England vs Pakistan - 1st ODI of the 3 Match ODI series, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
(i) Total Matches - ODIs
Overall - 24
Avg 1st Innings - 225
Avg 2nd Innings - 210
Highest total - 386/6 (England vs Bangladesh - 8th June'2019)
Times won batting first - 8
Times won batting second - 16
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
ENG - 11-8w/3l (72.72%)
PAK - 4-3w/1l (75%)
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - ODIs
ENG
Ben Stokes - 8th highest run scorer (211), Avg (35.16) - 6M/6I
PAK
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 15th highest run scorer (151), Avg (151) - 3M/2I
Fakhar Zaman - 26th highest run scorer (107), Avg (53.50) - 2M/2I
Babar Azam - 38th highest run scorer (79), Avg (39.50) - 3M/3I
Hasan Ali - 2nd highest wicket taker (10), Avg (13.80), SR (18) - 3M/3I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Afghanistan vs South Africa - 15th June'2019
125/10 vs 131/1 (SA won by 9 wkts)
Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w
2) England vs Bangladesh - 8th June'2019
386/6 vs 280/10 (ENG won by 106 runs)
Ben Stokes - 3w
Pacers - 4w+9w=13w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
3) Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 4th June'2019
201/10 vs 152/10 (SL won by 49 runs)
Pacers - 3w+9w=12w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w
4) Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 1st June'2019
136/10 vs 137/0 (NZ won by 10 wkts)
Pacers - 9w+0w=9w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
5) England vs Australia - 16th June'2018
342/8 vs 304/10 (ENG won by 38 runs)
Pacers - 7w+5w=12w
Spinners - 0w+4w=4w
6) England vs Pakistan - 14th June'2017
211/10 vs 215/2 (PAK won by 8 wkts)
Ben Stokes - 34(64)
Jake Ball - 1w
Fakhar Zaman - 57(58)
Babar Azam - 38(45)*
Hasan Ali - 3w
Shadab Khan - 1w
Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
7) Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - 12th June'2017
236/10 vs 237/7 (PAK won by 3 wkts)
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 61(79)*
Fakhar Zaman - 50(36)
Hasan Ali - 3w
Faheem Ashraf - 15(15) & 2w
Pacers - 10w+6w=16w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w
8) New Zealand vs Bangladesh - 9th June'2017
265/8 vs 268/5 (BAN won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 50w
2nd Innings - 34w
Spinners
1st Innings - 17w
2nd Innings - 6w
Overall
84w:23w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
ENGLAND (ENG)
1. Ben Stokes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 75(76)&0w, 48(53)&1w, 34(64)&0w, 6(7)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 51(56)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Zak Crawley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. John Simpson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Lewis Gregory
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Daniel Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Dawid Malan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Craig Overton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Matthew Parkinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. David Payne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Tom Helm
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Danny Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Brydon Carse
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Saqib Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Jake Ball
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
PAKISTAN (PAK)
1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(29), 10(18), 38(45)*
2. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(36), 57(58)
3. Sohaib Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Imam Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Mohammad Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(34)*
7. Sarfaraz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 90(73), 61(79)*
8. Saud Shakeel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
11. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
12. Haris Sohail
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Usman Qadir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 3w, 3w
15. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(15)&2w
16. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
NATWEST T20 BLAST ON THIS VENUE
1. Gloucs vs Glam - 10th June'2021
David Payne - 0w
2. Kent vs Glam - 16th June'2021
Zak Crawley - 15(16)
3. Glam vs Mid - 18th June'2021
John Simpson - 0(1)
4. Glam vs Sur - 29th June'2021
Will Jacks - 0(1)&1w
5. Sus vs Glam - 2nd July'2021
Phil Salt - 63(35)
2. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
85 - 53w/32l (In favour of ENG)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of ENG)
(iii) On this venue
2 - 2w/0l (In favour of PAK)
(iv) Recent head to head matches
1) Pakistan vs England - 3rd June'2019
348/8 vs 334/9 (PAK won by 14 runs)
Babar Azam - 63(66)
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 55(44)
Imam Ul Haq - 44(58)
Fakhar Zaman - 36(40)
Shadab Khan - 2w
Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w
2) England vs Pakistan - 19th May'2019
351/9 vs 297/10 (ENG won by 54 runs)
James Vince - 33(32)
Ben Stokes - 21(29)
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 97(80)
Babar Azam - 80(83)
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 19(26)* & 4w
Mohammad Hasnain - 28(17) & 1w
Hasan Ali - 11(10) & 1w
Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w
