ENG vs PAK, ICC World Cup 2019: Pakistan eye comeback against fired-up England

After being mauled by West Indies, Pakistan will look to make amends, especially in their batting, and aim for a comeback when they take on hot-favourites England

Pakistan entered into the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as the most ‘UNPREDICTABLE’ team. Several pundits speculated that they are capable of turning the game any moment, however, the beginning of their journey was a complete nightmare. Playing against West Indies, Pakistan collapsed for just 103 runs and seemed to be in all sorts of trouble. None of their batsmen showed temperament and the ability to handle the short-pitch deliveries, and even rash shots by some of their batsmen didn't help Pakistan's cause. After being mauled by West Indies, Pakistan will look to make amends, especially in their batting, and aim for a comeback when they take on hot-favourites England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Monday. There is a good chance that a number of short balls at a very decent pace will be heading their way as England have the likes of Mark Wood, Jofra Archer and Liam Plunkett in their pace battery. The only silver lining for Pakistan was in the form of Mohammad Amir, who bowled superbly against the likes of Chris Gayle and Shai Hope and picked up all the three wickets. England, on the other hand, seems to have all their bases covered. Their batting clicked against South Africa with Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes all scoring half-centuries and making sure they went past the 300-run mark against South Africa. Their bowling has also been bolstered with the inclusion of Archer who bowled with sheer pace and gave a hard time to the Proteas batsmen at the Kennington Oval. Squads: England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk), Asif Ali, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Haris Sohail, Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman