Pakistan's miserable tour to England finally ends 2026

 

Pakistan have been whitewashed 3-0 by England and it is embarrassing to say the least. On the otherhand there were some positives in this tour. Saud Shakeel, Azan Awais, Shan Masood and in the last innings Babar Azam batted well in the series. In bowling Mohammad Abbas was consistently good and picked up wickets regularly in the series. Razaullah was the find of the tour as he shone not only with the ball but also with the bat.

Pakistan finally got a flat pitch in this series and their first innings score of 133 runs was disappointing and disheartening to say the least. Razaullah's heroics with the bat ensured that Pakistan avoided an innings defeat.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan finally showed fight in the third test match of the series at Edgbaston and Mohsin Naqvi's decision to make all these changes in the team was justified.

Pakistan facing whitewash in their series against England 2026

 

Pakistan in all probability will lose the Third test against England today that is 3rd days play. There are very few positives for Pakistan in this test series. Saud Shakeel's batting has been Pakistan's only positive in this test series while Azan Awais has also shown promise. In bowling Razaullah and Mohammad Imran have shown plenty of potential on their debut.

Pakistan have finally found a genuine pace bowler in Razaullah who was impressive picking up four wickets including that of a world class batsman like Joe Root. Razaulllah has a bright future ahead of him and his slingy bowling action reminds me of Wahab Riaz.

Our batting has flopped throughout the series against England and it will be interesting to see whether they can cross a total of 200 runs in this test series in their last innings of the tour.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan were found to be absolutely clueless against English bowling especially Ollie Robinson.

Pakistan's Champions Trophy Win 2017

 

Pakistan cricket team's Champions Trophy win in 2017 came as a major surprise as Pakistan were the lowest ranked team in the Tournament ranked 8th. Sarfraz Ahmed was the captain this time and having led Pakistan to Under-19 World Cup win in 2006 this wasnt a new experience for him.

Pakistan began the tournament badly with a crushing defeat at the hands of India in their opening match but they regained form and momentum by defeating South Africa and Sri Lanka in their remaining group stage matches to set a date against England in the Semi Final. England were one of the pre tournament favourites to win the tournament but Pakistan crushed them by 8 wickets in the semi final having restricted them to a below par total of 211 runs.

In the Final against India Fakhar Zaman scored a match winning century with Azhar Ali and Mohammad Hafeez scoring half centuries allowing Pakistan to post a mammoth total of 338 runs on board. Muhammad Amir then took the early wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shekhar Dhawan to set up Pakistan's Champions trophy win by restricting India to a score of 161 runs. 

In the end what I would like to say is that Champions Trophy is the only ICC event where Pakistan have defeated India thrice.

Pakistan's 2009 World Cup Twenty20 triumph

 

Pakistan's 2009 Twenty20 World Cup win came as no surprise as they were very close to winning the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup against India in the Final had Misbah ul Haq not played that atrocious shot of scooping the ball in Sreesanth hands off Joginder Sharma's bowling. 

Nevertheless after defeating Netherlands with a higher net runrate than Netherlands Pakistan reached the Super Eights after losing to England in their opening game. After losing to Sri Lanka in their first match of Super Eights Pakistan finally found form against New Zealand with Umar Gul being the chief destroyer. After defeating Ireland Pakistan reached the semi final against South Africa.

Shahid Afridi played a match winning innings coming at No.3 in the batting order to ensure Pakistan scored a decent total of 149 on board. Then Pakistan restricted South Africa to a score of 142 runs to set a date with Sri Lanka in the Final. Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka to a below par total of 139 runs and then Shahid Afridi once again played a heroic innings to lift the Twenty20 world Cup 2009 for Pakistan for the very first time.

In the end what I would like to say of the three ICC events that is Champions Trophy, 50 over world cup and Twenty20 world Cup Pakistan looks like a capable team in only Twenty20 World Cups.

Pakistan make 7 changes on their tour of England 2026

 

Pakistan have made several changes to the test team and bringing whiteball coach Mike Hesson as test coach. There was no use making such changes as the new players brought in are inexperienced and will not fare any better than the original squad.

The only good selection made to this new squad is that of Saim Ayub as Saim Ayub is a pretty talented batsman and we shouldnt waste his talent. Also Saim Ayub has an aggressive approach to his batting which will bring positivity to Pakistan's batting especially at the top order where Pakistan is struggling at the moment.

In the end what I would like to say that Pakistan will most probably be thrashed 3-0 in this test series against England because of wrong selection of players.

Pakistan face a daunting task in the second test against England 2026

 

Pakistan will most probably be defeated in the second test in the 4th day's play as England lead by a massive 357 runs on a pitch that is extremely difficult for batting. The Pakistani bowlers did their best in this test match but their batsmen let them down badly by scoring a paltry 110 runs total in their first innings.

The only batsman who has stood out for Pakistan in this test match is Azan Awais who is a youngster and new to international cricket. I think Pakistan should continue with Azan Awais for a long time as he has got talent. 

This Pakistan team is being labelled by cricket experts like Stuart Broad and Micheal Vaughan as the weakest Pakistan team to tour England in 50 years. I am sure that I agree with them.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan will do well if they can avoid defeat in the third and last test match against England in Edgbaston Birmingham.

Pakistan facing defeat in the Second test against England 2026

 

Pakistan face another humiliating defeat at the hands of England in the second test at Lords. Pakistani batting once again collapsed to 110 all out against England in the first innings which might be very disheartening and dispiriting for Pakistani fans.

Our batting certainly doesnt have the technique to face swing bowling and the ball that move a lot either by swing or seam and they get exposed regularly particularly in overseas test matches. Pakistani batsmen are brought on flat pitches at home and when they go abroad especially on pitches like in countries such as England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand they struggle.

In the end what I would like to say is that England are a much better test team than Pakistan especially in their home conditions.