England Vs Pakistan 2012 Live Streaming - ODI Series

England Vs Pakistan 2012 Live Streaming

England takes on Pakistan in an ODI series after suffering a 3-0 whitewash in the test series. England would be eager to turn tables on Pakistan in this format of the game. Meanwhile Pakistan would love to extend their domination even in 50 overs format.


England captain Alastair Cook has assured that they will leave the sour memories of test series behind and give their best in this ODI series. According to the recent form, Pakistan has won all their last 5 ODIs whereas England has lost their last 5 ODI encounters.


Two bowlers which can provide us some entertainment are Shahid Afridi and Steven Finn. Afridi claimed 5 wickets in the warm up match against Afghanistan and he will be the biggest boost for Pakistan. Steven Finn has always been impressive with his quick bowling.


Pietersen is likely to open innings with Cook whereas Kieswetter will move down the batting order. Pakistan may pitch in just one quick bowler viz. Umar Gul as they would love to trouble England with their main strength which is spin bowling. 


The pitch here in UAE will probably be more supportive to the spinners and hence Pakistan can make the most out of it. England batsmen would need to provide a lot of resistance and keep the score board ticking. England has a point to prove here after 3-0 defeat in the test series.

Shahid Afridi banned for ball tampering issue: What do others have to say?

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Shahid Afridi was recently banned for two T20 matches for tampering with the ball in a ODI against Australia. After facing the ban, he claimed that that all teams tamper with the ball.

Following his claim, few other cricketers also had their views over the ball tampering issue. Pakistan ex-skippers Imran Khan and Rameez Raja supported Afridi's comment. Imran Khan said that there are many incidents where teams have been tampering with the ball through various methods. He added saying that only the sub-continental team players are punished for the offense. Rameez Raja supported the claim saying that most of the teams have tampered with the ball in the past but he didn't expect Afridi to do such an act in an international match which was really unacceptable and embarrassing.

Even Australian players Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Tait are sure that ball tampering is a widespread issue. According to them, with similar such ball tampering issue during the South Africa-England series; now there are enough evidences that ball tampering issue has to be dealt with prompt actions as it is an intolerable act for the game of cricket. Australian pacer Dirk Nannes had opposite views on this. He rejected Afridi's claims by saying that bowlers can be equally effective without tampering with the ball.