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

[Bilal7]

If you know what the bowler is trying to do, then it becomes very hittable as the batsman can position himself for that delivery. Moen Ali did not try to go deep in the crease to make it a half volley nor take step forward to make it a low full toss. He just stood there and was trying to dig the yorkers out.

Yes, because Aamir Jamal has sworn on the Quran that he was only going to bowl wide yorkers. He mixed it up once and got smashed for six.

Let it go, this is an absolutely garbage argument. No one can hit proper wide yorkers for boundaries on purpose.

Give credit to Jamal, he bowled a better death over than Bhuvneshwar has in years.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Been saying this since the Asia Cup, but the real MVP's are the PAK spinners. A cut above what any other team has. Shadab and Nawaz are peerless. Adil was the worst bowler today. Absolute trash from him.

 

[Robert]

Aamer Jamal zindabad!

 

[Mainul]

Yes, Hafeez and Malik had their critics but they look world class compared to the new guys.

Yes. I m not sure about Malik but Hafeez's last 2 years especially was fantastic in LOIs.

 

[Jazx]

Those were wide yorkers and not that great. They could have been made into full tosses or half volleys. Any decent T20 batsmen would realize what the bowler was doing and would have stayed deep in the crease to blast them for boundaries. You cannot waste 8 deliveries after facing the same type of ball 8 times.

England must look for a better finisher. Moeen Ali should bat in Top 4. He is not a finisher.

What you are talking!!! Wide yorkers are nowadays the main weapon to block any batsman in death overs. Which decent t20 batsman have you seen who can hit these kind of yorkers with ease.

 

[Firebat]

Babar Azam:

"Mohammad Rizwan deserves a lot of credit for his innings today. The wicket wasn't easy to bat on but he built his innings and batted to near the end. He was outstanding"

"Aamer Jamal was full of confidence and he had full belief that he could defend the runs. He was outstanding. We won the match due to his self-belief"

"To win T20Is you have to take wickets regularly and our bowlers are doing that especially in the middle overs. Shadab came back today & got us a breakthrough. Nawaz bowled 2 crucial overs in the powerplay. I've got a lot of confidence in my bowlers"

 

[nextover666666]

This is the power of Pakistan bowling MashAllah, a debutant in pressure situation defends the score Aamer Jamal is good find, but to think their is others waiting in the hunt to get picked. In terms of Pace Bowling Pakistan will never run out of resources.

Pakistan batting needs to take a good look at themselves, and try to figure things out, bowling wont always save you either.

 

[Marooned]

If you know what the bowler is trying to do, then it becomes very hittable as the batsman can position himself for that delivery. Moen Ali did not try to go deep in the crease to make it a half volley nor take step forward to make it a low full toss. He just stood there and was trying to dig the yorkers out.

Nah.

It doesn't become hittable even if you know.

That's what yorkers are all about. Yorkers aren't effective because of surprise factor or they would be just another variation like slower ball etc.
Yorkers are effective because you really can't hit them if they are well directed.

And Jamal's were very well directed. Period.

 

[JaDed]

WD on winning close games to PCT.

 

[Rana]

Nawaz was brilliant too

Top start by him

 

[jnaveen1980]

Just because you play a lot with MSD you won't become MSD to pull off last over heists

 

[Mainul]

What are your comments on England batting in last couple of matches? Yes 2-3 players might come in but, still (Pak is also without Fakhar and Shadab played just 1 match in the series and both are important).

England's batting will look completely different once those 3 will come in. Brook, Ducket ,Hales and offcourse Moeen Ali had their moments in this series. This England batting line up don't look so bad to me . Fakhar is out of form ,not useful at number 3 too. Shadab is a good addition at lower middle order. But 4 spots in the middle order looks terrible

 

[Fazzy321]

England only had to take singles and with an odd 8 run over here and there to win. But nah their mode of playing is attack and attack and get out.

 

[AZulfi]

Not a convincing batting display despite the win.

 

[MenInG]

Think the only loud mouth that day bro was you.

