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

Magnificent effort from the boys. A victory to savour and hopefully this gives us a huge amount of confidence going forward.
 
Mamoon said:
Time for the same old tired cliches now. Unpredictable, cornered tigers, one minute up next minute down etc. etc.

This place will be insufferable for a few days now.
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Bhai how can anyone live with so much of negativity.
At least say well played.
U praise the most ordinary cricketers around but not 1 ****
 
The difference today is, the pathetic useless Imad Wasim wasn't playing.

Malik is as bad as Imad Wasim when it comes to batting, but he's a much better spinner and turned the ball today. Got a breakthrough.
 
Hawkeye said:
The difference today is, the pathetic useless Imad Wasim wasn't playing.

Malik is as bad as Imad Wasim when it comes to batting, but he's a much better spinner and turned the ball today. Got a breakthrough.
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The psychological cushion that maliks presence provided to the top order
 
This game reminds me most of the Pak and Australia game in 1999 WC in the group stages. Subtract 60 odd runs from both innings (it was a different time), but the pacing and the drama with Steve Waugh marshalling the Australian chase and falling just short was awesome. It was a very high scoring game at the time. That game gave us some confidence that Pakistan might actually do well in that tournament.

Hopefully this win will trigger the same reaction from the Pak team. Go Pakistan!!
 
BTW Sarfraz is bad morale for Pak bowlers.. he puts unnecessary pressures on bowlers and fielders..
 
These are the cricket matches to live for. They put us fans through the wringer but you want matches to go down to the wire and to ebbs and flows.

That was a better match than entire 2015 WC which was full of one sided and boring matches.
 
NA said:
This game reminds me most of the Pak and Australia game in 1999 WC in the group stages. Subtract 60 odd runs from both innings (it was a different time), but the pacing and the drama with Steve Waugh marshalling the Australian chase and falling just short was awesome. It was a very high scoring game at the time. That game gave us some confidence that Pakistan might actually do well in that tournament.

Hopefully this win will trigger the same reaction from the Pak team. Go Pakistan!!
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Ohhhh good old days, that bold of sr waugh on shoaib and beven at point by wasim.
 
My First post after reading upside down of Ppers and will just mention few stats from 1992 :

Pakistan first match beaten by WI : 92 and 19

Pakistan second match scored points against England : 92 - washed out and 19 we won
 
NA said:
This game reminds me most of the Pak and Australia game in 1999 WC in the group stages. Subtract 60 odd runs from both innings (it was a different time), but the pacing and the drama with Steve Waugh marshalling the Australian chase and falling just short was awesome. It was a very high scoring game at the time. That game gave us some confidence that Pakistan might actually do well in that tournament.

Hopefully this win will trigger the same reaction from the Pak team. Go Pakistan!!
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Still remember Wasim’s Yorker and crowd sprinting in
 
Great game. But best? You sure about that? I think england vs pakistan had objectively bit better games, with us losing but it could have gone either way.
 
Bad day for Wahab, Sarfraz and Shadab haters. Some were calling Shadab show off Khan. He was always missing piece in our bowling. Had Sarfraz bowled him earlier against Butler, he would have taken his wicket when he first came in.
 
Game won. We deserved this after what we have been through for the last few months.

Come on Pakistan.
 
Not convinced our bowlers can consistently defend 280-300-320-350 runs on the board
 
Hafeez was correct. pakistan had issue with clincing crucial moments. SOme of their losses were close losses. Today they got it right with good death bowling.
 
Records broken today :

Highest Wc 2019 score by Pakistan
Breaking loosing streak by Pakistan
Breaking highest winning streak of England since September 2015 by Pakistan
First team ever who defended score despite two centurians AgainPakistan
 
What a comeback after that demoralising loss. Clinical display . It makes me wonder that today's match was near to carbon copy of yesterday's match. Congrats to all Pakistanis
 
Whenever you Support Pakistan always remember - it’s a battle of heart and mind , it’s a battle of faith and bielieve as the reward comes after patience , Pakistan is / was and will always be special because they only bielieve in one thing - which is create something worst/Best for followers to remember why being Pakistani means a lot.
 
Markhor said:
These are the cricket matches to live for. They put us fans through the wringer but you want matches to go down to the wire and to ebbs and flows.

That was a better match than entire 2015 WC which was full of one sided and boring matches.
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I agree although the 2015 World Cup had 2 amazing games
 
Brilliant effort by everyone!!!! Super proud of every player!!!

