England vs Pakistan | 2nd T20I | Manchester | Aug 30, 2020 | Pakistan innings

[unemployedgm]

Lol look at this guy.

You wouldn’t?

 

[shah_1]

Azhar Mahmood has transferred this slow ball bemari to the English. Hafeez is loving it.

True )

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

23 runs from that over

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Hafeez strong contender for T20 captaincy.

 

[shariqnoor]

Not sure why England continuously persist with garbage bowlers like Tom Curran.

 

[msb314]

Credit where credit is due - great innings from Hafeez..

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

I can bowl better than this Curran guy )

 

[Hasan123]

Hafeez has cemented his place for another 2 years lol.

 

[nextover666666]

What batting hafeez if you will please lol 2020 the year of hafeez

 

[QalandarFan]

So who was telling me they’d take Ifti Chahca over Hafeez any day )

 

[Mueez]

If I have to take one oldie to India - I’m taking Hafeez.

 

[Slim]

That’s what I’ve been saying he’s the best power hitter we’ve got, I wrote a post about all his match winning innings in the last 2-3 years and he’s been clutch, but he should be coming in at #5/6 not #3.

Honestly him being at #3, i dont mind in t20Is. In ODIs yes, he can be a 5/6 but dont think he plays ODIs anymore, does he?

 

[Local.Dada]

All jokes aside. Very good knock by Hafeez. He is a good cricketer by all accounts.

 

[watson367]

Professor showing his hidden talent

 

[ChTab]

Hafeez is classy but looks like Malik can't even lift bat properly now

 

[Markhor]

Well these two have booked their places for the next two T20 World Cups.

 

[QalandarFan]

Hafeez will play a match winning innings today and come the next match everyone will want him dropped that’s the way it is with him just cause of his age. Malik is the one who needs to be dropped not Hafeez

 

[Gullycricket]

Shabash Hafeez kaptaan

 

[oatmeal]

Hafeez saving his career and Maliks too

 

[topspin]

Couple of youngsters in the middle and a young spinner in either Umer Khan and Zafar Gohar could have been easily tried in this series

I agree. I would really like to see Zafar Gohar given the opportunity to prove his worth in all formats.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Malik comes to the party.. showing their experience now

 

[Titan24]

England’s T20 bowling is pretty ordinary I am afraid. Archer and Woakes cant improve it much considering how ordinary others available around them are.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Brilliant hitting by Hafeez

 

[shariqnoor]

Well these two have booked their places for the next two T20 World Cups.

T20? I'd say ODI world cups

 

[Mueez]

Hafeez will play a match winning innings today and come the next match everyone will want him dropped that’s the way it is with him just cause of his age. Malik is the one who needs to be dropped not Hafeez

Exactly. Hafeez has been clutch since 2017...

 

[QalandarFan]

He still does, needs to come in at 5/6 then.

 

[zacattakk]

This is rubbish bowling. Good on Hafeez for taking full advantage of this

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Last 4 overs - 55 runs target - end with 205

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Even the English bowlers are laughing at the rubbish they’re dishing out )

 

[watson367]

So who was telling me they’d take Ifti Chahca over Hafeez any day )

I said Ifti chachu is agressive. Didn't say anything about replacing hafeez

 

[QalandarFan]

Exactly. Hafeez has been clutch since 2017...

I’ve been saying it before then move him down the order make him the power hitter, but everyone believed Asif Ali and these T20 Hacks are better than him at hitting.

 

[Mueez]

Malik gets out!

 

[zacattakk]

Thank you Azhar Mahmood

 

[Mir jibran]

Malik gone thank god

 

[TeymurBlake]

England are trolling us here man, Hafeez is playing like Jos Buttler man.

Finally Shoaib Malik out.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Malik was struggling

 

[Hasan123]

This isn't England's first choice attack. Just ask yourself this, would you have confidence in Malik and Hafeez facing the likes of Cummins,Starc,Archer,Bumrah,Boult,and Rabada?

