[Cricket] 3rd and final ODI England v Pakistan, (D/N), Edgbaston

[Titanic]

Captain Stokes wins the toss and England have inserted.

There are 20,000 fans today, many of whom are wearing blue in memory of the late, great Bob Willis, who died of prostate cancer in December 2019.

England and Pakistan teams are unchanged.

England: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Zak Crawley, 4 James Vince, 5 Ben Stokes (capt), 6 John Simpson (wk), 7 Lewis Gregory, 8 Craig Overton, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Saqib Mahmood, 11 Matt Parkinson

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Sohaib Maqsood, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Haris Rauf

England are 2-0 up with the series in the bag, but there are vital World Cup Super League points to play for, and great opportunities for young/inexperienced players to put their names into the hat for the future.

 

[Sid in the Sharknado]

Captain Stokes wins the toss and England have inserted.

Boooo

There are 20,000 fans today, many of whom are wearing blue in memory of the late, great Bob Willis, who died of prostate cancer in December 2019.

Yay

 

[Titanic]

It would be good for the entertainment value and the England batsmen if Pakistan made a decent fist of setting a proper target here.

 

[Simster]

It would be good for the entertainment value and the England batsmen if Pakistan made a decent fist of setting a proper target here.

Pakistan have been utter gash so far, so I'm not holding out much hope of this.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Poor umpire decision looked plumb was plumb. Stokes from behind couldn't have the best view

 

[MJsGhost]

Poor umpire decision looked plumb was plumb. Stokes from behind couldn't have the best view

Maybe the umpires agree with Titanic?

It would be good for the entertainment value and the England batsmen if Pakistan made a decent fist of setting a proper target here.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Pakistan 21/1

Excellent slip catch from Crawley. Good to see the back of the dangerous Fakhar

 

[Titanic]

21-1 (5 overs)

Disappointing that the dangerous Fakhar has perished

Fakhar Zaman c Crawley b Mahmood 6 (14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

 

[Titanic]

Pakistan 21/1

Excellent slip catch from Crawley. Good to see the back of the dangerous Fakhar

 

[MJsGhost]

Pakistan's RR at Edgbaston is currently 3.51 (61/1 off 17.2)

Sussex rattling along not far behind at 3.28 against Kent (75/0 off 23)

England to knock them off in 30 overs at this rate?

 

[Titanic]

Steady progress 71-1 (18.3 overs)

50 partnership at RR3.61 for Imam-ul-Haq 37* and Babar Azam 24*

Wickets in hand give Pakistan the chance to press on to a decent total on what looks like a belter.

 

[Titanic]

Imam-ul-Haq 50* (66 balls, 6 fours)

Pakistan 106-1 (24.3 overs) just picking up the run rate.

 

[Titanic]

Matt Parkinson into the attack... and strikes immediately... bowls Imam-ul-Haz with a SNORTER!

113-2 (25.5, RR4.37)

 

[Titanic]

Cricinfo liked that one!

Parkinson to Imam-ul-Haq, OUT
Snorter! That's an angular ripper from Parkinson, bending like a ray of light off a mirror as it fades to off to open the batter up, then bites the deck to rip back through the gate from a foot outside off!

Imam-ul-Haq b Parkinson 56 (73b 7x4 0x6) SR: 76.71

 

[hans kraay fan club]

226/2
Babar 113*
Pakistan putting together a nicely paced innings. Could be a good game, this.

 

[Eeyore]

Looking forward to seeing England's response to this. Looks like a good pitch to bat on.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Earlier this summer, for England, was the first time I'd seen James Bracey keep wicket. I couldn't believe that they'd selected somebody with what looked like such shockingly poor technique, but assumed I was reading it wrong.

In the Hampshire innings concluded today, he's conceded FOURTY EIGHT byes

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO50016

 

[Titanic]

259-2 with 7 to go... 10 from the last Parkinson over and now 11 from Overton.

Rizwan and Babar Azam piling it on.... 150* at RR8.44

This is heading for a decent target

 

[Titanic]

and 13 more off Overton.

57 at RR11.40 from the last 5. This is getting slightly out of hand

284-2 with 5 overs to go.

 

[Eeyore]

Had 3 £5 free bets hanging over from the Euros. I've pumped them on England @ 4.5