Pakistan down England in thrilling World Cup encounter to end 11-match losing streak

[lahoriyah1234]

no slip. *

 

[Asif321]

Crucial partnership we need to end this quick

 

[Fahdi]

Lefty on, come on Hafeez work your magic

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Need some tight and quick overs from 5th bowler(s).

 

[Asif321]

yeh kahan sai rabta ho raha hai bahi jaan

Mazhar toh nhi hai ?

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

No, two of the greatest ODI spinners of all time.

Perhaps you were looking at a mirror

Oh, lovely.

Again, Ajmal was banned for cheating.

And Afridi, one of the best of all time? Oh man, the hilarity of some posters. I enjoy personal attacks though, they are a great way of talking cricket.

Hubris is fun if there is anything to have it with, but I digress..

 

[topspin]

yeh kahan sai rabta ho raha hai bahi jaan

Koi rabta nahi hain bhai jaan. I just like checking the odds, so I have an idea on who's favourite. If the odds are above evens less than 50% chance and if it falls under it is in excess of 50%. Evens is obviously 50/50.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Easy runs.

 

[Hasan123]

Need to get Root out of his comfort zone.

 

[Shafi]

Imad will be missing today. At least he is economical. Malik is neither a bowler nor a hitter.

 

[imshally81]

Bad line by hafeez for Right hander..

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Morgan seems be toying with the bowler, nudging easily into the gaps.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Hassan ali need to find his magic again.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Imad will be missing today. At least he is economical. Malik is neither a bowler nor a hitter.

Malik is a senior with experience, experience of being mediocre.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Hasan is trash

 

[jnaveen1980]

Imad will be missing today. At least he is economical. Malik is neither a bowler nor a hitter.

Why did they expect a bouncy pitch for England match. It was known they were going to roll out a flat pitch. Imad would have been ideal against these right handers.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Hassan just bowl wick to wick please man

 

[Asif321]

Hassan has started his pipe leakage

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Hassan ali need to find his magic again.

Magic what? He doesn't have speed or ability to swing.

 

[Chokli]

Oh, lovely.

Again, Ajmal was banned for cheating.

And Afridi, one of the best of all time? Oh man, the hilarity of some posters. I enjoy personal attacks though, they are a great way of talking cricket.

Hubris is fun if there is anything to have it with, but I digress..

Afridi wasn't bad at all.

Should have always remained an opener though

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Koi baat nahe hasan shawa

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hasan is trash

Just one 4 man Archer conceded 79 runs

 

[Markhor]

Hasan Ali looks totally demoralised these days.

 

[saeedhk]

A massive England win on the cards!!

 

[Asif321]

Only Amir Wahab shaddy look like getting wicket

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Dropped catch coming to haunt us.

 

[amirm]

Replace Hasan with shaheen next match

 

[hur rizvi]

Hasan still not bowling well

 

[Sirris]

Just one 4 man Archer conceded 79 runs

Is he the benchmark?

 

[AFM]

Wow both W's in the box together.

 

[Shafi]

Hasan is becoming useless bowler day by day.

 

[Hasan123]

Root is taking pressure off Morgan.

 

[Kroll]

Man, Eng actually ahead in terms of runs at this stage.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Afridi wasn't bad at all.

Should have always remained an opener though

He was not a good batsmen, period. If you play the most matches in Pakistan history, you should have either a great bowling average, or a great batting average, and not a performance once every ten matches.

He was a good player overall for two years, and that is it.

 

[Afhan Ali]

At least match will not over before 45 over

 

[Pakhs]

Shadab overs will be key

 

[saeedhk]

Batsmen not having problems with the bowling. School-boy level bowling attack.

 

[Kroll]

Leaking too many runs, need to peg it back so Eng under more pressure.

 

[hur rizvi]

Root is taking pressure off Morgan.

And we dropped him

 

[topspin]

That was a bad over from Hasan Ali. Just trademark Root with that boundary.

Run rate required creeps up slightly to 7.33

 

[AdamM97]

we’ve got this lads.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Root will throw it away after 50-60

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Need to tighten up a bit, those loose balls are not doing any good.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

A massive England win on the cards!!

Acha bhai tx for letting us know.

 

[Chokli]

He was not a good batsmen, period. If you play the most matches in Pakistan history, you should have either a great bowling average, or a great batting average, and not a performance once every ten matches.

He was a good player overall for two years, and that is it.

Yeah I can agree with that.

Who do you think should have played in his place back then?

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Root is similar to Babar, but better, but he lacks that ability to really score quick. He is going to be the anchor, and those around him will need to score quick.

