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

[ads101]

yesh!

 

[Afridi96]

Bowledd himmm saw that coming

 

[Markhor]

Big wicket !

 

[hur rizvi]

Prof’s game

 

[Sycamore]

Another Left hander , Hafeez U beauty

 

[lahoriyah1234]

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

This match is best I have seen him bowl recently. He looks like finding rhythm.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Moha Hafeez getting the left hander out xD

We winning it now boys!!!

 

[Ahmed216]

I told ya guys this pitch has something for spinners and and was not the usual trent bridge pitch after 10 overs in pak innings

 

[Strike!]

Lol Wasim is pumped in commentary.

 

[AFM]

That was a chuck!

Keep it up Professor. Win this WC for us.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

الحمد للہ

 

[hussain.r97]

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

Denied a wicket, and deserved another one too imo.

 

[Shafi]

Next match Imad for Malik and Shaheen/Hasnain for Hasan. We will be on the top.

 

[Chokli]

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.

I remember he played a match or two against Bangladesh.... I do recall him getting 3 wickets in one over in the one off T20 vs Bangladesh in 2008 where we scored 208.

And I completely agree with you on the rest, that is spot on.

 

[Sirris]

Professor on fire

He is giving england a homework assignment today

 

[ARK Rafay]

This match is best I have seen him bowl recently. He looks like finding rhythm.

He had a bad year or so I think he is back. He bowled well today

 

[Mehndi155]

Hafeez performs rarely but when he does he single handedly wins the game for pak
Lets see today if we win oe not

 

[Asif321]

One more left handed for hafeez to eat

 

[Sycamore]

That was a chuck!

Keep it up Professor. Win this WC for us.

By the time they realise WC will be over , lol

 

[Suleiman]

That was a chuck!

Keep it up Professor. Win this WC for us.

This is his last WC, if he goes down chucking us some wickets so be it hahaha

 

[Titan24]

Loving this minnow tag. Go minnow go

 

[hur rizvi]

Left hander.. Hafeez .. Same old story.

Preban Hafeez would have been our best spinner now. He still ain’t too bad

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Take out Malik and we might just have a solid 11 with Imad.

 

[Mamoon]

Bad day for England so far.

 

[Sirris]

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

Gotta sneak in his overs they said.

LOL

 

[Green Patriot]

 

[babajee]

Backing Stokes to go full on tuk tuk.

 

[rhony]

Like a pendulum!! This is going to be one hell of a world cup. Pak is back!!!

 

[ARK Rafay]

Mark my words. Hafeez will get stokes as well

 

[Markhor]

Just need to keep chipping away.

 

[zn426]

Professor to teach at Oxford after world cup. Topics will be chucking, how to finish an innings despite claiming you're not a finisher, and sticking around way past your time and making an impact every now and then.
Big props though big key wicket here. One more wicket here and England will be in real trouble. Some pressure has been built up over the last five overs and that got Morgan back in the Pavilion.

 

[Amjid Javed]

A couple more wickets and pressure will transfer onto england.

 

[ads101]

If we lose this match, will be completely Mickey's fault. England have more trouble with the spinners, and we left out a spinner, going a full bowler down for Malik of all people.

 

[Asif321]

Hasan is weak link

 

[Ahmed216]

Bad day for England so far.

Law of averages catching up

 

[Dios]

Congrats to Pakistani fans.

 

[Nado_]

Take out Malik and we might just have a solid 11 with Imad.

Yes there’s no need for Malik in this team in Eng

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Stokes in and then there is Butler, Ali, so need few more wickets before we go to the tail. Any idea how good is England's tail.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

I remember he played a match or two against Bangladesh.... I do recall him getting 3 wickets in one over in the one off T20 vs Bangladesh in 2008 where we scored 208.

And I completely agree with you on the rest, that is spot on.

For the two years he played well, kudos to him, I am only for Pakistan cricket. No regional bias (I'm from Canada). If Afridi was good, I would stand and applaud, but I am a numbers guy in tandem with the eye test.

His century in 37 balls hurt our cricket for far too long.

 

[hur rizvi]

Hasan is bowling awfully

 

[JellyBro]

bring in the spinners.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Mark my words. Hafeez will get stokes as well

Please clam down bhai

 

[Afhan Ali]

Bad day for England so far.

Lucky for us

 

[jewel1985]

Oh crap why the hell would you wahab in first 10

He is giving england a homework assignment today

By chucking.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Bad day for England so far.

Come on man, no need to sit in vitriol. Let's enjoy what we can.

We are having a good day.

