In-pictures: England win third Sharjah ODI by six wickets
Pakistan have one last chance to avoid their ninth series loss out of 11 in UAE since 2009.
Paceman Chris Woakes took 4-40 as England bowled and fielded well to dismiss sloppy Pakistan for a paltry 208 in the third day-night international in Sharjah on Tuesday. Pakistan looked set for a big total after winning the toss and deciding to bat on a flat Sharjah stadium pitch but suffered an alarming collapse, losing nine wickets for 116 runs after being well placed at 92-1 in the 20th over.
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Nov 18, 2015 02:20am
Azhar Ali is worst captain ever. Stop playing with Pakistan Cricket PCB and make an aggressive captain . I would suggest Shoaib Malik or M. Hafeez .
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Nov 18, 2015 04:42am
There is nothing special about Azhar Ali's captaincy. His ODI batting form is getting the toll. He will be better off if relieved. Wahab Riaz is a fighter and may have the necessary ingredients to be a fighting captain
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Nov 18, 2015 06:47am
Only rizwan could climb such heights
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Nov 18, 2015 07:00am
A focused team ended up beating a team whose coach is clueless.
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Nov 18, 2015 07:35am
Pride hath a fall.
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Nov 18, 2015 08:11am
Azhar may have poise to be a good captain but he's not an opener...he seems unsettled and makes the guy at the other end uncomfortable too. Hafeez should open...Azhar should consider one-down.
None of the players have their head in the game except Irfan...he always delivers. Nobody seems to come to the pitch with 'taking control' in mind; instead 'try' to play their 'natural game'.
It looks like Pakistan cricket is 'confused' with these formats...test, one-day, t20.
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Nov 18, 2015 08:12am
Three run outs, average bowling, and sloppy fielding are the main reasons of our debacle. We have not learned any lesson from our past mistskes. It looks that selectors are out to ruin the career of Umer Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad. England fast bowler Chris Woakes has prctically destroyed our batting line up in the last two ODIs.
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Nov 18, 2015 08:59am
Azhar is not fit to be captain, I would go with Sarfaraz. He is aggressive and loud, why would you leave your opener on the bench and play #6 in the opening position. That's very bad cricket.
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Nov 18, 2015 10:16am
Some one like replica of Misbah,( Fawad Alam,) is required to be given a place in the middle order batsmen. I mean Pakistan needs some one to do " Took Took"
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Nov 18, 2015 10:38am
@Khan
100% agreed with you !!!
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Nov 18, 2015 08:01pm
Pakistan played irresponsible cricket but there is no need to be panic. Give them some time especially Azhar. Ahmed shehzad has already got alotof chances and we all know about Umar Akmal's attitude. It will take some time but consistency is the only solution so be patient.
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Nov 18, 2015 09:31pm
3 run outs, average bowling, and sloppy fielding are the main reasons of our debacle, worst captain Azhar Ali, no game plan, no advice to players, every body playing own game. Blind coach and Captain.
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Nov 19, 2015 03:15pm
Apart from all this poor performance from Pakistan, who else loves watching Eoin Morgan bat? the guy is a magician. A pleasure to watch him playing all those sweep shots
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