quinta-feira, 1 de setembro de 2016

England v Pakistan: fourth ODI – live!








35th over: England 181-5 (target 248; Bairstow 42, Moeen Ali 1) Moeen is the new batsman. England have a bobtail, with Chris Jordan at No11, so there is nothing to worry about yet. Bairstow, done for pace, top-edges a cut through the vacant slip area for four.











WICKET! England 175-5 (Stokes c Babar b Imad Wasim 69)



Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben. Pakistan have been given a sniff by Stokes, who slog-swept Imad Wasim straight to the man at deep midwicket. He played very well to make 69 from 70 balls but will be irritated by the timing of his dismissal, and to a lesser extent the manner. Ben!












34th over: England 175-4 (target 248; Stokes 69, Bairstow 37) The Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is turning the air blue like Mike Strutter on the team balcony, presumably because of Irfan’s fitness issues. England take three from Umar Gul’s over. They are in no hurry, especially as they know Pakistan will probably need to fill Irfan’s five remaining overs with Azhar Ali’s legspin (sic).


“I’d love to see an England vs England A match,” says Tom Van der Gucht. “They ought to have them every year in order to keep the first choice players on their toes and help draw direct comparisons between current players and those vying for their place. Last time they tried it we went on to win the T20 World Cup. I’d especially love a Test match England vs England Lions match. Who’d make the team…”


Ben Duckett, and Ben Duckett. The bowling attack would be decent as well – Finn, Wood, Ball and Rashid maybe. They used to have Test trials back in the day, as fans of Jim Laker will recall.



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33rd over: England 172-4 (target 248; Stokes 67, Bairstow 36) Pakistan want Mohammad Irfan to bowl, such is their need for wickets, but he is struggling with something – lack of basic fitness, quite possibly – and is leaving the field again. Imad comes on instead, and after Stokes brings up the hundred partnership, he beats Bairstow with one that bounces over the stumps.


“’England have surely never had such depth of batting in one-day cricket’,” begins Phil Sawyer. “Never mind swift changes in personnel, did the last World Cup actually happen or was it some weird fever dream? Only it’s difficult to see how we’ve gone from completely clueless to world record breaking in such a short space of time. And with canny bowlers of both the fast and spin variety to boot. I mean, I know the phrase ‘it ain’t rocket science’ makes me disproportionately annoyed, but was it really as simple as telling this team ‘go out and play’?”


It was a combination of things, and the role of Bayliss and Farbrace shouldn’t be underestimated, but the most important was the symbolic generational change. In that sense even omitting Anderson and Broad had an impact on the batting.












32nd over: England 171-4 (target 248; Stokes 66, Bairstow 36) Umar Gul returns to the attack. England are in total control at the moment but, Pakistan being Pakistan, one wicket could have a big impact. Bairstow survives a desperate LBW shout – he was outside the line – and there are three runs from the over.












31st over: England 168-4 (target 248; Stokes 64, Bairstow 36) Stokes misses a wild swipe at Imad Wasim, with the ball bouncing over the stumps and hitting Sarfraz on to the arm. In fact, replays show there was a very thin edge, so technically it’s a dropped chance I suppose. England need 80 from 114 balls; Pakistan probably need six wickets.












30th over: England 163-4 (target 248; Stokes 62, Bairstow 33) Stokes slog-sweeps Nawaz over cow corner for his second six. The next ball is pulled for four, and then a single takes him to within eight of his highest ODI score.












29th over: England 152-4 (target 248; Stokes 51, Bairstow 33) Bairstow swats a supreme pull for four off Hasan Ali. He’s playing beautifully. <Brent>And he’s not even in the best XI!</Brent> England have surely never had such depth of batting in one-day cricket; it evokes that preposterous Australia A batting line-up in 1994-95.



Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow build an impressive partnership.


Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow build an impressive partnership. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA

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28th over: England 145-4 (target 248; Stokes 50, Bairstow 28) Stokes whacks Nawaz for two to bring up a dominant, run-a-ball half-century. At the moment England are cruising, though Pakistan’s ability to induce a collapse means that fewer things should be taken for granted.



