England beat Pakistan by 3 wickets in the first Test at Manchester in a close encounter

[watson367]

Pak in trouble need a quick wicket

 

[Hasan123]

99 to win now.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Once you start attacking spinners they become less dangerous. Thats wat england have got right here. Azhar needs to keep calm and use his experience to nip out these 2 . Surely not impossible. Just the way root used stokes to rattle a few out yesterday.

 

[Yk313]

The batters should get the blame if they lose

Yup. And captaincy, but if it is an easy finish which looks like it may be the case, it will come down to the 2nd innings performance.

 

[JibranAnsari]

No support for abbas in the wicket at the moment.

 

[castortroy]

There are no demons on this pitch at all.

Pak should have batted England out of it completely but collapsed like mental midgets

It's going to come back and haunt them

 

[Fahdi]

3 singles in the same area. Abbas bowls the tightest lines, why not have the field up for him?

 

[Inswing]

Need to get buttler and woakes both asap

 

[Hasan123]

I'm sure they are going to target Shadab.

 

[imshally81]

Beauty

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Need to bring naseem one for a quick fiery spell to nip a few out just as stokes did last night. Just 1 fiery quick burst frm Naseem shah and then leave the rest of the tail to yasir And Shaheen

 

[watson367]

15 more runs without a wicket and game over

 

[Last Monetarist]

Azhar looks clueless here. This has been a brilliant partnership.

 

[sweep_shot]

96 more to go.

95 for a tie.

 

[Third Man]

Need Shaheen and Naseem immediately. I don't care about workload or anything at the moment. Pull the fielders and hit their pads and helmets.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Under 100 and psychological advantage to england.

 

[ARK Rafay]

There are no demons on this pitch at all.

Pak should have batted England out of it completely but collapsed like mental midgets

It's going to come back and haunt them

This was the best chance to win a test in England this time. Next 2 games, England wilk steam roll over Pakistan.

 

[Markhor]

[MENTION=141114]Hasan123[/MENTION]

This is exactly what I mentioned earlier. Once England play more positively, Azhar will into defensive mode. Now England are picking off the singles.

 

[castortroy]

So easy here for England.

Just milking

 

[watson367]

bring on naseem, shadab is not good enough

 

[Yk313]

Don’t think AA has quite registered what has happened. Down to ENG to bottle it. Their’s to lose.

 

[sweep_shot]

Current partnership: 65 runs from 70 balls.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

These 2 knocking of the runs for fun and azhars rubbish captaincy is losing it for Pakistan

 

[Third Man]

This bad bowling and bad captaincy right here.

 

[imshally81]

Wicket coming soon..

 

[Kashur_Kalkharab]

They are able to rotate so easily.. Plz bring in naseem now. Bowl short..

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Azhars bottled it. How can you allow a partnership of 65 frm 70 in a low scoring match chasing 277. Beyond belief

 

[sweep_shot]

51 runs came from last 10 overs.

 

[angrypathan]

Runs coming too easy. Bring Naseem on and tell him to let loose

 

[castortroy]

Bar the deliver to pope and the odd spinning leg break from Yasir this wicket is fairly flat

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Can't believe Misbah and Azhar are allowing these easy singles.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England's back in this

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Its do or die now for Pakistan. Azhar needs to simply attack and use naseem now. Before its to late. Negative mentality

 

[sharmaji]

No need to panic. 100 runs are too many. Pakistan needs just 1 more wicket and the game will almost be sealed.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Bar the deliver to pope and the odd spinning leg break from Yasir this wicket is fairly flat

It usually is in Northern England. Because of the surface the ball keeps coming well to the bat. In London its different and why Asians have ruled there.

 

[tyron_woodley]

ok shadab sucks. He is a good batsman for a number 7 but as a bowler I see no future for him. He is poor.

bring back naseem for godness sake. Azhar is worse than dhoni when it comes to be in defensive away from home.

 

[JibranAnsari]

You cant blame azhar for this unreal partnership. These two have batted brilliantly.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Attacking cricket has got England many runs by this partnership

 

[Shafi]

I think this kind of insight and research is beyond the capabilities of Waqar and Misbah.

Teams like England, Australia.. select coaches by merit and experience where in Pakistan people gets high paid job through connection without meeting the job criteria.

