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Can England's bowlers hold firm in Lahore?
Holding Pakistan back looks hard: England's attack leaks more than most, and the Gaddafi Stadium suits a Pakistan order full of hundred-makers.
Pakistan vs England
Pakistan meet England at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan have won both their matches and England have lost both. Only the top two sides go through to the final on 31 October, England need to win.
England's problem was laid bare in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Harry Brook's side made 429 for 4 against Sri Lanka and still lost, conceding the second-highest successful chase in men's ODIs.
Thursday was the loudest version of an old habit. In men's ODIs between Full Member sides since January 2023, England have conceded 6.05 runs an over, against 5.69 for all Full Member sides.
Why the Gaddafi Stadium favours batters
Lahore offers no shelter from that habit. Since January 2023, the Gaddafi Stadium has produced 1.09 hundreds per match in these fixtures, against 0.69 at other grounds.
England know the ground's habits from their last ODI here, in February 2025, when they made 351 for 8 and Australia chased it down. Runs on the board have bought them very little in Lahore.
Harry Brook after his double hundred
Brook’s 202 off 116 balls on Thursday was the fastest double hundred in men's ODIs and England’s first, yet it still wasn’t enough.
He has now made four ODI hundreds and averages 42.4. England, without the injured Jos Buttler and Jacob Bethell, rely heavily on his runs. Thus far, as captain, he has led from the front.
- Harry Brook to score a hundred 13/2
Can a Pakistan batter make a hundred in Lahore?
Since January 2023, Salman Ali Agha and Fakhar Zaman have made four hundreds each, with three apiece for Babar Azam and Saim Ayub.
Salman made 107 against Sri Lanka and Hasan Nawaz a brisk 79 against England on Tuesday. On a ground this good for batting, against an attack this generous, any of them could turn a start into a hundred.
- Any Pakistan player to score a hundred 5/4
What Sunday turns on
Pakistan also have the bowler who decided the first meeting. Left-arm spinner Arafat Minhas took 6 for 40 on Tuesday, and England tumbled from 91/0 to 215 all out.
On Sunday, England’s bowlers, still without Jofra Archer, will once again be under the microscope. Keeping a settled order full of hundred-makers in check at the Gaddafi Stadium asks for a control they have seldom shown in recent times.
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