Congratulations everyone!!!

I always believed in this team and they showed why everyone should do that. Inshaallah we will gain momentum and finish the World Cup as winners.
 
Nicely done PCT. Congratulations. A well deserved and much needed win. But Sarfaraz need keep his shouting in check. No bowler wants to get yelled at crucial moments.

Pakistan putting a dent in England's confidence should work in India's favour.
 
Congrats everyone!
I predicted it at the start of this tread.
POINTS:
Safaraz needs to give the pacers a slip.
Both butler and root would have been out early , if he kept a slip and the game would not have been so close. Got away with it today, might not be so lucky in the future!
 
Most teams in this tournament would not have been able to defeat this England team.
 
Only Pakistan can score the lowest total of the tournament so far, against the lowest ranked side and then in the very next game score the highest total thus far against the highest ranked side :))
 
Eoin Morgan blamed a bad day in the field as England suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

No-one was brave enough to pad up and tell England’s frustrated captain that ‘catches win matches’ but the oldest maxim in cricket couldn’t have been more appropriate.

England were flawless in the field in their opening ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 win over South Africa at the Oval, but isn’t sublime almost always followed by ridiculous?

From the very first over there were mis-fields and overthrows and one very expensive dropped catch - Jason Roy, usually one of the safest hands on the team, shelling a regulation effort and then seeing Mohammad Hafeez go from 14 to 84.

“I don’t think it was that bad a day with the bat and ball but our fielding, that was a bad day,” said Morgan, whose side will next face Bangladesh in Cardiff on Saturday.

“We’ve gone from our best fielding performance to a display that has really cost us. I don’t know how many runs, 50 or 60?

“You can have bad days with the bat and ball but you really shouldn’t in the field. We’ve done all the work and it’s hard to explain, they were mistakes we never normally make.

“It’s an attitude thing. We need to take that stand-off attitude we showed and recreate that fearless nature that goes for everything.

“It’s tough to take because we could have done something about it. When the difference between the sides is their fielding, that’s going to be frustrating.

“Our performances with bat and ball will go up and down, it’s a long tournament. But our fielding, that should remain a constant high standard."

Morgan drafted in Mark Wood to replace Liam Plunkett, thinking his extra pace would trouble a Pakistan batting line-up that had been rattled out for just 105 against the West Indies in their first fixture.

He won the toss and threw his seamers into the action but those best laid plans were frustrated as a stubborn Pakistan soon got themselves on top.

Hafeez’s 84 and Babar Azam’s 64, alongside strong contributions from Imam ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman and Sarfaraz Ahmed all had Morgan scratching his head as Pakistan posted 348-8.

England chased down 340 with three balls to spare against Pakistan at Trent Bridge earlier this month and knocked off 358 in Cardiff a few days earlier.

But the target would have been the biggest run chase in the history of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and despite centuries from Joe Root and Jos Buttler, the first of the tournament, they fell 14 runs short.

However, the hosts’ score of 334 was better than the World Cup’s record run chase, 329 by Ireland against England eight years ago.

And that’s should give some small crumb of comfort to team not prone to panicking.

“We were short by 14, they posted a big score and it’s hardly that far away,” added Morgan.

“We certainly weren’t complacent. When you play Pakistan you expect everything from them. It was a very good game of cricket and a great advertisement for the tournament. We're bitterly disappointed to be on the wrong end of the result.

"Trent Bridge is a high scoring ground, we felt the wicket was good, the outfield was rapid and we thought if we got partnerships going, 350 was in our grasp.

"Joe and Jos kept us in the game. If we could have got a substantial partnership earlier, we might have got over the line.”
 
Q. Was this a bad day at the office for you and your team?
EOIN MORGAN: I don't think it was a that bad of day. I think fielding wise, it was. We've gone from probably one of our best performances in the field at The Oval to not extremely bad, but it's cost us probably about 15 or 20 runs in the field, which is a lot in a one-day game. I think our performance throughout the tournament with the bat and the ball will ebb and flow. We'll have bad days. I didn't think it was that bad.

Also with the ball we restricted them. They never really got away with us given that the wicket was good and the outfield was very fast. And when we recovered with the bat with that substantial partnership, we were never really out of the game probably until the early 40s over, yeah.

Q. What do you put the field performance down to?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, we've done all the work. I think it's just a really bad day in the field. It hasn't happened a lot with us, but the there were mistakes that we don't normally make, which is disappointing.