 

[watson367]

Pak turning out of form batsmen into heroes

 

[Hasan123]

[MENTION=141114]Hasan123[/MENTION]

This is exactly what I mentioned earlier. Once England play more positively, Azhar will into defensive mode. Now England are picking off the singles.

Don't understand why he is bowling Shadab when there is not much runs to play with. Shadab is not accurate. The pressure will be on us the less the target becomes.

 

[Justcrazy]

I think Pakistan has given up , the inevitable is on the wall !

 

[Salman4.]

Naseem has to justify the hype and get us a couple here.

 

[tyron_woodley]

naseem
shaheen.

need pace and you need to hurt them physically. If you can't get them out, take them out of the game.

 

[Yk313]

England's back in this

I think PAK are the ones who will be out of it lol

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Need 2 wickets before they reach 200 or 210 otherwise this is going England’s way. Thank you Misbah and Azhar for your pathetic shows

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir has never responded well when attacked

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Personally he needed to keep the field up and attack rather than going in the defensive mode. But can't blame them as they've been mostly defensive for decades.

 

[castortroy]

Abbas not looking threatening at all

 

[Kashur_Kalkharab]

Also why is it necessary that you can't rotate bowlers quickly.. 2 3 over her and there just to keep attracting with variations.

 

[watson367]

mental midget and walking wicket as captain. What are you guys expecting?

 

[angrypathan]

With Abbas keeping things tight this is the best opportunity to attack with Naseem from the other end

 

[castortroy]

Woakes showing our pathetic bowlers how to bat

 

[Hasan123]

These 2 are now happy to wait for bad balls and rotate strike

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Its our own fault in the end. Never ever should we have given away an advantage of a 100+ lead. Should have batted England out of the game.

 

[watson367]

Mamoon coming soon brace yourselves

 

[ask_analyse_act]

So far no bouncers for woakes and he faced 43 balls already

 

[angrypathan]

Abbas not looking threatening at all

Abbas doesn't need to be threatening right now. He needs to keep things tight and build pressure, and one of the other quicks needs to attack from the other end

 

[Last Monetarist]

Strong Hobart '99 vibes here. Been an absolute shambles since Woakes walked out there to join Buttler at the crease.

 

[angrypathan]

125kph bouncer from Abbas

 

[sweep_shot]

93 more are needed.

92 for a tie.

 

[Yk313]

Appropriate field needed

 

[Afhan Ali]

May be requiring less runs can put pressure on woakes

 

[tyron_woodley]

guys how long left to get a new ball??

 

[neonoir]

Golden boy Naseem to come and find the breakthrough. Buttler might attack him though

 

[ask_analyse_act]

First bouncer. Looks like Abbas is a better thinker as a bowler than the mental midget captain that Pak have

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Its our own fault in the end. Never ever should we have given away an advantage of a 100+ lead. Should have batted England out of the game.

We all know Pakistan's biggest thing has been failing to capitalise on situations like this. Any other team would have done exactly just what you're saying.

 

[sweep_shot]

guys how long left to get a new ball??

22 more overs (including this over).

 

[Savak]

The bowlers need to bowl that special 1-2 wicket taking deliveries, the batsmen aren't going to give anything on a platter

 

[Hasan123]

Still a long way to go. Not panicking yet.

 

[tyron_woodley]

calm down boys. Still got time. 90 runs is still a fair bit. When is the new ball due. Depends on that. Abbas can unleash his skills wirh the new ball. So can shaheen.

 

[Mueez]

Come on boys get the wicket of Buttler.

Please phir jitne marzi burger khaana

 

[Yk313]

The selection questions will be a head ache after this debacle. Not for Misbah, his choices will be easy. More for PakPassion

 

[King_Kohli]

Pakistan should consistently try for a wicket, instead of trying to control the flow of runs.

 

[tyron_woodley]

oh really. O.k. that is no good now is it.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need a magic moment here to get back in the game.

 

[Executioner]

Exciting final session on our hands. Great game of cricket regardless of who wins

 

[angrypathan]

Nothing delivery.

 

[sweep_shot]

calm down boys. Still got time. 90 runs is still a fair bit. When is the new ball due. Depends on that. Abbas can unleash his skills wirh the new ball. So can shaheen.

I think they shouldn't rely on new ball because it is still about 21 overs away. Butler can finish the game in 21 overs.

 

[castortroy]

Congrats England

This partnership has killed off the game