ICC Champions Trophy 2017

[Ahmad94]

I hope Azhar Ali attacks when he goes out to bat especially with the ball being new. The pitch is clearly not ideal for batting!!!

 

[Aoun13]

I hope Azhar Ali attacks when he goes out to bat especially with the ball being new. The pitch is clearly not ideal for batting!!!

Strike rotation is the key on this pitch, its huge square of the wicket so just play the ball with soft hands and run. Sarfraz should bat higher today since he exactly bats like that.

 

[Aoun13]

It's funny yet again as most of the English commentators, specially bumble is crying about the pitch. As usual they can't give the credit where its due.

 

[Ahmad94]

It's funny yet again as most of the English commentators, specially bumble is crying about the pitch. As usual they can't give the credit where its due.

I have a lot of respect for Bumble, he makes a valid point. I hope Pakistan play well enough to score 212 on this pitch. Not to undermine the bowling, we bowled exceptionally today!!!

 

[Perfect Square]

Pakistani bowlers bowled exceptionally well. Perhaps best so far in this tournament. I thought after Bairstow's wicket England tried to play a bit defensive. Their batsmen got starts but none of them could convert it to bug runs.

I was surprised to see Ben Stokes facing 60 odd bals and not hit a single boundary. (Previously he hitted 10 boundaries facing 52 balls) Rauman Raees was pretty impressive. Especially in the death. He filled Amir's spot.

I am happy that Pakistani bowlers bowled great again and gave our batsmen a chance. The target is easy for other teams but for this Pakistani batsmen its kinda normal. But, if Pakistan bats well at the start and someone in the middle carries the innings. Pakistan could win this conveniently.

 

[Alexei.]

Scared so early? Let's get complete the match first and we will see at the end. England is way ahead at this stage still.

"Unpredictable"
.RIP. 14June17. (Not related to match)

 

[ParkedTheBus]

Absolutely exceptional from Pakistan to limit the tournament's most dangerous side (so far at least) to a below-par score. Top-class bowling to provide hope that there may be a future for bowlers after all! Raees handled himself superbly well, it will be interesting to see if Amir returns to the team if Pakistan do make the final. But, let's not jump to conclusions yet. First 15 overs of the chase will decide the game, a period where the Pakistani top order have to find the balance between caution and aggression.

 

[Aoun13]

I have a lot of respect for Bumble, he makes a valid point. I hope Pakistan play well enough to score 212 on this pitch. Not to undermine the bowling, we bowled exceptionally today!!!

I too have immense respect for him but crying about pitch unless both team have batted is not so good thing to do.

 

[thetruespiderman493]

Pakistan need to keep cool in this chase, if they do it shouldn't be too hard. Pak batsman make chases a lot harder than they need to be.

 

[Villain]

As I said..

Ruling them out already against England doesn't sound fair, if they can bowl this good then I don't think it'd be that hard for them to beat England.

Backing Pakistan here just so we get an IND v/s PAK final, have also placed some 9k vCash bet on them which was the max I had.

 

[surendar]

This side of Pakistan which I saw in today's match is totally a different unit compared to how they have been performing in this tournament. Looks like, they are finally warmed up for the actual competition. One bad day for any strong team is enough to knock you out of the tournament, looks like England's bad day is today unfortunately.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Pakistan are going along nicely at the moment and if that lad Zaman plays another 10 overs then its curtain for England.

 

[CerealKiller]

The people making fun of Sarfraz are pathetic. You don't need to speak English to be a good cricketer. I am proud of him for talking in his native language.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Meanwhile Pakistani fans

 

[Velocity]

Unless England get 3 quick wickets now, this is Pakistan's game. It's incredible to see how much better Pakistan's bowling attack from the India game. They can even win the Champions Trophy if they keep this up. England on the other hand, are finally showing their weak point. Their sucess lies heavily on their batting, and when they are trying to defend a small total, they struggle because their bowling is weak.