***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE

[ganeshran]

Misbah has a lot of difficulty in shifting gears. And wickets tumbling at the other end doesnt help in any way.

 

[Prince EWS]

Misbah has a lot of difficulty in shifting gears.

That's because he only has two - Gripper and Afridi.

 

[ganeshran]

That's because he only has two - Gripper and Afridi.

Ya, sometimes he tries unorthodox shots and one or two coming off can decrease the pressure considerably. In the last match he was trying to reverse sweep swann but it didnt come off. And once that happens, he just loses all confidence and simply hits it straight to the fielder every ball. Best suited in chases in improbable situations where people have written Pakistan off and he can have a few blind slogs IMO

 

[grecian]

Pietersen player of the match and series - I should think so too.

Should have been Swann for series, batsman's game though....

 

[smash84]

so England win the revenge T20 series

 

[Fusion]

Can anyone even prove that there was an ODI and T20 series played? I'm fairly confident that they stopped playing after the Tests. Such an awesome thing to not lose a match in the whole tour.

 

[Howe_zat]

There's no need to talk about "Revenge". Everyone knows that "Revenge" is only served several months later, in a different country, with most key players missing from both sides.

That's when it counts.

 

[unam]

Congrats to Pakistan on winning the real cricket (test cricket). I wish WE HAD ODIs and T20s, so we could beat England in those formats too.

 

[smash84]

There's no need to talk about "Revenge". Everyone knows that "Revenge" is only served several months later, in a different country, with most key players missing from both sides.

That's when it counts.

except for the location everything else fits

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Can anyone even prove that there was an ODI and T20 series played? I'm fairly confident that they stopped playing after the Tests. Such an awesome thing to not lose a match in the whole tour.

Yep

 

[Viscount Tom]

YeahI can through the fact that I have several texts from my friend telling me that Pakistan were gonna hammer us in the 3rd T20, has strangely stopped replying since about 7 last evening.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

YeahI can through the fact that I have several texts from my friend telling me that Pakistan were gonna hammer us in the 3rd T20, has strangely stopped replying since about 7 last evening.

That's because they cancelled the T20's and the match didn't happen.

 

[AaronK]

Pak playing all the old expired... match fixers.. slackers and crap players..i am soo frustrated.. pak couldn't play english pace bowlers on mostly spinning and flat pitches through out the tour.. they continued to struggle and it got worse as the tour progressed..I just can't imagin what kind of performance they would show.. if this tour was in england..

it gets more frustrating.. pak couldn't get 23 runs from 18 balls at one stage on the last and final 20/20 match.. they had 7 wickets on hand and their so called best players.. umars akmal and misbah was playing..freaking unbelievable..


Misbah.. as much as i love to see him as a captain.. I think he should do the right thing.. and retire from limitted overs cricket..

Umar akmal.. when is he going to win pak a match.. I don't recal the last time..he has done it.. everytime that the match comes down to him.. he cracks down under presure and throws his wicket.. the fact that he is still in the team is mind bodling.. wasn't he one of the match fixers who was named by mazhar majeed anyways..

it is a shame if guys like ahmad shehzad.. nasir jamshid and shehzab hasan don't get a chance to play in asia cup.. it is time to get rid of some of these old ass incompetant players..

 

[smash84]

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[ganeshran]

Shahzad is a hack. Anyone can cart bowlers all over the park in a T20 league. Doesnt mean they will be able to replicate the same success at the highest level. There are plenty of such cowlashers in IPL who cant lay bat on ball in T20Is or ODIs.

Hafeez should be given a longer run given his bowling and Pakistan should look for a opener who can consolidate while Hafeez goes for the shots. Maybe have Azhar Ali or Asad Shafiq open with Misbah, Umar coming in next. The team's main strength is bowling, not batting. So rather than concentrate on flashy batsman, PCB should look towards building a stable batting lineup that may not be able to score at high rates, but also dont collapse and give totals to bowlers which can be defended.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I wouldn't call Shehzad a hack yet. He already has two 100's against the Windies and New Zealand (both away). Averages 45 in FC cricket.

Shahzaib is a hack though. I have never rated him.

Ukmal is a **** like all the other Akmals.

 

[smash84]

However I have to say that it's finally great to have a controversy free tour and a good contest in one of the series.

the English media crying because their batsmen couldn't play spin?

 

[Viscount Tom]

Yeah but thats not the teams whinging or kicking up a fuss about it or causing the problems as it has been on previous occasions.

 

[ganeshran]

I wouldn't call Shehzad a hack yet. He already has two 100's against the Windies and New Zealand (both away). Averages 45 in FC cricket.

Shahzaib is a hack though. I have never rated him.

Ukmal is a **** like all the other Akmals.

His bating in the world cup sure seemed like that though. I hadnt seen much of him apart from the WC where he looked poor.

I wouldnt read too much into a couple of international centuries. In fact sloggers are more likely to score centuries on their day while being terribly inconsistent the rest of the time. Case in point - Yusuf Pathan.

 

[Prince EWS]

His bating in the world cup sure seemed like that though. I hadnt seen much of him apart from the WC where he looked poor.

I wouldnt read too much into a couple of international centuries. In fact sloggers are more likely to score centuries on their day while being terribly inconsistent the rest of the time. Case in point - Yusuf Pathan.

You wouldn't read much into a couple of good international innings or sustained domestic performance, but you're willing to write him off completely as a hack even though you've only seen him play one series which was over a year ago now when he was 19?