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

[castortroy]

SSA will get smashed

 

[Major]

lol mann, if we had 10 more runs, this could had been sooo interesting

 

[the Great Khan]

I see uncle has returned to the thread. Was know here for days. I hate some pak fans attitude.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Woakes will finish in the next over

 

[Caved12]

Come on, he took 2/13 as well. Still the best bowler for PAK, statistically. In fact it’s Yasir that lost this game for giving 160+ runs

Both were tailenders.

 

[Major]

shaheen will bowl, wait for woakes to smash it

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This is some performance by England. Beating Pakistan in English conditions after losing the toss and conceding a lead is no joke.

 

[Matty]

Afridi again?

Where is Abbas?

 

[Jeetlodil]

pakistan can only dream of having woakes. though shadab had a relatively good all round performance

Not in test cricket. One skill has to be primary

 

[Major]

outside edgbe and gone ffor 4

 

[Matty]

We won

 

[ARK Rafay]

Poor planning and England were lucky too. Luck favors the brave. Well played Buttler and Woakes.

 

[King_Kohli]

Dominated 3 days in overseas test & in the end lost the test.
Pakistan fans I can feel ...

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Congrats England!!!

 

[sweep_shot]

Done.

England win by 3 wickets.

 

[Markhor]

Well done England.

Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, please announce your retirements.

 

[MMHS]

Congrats England, well played.

 

[sindhiboy]

Yasir has been excellent

 

[Thulsa]

Well done Pakistan - played well but couldn’t maintain it - hopefully lessons will be learned. A good start to the series.

 

[IcedCoffee]

Well played, England. Record Chase. Poor Captaincy, and perhaps meager bowling; however, the 2nd innings shambles ruined it for us.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Afridi again?

Where is Abbas?

No one trusts Abbas. England has mentally disintegrated Pakistan. I expect a whitewash and may be coming tests will be an innings loss to Pakistan

 

[watson367]

Poor Azhar is holding in his tears. Aside from his performances, Azhar is a good bloke.

 

[Rajdeep]

Excellent test match. As an outsider during this lockdown...enjoyed thoroughly. Very well played both teams. Congrats England.

 

[Titan24]

Congrats to Eng team and fans, well played.

Good game of cricket, Pak played some really good cricket other than few key moments.

 

[topspin]

Well done England.

Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, please announce your retirements.

+ Misbah resign

 

[sindhiboy]

Magnificent from woakes. I still cannot believe how pakistan has messed this up

 

[Yk313]

Azhar ali is like a football team captain. kisko banana hai captain. tu ban jaa

Aahhha

 

[Titan24]

Congrats to Eng team and fans, well played.

Good game of cricket, Pak played some really good cricket other than few key moments.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Brilliant Victory by England , it was amazing fightback by buttler and woakes. Poor bowling or not , its some feat.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Well done england

 

[IcedCoffee]

Poor Azhar is holding in his tears. Aside from his performances, Azhar is a good bloke.

Can't be crying if it's your actions (or lack thereof) that contributed to the defeat.

 

[sindhiboy]

Naseem should have bowled more

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Not sure if England played well or Pakistan allowed them to win. Pakistan was on top for most part of this test match.

 

[IcedCoffee]

Repost.

 

[fitCricFan]

Poor planning and England were lucky too. Luck favors the brave. Well played Buttler and Woakes.

Nothing to do with luck. There is no reason we should have lost after such a significant 1sy innings lead. England just outplayed us.

The same ol, same ol. We can now say for sure that the Pakistan team is indeed very unpredictable and on its day can beat any team, the question is when that day is going to happen probably once in a decade

 

[Robert]

One of the best test matches.

I thought it unlikely that ENG could have chased down a big target on that deck against a very good attack.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar should retire, cant keep playing tests with 10 players.

 

[Slog]

Pakistan deserved to lose

When you bat like idiots and be total disgraces you deserve to be punished

 

[watson367]

Hopefully Babar learns from his mistakes in this test.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

If this defeat doesn't end the careers of Azhar and Asad, then pakistan doesn't deserve to be an international side.

