Pakistan (145) defeat England (140/7) to win the 5th T20I by 5 runs - Pakistan lead series 3-2

[MenInG]

So does Pakistan have the firepower to make England sweat?

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[Marooned]

With jamal as 3rd seamer, I don't have much hope.

 

[msb314]

I still reckon it’s gonna be a close chase
Will Be the first to admit I’m wrong..

 

[cricenjoyer]

160 could have been competitive, however with due and Jamal as our 3rd seemer I see England winning this easily

 

[Azrim_91]

I cannot believe this team is an international team. When an opposing bowler makes the whole team feel completely out of depth - it just shows the huge gap in standard between the teams. Pakistan has so far been playing an English County team. If Archer, Jordan, Wood are playing in this team, I would not bet on Pakistan scoring more than 50.

The way 3/4 of the team got out today is absolutely shocking and frankly unforgiving.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Need early wickets.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Get rid of Rizwan and what do you think is going to happen? 180 plus scores all over the place? And with who? Prior to Rizwan, who exactly was lighting it up opening the batting in t20s for Pakistan?

Similar to what was said when Misbah dragged his team to 220s when other team score 300s easily...

He retired, Mickey became the coach , Sarfi became the captain, new players added, given the model to play and within a yrs time they were able to score 300+ quite often . Rmb they set 340 target against India in CT final it was only 2yrs ago Pak crawled to 220s

 

[Rana]

A couple of walking wickets available

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Middle order issue persists. Drop Rizwan/ Babar down the order

 

[Marooned]

Waseem should get the new ball. He is capable of swinging it quite a bit.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

So the mess is again handed over by the batsmen for bowlers to unravel.

I'd suggest forget raw pace after couple of overs. English players won't show Pakistan level incompetence.

Get ready with cutters, scrambled seam, slow bouncers and all the other bags of tricks. Also, put everything out there on the field.

A fighting chance.

 

[Rana]

Walking wickets

 

[TeamPak95]

Outttt

 

[Rana]

Middle order issue persists. Drop Rizwan/ Babar down the order

They don’t want to experiment

 

[shamaan]

Good start from nawaz

 

[Rana]

England bottled the last game and I wouldn’t be surprised if they bottle this one too so that our glaring weaknesses can be glossed over

 

[daytrader]

So the mess is again handed over by the batsmen for bowlers to unravel.

I'd suggest forget raw pace after couple of overs. English players won't show Pakistan level incompetence.

Get ready with cutters, scrambled seam, slow bouncers and all the other bags of tricks. Also, put everything out there on the field.

A fighting chance.

The only express bowler we have today is Haris Rauf so we will have to resort to these tactics

 

[Rana]

Malan has been so useless this tour

He needs runs

 

[PakPremi]

Pathetic batting by Pakistani batsmen, if it was England they would have carried on hitting 6s despite losing a wicket. Oh wait it is England batting

 

[IMMY69]

England bottled the last game and I wouldn’t be surprised if they bottle this one too so that our glaring weaknesses can be glossed over

England big time favourites, even if they lose three wickets in the power play.
But good to see you getting your excuses in early

 

[Rana]

England’s no.3 outscores our no.3 in two balls

 

[MRSN]

Malan can tuk tuk whole innings here and get a selfish 50 but I like the way he is batting. That's the approach we should adopt as well

 

[MenInG]

Mohammad Rizwan is resting due to the ball hitting his back due to Dawid Malan's throw, Mohammad Haris is keeping the wicket in his place.
He has swelling in his back but the injury is minor.

 

[PakPremi]

Hales normally scores once in a series. He was dropped multiple times in that one.

 

[MRSN]

Pathetic batting by Pakistani batsmen, if it was England they would have carried on hitting 6s despite losing a wicket. Oh wait it is England batting

You seem like missed 2 consecutive boundaries mate. )

 

[daytrader]

Shoot out between Aamer Jamal and Waseem Jnr for the #8 slot. Let's see who bowls worse

 

[TeamPak95]

Mohammad Haris keeping?

 

[Rana]

This Salt guy is such a walking wicket!

Reminds me of the days when they had Matt Prior as their T20 big hitter

 

[TeamPak95]

Mohammad Rizwan is resting due to the ball hitting his back due to Dawid Malan's throw, Mohammad Haris is keeping the wicket in his place.
He has swelling in his back but the injury is minor.

Ah ok, hope he’s fine (should be)

 

[daytrader]

Mohammad Haris keeping?

Yes. Rizwan resting due to ball hitting him earlier from the throw

 

[IAJ]

Maybe 160 would have been a very good score here?

 

[TeamPak95]

Boundaries coming off loose deliveries.

 

[Rana]

Maybe 160 would have been a very good score here?

Yeah if we had a better powerplay we would have got 160

 

[Bilal7]

Rizwan should be rested for the next match. Need him fit for the WC and the team needs to learn how to bat without him.

 

[NeVerMind]

I still reckon it’s gonna be a close chase
Will Be the first to admit I’m wrong..

Can Chacha do his magic today?

 

[PakPremi]

You seem like missed 2 consecutive boundaries mate. )

So on lose balls but approach is similar overall and the result.

