Former cricketer Nasser Hussain believes England captain Ben Stokes is in a necessity of “little bit of assist” because the guests stare in the direction of an unprecedented collection defeat towards Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
Legspinner Rehan Ahmed ensured England’s surge with a three-wicket burst simply earlier than the stroke of lunch. The late effort from Rehan raised hopes of England taking a sizeable lead.
However Pakistan’s tail-end got here to harm England of their exploits, with the skilled spin duo Noman Ali and Sajid Khan wreaking havoc with the bat. Noman’s 45 and Sajid’s 48* rubbed salt on England’s recent wounds earlier than ultimately bowling them out on 344.
“England’s struggles towards the tail repeated themselves. It is not simply at this time or on this collection, however within the final two or three years, they’ve struggled to get via tail-enders. Even when England have had tempo, I feel they’ve barely misplaced the plot and gone only for a bouncer ploy. I am not speaking about right here [in Rawalpindi] in these situations, however even once they’ve had Mark Wooden,” Hussain mentioned as quoted from Sky Sports activities.
With their exact line and lengths, England had compelled Pakistan’s again towards the wall by decreasing them to 155/6. Nonetheless, from that time, England misplaced the plot, which allowed the hosts to mount a comeback.
“Generally they’ll bowl superbly to the highest order, after which, as quickly because the tail-enders is available in, it is bouncers immediately, they usually get hit in every single place. They do lose the plot a bit of bit. Stokes possibly places a lot vitality into his captaincy, into the week of captaincy, he could want a little bit of assist when England are seven or eight down,” Hussain added.
After taking lunch, Rehan, who had been on a roll, did not bowl a single over for the primary eight overs. By the point he obtained the ball in his hand, Pakistan had already raced away from England’s grasp.
“There aren’t many senior bowlers round on this aspect, he could want somebody to tug him to at least one aspect and clarify his reasoning. I used to be amazed Rehan Ahmed did not begin after lunch. A wrist spinner who’d simply obtained three-for earlier than lunch. I would have gone with the wrist spinner towards the decrease order,” Hussain added.