Q. Was there an element of being over-awed by the crowd?
EOIN MORGAN: No, not at all, no. We've prepared for all this sort of stuff. When we play against Asian teams, it's always a home game for those guys. They tend to be louder than our support. So we've prepared for that, yeah.

Q. What's going to be the message to the players on the back of that performance and result?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, you know, there are some really good positives to take out of our batting and our bowling. But fielding is an attitude thing, so it's a matter of taking maybe our stand-off attitude today that we had in the field and getting it back to our positive attitude going for everything, playing that fearless nature, maybe taking a half chance instead of standing off a normal chance.

Q. Presumably chasing 350-odd, if I told you that two of your best batsmen were going to get 100s you'd still expect to chase it. So something else has gone wrong there, hasn't it?
EOIN MORGAN: Sort of. I'm never a big believer that hundreds win you games, particularly in this day and age. I think it's always a unit performance, particularly chasing down 350 or even more, and today is a good example of that. The guys did play brilliantly, but they just kept us in the game, and they needed more help from either the other four in the top six or guys down the order.

Q. It's a bit of hindsight, but do you think you could have gone a bit earlier in terms of trying to push the rate up because it seems like you were always slightly behind.
EOIN MORGAN: I don't think so. I think we were only two big overs behind, so two big overs, say between 16 and 18, which is always possible when Jos is at the crease. I think you're right back in the game. And then you don't ask too much of the guys coming in then. They never really came. But I mean, was it 14 we were short or -- 12 or 14? It's not that far away. So like I mentioned, the two guys played brilliantly.

Q. Were you surprised by Pakistan's intensity today or I suppose maybe impressed by it?
EOIN MORGAN: Not really, no. There's not that much that surprises me playing Pakistan. You sort of expect everything.

Q. There seemed to be a few conversations about the ball going out there when England were batting, and then when Jos was dismissed, he had a good look at it on his way back to the pavilion. Do you know what that was about?
EOIN MORGAN: The discussions were throughout the whole of the two innings. The umpires came to me after about -- I can't remember the exact over -- but it was mid-innings, and seemed to think that we were throwing the ball in on the bounce too much or it was being over-exaggerated and the other side said it would be the same for the both, so it was really back to stand that the conversations that were stopping the game where I thought Pakistan were doing the exact same thing, and Jos was just intrigued to see when the ball gets hit against LED boards, it does scuff it up quite a lot, and I'm sure he was interested to see if one side was rougher than the other or if it looked natural or unnatural.

Q. Did he say anything about it when he returned?
EOIN MORGAN: I haven't spoken to him about it, no.

Q. Given how close the defeat was, how frustrated is the dressing room after that?
EOIN MORGAN: I think frustrated in the fact that we could have done something about it, like I mentioned with the bat you can get bowled out. You can play against a side that's better than you or just have an off day. Same with the ball. But when it comes down to the difference in the sides being in the field, it's even more frustrating.

Q. What can Johnny and Jason do about this new tactic that they're hit with leg spinner in the first couple of overs?
EOIN MORGAN: Just be themselves. Be aggressive, be positive, approach it in the same manner. They are doing that. Yeah.

Q. Does it unsettle them at all do you think?
EOIN MORGAN: No, not at all. We talked about it before today's game that it might happen again. Actually surprised a little bit that Imad didn't play because we talked about him potentially taking the new ball.

Q. A little bit of a struggle with the over rate again. Is that because Adil couldn't get through all 10 overs, and is that going to be a problem going forward?
EOIN MORGAN: I think our over rate is good. About three overs to go, we were level.

Q. 20 past?
EOIN MORGAN: I don't wear a watch when I'm playing, I'm sorry. The umpires are only my gauge. They said all was level with about three overs to go.

Q. Pretty confident England are in the clear?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, yeah. It wasn't an issue. If like I said before, if it does become an issue, we'll have to address it, but it's normally all right.
 
NA said:
This game reminds me most of the Pak and Australia game in 1999 WC in the group stages. Subtract 60 odd runs from both innings (it was a different time), but the pacing and the drama with Steve Waugh marshalling the Australian chase and falling just short was awesome. It was a very high scoring game at the time. That game gave us some confidence that Pakistan might actually do well in that tournament.

Hopefully this win will trigger the same reaction from the Pak team. Go Pakistan!!
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Steven Waugh and Bevan failed to chase to down like Root/Buttler today.
 