— Henry Moeran (@henrymoeranBBC)

September 1, 2016

A truly stunning evening at Headingley. pic.twitter.com/4WZNoCnjnc














27th over: England 141-4 (target 248; Stokes 47, Bairstow 27) Bairstow blazes Hasan Ali through the covers for four despite the presence of a sweeper. “What a shot!” says Wasim Akram on Sky.












26th over: England 135-4 (target 248; Stokes 47, Bairstow 21) Pakistan need a wicket here. Stokes and Bairstow look comfortable and the required rate is under complete control; England need 113 from 24 overs at 4.70 per over.



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25th over: England 132-4 (target 248; Stokes 46, Bairstow 19) Mohammad Irfan, who was due to come back into attack, is now leaving the field so Hasan Ali will bowl instead. Three singles from the over, with nothing to tell grandad, never mind the grandkids.



The sun sets at Headingley.


The sun sets at Headingley. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

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24th over: England 129-4 (target 248; Stokes 45, Bairstow 17) Stokes pulls Nawaz witheringly for four off the first ball of the over, and drives him for four more off the last. He has had a life but is batting beautifully and must have a chance of his first ODI hundred.



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23rd over: England 121-4 (target 248; Stokes 37, Bairstow 17) Stokes is dropped by Nawaz, a really difficult low chance at deep square leg as he swooped forward. There’s a run-out referral later in the over when Stokes takes a tight single to short third man; Bairstow’s speed saw him home.












22nd over: England 116-4 (target 248; Stokes 34, Bairstow 15) That’s a cracking shot from Bairstow, who waltzes down the track and muscles Nawaz for a big straight six. At the moment England are scoring singles, sixes and nothing inbetween.












21st over: England 107-4 (target 248; Stokes 32, Bairstow 7) Hawkeye shows that LBW appeal against Stokes was very close. It was hitting the stumps and the point of impact was umpire’s call. This is an excellent struggle, with England dealing primarily in singles against the spinners for the time being.












20th over: England 102-4 (target 248; Stokes 29, Bairstow 6) Nawaz appeals optimistically for LBW when Stokes misses a reverse sweep. It hit him outside the line, and actually there may have been some bat on it as well. Nawaz looks more of a threat, though. Stokes is beaten outside off and then survives a much bigger LBW appeal. It was a lovely delivery that turned to beat him on the inside as he tried to work to leg. He was probably just outside the line, though I think Pakistan would have reviewed it if they had the option.



Ben Stokes looks for more runs against Pakistan.


Ben Stokes looks for more runs against Pakistan. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

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19th over: England 99-4 (target 248; Stokes 27, Bairstow 6) Imad Wasim returns to the attack and is driven for a single by Bairstow. It’ll be interesting to see how England play the spinners, whether they attempt to go big or deal in singles. Seems it’ll be the former: Stokes charges Imad Wasim and hoicks him mightily over cow corner for six. He has batted with intimidating authority in this short innings.












18th over: England 90-4 (target 248; Stokes 20, Bairstow 5) The left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack to replace Hasan Ali. He should, as Mike Atherton says on Sky, turn it a bit more than Imad Wasim on this pitch. I don’t know if the pitch could be classified as spin-friendly but it’s at least spin-tolerant. England’s spinners had combined figures of five for 86 earlier in the day. There is a hint of spin in his first over, with just three from it. England need 158 from 32 overs.












17th over: England 87-4 (target 248; Stokes 19, Bairstow 3) Bairstow, on the pull, bottom edges Umar Gul just wide of the stumps.


“Evening Rob,” says Phil Sawyer. “Squire Marks of this parish wrote a lovely piece about facing Qadir’s bowling (paragraphs 9 and 10 in this piece).” Heh, that’s great. Nice line from Pat Gibson as well.












