ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

[CerealKiller]

Oh fearsome tweak off Wahab[DOUBLEPOST=1559583436][/DOUBLEPOST]Asif too

 

[C Boomer]

Squeaky butt time

 

[Aalay]

Wow that was one poor inning by Moeen Ali. He didn't time the ball at all in that inning.

Haha wow that was some delivery by Wahab. They have lost their last 11 matches and then they come back to win one of the most important game against number 1 side in the world. You can't even imagine something like this.

 

[Bevab]

Oh fearsome tweak off Wahab[DOUBLEPOST=1559583436][/DOUBLEPOST]Asif too

Spoken too soon

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Oh fearsome tweak off Wahab

wat

 

[Bevab]

Genius over from Wahab IMO, was unfortunate with the ball that went for six given that he was trying for a yorker, but has been spot on with all of his other deliveries.

 

[SaiSrini]

Game, set and match Pakistan! Very well done!

 

[LiveLoveABD]

England are still not out of this. I have seen these two also give it a tonk.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Oh Pakistan! Lose to the blokes that barely managed to qualify and beat the team coined to be champions!! Only Pakistan!!

 

[Velocity]

England might boast a strong batting lineup on paper, but their lower order cannot be relied upon to deliver the late flourish. Moeen Ali or Woakes are not big hitters by any means. Think England are a bit overrated as far as their batting lineup is concerned.

 

[Gaurav_7]

This really is going to be one heck of a World Cup! What a match this, hats of to Pakistan. What a performance, incredible! They have shown England are not unbeatable. I just fear for India a bit more. I seriously feel we play too old school ODI cricket which can't win you many games in a tournament like this. Hopefully I am wrong!

 

[Master Khan]

Well done Pakistan, only Pakistan can lose against a team like West Indies but beat the tournament favorites like England.
Still need to work a bit on their Fieldings but overall good come back.

 

[CerealKiller]

Spoken too soon

wat

That's the power of my reverse jinxing

 

[C Boomer]

Write off a Pakistan side at your peril, the Lion will roar especially when cornered, anyone remember 1992?

 

[Bevab]

England might boast a strong batting lineup on paper, but their lower order cannot be relied upon to deliver the late flourish. Moeen Ali or Woakes are not big hitters by any means. Think England are a bit overrated as far as their batting lineup is concerned.

That’s quite a bit of a kneejerk reaction there mate. Ali was hitting the ball sweetly only a few weeks ago on Indian pitches and Woakes did score his 21 runs off just 14 deliveries. Agree that Ali should have been better today, but I don’t see any other team even having two equally good players at 7 and 8, not to mention the likes of Rashid and Archer who can all bat decently too.

Wood impressed me a lot today, he seems to have really kicked on over the last few months. Him and Archer could both be extremely crucial in the Ashes with that pace.

As for Pakistan, that loss versus the Windies and critical comments from nearly everyone seems to have fired up their side a lot. Saw a lot of intensity in their players that was notably lacking over the last few months, the likes of Hasan Ali and Riaz were bowling with venom out there and Sarfraz was trying his best to slog and score by any means today in comparison to the ODI series where he just seemed content with rotating the strike gleefully. England couldn’t really match that intensity which proved to be the differentiating factor today.

The last two games were really good and if such things continue, we’re really in for a great World Cup!