Pakistan v England, limited overs matches. UAE, 2015.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Then again in ODIs, outside England, the pace option has been repetitively unsuccessful.

[backfootpunch]

No talk of Buttler being injured on cricinfo or bbc, just Morgan boosting Buttler's chances of making runs.

I'm a bit on Selvey's side in him saying that if your pace bowlers are stronger than your spin bowlers then play your pace bowlers. Are Moeen and Rashid really good enough to both play in a five man attack?

no finn
no wood
no broad
no jimmy

we dont have any top class fast bowlers in the squad so might as well play the spinners

plunkett, jordan and woakes all have very average records (thats being polite)

[Slipstream]

Dernbach was dropped because he was too expensive. It seems we are not worried about economy any more.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... pe=bowling

When you look at Rabada 4.87, Hazlewood 4.39, Starc 4.85, Boult 4.64, Philander 4.62, Irfan 4.90 you wonder about an economy of anything over 5.50.

[meninblue]

Pak team will be

Azhar
Hafeez
Younis
Sarfaraz
Shoaib
Rizwan
Anwar
Bilal
Wahab
Yasir
Irfan

[hopeforthebest]

Dernbach was dropped because he was too expensive. It seems we are not worried about economy any more.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... pe=bowling

When you look at Rabada 4.87, Hazlewood 4.39, Starc 4.85, Boult 4.64, Philander 4.62, Irfan 4.90 you wonder about an economy of anything over 5.50.

Economy rates have to be taken in conjunction with strike rates and from what I see the quick bowlers have significantly lower S/R than Ali and Rashid. Bowling more expensive overs but bowl fewer overs per wicket then that is more economical.
We've already seen in the test series that Pakistan batsmen have taken more of a liking to slow bowling than quick bowling.

Average 5.0 X 47 overs S/R = 235 runs per dismissal
Average 6.0 X 37 S/R = 222 runs per dismissal.

[dan08]

Younis is retiring from ODIs after today's match.

[Arthur Crabtree]

So why recalled?!

[Gingerfinch]

A sending off I take it?

[Aidan11]

Younis is retiring from ODIs after today's match.

Odd. I would have thought he would have played out the series.

[Aidan11]

England win the toss and will bat.



Team - Roy, Hales, Root, Morgan, Taylor, Buttler, Moeen, Rashid, Willey, Woakes, Topley

[Aidan11]

Almost unrecognisable from the test side.

[hopeforthebest]

Looks very windy.

[Gingerfinch]

Almost unrecognisable from the test side.

I would have Samit in my ODI side but nowhere near the test version.

[meninblue]

Pak team will be

Azhar
Hafeez
Younis
Sarfaraz
Shoaib
Rizwan
Anwar
Bilal
Wahab
Yasir
Irfan

Rizwan's wife has given birth to baby girl. In that case he may miss one or two matches.

Azhar
Selfie
Hafeez
Younis
Sarfaraz
Shoaib
Anwar
Bilal
Wahab
Yasir
Irfan

[meninblue]

Toss done, England to bat. English bowling attack looks very inexperienced.