Asif Ali c Bairstow b Wood 14 (Pak 311-5)
Sarfaraz c&b Woakes 55 (Pak 319-6)
Wahab c Root b Woakes 4 (Pak 325-7)
Shoaib Malik c Morgan b Woakes 8 (Pak 337-8)
Very poor fielding display from England today. Jason Roy had a shocker.
Roy having an all round shocker uses up our review as well. Worth a quick quid on Pakistan at this point we seem a bit Sarf Africa today
Shadab Khan to Roy, OUT , Shadab pins Roy in front . The finger goes up, but Roy opts to challenge the on-field out decision. This looks pretty plumb, though. Pushed through on middle, Roy stretches out for a sweep, but this is too full for the shot. Has Roy snicked it? Nah, no bat involved and the UltraEdge confirms it. The tracker returns three reds and Roy has to go. It would have crashed into off stump. Tahir had got Bairstow early in the WC opener. Shadab now gets Roy. The departing batsman, however, isn’t particularly happy. He has a word with umpire Erasmus before trudging off. Legspin with the new ball is England’s Achilles heel
JJ Roy lbw b Shadab Khan 8 (7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 114.28
Root dropped on 9
Slashing at a wide delivery that goes quickly to 1st slip, who was standing nearly at 2nd slip, shells the catch.
Difficult one to be fair.
37-1 from 6 overs.
Bairstow gone
Wahab Riaz to Bairstow, OUT , Wahab has Bairstow nicking off . Wahab runs in hard and hits the pitch harder. Back of a length, kicking and screaming away outside off at 140ks. Bairstow spars it, probably aiming third man, but can only guide it into the gloves of the keeper. Wahab is pumped
60/2, 9 overs gone
86/3, Morgan gone, playing for bounvce that wasn’t there or maybe he just totally misjudged it.
Stokes and Root in
118/4, Stokes nicks to the keeper
Stick a fork in…
Barney is a journo & saints fan in Dubai
https://twitter.com/BarnabyRead/status/1135575223313534976?s=19
First 100 of the World Cup goes to Joe Root
97 balls
9 4s
1 6
Him and Butler have stabilised the run chase
And out.
And I’ll stop saying positive things… Commentators curse much 
Like I’ve had to stop looking at cricinfo when we bat.
Big ask from here, cant see us doing it.
Etc
Buttler gone.
Going to be tough now.
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Better to get the soft defeat in at this stage blah blah
13.25 run rate, Moeen not looking good at all.
He looks like he’s playing with a snooker cue …
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More like a croquet mallet…