England v Pakistan ODI/T20i Series - Aug 24 - Sept 7

[andy]

9 to win from 14

[andy]

congrats to pakistan on 4 wicket victory

[Aidan11]

Well done to Pakistan.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Pretty good run chase from Pakistan. A couple of overs and four wickets in hand.

Just a T20 left now. The Strauss Superseries already in the bag for England.

[Arthur Crabtree]

POTM for Sarfraz, or local lad Wasim?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Ends a nine match unbeaten run for England after their defeat in SA last winter.

Over the last year, England have lost only five games, won twelve, with a tie and a no result.

Main caveat is that nine of those games have been against Pakistan. Even so, a good effort.

In that period, Root and Hales are the top run scorers in ODIs, with Roy then following de Kock. Hales has equal most tons with four. Buttler has the best SR of anyone to have scored more than 300 runs (139, including two tons and three fifties). Buttler has the second best average of anyone to have scored more than 300 runs, behind Rohit.

Not as good for the bowlers, but Woakes especially, with three 4-fers, and Topley and Plunkett with good SRs and econs have been best.

Excellent fielding from Stokes in particular, but Plunkett has held some amazing catches.

Well done. Everyone has been good. In the peripheries, Vince batted once and scored a fifty.

Rashid had a good home season. If we must look for negatives, it was disappointing and surprising, that they went to Broad last winter. Jordan has been expensive overall, and Dawson went for a few on debut. Morgan must do more to justify keeping Bairstow out the team.

[hopeforthebest]

Great result for Pakistan and well deserved.

[The Professor]

Think that puts Dawson on the back burner for a bit.

[backfootpunch]

Think that puts Dawson on the back burner for a bit.

Didn't catch any of our bowling

Did he bowl badly or was it the 60 yard straight boundary

[The Professor]

Think that puts Dawson on the back burner for a bit.

Didn't catch any of our bowling

Did he bowl badly or was it the 60 yard straight boundary

He just looked distinctly out classed. You could see he was working at his best and the Pakistan batsmen were treating him with disdain.

[andy]

so the t20 is tonight..expecting a turning track, last international game of the british summer, should be a cracker.

[Aidan11]

last international game of the british summer

[andy]

england have won the toss and bat

[Arthur Crabtree]

Vince, Bairstow, Billings, Dawson, Mills make way for Stokes, Root, Buttler, Moeen, Willey.

Most of those coming back were injured or rested last time. But surprising Mills hasn't been retained.

[backfootpunch]

Vince, Bairstow, Billings, Dawson, Mills make way for Stokes, Root, Buttler, Moeen, Willey.

Most of those coming back were injured or rested last time. But surprising Mills hasn't been retained.

Mills should have played really

Nobody enjoys facing 150kph