6th Match - England v Pakistan

[cnerd123]

Best 3/82 ever?

Awesome win. Two great games in 2 days. The WC is alive.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Roy dropped Hafeez on 14, we chase 310-320 or something and it is totally different game.

Yeah that's fair actually.

 

[Borges]

Win the toss, bat first.

 

[trundler]

Self inflicted loss really.

 

[91Jmay]

I don't think any team wins all their games in the groups, but we need to beat at least 3 of India, New Zealand, Windies & Aus now. Not any easy proposition.

 

[Bijed]

Well played Pakistan. Fantastic comeback after the other day and most enjoyable game of the tournament so far.

Tbh, I thought the doom and gloom about them was being overdone a bit - I know they'd lost a lot of games recently but their batting impressed me in the recent series so them taking good advantage enough of a mediocre bowling/fielding display to force a win was hardly out of the question imo

 

[91Jmay]

Win the toss, bat first.

We had won like 17 games in a row chasing in England. Was a more than fair decision.

 

[cnerd123]

Yea I think a lot of people saw this coming when England chose to field first.

Why choose to chase against Pakistan in a WC game. It's foolhardy unless you're India.

 

[mr_mister]

The pressure release/elation of the milestones totally screwing up Root and Butlers rhythm today. Basically the cricket equivalent of premature ejaculation

 

[trundler]

Now Afghanistan must beat SL tomorrow

 

[harsh.ag]

Just what the wc needed

 

[mr_mister]

Also, Wahab Riaz is an ATG in the format - **** da haters

 

[trundler]

One of the top 10 WC games I've seen but I remember **** all from the previous 2

 

[mr_mister]

Now Afghanistan must beat SL tomorrow

Ain't happening imo

 

[mr_mister]

We had won like 17 games in a row chasing in England. Was a more than fair decision.

In JAMODIs

 

[trundler]

I think I'll call it a day with my 230th post here

 

[cnerd123]

A repeat yesterday will occur.

England win the toss and bowl.

I really don't know why we're not just batting. Smh.

I think England have given Pak a small chance here by opting the bowl first. The only way to restrict the English batting might be under the pressure of a WC Run Chase.

Okay so just 3 of us called it

The pressure release/elation of the milestones totally screwing up Root and Butlers rhythm today. Basically the cricket equivalent of premature ejaculation

Yea the Adrenaline dump after reaching a milestone or taking a big wicket is very real. It's why many of the greats have muted celebrations. They're just trying to keep focused on the job at hand.

 

[Bijed]

Don't think batting/bowling first was really a factor in the result either today or yesterday's match tbqh. Bangladesh and Pakistan just played better that their oppoistion

 

[Arachnodouche]

England can probably chase down anything on their day, but today's bowling effort has revealed a few chinks. And even this English side doesn't want to be regularly chasing 320+ in a World Cup environment.

 

[BSM]

Great win for Pakistan that. The unpredictable tag must be pretty frustrating but this doesn't do much to shake it.

Not a catastrophic loss for Eng. Happy at least that we didn't self-destruct against a massive total in an actually meaningful game. Ultimately I think our fielding let us down. Roy dropping Hafeez early on and the run out, misfields, overthrows etc. The good thing is it has happened early on and its easily improvable.