Pakistan fall to 12-run defeat against England in high-scoring 2nd ODI

[Abu_Hamza]

We most likely will not chase this down but do some people on this forum have any idea of cricket ? Why are we having knee -jerk reactions when we are 6 runs of 2 overs ? It’s a 50 over innings. Other teams would also be a bit circumspect for the few overs . To many unrealistic haters on them forum who have no knowledge of the game

They want the batsmen to go bang bang from ball one as they are chasing 373 not 173 as mentioned by [MENTION=135196]waleed88[/MENTION] .

 

[sindhiboy]

finally a change in commentators

 

[adzzy786]

Sharjeel Would have been good in this situation with Fakhar

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Should try to get 150 in 20 overs atleast.

 

[Duckworth Lewis]

These 2 have done wonders in the past.- Waqar Lol.. Are ex cricketers really dumb?

 

[Abdulm123]

All the experts trying to find excuses to criticize Imam ul Haq like usual.

 

[Titan24]

As much as England is such a powerful enviable batting line up their bowling has been crap. One of the Worst ODI bowling unit in the last 2 years worse than Bangladesh, Srilanka, Afghanistan.

With Archer in the mix and Wood fit along with Plunkett, Rashid, Moen and Stokes they look decent

 

[Titan24]

Shot Imam

 

[sindhiboy]

openers have been resonable so far, including imam

 

[waleed88]

Why is this thread so quiet now? did pp really already give up on Pakistan after 2 overs? this fan base worries me. Props to all those who stayed tuned in the game though

Anything less than a 100 on the board without a loss of any wicket will be in for criticism. The target is such this wouldve been a great start for any other chase. But we are chasing close to 400 runs and this team struggles with chasing even 300. So criticism until we reach a 100 will be valid if not at a good rate.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Nice off drive by Imam. Just leave the bouncers alone and he can at least give us a base.

 

[x_KINGKHAN_x]

Waqar younis just brought up zimbabwe series, this guy man

 

[saeedhk]

Anyways I am getting off topic, I have a feeling we might chase this down, Imam and Fakhar are starting to accelerate,

Your optimism is incredible.

 

[Chokli]

Sharjeel Would have been good in this situation with Fakhar

Too bad he wanted to spot fix

 

[Abdulm123]

Nice shot by Imam, lovely. We are chasing this down boys!

 

[szundercover]

We have an good chance to win this if our batsman will play with brains.Dots should be kept to minimum.

 

[jnaveen1980]

With Archer in the mix and Wood fit along with Plunkett, Rashid, Moen and Stokes they look decent

That is why they are crying for Archer. On an average they go at 5.75. Worst by any team (including minnows) in the last 2 years. Recent thrashing in West Indies also made the call louder.

 

[Pete Rose]

Waqar doing his best to jinx

 

[Kianig89]

How long will we keep it competitive

 

[Chokli]

Moeen Ali should give us some juicy balls to hit.

He needs to remember he is Pakistani first and grew up watching our Cricket

 

[DRsohail]

I will not relax when we have posters like yourself who openly bash our only match winner with the bat.

Have not bashed him but he has to win us a game, it has been long overdue.

 

[Abdulm123]

Your optimism is incredible.

Optimism is needed in a pessimistic forum. We never look at the bright side

 

[Titan24]

Spinners have been causing problems for all our batsmen for sometime now, if we can play spin well batting we have is decent, bowling is the problem now.

 

[Pete Rose]

I have no idea how these openers play spin

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

WC will lose its charm if wickets are like this. Atleast have some balance between bat and ball.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Fakher=england

 

[Ahmed216]

We have an good chance to win this if our batsman will play with brains.Dots should be kept to minimum.

Thats some optimism! Let me add to it,Asif to score a 50 ball 100 like Buttler

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

England were 57/0 in 10
Pakistan are 57/0 in 8

Positive start

 

[Titan24]

That is why they are crying for Archer. On an average they go at 5.75. Worst by any team (including minnows) in the last 2 years. Recent thrashing in West Indies also made the call louder.

