Pitch Condition:
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Cardiff is the second lowest-scoring ground in the T20 Blast this season, with an average of 7.59 runs an over, and is one of the few English grounds where spinners are more expensive than seamers in T20. The last two games at this venue in the T20 Blast over the past week have witnessed low scores.
In most of the international games, this wicket behaves neutrally with pacers and batsmen generally dominating here. We should expect same type of wicket in this game also so most probably we will see scores in the range of 250-300. However in the recent t20 blast games wicket was pacer friendly.
Wicket was even 2 paced in the last T20I of SL vs ENG:
SL: 111/7, ENG: 108/5 (Pace: 7 Spin: 4)
Last 5 T20 Blast matches:
GLA: 150/9, MID: 129/9 (Pace: 14 Spin: 3)
Kent: 144/7, GLA: 104/10(Pace: 11 Spin: 6)
GLA: 156/3, ESS: 153/6(Pace: 5 Spin: 4)
SUR: 152/9, GLA: 153/6 (Pace: 8 Spin: 4)
SUS: 201/8, GLA: 168/10 (Pace: 13 Spin: 4)
England Team Preview:
English team has declared a new squad as their 3 players had tested positive for COVID 19. They are looking very weak on the paper. Most probably J Vince, Z Crawley(Somewhat doubtful), D Malan, C Overtone, S Mahmood and M Parkinson will be certain starters along with B Stokes.
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: J Vince, D Malan, B Stokes
Main Spinners: M Parkinson
Main Pacers: S Mahmood, C Overtone and J Ball ( B Stokes and L Gregory will assist them)
Expected Death Overs: Any 2 of S Mahmood, C Overtone and J Ball
Probable 11 and Performance in the last T20 series, 1st ODI :
- Zak Crawley: RHB/P Salt: RHB
- James Vince: RHB
- Dawid Malan: LHB
- Ben Stokes (c): LHB+RAM
- Ben Duckett (wk): LHB
- Dan Lawrence: RHB+RAO/W Jacks: RHB+RAO,
- Lewis Gregory: RHB+RAM
- Craig Overton: RHB+RAM
- Saqib Mahmood: RAF
- Matt Parkinson: Leg Spin
- Jake Ball: RAM
Full stats and Analysis:
P Salt(RHB):
ODI:
LISTA: 16 M, 16 I, 494 R, 32.93 A, 104.66 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 58, 11, 20, 6, 63,
B Duckett(LHB):
ODI: 3 M, 3 I, 123 R, 41.0 A, 80.92 SR
LISTA: 73 M, 68 I, 2341 R, 38.37 A, 99.49 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 7, 20, 39, 69,
J Vince(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 76 R, 38.0 A, 107.0 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 51 R, 51.0 A, 91.1 SR
ODI: 16 M, 14 I, 322 R, 23.0 A, 88.46 SR
LISTA: 139 M, 130 I, 4905 R, 39.87 A, 97.92 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 36, 31, 5, 19, 13,
D Malan(LHB):
ODI: 3 M, 3 I, 90 R, 45.0 A, 87.37 SR
LISTA: 151 M, 147 I, 5201 R, 41.60 A, 83.84 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 6, 2, 7, 4, 76,
Z Crawley(RHB):
LISTA: 23 M, 22 I, 743 R, 35.38 A, 72.77 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 69, 43, 43, 39, 24,
B Stokes(LHB+RAM):
H2H: 9 I, 377 R, 53.9 A, 92.2 SR+10 I, 43 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 6 I, 211 R, 35.2 A, 81.8 SR+ 6 I, 41.1 O, 5 W,
ODI: 98 M, 84 I, 2817 R, 40.82 A, 95.26 SR+ 83 I, 505 O, 74 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 20+40/0, 35+27/4, 37/2, 8+15/1, 55/3,
W Jacks(RHB+RAO):
LISTA: 22 M, 21 I, 506 R, 24.09 A, 95.65 SR+ 17 I, 80 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 47+7/2, 13+10/0, 0+21/1, 28+7/0, 87+12/1,
L Gregory(RHB+RAM):
