A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
14 runs off the last 2 overs for England to break the ODI world record.
14 runs off the last 2 overs for England to break the ODI world record.
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
And they get there, last ball. 444-3!Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Wow.
Alex Hales was kinda holding things up.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
I'd say Pakistan are mentally on the plane home but they've actually got back, done the holiday laundry, gone in to the the office, cleared their inbox and had their photos back from Boots.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Among the reasons for this to make me happy is that I feel better when the victims of run-total records aren't Associate Members.
It's kind of wrong that spanking the Netherlands in Amstelveen is the same as spanking Pakistan at Trent Bridge or Australia at the Wanderers.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Joe Root with a pedestrian 85 from 86 balls. What was he doing out there?diggedy derek wrote: Wow.
Alex Hales was kinda holding things up.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
This is where limited overs cricket is a real let down - there was literally zero chance of Pakistan chasing this, even before they started, so half the match is entirely pointless and completely devoid of any tension.
At least with a test match, the team batting second can look to battle through three days and escape with a draw when faced with a massive total. Whereas this is like a slow death.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Yeah, when they still had Afridi there was a 1% chance that he would do something extraordinary, but Sarfraz Ahmed is the only one in this team who could score at the required rate, and you need a bare minimum of two.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Some decent biffing at the end from Yasir and Amir, but the contest had ended about 30 overs before that. England take the series - 3-0 up with two to play.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Nice to see a Welshman scoring the winning runs at a Sophia Gardens international match. When was the last time it happened?Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
If you count this as an international, it was probably this game: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/2062244.stm
Though it doesn't say who scored the final runs. It could have been Hemp (Bermudan) or Kallis (South African)Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
Oh, thanks for that. Kallis or Steve James with the winning runs if I'm reading the scorecard right.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
James was born in Gloucestershire...
It's possible that a Welsh born player has never before hit the winning runs in an international match in Wales.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
I knew he was born in Lydney but thought he was still genuine Welsh...and I'd take that, to be honest.
I was more pointing out that it couldn't have been Hemp with the runs though.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
England are clearly shit at one day cricket and need to bring back Cook, Bell, Broad and Anderson.Comment
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
So you know who to blame, this appeared on the BBC live blog during the preamble:
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A spot of forgiveness: England v Pakistan 2016
What a fantastic summer of international cricket this has been. Cheers Pakistan, you've been greatComment
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