Twitter Reactions: Jonny Bairstow's heroics helps England complete a stunning run-chase
For the first time in their history, Pakistan have lost twice in a row despite scoring over 350 in both games.
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England continue to ride on their outstanding form as they completed the second biggest run chase in their ODI history (359). They chased down a 364-run target in Bridgetown against Windies a few months back, which was their highest successful run-chase ever. This time around, Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy did the job for the hosts as Pakistan lose yet another game despite scoring over 350.
Batting first, Pakistan lost their hero from the previous match Fakhar Zaman very early in the innings with Chris Woakes doing the damage. Woakes struck again in the powerplay to remove Babar Azam, which kept Pakistan on hold. They desperately needed a partnership from here and they got it from Imam-ul-Haq and Haris Sohail.
The duo added 68 runs for the third wicket to help the visitors gain some momentum. Imam completed a brilliant fifty and kept roaring on after reaching the landmark. After Sohail’s dismissal, Imam took charge of the innings with Sarfraz chipping in with a decent second fiddle knock. Pakistan’s innings took off when Asif Ali and Imam got together, who smashed the English bowlers to all parts.
Imam completed a brilliant hundred and Asif completed a quickfire fifty as the duo added 125 runs for the fifth wicket. Imam got out after scoring 151 off 131 balls as the Pakistani tail gave a proper finish to the innings. They registered 358 runs on the board, which happens to be their 8th highest total registered in ODIs. Woakes chipped in with 4/67 for the hosts while other batsmen got hammered apart.
Roy and Bairstow hammer Pakistan away
Pakistan were pretty poor on the field, having dropped Jason Roy very early in the innings. Shaheen Afridi was the culprit, who dropped an absolute dolly and the English openers capitalized on it big time. Roy and Bairstow went onto the carnage mode very quickly and after the 13th over, their scoring rate was above 9.
Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow competed toe-to-toe for runs and completed half-centuries around the same time. After adding 159 runs in just 17.3 overs, Roy was dismissed for a 55-ball 76, but Bairstow continued the onslaught alongside the calm presence of Joe Root. These two added 75 runs for the second wicket and Bairstow managed to complete his 7th ODI hundred in the process.
Pakistan got blown away well before Bairstow was dismissed for a 93-ball 128. They did get another wicket soon of Joe Root, but Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes played some street-smart cricket to get them close the finish line. Morgan had to come in when Stokes ran himself out with the target just a few runs away, but there were no further jitters thanks to Moeen Ali’s 36-ball 46.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to this outstanding run-fest in Bristol
Fantastic knock by Imam Ul Haq!! But in a losing cause. @SAfridiOfficial was right that v need experience bowlers like @WahabViki he is fast nd has experience too which at the moment We r missing. V need to fine tune r bowling dept otherwise v will have vry tough WorldCup ahead.
— Mushtaq Afridi (@mushiafridi10) May 14, 2019
I still don't know how England are going to mess up this World Cup campaign but when they do it'll be their greatest one ever.
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) May 14, 2019
Highest successful chases in ODIs with at least 5 overs to spare
360 by Ind vs Aus, Jaipur, 2013
359 by Eng vs Pak, TODAY
350 by Eng vs NZ, N'gham, 2015— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) May 14, 2019
Steve Harmison "England were helped by some average Pakistan bowling. We can't sugarcoat it, we talked about how good the bowling attack was coming into this series but I'm sorry I've seen an abject performance there" #EngvPak
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) May 14, 2019
Pakistan last 21 matches across all formats:
Lost 17
Won 3
No Result 1#Cricket— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) May 14, 2019
Ben Stokes run out on 37 – the first individual score under 40 by an England player in this series so far. #ENGvPAK
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 14, 2019
The team England should play at the World Cup picks itself, doesn’t it?
Roy
Bairstow
Root
Morgan
Stokes
Buttler
Moeen
Rashid
Archer
Plunkett
Woakes7 proper batsmen, 6 bowling options (7 if you include Root). Pace, offies, leggies, swing early on.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) May 14, 2019
Asif Ali given the challenge of proving he is good enough to be in the World Cup squad:
52 off 43 balls (2 fours & 3 sixes)
51 off 36 balls (2 fours & 4 sixes)Get him in the squad#CWC19 #ENGvsPAK
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) May 14, 2019
Roy and Bairstow are batting like when you played Brian Lara Cricket on cheat mode.
— Henry Moeran (@henrymoeranBBC) May 14, 2019
If I’m getting this right, Pak have now made 349, 361 and 358 in their last 3 completed ODI innings in England now
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) May 14, 2019
Pak with 358 runs on the board should ideally be the front runners in today’s game against Eng but I still make it a 50-50 contest. Bit worried 😟 still. But England will have to have a glitch free effort from over 1 to 50 to get over the line. It’s batting will be tested today.
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) May 14, 2019
Amazing to watch this England team bat..
— Albie Morkel (@albiemorkel) May 14, 2019
Number of wickets taken by Pakistani bowlers in the first 10 overs of an innings in their last 10 completed ODIs:
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) May 14, 2019
Buttler on Saturday .. Bairstow today .. Pure delight to watch to incredible strikers of a cricket ball .. #ENGvPAK
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 14, 2019
Hard luck team Pakistan #PakvEng but extraordinary batting by @ImamUlHaq12 & amazing hitting @AasifAli2018 good luck for next matches. congratulations to @ECB_cricket brilliant batting @jbairstow21 & @JasonRoy20
— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) May 14, 2019
Another big total wasted. A lot to think when you cannot defend 358.
As a captain, @SarfarazA_54 needs to step up and make solid decisions.— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) May 14, 2019
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