England vs Pakistan | 4th ODI | Nottingham | May 17th, 2019 | Pakistan innings

[Dagestani_Eagle]

England look a proper team with Wood and Archer in the team. No more trundlers

Overcast. They will receive a phainty on normal days

 

[Gullycricket]

Good shot Bobby

 

[Green Patriot]

Husnain says... Hi

Husnain hasnt bowled consistently with the express pace he was supposed to.
But lets see what he does today.

 

[Green Patriot]

What a ridiculously short boundary.

 

[shah_1]

Overcast. They will receive a phainty on normal days

Both are good bowlers

Overcast or not

 

[imshally81]

Good running...

 

[Hawkeye]

Babar.

That's why he's our best batsman.

What a six.

 

[Mujtaba2900]

It was the longest part of the ground it was just A good shot

 

[babajee]

Not very confident of Babar surviving long here

 

[jnaveen1980]

Same old road of a strip. This is going to be another nightmare for bowlers.

 

[imshally81]

Great shot

 

[shah_1]

Great shot Babar

 

[Dagestani_Eagle]

Both are good bowlers

Overcast or not

Wood is pretty average

 

[ARK Rafay]

Babar is gonna Punish these two

 

[Hawkeye]

King Babar.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Babar likes pace on the bat.. Thats why he should be our openner

 

[Zhasan]

Babar just showing how seriously inept Imam's batting is against good bowling

 

[Hitman]

Excellent start for Babar. A 6 and a 4 now.

 

[Green Patriot]

Shaba Babar.
Destroy their confidence.

 

[angrypathan]

Bobby hit short ball over third man for six

It went into the crowd though...

 

[Gullycricket]

Babar plays these beautiful shots but needs to go big today

 

[imshally81]

Now see the RR acceleration... Thats why people hates with imam... He is very slow..

 

[wasimjunior]

How bad was imam injury?

 

[Titan24]

Wow, Babar looks a different beast against new ball inside 10 overs

 

[iPakistani]

Babar exposing these faltu bowlers that are overhyped to the moon by commentators

 

[MMHS]

May be through an unfortunate way, but I hope PAK Tank do realize after today's game that Babar belongs to open in ODI - can hit boundaries against good ball without slogging.

 

[Gullycricket]

Commentary has been below par this series

 

[jnaveen1980]

92.4 mph !!

 

[ExpressPacer]

Looked ok going back but X rays will tell the main story.

More like Abid Ali won't be needing a return ticket right now.

It would be extremely sad if this happens

Worse case scenario would be for him to miss the initial few games of the WC, which isnt much of a headache anyway.

 

[Ozeirk]

I will swap Imad with shadab, hasnain with Amir and malik with Sohail. The players can be switched around as well if performance goes down. Good combination and I think we should have stuck to this combination from the UAE series.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Dagestani_Eagle]

Commentary has been below par this series

It's as if they are warming up for world cup by commenting in a grade 2 league

 

[Afhan Ali]

Babar please score hundred

 

[NauV]

Babar teasing us again . . looking a million dollars . . and then . . . . . . . .

 

[Gullycricket]

Good shot Fakhar

 

[Titan24]

May be through an unfortunate way, but I hope PAK Tank do realize after today's game that Babar belongs to open in ODI - can hit boundaries against good ball without slogging.

They haven realized it for such a long time, I doubt they will now. Though I hope they do.

 

[m.awais]

This technique of babar where he stays on the back foot all the time looks very dodgy when the ball seems around. He got out by staying back in the crease in last match as well..

 

[Hawkeye]

May be through an unfortunate way, but I hope PAK Tank do realize after today's game that Babar belongs to open in ODI - can hit boundaries against good ball without slogging.

Exactly.

We don't need Imam who generally slows things down a lot, particularly on flat/batting wickets.

 

[Red Devil]

The inclusion of Wood and Archer make England’s attack very competent. Their full-strength attack is nowhere near as bad as people think. It certainly better than Pakistan’s and probably on par with New Zealand’s.

Archer, Wood, Willey/Woakes, Stokes, Rashid and Moeen - that is more than capable of complementing their incredible batting unit.

Pace without any significant lateral movement on these pitches isn't necessarily a good thing tbh. Wouldn't be surprised if Wood ends up being more expensive than others.

 

[imshally81]

Some easy singles are available..

