Pakistan v England | 3rd ODI | Sharjah | Nov 17, 2015 | Pakistan innings

[Hamza_]

Hafeez going awesome

 

[The_KING]

Azhar needs a 50 to find his confidence

 

[#GreenRoars]

Good partnership between these two.

 

[Ahson8]

Imad playing at 8 is perfect - we need a long tail

Yes that would be good, but then we would need 10 overs from Malik.

And even then Sarfraz will probably have to bat at 7.

Babar, Azhar, Hafeez, Haris, Malik, Rizwan, Sarfraz, Imad & bowlers.

For the time being, No. 4 is the best spot for Sarf though.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan thrive when they win the toss , but not good , need to chase also

 

[marlonbrowndo]

For a second i thought he bowled him

 

[zabalestmsm]

Hafeez is doing what others should have done as well! He is attacking these mediocre spinners!

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

holy for a sec I thought Moeen Bahi had castled Professor.

 

[imshally81]

Good Start by Pakistan...

 

[MMHS]

Cmon mmhs. Since the slow start hes rotating strike every ball. Hes woefully out of form

He is a squire peg in round hole. Even when he is in best of his form, he bats in Test with a single gear at No. 3. Today, he might get away because PAK is batting first & both his partners played aggressively. Imagine him getting out for after 20(40) sort of start & PAK chasing - he 'll make 220 tough chase. You should never play single dimension player in LO top 3 - not even 35 years back. Even those days, Viv, Zaheer, Greg or Gower were different at No. 3.

 

[Justcrazy]

Hafeez looking good so far

 

[Hamza_]

Azhar gone

 

[The_KING]

Another run out by Hafeez

 

[Abdullah719]

Run out kings.

 

[zabalestmsm]

A Sharjah in Sharjah!

 

[Arsal_AK]

WTH was that??

Hafeez and Azhar...

 

[Justcrazy]

Gohar and Imad together can be good together .

 

[#GreenRoars]

What a waste of wicket yaar

 

[Abdul]

Run-out, well expected.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

These 2 always get each other run out its absolutely shameful.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Hafeez is such a retard!!!! Why does he always run someone out!!!

Well you can thank him later .

 

[dhump]

Hafeez batting and runout is a big big problem now a days.

 

[MMHS]

They have finally sent Sarf at 4, I would have taken Adil off now.

 

[Big Mac]

Azhar only has himself to blame for that.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Sarfraz cant get a better reception than this! Spinners are on from both the ends!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Last 8 odis azhar has been run out 4 times...

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

OMG Sarfi is so Fat

That Belly though

 

[Ahson8]

Lol how many times has Azhar got runout now ?

 

[coy0607]

He is a squire peg in round hole. Even when he is in best of his form, he bats in Test with a single gear at No. 3. Today, he might get away because PAK is batting first & both his partners played aggressively. Imagine him getting out for after 20(40) sort of start & PAK chasing - he 'll make 220 tough chase. You should never play single dimension player in LO top 3 - not even 35 years back. Even those days, Viv, Zaheer, Greg or Gower were different at No. 3.

well said- expect in the modern day game (test, T20 or ODI)- you don't want single dimensional players.. I can't think of a single modern day great who plays a 1-D game

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need good total here , Poms will come hard

 

[Abdul]

Sarfraz Ahmed coming in at two down. Good move.

 

[hussain.r97]

That was purely Azhar's fault. Don't know what he was saying to Hafeez, he stopped after he passed him. 4 out of 8, must be a problem.

 

[MMHS]

I think, it was Azhar's fault, he was running to the near end - that single was on.

 

[hussain.r97]

Sarfraz needs to lose some weight, his keeping will automatically improve!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Want sarfraz to score big here and cement his place at 4

 

[taqi]

good to see Sarfraz at 4 this is his ideal positions IMO

 

[zabalestmsm]

How would have Sarfraz fared against Warne?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I think, it was Azhar's fault, he was running to the near end - that single was on.

It was. Incidentally Sarfraz looks a different class to the rest of the Pakistan batsmen, looking to get runs from every ball.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan should try pinch hitters for a change

 

[Justcrazy]

Want sarfraz to score big here and cement his place at 4

It will not be cemented.

 

[coy0607]

took an hour or so to get Azhar out, but finally some positive batting from both ends

 

[The_KING]

Sarfraz is perfect at 4

 

[TalhaSyed]

Pakistan's Game Plan

After 20 overs: 90/2 (RR in first 20 overs 4.5 RPO)
After 30: 140/3 (RR in overs 20-30 overs 5 RPO)
After 40: 200/5 (RR in overs 30-40 overs 6 RPO)
After 50: 280ish (RR in overs 40-50 overs 8ish RPO)

Over all innings run rate 5.6ish.