3) Pakistan vs England - 17th May'2019
340/7 vs 341/7 (ENG won by 3 wkts)
Babar Azam - 115(112)
Fakhar Zaman - 57(50)
Mohammad Hasnain - 2w
Hasan Ali - 1w
Ben Stokes - 71(64)*
James Vince - 43(39)
Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 0w+3w=3w
4) Pakistan vs England - 14th May'2019
358/9 vs 359/4 (ENG won by 6 wkts)
Imam Ul Haq - 151(131)
Haris Sohail - 41(41)
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 27(34)
Faheem Ashraf - 1w
Ben Stokes - 37(38)
Pacers - 8w+2w=10w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w
5) England vs Pakistan - 11th May'2019
373/3 vs 361/7 (ENG won by 12 runs)
Fakhar Zaman - 138(106)
Babar Azam - 51(52)
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 41(32)*
Imam Ul Haq - 35(44)
Shaheen Shah Afridi - 1w
Hasan Ali - 1w
Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
ON THIS VENUE (H2H)
1) England vs Pakistan - 14th June'2017
211/10 vs 215/2 (PAK won by 8 wkts)
Ben Stokes - 34(64)
Fakhar Zaman - 57(58)
Babar Azam - 38(45)*
Hasan Ali - 3w
Shadab Khan - 1w
Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
2) England vs Pakistan - 4th September'2016
302/9 vs 304/6 (PAK won by 4 wkts)
Ben Stokes - 75(76)
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 90(73)
Mohammad Rizwan - 34(34)*
Babar Azam - 31(29)
Hasan Ali - 4w
Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet
ENG
Ben Stokes - 39th highest run scorer (377), Avg (53.85) - 12M/9I
PAK
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 10th highest run scorer (655), Avg (59.54) - 16M/13I
Babar Azam - 11th highest run scorer (639), Avg (45.64) - 16M/16I
Fakhar Zaman - 47th highest run scorer (293), Avg (41.85) - 7M/7I
Imam Ul Haq - 48th highest run scorer (278), Avg (92.66) - 5M/5I
Hasan Ali - 23rd highest wicket taker (14), Avg (43.07), SR (41.3) - 11M/10I
(vi) Toss Based Analysis - Head to Head
ENGLAND (ENG)
1. Ben Stokes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(29)&0w, 34(64)&0w, 75(76)&0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(20)*, 13(18)&0w, 71(64)*&0w, 37(38)&0w, 69(70)&0w, 42(30)
2. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(39)
3. Zak Crawley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. John Simpson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Lewis Gregory
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Daniel Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Dawid Malan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Craig Overton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Matthew Parkinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. David Payne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Tom Helm
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Danny Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Brydon Carse
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Saqib Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Jake Ball
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
PAKISTAN (PAK)
1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(42), 30(33), 12(21), 15(11), 115(112), 63(66)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(19), 31(29), 38(45)*, 51(52), 80(83)
2. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4), 57(50), 36(40)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 57(58), 138(106), 0(3)&0w
3. Sohaib Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Imam Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 151(131), 6(20)*, 44(58)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(44)
5. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Mohammad Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(34)*
7. Sarfaraz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 55(58), 105(130), 12(23), 27(34), 21(14)*, 55(44)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(43), 90(73), 41(32)*, 97(80)
8. Saud Shakeel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(15)*&1w, 13(21)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(36)&1w, 2(3)&0w
11. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(4)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
12. Haris Sohail
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(41)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(18)&0w
13. Usman Qadir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 18(9)*&0w, 1w, 10(5)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 11(10)&1w
15. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(11)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
16. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(17)&1w
17. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 19(26)*&4w
NATWEST T20 BLAST 2021 STATS (Due to lack of H2H and Venue data for all the new players)
Will Jacks - Runs (369), Avg (36.90) - 11M/11I
Zak Crawley - Runs (281), Avg (40.14) - 7M/7I
Phil Salt - Runs (262), Avg (52.40) - 8M/7I
Ben Duckett - Runs (248), Avg (27.55) - 10M/9I
Jake Ball - Wickets (18), Avg (15.44), SR (9.8) - 9M/9I
Matthew Parkinson - Wickets (13), Avg (23.30), SR (16.6) - 10M/10I
Lewis Gregory - Wickets (12), Avg (18.83), SR (11.5) - 8M/8I
David Payne - Wickets (10), Avg (28.30), SR (19.2) - 8M/8I
3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) ENGLAND (ENG) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Phil Salt - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 63, 6, 20, 11, 58, 13, 72*, 77, 86
2) Zak Crawley - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 24, 39, 43, 43, 69, 15, 48, 0, 17, 2, 2, 0, 18*