Seemed to disappear after making yet another incorrect prediction.

Should Pakistan win today, do the decent thing and comeback and comment also.

Thanks

As usual - not a peep.

 

[Titan24]

England's batting will look completely different once those 3 will come in. Brook, Ducket ,Hales and offcourse Moeen Ali had their moments in this series. This England batting line up don't look so bad to me . Fakhar is out of form ,not useful at number 3 too. Shadab is a good addition at lower middle order. But 4 spots in the middle order looks terrible

Absolutely, Pak's middle order especially has no comparison. However, pitch and conditions do play a role in the amount of runs scored. Today's wicket was bit on a slower side so it was difficult to hit for almost every batsman with the exception of Rizwan and Moen.

 

[Kriketer]

You can laugh all you want. I read the game like a chess master

You are failing quite badly at chess mastery then. Make Asif Ali captain and drop Rizwan sort of claims can only gather laughters and no chess board.

 

[MenInG]

Butcher: England 'daft' in the powerplay

Sky Sports Cricket's Mark Butcher...

"I have no problem with players going gung-ho in the powerplay but when you lose two wickets you are perhaps best building a partnership and playing the situation. Their approach seemed daft to me. Twice on the trot the batting has [stuttered] in run chases. It's not alarm bells but it might be worth having a chat."

 

[Kriketer]

As usual - not a peep.

Who is this in reference to? Chacha ji bowled quite well so I assume this is in reference to Maamu ji of PakPassion?

 

[Mainul]

Absolutely, Pak's middle order especially has no comparison. However, pitch and conditions do play a role in the amount of runs scored. Today's wicket was bit on a slower side so it was difficult to hit for almost every batsman with the exception of Rizwan and Moen.

Yes, I was quite wrong at the innings break thinking England will easily chase this total. Pakistan bowled really well considering there was much dew on the field in the 2nd innings.

 

[Sarwar89]

If Jamal had conceded 15 runs in last over.

Then thread would have been

1) Babar is clueless captain, how can you give a debutant last over in nerve wrecking match.

2) Rizwan is selfish player, only plays for himself.

3) Why Babar wants to
Play as an opener, he needs to bat at 3 or 4.

4) Why Hum sab ka favorite shahnawaz dahani is not playing, babar deep down does not like him.

5) babar does not know his middle order

6) babar does not know how to set field. Why he brought mid on in when woakes was batting.

7) babar does not know how to rotate bowlers.

Just sack all of them.



Unbelievable.

 

[NeVerMind]

Been saying this since the Asia Cup, but the real MVP's are the PAK spinners. A cut above what any other team has. Shadab and Nawaz are peerless. Adil was the worst bowler today. Absolute trash from him.

Don't forget Chacha... He was miserly today

 

[Sherazkhalid]

If Jamal had conceded 15 runs in last over.

Then thread would have been

1) Babar is clueless captain, how can you give a debutant last over in nerve wrecking match.

2) Rizwan is selfish player, only plays for himself.

3) Why Babar wants to
Play as an opener, he needs to bat at 3 or 4.

4) Why Hum sab ka favorite shahnawaz dahani is not playing, babar deep down does not like him.

5) babar does not know his middle order

6) babar does not know how to set field. Why he brought mid on in when woakes was batting.

7) babar does not know how to rotate bowlers.

Just sack all of them.



Unbelievable.

agree but then "chartay suraj ko saab salam kartay hain", reality of life.

 

[asadee]

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

Hope is everything

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

If you know what the bowler is trying to do, then it becomes very hittable as the batsman can position himself for that delivery. Moen Ali did not try to go deep in the crease to make it a half volley nor take step forward to make it a low full toss. He just stood there and was trying to dig the yorkers out.

It's not that easy as you write !

 

[m.awais]

You are failing quite badly at chess mastery then. Make Asif Ali captain and drop Rizwan sort of claims can only gather laughters and no chess board.

Don‘t take his claims seriously…. He is claiming for the last two years that Rizwan is the worst thing happened to Pakistan Cricket in last two years….