#Aggression

I can see that being the plan anyway - whether it is executed or not - time will tell. A 280 target will make this game very interesting

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=136079]ahmedwaqas92[/MENTION]

Not too far off after the 1st 20

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sarfraz needs to lose a bit of weight

 

[Justcrazy]

Sarfaraz sweating , needs to loose weight

 

[Energetic]

Funny how Pakistan batsman struggle to score of these fast bowlers such as Willey, Woakes and Topley. Bring on Mustafizur.

 

[MMHS]

How would have Sarfraz fared against Warne?

Probably better than any Pom for that 20 years. I am not sure about Thorpe, mainly because he was lefti & Warne struggles a bit against lefties, but man, they call Mike Gatting their best spin player since WW II, basically for a single shot - sweep; that's the standard for Sarf to beat.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good move to have sirfraz in at 4, with him and hafeez in we should score quickly.

Azhar being run out wasnt that big a loss.

 

[Justcrazy]

113/2

23 overs

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Sarfraz needs to lose a bit of weight

Yeah he's been wasted down the order. Never lets the bowler settle, it must be a nightmare to bowl to him.

 

[The_KING]

Funny how Pakistan batsman struggle to score of these fast bowlers such as Willey, Woakes and Topley. Bring on Mustafizur.

No one cares about your Mustafizur here.

 

[m.shah]

Azhar and his run-outs

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=136079]ahmedwaqas92[/MENTION]

Not too far off after the 1st 20

The problem with this strategy is that after the first ten the margin of error becomes really small and given the fragile nature of our bats and their mental incapability to handle pressure, more often than not they will eventually muck up either stage 2 or stage 3.

Too much risk involved in this type of strategy to begin with

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Even a bit of panic between sarfraz and hafeez. Even though sarf is our best runner

 

[zabalestmsm]

Probably better than any Pom for that 20 years. I am not sure about Thorpe, mainly because he was lefti & Warne struggles a bit against lefties, but man, they call Mike Gatting their best spin player since WW II, basically for a single shot - sweep; that's the standard for Sarf to beat.

Hmmm!

This guy is on a completely different level when it comes to playing spin!

 

[Zeshan547]

So far it's not too bad considering our typical snail pace start.

 

[hussain.r97]

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=136079]ahmedwaqas92[/MENTION]

Not too far off after the 1st 20

Not bad

 

[Belawal2014]

Maiden ?

 

[Energetic]

These Pakistani batsman are so boring to watch. Always tuk-tuking. Truth hurts Mr King.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

No one cares about your Mustafizur here.

[MENTION=133483]Energetic[/MENTION] is a bangla troll who was born during the pakistan bangladesh series. This is why he doesnt know about bangladeshs excellent record against us before that series

 

[Belawal2014]

Sarfaraz is a fatty.

 

[Abdullah719]

Hafeez 30 dots out of 50 balls. That's 60%.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Maiden over come on hafeez for god sake!

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to play Sarfaraz as a floater , that will be best for him as well as team

 

[Zeshan547]

Hafeez really missed a certain six. Lucky Bhai.

 

[Ahson8]

A maiden vs Rashid, seriously ?

 

[saeed-sohail]

Hafeez has scored 7 of his last 28 balls faced. What's going on.

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[taqi]

run rate dropping good lat two overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Last 4 overs just 14 runs scored.

 

[The_KING]

[MENTION=133483]Energetic[/MENTION] is a bangla troll who was born during the pakistan bangladesh series. This is why he doesnt know about bangladeshs excellent record against us before that series

Now I understand why some fans here hate Bangladesh and want them to lose.

 

[dhump]

Hafeez recovering the mental block after runout.

 

[Amjid Javed]

7 runs from last 20 balls for hafeez whats he doing?

 

[Justcrazy]

Hafeez has scored 7 of his last 28 balls faced. What's going on.

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Despite spinners operating.

 

[MMHS]

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=136079]ahmedwaqas92[/MENTION]

Not too far off after the 1st 20

Because today MoHa played exceptionally well in his 1st 25 ball; otherwise 70/2 was written on the wall. MoHa 'll not play like this every day; unfortunately that's not true for Azhar.

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

After long time.

 

[Amjid Javed]

19 runs from last 5 overs, need to pick up scoring rate here.

 

[HuzaifaE]

Hafeez going back to his youngsta beauty days

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to keep rotating strike.

 

[zabalestmsm]

The English players seem to have hidden wings! They are flying around in the ground! ICC must take notice of the hidden wings

 

[Abdul]

Sarfraz should be the permanent number four in the one-day team.

I hope that he doesn't end up getting demoted down the order again sooner or later.