England vs Pakistan | 2nd ODI | Southampton | May 11, 2019 | England Innings

[MenInG]

After relentless rain forced the abandonment of the first one-day international, England will be looking for a more favourable result as they take on Pakistan in the second ODI on Saturday, 11 May in Southampton.

Overview

England v Pakistan
2nd ODI
The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Saturday, 11 May; 11:00am local time, 10:00am GMT

Asking Pakistan to bat first turned out to be the right decision as the hosts made early in-roads before the rain gods decided to intervene. Jofra Archer got a short but effective spell in and picked up another ODI wicket in form of Fakhar Zaman to register figures of 1/6 in four overs.

Pakistan will not be too disappointed with how things unfolded on Wednesday considering their shaky start. They lost Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam, cheaply accumulating just 80 in 19 overs. Although Imam-ul-Haq managed to score some handy runs, they will need more than just a competitive total to challenge the strong English batting line-up in the games to follow.

Key players

Jonny Bairstow (England): If Bairstow's form in the Indian Premier League this year was anything to go by, we can expect fireworks on the Rose Bowl come Saturday. In fact, in the last ODI that Bairstow played here, the 29-year-old smashed a 114-ball 141* two years ago, which still remains his highest score in ODIs.

Mohammad Amir (Pakistan): Amir's position continues to be a source of interest as the 27-year-old awaits a chance to prove himself. With the first ODI washed out, he has four more games to impress the selectors and sneak into the World Cup squad.

Conditions

The weather does not look as bleak as it was in the first ODI. For the most part, it is expected to be sunny and we should be able to get a full game in. The last ODI played here was in September 2017, when England easily chased West Indies' 288 with 12 overs to spare, all thanks to the blistering Bairstow.

Squads

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abid Ali, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Imad Wasim, Yasir Shah, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Junaid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir, Asif Ali

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[IAJ]

Imam ul Haq was very quick to point out his high average but that is at expense of a very low SR for modern day cricket. This issue needs to be addressed by Arthur. It is a big worry when only Afghanistan have lower RR in first 10 overs.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Weather ??

 

[Saj]

Weather ??

So far, so good.

Pakistan's record at this ground:

P4 W1 L3

 

[QalandarFan]

How's the weather looking in Southampton boys. Gonna just stay awake after sehri to watch the match so the rain best stay away.

 

[QalandarFan]

Imam ul Haq was very quick to point out his high average but that is at expense of a very low SR for modern day cricket. This issue needs to be addressed by Arthur. It is a big worry when only Afghanistan have lower RR in first 10 overs.

Yes a SR of 79 for a modern day opener is criminal. He better look to show more intent going forward.

 

[QalandarFan]

Sold out Ageas Bowl, should be a great atmosphere hopefully Pakistan puts on a show!

 

[MenInG]

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[QalandarFan]

Sheesh Imam's numbers against the top 5 teams (Aus, Eng, SA, NZ, Ind) are even more worrying

Matches - 14
Runs - 440
Ave - 36
SR - 70

Def need to work on that strike rate, at the bare minimum he could rotate the strike better early on.

 

[Baigel]

Imam to get out coming down the wicket. You heard it here first.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Sheesh Imam's numbers against the top 5 teams (Aus, Eng, SA, NZ, Ind) are even more worrying

Matches - 14
Runs - 440
Ave - 36
SR - 70

Def need to work on that strike rate, at the bare minimum he could rotate the strike better early on.

He should try to construct an innings.

The more he tries to attack, the more terrible he looks.

Our problem is not 100 off 130 balls.

Our problem is no one stays at the crease long enough to put any sort of substance in the total. Fakhar is a big hit and miss and Babar has yet to prove he can score enough runs against good opposition (albeit 7 of his 8 centuries against SL, West Indies etc and the 8th one was a selfish knock chasing 370).

The less said about Sarfraz the better and the lower order tail of Asif hardly inspires confidence.

I am not averse to Imam batting out 100 off 120 balls if Pakistan can get 270 or 280 runs.

 

[MenInG]

Mohammad Amir has picked up viral infection. He will not be available for today match.

 

[imshally81]

Mohammad Amir has picked up viral infection. He will not be available for today match.

Oh No
Very unlucky

 

[szundercover]

Mohammad Amir has picked up viral infection. He will not be available for today match.