16th over: England 82-4 (target 248; Stokes 16, Bairstow 1) Ben Stokes times Hasan down the ground for four, an absolutely gorgeous stroke that he plays again, only with a bit more force, from the next ball. The thing about this England one-day team is that, for all the talk of big hitting, they are very aesthetically pleasing as well: Roy, Stokes, Root, Moeen, Buttler, all of them really.


“While you’re on Qadir this is probably my favourite piece of cricket writing,” says Mike Shepherd. “You may well have seen it but if not it’s well worth a look.”


Oh yes that’s beautiful, as is his piece on Jeff Thomson if you haven’t read it. And Golden Boy is one of the best cricket books ever written. Anyone who doesn’t own it should address that situation at their earliest convenience.



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15th over: England 72-4 (target 248; Stokes 7, Bairstow 0) As Mark Nicholas said so perfectly during the 2011 World Cup quarter-final win over the West Indies, “This is Pakistan”.











WICKET! England 72-4 (Morgan c Sharjeel b Gul 11)



Pakistan are right in this match! Morgan opens the face and steers Umar Gul straight to first slip, where Sharjeel takes an easy catch. That was an ill-conceived shot from Morgan, and the execution was not exactly utopian either. Great stuff from Pakistan though, who are playing like cornered tigers.



Another one down as Eoin Morgan is caught by Sharjeel.


Another one down as Eoin Morgan is caught by Sharjeel. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

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14th over: England 70-3 (target 248; Morgan 10, Stokes 6) England can take their time to regroup, with the required rate only just above five an over. Stokes works Hasan for two to get off the mark and then flashes a fine cover-drive for four. This is a great and relatively rare chance for him to bat long in an ODI, and perhaps even get his first century.












13th over: England 63-3 (target 248; Morgan 9, Stokes 0) Erm, I missed that over due to a surfeit of love for Abdul Qadir. Three from it; I’ll tell you that for the price of a broadband connection.












12th over: England 60-3 (target 248; Morgan 6, Stokes 0) “That’s absolutely TOP Qadir porn!” says Robert Wilson. “Best googly in history (certainly the best ever televised), a breaker of the very laws of physics and as surprising and unwelcome as a popular uprising to the banana republic of batsmanship. And that hair-raising.way the stock ball drops like a stone at the end of its flight. A contender for the mantle of Total Dude.”


Indeed. Qadir was everything a great legspinner should be. Shane Warne was competent but it’s hard to take him seriously without a decent googly.



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WICKET! England 59-3 (Root c Irfan b Hasan 30)



Only the apocalypse can stop Joe Root breaking every significant England batting record. He has pretty much mastered batting and he’s only 25 years old. Erm. he’s also out! The moment I typed that, Root top-edged a pull off Hasan Ali high to fine leg, where Mohammad Irfan got down his knees, opened his hands, closed his eyes and somehow held onto the ball. What an impact the big fella is having!



Joe Root walks off dejected after being dismissed for thirty.


Joe Root walks off dejected after being dismissed for thirty. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

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11th over: England 59-2 (target 248; Root 30, Morgan 5) The left-arm spinner Imad Wasim replaces Mohammad Irfan, a bit of a surprise as Irfan was all over Morgan. The change of pace suits Morgan, who gets off the mark with a beautifully placed extra-cover drive


“Thought I’d give the question of a fully replaced England ODI team a shot, though I’m not pretending this is a definitive answer,” says Alex Buddery. “I have a clear memory of England markedly changing the make-up of their side around the time of 1996 and the fielding improving significantly as a result. I checked, and England’s ODI team for the Pakistan series that year did indeed include five debutants – Croft, Headley, Lloyd, Mullally and Knight. Seemed like a reasonable starting point. The only survivor of the side that toured India in 1993, three years earlier, was Alec Stewart, and given his international career spanned 14 years and 140 matches it’s quite tricky to find a side without him in it. But he didn’t play in the fifth ODI of that India series, Richard Blakey taking the gloves. Which means the team of August 29 1996 vs Pakistan in Manchester contained no survivors from the team of March 1st 1993 vs India at Jamshedpur. Scorecards: 1993 and 1996. Having done all that leg work, I fully expect someone to come along and produce a side from two years ago that looks nothing like today’s, but I’ve established that I’m a tragic cricket geek so there is that at least.”