 

[Yk313]

Can't be crying if it's your actions (or lack thereof) that contributed to the defeat.

Yup.

 

[Slog]

Woakes has always been our bogey man with the ball and now with the bat too

 

[fitCricFan]

and that my friends is how you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

 

[Ozeirk]

The game needed experienced bowlers to get those last few wickets. Amir and wahab were missed!

 

[Buffet]

Well played Eng. I did not expect them to chase this target.

 

[Yk313]

Hopefully Babar learns from his mistakes in this test.

I am less worried about that. Because I am sure he will learn from that.

I am more interested to see if he learns from Azhar’s mistakes as a captain. Curious to see what deficiencies he feels need to be plugged in our attack.

 

[Cricket lover 27]

Disappointed but serves Misbah right for keeping oldies in the team!!!

 

[AAli98]

Good tussle by 2 mediocre teams.. they won’t be challenging the top 3 anytime soon.

 

[Bhaijaan]

One of the best test matches.

I thought it unlikely that ENG could have chased down a big target on that deck against a very good attack.

Congrats Robby bro. What a stunning chase.

 

[Rajdeep]

[MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] - Why are you so harsh on Yasir Shah? He is a brilliant spinner and without him, Pak would not even run Eng close. Actually, he is the best spinner in test cricket going on now and also handy with the bat. Much much better player than Shadab Khan.

 

[watson367]

According to some posters, Misbah is our savior. With selections like these, we are only going backwards.

 

[Yk313]

Nothing to do with luck. There is no reason we should have lost after such a significant 1sy innings lead. England just outplayed us.

The same ol, same ol. We can now say for sure that the Pakistan team is indeed very unpredictable and on its day can beat any team, the question is when that day is going to happen probably once in a decade

Yup, we can equally say if Buttler had clung on etc. Both had luck here and there and in the 5-day format this is expected. But large scale fundamental failures are too much.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Poor Azhar is holding in his tears. Aside from his performances, Azhar is a good bloke.

He’s crying cause he gets to play till retirement, he’s nothing but a greedy guts. He’s a has been and far from being a nice bloke. I called it before Shadab would get spanked and playing 2 leggies was going to be stupid. Azhar needs to be shown a boot and if he was nice he would’ve been honest like wahab in saying I’ve not been up to scratch. Azhar is a scrounger!

Boot out the scrounges!!!!!!

 

[Major]

[MENTION=139075]Hadi Rizvi[/MENTION] hurr jee ke haal hai

 

[Jeetlodil]

Just for the kicks - Aye haye hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai haai haaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiii did not win it

 

[Buffet]

Not sure the thinking behind not bowling your 2nd spinner on 4th inning on turning pitch.

 

[sindhiboy]

Azhar and Asad's subpar performance may have made the difference

 

[Yk313]

Interesting to see what Southampton will bring:

- Shan, Azhar (capt), Babar, Rizwan, Yasir, Abbas are automatic selections.

- Asad probably due to Misbah

- Who do you reckon will be rested? PAK are going in with 4 bowlers to be realistic - Shadab hardly bowled.

 

[sindhiboy]

Just for the kicks - Aye haye hai hai hai hai hai hai hai hai haai haaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiii did not win it

)

 

[Jeetlodil]

Its been like 2019 WC final. NZ was to win it but Eng . Though England won fair and square here

 

[shaz619]

Birmingham's Richard Hadlee does it again Laughable how Pakistan fans felt this would be a walk in the park for them, it would be a monumental upset if they manage to draw a test here on let alone win one, simply lost to the better team, their batting is just not up to scatch and the bowling is too reliant on Yasir Shah and Abbas

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Interesting to see what Southampton will bring:

- Shan, Azhar (capt), Babar, Rizwan, Yasir, Abbas are automatic selections.

- Asad probably due to Misbah

- Who do you reckon will be rested? PAK are going in with 4 bowlers to be realistic - Shadab hardly bowled.

Nothing will happen. Misbah won't drop his main people.