This is how we should be judging future batters. What chance do they have of doing well against the best bowlers in the world?

Hafeez and Malik have no chance against the top bowlers. Honestly wouldn't read too much into this.

But credit to Hafeez for playing well. He can only play what's in front of him.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Malik can’t even hit this rubbish.. time for Haider to slot in his place

 

[Gullycricket]

Stats padding going on

 

[Titan24]

Who says T20 is for young ones

 

[Greenstorm]

Shukr

 

[coy0607]

Well these two have booked their places for the next two T20 World Cups.

Those places were never in doubt

 

[Markhor]

Malik out to a pacer shock horror.

Another uncle to the crease.

 

[QalandarFan]

Yes!!

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

This isn't England's first choice attack. Just ask yourself this, would you have confidence in Malik and Hafeez facing the likes of Cummins,Starc,Archer,Bumrah,Boult,and Rabada?

This is how we should be judging future batters. What chance do they have of doing well against the best bowlers in the world?

Hafeez and Malik have no chance against the top bowlers. Honestly wouldn't read too much into this.

But credit to Hafeez for playing well. He can only play what's in front of him.

This. Exactly this.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Phil tufnell on bbc jus said salim malik goes for 14 ... looooool

 

[topspin]

England being their door handles self [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] [MENTION=147314]topspin[/MENTION]

He'll be in no hurry to open the door handle and log in to PP if England bat well

Pakistan's batting keeping that door shut for now

 

[watson367]

Ifti will play a cameo

 

[Titan24]

Thank you Azhar Mahmood ��

England bowled quite a few slower balls, so I guess he did his job.

 

[Slim]

England are trolling us here man, Hafeez is playing like Jos Buttler man.

Finally Shoaib Malik out.

Hafeez has played like the best batsman in the world when he is in flow, his batting is pure class to watch when hes on song. Reference: WC 2019 match vs England, CT final match vs India

 

[asadee]

Iftikhar looks like Younis Khan's rishtedar

 

[topspin]

Phil tufnell on bbc jus said salim malik goes for 14 ... looooool

He also called Babar "Babar Zaman" haha

 

[Titan24]

Phil tufnell on bbc jus said salim malik goes for 14 ... looooool

BBC has created domestic structure for commies I think. The best ones will get promoted

 

[oatmeal]

Time for Malik to retire. It was different when the world cup was this year but after it was postponed you've got to give chances to youngsters who can last till next year

 

[Greenstorm]

I’ve been saying it before then move him down the order make him the power hitter, but everyone believed Asif Ali and these T20 Hacks are better than him at hitting.

Power hitter Hafeez will go missing once opposition starts playing 140+ pacers.

 

[Slim]

Malik out to a pacer shock horror.

Another uncle to the crease.

Malik's krpytonite - pace. Hence, why he shouldnt be in the team.

 

[Indiafan]

Phil tufnell on bbc jus said salim malik goes for 14 ... looooool

Well you can understand the confusion when both are similar age

 

[TeymurBlake]

Hafeez has played like the best batsman in the world when he is in flow, his batting is pure class to watch when hes on song. Reference: WC 2019 match vs England, CT final match vs India

Besides those two games, he struggled for form and got out to often part time bowlers.

 

[coy0607]

This isn't England's first choice attack. Just ask yourself this, would you have confidence in Malik and Hafeez facing the likes of Cummins,Starc,Archer,Bumrah,Boult,and Rabada?

This is how we should be judging future batters. What chance do they have of doing well against the best bowlers in the world?

Hafeez and Malik have no chance against the top bowlers. Honestly wouldn't read too much into this.

But credit to Hafeez for playing well. He can only play what's in front of him.

Hafeez would demolish all those bowlers. Have you not seen the way he's dominated Steyn over the last 15 years

 

[Titan24]

For Pak to touch 200, Ifti needs to click here

 

[topspin]

Its a culture thing as well. In Pak politics you also see that everyone is just thinking about cashing in instead of thinking about future generations. Long term planning is non-existent in Pakistan.