Good work. Generally, looking at teams straight after a World Cup shambles makes sense. I was going to suggest 2003, the Jim Troughton Years, but I think that team had Goughie in it.












10th over: England 52-2 (target 248; Root 28, Morgan 0) Pakistan are in cornered-tigers mode, which is great to see after their insipid bowling performances earlier in the series. Not that Root is remotely perturbed; he dismiss the new bowler Hasan through midwicket and mid-on for consecutive boundaries. The first was a stunning whip from a perfectly decent delivery. He really is an astonishing batsman.












9th over: England 43-2 (target 248; Root 19, Morgan 0) A brilliant over continues with Morgan beaten yet again outside off stump, this time on the inside as he launched into a slightly desperate drive. Great stuff from the loveable galoot, with just the wide from the over – and even that might have been a wicket. We haven’t seen any more replays.











PAKISTAN REVIEW! England 43-2 (Morgan not out 0)



Pakistan appeal for caught behind when Morgan attempts to hook Irfan. Marais Erasmus gives a wide and Pakistan do not use their review. There was certainly a noise as it went past the bat. And now there’s an even bigger appeal for caught behind, and they are going to review. It was a snorter from Irfan, which kicked and seamed from a length, and I reckon this might be out.


Here come the replays. It definitely hit Morgan’s shirt, and so I think Morgan is going to survive. Yes, he’s not out. I’d like to see the first appeal again, however.



Mohammad Irfan appeals unsuccessfully for the wicket of Eoin Morgan.


Mohammad Irfan appeals unsuccessfully for the wicket of Eoin Morgan. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

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8th over: England 42-2 (target 248; Root 19, Morgan 0) Root pulls Gul quite majestically for six. In its certainty, contempt and extreme skill, that was Pontingesque. Gul beats him later in the over with an excellent sharp bouncer, however. Root needs 31 to become the first England batsman to make fifties in six consecutive innings. The last Englishman to make five was the Gaffer; most of which came during his patriotic orgy in the summer of 2000.



— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket)

September 1, 2016

After his 185 today, Ben Duckett’s season strike-rate (from all the cricket he has played) stands at 99.42 #countycricketlive













WICKET! England 36-2 (Hales c Sarfraz b Irfan 8)



Irfan moves around the wicket in an attempt to get out of trouble. Hales edges him not far short of the slips, another demonstration of a hitherto unconvincing performance from England’s batsmen. And there’s another – Hales has gone! He pushed outside off at a fine delivery from the loveable galoot Irfan and thin-edged it through to Sarfraz.



Alex Hales is out for eight after being dismissed by Irfan.


Alex Hales is out for eight after being dismissed by Irfan. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA

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6th over: England 36-1 (target 248; Hales 8, Root 13) Root pushes Gul straight down the ground for four. England are dealing in what Bob Willis and Bob Willis only calls “boundary fours”; 32 of the 36 runs have come that way. Root then jabs down on a delivery that keeps a bit low. Sound the grubber klaxon!












5th over: England 32-1 (target 248; Hales 8, Root 9) Root, forcing off the back foot again, edges Irfan in the air but wide of second slip for four. If England lose two or three early wickets this might become a tricky chase against the turning ball. They might not have to contend with Irfan: he has been given a second official warning for running off the pitch. One more and he won’t be able to bowl again. Ever.












3rd over: England 19-1 (target 248; Hales 0, Root 4) Root jumps up to force his first ball past backward point for four. That over included three boundaries, a wicket, an official warning for running on the pitch and my subconscious shouting “you’re too old for this”.



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WICKET! England 15-1 (Roy c Rizan b Irfan 14)



Roy has fallen to a brilliant catch in the slips. Irfan, who was warned for running on the pitch and then struck for consecutive boundaries earlier in the over, produced a good delivery that took the edge as Roy fiddled outside off stump, and Rizwan at second slip swooped to his left to take a superb catch.



