Pakistan v England ODI Series in the UAE
After the 2-0 series victory by Pakistan over England in the UAE, the two sides begin a four game ODI series on Wednesday
The games are as follows:
• Wed Nov 11 1st ODI - England v Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
• Fri Nov 13 2nd ODI - England v Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
• Tue Nov 17 3rd ODI - England v Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium
• Fri Nov 20 4th ODI - England v Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium
England’s squad, captained by Eoin Morgan, contains several member of the test side augmented by new arrivals who featured throughout the England side in the shorter format of the game through the Ashes summer such as Willey, Roy, Hales and Billings. Many of these players lack experience of these conditions, which could be crucial for what may turn out to be a learning experience first and foremost for a young side.
During the Test series England had four stand-out performers. Cook and Root with the bat (450 and 287 runs respectively) and Anderson and Broad with the ball (20 wickets combined). From these four stand-out players only Root plays in this ODI series
Apart from these four players the major challenge for England here will be in batting depth and in the performances of their spinners. In the test series the highest scoring player who plays the ODI was Bairstow with 134 runs. Meanwhile the spinners’ performance paled in comparison with the quicker bowlers
The pace-men took 31 wickets at 24.5 with a run rate of 2.29. The spinners 20 wickets at 59.8 and a run rate of 4.07 It is the England bowling line up (likely to be combinations of Plunkett, Woakes, Jordan, Willey, Ali, Rashid) that especially looks like it will struggle to me in these conditions.
Meanwhile apart from test captain Misbah-ul-Haq the Pakistan side for this series is full of their best performers notably including leg-spinner Yasir Shah who took 15 wickets in the two tests he played and Wahab Riaz who blew England away in the second test.
So this is a major challenge for England, playing in conditions that do not suit their strengths with a far less experienced team than their opponents
Series odds have Pakistan Evens (William Hill), the Draw 5/2 (Betfred) and England 7/2 (Skybet) for a four game series. Not only do I like Pakistan at Evens, but I think Pakistan should be odds-on, and the 7/4 offered by Bet365 and William Hill on a 3-1 series correct score looks ok
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aside from that my particular thought was an old thread favourite David Wlley
http://www.oddschecker.com/cricket/pakistan-v-england/pakistan-england/top-england-bowlerso the bowling line up will be variations of
plunkett
woakes
jordan
willey
ali
rashid
i cant have rashid favourite. i think willey should be favourite, as he can take wickets with swing, reverse, slower balls etc and doesn't need pitch conditions
to be favourable. much better one day bowler than plunkett, woakes and jordan for me
whether he is rotated is an issue, but he has just taken 4 in the warm up game so should start the first game
Do we have any other punts on this? I think Root is a bet, so long as we think he plays all 4 games? looked in good touch in the test series. His record in ODI's in Asia is 530 runs in 11 innings, very consistent with only 1 score below 30. Never played a ODI v Pakistan but overall record is strong. I had Morgan down as the main danger but he's been poor in these conditions in the past. Saver on Taylor?
ODI's in Asia:
Root 530 runs, average 66
Morgan 600 runs, average 28
Hales 34 runs, average 11
Roy 0 games
Taylor 170 runs, average 43
Buttler 159 runs, average 23
Ali 236 runs, average 34
Baistrow 49 runs, average 12
http://www.oddschecker.com/cricket/pakistan-v-england/pakistan-england/top-england-batsman
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