LISTA: 76 M, 57 I, 1206 R, 23.64 A, 100.83 SR+ 71 I, 491 O, 106 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 21/0, 1+46/3, 27/4, 38/0, 24/5,
D Lawrence(RHB+RAO):
LISTA: 28 M, 25 I, 670 R, 26.80 A, 89.09 SR+ 15 I, 95.5 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11+15/2, 59+18/0, 19+37/2, 2+14/0, 55+3/1,
J Ball(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 8 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 16 O, 3 W,
ODI: 18 M, 18 I, 157 O, 21 W,
LISTA: 96 M, 91 I, 676 O, 118 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 17/3, 42/1, 18/1, 32/2, 11/4,
C Overton(RAM):
ODI: 1 M, 1 I, 7 O, 0 W,
LISTA: 69 M, 68 I, 529 O, 90 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 40/2, 14/1, 21/0, 28/3, 33/1,
Saqib Mahmood(RAF):
ODI: 4 M, 4 I, 32 O, 5 W,
LISTA: 31 M, 29 I, 249 O, 55 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 26/1, 35/2, 25/4, 40/1,
M Parkinson(LS):
ODI: 2 M, 2 I, 10.4 O, 0 W,
LISTA: 27 M, 26 I, 227 O, 42 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 45/1, 18/0, 31/1, 26/1, 38/1,
D Briggs(LAO):
ODI: 1 M, 1 I, 10 O, 2W,
LISTA: 107 M, 103 I, 819 O, 112 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19/0, 27/0, 12/2, 35/1, 11,
D Payne(LAF):
LISTA: 66 M, 63 I, 477 O, 110 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 39/1, 22/0, 38/2, 25/2, 37/1,
T Helm(RAF):
LISTA: 40 M, 39 I, 302 O, 56 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 30/2, 38/0, 35/1, 25/1, 20/0,
B Carse(RAF):
LISTA: 7 M, 5 I, 40 O, 10 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19/0, 15+23/0, 22/1, 18/0, 52/1,
J Simpson(LHB):
LISTA: 93 M, 72 I, 1587 R, 26.01 A, 86.76 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 17, 1, 6, 5, 7,
Pakistan Team Preview:
They are an average team and generally struggles in the overseas condition. However they will be favourites to win this series as English team is quite inexperienced.
Probable 11 :
LS Stands for Last series against South Africa(3 Matches).
- Imam-ul-Haq: LHB, LS: 132 R, 44 A
- Fakhar Zaman: LHB, LS: 302 R, 100.66 A
- Babar Azam: RHB LS: 228 R, 76 A
- Mohammad Rizwan: RHB LS: 3 M, 42 R, 14 A
- S Maqsood: RHB//Sarfaraz Ahmed: RHB
- Shadab Khan: RHB+Leg Spin, LS: 2 M, 46 R, 23 A + 2 M, 17 O, 0 W
- M Nawaz: LHB+LAO, LS: 1 M, 7 O, 3 W
- Faheem Ashraf: LHB+RAM, LS: 3 M, 17 R, 8.5 A + 3 M, 2 W
- Hasan Ali: RHB+RAM, LS: 1 M, 1 W
- Shaheen Shah Afridi: LAM, 3 M, 6 W
- Haris Rauf: RAM, L.S: 3 M, 7 W
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan
Main Spinners: Shadab Khan (M Nawaz will assist him)
Main Pacers: Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf
Expected Death Overs: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf
Stats and Performance of the Players:
M Rizwan(RHB):
H2H: 5 I, 69 R, 13.8 A, 71.9 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 34 R, 34.0 A, 100.0 SR
INT: 38 M, 34 I, 772 R, 28.59 A, 85.02 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 21, 15, 26, 0, 30,
Sarfaraz Ahmed(RHB):
H2H: 13 I, 655 R, 59.5 A, 99.4 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 151 R, 151.0 A, 99.3 SR
INT: 117 M, 91 I, 2315 R, 33.55 A, 87.85 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE : 2, 36, 34, 13, 51,
Babar Azam(RHB):
H2H: 16 I, 639 R, 45.6 A, 93.7 SR
VENUE: 3 I, 79 R, 39.5 A, 85.9 SR
In England: 16 M, 16 I, 639 R, 45.64 A
INT: 80 M, 78 I, 3808 R, 56.83 A, 88.70 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 81, 0, 54, 23, 53 ,
Imam Ul Haq(LHB):
