*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[grecian]

Not one of the great innings that, let's see what Dawson is made of.

 

[Stace]

yeah but apart from that....

they also have that 100+ stand in 10 overs that let us chase down 350 against New Zealand.

Just been a successful partnership really, only one kicking on most of the time is normal

Also had a great partnership against SA to get us off to a flyer in the record run chase at the WC, admittedly only a T20.

 

[Howe_zat]

Just see that we've changed the bowling lineup. Doesn't look like the right call to have five seamers on this pitch.

 

[Raffski]

Just see that we've changed the bowling lineup. Doesn't look like the right call to have five seamers on this pitch.

Overly concerned with the short straight boundaries possibly? Cardiff pitch is usually a bit on the slow side so it's a strange choice.

 

[Howe_zat]

Gul has bowled absolute filth.

Stokes getting a bit of a shift on, took him a while to middle it but he's getting there

 

[grecian]

Just see that we've changed the bowling lineup. Doesn't look like the right call to have five seamers on this pitch.

Yeah, wonder if Root will have a longish bowl, we really don't work him hard enough....

 

[91Jmay]

Been another pretty impressive innings from Stokes. Struggled a bit early but didn't lose his head.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah, wonder if Root will have a longish bowl, we really don't work him hard enough....

Maybe Morgan has been hit in the groin recently in the nets.

 

[91Jmay]

Wow Stokes missed out there in the juiciest delivery

 

[91Jmay]

And now gets out trying a lap. Good innings but he is still pretty brain dead at times.

 

[ImpatientLime]

fitting end for a prank innings

 

[Stace]

Just as he got himself in.. Silly shot

 

[Howe_zat]

That puts the kibosh on a really big score then. Still should get 300+ but may well get bowled out in the process

 

[Stace]

fitting end for a prank innings

It was a battling innings and just what England needed, just a shame how it ended.

 

[grecian]

Amazing that 75 off 75 can be called a poor innings nowadays, not actually saying he looked great, but I guess it shows how far we've come. I thought it was an OK innings FTR.

 

[ImpatientLime]

from my perspective more a reaction to the joke idea that he was just playing himself in earlier when the reality was he was just playing like **** and showed a complete inability to rotate the strike.

 

[Pothas]

The Stokes hate is weird.

 

[91Jmay]

I understand the Stokes scepticism. At the end of the day he has been given chances despite doing essentially nothing with the bat in ODI cricket and still has loads to prove.

 

[grecian]

We're missing the beard here clearly.

 

[Howe_zat]

This is gonna be a pretty ordinary total. Be the first real ask of the bowling attack to defend it.