 

[Rana]

You are failing quite badly at chess mastery then. Make Asif Ali captain and drop Rizwan sort of claims can only gather laughters and no chess board.

Where have I said drop Rizwan?

Let him play but not as an opener

 

[Rana]

If Jamal had conceded 15 runs in last over.

Then thread would have been

1) Babar is clueless captain, how can you give a debutant last over in nerve wrecking match.

2) Rizwan is selfish player, only plays for himself.

3) Why Babar wants to
Play as an opener, he needs to bat at 3 or 4.

4) Why Hum sab ka favorite shahnawaz dahani is not playing, babar deep down does not like him.

5) babar does not know his middle order

6) babar does not know how to set field. Why he brought mid on in when woakes was batting.

7) babar does not know how to rotate bowlers.

Just sack all of them.



Unbelievable.

Brilliant Analysis Sarwar

Congratulations, besides point 4…everything else is still true.

Well done for the other 6/7

 

[MenInG]

Despite a half-century from Moeen Ali, England fell six runs short in the run chase as Pakistan took a 3-2 lead in the seven-match T20 series.

After putting Pakistan into bat, England took regular wickets as they restricted the hosts to 145 runs.

In response, Pakistan's bowlers also took regular wickets as they managed to squeeze England's batters.

Despite Moeen's best efforts, Pakistan bowled well to win by six runs, with debutant Aamir Jamal bowling a brilliant final over.

England needed 15 from the last six balls and despite Moeen hitting Jamal for six to reduce it to eight needed off three, the England stand-in skipper was unable to get the next two yorkers away, leaving David Willey needing to hit six off the last ball to force a tie.

Pakistan could secure the series in the next match on Friday while England must win to take it to a decider.

England would have been confident they could chase down the low total, but a combination of poor shot choices and good bowling at the start of the innings meant England fell behind the required rate.

Missing the likes of Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone, England's top order misfired for a second consecutive game.

Both openers fell cheaply, with Alex Hales slashing Mohammad Nawaz to backward point and Phil Salt pulling Haris Rauf to deep mid-wicket.

Ben Duckett appeared to have a response, scoring two fours from his first four deliveries, but he was out for 10 to the bowling of Mohammad Wasim.

Dawid Malan has failed to find his rhythm so far in the series and was trapped lbw after Harry Brook, England's leading run scorer in this series, played around a straight one from Shadab Khan and fell lbw after a DRS review.

Sam Curran and Chris Woakes, returning to international cricket after six months out, were out for low scores.

Moeen took the game to the last over and despite hitting four sixes in his 50 not out, England fell short again.

Mark Wood was recalled to the side after he was rested in the fourth T20 and his fierce pace troubled the batsman again, finishing with figures of 3-20.

Babar Azam, Haider Ali and Asif Ali all fell to Wood, who troubled Pakistan with his speed, accuracy and short ball.

Mohammad Rizwan top scored for Pakistan, with 63, his fourth half-century of the series, after he was dropped on nine by Hales.

However, two run outs and wickets from Wood, Willey, Curran and Woakes prevented the innings from building any momentum.

Woakes, who made his first international appearance since March, took the final wicket in the 19th over.

Barber top-edged a Wood bouncer in the third over to mid-wicket, before Rizwan was dropped by Hales on nine.

But the bowler responded well, taking the wicket of Shan Masood, who got a ramp shot wrong and a thick edge took the ball in the air to Wood for an easy catch.

Wood was back into the attack in the eighth over and almost immediately took a wicket, with Haider skying an easy catch up to Wood.

Rizwan continued to score runs but England found little resistance at the other end.

Iftikhar Ahmed played well before he chopped Willey to point and Asif Ali was bowled by a swinging leg-stump yorker by Wood.

Two run-outs in five balls added further misery to Pakistan, with England wrapping up the Pakistan innings with three wickets in the 19th over.

Buttler taking cautious approach ahead of World Cup
England are missing some key players in Pakistan, including captain Buttler who has been injured.

