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

[cricketfan11]

According to the predictor Pakistan's chances of victory were 80% a few hours ago. Primarily it is poor field placing that made it easy for England.

 

[Strike!]

Still no bouncers..

 

[castortroy]

Brain dead bowling by Afridi

Bowling short and wide to woakea

 

[Yk313]

SSA still bowling half volleys from over the wicket

Stay over and bowl short to woakes

Has not got the memo. Thinks he can block the angle but cramping him. Thinks he has 150 to defend

 

[Markhor]

With no contributions from 2, 3, 5 and 6 how can you expect to win Test matches ?

Two batsmen can't do everything.

 

[majiz]

Yikes
This one gotta hurt. 2nd innings batting was a disgrace though, that's where you lost it
Great batting from woakes and buttler.

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Need shan as captain

 

[castortroy]

This is actually some ridiculous bowling to woakes

 

[tyron_woodley]

look at all great teams of the past Nd present. captains all lead by example.

Australia had punter.
india had ganguly then kohli
Kane for new zeland. Not the greatest but good enough
imran for pakistan


azhar is not in that league. Australia too will struggle as soon as they start touring as they have an incompetent captain in Paine. They are fortunate to have plenty of home series wins recently apart from the ashes which are conditions familiar to them.

 

[topspin]

Abid cashed in on the 'media and internal hate due to supposed nepotism' that Imam encountered. And the same journalists who criticized Imam despite his good record will now go into hiding.

Imam has had enough chances. In Australia he was shocking.

 

[TurkishCricketFan]

Abid and Azhar have to go.

 

[MenInG]

 

[Major]

give the freakne ball to shadab for gods sake

 

[castortroy]

100 lead. Just needed 1 decent partnership and it would have been game over for england

 

[Shafi]

Misbah needs at least 5-7 years to gain some coaching experience so he can get closer to meet the job criteria for next job application by Wasim Khan.

 

[Hasan123]

Buttler looks composed and is growing in confidence.

 

[majiz]

So the issues people were worried about before this series have become relevant now:

1) Azhar's defensive captaincy
2) Azhar's batting performance as captain
3) Why Fawad Alam not given a chance
4) Pakistan's ability to take wickets without reverse swing helping them

I think the writing is clear on the wall that Pakistan need to score a lot of runs to compete with England because their bowling lacks venom

Scrap 4
The bowling is very good. Pakistan are just extreme bottlers with the bat
Been this way for twenty years

 

[King_Kohli]

The second new ball is in 13 overs. In the last 13 overs, England have scored 54 runs.

 

[Major]

shortttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

 

[Markhor]

Remember Azhar masterminded a 3-0 whitewash in Bangladesh for first time in history.

Did you guys expect him to beat England on their own turf in Test cricket ?

 

[sweep_shot]

49 more to go.

 

[watson367]

positive of this match is it ended in 4 days

 

[Titan24]

Buttler looks composed and is growing in confidence.

He is always confident against Pakistan

 

[Yk313]

Has AA just added a second slip now? Now that we are defending a mammoth 5000? More desperation than anything else. Right idea, but I mean seriously.

 

[PakFan2010]

Bowl Shadab. Spin

 

[PakFan2010]

Bowl Shadab. Spinner looks threatening.

 

[sindhiboy]

Pakistan need repeat of 1999 Chennai Test. Target was 270 for India. India were also 216/5 after big partnership between Tendulkar and Mongia. If we could dismiss Tendulkar, we can dismiss Buttler. Yasir Shah needs to do a Saqlain Mushtaq here...

That pitch was more conducive to spin

 

[castortroy]

You would never see pak batters playing like this against the England bowlers. They would never have the guts

 

[Major]

bring shadab for gods sake, the pacers cant do anything here pitch is slow. ball is soft

 

[castortroy]

Please no more Afridi

He has been trash

 

[PakFan2010]

Agree.

Why is Shaheen bowling straight?

