🏏 Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #44: England vs Pakistan🏏 - Page 2

Disclaimer: This is just a prediction not a personal opinion.

Did you know:

-Pakistan made it to the semis in five of the six editions of the ODI World Cup between 1979 and 1999 but since the turn of the century, they have reached that far just once - in 2011

- 18 of the 32 sixes hit by Pakistan in World Cup 2023 have come from Fakhar Zaman in just two innings

What they said:

We will try to learn from this, because the faster you learn from big events you know where you have made mistakes. I have seen that the margin of error is very low here. Because when you give even a little room to any team, they take the match from you. This is the specialty of World Cup. It's a high-intensity game. You have a match against every team, so they are high-intensity games. So, I think the whole team should learn from the mistakes - Babar Azam

Thanks for the tag Raji!

Originally posted by: Savera84

In the spotlight: Jos Buttler and Fakhar Zaman

As puzzling as it was untimely, Jos Buttler's sudden absence of form and confidence at this World Cup has been one of several low points from an England perspective. For a man who played such a pivotal part in clinching the trophy four years ago, his ascent to the captaincy should have been the zenith of his ODI career. This tournament, instead, has been its nadir. A 43 against New Zealand to open the tournament was as good as it got for England's most destructive batter, failing to manage even half of that in any of his next seven innings. However, Pakistan are his favourite ODI opposition, his average and strike rate ballooning to 65.25 and 150.86, respectively, against them, compared to career numbers of 39.79 and 117.16. The World Cup may have long gone, but he still has the chance to secure for his side a trip to Pakistan in a couple of years' time, with a win assuring England of a spot in the next Champions Trophy.

Even as he found his touch to such devastating effect against New Zealand, Fakhar Zaman will be keenly aware of the poor timing of his drop in form. Just six months ago, he scored three successive hundreds and looked like the most dangerous opener any side would have at this World Cup. It was the sort of form he had maintained throughout this cycle, only to inexplicably elude him when it mattered most. Fakhar looked a shadow of his former self at the start of the tournament, and was dropped one game in. For a man made for the big occasion, he averaged 22 in World Cup matches until that point. He would finally remedy that with 81 and 126* in the two games since his return, but it's destined to be just a little too late. At 33, this might just be Fakhar's last World Cup game, which might free him up just that little bit more. And an unshackled Fakhar will always be one to watch.

He wants to lead england in westindies for other than red & pink ball 6 matches tour, By next mos or so.

Good Luck jos, hope to see you in IPL 2024, Pant is ready for 2024

Thank you, Raji for the thread and for tagging me as well.

A big match for both the teams.

Originally posted by: Savera84

HEAD TO HEAD - LAST 5 MATCHES

England won by 3 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) 13-Jul-2021

England won by 52 runs 10-Jul-2021

England won by 9 wickets (with 169 balls remaining) 08-Jul-2021

Pakistan won by 14 runs 03-Jun-2019

England won by 54 runs 19-May-2019

ENG vs PAK Head-to-Head Overall Record:

Matches Played 91

England Won 56

Pakistan Won 32

N/R 3

England slightly fav but you never know the way they are collapsing in this wc 😊

Thank you for the tag Raji

Why they have not taken Sam curran ???

Eng won the toss and elected to bat first!!