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England v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Southampton | Aug 24, 2016 | England Innings

Such beautiful timing haha. Tells you what kind of a surface this is too
 
england batsman arent even slogging it yet are batting at 7 an over while in 1st gear. need wickets or this will be over by the 40th over.
 
Gul is confusing Roy here - he is not sure weather to hit him through leg or off, or on front or back foot.
 
Sohail Khan is one of the best fast bowlers in our country at the moment. How on earth did Gul get preferred over him? :)))
 
Game will be over rif they continue batting for another 5-10 overs.
 
Man no wonder Pakistani selectors can never do a good job, so far 15 ppl have given 15 opinions that are going against each other.
 
We have no power hitters that could replace Afridi, lower order is too weak and Azhar plays too cautiously
 
Sohail Khan would get smoked for 20 runs an over on this pitch.
 
Gul is well past it. No pace or swing. He bowls line and length, but in today's game batsmen are well adept at hitting balls of length. We need to move on from him.
 
Azhar needs to spank his bowlers. All these polite inquiries are not going to make an impact.
 
Not poor deliveries, just amazing shots from Roy

I would have taken that, had it been 3 cover drives or squire cuts. A pull through squire leg on back foot, followed by a flick through mid wicket walking down, then a vertical bat drive through covers, on back foot - this is as rubbish as it can be.
 
Gul 2.0 trailer has been thrilling...things to come up in this series..haha
 
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we should have had Sohail khan in this team. he would have swung the new ball.
 
Hales doesn't impress me at all. Although he won't be tested today
 
Pakistan or any team for that matter don't need a Sharjeel...they need someone like Roy...who has tremendous shot selections...Roy is probably a flat track bully and just a better version of a hack which is he is not a one-dimensional hack like Sharjeel
 
Pakistan or any team for that matter don't need a Sharjeel...they need someone like Roy...who has tremendous shot selections...Roy is probably a flat track bully and just a better version of a hack which is he is not a one-dimensional hack like Sharjeel

And where do we find a Roy?
 
This will be a repeat of the ODI at edgbaston between England and Sri Lanka. We will lose by 10 wickets I think
 
This is beyond pathetic, we did not look threatening once in this match.
 
Pakistan or any team for that matter don't need a Sharjeel...they need someone like Roy...who has tremendous shot selections...Roy is probably a flat track bully and just a better version of a hack which is he is not a one-dimensional hack like Sharjeel

Not everyone can have a SA native play for their side :P
 
And where do we find a Roy?

You could have tried to open with Umar Akmal or even Shehzad showed good promise but we know how they turned up......don't you have batsman in similar mould who can be groomed and avoid the same mistakes that was made with them? why is it one extreme or the other?
 
England wasting time as they realize it's a tough game. Playing for bad light.
 
This is a beautiful surface against the new ball .
Azhar played an absolute horrid innings.
 
It would be nice to finish Eoin Morgan's odi career as we did his test career. But for that we need to dismiss three batsmen quickly
 
I would have taken that, had it been 3 cover drives or squire cuts. A pull through squire leg on back foot, followed by a flick through mid wicket walking down, then a vertical bat drive through covers, on back foot - this is as rubbish as it can be.

There are always areas to criticize but in the first few overs bowlers need a few deliveries to get their line right.

Notice how Amir's 2nd over was so much better.
 
Goes to show how poor Pakistan batted when the sun was shining and the pitch being dry :facepalm:
 
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