 

[tyron_woodley]

You would never see pak batters playing like this against the England bowlers. They would never have the guts

in u.a.e and in Pakistan they would butcher then English bowlers. Let's be honest. cmon

 

[Markhor]

Guys no point getting emotional. We've suffered through many defeats snatched from jaws of victory or draw.

Sydney 2010 vs Australia
Cape Town 2013 vs South Africa
Edgbaston 2016 vs England
Melbourne 2016 vs Australia
Hamilton 2016 vs New Zealand
Abu Dhabi 2017 vs Sri Lanka
Abu Dhabi 2018 vs New Zealand

To name some recent ones. So why expect this lot to do any different now ?

 

[KP From India]

280 was a decent target. An attack of Bumrah, Shami, Ishant, Jadeja more than likely to defend it.

 

[IcedCoffee]

Still no bouncers..

How ya expect them to bowl bouncers with a soft faded ball on a dead 4th day wicket?

 

[Hasan123]

Bring back Abbas. Shaheen isn't doing much.

 

[MMHS]

If Poms win this after losing toss and without much contribution from Root, Burns, Stokes, Archer & Jimmy- this series is going to be a tall, tall order for PAK.

 

[castortroy]

Take Afridi off ***

1 no ball per over

 

[Titan24]

280 was a decent target. An attack of Bumrah, Shami, Ishant, Jadeja more than likely to defend it.

Experience of that attack is multiple times more

 

[Major]

an elderly gentleman have found their way into the ground. he is lost ) )

 

[Muddaser]

Pakistan Cricket in a nutshell.

Talent - 100
Technique - 50
Temperament - 0

Yet all you hear from the experts on TV is that our issue is lack of talent.

 

[Greenstorm]

One thing is clear. Naseem isn't the tearaway fast bowler that we desperately need. He is just superior version of Hassan Ali.

 

[castortroy]

Really hope this will be Yasir final series

 

[Shafi]

Senior Pak Cricketers don't have any self respect. Azhar could have retired on a high note after CT 2017 final. But choose to ruin his reputation.

Same goes Hafeez, Malik as well. They will not retire even if we gets whitewash in T20.

 

[Junaids]

So many self-inflicted wounds.

1. Keeper and slips far too deep.
2. No bowling plans for the lower half of the England order.
3. Neverending selection of multiple failing batsmen the wrong side of 30.
4. The best bowler in English conditions is sitting in the pavilion because he is not being considered - unlike Wahab - due to a prior red ball retirement.

 

[castortroy]

One thing is clear. Naseem isn't the tearaway fast bowler that we desperately need. He is just superior version of Hassan Ali.

He is too raw as is afridi

 

[Markhor]

Listen to Shane Warne on commentary - still believes Pakistan could win. That's why he was a serial winner, he never gave up.

Whereas Azhar is preparing his press conference remarks already.

 

[Shafi]

Pakistan Cricket in a nutshell.

Talent - 100
Technique - 50
Temperament - 0

Yet all you hear from the experts on TV is that our issue is lack of talent.

Who? Apart from Babar I cannot see any talented batsman.

 

[Junaids]

an elderly gentleman have found their way into the ground. he is lost ) )

He certainly is, and Misbah has given him the captaincy.

 

[IcedCoffee]

Really hope this will be Yasir final series

You want a guy who scored more runs than some of our top order, and got 6 wickets in the game to be benched? Why? Cuz he didn't get a 10-fer? Ok.

 

[Major]

Listen to Shane Warne on commentary - still believes Pakistan could win. That's why he was a serial winner, he never gave up.

Whereas Azhar is preparing his press conference remarks already.

do you think shadab should have a go here?

 

[Titan24]

Pakistan Cricket in a nutshell.

Talent - 100
Technique - 50
Temperament - 0

Yet all you hear from the experts on TV is that our issue is lack of talent.

Strategy and tactics are almost 0 as well.

 

[Yk313]

Listen to Shane Warne on commentary - still believes Pakistan could win. That's why he was a serial winner, he never gave up.

Whereas Azhar is preparing his press conference remarks already.

