Babar (61*) takes Pakistan to 107/2 after Abrar’s 7-114 helps restrict England to 281 all out

[alone1213]

Zahid Mahmood is the sight in the cricket that makes me feel like i want to break the TV.

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Big turn from this end. Within first 15 overs of a Test match too.

 

[ethan hunt]

The ball is turning, i like this.

 

[Ahmed216]

A much better surface for the spinners. England have won a very crucial toss it seems

 

[ethan hunt]

Nawaz should love this pitch with his quick wicket to wicket stuff.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rizwan appealing too strongly lol.

 

[imshally81]

Better over by Zahid

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Zahid Mahmood the worst cricketer ever is gonna go for lots of runs here.
He is absolutely terrible garbage player.

Bowled pretty well last over, almost had Pope.

 

[ethan hunt]

Babar has overbowled the pacers. Could have opened with nawaz

 

[alone1213]

Ben duckett is only good at sweeping spinners. He doesn't have defensive game against spinners.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Will it become flatter or get worse?

 

[alone1213]

England is really exciting to watch.

 

[imshally81]

Why Aleem Dar is doing umpiring today.. We should have neutral umpires in test matches

 

[jnaveen1980]

If it continues assisting spinners, batting last will be a nightmare

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Calling it now. Abrar will have a mediocre career. No real revs on the ball. Just the novelty factor that probably got him wickets in domestic

 

[alone1213]

There is not much crowd today here.
Rawalpindi test was quite lively crowd wise

 

[ExpressPacer]

Have English batsmen already found out Abrar? He's being hit left, right and centre!

 

[Marooned]

Calling it now. Abrar will have a mediocre career. No real revs on the ball. Just the novelty factor that probably got him wickets in domestic

Kumble.
Didn't put much either.

 

[Dark_Horse]

Yasir Shah on one leg on this pitch would have eaten England

 

[jnaveen1980]

Damn every single ball sweeping

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Kumble.
Didn't put much either.

Kumble put a fair bit of overspin on the ball if not side spin and also very skiddy and awkward to face on certain pitches.

Abrar doesn't have that

 

[Marooned]

Yasir Shah on one leg on this pitch would have eaten England

His performance in SL told us all really. He is finished.

 

[alone1213]

LoL abrar is getting zahid mahmood's treatment.

 

[jnaveen1980]

lol He is sweeping even short balls That too reverse sweeping

 

[ethan hunt]

Abrar needs to bowl 8ks quicker. Too slow and loopy.

 

[Dark_Horse]

His performance in SL told us all really. He is finished.

Certainly better than zahid

 

[alone1213]

LOL Ben duckett has put too much pressure poor abrar

 

[jnaveen1980]

He is not allowing him to pitch it up at all. Made him bowl short and reverse swept him

 

[James]

ODI mode now.

 

[Zeshan547]

Abrar is too slow for this level, just shows the difference in skill of Pak domestic batsman and these English men.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

England playing it like a T20, not sure will this approach help them in long run. Better attack and bowling friendly pitches will expose them big time.

Some of the shots which have gone to boundaries were horrible.

 

[zaidihusain]

How can you play 5 day test match with such a weak batting and 2 totally ineffective bowlers? Shan & Wasim jnr should have been there in place of Mohammed Ali & Zahid

 

[ethan hunt]

Within two overs the production team had slow motions up to demystify abrars google and leg break lol.

 

[jnaveen1980]

5.7 run rate

 

[James]

England playing it like a T20, not sure will this approach help them in long run. Better attack and bowling friendly pitches will expose them big time.

Some of the shots which have gone to boundaries were horrible.

We have already seen the classy attack and bowling friendly conditions in the series against South Africa. England did indeed drop a Test, but they won the series 2-1 in the end, and by comfortable margins.

 

[shah_1]

Whitewash coming

 

[jnaveen1980]

This probably will be the test where highest runs scored with reverse sweep in Test cricket history

 

[alone1213]

LoL England will make Pakistan forget about cricket.
They are absolutely destroying Pakistan.

 

[Abdullah]

Where is bazball today?

Bro. Are you about 13 years old?! :Facepalm:

 

[shah_1]

Bloodbath again

We are minnows

 

[jnaveen1980]

18th over 50 wow. Usually entire team would take this many overs to get to 50

 

[James]

Ducky playing a gem here.

 

[Abdullah]

We have already seen the classy attack and bowling friendly conditions in the series against South Africa. England did indeed drop a Test, but they won the series 2-1 in the end, and by comfortable margins.

I don't agree it will.
These wickets and inexperienced attack is tailor made for it.
NZ ind and SA got taken aback by the novelty of it.

 

[Savak]

Pakistani team management needs to be fired for having zero answers to Ben Duckets sweeps and reverse sweeps for ten games plus in a row. This is embarrassing and unacceptable

 

[Spitfire]

Well played Duckett.

Both English batsmen striking at over 100.

Babar seems clueless in stemming those runs.

England silent but deadly in their approach today.

Go three lions.

 

[ethan hunt]

Club level bowling by the spinners on a helpful pitch.
If zahid cant bowl well here he shouldnt even play first class cricket

 

[shah_1]

We have no quality spinners hence will be battered by quality batting teams

 

[Dark_Horse]

Better than Yasir Shah

 

[shah_1]

Out

 

[Devadwal]

This is really pathetic bowling and fielding placement.

 

[alone1213]

Babar has probably got the lowest IQ in whole cricket community that's why he keeps making these mistakes again and again.

 

[Zeshan547]

This team deserve every bit of it, just shows simple fact that no matter what but you can't make up quality with quantity, even when there is some help for bowlers specially spinners in this pitch, these all are rubbish or mediocre bowlers, they may need extreme minefield to get wickets, loving this approach by England which is exposing this fact in most harshest way. Pak need to get better or get lost.

 

[Devadwal]

Gone

 

[jnaveen1980]

Live by the sword, die by the sword

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Looks going outside off stump.

 

[shah_1]

Not out

 

[imshally81]

Now gone

 

[jnaveen1980]

Way too risky reverse sweep. That was like yorker.

 

[ethan hunt]

That did not hit the glove man. What is the 3rd umpire smoking

 

[Devadwal]

Lol not out

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Thats bat hitting the ground u dump umpire.

 

[ethan hunt]

It has already hit the pad.

 

[shah_1]

Poor decision

 

[Savak]

*** is this. England getting lucky with the reviews

 

[Ahmed216]

Thats bat hitting the ground u dump umpire.

Yes

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Horrible decision yaar what hell is this? He was too excited that he will heard on national TV.

 

[volcyz]

lol so biased ALeem Dar

pathetic umpiring shaking his head

 

[alone1213]

Fortune favours the brave.

 

[Ahmed216]

Zahid mahmood is bowling short on these pitches

 

[jnaveen1980]

Now he is not sweeping.

 

[Devadwal]

Field umpire was not satisfied with decision change

 

[Snowflake]

lol so biased ALeem Dar

pathetic umpiring shaking his head

So it wasn’t out?

 

[ethan hunt]

Even duckett knew that he didnt hit it

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Who is this clone man? who made him international umpire? He did even waste a second to over turn the decision.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Abrar relies on variation of speed. slow, slower, slowest.

 

[James]

Wow that was really interesting.

Aleem Dar disagrees with the TV umpire and questions the overturn of the lbw decision, but in the end, the TV evidence is judged conclusive enough to give it not out.

 

[volcyz]

So it wasn’t out?

Definitely not out

 

[Savak]

Babar has zero ideas on what field to set for Ducket.

 

[James]

I thought that Duckett gloved it to be honest.