First T20I between England and Pakistan washed out after England were 131/6

[sweep_shot]

I think this game will get washed out. I can't see this game happening. It is still raining.

 

[fight_club]

This entire tour is a poor reflection of how tight a** regulations ruins the fun.

What if theu extend playing time by an hour

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

If Pak do not lose this game then there is no hope for Haider Ali here. Might get lucky and play the third game.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Better news. The rain has stopped and the covers are being removed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://t.co/7jVdnrh3UM">pic.twitter.com/7jVdnrh3UM</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1299430733858000896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[sweep_shot]

30 more minutes. If game doesn't get restarted, it is a washout.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Better news. The rain has stopped and the covers are being removed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://t.co/7jVdnrh3UM">pic.twitter.com/7jVdnrh3UM</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1299430733858000896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Mueez]

Pakistan will be crying right now. They needed Haider to get this done in 5 overs.

I don’t see them pulling it off if I’m really honest.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

match abandoned

 

[Belawal2014]

Match abandoned....

 

[hb787]

England let off the hook

 

[Markhor]

No result.

See you all on Sunday.

 

[Mueez]

Nooooo

Damn hate English weather from the bottom of my heart.

 

[PakPremi]

Australian commentators comment on what they see , like the English ones. Pak has been poor in Australia hence Chappel's comments. Whereas in England pak have been one of the best touring sides in a decade. So why shpuld they lie about tbeir performnces?
Btw English commentators are also complimentary about other nations players when tney play well in England. You can only fool simple fans here with your conspiracy theory about Sky pleasing Pak fans. British Pakistanis do notbuy subscriptions because Sky commentators praise them. I, and most other British Pakistanis would always subscribe when Pak in the country no matter what.

 

[ataullah]

At least hafeez and malik didn't bat

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The umpires have just called off the match. They feel that the outfield is just too wet to get the game back on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvPAK</a> <a href="https://t.co/evReNCbhcR">pic.twitter.com/evReNCbhcR</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1299436968225517568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[castortroy]

Surely they could have created this buble in London where the weather over the last 2 months has been a lot better.

Weather pretty much wiped out the test series and will do the same to the T20

 

[Slim]

Match abandoned...

 

[castortroy]

Next 2 games will also be rained off

Such poor scheduling

 

[TeamPak95]

Match abandoned. It’s like the rain is spiting Pakistan team management for not playing Haider. Forget the match result, I just wanted to see Haider play!

 

[Green Patriot]

Match abandoned. God i am so frustrated. Just wanted a good game of cricket.

 

[CleverSir]

This is absolutely ridiculous for cricket. It is a Friday night, you can go into the night. Also, English groundsman have been absolutely garbage. They need to be sent to SL for training. Suddenly I don't feel bad about the Rawalpindi grounds crew earlier this year not being able to get play going quickly. After 10 years they were servicing a high profile match with basic facilities. Disgraceful from the ECB.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

No result! Game finished

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Nooooo

Damn hate English weather from the bottom of my heart.

knew it, this time of the year is rubbish to play cricket in the UK. Rain is gonna be player of the series

 

[Shoaibbtt]

At least hafeez and malik didn't bat

that's probs bad cause now Haider's debut gets delayed and possibly postponed to the next series

 

[shariqnoor]

Wasim just right now called Tom Banton as Tim Bunton and Mohammad Rizwan as Rizwan-uz-Zaman.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Wasim just right now called Tom Banton as Tim Bunton and Mohammad Rizwan as Rizwan-uz-Zaman.

he's probably speaking after having woken up from a nap due to the rain delay lol

 

[Kroll]

such a shame, I was looking forward to prof, mian malik and ifti teeing off

 

[Mueez]

Wasim just right now called Tom Banton as Tim Bunton and Mohammad Rizwan as Rizwan-uz-Zaman.

) Reminded me of Babar Zaman

 

[MenInG]

Thoughts on Pakistan's evening out, WASIM AKRAM?

"I think they made a brilliant comeback after Banton got his runs. Imad bowled well and Shaheen also bowled well. They are playing white-ball cricket after a long time and looked good in patches and were on top of their game."

 

[Usman Chadda]

Worst place to play cricket. Period.

 

[hitthestump]

knew it, this time of the year is rubbish to play cricket in the UK. Rain is gonna be player of the series

Just FYI it's been dry in the south. Before the series even began people were questioning the logic of playing cricket in a northern city during this part of the summer.

 

[JattMaula]

Cricket grounds is way too casual about protecting the ground. Please for love of cricket itself, cover your outfields you morons! Its not rocket science. Cricket on BBC after 21 years and its cancelled cause of wet outfields. Cricket will die you dunderheads!

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Just FYI it's been dry in the south. Before the series even began people were questioning the logic of playing cricket in a northern city during this part of the summer.

I know but here in the North it's been pretty wet and the storm has been pretty bad. I don't like cricket being played in these parts during the back end of summer. I still say rain is gonna be a major influence during this series.

 

[watson367]

Congratulations to England for fluking a draw and avoiding a certain loss.

 

[HitWicket]

Cricket grounds is way too casual about protecting the ground. Please for love of cricket itself, cover your outfields you morons! Its not rocket science. Cricket on BBC after 21 years and its cancelled cause of wet outfields. Cricket will die you dunderheads!

Fully covering the outfield in England is banned because it's deemed that it'll do more harm than good.

 

[MenInG]

Imad Wasim speaking to PCB:

"We are very disappointed about the match being abandoned today; We felt that the game was under our control, even though Tom Banton played an excellent knock"

"The T20 players played our first game after 6 months and you can get rusty but the practice we had done in the previous few weeks made us very confident; My plan was to ball wicket to wicket"

"They have a good team but we have a better team; We've worked very hard and if the match had been completed today, we would have seen a good result"

"Wicket here can be different here - Shadab and I have experience of bowling on such a wicket; We will try and perform well if we get similar wickets in next game"

 

[Abdullah]

I feel sick...nothing to look forward to. I really want to see Haider, Rauf, Hasnain and Khushdil but its Misbah at the wheel

May be a let down, but it is the most Misbah thing ever: lets ignore our youngest and most exciting players in the bilateral T20's and include our most mediocre 38 & 39 year old batsmen, the 35 year old fast bowler who is among the most inconsistent the world, and the 21 year old who's coming off a full test series where he was the spearhead.

We can forget about it now. Hafeez and Malik didn't get a go today, so it will be same batters in Sunday

 

[Abdullah]

I feel sick...nothing to look forward to. I really want to see Haider, Rauf, Hasnain and Khushdil but its Misbah at the wheel

May be a let down, but it is the most Misbah thing ever: lets ignore our youngest and most exciting players in the bilateral T20's and include our most mediocre 38 & 39 year old batsmen, the 35 year old fast bowler who is among the most inconsistent the world, and the 21 year old who's coming off a full test series where he was the spearhead.

At least hafeez and malik didn't bat

That's not a good thing, they can't get dropped after not batting, so we won't see haider

 

[coy0607]

We can forget about it now. Hafeez and Malik didn't get a go today, so it will be same batters in Sunday

Lets be honest here, regardless of whether they bat or not, whether they score or not - Hafeez and Malik are not going to get dropped in the middle of the series. Not under current management

 

[MenInG]

Highlights from last night's 1st T20I

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