England v Pakistan | 2nd T20I | Leeds | 18th July, 2021 | England innings

[shamaan]

Change of pace

 

[Titan24]

Livingstone and Buttler. That can be ugly.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Good comeback over from Hasnain

 

[Ashmal]

Inspite of the expensive first over today, Hasnain has been okay...he's actually using his brains trying to bounce out Moeen and varying his pace.

Much better than Haris Rauf who was just bowling half-trackers

 

[Ahmed216]

Moees was able to score because they fed him in his areas. Attack his body and he finds it very difficult

 

[sindhiboy]

Butler and livingstone...
This should be fun

 

[AAli98]

Pak have made it clear theyr not interested in longer formats of the game.. so if you wanna be a t20 team at least be half bloody good at it. Not 1 reliable bowler!

Or icc should start T-5 over cricket for them & bring back shahid Afridi

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Bring back Imad

 

[zacattakk]

Moees was able to score because they fed him in his areas. Attack his body and he finds it very difficult

Yes, it was just the usual brainless bowling, no control of line and length.

 

[saabir]

Does not matter how bad Aamir and Wahab are .truth is they both are better than Rauf and Hasnain . If pakistan seriously want to win T20 WC either Aamir or Wahab need to be selected to strengthen bowling attack.

 

[Titan24]

Interesting fact I just noticed. All the top 6 of Eng are openers in the format (Including Ali who have opened numerous matches for his county). Shows the all round ability of Eng where they can play at any number and can perform any role with their usual style.

 

[shamaan]

Top over by shadab

 

[Ummii]

Awesome crowd, just an England thing

 

[Titan24]

Bring back Imad

Yup, needs to finish his quota as well.

 

[castortroy]

Man this Rauf is so bad

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Haris Rauf is bowling so bad

 

[OldWarHorse]

No favours from Hasnain for his dear friend there

 

[castortroy]

What a horrendous bowler

 

[Ummii]

Haris is back, so they are gonna be 100+ after this over

 

[ssuhaide]

Hasnain is a terrible fielder. Given he is young it's a shame he hasn't worked on this. Can't catch and can't slide

 

[Ahmed216]

Cant have all erratic bowlers in the same line up

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Azam has already cost 3 or 4 boundaries till now with his running or lack of.

 

[Titan24]

Rauf needs to keep on targeting the stumps with slight pace variations. His short balls and half trackers are toothless

 

[Bewal Express]

Another over of dross from Haris.

 

[AdamM97]

Buttler deliberately targetting Azam Khan’s area?

 

[Thephenom]

Why is Rauf still bowling is beyond me!

 

[Ashmal]

Haris Rauf can only bowl yorkers....can't bowl anything else

 

[IAJ]

Is Hassan Ali in the squad?

 

[Ummii]

In the next match they must bring Hasan back in place of Haris

 

[imshally81]

Harris should bowled after 11 overs in T20Is

 

[castortroy]

Cant have all erratic bowlers in the same line up

Been saying this for ages.

All pak bowlers bar Amir are erratic

Players like Rauf, Hasan Ali, faheem are all hit me bowlers

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

I would too, he cannot run fast...probably only towards a plate of food

 

[kingusama92]

Rauf is going to lose the match all on his own.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Everyone who was actually supporting this awful Haris Rauf should be ashamed

 

[Ashmal]

Haris Rauf needs to be dropped, should play Hasan or try Dahani against WI

 

[AdamM97]

Hopefully we save Haris till the end now. Don’t want to see another over for him atm

 

[ex-q-zit]

Pakistan have always been poor chasers. They won teh last match batting first. Which begs the question why win the toss and choose to bowl. England are set to 225 atleast and Pak will struggle big time.

 

[Titan24]

Wasnt Shinwari dropped from not only T20 but also from ODIs where he averages 18 due to similar rubbish? Absolutely horrible from Rauf so far in this series other than a few good overs

 

[Ummii]

Why don't they try Hafeez?

 

[Darkrai]

Rauf is a one trick pony.

 

[Titan24]

Is Hassan Ali in the squad?

Yes. Rested due to a slight strain in left leg.

 

[ssuhaide]

Shinwari holds the Pakistani record for worst T20 international bowling at 63. Good chance that Rauf beats that record

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Spinners have bowled well today, if only Hafeez could bowl an over or two

 

[Fazzy321]

Need wicket here both looking dangerous

 

[OldWarHorse]

Thats a poor throw. Could have got him with a flatter one

 

[kingusama92]

Azam has already cost 3 or 4 boundaries till now with his running or lack of.