 

[Rana]

There you go

The two walking wickets back in the hut

 

[daytrader]

Yeah if we had a better powerplay we would have got 160

Maybe if we played the last over we would've gotten there too

 

[Marooned]

Rauf strikes 1st ball!

 

[NeVerMind]

Rauf starts where he left off from his last match... Namak gone!

 

[TeymurBlake]

First ball Harris.

 

[TeamPak95]

Noicceeee Rauf

 

[shamaan]

Rauf once again

 

[Bilal7]

Phil Salt is also scared of Mark Wood's pace.

 

[PakPremi]

Salt got very scared of Rauf pace.

 

[NeVerMind]

Maybe if we played the last over we would've gotten there too

It's the 2 run outz... Pretty sure Nawaz and Shadab could have added another 15 ro 20 runs to the total

 

[Marooned]

Atleast Duckett gets to face some pace early on.

 

[Rana]

Maybe if we played the last over we would've gotten there too

Well we had a batsman seeing the ball like a football at the crease

He didn’t get the job done as usual

 

[PakPremi]

Its strange how one bowler has terrorised England team in the series.

 

[Bilal7]

Yeah if we had a better powerplay we would have got 160

Lmao, you're being such a clown. England are having an even worse PP. Stop this crusade of yours against Rizwan, it's frankly embarassing and it gets tiresome for the rest of us.

You're smarter than this.

 

[Marooned]

It's the 2 run outz... Pretty sure Nawaz and Shadab could have added another 15 ro 20 runs to the total

Run outs are a massive problem for us.

 

[Rana]

One more wicket in the powerplay and its Pakistan’s game to lose

England typically bottling it in winning positions

 

[TeymurBlake]

They need wickets Pakistan.

 

[Rana]

Lmao, you're being such a clown. England are having an even worse PP. Stop this crusade of yours against Rizwan, it's frankly embarassing and it gets tiresome for the rest of us.

You're smarter than this.

The crusade is for the sake of our cricket being brought out of the dark ages inflicted upon us by Misbah

You will all thank me one day for being the one to show you the light of hope

 

[IAJ]

Yeah if we had a better powerplay we would have got 160

Sure, pity we don't have players down the order like Wasim, Azhar, A.Razzaq, Afrdi etc who would have taken us to a good score even with a slow start upfront.

But now we have a bunch of rubbish players who can not take us to a decent score even with a decent start at the top.

 

[shamaan]

Slip goes in and then next ball slip goes out

 

[NeVerMind]

Lmao, you're being such a clown. England are having an even worse PP. Stop this crusade of yours against Rizwan, it's frankly embarassing and it gets tiresome for the rest of us.

You're smarter than this.

He wanted...erm...Asif Ali as the Kuptaan because the real test for bowlers is defending 100 runs per match, every match!

 

[PakPremi]

Yeah if we had a better powerplay we would have got 160

Orif we played 20overs and not give away two silly run outs.

 

[IAJ]

Yaar is Duckett kou koi utha kay paani main phaynk aye

 

[Rana]

Quality shots

 

[NeVerMind]

Sure, pity we don't have players down the order like Wasim, Azhar, A.Razza, Afrdi etc who would have taken us to a good score even with a slow start upfront.

But now we have a bunch of rubbish players who can not take us to a decent score even with a decent start at the top.

That's the top tier... I would take a young Malik or Hafeez right now

 

[Marooned]

Amir Sohail is proper torture for the ears.

 

[Rana]

Sure, pity we don't have players down the order like Wasim, Azhar, A.Razzaq, Afrdi etc who would have taken us to a good score even with a slow start upfront.

But now we have a bunch of rubbish players who can not take us to a decent score even with a decent start at the top.

If you want to base your arguments on waffle don’t do it with me

 

[Bilal7]

The crusade is for the sake of our cricket being brought out of the dark ages inflicted upon us by Misbah

You will all thank me one day for being the one to show you the light of hope

Cringe.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Looks like a good wicket to bat on. Ball pinging off the bat nicely.

 

[IAJ]

If you want to base your arguments on waffle don’t do it with me

Lol, leave it. Don't embarrass yourself any more.

 

[Ozeirk]

The amount of freebies Rauf has delivered is silly. He completely let the pressure off after taking that wicket.

 

[Bilal7]

Need to get Duckett here. We can't bowl the spinners when he's out there.

 

[Marooned]

Length ball and Malan misses thrice!

 

[Front Foot Pull]

why is it looking so hazy? smoke? fog? pollution?

 

[Champ_Pal]

Malan looks out of place in T20's. He looks more like a Test match player.

 

[Rana]

Neck and neck

England have never truly dominated besides the 3rd T20

 

[Marooned]

Malan would fit right into our team

 

[IAJ]

Malan looks out of place in T20's. He looks more like a Test match player.

I see he has a terriffic average in T20s, but what is his overall SR which is more important?

 

[PakPremi]

England openers really struggling in the power play. Tbh England have not fared much better than Pakistan in most games in these PP overs.

 

[NeVerMind]

Yesssss. What an over from the new Waz... DUCK gone!

 

[Rana]

Wow

Pakistan will win again and it’s all good under the sun!

 

[Marooned]

Duckett gone.

Big wicket!!!

 

[msb314]

Brilliant

 

[shamaan]

Good field placing well done 3 down