*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

[CricAddict]

Yeah. They could have walked away with a win in this series and preserved their status as England's bogey team.

Aren't the West Indies that? The windies lose to everyone but then win over England.

 

[Daemon]

Aren't the West Indies that? The windies lose to everyone but then win over England.

Been 10 years since England last beat Pakistan in a Test series

They beat WI in 2017

 

[MW1304]

Pope I feel like regressed this summer. Last winter he really knuckled down and played much tighter than he has and he got the results, yet this summer was a return to his previous batting for England which was always a bit loose.

Don't really agree with this. His figures don't look great, but he got two absolute brutes from the Pakistan bowlers, got out for a couple of low scores when looking for quick runs/downhill skiing.

His two good innings were really good, and vital in winning two games. Don't think we can be too down on him.

 

[Flem274*]

congrats to anderson. playing until you're 38 is no joke.

 

[Gremlin]

Woke up this morning in a gloom thinking I'll actually have to do some work rather than follow cricket. It's amazing how we have had some Test cricket this summer, especially at the height of the pandemic, I never thought we'd be able to watch any cricket at all at one point, so congratulations to all involved with putting it together, the squads, coaches, certainly heartfelt thanks to WI and Pakistan, it has been a summer of exciting cricket.

Oh, I bet it doesn't rain in Southampton for the next 2 weeks!

 

[chris.hinton]

Its been a weird Test Summer but at least we had some test cricket. Pakistan & West Indies have been a credit, I personally think in Pakistan's case we should return the favour and tour there soon.

 

[PavlovsDog]

I stand up against idiots on here everyday. As much as I would like to clock a lot of them (and they deserve it), if I did I'd get thrown in the jug. End of story. it wasn't self defense, he wasn't protecting anyone. He clocked a bloke who was backing away. If he wasn't a sporting celeb he'd have gone down for it. He's lucky the fella didn't crack his head on the ground and die. It was a low act.

Backing away about 30 seconds after he went at Stokes with a bottle..... probably not for this thread though.

 

[cricketsavant]

Pakistan must be really frustrated about that first test. Just an hour or two of madness cost them the series pretty much.

And a certain Ben Stokes.

 

[trundler]

I'd like to remind everyone that I got on the Rizwan train before anyone else.

 

[Burgey]

Backing away about 30 seconds after he went at Stokes with a bottle..... probably not for this thread though.

Yeah well the thing is see, if you're backing away 30 seconds after something has happened, it isn't self defense.

 

[the big bambino]

I'd like to remind everyone that I got on the Rizwan train before anyone else.

When did you get on board? I saw him hooking our pace men at Brisbane and thought he was a bit of alright then.

 

[trundler]

When did you get on board? I saw him hooking our pace men at Brisbane and thought he was a bit of alright then.

Before the World Cup. Wanted Sarfraz done away with when he just couldn't score or catch anymore.

 

[Prince EWS]

I got on board when he had that insane period of absolutely dominating in Pakistan A appearances (mostly 50-over ones I believe), which I think was around the same time as trundler. I'd barely ever seen him play though so I won't claim it.

 

[nightprowler10]

I got on board in 2017/8 when he and I came up through the ranks together in Career mode. We had plenty of great partnerships in Ashes Cricket.

 

[Daemon]

Unpicked in CWPL and R9 in CPL. About right I think.

 

[honestbharani]

Shan, Abid, Rizwan, Naseem are all guys I wanna see do well and think will do well. Babar is in glorious form at the moment and it looks like Azhar has at least figured out how to fight through and stay in till he gets back to some sort of normal form. Shaheen and Abbas are good enough to pose a threat anywhere and Yasir will always bowl magic balls amidst his long hops. Things are looking good for the Pak tests side, especially if they get back Haris Sohail at the #6 slot. They will have most bases covered.

On the England side, a core group of Crawley, Root, Pope, Stokes, Archer, Curran seems promising too. Its nice to see youngsters come in and slowly grow into the international side. When teams around the world become mostly predictable, it means game overall is it a very high standard. Hopefully this is a start towards that.

 

[Prince EWS]

Unpicked in CWPL and R9 in CPL. About right I think.

He's a great example of why List A games for/against national A teams should count in the next *PL.

 

[honestbharani]

If England's next test is only in India, wonder if a side like this might be the way to go...

Burns
Sibley
Crawley
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Curran
Bess
Archer/Wood
Anderson/Broad/Woakes
Leach

 

[Prince EWS]

If England's next test is only in India, wonder if a side like this might be the way to go...

Burns
Sibley
Crawley
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Curran
Bess
Archer/Wood
Anderson/Broad/Woakes
Leach

Replace Curran with Pope and you're on the mark IMO.

Assuming Stokes is fit to bowl, Curran offers nothing more than the HB chutzpah you're high on after Crawley's double ton.

 

[Daemon]

Hameed's back amongst the runs somewhat, hope he makes a successful comeback at some point