I mentioned this a long time ago.

International teams scout each player and will purposely pick spots where Azam stands. This guy can only get away with his weight in the PSL.

It's just the way it is.

 

[Titan24]

Why don't they try Hafeez?

Risky against right handers. He is not a huge spinner so can go bad. Was worth a try against Moen though

 

[imshally81]

240 is on

 

[Ahmed216]

What a terrible fielder hasnain�� waited for the ball to reach him

 

[AAli98]

Azam Khan surprised me-doing well, covers the ground well. Unfortunately it’s with his stomach rather than his movement…

 

[castortroy]

Shinwari holds the Pakistani record for worst T20 international bowling at 63. Good chance that Rauf beats that record

Shinwari is another erratic bowler

The list is endless

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Need to bring Hafeez for an over or two. Cant have Haris bowling another over today.

 

[ssuhaide]

Pakistan have always been poor chasers. They won teh last match batting first. Which begs the question why win the toss and choose to bowl. England are set to 225 atleast and Pak will struggle big time.

This is true however if Pakistan are to compete in a world T20 tournament they will need to learn how to chase

 

[Ummii]

Risky against right handers. He is not a huge spinner so can go bad

Not much risky than what Haris is producing right now with his brainless bowling

 

[AdamM97]

Hafeez needs to be tested here. Spin seems to work atm

 

[Ummii]

Shinwari is another erratic bowler

The list is endless

Hate to say but Dhani is among them too

 

[Titan24]

Imad has been top notch so far.

 

[Ashmal]

Pakistan have always been poor chasers. They won teh last match batting first. Which begs the question why win the toss and choose to bowl. England are set to 225 atleast and Pak will struggle big time.

Better to test themselves chasing a big score against a top team....they might have to do it in T20 WC

 

[BunnyRabbit]

I mentioned this a long time ago.

International teams scout each player and will purposely pick spots where Azam stands. This guy can only get away with his weight in the PSL.

It's just the way it is.

That's one reason I advocate against having him and Sharjeel in the team despite of their "hitting abilities"

 

[Afhan Ali]

A b 2.0

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Azam Khan will be tested today with the bat.

 

[Titan24]

Not much risky than what Haris is producing right now with his brainless bowling

Yes if he compare him to that rubbish than understandable. However, with Rauf there is always chance of that one good over on his good days.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Shadab and Expensive are made for each other.

 

[castortroy]

Hate to say but Dhani is among them too

Yeah he would get destroyed at in international level

 

[kingusama92]

That's one reason I advocate against having him and Sharjeel in the team despite of their "hitting abilities"

Agreed.

Especially when some of the fitter Pakistani cricketers are also rubbish at fielding. This makes it almost impossible to hide guys like Azam and Sharjeel.

 

[castortroy]

Terrible bowling

 

[Sir-fraz]

A b 2.0

2.0 would mean hes better which hes clearly not more like abd .5

 

[Titan24]

Yeah he would get destroyed at in international level

To be honest most would against Eng.

 

[Firebat]

Pakistan's main wicket-taking spinner bowling 3 wides in 4 balls. Meanwhile, Qadir is carrying the drinks.

 

[Yasir_ch]

LOL shadab is scared of Livingstone.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Negative bowling by pakistan here, they seem scared. Shouldve batted if this was the case

 

[OldWarHorse]

Common sense prevails finally and Azam moves inside the circle

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shadab is terrified

 

[mrtaim3]

Shadab is bowling Livingstone with a plan. Can afford these wides tbh

 

[castortroy]

Livingston is better than most of our players and he is not even a regular in the English team

 

[Thephenom]

Nothing special about Livingstons batting, just hit it hard and hope!

 

[IAJ]

Really stupid spinners.

 

[Titan24]

Negative bowling by pakistan here, they seem scared. Shouldve batted if this was the case

Its T20, you try to go for dot balls hoping for a wicket.

 

[shariqnoor]

If these 2 aren't out, expecting a 230 score.

 

[Bouncer]

*Fielding Watch*
In the tent over there were two balls that he could have stopped at the boundary, The first one he let hasnain go for it who fumbled and it went for four, The second one was literally less than five six yards away from him and he couldn't even get to it and that also went for four.

I'm hoping that someone is doing a fielding montage of him from this series and they can upload it on YouTube.