Game over but great knock from Livingstone. Surely hell be become a mainstay in T20 and possibly the 50 over side for the next few years.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Improbable, but not impossible…
You sort of be thinking had Willey came in before Gregory it could have been won by England. Great wee cameo
Yeah Gregory & even Morgan’s knocks stick out a little with the weak SR on this pitch. Too much in the end for England in the last 4 overs.
Really good game, great atmosphere. Enjoyed that.
Good all round performance by Pakistan. Can’t believe they actually caught so many
Good all round performance by Pakistan. Can’t believe they actually caught so many
Depends, if his bowling is considered reliable enough to be the 2nd spinner/6th bowling option then it would give England amazing depth. Moeen has been in and out of the side and is getting on a bit so would be the obvious choice, but then Livingstone's bowling is not on the same level. It'd be harder for him to get a place as a specialist batsmen, as the sides are pretty nailed on (Roy, Bairstow, Buttler, Morgan in both, plus Root in 50 over, Malan in 20 over, then Stokes plus 5 bowling options).
Good game. Shame for Livingston as that deserved to be a match winning knock but overall Pakistan played better.
Hope the rest of the series is as good.
Hope the rest of the series is as good.
Malan 1 off 6 balls in a game like that...
Interesting that Morgan’s “rested” himself. His recent form in T20 isn’t the best & if England (Livingstone) goes off again, will be some pressure on Morgan ahead of the WC.
Should be another high scoring game.
Should be another high scoring game.
I think Malan is the man under pressure at the minute.
Pakistan are bowling some shite the last 2 overs, asking to get hit.
I expect Stokes to come back in for him. Roy, Buttler & Bairstow as top 3. Ali looks in good form today but even if he didn’t, I think his spin option keeps him in the 11 for WC. Morgan will very likely play as captain, but it will be a good dilemma for England if Livingstone scores big again.
Is Babar Azam fat now?
Different Azam. Moin Khan's son. He's the new Bermudan whale.I was genuinely confused. I only saw the back of him (after Moeen Ali cut the ball past him) and thought how the feck did that happen?!
Haris is such an ordinary bowler.
You just need to keep hitting it between fat guy and ultra skinny guy.
They both don't look up to much
They both don't look up to much
Needed that wicket
Big man with an elegant dive
What a shot!! feck off Haris though, utter shite.
Why is Curran calling for a run there
Tbf it's his call. Livingstone shouldn't be ball watching.
That six though, fecking massive
It was an easy single.
What on earth was he doing? His top score is 14 and he's just got rid of the key batsman.
If Livingston was watching. Curran should have just backed off and ran himself out when he seen Livingston just didn't have a clue what was happening.
He can't not have seen Livingston just looking for the ball in the air.
Yeah, this. Livingstone was watching the ball but Curran wasn't watching his partner. And now he's out.
Yep, both are at fault. As soon as Curran shouts run Livingstone has to take off but when he doesn't, Curran has to stop and go back and save livingstone
I know who I'm more annoyed with and it's certainly not Curran. It was appalling from Livingstone.
Rashid
2 off 19 now in his last 4 matches
Made a mess of this England.
That's a crazy stat.
Keep forgetting this series is on.
Not sure he should try that again.Rashid
England are about 20 runs short for me. Pitch is plenty good, just lost their way a little in the last 4 overs.
Pakistan got regular wickets but the bowling was very ordinary (except Shaheen). Can’t remember if Hafeez is banned from bowling, but we could really use at least another option when the regular bowlers are getting smashed all over.
Pakistan got regular wickets but the bowling was very ordinary (except Shaheen). Can’t remember if Hafeez is banned from bowling, but we could really use at least another option when the regular bowlers are getting smashed all over.
It might end up being enough as you've always got a chance with 200 but there was some shocking stuff in there.
50:50 here.
England probably left 30 runs out there.
England probably left 30 runs out there.
Tom Curran is proper tedious isnt he. Go away.
England are bowling well, seems to be effective taking the pace off the ball. Pakistan can’t afford to fall too far behind the RR.