The day after the Afghanistan-Pakistan clash was calm. Unlike the traffic jams on the day the Asian neigbours battled, on Saturday all roads leading towards the Dubai International Stadium for the England vs Australia encounter were deserted. The Afghan fans had tried to climb over the fence railings and break in without tickets, giving a tough time to the security around. Most of the security men here work as bouncers but it seemed like they had not handled a mob before. For the Australia-England match, fans were seen entering in an orderly manner. In fact, not many waited till the end of the match. The next day being Sunday, the first working day of the week here, people were eager to get home early.

‘T20 Ashes’ clash

Many Indians and Pakistanis had turned up to watch the England-Australia match but most Sri Lankans went to cheer their team against South-Africa in Sharjah. S. Rakesh, a computer specialist, said that he had come to watch this match since had never seen an England-Australia Ashes series and so for him this match was a Twenty20 Ashes clash. When everyone who bowled for England got a wicket, someone from the crowd shouted: “Mr Morgan can I bowl too. I could get a wicket as well!”

Indians love Morgan

Pakistan fans want Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali to give their best. Though born in England, both are of Pakistani origin and they regularly play in the UAE.

England skipper Eoin Morgan too has a lot of supporters here, especially from Kerala and Delhi. Morgan had captained Kerala Kings to victory in the Abu Dhabi T10 and will be part of the Delhi Bulls in the coming edition of the event. The 200th six of this edition came from Pat Cummins when he hit Tymal Mills over the boundary, but when Chris Jordan clean bowled Cummins and also removed

Finch, a fan called him ‘Crush Jordan.’

Dew versus few runs

Kevin Pietersen had tweeted that England will smash Australia. That evoked a debate over the dew. During the break, an Australian supporter pointed out than more than the dew the problem was in the very few runs that was posted after batting first. “Anyone talking about dew after scoring so few runs should be asked to shut up,” said another.