3) James Vince - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 13, 19, 5, 31, 36, 23, 34, 29, 32, 62
4) Dawid Malan - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 76, 4, 7, 2, 6, 10, 23, 199, 26, 50
5) Ben Stokes - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 8r 1w, 0r 2w, 35r 4w, 20r 0w, 11r 0w, 29r 1w, 0r 0w, 35r 1w, 99r 0w, 1r 3w
6) Daniel Lawrence - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 55r 1w, 2r 0w, 19r 2w, 59r 0w, 11r 2w, 17, 81r 1w, 0, 0, 14, 152r 1w
7) Lewis Gregory - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 5w, 0w, 4w, 3w, 0w, 13r 0w, 0w, 24r 0w, 107r 1w, 2w
8) Craig Overton - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 16r 1w, 15r 4w, 74r 2w, 5w, 38r 3w, 5w
9) Matthew Parkinson - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w
10) Saqib Mahmood - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 4w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 5w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w
11) Jake Ball - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w
BENCH
12) Danny Briggs - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w
13) Brydon Carse - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 51r 1w, 4w, 1w
14) Ben Duckett - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 39, 20, 7, 0, 35, 38, 52, 51, 6
15) Will Jacks - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 87r 1w, 28r 0w, 0r 1w, 13r 0w, 47r 2w, 65r 0w, 3r 0w, 38*, 10r 0w, 8
16) John Simpson - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 7, 5, 6*, 1, 17*, 0, 10, 62, 4, 4
17) David Payne - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w
18) Tom Helm - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w
Safe C/VC choices
Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan
B) PAKISTAN (PAK) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Imam Ul Haq - LHB
Last 10 - 11, 7, 57, 5, 70, 0, 41, 48, 0, 24
2) Fakhar Zaman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 13, 19, 12, 44, 1, 9, 0, 2, 13, 60
3) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 53, 23, 54, 0, 81, 85*, 2, 0, 52, 41
4) Sohaib Maqsood - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 65*, 59, 12, 60, 5, 61, 31, 2, 34*, 61*
5) Mohammad Rizwan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 30, 0, 26, 15, 21, 82*, 29, 21, 45, 91*
6) Sarfaraz Ahmed - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 51*, 13, 34*, 36*, 2, 13, 3, 54, 81
7) Shadab Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 15r 0w, 0r 2w, 35r 1w, 0w, 5r 2w, 1w, 7r 1w, 1r 3w, 13r 0w, 33r 0w
8) Faheem Ashraf - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 27r 1w, 6r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w
9) Hasan Ali - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 45r 1w, 10r 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 14r 2w, 6r 2w, 0r 5w, 0w, 30r 4w, 5w, 4w
10) Shaheen Shah Afridi - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 5w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w
11) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w
BENCH
12) Mohammad Hasnain - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w
13) Agha Salman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13, 1, 21, 14r 0w, 0r 1w, 1r 0w, 106r 0w, 45r 1w, 79, 1r 0w, 100r 1w
14) Haris Sohail - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 40r 0w, 10r 0w, 109r 0w, 5r 1w, 1, 15r 0w, 3r 0w, 9, 71, 24, 28r 1w, 41
15) Saud Shakeel - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 12, 58r 2w, 7r 0w, 60r 1w, 9r 0w, 90, 10r 0w, 123*, 81r 0w, 19r 0w, 50, 1r 0w, 10, 142r 0w, 48
16) Usman Qadir - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
17) Mohammad Nawaz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 6r 2w, 0r 2w, 4r 0w, 9r 0w, 25r 1w, 2w, 2r 0w, 0r 2w, 4r 3w
18) Abdullah Shafique - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 15, 0, 35, 15, 0, 0, 41*, 63
Safe C/VC choices
Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman
Differential C/VC choices
ENG
Phil Salt, James Vince, Zak Crawley
Hit or Miss: Lewis Gregory, Matthew Parkinson
PAK
Sarfaraz Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam Ul Haq
Hit or Miss: Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood
My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss) (9 players)
Wk - Salt, Sarfaraz
Bat - Azam, Maqsood, Vince, Malan
AR - Stokes
Bowl - Mahmood, Ali
Options -
1. Shaheen Afridi/Haris Rauf
2. Zak Crawley/Daniel Lawrence/Shadab Khan/Fakhar Zaman
In GL,
1. Can rotate between Malan and Vince in different teams.
2. Salt is a Hit or Miss player. When you avoid him in GL, rotate between Sarfaraz and Rizwan, with preference to Sarfaraz a bit more (on the basis of their stats and batting positions).
3. Rizwan is a must try in GL, though remember he bats in the middle order for Pakistan in ODIs. Also, he is a safe pick due to the selection percentage so safe players can continue with him even in SL in place of Salt.
4. Whoever between Briggs or Parkinson plays will be a good GL try.
5. Imam Ul Haq, if plays, would be a good pick for GL as well.
6. Lewis Gregory, Faheem Ashraf, Jake Ball and Mohammad Nawaz should be tried in different GL combinations as risky differential picks, especially the two who'd be bowling first.
Note - SL would be a bit risky as most of the England players have neither played an ODI on this venue nor against Pakistan, and the squad has just assembled 2 days prior to this fixture, so a much better game for GL!