Pakistan (352/4) defeat Australia (348/8) by 6 wickets to win the 2nd ODI - Series is tied at 1-1

[NeVerMind]

run rate jumps to over 6.5

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan are on the right track.

95/0 (14.4 overs).

A base has been set.

 

[sweep_shot]

50 for Fakhar.

Well played.

 

[Villager6964]

Imam for once in his career batting with positive intent.

 

[hass]

FINALLY they've woken up!

They need to attack every over and rotate whenever they can't.

 

[silentkiller187]

One of these 2 needs to go on and make 100 at this same scoring rate

 

[Usman Chadda]

Someone like Head would be smashed for a 100+ runs in his 10 overs against England, and here we are struggling to score one boundary off him every over

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan finally keeping up with Aussie rate.

 

[Villager6964]

It will get tough later in the innings.
They have to bat more aggressively.

 

[NeVerMind]

Imam for once in his career batting with positive intent.

Maybe he emulates his batting partner...right now it is Fakhar and in the last match it was Babar...

 

[Villager6964]

Mitchell swepson is very very poor bowler just like zahid Mahmood.

 

[NeVerMind]

Only 1 run behind the Aussies at the same stage...

 

[Villager6964]

Swepson should be sweeped to australia.
He should be given an epic phainta.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Swepson has beautiful bowling action.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Poor running

 

[sweep_shot]

100 is up.

100/0 after 15.4 overs.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan need 248 runs from 34 overs.

Quite doable.

 

[Villager6964]

These dibbly doblers of Marcus stoinis are gonna be difficult.

 

[sweep_shot]

These dibbly doblers of Marcus stoinis are gonna be difficult.

Yeah.

He bowls right arm medium. Can be handy on these surfaces.

 

[NeVerMind]

Need more kids wo win the KFC scholarships now...

 

[imshally81]

4 by Fakhar..

 

[Justcrazy]

Good start here 100 plus runs , but they need to keep required rate under check

 

[NeVerMind]

Lovely boundary from Fakhar...

 

[NeVerMind]

and for the first time, Pak goes ahead of the Aussie score at this stage....

 

[sweep_shot]

Required run rate is 7.26.

 

[sweep_shot]

Aussies have already used 7 bowlers. Damn!

They generally do not use more than 6.

 

[sweep_shot]

Drinks break.

Pakistan - 109/0 after 17 overs.

240 runs are needed from 33 overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

This is a good pitch , just need to rotate the strike and get occasional boundary

 

[Ahmed216]

Decent start by our standards but obviously not good enough to win the game. On a slow pitch batsmen need impart a lot more power into their strokes along with timing.

 

[Omer2002]

why dont they try sweeping or reverse if you dont have the power you need to be more inventive

 

[Ahmed216]

Never seen imam accelerate after getting set. Got no power game.

 

[JibranAnsari]

50 percent dots

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Zaman gets that boundary

 

[JibranAnsari]

Game over ��

 

[silentkiller187]

what was fakhar doing there tame ending but good knock from him

 

[Ahmed216]

Beautifully bowled

 

[Snowflake]

Once again, Pak batsmen happy to just stay with the game and not get ahead of it. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up short after losing a couple wickets and then the panic setting in.

This has been the template of Pak ODI cricket since years, and even though it felt we had turned a corner recently, we're back to the old ways

 

[hass]

Stunning piece of bowling from Stoinis. Big moment.

 

[Kianig89]

Regardless of their partnership we will need a blinder from someone down the order which is very unlikely hopefully our 12th man dew will play its part

 

[Kianig89]

So All lays on Babar now

 

[sweep_shot]

Wicket.

Stoinis gets Fakhar.

 

[JibranAnsari]

This is going to be a boring period of play , will go at 5.5 for next 15 overs and then get out when rrr is 11.

 

[Snowflake]

Regardless of their partnership we will need a blinder from someone down the order which is very unlikely hopefully our 12th man dew will play its part

Exactly! We're always banking on a magical innings from the lower order. No one wants to play that innings themselves because it is high risk. All our players are happy to perform the role they feel comfortable in

 

[Justcrazy]

Fakhar gone , Babar walks in

 

[Justcrazy]

Regardless of their partnership we will need a blinder from someone down the order which is very unlikely hopefully our 12th man dew will play its part

Pakistan main problem will be to keep required rate under control.

 

[The_KING]

Babar to make another 50 in a losing cause

 

[Kianig89]

Brian Ricky Sachin AB Babar walks in

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan main problem will be to keep required rate under control.

With so many useless players it ain't possible

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Babar azam needs to get going frm ball one. Need to get the 1 boundary per over min

 

[Amjid Javed]

Imam or babar need to decide who will be the aggressor here. cant afford to just milk overs for 4 or 5 runs.

 

[sweep_shot]

50 for Imam.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Babar will always be a liability in chases above 300.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Need to be at 200 After 30 overs with these 2 still there. For that they need atleast 1 Boundary per over and singles

 

[D/DAhmed]

Tuk tuk Babar at the crease, ready to lose another game for Pakistan and score a meaningless milestone in the process

 

[Ahmed216]

Babar will always be a liability in chases above 300.

So will be imam rizwan shakeel

 

[Usman Chadda]

Babar gonna stat pad here

 

[sweep_shot]

Required run rate is 7.53.

 

[imshally81]

What a great hit by imam...

 

[Kianig89]

Big concern is the snake like tail after Babar

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aus scored 19-29th over 81 runs.

This is where we will see if we can keep up with rate.

 

[Ahmed216]

Babar gonna stat pad here

That's all he is capable of on a slow pitch with those feeble forearms

 

[Kianig89]

Aus scored 19-29th over 81 runs.

This is where we will see if we can keep up with rate.

Aus has stroke players who time the ball we have relu kattas

 

[Kianig89]

We really lack top quality batsman

 

[Justcrazy]

This two need to get going here

 

[Snowflake]

4 and then two dots )

Come on, Imam!

 

[Ahmed216]

Boundary followed by few dots is a certainty with imam

 

[Kianig89]

Do we have any Bevan Hussey type player

 

[Villager6964]

Imam has to take risks and get ahead of the game

 

[Kianig89]

Still to come the future Lance Klusener Wasim Jr.

 

[Ahmed216]

Do we have any Bevan Hussey type player

Yes in every gully mohalla

 

[Kianig89]

Imam has to take risks and get ahead of the game

He is quite limited player poor man's tharanga

 

[sweep_shot]

218 runs are needed from 29 overs.

 

[Usman Chadda]

This is such a rubbish bowling attack, any half decent batting line-up with self respect would back themselves to score 400 against these noobs, yet our batsmen are playing as if they are chucking hand grenades every time they bowl.

Filth.

 

[Justcrazy]

Every second over pakistan need to get a boundary to keep required rate under control.

 

[Villager6964]

Required run rate is 7.52 and it will keep climbing if they don't take risks here

 

[imshally81]

Imam on fire.... 6666

 

[Kianig89]

Yes in every gully mohalla

And the lobby in PCB isn't allowing them to come up

 

[Villager6964]

Imam has to play his shots even though he is limited but still can hit a six or two every now and then.

 

[Justcrazy]

SIX

Imam smacks that , need to make this over big.

 

[Kianig89]

No Starc No Cummins No Hazelwood still we re scared