He is in the squad but hasn't played as yet in this series and during the innings break, he provided an update on his fitness.

"I am progressing well but with the World Cup around the corner I am taking a cautious approach - running a few drinks and getting the loads up," he said.

"I feel like if it were a World Cup game I would be fit to play. If I had to, I could play."

Buttler is expected to play some part in this series ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia.

SKY

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Don't forget Chacha... He was miserly today

Yeah but he needs favourable conditions and the right match ups etc. The other two can do it all the time. Best spin duo in the format.

 

[Waleed93]

Yet another day of humiliation for our two Aaqib Javeds of PakPassion. [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] will have to live another day to see a Rizwan failure so that he can go on with his usual stuff.
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] has become the living meme of the forum. Gets humiliated every second day.

 

[shamaan]

Another fluke

Yes everytime Pakistan win its a fluke but when other teams win its not a fluke good one.

 

[AZulfi]

I think Pakistani players should display the logos of pharmaceutical companies on their jerseys instead. It will certainly boost the firms' sales of their BP medicines!

 

[ZafarKhan2022]

How do we get better fielding?

 

[heddie19]

Brilliant win, Superb debut by Jamal lad.

 

[PakEngFan]

Yet another day of humiliation for our two Aaqib Javeds of PakPassion. [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] will have to live another day to see a Rizwan failure so that he can go on with his usual stuff.

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] has become the living meme of the forum. Gets humiliated every second day.

Spot on. Perfectly summed up the 2 posters.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

People are indulging in trolls hook like and sinker.

 

[PakLFC]

Covering cracks with wallpaper. The middle order is still awful to the core.

 

[shamaan]

Those were wide yorkers and not that great. They could have been made into full tosses or half volleys. Any decent T20 batsmen would realize what the bowler was doing and would have stayed deep in the crease to blast them for boundaries. You cannot waste 8 deliveries after facing the same type of ball 8 times.

England must look for a better finisher. Moeen Ali should bat in Top 4. He is not a finisher.

Wide yorkers are hard to hit if the bowlers it right.

 

[Rana]

Covering cracks with wallpaper. The middle order is still awful to the core.

Haider Ali and Shan Masood need to go.

Iftikhar is fine. They should just bring in Saud and Kamran Ghulam to play at 3 and 4

Might as well play this game of accumulation and hope for the lower order to slog us to a good score

 

[PakLFC]

Haider Ali and Shan Masood need to go.

Iftikhar is fine. They should just bring in Saud and Kamran Ghulam to play at 3 and 4

Might as well play this game of accumulation and hope for the lower order to slog us to a good score

Yeah and Haider and Shan should take Nawaz and Khushdil even though he was not playing with them. Anyone doing well at domestic level has to be bought in for the T20 WC. Shadab needs to practice on his catching too before we travel to Australia.

 

[shamaan]

Don't forget Chacha... He was miserly today

He has the left handers in wouldn't have bowled in 4 overs if the right handers were thier.

 

[shamaan]

Yeah but he needs favourable conditions and the right match ups etc. The other two can do it all the time. Best spin duo in the format.

Disagree he doesn't need favourable conditions all he needs is left handers at the crease.

 

[Rana]

He has the left handers in wouldn't have bowled in 4 overs if the right handers were thier.

Chacha actually can bowl to right handers if he gets a long boundary on the leg. He keeps it nice and flat and stump to stump. Hardly any room

Chacha can bowl

 

[shamaan]

Chacha actually can bowl to right handers if he gets a long boundary on the leg. He keeps it nice and flat and stump to stump. Hardly any room

Chacha can bowl

He'd better to the left handers.if the right handers we're at the crease Nawaz would have bowled out.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan should clinch the series now. Just one win away.

 

[Cric1234]

Any match which is low scoring and the pitch offers something to the spinners suits Pakistan unfortunately that won’t be the case in Australia.

Pakistan fans are emotional any win or loss no matter who it’s against makes them change their mindset nothing much has changed as far the World Cup is concerned these suitable conditions won’t be present there and we couldn’t win in UAE under these conditions as it is.

