42-6. What a pointless tour.
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ranking points maybe half a point

comment by (Kash) I'm the Mane (U1108)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
That news to me. Maybe we have managed to agree a series just before the WC.
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Official according to icc website and ecb although exact dates and venues to be announced- 5 odi series. Good prep for both teams.

https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/06/20/6dc2c8d4-e1a5-4dec-94b4-7121fab3cd7f/ICC_Tours.pdf

England are always too good for us in bilateral series. We will do well to win a game against them. When the World Cup starts we are a different beast then though.

Fixtures announced today

May 5: England v Pakistan IT20, Cardiff
May 8: England v Pakistan 1st ODI, Oval
May 11: England v Pakistan 2nd ODI, Rose Bowl
May 14: England v Pakistan 3rd ODI, Bristol County Ground
May 17: England v Pakistan 4th ODI, Trent Bridge
May 19: England v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Headingley

Imam ul haq bullying one of the worst teams in ODI cricket ever.... will ensure he’s selected for future Odis now which is a complete disaster for us..... rather have sheeetzad over this guy.

Not a fan of Imam. Takes forever to get going and you can't afford that against good sides. However to suggest Sheetzad is better is ridiculous

Records galore

200 for Fakhar

Kash sheeetzad is a worse player statistically, but just do not like the way imam has been given a slot just because he is the nephew of a selector. Fekk that shttt. Never gona like the guy. #bringbacksheeeeetzad

I think better idea is to let Sarfaraz open with Fakhar.

Fecker getting his average up. Was averaging over 50 before this game.

Barbar Azam probably plssed he’s not getting time at the crease to boost his average.

Fakhar only needs 20 more runs to break the quickest to 1k record.

A14, I think Imam will get exposed against Oz and NZ anyway but he is still better than Shehzad.

comment by thewinningways(well on course) (U1945)
posted 12 minutes ago
I think better idea is to let Sarfaraz open with Fakhar.
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would be much better.

1- Fakhar Zaman
2 - Sarfraz Ahmed
3 - Babar Azam
4 - New Batsman
5 - Shoibe Malik
6 - Asif Ali
7 - Shadab Khan
8 - Faheem Ashraf
9 - Imad Wasim
10 - Mohammed Amir
11 - Junaid Khan

You can swap Imad/Shadab for a fast bowler depending on the pitch/conditions.

Usman gets in the team before both Amir and Junaid and also you have forgotten Hasan who is our pace X factor.

We’ll see how good Usman is when he plays against some decent teams.

Hasan in for Faheem maybe. I think a Junaid/Amir pairing in England will be lethal again.

comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
1- Fakhar Zaman
2 - Sarfraz Ahmed
3 - Babar Azam
4 - New Batsman
5 - Shoibe Malik
6 - Asif Ali
7 - Shadab Khan
8 - Faheem Ashraf
9 - Imad Wasim
10 - Mohammed Amir
11 - Junaid Khan
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Push everyone up by one and get Hasan in there... him and faheem have shown they can bat a bit. That’s a solid odi team.

Ramiz Raja was saying that perhaps Yasir Shah might become a regular name in ODI team lineup especially until the World Cup in England in 2019.

Just 1 run short of 400

Yasir isn’t good enough for the shorter format. Surprised he was picked. We have enough quality in the spin department without him.

With the amount of cricket Pakistan are playing from now until the World Cup it would be silly to play the top 15 in these kinda series - agree with inclusion of yasir and other fringe players..... need to give some of our top guns a rest now and again

I meant Afridi14 that Pakistan might use Yasir and Shadab as a legspin duo regularly in ODIs and even in 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England in 2019.

Imam on 91 not out - fekk off man not having that

@zahra agree, I wouldn’t pick him for the World Cup up everyone else is fit.

A14 looking foolish here

Fakhar smashes the quickest to 1k record. Record back from 1975.