True

 

[topspin]

Haha, it gets on the nerves on some Sarfi fans when there is support for Imam.

I feel exactly the same, but don't worry the humiliation of this cult who blindly follow him, will be on display for everyone to see once we've crashed out from the group stage.

 

[Gullycricket]

Imam shutting his haters down

 

[Chokli]

GotDamnIt Waqar is so damn clueless.

 

[Gullycricket]

Milk Moeen

 

[Chokli]

Saeed Anwar would have loved batting in this generation

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

This has been the old story of Pakistan. If the target is 350+, then we can score upto 300. Had the target been only 300, we would have succumbed at 250.

 

[ARK Rafay]

England were 57/0 in 10
Pakistan are 57/0 in 8

Positive start

Pakistan won with 2 overs remaining

 

[waleed88]

They want the batsmen to go bang bang from ball one as they are chasing 373 not 173 as mentioned by [MENTION=135196]waleed88[/MENTION] .

Usually top teams can accelerate from the start and going upto 10 an over. If you haven't seen Martin Guptill or David Warner attack from the front then you haven't seen much chases above 300. Having said that this has been very decent for Pakistans standards. Run rate is still going up.

 

[Stewie]

Imam canbat.. just needs to be proactive.. not bad so far

 

[Pete Rose]

Plunkett looks like an italian construction worker

 

[waleed88]

This has been the old story of Pakistan. If the target is 350+, then we can score upto 300. Had the target been only 300, we would have succumbed at 250.

It looks like it.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Spinners have been causing problems for all our batsmen for sometime now, if we can play spin well batting we have is decent, bowling is the problem now.

Replace Faheem with Haris Rauf and Yasir with Zafar and our bowling looks way more threathning. Rauf couldve picked up a wicket or two with the new ball and bowl yorkers at the death and Zafar for in the middle overs.

 

[AdamM97]

This has been the old story of Pakistan. If the target is 350+, then we can score upto 300. Had the target been only 300, we would have succumbed at 250.

That’s a good point.

 

[Gullycricket]

Crowd chanting Moeen Alii

 

[Shafi]

power play wasted!!!! After 1 overs it will more slower.

 

[Plumb]

WC will lose its charm if wickets are like this. Atleast have some balance between bat and ball.

One need to adjust their length when wicket is flat.. we gave too many freebies to Butler..

 

[Zeshan547]

Someone tell Wiki we have Asif Ali, who need buttler,

 

[AFM]

England were 57/0 in 10
Pakistan are 57/0 in 8

Positive start

We need to be much further ahead.

 

[MMHS]

Look, Fakhar has lots of limitations but guy isn’t the worst problem for PAK. If he is in middle, he’ll score quickly- may be ugly but effective. If he can’t, he’ll leave without wasting too many balls. His downfall often is due to desperation of firing the issue with limited ability, but guy is an honest trier - need to be backed.

 

[szundercover]

power play wasted!!!! After 1 overs it will more slower.

How the heck is it wasred?

 

[topspin]

Look, Fakhar has lots of limitations but guy isn’t the worst problem for PAK. If he is in middle, he’ll score quickly- may be ugly but effective. If he can’t, he’ll leave without wasting too many balls. His downfall often is due to desperation of firing the issue with limited ability, but guy is an honest trier - need to be backed.

Well said - couldn't agree more.

 

[Shaddy86]

England's bowling has been very ordinary, a decent batting attack can actually Chase this down. I don't see any threat in these bowlers.

 

[NeVerMind]

Still to early to say but where are all the Fakhar and Imam haters now?

 

[jnaveen1980]

England has amazing batting line up. But their bowling is so out-dated. Not even close to modern-day limited over bowling. Mix up, using crease effectively. change up of lengths.