Precisely. I follow Pakistani politics as well and you see all the major parties being held back by the geriatric veterans as well.

 

[coy0607]

a third youngsta beauty walks out. The middle-order is the envy of the world

 

[topspin]

England have put on clinic on how to manage players throughout the tour. Changing the team & management entirely from T20 to Tests, experimenting with fresh faces (Crawley) and rotating players (Archer). This is a world class organization run by actual professionals.

They dodged a huge bullet not getting Wasim Khan

Day by day, the more my opinion of him wanes.

 

[QalandarFan]

This isn't England's first choice attack. Just ask yourself this, would you have confidence in Malik and Hafeez facing the likes of Cummins,Starc,Archer,Bumrah,Boult,and Rabada?

This is how we should be judging future batters. What chance do they have of doing well against the best bowlers in the world?

Hafeez and Malik have no chance against the top bowlers. Honestly wouldn't read too much into this.

But credit to Hafeez for playing well. He can only play what's in front of him.

I’ve seen Hafeez score a match winning 57 off just 37 balls against India’s Bumrah and Bhuvi in the final of the CT’s. I’ve seen Hafeez score another match winning 80 odd in SA against the likes of Oliver and Rabada when Oliver was running through all of our batsman. He once again played a match winning 40 odd in a chase on one of the slowest UAE pitches in a while against NZ’s a attack, and oh yeah he had that match winning 80 against England in the world cup to propel us to 350. He’s the best hitter in Pakistan right now and he needs to and deserve to play. Name a batsman who can play one innings even close to any of those innings Hafeez has played in the past 2-3 years.

Best hitter we have period.

 

[Titan24]

Shan and Jimmy getting along well

 

[QalandarFan]

Power hitter Hafeez will go missing once opposition starts playing 140+ pacers.

Lmao yeah like he did against South Africa, England, New Zeland and India.

 

[Markhor]

Okay that was a good knock from Prof.

 

[Mueez]

What a shot! Hafeez gets his fifty!

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Amazing shot by Hafeez. Wow that was amazing

 

[gibsyhesperis]

Haffez — very impressive

 

[watson367]

Precisely. I follow Pakistani politics as well and you see all the major parties being held back by the geriatric veterans as well.

Seniority culture has destroyed many departments in Pak

 

[Hasan123]

I’ve seen Hafeez score a match winning 57 off just 37 balls against India’s Bumrah and Bhuvi in the final of the CT’s. I’ve seen Hafeez score another match winning 80 odd in SA against the likes of Oliver and Rabada when Oliver was running through all of our batsman. He once again played a match winning 40 odd in a chase on one of the slowest UAE pitches in a while against NZ’s a attack, and oh yeah he had that match winning 80 against England in the world cup to propel us to 350. He’s the best hitter in Pakistan right now and he needs to and deserve to play. Name a batsman who can play one innings even close to any of those innings Hafeez has played in the past 2-3 years.

Best hitter we have period.

It's a couple of innings. Do you see him scoring consistently against these bowlers ? There is no chance of that happening. He needs to go. But obviously he is going to play for 4 more years after scoring here today.

 

[Local.Dada]

Fantastic knock by Hafeez. Pedestrian bowling but you can only bash what it is in front of you.

 

[Indiafan]

Hafeez proved his detractors wrong. Next match Malik will too

 

[Slim]

YAAAR THAT CLASS - pure class ufff.

Good Fifty, geezer.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Younis Khan is quick to take credit

 

[Local.Dada]

Younis Khan doing that all hail symbol is a bit too much

 

[Mueez]

Hafeez - professor

 

[oatmeal]

Consecutive fours from the Professor.

 

[Local.Dada]

Is there a reason why there hasn’t been a long on and long off most of the game?