Lol

 

[Jeetlodil]

How can one not see the bowling failure. It was 160 needed with 5 wickets in hand.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Really couldn't care less about this useless team. To lose to these two mediocre test level batsmen speaks volumes about this filth that represents us at international level.

Misbah should hang his head in shame. Azhar should go back home the first flight he gets

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Who? Apart from Babar I cannot see any talented batsman.

that is because you have zero vision and foresight. Unlike before we have talent now, but will take time to get them all together under a capsble leader like Shan.

 

[Justcrazy]

116 runs partnership , Pakistan has been shut off here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Guys no point getting emotional. We've suffered through many defeats snatched from jaws of victory or draw.

Sydney 2010 vs Australia
Cape Town 2013 vs South Africa
Edgbaston 2016 vs England
Melbourne 2016 vs Australia
Hamilton 2016 vs New Zealand
Abu Dhabi 2017 vs Sri Lanka
Abu Dhabi 2018 vs New Zealand

To name some recent ones. So why expect this lot to do any different now ?

Melbourne??

 

[tyron_woodley]

280 was a decent target. An attack of Bumrah, Shami, Ishant, Jadeja more than likely to defend it.

Indian bowling is top class. Indian batsmen suck vs swing. Indian bowlers are excellent in swing conditons and in bouncy wickets.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Haha, no I think I have already crossed that bridge buddy

I am looking to see if anyone else is confident enough to step up - searching for leadership potential.

Shadab for me has serious potential to captain but may be he will be given after 10 years so

 

[Major]

review

 

[Yk313]

Appea

 

[Jeetlodil]

Abbas is a waste with old ball.

 

[Hasan123]

Pakistan Cricket in a nutshell.

Talent - 100
Technique - 50
Temperament - 0

Yet all you hear from the experts on TV is that our issue is lack of talent.

The talent in this team is low. Hence we are losing. People use excuses like bottling and mentality because they don't want to accept we aren't good enough.

 

[castortroy]

Not out

 

[Major]

oh mannnn

 

[Yk313]

Nope, nothing. That was it

 

[MMHS]

So many self-inflicted wounds.

1. Keeper and slips far too deep.
2. No bowling plans for the lower half of the England order.
3. Neverending selection of multiple failing batsmen the wrong side of 30.
4. The best bowler in English conditions is sitting in the pavilion because he is not being considered - unlike Wahab - due to a prior red ball retirement.

You can add two more-
5. England at home is a far, far better team than most of PP rates

6. No, apart from Azhar, there are few more who won’t make it to the WIN team - overall PAK team might not be that good as you rate

And no, Amir is not the best bowler - Abbas is and he is delivering. Amir won’t have done anything extra here, and it would have been counter productive had they picked him over Abbbas ..... and a disaster had they followed your suggestion - 4 pacers + Shadab.

 

[Greenstorm]

He certainly is, and Misbah has given him the captaincy.

Ouch ! Well said.

 

[tyron_woodley]

c'mon just one wicket will do the job.

 

[Jeetlodil]

flat line as flat as Pakistan bowling and captaincy

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Not our day. Luch aint with us

 

[Hasan123]

Desperate review.

 

[Major]

how did that not edge

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Afridi lacks agression.

 

[Markhor]

Melbourne??

Yes that should've been a draw but we collapsed in a heap on 5th day.

 

[Jeetlodil]

You can add two more-
5. England at home is a far, far better team than most of PP rates

6. No, apart from Azhar, there are few more who won’t make it to the WIN team - overall PAK team might not be that good as you rate

And no, Amir is not the best bowler - Abbas is and he is delivering. Amir won’t have done anything extra here, and it would have been counter productive had they picked him over Abbbas ..... and a disaster had they followed your suggestion - 4 pacers + Shadab.

what has abbas delivered?

 

[Major]

Wicket is spiinninng give the frekane ball to shadabbbbbbbbbb

 

[Muddaser]

Who? Apart from Babar I cannot see any talented batsman.

How talented was Javed Miandad?

The issue with our team is the lack of temperament.

They simply lack the acumen to play cricket.

 

[Mueez]

It looks like everything is against Pakistan at the moment.