go. One good partnership and things will get much easier for Pakistan.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Rizwan at 4 means , hey somebody please go and do the job. Play proper batsmen at 4 and 5.

 

[Usman Chadda]

This Mahmood isnt even club level and we're turning him into the second coming of Malcolm Marshall.

Watch him get smashed out of a career the next time he plays anyone. Mediocre one dimensional bowler, being made to look like a Dale Steyn for some reason.

 

[Justcrazy]

38 . 3

10 overs

Pakistan need a partnership desperately.

 

[Romali_rotti]

This is not good for boi @@Mobashir both Babar and Rizwan keeps flopping..

 

[mrtaim3]

Fakhar has been terrible

 

[Omer2002]

4 slips my goodness england defo taking the micky...

 

[sharmaji]

Saqib is bowling magnificently. Great news for England. I am surprised at Pak batters' struggle in series. Historically, Pakistan has done well (with both bat and ball) in England (in both Tests and LOIs). They seem a little apprehensive against the seaming conditions.

 

[Justcrazy]

Fakhar 7 from 31 balls

strike rate of 22.5

Unheard of .

 

[Usman Chadda]

Saqib is bowling magnificently. Great news for England. I am surprised at Pak batters' struggle in series. Historically, Pakistan has done well (with both bat and ball) in England (in both Tests and LOIs). They seem a little apprehensive against the seaming conditions.

These same batsmen struggled to post 140 against Zimbabwe just recently. Anyone who expected them to do well here was kidding themselves.