England vs Pakistan | 6th Match, World Cup | Nottingham | June 3, 2019 | Pakistan innings

[topspin]

"First 8 overs = 62 runs. Second 8 overs = 28 runs and 1 wicket)."

Even if it was rank turner, 28 runs in the last 8 overs isn't acceptable against spin in the modern game.

 

[daytrader]

Run harder boys, it's now or never

 

[sam12]

Don’t think 350 is a winning total. England won’t get bogged down during the middle overs like we have.

 

[AdamM97]

330 is enough.

 

[BreadPakoda]

How Pakistan handles Ben Stokes will decide a lot today

 

[saeedhk]

Lol at Imam. One dimensional player with no guts. Selfish.

 

[Stewie]

The ball is grilling and turning. This is not. 400 run pitch

 

[saeed5646]

Thankfully they have dropped imad .

 

[saeedhk]

Automatic selection playing at a SR of 78. Wah!

 

[topspin]

400 in WC is not common, it has been achieved just once by Aus against Afg in 2015. Need to target 300 odd and then put pressure with bowl.

I also think ICC's oversight on pitches is also a factor as to why it's harder to score in this WC (thus far), compared to what we saw just prior to the tournament.

 

[Afhan Ali]

It is not 400 runs pitch

 

[boomboom6]

Imam and Babar to get hundreds. Our two best batsmen on the pitch

which will mean nothing

 

[hur rizvi]

Even Pakistan fast men need to bowl lots of cutters

 

[Captain caveman]

Imam and Babar to get hundreds. Our two best batsmen on the pitch

These two are killing the momentum. Safaraz should have come in.

 

[Titan24]

These both need to play atleast 15-18 more overs and one should carry on with strike rotation till the end while others can play around

 

[Pete Rose]

The Amish farmer is here

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

Imam once again playing for his average. I understood when Archer was operating but now it’s quite evident that his intentions are to get to 50 even if we lose the game.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Babar cannot buy a boundary to save his life.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

We became way too defensive against Moeen. He is running all over ys now.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Malik or Hafeez shouldve been at the crease atleast the can milk the spinners

 

[topspin]

Imam's SR falls below 80. Babar is actually batting decently, even though he doesn't always enjoy facing spin.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Imam hate at it best again

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Best commentary duo ever

 

[Stewie]

We need to be at 160 in 30 and as long as these two are still there we can easily accelerate to 330 in 50 overs.

 

[hur rizvi]

Automatic selection playing at a SR of 78. Wah!

That’s awful needs to get it up ASAP

 

[Pete Rose]

Movie fan Sangakarra

 

[saeedhk]

Imam will ensure we get to 270-280 and score a selfish 50 or 100.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Guys stop complaining..do you want 50 for 6??

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Good going Pakistan.. 200 by the 35th and a chance to go 350.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

100 up finally.

 

[Mueez]

100 up!

 

[mak36]

8 overs to score 30 runs

 

[ARK Rafay]

Minimum 120 needed off 20 overs. Pakistan should look to score around 350

 

[NeVerMind]

Sangakarra just slipped a Rocky 3 reference in there...

 

[taqi]

What is your assessment of pitch I think it’s a dry surface and will slow down with time.

Need access of 330 to challenge England

 

[Pete Rose]

Sangakarra explains why white folks are bad athletes

 

[Cric1234]

Imam has to go for it now tuk tuk is giving the match to England.

 

[Captain caveman]

Imam once again playing for his average. I understood when Archer was operating but now it’s quite evident that his intentions are to get to 50 even if we lose the game.

Imam is a very limited player, not selfish.

 

[Titan24]

These two are killing the momentum. Safaraz should have come in.

Will lose more momentum with loosing a wicket as Hafeez, Sarfraz, Malik aren’t exactly world beaters

 

[Kroll]

Pak feeling the pressure, but not by Eng, by themselves for getting a good start.

 

[Pete Rose]

Reading on PP twitter that Waqar had a long word with Aamir?

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Just keep going like this..

 

[hur rizvi]

We need to be at 160 in 30 and as long as these two are still there we can easily accelerate to 330 in 50 overs.

Well I don’t think it’s acceptable to score 60 off 12 overs even without losing wicket

 

[dani rana]

His worse than pakistan batting strike rate

 

[Usman Chadda]

Imam's SR needs to pick up. This is not acceptable

 

[daytrader]

100 up

 

[Pete Rose]

Pakistani fans phir ro rahein hain.

 

[taqi]

They should hit and attack spinners more

 

[Hasan123]

Babar looks more confident today.

 

[Titan24]

I had problem with the style of play in bilateral, in WC its fine as target should be just to pit in good score on the board and then use that WC pressure on the other team while chasing

 

[saeedhk]

60m boundary and Imam tuctuking

 

[emranabbas]

This imam Babar combo is the really really poor one of them needs to fire

 

[Hawkeye]

Sanga is actually a good commentator.

And we have Waqar on the other hand.. ugh.

 

[Ahmed216]

Any other opposition and this start was excellent but man this english batting is destructive. So intimidating

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Babar on the charge!!!!

 

[x_KINGKHAN_x]

Sangakkara is such a good commentator

 

[Hawkeye]

Pakistani fans phir ro rahein hain.

Pete, first time seeing you post in Urdu.

 

[Kroll]

Even if boundaries have dried a bit, strike rotation and keeping dot balls down can be key here.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shot

 

[Pete Rose]

Sanga is actually a good commentator.

And we have Waqar on the other hand.. ugh.

Wasim is worse

 

[Fahdi]

Babar the new batsman going at a 100. Come one Imam, pick up the pace

 

[Arsalan Pro]

 

[Cric1234]

Finally attacked Moeen

 

[Ronaldo7]

We've crossed 105 lads.
Congratulations

 

[hur rizvi]

I am interested to see Adil Rashid

He should extract more spin

 

[Captain caveman]

Imam 43 runs from 54 deliveries. This guys killing us!

 

[Mean&Green]

Poor babar having to play that shot for to please mediocre fans that criticize his strike rate

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Good going so far

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Imam yarrrr

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Babar please no soft dismissal

 

[adil79]

Imam will get his leg stump bowled or worse. The way he is falling over

 

[saeedhk]

Babar the new batsman going at a 100. Come one Imam, pick up the pace

All the hate Imam gets is justified. Seen enough of him.

 

[Pete Rose]

Pete, first time seeing you post in Urdu.

Aur babar azam ne bohat jaarehana shot khaila hai mid aafff pe!!

 

[AdamM97]

I’ll disagree with the majority of people on PP, i think Pakistan needs to just rotate the strike and get aggressive after the 25-30th over with 8-9 wickets in hand.

 

[Ronaldo7]

I'd take 350

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Has Morgan forgotten about Adil Rashid ? ,

 

[Hawkeye]

Imam is waiting for Babar to attack.

He himself won't do anything. )

 

[AAli98]

Imam's SR needs to pick up. This is not acceptable

Very limited player/technique, thats the best he can play. His bread & butter shot is an edge to 3rd man.

Whenever he bats I pray he doesn’t get badly hurt!!

 

[topspin]

I would send Hafeez in next (when the time comes)

 

[Markhor]

Sanga is actually a good commentator.

And we have Waqar on the other hand.. ugh.

It's like comparing a Michelin Star restaurant to a hot dog stand.

One of the Pakistani journos on Twitter said if we had someone like Atherton as a lead commentator instead of Ramiz/Waqar/Wasim we'd have a much more informed fanbase and media.

However instead we still have ex-players trotting out cliches like jazba, cornered tigers, unpredictable, mercurial etc.