Think that’ll be too many for England but am I being uncharitable thinking they should have put a few more on from the position they were in
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Salt’s not hanging around 
I just love the aggression England’s batsmen play with. Sets the tone & immediately puts pressure on the bowlers.
I just love the aggression England’s batsmen play with. Sets the tone & immediately puts pressure on the bowlers.
Very good chase by England. Got quick runs early & then built the partnerships to see them through fairly comfortably. Well played & their attitude the whole series has been excellent in the circumstances. Enjoyed watching them.
Extremely disappointing series for Pakistan. The bowling today was very average. Faheem as the seam all-rounder is ‘meh’. The fielding & batting is typically inconsistent, we need to strengthen the middle order to compete with the best teams. Misbah needs to feck off.
Hopefully the T20 series is more competitive.
Extremely disappointing series for Pakistan. The bowling today was very average. Faheem as the seam all-rounder is ‘meh’. The fielding & batting is typically inconsistent, we need to strengthen the middle order to compete with the best teams. Misbah needs to feck off.
Hopefully the T20 series is more competitive.
Really good comeback from England, winning the series 3-0 under the circumstances is a big achievement.
What a run chase that was
England are ridiculous in ODIs.
Honestly it’s weird that Faheem and Shadab are given such a long rope, both are meh imo, haven’t seem to improved at all.
Misbah needs to go of course.
Haven't followed Pakistan closely in recent years but when someone with the talent of Shaheen Afridi is getting 0-78 against England reserves something is going wrong with the leadership.
I think Shadab gets in for his batting as much as his bowling now. His bowling hasn’t improved at all since he came into the team a few years back, still too expensive & lacks the control to be a top spinner.
Misbah will probably stay until the T20 WC, but we’re going backwards under him.
Great chase from England and a few of the batsmen did themselves proud but Pakistan were so leaky in the field too, the game was there for them today
Got to give Morgan a lot of credit, the team just oozes his philosophy that you could change the entire team and it will carry on playing the same way.
The first team is back but Saqib, Gregory and Parkinson are staying on for the 20 over matches and Stokes is rested.
Ashwin picks 6 wickets for Surrey. He is getting a good practice before the England series. Would have liked kohli, pujara and others to do the same.
How many confirmed cases of Covid has it been now in the Indian camp?
1 but I actually don't understand the point of bubbles anymore. The cricketers are vaccinated and supremely fit. They're going to get exposed to covid at some point in next year or two, and that situation is no different than today's..
Morgan is having a shocker with his bowlers
Brilliant partnership from the openers. I’m surprised Fakhar hasn’t come in at 3.
Anything under 200 would be disappointing from here.
edit: edged first ball, dropped, gone for 4
Anything under 200 would be disappointing from here.
edit: edged first ball, dropped, gone for 4
Brilliant partnership from the openers. I’m surprised Fakhar hasn’t come in at 3.
Anything under 200 would be disappointing from here.
edit: edged first ball, dropped, gone for 4
Bairstow is going to milk that to save his blushes.
Bring back the b team!
Bit more like it from Pakistan.
Great atmosphere.
Great atmosphere.
Excellent score. I could watch Babar bat all day, such a class player. Finally saw some power hitting from the middle order.
Pitch is so good to bat on, will be a fun chase.
Pitch is so good to bat on, will be a fun chase.
After being able to catch feck all in the last game as a team, that’s a beauty from Shaheen.
Fantastic catch. I have a feeling England may collapse here.
Amazing isn’t it
I love Pakistan they can be the best or the worst in the world or anywhere in between, total lottery. But when they’re good they’re amazing to watch
You can just feel it can’t you
Amazing isn’t it
I love Pakistan they can be the best or the worst in the world or anywhere in between, total lottery. But when they’re good they’re amazing to watch
Yep! Awful viewing as a fan though, never know what to expect
I’d be more confident with the usual T20 team, but I guess it’s probably just engrained into plenty of England fans.
The score is almost impossible with the loss of a few early wickets though.
That might just be the game for Pakistan
That catch
That was a disaster waiting to happen. Thankfully both ok & got the wicket!Traditional to wait until they've actually completed the catch before hugging them.That catch
Shadab is either going to get smashed around or take the key wickets. How he goes, i think the game will go.
edit: shite start
edit: shite start
Too many wickets lost to make this close you’d think. Not sure it needed to be quite so gung ho…but live by the sword, die by the sword.
Terrific 50 in no time whatsoever.
edit: this is where Babar should bring back Shaheen. This is the game right now, no point keeping him back when they’re smashing Shadab all over.
edit: this is where Babar should bring back Shaheen. This is the game right now, no point keeping him back when they’re smashing Shadab all over.
Has to go over the boundary that. Tossed up lots of air. Has to be 6, instead it's a wicket
Superb 100! Brilliant striking of the ball. Can he see them through…
Fantastic 100. Then out next ball.
That's the game
That's the game
Yes Shadab!!
Ah unlucky. England needed another 30/40 from Roy/Bairstow.
All 5 balls have been just tossed up asking to be smashed for 6.