 

[Titan24]

Replace Faheem with Haris Rauf and Yasir with Zafar and our bowling looks way more threathning. Rauf couldve picked up a wicket or two with the new ball and bowl yorkers at the death and Zafar for in the middle overs.

Agreed. Dont think Inzi and Micki will think anything like that.

 

[Chokli]

Too bad Sharjeel was busy selling himself out

 

[babajee]

Look, Fakhar has lots of limitations but guy isn’t the worst problem for PAK. If he is in middle, he’ll score quickly- may be ugly but effective. If he can’t, he’ll leave without wasting too many balls. His downfall often is due to desperation of firing the issue with limited ability, but guy is an honest trier - need to be backed.

You see the light.

 

[jnaveen1980]

If this england batting had faced this England bowling they would have scored 500 lol

 

[Plumb]

Agreed. Dont think Inzi and Micki will think anything like that.

They follow the Nike way...."just do it" think later

 

[Bonafide Hustler]

Lol imam playing test match.

 

[Ahmed216]

Still to early to say but where are all the Fakhar and Imam haters now?

Why ask when its too early

 

[Ronaldo7]

Too bad Sharjeel was busy selling himself out

He smacked Australia in 2016 against their top bowlers. Would have been amazing to have him play on these pitches.

 

[topspin]

Good Powerplay. Well played Imam and Fakhar.

 

[QalandarFan]

We need to be much further ahead.

Even if we’re a couple behind, I don’t think you’ve heard, we have Asif Buttler in the hut today!

 

[Stewie]

This is a 340 pitch.. eng bowlers looking as innocuous as pakistan’s did...

 

[barah_admi]

Good little start here. As I've often said, as good as England are their bowling is a weak link, meaning if Pakistan can get 120-50 around the 20th overs, the bowlers will be without ideas, and Morgan hates those types of situations.

Don't lose wickets, play rashid well and push ahead.

 

[Abdulm123]

Lol imam playing test match.

Another brainless Imam hater *****,

 

[waleed88]

England wont mind singles. They look like a traditional batting outfit that looks to contain then get wicket.
Anything less than 8 an over is loss to Pakistan every over they face.
We should be 80 right now.

Which means sooner or later Pakistan should be going quicker than this every over.

 

[Shafi]

How the heck is it wasred?

I mean RR only 6.6 in 10 overs!!!!!

 

[szundercover]

If this england batting had faced this England bowling they would have scored 500 lol

Looks like somebody here watches a lot of rick and morty.

 

[MMHS]

WC will lose its charm if wickets are like this. Atleast have some balance between bat and ball.

Nottingham & Southampton are always like this. Rose Bowl is a new venue hence not much history, but Trentbridge had been the best batting track in world in a sunny day without much wind. Some of the highest scores in game has been scored at Notts over 150 years. But, that’s a totally different place on gloomy day with wind blowing from river end. Southampton has always not one face though.

 

[topspin]

Want to see Pakistan batsman smack Moeen Ali

 

[Titan24]

They follow the Nike way...."just do it" think later

Problem is that they dont think even later.

 

[Abdulm123]

Great batting by Imam and Fakhar

 

[Bonafide Hustler]

Rather have Hafeez open than imam. Imam has 0 natural shots.

 

[QalandarFan]

Fakhar needs to play Rashid and Moeen like they are Ashwin and Jadeja!

 

[saeedhk]

Still to early to say but where are all the Fakhar and Imam haters now?

Both are in their 30s, don’t think they have proved anyone wrong. If scoring a 30 is an achievement then Pakistan shouldn’t be playing international cricket.

 

[Gullycricket]

Waqar talking Psychology

 

[QalandarFan]

Rather have Hafeez open than imam. Imam has 0 natural shots.

Chill bud, Hafeez Sobers is the only thing close to a finisher we have at the moment.

 

[khan_aa]

i HATE how he starts each sentence by saying "LOOK"

 

[Abdulm123]

I mean RR only 6.6 in 10 overs!!!!!

We are batting better then England rn then when England was batting.