 

[ManFan]

I pray that we meet England in the Final so they can choke again.

 

[watchman99]

Only Butler is left, I don't think Moeen Bhai can play a destructive innings.. Victory is close.. can even dream of 100+ run win..

 

[ExpressPacer]

Next match Imad for Malik and Shaheen/Hasnain for Hasan. We will be on the top.

Hassn is a match winner. We need to play him and keep giving him confidence.

 

[topspin]

Bairstow gone. Now bring Hafeez on to Morgan.

You called it

 

[Suleiman]

When you realize it could’ve been 89-4 had Root been taken

Happy so far

Hope it doesn’t come back to bite us

 

[Galla]

Even waqar is a better commentator than wasim

 

[Green Patriot]

Hafeez with that twirl of his moustache

 

[AFM]

By the time they realise WC will be over , lol

This is his last WC, if he goes down chucking us some wickets so be it hahaha

Exactly haha. Secret weapon

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

By chucking.

Yeah he definitely chucks. I figured they said chuck until they say you can't.

 

[Destroyer88]

Allhumdullilah.. aamir did well tbh and wahab's first spell has been asking questions

 

[ExpressPacer]

Only Butler is left, I don't think Moeen Bhai can play a destructive innings.. Victory is close.. can even dream of 100+ run win..

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. They bat very, very deep with each of their batsmen having serious amounts of ability.

 

[Asif321]

If we lose this will be very very hard to digest

 

[Plumb]

Backing Stokes to go full on tuk tuk.

Need to get his wicket, he can take game deep and can cause trouble

 

[Chokli]

For the two years he played well, kudos to him, I am only for Pakistan cricket. No regional bias (I'm from Canada). If Afridi was good, I would stand and applaud, but I am a numbers guy in tandem with the eye test.

His century in 37 balls hurt our cricket for far too long.

I'm from Canada as well

Indeed, he was overrated a lot by the casual fans..

In another side he would have never played that many matches.

He won us a lot of matches but he lost twice as many.

 

[ManFan]

Even waqar is a better commentator than wasim

Wasim lives off his “meet and greet” to the cameras.

Waqar may not be as astute of the game but at least he puts forth an honest effort.

 

[hur rizvi]

Only Butler is left, I don't think Moeen Bhai can play a destructive innings.. Victory is close.. can even dream of 100+ run win..

Butler can singlehandedly win the match

 

[Sycamore]

Amir has bowled faster than Hasan this game.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Yeah he definitely chucks. I figured they said chuck until they say you can't.

Nothing wrong with the ball which got the wicket though, just a straight up arm ball.

 

[Plumb]

Mark my words. Hafeez will get stokes as well

Marked

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Nothing wrong with the ball which got the wicket though, just a straight up arm ball.

That's true.

I'm just saying he is throwing chucks in there.

 

[topspin]

Run rate required now 7.59. England can't afford to tuk-tuk it for too long, but I hope today they can take a leaf out of Misbah's book.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Butler can singlehandedly win the match

Stokes can win games as well.

 

[zn426]

Only Butler is left, I don't think Moeen Bhai can play a destructive innings.. Victory is close.. can even dream of 100+ run win..

You have to get them out first. Don't count chickens before they've hatched.

 

[Sirris]

By chucking.

Don't know, I don't have super human eyes. That's for the match umpires and referees to decide.

I hope not.

 

[Mujtaba2900]

When you realize it could’ve been 89-4 had Root been taken

Happy so far

Hope it doesn’t come back to bite us

It doesn't work that way England might be only 2 down or 5 down not 4 necessarily

 

[Plumb]

Run rate required now 7.59. England can't afford to tuk-tuk it for too long, but I hope today they can take a leaf out of Misbah's book.

offcourse they can afford. They Bat deep need to keep taking wicket

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

It doesn't work that way England might be only 2 down or 5 down not 4 necessarily

Agreed.

A wicket can change everything, even for the worst.

 

[Asif321]

Shadab will get some wickets I believe

 

[Mean&Green]

Lol one goes another dangerous one comes in I hate England lol

 

[ExpressPacer]

Since when does Wasim Akram live in Karachi? I thought he was based in Lahore.

Along with his wife, he's one of the most marketable faces in Pakistan so I suppose that explains it.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Another hit me delivery

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Hassan Ali needs to get his head right.

 

[Plumb]

comonnn Hasan Seriously dude?? Stop leaking runsss

 

[babajee]

Dross from Hasan. Don't know what he's trying to do.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Hasan releasing all the pressure from other end. Come on yaar