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Ganju Baba said:
Nicely done PCT. Congratulations. Pakistan putting a dent in England's confidence should work in India's favour.
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"Every result makes someone somewhere in the world happy." - Shane Warne when indians were trolling Australia for being 60 all-out in the Ashes.
 
Markhor said:
[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] when are the big matches starting ?

Here you go. What a match.
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Wasn't everyone here talking about Pakistan losing all games/struggling to win one?

I don't think there will be a favorite vs favorite match till Aus vs WI. SA aren't going to go far.

Defeats like this is why it's hard to have England as favorites. Come a crunch game, do you think they'll hold up against Aus or India? Heck Pakistan have the wood over them and on paper they're not among the best.
 
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Congrats to Pakistan, if they make the SFs and face England they're a good chance.

Have the wood over of them when it matters.
 
This win might help England, they had a below par performance and still scored 334 in a chase, that's pretty scary.
 
It happened...just the way a few thought it might but no one truly believed it would. Mercurial Pakistan they call them, always unpredictable, although for so long, they had been predictable losers. Nasser asked "can this team remember how to win?" They did remember, just in the nick of time.

Fakhar slogged and hacked and pulled and pushed his way to a decent score, Imam showed a rare piece of rage as he smashed one for six and then there was Babar, compared to both Root and Williamson today but an altogether different beats. He is an accumulator and a stabiliser, hero and villain, anchor and sinking ship...he takes it because he can, he takes it because he represents Pakistan more so than any other modern cricketer. It's a hard life.

Speaking of life, in stepped Hafeez, a man half way through his allotted time who walked out with an air of annoyance, a chip on his shoulder 15 years in the making. He swept, he hit straight and he ran as hard as he has ever run before. Through it all, he played the best innings of the tournament so far...the professor figured out a way, at 39 his last chance at glory. With the ball he was clinical, line and length almost perfect and for the first four overs, England could not get him away. Remarkable.

Speaking of England, in came their batting, one monster after another. What was that old saying? "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if Lillee don't get you, Tommo must". Well, with England, it probably reads something like, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if Roy don't get you, Bairstow, or Root, or Morgan, or Stokes, or Buttler must".

Each one of these monsters were caged, first with the youthful exuberance of Shadab Khan, later with the quiet efficiency of Hafeez and Malik. Through it all, there were our lost sons, fallen angels, pariahs, the chosen poster boys who are now neither boys nor chosen....Riaz and Amir. The former through sheer force of will turned out what may be a last great performance, the latter with a quiet grace and a steely determination, who watched yet another catch go down and growled, then stood there, accepting the fate that is forever his own.

There were drops along the way (why shouldn't there be? This is Pakistan) but few miss fields. In fact, Pakistan out fielded the best fielding side on the planet for 50 overs in a row.

As the demons of England are finally banished, I think Pakistan and its fans can look at the rest of the tournament and truly begin to hope....after all, if Hafeez can shine when he shouldn't and if Babar can carry the weight of a nation on shoulders that do not seem to exist, then why shouldn't we all dream of a green summer?
 
Chokli said:
But the jinx worked?
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No,there is no ulterior motive behind the switch.
You were unfaithful and disloyal.You will not be allowed to come back now :9:

You can give us your blessings and wellwishes though,as a Bangladeshi ,for old times sake :moyo
 
Green Patriot said:
No,there is no ulterior motive behind the switch.
You were unfaithful and disloyal.You will not be allowed to come back now :9:

You can give us your blessings and wellwishes though,as a Bangladeshi ,for old times sake :moyo
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:91: Done. :ma

Good use of the emojis btw :91:
 
Congratulations to Pakistan. A truly remarkable game with so many ups and downs. Great performances from Amir And Wahab, both bowled tremendously and deserved their respective recalls to the side. Hafeez survived after a catch was dropped but made sure to punish England for their failings. The spirit in the side was wonderful to watch.The England fans were taunting us but we had the last laugh. A special mention for Sarfaraz for finally taking responsibility with his batting and leading the side with passion.
 
I think what really worked well for Pakistan today was the the team combination. It was the right decision to drop Haris Sohail. He is over-rated by some PP posters here. I never felt he had a place in our ODI team. He has a reasonable technique but he is not someone who can dominate bowling attacks (He may have a place in our test team though). Ideally I would have Umar Akmal or someone with similar hitting ability (Sohaib Maqsood etc.) in place of Shoaib Malik in the team but given the squad that has been selected this is the best XI imo
 
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