Pakistan vs England Highlights – T20 World Cup
England Bat
Pakistan Bat
Watch cricket highlights – Pakistan vs England from the 2009 T20 World Cup.
Scoreline: England 185/5: Kevin Pietersen 58 (38), Luke Wright 34 (16), Owais Shah 33 (32) – Umar Gul 4-37-2, Saeed Ajmal 4-23-2
Pakistan 137/7: Younus Khan 46 – Stuart Broad 3-17-3
England after being effectively knocked out of the tournament are now back in it irrespective of the Netherlands-Pakistan game, by virtue of the margin of defeat today.
Pakistan started off the game making the befuddling decision to play Arafat ahead of Tanvir. Despite their initial charged-up start, Pakistan soon fell away in the field as the England batting did a switch-hit (compared to the previous game) with Wright partnered by Pietersen playing possibly his best T20 innings ever.
Umar Gul was stand-out for Pakistan despite Ajmal having the better figures, while Stuart Broad bounced right back today after all those countless replays of him missing the stumps in the Netherlands game played endlessly on television channels.
The Pakistan chase seemed centred around Duckworth-Lewis pottering onto the ground – it’s hard to else explain the lack of intent to score boundaries with Malik and Younus getting together. That’s exactly the kind of pair you don’t want together at the same time in a T20 game chasing 180 plus. Maybe I’m skewed, but I’ve never liked Malik – he came into the Pakistan team as a poor copy of Saqlain, ended up replacing Mushtaq in ODI cricket and then flattered to deceive with his batting. To have Misbah come in with 20 odd deliveries left seems ridiculous.
While it has to be agreed that Afridi over the last couple of years has been in the team for his bowling, the Pakistan management’s handling of him seems unfair – more often than not, battling as he is to regain his striking abilities, he’s thrown into situations (around 100 needed in 8 overs) that require those rare moments that are so far and few in sports, let alone cricket – like an Ivanisevic winning Wimbledon. An opening or one-down role in a chase would at least remove the pressure of having to do the unthinkable while also scoring fast. And slowly get him somewhere near his prime.
The problem with this Pakistan batting performance is that it was so mystifying, it ended up overshadowing how well England played today.
In short, one conclusion can be drawn – the later a guy sleeps at night, the more impotent his opinions become. So guess, I’ll call it quits for today. Oh, and if you’re a Pakistan viewer, don’t watch the last bit of the 2nd video where Younus Khan talks post-match. You might just bust an artery.
Pregame: Pakistan’s first game. Their warm-up vs India wasn’t convincing, but considering the way Pakistan plays its cricket, they could well snap out of it. Can this 2009 World Cup be Afridi’s to ravage. The fans remain hopeful. Pietersen had in a recent interview mentioned he’d be packing in the switch-hit for a while and had instead come up with other ideas for this World Cup. Hope he plays, so we could see all that.
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Superb
India is going down.
It would never happen. f**k u robin.
ok
cricket
good
this cup belongs to PAKISTAN this time….inshallah
i dunno who takes the cup….
but if pakistan wins today….that’ss good for india as one team in india’s next group would be netherlands….
Dear fans
leave cricket as cricket and don’t make it as the battlefield. It’s not a war, it’s a sport, so show sport’s men sprite… Definitely anyone of the teams has to win this cup…cheers all
well….how abt this match ….i don;t thing pakistan is playing well
@Farhan Azmat , Denmark— “this cup belongs to PAKISTAN this time….inshallah”…… ha ha ha…they sure will
todays’ score card only for u ….
England 185/5 (20/20 ov)
Pakistan 137/7 (20.0/20 ov)
u should atleast see highlights twice
Pakistan lost badly today and the chance of qualifying to the next round is less
pakistan have to beg to india if they want to win this cup, might indian team do some mercy to this poor pak team….:)
pakistan have to start playing in streets or have to take training from strong Scotland team
see u guys when pak looses to netherlands….then they win the world cup for sure
robin have to play in pak team so taste indian team blasting cricket performance
robin ask ur pak team to play with plastic ball so that they can play few balls!!!!
agree with u T20
go to pcb site and gave a look…pic on top left is yuvraj … hehe ..
must say … i would have loved to see afridi bat well though….hardly mattered if they won or loose
INDIA ALL THE WAY BABY. JAI MATAJI
holly shit wtf is up wid pak da captian sux he should atleast make a better team like all of dem r like 17 years old like wtf pak is gonna loose
i support pak……..it’s definitely going to win the cup
IA-Pakistan will qualify and india is not going to win the cup
ye but nly if they dun loose any match they already lost against da worst team
i support pak too…hehe…. they need a lot of that…seriously….losst 2 warm up matches then 1 more….
suppport is all they have
HEY JEEWAY IN UR DREAM PAKISAN GONE A WIN
i seriously miss wasim and haq….never liked any other captain or team they had after that…
pakis lost lol, ******* r getting screwed and i am njoyin every moment of it
WORLD CUP IS COMING TO INDIA JUST LIKE THE LAST ONE
@jay
i am not that confident of india..
