England v Pakistan | Only IT20 | Manchester | September 7th, 2016 | England Innings

[aukhan]

Mian Malik.

 

[super hitter]

Malik the power boy!!!

 

[Hamza_]

92.4. Bloody brilliant by Wahab

 

[Zeshan547]

Babar is such a softie,

 

[aroor]

SIX off the last ball?

 

[Syed1]

93mph I'm cryinggggg

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Wahab didn't bowl a single no ball today, well bowled

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Malik the hero

 

[srh]

Malik is a real sher

 

[Syed1]

136 to win

 

[shariqnoor]

Well its clear that this is a pretty much Powerplay game when the ball is new and hard. After that its a real struggle to score. We need Sharjeel to fire here and get us to 50 after 6 overs otherwse this could be tough to chase with Adil Rashid in their ranks.

 

[The_KING]

Excellent from the bowlers

 

[gunner]

Pak playing like cornered tigers under a brave captain who understands modern cricket.

 

[Markhor]

WASP had predicted 166 at one point but we're restricting England to well below that. Not an unreasonable chase for Pakistan.

Good start for Sarfraz and excellent bowling from Pakistan, intelligent bowling.

 

[aukhan]

Awesome bowling Wahab

 

[Adijazz1706]

136 to get, Sharjeel key upfront.

 

[aroor]

Good idea.

Isn't Sharjeel a pinch hitter? [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION]

 

[GreenKnightRises]

terrific last bowl from Vicky

 

[Justcrazy]

136 is the target

 

[Boi]

Should win this especially with dew there now. Hopefully Babar is fit enough to bat

 

[Adijazz1706]

WASP had predicted 166 at one point but we're restricting England to well below that. Not an unreasonable chase for Pakistan.

Good start for Sarfraz and excellent bowling from Pakistan, intelligent bowling.

It was predicting ~185 early on.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

this is a pitch where u have to take advantage of the power play. I hope no one tells sharjeel to rein himself in

 

[ExplicitAI]

Excellent bowling by Wahab today, he's proved me wrong. So happy for him.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Wahab didn't bowl a single no ball today, well bowled

Masha allah

 

[zn426]

In this modern era of plus 200 scores Pakistan fired on all cylinders for 135, which was a par score just 3-4 years ago. Fantastic job by the bowling and fielding, especially with the slower ball and yorkers.

 

[aroor]

Rizwan to top score for Pakistan

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Now we need an aggressive start, should try to finish the game off within 15 overs.

 

[boomboom6]

must go guns and blazing in PP ... should win the match.

 

[srh]

this game reminds of when Misbah was captain of T20I; he would not allow the opposition to score too many runs

 

[super hitter]

Malik the hero

he was already sweating, I wonder how did he picked babar!

 

[Bilal7]

Fantastic bowling and captaincy. I'm well pleased.

 

[aroor]

Dry pitch. Wait until the match is over to praise your new captain.

 

[zn426]

Masha allah

He didn't bowl a single boundary either. Just 1 boundary in the last 10 overs, a 4. That's incredible.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Isn't Sharjeel a pinch hitter? [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION]

One down, send in Tanvir, and give him the license.

 

[Justcrazy]

Isn't Sharjeel a pinch hitter? [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION]

may be , I was looking for someone like Wahab.

 

[troodon]

I am surprised.

Only 135 by England? Is it the pitch or great bowling or inept batting?

 

[Syed1]

This is the kind of cricket I like to watch not 240 plays 240

 

[JattMaula]

My observations on English inning

1. Modern batsman don't adapt to nonideal conditions as quickly. (Some obvious exceptions )

2. Don't need 11 batters in T20

3. I will sacrifice a goat for my wish to Worldcup and Champions League picthes be similar to this pitch.

 

[Pete Rose]

Perhaps pitch is suiting slow bowling....

yeah, but i think in the last odi and in this t20 they have bowled more slower balls in each match then i have seen.
naturally, they are bowling it because is suits the pitch.

 

[last_knight]

During ODI series I had repeatedly talked that if team decides to play Wahab, he should be asked to bowl 80 to 90% of his overs after half way through the innings.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

I am surprised.

Only 135 by England? Is it the pitch or great bowling or inept batting?

All the options.

 

[Justcrazy]

Dry pitch. Wait until the match is over to praise your new captain.

Need to bat 20 overs , Pakistan should win this.

Need to show respect to Adil , do not take unnecessary chances against him

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Hard to believe this was the same Wahab as in that game where England scored 440.

 

[Justcrazy]

Good idea.

Need to take a chance , promote a lower order bowler up , even a 15 - 20 quick runs can be vital in low scoring game.

 

[shaz619]

Hard to believe this was the same Wahab as in that game where England scored 440.

I knew he'd thrive in this atmosphere with so much fan support, he feeds of such energy. Generally though he is inconsistent but remains an impact bowler for Pakistan.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Quality of the bowling matters too - look at how Wahab is bowling here in comparison to what he produced at Nottingham.

captain keeps rotating his bowlers continuously and he stopped premier bowler amir after 2 overs, though hassan ali showed promise as a good death bowler in that record hit 444 ,,, he bowled hassan ali with the rhythm and gave amir after stokes, butler are all gone.. that is the game awareness, which azhar doesnt have it at all...hassan's pressure got wahab the wicket of butler and from then his tail is up...

 

[Syed1]

Hard to believe this was the same Wahab as in that game where England scored 440.

Today it seems he was given a licence to just go out there and blast it.. even Nas said something along those lines

 

[Syed1]

Back onnn

 

[super hitter]

Need to take a chance , promote a lower order bowler up , even a 15 - 20 quick runs can be vital in low scoring game.

nope! the pitch is hard to bat on; will add extra pressure on our batsmen

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Wahab and Wasim haven't conceded a single boundary :akram

 

[shaz619]

Should be an entertaining run chase

 

[Justcrazy]

nope! the pitch is hard to bat on; will add extra pressure on our batsmen

What pressure ? You need to be innovative in shorter formats.

 

[Markhor]

Never a dull moment with Sharjeel.

Just sensible batting needed here, not an unreasonable total to chase. Take advantage of the powerplay.

 

[shaz619]

Wahab and Wasim haven't conceded a single boundary :akram

I want some of that stuff to

 

[Syed1]

Tukka chauka

 

[Justcrazy]

Good start by Willey , three dots

 

[Oneking]

Why can't we all just support team Pakistan why does it have to be I WANT RIZWAN TO TOP SCORE OR WAHAB SHOULDNT PLAY lets just wish Pak well

 

[Syed1]

Two in two

 

[Markhor]

Shot, through the off-side this time from Sharjeel. That's a quality shot.

 

[shaz619]

Never a dull moment with Sharjeel.

Just sensible batting needed here, not an unreasonable total to chase. Take advantage of the powerplay.

No such thing as sensible batting in the modern world, smash! smash! smash! too much thought can be your downfall

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to target 45 runs in PP at least.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Sharjeel batting like a boss

 

[aukhan]

 

[The_KING]

No need to do anything stupid. We aren't chasing a massive total here.

 

[Syed1]

Complete bias from the commies stay neutral chaps