ICC CT 2017, 1st Semi-final | England v Pakistan | 14th June, 2017 | Cardiff | Pakistan Innings

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar needs to go after this tourney! regardless of totals we are chasing or putting up you cant bat like a snail and eat up so many dot balls!

 

[imshally81]

Again.. Good Running..

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Azhar Ali is 5(15)... Some things never change.

Run rate is not issue. It better to stick to it than being out

 

[gully cricket]

Pre - 2015 England making a comeback.

 

[Rayyman]

Mark Wood 149 KPH

 

[daytrader]

relax guys Azhar has a role to play

 

[shah_1]

Azhar 5 of 16.Its not like we have 100 overs

Today we need his tuk tuk

 

[Shafi]

Even Younis Khan is better than this Azhar

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Azhar should've chosen football over cricket,... because he is a good defender

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhars jobs should be get a single and give Fakhar the strike back.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Azhar should look to play through the innings whilst the others bat around him.

There is no real demand from the RRR here, ideal scenario for Azhar to look to play an anchor role and try and ensure that InshAllah we do not collapse.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Spinners will be pain on this pitch.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good run

 

[JaDed]

What was Azhar thinking lol

 

[GOAT999]

Which would be around ~ 1.87 M would it not? If I'm not wrong 6'1 Would equal that.

1.85 M is 6"1 to be exact 1.87 is 6"2 and I edited my post hes 6 lol no body cares about height my boy Hassan Ali at 5"9 is taking the world by storm

 

[ExpressPacer]

Fakhar has the ability to take singles at will.

 

[Shafi]

Today we need his tuk tuk

We need him out as soon as possible. If he manage to score 25 he will torment us next 2 years

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Supporting both Liverpool and Pakistan will take years off your life...

Try Leeds and Ireland

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

Spinners will be pain on this pitch.

One thing no one knows is that Fakhar is the tremendous hitter of the ball when it comes to spin bowling.. let's hope he stays till then..

 

[Hasan123]

Good start. Azhar needs to not even stuck here.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Even under low pressure Azhar can't rotate strike. Does the coach even notice this stuff?

Does the player himself notice this stuff?

 

[ExpressPacer]

Run rate is not issue. It better to stick to it than being out

Yes, I agree.

 

[QalandarFan]

1.85 M is 6"1 to be exact 1.87 is 6"2 and I edited my post hes 6 lol no body cares about height my boy Hassan Ali at 5"9 is taking the world by storm

Lol I was just curious.

 

[Saurav]

Azhar should've chosen football over cricket,... because he is a good defender

Would defend just one goal attempt in 90 mins

 

[JibranAnsari]

Nervous poms.

 

[JaDed]

Ball is useless,not even trying.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

No fear when fakhar is there

 

[Rayyman]

Score a hundred please Azhar or Fakhar

 

[Amir]

Just need to see off the first ten. The pitch will get slower and England short ball tactic will be gone. Then Fakhar can open up.

 

[Hasan123]

That's all Azhar needs to do.

 

[Markhor]

Azhar needs to go after this tourney! regardless of totals we are chasing or putting up you cant bat like a snail and eat up so many dot balls!

When Azhar is paired with Sharjeel or Fakhar, he can hide behind his more aggressive partner and the scorecard (like now) disguises his own slow starts.

When Azhar is paired with Shehzad, his shortcomings in ODIs are there for all to see.

 

[shaz619]

Try Leeds and Ireland

Pakistan and Aston Villa

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Fakhar will own rashid

 

[ExpressPacer]

Azhar Ali batting at a supreme strike rate of 40.

 

[imshally81]

Great delivery.. Beautiful..

 

[Saeed]

Does the player himself notice this stuff?

Lol Well I hope he knows what he is doing. Otherwise we have a huge problem.

 

[JaDed]

Rashid making up for the good PCT fielding today

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Ball is such an average bowler

 

[JibranAnsari]

When Azhar is paired with Sharjeel or Fakhar, the scorecard (like now) disguises his slow starts and pulls the wool over peoples' eyes.