At the most he will add Sohail Khan or Faheem Ashraf. The rest will remain the same in the hope of some miracle.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Interesting to see what Southampton will bring:

- Shan, Azhar (capt), Babar, Rizwan, Yasir, Abbas are automatic selections.

- Asad probably due to Misbah

- Who do you reckon will be rested? PAK are going in with 4 bowlers to be realistic - Shadab hardly bowled.

If england dont show some pity. Pakistan team is likely to get *** whooped

 

[Jeetlodil]

Not sure the thinking behind not bowling your 2nd spinner on 4th inning on turning pitch.

Shadab is not a spinner. He is a here and there bowler

 

[watson367]

One day our batting will not crumble under pressure. Then i will wake up.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

He was saying that he should go to Shaheen and talk with him. He was saying Azhar is not being proactive. Also, he was criticizing Azhar's field setting.

Thank you

 

[Artaxerxes]

Birmingham's Richard Hadlee does it again Laughable how Pakistan fans felt this would be a walk in the park for them, it would be a monumental upset if they manage to draw a test here on let alone win one, simply lost to the better team, their batting is just not up to scatch and the bowling is too reliant on Yasir Shah and Abbas

Poor batting in the second innings and poor captaincy cost Pakistan the match.You lose some and you win some.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Azhar cannot say - I dont know bouncers. Only bouncers I know are in the pub

 

[Jeetlodil]

He is saying after 5 wickets , he was in comfortable position.

 

[shaz619]

Poor batting in the second innings and poor captaincy cost Pakistan the match.You lose some and you win some.

The leg spinner Shah was used very defensively but Woakes and Butler were superb with their aggression, the captains lack of experience in these situations showed but he lost to the better team

 

[Yk313]

Nothing will happen. Misbah won't drop his main people.

At the most he will add Sohail Khan or Faheem Ashraf. The rest will remain the same in the hope of some miracle.

That’s literally why I posted this - so he’s going to weaken the team further?

 

[Yk313]

If england dont show some pity. Pakistan team is likely to get *** whooped

Well, not sure if the 2 spinners stuff is going to work. Especially given how much Shadab was bowled.

 

[Khurrams22]

Can someone ask Misbah to leave the cricket alone. Garbage captain, garbage selector, garbage coach. Hides his selfishness under his fake humbleness.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

[MENTION=139075]Hadi Rizvi[/MENTION] hurr jee ke haal hai

It'll be very interesting to visit this thread once Yasir has served his usual 25-3-105-2 figures in the 1st few test matches. No disrespect to the guy but he's done. I am not expecting any 5fers from him in the test series. We should go with 4 pacers for the OT test like ENG have. This expectation that Yasir will somehow blow ENG away on a 4th/5th day pitch is a delusion. He has yet to do that for a while.

Well I got close.

However, more than Yasir, I'm blaming the management and Azhar.

We've lost a test match which we had already won.

 

[Jeetlodil]

England did to Pakistan with the bat what Pakistan bowlers used to do in the 90sss..win from impossible positions

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Poor batting in the second innings and poor captaincy cost Pakistan the match.You lose some and you win some.

When do we lose azhar?

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

That’s literally why I posted this - so he’s going to weaken the team further?

We Pakistanis just keep persisting in the hope of some miracle. That's how our nation works. We won't show any effort but expect Allah to grant us everything.

 

[Thephenom]

To score 326 and not win the test on this pitch is inexcusable, every series we make Chris woakes look like viv richards

 

[Jeetlodil]

Well, not sure if the 2 spinners stuff is going to work. Especially given how much Shadab was bowled.

For England you need quality. Woakes is an all rounder because he is a test bowler who can bat. Pakistan needs a similar guy. I find the 5 batsmen approach good. It will force the 5 to take more responsibility.

 

[shaz619]

Well I got close.

However, more than Yasir, I'm blaming the management and Azhar.

We've lost a test match which we had already won.

Yasir took 40% of the wickets for his team, as a Eng fan I feared him the most and also Abbas with a new dukes ball in his hand. However, I feel the leggie could have been used a bit more positively, Woakes and Butler were too good for Pakistan who will be hurting due to the poor 2nd innings Batting