Is it time for British Pakistanis to support England over Pakistan in cricket?

[sweep_shot]

Why not support both?

It doesn't have to be one or the other.

 

[shah9425]

lol have you seen Buttler bat in this tournament? He can't buy a run. And he certainly won't on this pitch against this Kiwi attack. England need to be pragmatic and replace him with Duckett so he can get some game time before the semi-final. It's too risky to carry a passenger like Buttler into the semi-final.

Buttler is just one innings away from getting back into form

Might be the day today

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Buttler is just one innings away from getting back into form

Might be the day today

Not sure if he is. It's the way he is batting that doesn't inspire alot of hope for me. He's completely shot on confidence, the feet are not moving... he is not getting into good positions to score runs, and the pitches are not making it any easier for him. He had a good opportunity to strike form in Pallekelle... it was a reasonably good wicket. Not sure if it will be as easy to do that in Colombo against this NZ attack.

 

[shah9425]

Not sure if he is. It's the way he is batting that doesn't inspire alot of hope for me. He's completely shot on confidence, the feet are not moving... he is not getting into good positions to score runs, and the pitches are not making it any easier for him. He had a good opportunity to strike form in Pallekelle... it was a reasonably good wicket. Not sure if it will be as easy to do that in Colombo against this NZ attack.

Let's see hopefully some runs from him

 

[NeVerMind]

What a match! England has been the most exciting team in the Super 8s where they have successfully chased difficult targets on tricky pitches twice. Apna bacha Rehan did brilliantly with the ball and then the bat in his first match and Will Jacks is the all rounder of the tournament with 4th straight MoM award!

 

[Mas-LFC]

Any Brit Asians of whichever origin/heritage should support England as well. As a British-Bangladeshi, I support both England and Bangladesh. support BD more is because they have more passion for cricket but not as good as England who has won many tournaments.

 

[anakwalajinn]

Rehan Ahmed still supporting Pakistan, though

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Supported England today thanks lads.

 

[ElRaja]

It's a fair system and not based on Parchi culture of Pakistan where the same tried and tested failures turn up in every ICC tournament...

Also want to point out, I feel the same sense of pride when a British Indian makes his way into the English set-up aka Ravi Bopara who is a local lad as is Nas Hussain...

absolutely, both nass and ravi grew up in and around ilford, as local lads we fully support them.

 

[shah9425]

Well done England

Well played

 

[ghalib kichlu]

It’s already happens in football , as Pakistanis have stopped supporting brazil
In cricket , all our English players seem to have more hair on their chin than their head , not really marketing material
We need more Usman afzals and kabir alis to really get the pulses racing in the communities

 

[NeVerMind]

No confusion now...England all the way!

 

[rickroll]

When it comes to watching the game with my kids, I will for sure be rooting the US team (so my kids can get interest in this game). I will still root for Pakistan for nostalgia but I see no hope for PCB and PCT - I hope I'm proven wrong.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

tumarro mi a go be a jamaican, no way as a scotsman mi coulda support a monarchy.

 

[Shaka81]

No confusion now...England all the way!

Or as a Scottish Pakistani now it's back to anyone but England!

 

[NeVerMind]

Or as a Scottish Pakistani now it's back to anyone but England!

Support our very own bacha Rehan and Uncle Rashid...they make you proud as British Pakistanis unlike the the actual Pakistanis...

 

[Shaka81]

Support our very own bacha Rehan and Uncle Rashid...they make you proud as British Pakistanis unlike the the actual Pakistanis...

No thanks I'll never support England. Don't care who represents them. It goes against every Scottish fibre in my body. I just wish Scottish cricket would give a chance to more local Desi players so I could feel more of a connection to the Scottish national team.

 

[Kohlhaas]

No thanks I'll never support England. Don't care who represents them. It goes against every Scottish fibre in my body. I just wish Scottish cricket would give a chance to more local Desi players so I could feel more of a connection to the Scottish national team.

It seems very odd to define your nationality by hatred of another one.

 

[chakdeindian]

Why don't Pakistanis for a change support India the only asian country to qualify the semis..It will be a proud moment for Asia if India wins the world cup

 

[Malahide man]

No thanks I'll never support England. Don't care who represents them. It goes against every Scottish fibre in my body. I just wish Scottish cricket would give a chance to more local Desi players so I could feel more of a connection to the Scottish national team.

When Scotland had the chance of independence they voted to remain with England.

 

[Bhaijaan]

It’s better they keep their support for England team only and don’t interfere in Pakistan cricket or political matters. We don’t want spillover of British Pakistanis ultra bad reputation to us resident Pakistanis who despite the ongoing gurbat are way more intelligent, decent and aware people.

 

[Shaka81]

It seems very odd to define your nationality by hatred of another one.

Maybe you just need to be Scottish to understand our complex relationship with England.
I suppose you could also ask that now with Pakistan out of the World Cup will Pakistanis support their nearest neighbour India?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Why don't Pakistanis for a change support India the only asian country to qualify the semis..It will be a proud moment for Asia if India wins the world cup

I don't mind it in woman cricket or even u19 but can't do it in men's cricket unless there is 3 or more bhais in the team..if no bhais then 6+ Punjabis.

 

[Shaka81]

When Scotland had the chance of independence they voted to remain with England.

There's a whole lot of scandals, lies and promises made that were never adhered to which I don't think is appropriate for this forum. I voted for independence but I can understand why there was a lot of fear around it at the time.

 

[chakdeindian]

I don't mind it in woman cricket or even u19 but can't do it in men's cricket unless there is 3 or more bhais in the team..if no bhais then 6+ Punjabis.

I'm sure we have many Bhais in our team..even yesterday I heard Surya saying "Bhais played well"..and w.r.t punjabi, Arshdeep is definitely 6+ years old..