 

[Titan24]

Bumble saying Pak fighting back? There has been no wicket, just one retired hurt

 

[Ozeirk]

I believe Hafeez in the middle order is an absolute necessity. We usually have no one to carry the momentum in middle and end of the inning G's after fakhar and Babar give us a good start.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Wood and Archer look a damn good opening pair and a certain English poster didn't think Mark wood is good enough

 

[jnaveen1980]

Looking at the color of the strip, it looks like another 350 plus wicket. Hope ICC doesn't give us wickets like this.

 

[ARK Rafay]

If Imam is out. I would open with Bobby

Fakhar
Babar
Haris
Sarfraz
Hafeez
Asif
Imad
Shadab
Hasan
Amir
Junaid

 

[cricketInsight]

Bumble saying Pak fighting back? There has been no wicket, just one retired hurt

England did start quite well in the first 3 overs.

 

[Third Man]

This technique of babar where he stays on the back foot all the time looks very dodgy when the ball seems around. He got out by staying back in the crease in last match as well..

Yes. I think this is a bit of a new development. He's never had a huge stride but these days, it seems like he just doesn't have a front foot defense.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Gullycricket]

Nasser here and Fakhar goes big

 

[Usman Chadda]

That was dismissive by Fakhar.

Hack?

 

[ARK Rafay]

Bumble saying Pak fighting back? There has been no wicket, just one retired hurt

He's not in WC commentators list

 

[jnaveen1980]

Wood and Archer look a damn good opening pair and a certain English poster didn't think Mark wood is good enough

Seriously? Ever since he became a 90 mph bowler he has been a changed bowler. Sure got cartered around by the likes of Gayle. But he can dominate any bowler on his day.

 

[Mamoon]

Pace without any significant lateral movement on these pitches isn't necessarily a good thing tbh. Wouldn't be surprised if Wood ends up being more expensive than others.

The margin for error is very low on these pitches, but he still a much better option than the other English trundlers.

He could be the difference between England conceding 310-320 instead of 350.

 

[jnaveen1980]

No bouncer for Fakhar at this pace? Looks like strategically England are very poor.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Wood and Archer is an infinitely better combination than Woakes and Willey. England will move towards a decent pace attack with these two fully fit.

 

[Pakhs]

Fast bowling is a must in this world cup to counter these pitches.

Dont think so unless someone is Akhtar or Lee type fast that 95KPH plus. Everybody else is going even wood.

 

[imshally81]

 

[HitWicket]

Wood and Archer look a damn good opening pair and a certain English poster didn't think Mark wood is good enough

Presuming this is a reference to me? Still don't think he should or will make the final XI.

 

[imshally81]

Back to back

 

[Pete Rose]

I think if these guys go on a little longer, I am not sure the wisdom of playing two guys bowling at 90 with about the same style. It’s a bit too same. They need to tighten their lines.

 

[Usman Chadda]

No bouncer for Fakhar at this pace? Looks like strategically England are very poor.

There you go. Fakhar keeps top-edging them to the boundary

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol pathetic kookaburra ball. 4 overs and needs replacement.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Pakistan should absolutely go for it. They have an extra batsman in cost of a bowler. Should aim for at least 400

 

[Gullycricket]

Wood punished here

 

[Pete Rose]

‘He fancied a bit of wood’ hehe

 

[imshally81]

Great running

 

[jnaveen1980]

Harmison doesn't think these are not brainless bowling? Everything on the pads?

 

[Usman Chadda]

Alhamdulillah England is not batting first here.

 

[angrypathan]

Fakhar needs to wear a tighter helmet

 

[Dagestani_Eagle]

Overcast and movement.

Wood is below average.

Just check this record.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Fakhar needs to wear a tighter helmet

Maybe he feels comfortable in this

 

[Afhan Ali]

Babar is struggling after hitting some good shots

 

[Slim]

Getting smashed brutally here, England. Proper spanking from Fakhar to Wood.

 

[szundercover]

Pakistan should absolutely go for it. They have an extra batsman in cost of a bowler. Should aim for at least 400

Absolutely agree if we cant 400 now we probably never will.

 

[Pete Rose]

Is that Mark Butcher in the comm box.

 

[Mamoon]

Babar always looks like getting out to a straight delivery.

 

[Gullycricket]

Halwa bowler is here.Need to smash him

 

[angrypathan]

Maybe he feels comfortable in this

I'm sure he does. Just funny to see him shaking his helmet into place between deliveries and after diving

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Presuming this is a reference to me? Still don't think he should or will make the final XI.

You didn't seem to think he should be in the squad either. Anyway , most batting lineups would be happy to face only one of Jofra or wood rather than both. If England don't pick him in the XI, it would be a big mistake they would regret later.

 

[Chokli]

Babar should open and Imam moves to 3.