When Azhar is paired with Shehzad, his shortcomings in ODIs are there for all to see.

When his paetner gets out and he is paired with hafeez and babar , his shortcomings are even more highlighted.

 

[Azzurri]

Azhar Ali batting at a supreme strike rate of 40.

You need experience to achieve this feet. #Respect

 

[Suleiman]

Fakhar compulsive puller

 

[Iffitheking]

What a loser inning from Azhar

 

[sshakir411]

Azhar needs to keep rotating the strike. I don't get what the hell he thinks

 

[Crafty_Indian]

Lol these English men didn't learn a thing about how to bowl on this surface even after seeing Pakistan do it well. smh

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Fakhar hit on the helmet

 

[shaz619]

When Azhar is paired with Sharjeel or Fakhar, the scorecard (like now) disguises his slow starts and pulls the wool over peoples' eyes.

When Azhar is paired with Shehzad, his shortcomings in ODIs are there for all to see.

Since they don't want to be flexible when it comes to our batting order, would you consider dropping Azhar and having Fahim Ashraf open? as a temporary measure it could be a good move

 

[Markhor]

Oh Fakhar yaar, hit flush on the helmet again.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Azhar go on front foot dude or you will get out.

 

[CricFan2012]

Adil Rashid being a good bhai there with that misfield

 

[shah_1]

Azhar is struggling

 

[JaDed]

Don't mind to be offensive but he is taking a lot of hits on head literally.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Beautiful bowling.

 

[Markhor]

Since they don't want to be flexible when it comes to our batting order, would you consider dropping Azhar and having Fahim Ashraf open? as a temporary measure it could be a good move

I'd have Fakhar open with Babar and bring in Haris.

 

[imshally81]

If your curious my Canadian boy Afridi was in Toronto the other day and I met him and surprisingly he was only 5"10 his very tiny neck plays a big part in his height

Unbelievable.. He should be 6+

 

[Azzurri]

Wood is a very good bowler

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

What the heck is Azhar doing

 

[Syed1]

In an two hour long meeting at work... I'm twitching and turning while following on CI and everybody is looking at me. How I wish today was a weekend.

 

[CricFan2012]

Hope Rashid and Moeen do good today but Pakistan win

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Zaman, A skinny version of Razzaq

 

[JaDed]

Azhar is so slow to move his bat,even the ball gets bored and teases him,

 

[GOAT999]

Wth I didnt realize in all the excitement our best test bat is well set for a 200 ball 50

 

[Azzurri]

Kapil Dev is such a cool commentator. #Respect

 

[imshally81]

3rd time in over...

 

[Markhor]

Azhar playing and missing again. Clever from Wood going wide of the crease.

 

[shah_1]

Poor from Azhar but Wodd has been quality

 

[JibranAnsari]

Wood is too hard for azhar, can penetrate hia defence any second.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Brilliant from Wood.

 

[OmaIR1]

Azhar Ali needs to understand this isn't a test match

At least rotate the SR with 1s and 2s and try for a 75% SR for crying out loud

 

[MMHS]

Azhar Ali is pure pain on eye ............

 

[Arsal_AK]

Wood is seriously good.

 

[Azzurri]

I fail to understand how azhar has developed into such a class test batsman. He doesn't even seems like a tailender in LOIs

 

[JibranAnsari]

Run scoring has literally stopped.

 

[Hasan123]

Hopefully we win the CT than Azhar and Hafeez announce there retirements from LO cricket.

 

[Symk]

Azhar making sure Farhan makes a mistake
He fails to rotate the strike as usual

 

[member250]

Azhar just not good enough, luckly we don't need him to score run a ball.

 

[GOAT999]

Unbelievable.. He should be 6+

Nope but he's a big guy that's why he has that effect of looking a 6+ guy

 

[imshally81]

14 runs in last 5 overs..

 

[Iffitheking]

Azhar Ali: Beaten beaten, and left the ball

 

[Syed1]

How does garbage Azhar Ali keep getting a match?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Finally chowkaaaa..good shot.