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Pakistan crush England by 9 wickets in the one-off IT20 at Old Trafford

Yes, Ben Stokes, you may retire from T20Is now, we know they are too painful for you.

Signed,
Carlos Brathwaite and Sharjeel Khan
 
Wonderful shot by Khalid "Shovel" Latif, right in the gap there
 
Great batting by SK - I want to see this side of his game. Root is bowling with deep mid on & off, he must take singles so that Poms are forced to bring the fielder in.
 
Brilliantly done by these two. Great work in the Powerplay. Let's see whether they can play smartly after the powerplay finishes.

Why couldn't we bat like this in the ODI's?
 
73 from first 6. You couldn't even script a better than this, and that too for Pakistan of all teams!
 
Brilliantly done by these two. Great work in the Powerplay. Let's see whether they can play smartly after the powerplay finishes.

Why couldn't we bat like this in the ODI's?

To be fair, this ENG bowling is a step down from Wood and Woakes who are a class above Jordan and Willey.

Take nothing away from Sharjeel and Latif - this has been superb boundary hitting.
 
Ben Stokes has conceded 40 runs off his last ten deliveries in T20Is. Remember the name?
 
If England wanted to take pace off the ball, they should've gone for Moeen or Rashid instead of Root.

Stokes hasn't really found his line or length.
 
On Fire! This is embarassing for England, but now the PP is ended so we will see how they do. But now we only require to rotate the strike and take singles.
 
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TBH not in Pakistan. Samsung and Android is much more popular here

Apple is still popular there as well. Watch all the dramas with their iPhones as props and the celebs. Considered a premiere product there (for whatever reason).
 
England's lack of Ashwin kind of bowler is obvious.

A spinner who could deceive the batsmen in flight at least.
 
:kk:kk:kk

On Fire! This is embarassing for England, but now the PP is ended so we will see how they do. But now we only require to rotate the strike and take singles.

They are isb united
 
To be fair, this ENG bowling is a step down from Wood and Woakes who are a class above Jordan and Willey.

Take nothing away from Sharjeel and Latif - this has been superb boundary hitting.

and even both of them were smashed by sarfraz and malik, not long time ago!
 
as soon as I found out Mills and Wood aren't playing I knew English bowlers would struggle. Don't rate Jordan, apart from his death bowling he is mediocre. Need to go for the kill and win by 10 wickets :)
 
never thought a change in captaincy can bring so much stuff...pakistan playing as a completely different team that was struggling to get a win in ODIs now taming england like there is no tomorrow..
 
Different pitches. That was a belter. Here the ball is sticking into the surface a bit. Helps spinners.

Helping the darters, not the flighters like Ashwin and as seen by Rashid getting smashed for 6. Jadeja might have been better if he bowled tight.
 
I think it's also the courage and confidence we gained from that last ODI where we played no holds barred almost. It's helped a lot here.

50 for Sharjeel. Well played.
 
[MENTION=139981]HitWicket[/MENTION] - England guilty of letting the foot off the pedal after the ODI series win ?

England shouldn't panic after this as they still have an explosive LOI team and I guess there'll be bumps in the road from time to time.

However gotta be the end of the road for Chris Jordan - even if Tymal Mills hasn't bowled for a month he'd have been more effective with his raw pace. And Mark Wood has to start in T20s.
 
All I want now is for Latif to get his 50 as well, and then to win by ten wickets. That'll give us a big boost in the T20 rankings.
 
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