I am hearing that yasir shah is gonna play in place of amir ... I hope I am wrong.

 

[imshally81]

I am hearing that yasir shah is gonna play in place of amir ... I hope I am wrong.

JK is much better option....

 

[szundercover]

JK is much better option....

Any other bowler is an better option than yasir..

 

[QalandarFan]

Mohammad Amir has picked up viral infection. He will not be available for today match.

Come on yaar!

 

[QalandarFan]

I swear if they select Yasir I’m skipping the bowling innings

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Hasnain. I don't know why people have soured on him so soon. He has given a good account of himself so far.

These are the exact games he needs to get ready for the world cup. Don't we know enough of Yasir, JK etc to know what Pakistan are going to get?

 

[Hitman]

At least the weather looks good. Hate it when you look upto a match for 3 bloody days and then the weather spoils everything.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Man you gotta be kidding me, I can’t believe yasir is playing

 

[imshally81]

Sarfi win the toss and bowl first..

 

[Markhor]

Pakistan win the toss and bowl first.

 

[AFM]

Bowling first.

Yasir in for Amir.

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bowl in the 2nd ODI against England;

 

[imshally81]

Yasir

 

[castortroy]

Seriously is Yasir Shah in the team?

 

[tahir_dj]

Yasir shah in for Amir
Congrats england for winning this

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Yasir Shah Playing, highlights what a terrible insight Mickey has about spin bowling. Umar Khan and Bilal Asif should have been tried in this series.

 

[castortroy]

Batting looks so pathetic

 

[Mueez]

Yasir Shah

 

[castortroy]

Pretty sure England will pummel Yasir to all sorts so hopefully the pak think tank will finally give up on Yasir

 

[szundercover]

Yasir Shah Playing, highlights what a terrible insight Mickey has about spin bowling. Umar Khan and Bilal Asif should have been tried in this series.

300 minimum comming up

 

[IMMY69]

What a joke...

Our preparations are in complete shambles. Two seniors in the side one of whole hasn’t played in over a month, young leg spinner ill and a senior pathetic ODI bowler picked instead of him...

 

[Green Patriot]

Yasir playing.
Time for some phainty.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Yasir out Junaid in,
Faheem out, Hasnain in could've been ideal.

 

[castortroy]

England batting is probably the most destructive in world cricket

320 bare minimum from England

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Batting looks so pathetic

Stop Complaining man. All the times negativity is not good. Pak has decent Batting line up.

 

[MenInG]

In all this excitement, you have all not noted that Archer not playing lol!

 

[HitWicket]

England batting is probably the most destructive in world cricket

320 bare minimum from England

320 would probably only be par here.

 

[Mueez]

We will have to chase around 270.

Atleast that’s my prediction.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Pakistan doing no good by selecting Yasir, Faheem and then opting to bowl.

Few records of batting will be broken, I reckon.

May be another 400 on the cards.

 

[Mueez]

Sarfraz should man up and give Hasan Ali new ball and not the pseudo-allrounder Faheem.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Yasir out Junaid in,
Faheem out, Hasnain in could've been ideal.

They wana see how junaid perform here as well. As he is also listed in replacement for WC spot. I would keep Hasnain and Amir for WC and drop fahim and Junaid.

 

[AFM]

500 could be crossed today

 

[W63L35]

My prediction:
England: 333 runs on the board!
Pakistan lose by 33 or more runs!

 

[lahoriyah1234]

In all this excitement, you have all not noted that Archer not playing lol!

He is not all that grt to be honest. He will get hammered soon enough you watch.

 

[szundercover]

I think england have sidelined archer from the world cup ,with jofra not playing already gives some clues same goes for amir.

 

[Asif321]

Wow gonna be a fun feast with Faheem and Yasir
I would play hasnain over Yasir even on spinning track

 

[castortroy]

Stop Complaining man. All the times negativity is not good. Pak has decent Batting line up.

5 - Sarfraz
6-Ali
7 - faheem

That's as useless as it comes

 

[Stewie]

Amir’s World Cup hopes are fading fast!

 

[HitWicket]

I think england have sidelined archer from the world cup ,with jofra not playing already gives some clues same goes for amir.