Mohammad Irfan celebrates taking the wicket of Jason Roy, superbly caught by Rizwan.


Mohammad Irfan celebrates taking the wicket of Jason Roy, superbly caught by Rizwan. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

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2nd over: England 7-0 (target 248; Roy 6, Hales 0) Umar Gul, who bowled like a naff Umar Gul tribute act in his only match of the series at the Ageas Bowl, starts the second over to the record-breaking Alex Hales. It’s a fine over, a maiden, with one delivery jagging back to hit Hales in the general vicinity of his masculinity.


“Hi, Rob,” says Smylers. “After Jos Buttler’s 22-ball fifty on Tuesday broke Paul Collingwood’s previous record of 26 balls, I looked at the team from that 2008 match. None of those players have survived to the current ODI squad (though at least four of them were deselected against their will and presumably would have been happy still to be in the team). That made me wonder, what’s the quickest the entire England ODI team have been replaced — which two matches with no players in common have the least time between them? Is it the change of the past few years, or was there a more dramatic mass-culling of players some point previously? (Ignoring exceptions such as a match against Ireland where most of the regular team were rested, or the 20:20 team playing an ODI series.)”


Anyone? Anyone? CB Fry?












1st over: England 7-0 (target 248; Roy 6, Hales 0) Mohammad Irfan, who has a short leg in place, sets the tone with a first-ball wide. Jason Roy, whose strike rate is the highest of any opener who has played 20 ODI innings, takes two off the first legitimate delivery and then under–edges a pull well short of the keeper. Marais Erasmus is already unhappy with Irfan’s followthrough and has mentioned it to both the bowler and his captain. Roy ends the over with a gorgeous back-foot drive through the covers for four.












Hello again, Rob here. The players are back on the field. Mohammad Irfan, the tallest man ever to play international cricket at 7ft 1ins, will opening the bowling.












“Angus Fraser was bemoaning England’s 444 on the BBC website this morning,” says Tim Woollias. “’But it can become a bit boring when the ball keeps going for four and six.’ Hopefully, this return to the ODI equivalent of nagging away outside off for three hours has cheered up the old curmudgeon.”


He’s got some nerve complaining about people biffing fours and sixes after his performance in this match.












Hello. It’s been a good day for lovers of spin bowling; if you are one such, here’s a good way to pass the time between innings.














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Pakistan finish on 247-8. It’s not exactly 444, but a score of 250-odd was enough for Surrey to win here a few days ago. Thanks for reading and it’s over to Rob Smyth to cover the England run-chase.



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50th over: Pakistan 247-8 (Imad 57, Umar Gul 6) Plunkett replaces the suddenly wayward Willey, and keeps Imad down to twos and a one, before Umar Gul produces a superb straight six. It’s not a great total but it could have been even worse. Imad’s one-day average, Rob assures me from the next desk, is now greater than his highest score (63 no). Today, he gave a performance that Lance Klusener would have been proud of. He only came in at 169-6, he made 57 off 41 balls, and he still hasn’t been out. Pakistan should rebuild their team around him.












49th over: Pakistan 236-8 (Imad 52, Umar Gul 0) Chris Jordan shows why he is rated as a death bowler, restricting Imad to a single off the first four balls, then seeing off his partner. The stand was handy – 56 off eight overs.











Wicket! Hasan Ali c Root b Jordan 9 (Pakistan 236-8)



Hasan clumps a Jordan full toss straight to Root at backward point. Bad cricket all round, except from Root.



Chris Jordan celebrates dismissing Hasan Ali.


Chris Jordan celebrates dismissing Hasan Ali. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

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48th over: Pakistan 235-7 (Imad 51, Hasan 9) England give away an overthrow, not for the first time, and it costs them as Imad first lofts Willey for six, then drills him for four, then eases him past cover for two, and cuts for another two. That’s a gorgeous fifty off only 32 balls. He finishes with a defensive reverse sweep for a single. This boy will go far.












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