South Africa is i beleive a good contender…
rest India’s bowling has been kindaa not up to the mark..i doubt if batting fails for a day,then what…we won;t even have pakistan in the next round..all other teams are competitive
@ t20
u r rite but india is just good rite now
@jay
i was not much convinced with how they won against bangladesh(east pakistan)
they should have won more convincingly
they r going to beat aus or s.africa in semi u will see it my friend
aus was f**cked by windies very very badly
symonds is also gone…aussie are definitely going down
did anyone count on the number of drop catches when england were batting
Yunus Khan alone is doing well and all the remianing senior players are not taking any responsibility. Afridi is ‘needless’ inclusion in the team but then he is someone u cant ‘have’ or ‘leave out’. The most balanced sides are India and south Africa. I cant see any other team winning the cup except these two. I think because netherlands is +1.5 on NRR and pakistan on negative, they have to beat netherlands very very badly to make it to the next level which seems highly unlikely. Its sad yunus’s capataincy isnt working. But then its too early to judge. India on the other hand is doing awesome. I would like to see Yusuf Pathan higher up the order, Dhoni should realize how devastating he could prove out to be for the opposition but then Yusuf never gets real support from dhoni Its always been selectors inclusion. Anyways good luck to your respective teams. I hope either India, Saouth Africa or my divine miracle pakistan shows some good play and make it there.
the only team i do not wanna see winning is australia…
It is sad to see that pakistan is fading away slowly and its not as strong as it used to be…. i am strong indian team supporter but still i wont be happy to see pakistan going out in first round. I feel sorry for them because they lack practise of T20.
Pakistan and Pakistani cricket ko nazar lag gayi hai.
Poor Pakistan.
They deserve to win.
Pakistan didnt played so much cricket like indian players thats why having some problems….They shall recover soon inshallah… No doubt india is playing very well in these days…
well..ur right farhan..
it is rough time for pakistan cricket..
seriously these days indian team has been lucky…
who would have thought that Sachin Tendulkar’s absence in any form of game would not be felt.. Dhoni is lucky for the team..
I still miss akram,anwar,waqar,inzi and moin…good old ’90s
i have just started fielding coaching batch for pak team for absolutely free specially for catch practice
come and join if you want to win this T20 WC only few seats are available
did pakistan had gone for match fixing? I love to see pakistan play well being the runner-up in the last edition of t20.
I thought Pakistan team willwake up after the practice matches and will some to real world, from dreams, but it was not the case to be. the old saying goes “as you sow, so shall you reap”. Pakistan does not have a balance side, send Misbah in at 16th over, and fielding th eway they have been doing, and not even adering to the basics of the game is arescipy for failure. I think India, South Africa nd West Indies, could be th eone of the winner. Looking at present form, India will have to have a really really bad in day in the field to loose. Other wise their team combination, batting , bowling and fielding is at the top of the game in this format. For Pakistan team they should stop beleiving on miracles and start making the effort to play better and basic cricket. They need to get Razzq in the team and couple of more changes will deifinately not hurt their cause.
Good Luck to all the supporters and cricket lovers. Please be cricket lovers and do not spoil the fun and the game and do not let prfanity leand your emotions. Thanks!!
Pakistan dropped too many catches.Also lots of misfield s.If they took those catches, UK restricted to lower score & easy to follow.Although Pakistan haven’t had much cricket recently, I’m very pleased with their performance. ALL THE BEST PAKISTAN!!! – Roshan (Sri Lanka)
” ANE DE ” Koun aega aja because asli champion is INDIA…………
im so f**king angry with pakistan.expecialy yunus with that coment
speak about INDIA, south africa and west indies because they are the promising teams in crickets. rest are crap. but i liked the way the english kicked the ass of pakistan hahahahahahahahaha.
Pakistan is over and done.
Getting street player at age of 17 or 18 is not going to make any difference bec this is not gali cricket.
They should see other team and do same as they did.
Shutup Phd!, India are goin down!!!
F*ck u AVD. First, level with netherlands in next game than i’ll see how they kick ur ass.
f**k you AVD a*shole
pakistan treated like sh*t by england.. ———-. well done england..
say what u wanna say..
bt pakistan is a champ..
Now what Biaaatches. Pak is in super 8 and will be in final.
Pakistan are s**t. Bloody brilliant performance from England.
Great!