Pakistan look to Resolve, as England want to be Ruthless

               England in the purpose of clinging the Series have broken few records individual one's and at the same time teams. It all happened at Trent Bridge when Pakistan fielders showed signs of indiscipline in the field, where the Hosts capitalised on those and added another dimension to their limited overs team. Now their is nothing about in contention to stay alive for the visitors and not any more England has to prove they are a better side.

            But it's about extending their ruthlessness by targeting on next two ODI’s and at the same a good time for them to give a go to the players waiting for their chance, which can keep regulars fresh enough by giving some rest. On the other hand Pakistan has to show a performance that can lift their spirits up especially with the bat and in the field.

              Arthur might be thinking there are much more problems to be resolved then he had thought, but moving the mistakes aside in this series Pakistan has found few positives too for the longer picture. Where Hasan Ali showed he can trouble the batsmen with his nagging pace and Nawaz ,and Imad knocks down the order shows that they can have batting depth. While it might be time for Malik to score a big knock or else there might be ringing bells for his Career.

           Meanwhile with the Series dusted it's time for the hosts to look on the big picture to have a clean sweep and Pakistan have nothing to lose, so it's time for them to perform out of their comfort zone. Both sides likely to make few changes, as one looking to extend and the other seeking to start.

           The 4th ODI at Headingley is likely to produce another run fest, but may not match with the previous records fashion as it did at Trent Bridge. Where the hosts won last four matches at this Venue against different appositions.

           So it's time for Pakistan to show some sort of fight back with less pressure on offer, but it all depends on how they manage to keep up the fielding standards and if their is an area for hosts to improve it would be fielding. Where it's unaffected due to more sloppy fielding from Pakistan, at the end the contest lies on how visitors stop hosts from scoring.

Hosts seek to level the Series with Spin Mantra

               Sri Lanka stretched the visitors to chase a moderate score on a pitch with offered little assistance for spinners and they could feel for Dilshan on finishing  his Career with a loss. Now it's time for Sri Lanka to find a new opener to pair up with Gunathilaka and it is the area where the hosts struggled to find a perfect pair for awhile. But when they face on the Aussies at Dambulla on Wednesday, it is more to focus on the Series which is on the line.

           Every match in the ODI series as seen a player flying to back home due to injury or due to the workload ahead for the visitors and now it's Shaun Marsh who joins the list making the batting line up depleted. While the visitors showed a characteristic effort with the bat to lead the series and Warner led the side in a fashion that he has been doing it for some time, using all his experience from the Hyderabad franchise.

             While it is the bowling that as made the game for visitors before the intense knock by Bailey and the hosts as to address the issues with the bat especially at the top who aren't making starts, which in turn making the middle order to rebuild the innings again.

             Meanwhile the hosts will be quite happy knowing the fact, that the same surface gonna be used on Wednesday, which will offer more assistance for the spinners with the deterioration caused on Sunday's game.

              Even Though the visitors may go with the Aussie way which works for them, by holding on to the same bowling attack. Although the batting as to be changed with injury to Shaun Marsh and Khawaja likely to replace him at No.3. On the other hand the hosts has to make a change with Dilshan’s retirement, So Prasanna likely to make his way and it's time for them to shuffle the batting order.

         So with the exile of Marsh  the batting looks depleted and it's gonna be heavy workload for the openers to make a solid start, to give more time for the middle order against the spin heavy Hosts attack. At the end it is  observed from first 3 ODI’s, is that bowling attack of either sides performed well. But it is the batting that made the difference between the sides from the test Series and it gonna be no different either on Wednesday.

England eye on another Series win, as Pakistan seeking Survival

              It feels the conundrum is round the corner and seems the same way Lankans have approached to the new England limited overs side which have depth and match winners. Pakistan are not too far away from losing another limited overs series in England and it's high time ringing bells in Nottingham as the hosts running all over the visitors to clinch the Series.

           Pakistan haven't posted a target that could challenge the hosts batting line up so far, where the top order doesn't produced the  starts and the middle order could only find a situation to restart the innings again. But England made breakthroughs when the visitors have seemed to pick momentum and due to these concerns the visitors haven't produced runs heavily at the back end of the Innings, where the modern day  scenario demands more.

            While England's batting order has been a huge ladder to climb even for a team like Pakistan can't find solutions to it and if there is a solution to it, it is to chip in with wickets regularly. But the drop in pitches around the globe couldn't help bowlers for a long time in an innings, where 350 has been scored with 5 overs to spare the visitors as to find a way to stop the runs in order to stay alive in all important 3 ODI on Tuesday at Nottingham.

             Although for visitors it is more due to lack of runs on the board and a venue where it produced high scoring games in recent times is ready for another high scoring Contest. But historically it's also the venue that produced much help for swing in these conditions.

            Meanwhile the fielding has been sloppy from both the sides in the two encounters and the situations would have been different if those half chances have been taken along with some dolly drops. In the meantime Stokes is optimistic, who is ready to bowl which gives them more depth with the ball as well. For Pakistan Hafeez is out due to injury which makes an way for Sami Aslam at the top and it is likely that Gul gonna replace Yasir.

             At the end it has been all about holding on to momentum in an innings to come on top, where once again the visitors batsmen will be tested and it all depends on them to challenge the Hosts.