Need to try and lock them down to pressure them. Done well so far.

 

[hussain.r97]

Replace Hasan with shaheen next match

I reckon replace him with Hasnain. Don't think going in with three left armers is a good idea, no variety.

 

[Darkrai]

Pak fans will talk about this dropped catch even after the world cup ends. Get over it.

 

[Pete Rose]

So, what’s the verdict on Aamir’s spell

 

[coy0607]

Wow both W's in the box together.

Not wow at all. Sky should have mercy on our ears... and they threw in Esha to complete the dream team

 

[JibranAnsari]

Isnt it 85/2 guys?

 

[Darkness]

Oh, lovely.

Again, Ajmal was banned for cheating.

And Afridi, one of the best of all time? Oh man, the hilarity of some posters. I enjoy personal attacks though, they are a great way of talking cricket.

Hubris is fun if there is anything to have it with, but I digress..

Now this is halarious... That trio of spinners was definitely one of the best of recent past

 

[hussain.r97]

So, what’s the verdict on Aamir’s spell

Bowled really well overall, especially the first three overs. Deserved a wicket but needs to cut down on the slower balls.

 

[Chokli]

Man that image of Javed and Imran hugging gave me goosebumps.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Hafeez must bowl wk to wk.

 

[Hasan123]

Bring the field up to Root. He is only looking for singles.

 

[Pete Rose]

Root will cramp up if he gets to 70 odd

 

[ViciousMachine]

So, what’s the verdict on Aamir’s spell

I thought he bowled beautifully. Most of the team has bowled well so far, even game. Now we just need to have a strong end to it instead of blowing it in the middle.

 

[usmankhanmlg]

We were on top, Sarfaraz didn't put second slip for Root (opposition's main batsman). Babar consequentially had to stand much wider, and he had to dive for a tricky catch, which would have been a simple catch for first slip.

Wahab got Bairswtows edge and we are lucky it went straight to Sarfaraz, because by that point we had NO slips.

Eoin Morgan, opposition captain comes in, only a single slip. (To be fair he added a kind of short-leg, but that fielder is there put doubts in batsman's mind, after which he should give an edge. Slip cordon had just one guy. This is the level of hesitation our captain has. Even when he attacks he has to pull his punches, just because.)

Finally, one boundary from Root and Sarfarz to fielders "peeche ho ja aage nahi ana" (hang back, don't come close in). Also, zero slips against root for both Hassan and Wahab (regardless of the angle).

Tl;dr, we can still win this, but Sarfaraz is trying his best to lose with his defensive mentality. If we do lose, I will put the biggest portion of the blame squarely on Sarfaraz.

 

[Shafi]

England still is very ahead to win this match. They still have Butlar, Stokes after Morgan and Root. Micky is very poor with spinner management.

 

[Madplayer]

Yayyyyy Hafeez yayyyyyy

 

[Mujtaba2900]

Professor

 

[ViciousMachine]

Yeeeeessssssssssssssss !!!!!!!!!

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Yeah I can agree with that.

Who do you think should have played in his place back then?

It's tough. I really liked Mansoor Amjad, but for some reason after a great debut, he disappeared into the wilderness.

We never defined Afridi so we could never have a consistent squad as a result.

Was he a batsmen? If so he should be top 4. Wasn't good enough for that obviously.

Was he a bowler? He has a what, 36 average? So clearly that is a no.

Was he an A-rounder? Hard to say. Couldn't rely on him on either side, would be a toss up which of the two he would perform on, and more often than not, it was neither.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Hafeez you beauty

 

[JibranAnsari]

Aamir has merely become a defensive bowler , wasting all the talent he has.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Bowled hafeez u beauty

 

[imshally81]

Yesss

 

[hussain.r97]

Got him!!

 

[Sirris]

Bowled really well overall, especially the first three overs. Deserved a wicket but needs to cut down on the slower balls.

Actually he was denied a wicket more than deserved a wicket.

 

[Mujtaba2900]

Professor on fire

 

[Hasan123]

Excellent by Hafeez.

 

[ManFan]

Hasan should get Root.

He’s had his number for a while.

 

[shah_1]

Shahbaz Hafeez

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Root will cramp up if he gets to 70 odd

Yeah, similar to Babar. Not an innings dominant player.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Left hander.. Hafeez .. Same old story.

 

[hussain.r97]

Lol, and they were calling Hafeez "the 5th bowler".

 

[Asif321]

Lovely

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Wow Feju did it. Feju did it. Lefty gone.

 

[babajee]

Prof - the MVP of the side.