• First ODI: Pakistan 80-2 (no result/rain)
• Only 19 overs possible in between showers at the Oval
It was one of those days when cricket seems a ridiculous sort of business. The intermittent rain meant the teams managed only 19 overs in six and a half hours of on-and-off, on-and-off-again play.
Pakistan, put into to bat, made 80 for two. Even that short amount was time enough for Jofra Archer to press his case. He bowled four overs and took one wicket for six runs. His two opening overs, a maiden and a wicket-maiden, were especially good. The Pakistan openers, Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman, were barely able to lay bat on his waspish 90mph away-swingers, and when Zaman did make contact, it was only to edge a catch through to Joe Root at second slip.
Written by Andy Bull at the Oval
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/08/jofra-archer-impact-england-pakistan-damp-start under the title “Jofra Archer makes impact as England and Pakistan get off to damp start”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