Pretty sure it's the complete opposite, they've already decided he's in. Now they've gotta look at everyone else and decide who to drop.

 

[szundercover]

500 could be crossed today

Our bowlers are not bangladesh or afghanistan I have a feeling yasir will do well today lol.

 

[Chokli]

Lol Amir not playing.

Hoping we see 500 scored today.

Pathetic selection

 

[Energy]

Malik Hafeez Junaid and Amir are on holiday it seems.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Watch Faheem be the best bowler today from both sides. Hugely underrated as a bowler & Ofc the knives are out after one bad bowling performance.

Typical

 

[castortroy]

Amir is sick apparently

 

[szundercover]

Pretty sure it's the complete opposite, they've already decided he's in. Now they've gotta look at everyone else and decide who to drop.

Sreve harminson has also gone with my analysis and rambo is also suspicous of amirs illness.

 

[Abdullah]

He should try to construct an innings.

The more he tries to attack, the more terrible he looks.

Our problem is not 100 off 130 balls.

Our problem is no one stays at the crease long enough to put any sort of substance in the total. Fakhar is a big hit and miss and Babar has yet to prove he can score enough runs against good opposition (albeit 7 of his 8 centuries against SL, West Indies etc and the 8th one was a selfish knock chasing 370).

The less said about Sarfraz the better and the lower order tail of Asif hardly inspires confidence.

I am not averse to Imam batting out 100 off 120 balls if Pakistan can get 270 or 280 runs.

No. Babar and Haris are more than capable of consistently getting to 270 -280. Even if they come in 40-2
Everybody else has to attack more

 

[szundercover]

Amir is sick apparently

Rambo is suspicous of the illnes claim.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Apart from Jofra Archer. England are going with their full strength.

 

[Abdullah]

Amir’s World Cup hopes are fading fast!

You don't know if he's playing it ?
I would rather bowl at almost any other international ground in england

 

[Minnowbasher]

Another 444 coming up

 

[ARK Rafay]

Apart from Jofra Archer. England are going with their full strength.

I just hope Pakistan dosen't give away 400 runs

 

[ARK Rafay]

I swear if they select Yasir I’m skipping the bowling innings

I appreciate your choice

 

[HitWicket]

Sreve harminson has also gone with my analysis and rambo is also suspicous of amirs illness.

I have no clear about Amir, picking Archer last game then deciding after that masterclass that he's not going to make the world cup squad makes zero logical sense. They're clearly thinking he's probably already in.

 

[adzzy786]

I think that’s the worst XI Pakistan could have picked. The batting looks really thin, the bowling looks very thin aswell.

 

[HitWicket]

I have no clear about Amir, picking Archer last game then deciding after that masterclass that he's not going to make the world cup squad makes zero logical sense. They're clearly thinking he's probably already in.

Clue*

 

[Malik-01]

Has waqar just admitted to chucking on live tv?

 

[Markhor]

Pitch is an absolute phatta.

 

[szundercover]

I have no clear about Amir, picking Archer last game then deciding after that masterclass that he's not going to make the world cup squad makes zero logical sense. They're clearly thinking he's probably already in.

Induction of archer could have caused a rift between players and morgan has already indicated that in his interviews

 

[Mueez]

“It is not about winning the series, it is about testing the bench strength.”

 

[Asif321]

Junaid is certain for worldcup so they not playing him?

 

[ARK Rafay]

“It is not about winning the series, it is about testing the bench strength.”

Didn't we just did that vs Australia?

 

[Gullycricket]

Good that Faheem is playing.He will make sure Amir gets in the WC squad

 

[Sirris]

Would have liked Pakistan to bat first.

 

[NauV]

so Faheem is playing as the 3rd pacer again!

It's not the players .. its the strategies that make us worse than we are!

 

[castortroy]

Didn't we just did that vs Australia?

If we get 4 full matches there is no way in hell this poor pak one day team will win a match in this series

Oak could be going into the world Cup with 9 defeats on the trott

 

[Mueez]

Didn't we just did that vs Australia?

Clearly if this is the mindset, we aren’t getting far in the WC.

And by the looks of it, it isn’t looking good.

 

[Markhor]

Conditions are tailor made for Asif Ali who has no excuses not to perform here. Belter of a pitch and easy to hit through the line.