6th Match - England v Pakistan

[trundler]

Hafeez did the job. Now put the leggie on.

 

[smash84]

Root will really make Pak pay for that drop

 

[trundler]

Buttler is going to run away with his. He's in the mood.

 

[Borges]

Wahab Riaz vs Buttler! I don't want to see this.

 

[Daemon]

Easy to learn, hard to master. Like all true artforms.

It's the pursuit of lesser beings. It's very easy to execute to a mediocre standard which is good enough in pressure games when batsmen are shitting themselves. But when push comes to shove and a proper good batsmen has got his eye in, nobody goes "right then, time to attack with moeen ali".

 

[vcs]

C'mon England, make this interesting.

 

[ajdude]

cheese and rice

 

[h_hurricane]

Had this been SA in place of England now we'd see the c-word 100 times in this thread.

To be honest, England has built quite a good choke reputation over the years in WCs.

 

[trundler]

Wahab Riaz vs Buttler! I don't want to see this.

Hey Borges, what's the worst destruction of a bowler you've seen? Richards vs Devon Malcolm?

 

[trundler]

He's in the mood. There's no stopping it. Get Root out and aim for damage control at the other end.

 

[weldone]

It's censored on here TBF. But people don't dislike SA all that much, if you'd said Australia instead, I'd have agreed with you.

I meant the 'choke' word, lol.

 

[cnerd123]

The Pak seamers lost their rhythm running in a few times today.

Some lovely shots from Butler and Root here.

 

[Borges]

Worst destruction of a bowler I've seen?
Yuvraj, I think. In the first T20 WC. Seen on TV, that is.

 

[Burgey]

Hey Borges, what's the worst destruction of a bowler you've seen? Richards vs Devon Malcolm?

Bailey vs Anderson

 

[trundler]

This is going badly

 

[weldone]

Uh Buttler has started the usual Buttlering. Get him guys.

 

[wpdavid]

To be honest, England has built quite a good choke reputation over the years in WCs.

I'm not sure that we've been in a strong enough position in WCs to choke. Arguably 1987, but otherwise even our better performances have ended up being beaten by a better side. I think our chokes have been in the other one-day tournaments.

 

[cnerd123]

It's the pursuit of lesser beings. It's very easy to execute to a mediocre standard which is good enough in pressure games when batsmen are shitting themselves. But when push comes to shove and a proper good batsmen has got his eye in, nobody goes "right then, time to attack with moeen ali".

Because Moeen Ali isn't a master of the art, duh. Harbhajan, Swann, Lyon, Mushtaq, Ajmal, Laker, Gibbs, etc. etc. have won many a game.

Plz Daemon I expect better than this from you

 

[wrongun]

If a wicket falls soon would consider sending Woakes over Ali.

 

[wpdavid]

Uh Buttler has started the usual Buttlering. Get him guys.

Helluva long way to go from here. And there isn't much genuine batting after these two.