Former England cricketer Nasser Hussain lauded Pakistan for a outstanding turnaround in fortunes to file a 2-1 collection win towards Three Lions at dwelling, saying that the group discovered a “kryptonite” to England’s ‘Bazball’ method to cricket. England’s attacking and constructive model of ‘Bazball’ cricket confronted one more setback as they as soon as once more succumbed to spinners within the subcontinent, with spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan shined with gorgeous bowling spells handy Three Lions a nine-wicket loss within the third Take a look at at Rawalpindi to safe a 2-1 collection win.
Talking to Sky Sports activities, Nasser lauded the group for eradicating batter Babar Azam and star pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah after their poor performances within the second Take a look at and praised their spinners for being of “highest high quality”. He additionally stated that England gamers weren’t superb at enjoying or bowling spin.
“Congratulations to Pakistan for making that change, they misplaced six Assessments in a row, the followers and supporters weren’t completely satisfied. Totally different pitches and selectors they usually discovered the kryptonite to Bazball,” stated Nasser.
“They’ve spinners of the very best high quality they usually have gamers that play spin rather well. It’s uncovered to England when the ball does spin. When it spins and it’s gripping, England doesn’t play spin or bowl spin pretty much as good as Pakistan,” he added.
Hussain additionally questioned England’s potential to play effectively on another floor than a flat deck and stated that discrepancies in England’s scores have been an enormous concern.
“There must be a discrepancy as a result of the pitches have been so completely different from the primary Take a look at to the second and third. There isn’t a doubt that scores ought to go down and spinners ought to go up. However, the discrepancy within the England facet is a priority,” stated Hussain.
“It shouldn’t be so drastic that you just play so effectively on flat pitches and you’ll hit via the road however the second it grips you can not play like that and so then you might be misplaced,” he added.
Coming to the match, England opted to bat first. After being lowered to 118/6, it was a counter-attacking century stand between Jamie Smith (89 in 119 balls, with 5 fours and 6 sixes) and Gus Atkinson (39 in 71 balls, with 5 fours) that took England to 267.
Sajid (6/128) and Noman (3/88) have been the highest wicket-takers for Pakistan.
Because of an excellent century from Saud Shakeel (134 in 223 balls, with 5 fours) and lower-order contributions from Noman (45) and Sajid (48), Pakistan reached a rating of 344 and gained a 77-run lead.
Rehan Ahmed (4/66) and Shoaib Bashir (3/129) have been the highest wicket-takers for England.
England couldn’t construct a wholesome lead for themselves, skittling out for 112 runs of their second innings with Joe Root (33) and Harry Brook (26) top-scoring. They might solely acquire a 35-run lead.
Sajid (4/69) and Noman (6/42) have been the highest bowlers for Pakistan, who chased down the 36-run goal effortlessly to win the collection 2-1.
Shakeel was given the ‘Participant of the Match’ award for his century.
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