 

[Ahmed216]

Any match which is low scoring and the pitch offers something to the spinners suits Pakistan unfortunately that won’t be the case in Australia.

Pakistan fans are emotional any win or loss no matter who it’s against makes them change their mindset nothing much has changed as far the World Cup is concerned these suitable conditions won’t be present there and we couldn’t win in UAE under these conditions as it is.

There’ not a single poster who’s backing us as favourites for t20 WC. We know our limitations that’s why we feel joyous about every win that comes our way whether it’s bilaterals or major events.
This team has defeated India twice in last year. Before that we won only once in 15 years of t20Icricket

 

[Coolcapri]

Fantastic win by pakistan, Honestly didn't think pak can win at half time with below par score & all the dew coming down, But pak team again surprise us all.

 

[Coolcapri]

How is Jamal Betting, Can he be groom to be a reliable all rounder like Pandya.

 

[Mamoon]

Shocking performance by English batsmen. They have made a meal out of two walk in the park chases against a poor attack.

Roy is dropped, Buttler and Bairstow are injured - the likes of Hales and Salt had the chance to shine and they failed to grasp it.

Salt is not good enough and Hales seems worried about cementing his place. He is not playing freely like he normally does.

Malan’s purple patch in T20Is is well and truly over. Considering the talent England has at its disposal, they do not need a limited player like Malan at three.

Promote Brook to three and slot in someone like Billings etc. in the middle-order.

England have a lot to think about here. Granted that they don’t care much about a T20I series in Pakistan and it is just match practice for the WT20 but they can’t ignore these problems.

 

[Cric1234]

There’ not a single poster who’s backing us as favourites for t20 WC. We know our limitations that’s why we feel joyous about every win that comes our way whether it’s bilaterals or major events.
This team has defeated India twice in last year. Before that we won only once in 15 years of t20Icricket

In T20s no team has been dominant it’s the nature of the format that’s why everything must be done to ensure the best possible results are achieved and not go overboard over a win against India as winning a World Cup is a priority not some made up rivalry that exists in people’s minds all teams must be treated equal.

Unfortunately Pakistan cannot do that the cricket team is run by stubborn people who refuse to be flexible and believe in change until this happens the team won’t achieve the best possible results it can.

 

[Ahmed216]

In T20s no team has been dominant it’s the nature of the format that’s why everything must be done to ensure the best possible results are achieved and not go overboard over a win against India as winning a World Cup is a priority not some made up rivalry that exists in people’s minds all teams must be treated equal.

Unfortunately Pakistan cannot do that the cricket team is run by stubborn people who refuse to be flexible and believe in change until this happens the team won’t achieve the best possible results it can.

Absolutely right.
But am talking from a fans perspective, we are just spectators who want our team to win. Nothing else we can do.
And wins against India matter a lot because it shows the mentality of this side. I’ve seen how one sided Indo pak have been over the last decade or so

 

[zamana]

Shocking performance by English batsmen. They have made a meal out of two walk in the park chases against a poor attack.

Roy is dropped, Buttler and Bairstow are injured - the likes of Hales and Salt had the chance to shine and they failed to grasp it.

Salt is not good enough and Hales seems worried about cementing his place. He is not playing freely like he normally does.

Malan’s purple patch in T20Is is well and truly over. Considering the talent England has at its disposal, they do not need a limited player like Malan at three.

Promote Brook to three and slot in someone like Billings etc. in the middle-order.

England have a lot to think about here. Granted that they don’t care much about a T20I series in Pakistan and it is just match practice for the WT20 but they can’t ignore these problems.

The English batting imploded against a concerted Pakistani bowling attack. Their batting is not poor but has been challenged in pressure situations. Credit must go to the Pakistan team as a whole. What makes you think that England does not care about a T20 series in Pakistan ? If they were a serious team, which I know they are they will care about these losses and would like to rectify the situation. These losses from dominant positions should trouble them a lot. Cricket is all about strategy. Your flippant remarks have no relevance!