H2H: 5 I, 278 R, 92.7 A, 86.6 SR
VENUE:
In England: 12 M, 12 I, 539 R, 53.9 A
INT: 43 M, 43 I, 1966 R, 51.73 A, 80.47 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 17, 5, 57, 7, 11,
F Zaman(LHB):
H2H: 7 I, 293 R, 41.9 A, 107.7 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 107 R, 53.5 A, 113.8 SR
In England: 17 M, 638 R, 37.52 A
INT: 50 M, 50 I, 2262 R, 49.17 A, 97.12 SR+ 7 I, 22.3 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1, 44, 12, 19, 13,
H Sohail(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 3 I, 69 R, 34.5 A, 93.2 SR
VENUE:
INT: 42 M, 41 I, 1685 R, 46.80 A, 85.23 SR+ 21 I, 107 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5, 10, 109, 10, 40,
S Maqsood(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
INT: 26 M, 25 I, 735 R, 31.95 A, 83.42 SR+ 4 I, 9 O, 1 W,
LISTA: 127 M, 120 I, 4394 R, 40.31 A, 99.20 SR+ 127 I, 276 O, 35 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2, 60 , 12, 59, 65 ,
Abdullah Shafique(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
LISTA: 1 M, 1 I, 15 R, 15.0 A, 83.33 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 15, 35, 0, 15,
Faheem Ashraf(LHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 16 R, 8.0 A, 106.7 SR+ 2 I, 19 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 15 R, 15.0 A, 100.0 SR+ 1 I, 6.2 O, 2 W,
In England: 4 M, 3 I, 26 O, 3 W + 16 R, 8 A
INT: 28 M, 19 I, 202 R, 12.62 A, 85.95 SR+ 27 I, 190 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 6+32/1, 27+31/1, 24/2, 35/2, 20/0,
M Nawaz(LHB+LAO):
H2H 4 I, 66 R, 33.0 A, 88.0 SR+ 4 I, 30.3 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 2 R, 66.7 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
INT: 16 M, 13 I, 203 R, 20.30 A, 91.03 SR+ 16 I, 123.5 O, 20 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 9+15/0, 4+18/0, 0+33/2, 6+16/2, 10+32/1,
Shadab Khan(LHB+LES):
H2H: 1 I, 10 R, 250.0 SR+ 2 I, 19 O, 3 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 9 O, 1 W,
INT: 45 M, 24 I, 383 R, 25.53 A, 70.40 SR+ 43 I, 365 O, 59 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5+14/2, 31/0, 35+31/1, 0+25/2, 15+55/0,
Saud Shakeel(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
LISTA: 67 M, 62 I, 2347 R, 46.1 A, 84.88 SR+ 44 I, 207 O, 26 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 60+21/1, 7+6/0, 58+34/2, 12,
Agha Salman(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
LISTA: 57 M, 48 I, 1335 R, 32.56 A, 92.90 SR+ 56 I, 394 O, 58 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14+14/0, 21, 1, 13,
Shaheen Afridi(LAF) :
H2H: 3 I, 30 O, 5 W,
VENUE:
ODI: 25 M, 24 I, 213 O, 51 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 31/0, 19/2, 28/0, 41/1, 23/3,
H Rauf(RAM):
H2H: N/A
VENUE:
ODI: 5 M, 5 I, 46 O, 8 W,
LIST A: 9 M, 9 I, 84 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 38/1, 29/2, 44/0, 41/0, 51/1,
Usman Qadir(RAL):
H2H: N/A,
VENUE: N/A,
ODI: 1 M, 1 I, 9 O, 1 W,
LIST A: 30 M, 30 I, 238 O, 39 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 26/2, 29/3, 28/1, 17/0, 22/2,
Hasan Ali:(RAM)
H2H: 10 I, 96.3 O, 14 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 30 O, 10 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24/2, 31/1, 30/1, 25/0, 45+43/1,
M Hasnain(RAF):
H2H: 2 I, 18 O, 3 W,
VENUE:
ODI: 8 M, 8 I, 71 O, 12 W,
LISTA: 19 M, 19 I, 159 O, 35 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 26/1, 21/0, 30/1, 40/2, 44/0,
