[Cricket] 1st T20I: England v Pakistan at Dubai

[pasty]

England Team

AD Hales, JJ Roy, JM Vince, EJG Morgan*, SW Billings†, MM Ali, AU Rashid, CJ Jordan, LE Plunkett, SD Parry, RJW Topley

Pakistan Team

Rafatullah Mohmand, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi*, Anwar Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan

England win toss and BAT.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Dropping Buttler is ****ing ridiculous.

 

[dazzer6666]

Awful piece of fielding.......with the obvious thwack to the boundary next ball

 

[pasty]

Roy gone for 9

16/1

 

[pasty]

And Hales for 8

18/2

 

[dazzer6666]

were loose

 

[pasty]

Ali gone without troubling the scorer

England 19/3

 

[Mackenzie]

Where is Buttler?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Where is Buttler?

Rested. Would you believe. Last two scores 49* and 116*

 

[Mackenzie]

Rested. Would you believe. Last two scores 49* and 116*

Stupid decision. Little wonder we're so crap at the one day stuff when you see decisions like that.

 

[pasty]

Morgan and Vince seem to have steadied the ship

94/3 from 13

 

[pasty]

Finishing well here.....

 

[pasty]

160/5 off 20 overs.

 

[Luke93]

Wicket already! PAK 10-1 Jordan now bowling and was unlucky not to get a wicket in his first over.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

From the Guardian obo

Most Pakistan wicket ever

Akmal slogs into the on side and sets off. Maqsood sets off too, but turns back halfway down. Akmal does not turn back and the throw comes in to the non-striker’s end. We’re now looking at slow-mo replays of two bats being grounded at the same end to decide who is out.

 

[jakarta]

Why do I always find Pakistan collapses suspicious?

 

[BensGrandad]

England win by 14 runs

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Delighted for Sam Billings, came to talk to a group of our students a few weeks ago and came across as a very level headed young man. Even did some work in the nets with them and was happy to talk about his career and answer questions afterwards.

 

[dazzer6666]

From the Guardian obo

Most Pakistan wicket ever

Akmal slogs into the on side and sets off. Maqsood sets off too, but turns back halfway down. Akmal does not turn back and the throw comes in to the non-striker’s end. We’re now looking at slow-mo replays of two bats being grounded at the same end to decide who is out.

Which one was the big money on ?