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

Yasir too fast too full, give it more loop and slow down. I hope Mushi talks to him during break, he is key today.
 
I don’t think we understand the significance of these singles. Don’t mind that sweep from Root.

Anyway, lot of dust blowing off the surface. England’s session so far.
 
Yasir needs to adjust his length. Warne is right here. Needs to pull it back ever so slightly.
 
Dom is a fantastic opener in making with right attitude. I can see a change in trends - last two decades often we have seen same openers being used for long & short game; but gradually teams are moving to a specialist set of openers for longer game. Probably Warner is the only opener these days playing all three formats. Tamim & the Lankan openers as well, but that’s more to do with lack of options.
 
What do people think of AA’s captaincy so far? Lol I think it’s quite clear what I make of it from my posts - what about you guys?
 
Uh oh did anyone else notice yasir may have licked his fingers qnd touched the ball. Looked more habit then anything like when people lick fingers to sort through papers.

Or maybe i saw it wrong
 
Warnie looks like he used google translate to tell his barber what haircut he wanted.
 
I now think one of Sibley, Root or Stokes will have to get a century for England to win.
 
Yk313 said:
What do people think of AA’s captaincy so far? Lol I think it’s quite clear what I make of it from my posts - what about you guys?
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More than anything i think its the captain's body language that matters in such situations. Especially when there's a decent partnership in progress
 
This is quite poor now from Pakistan in terms of not building any pressure whatsoever. Turn is from outside off, so best to try and tempt them to cut or drive by bringing the field up and add a slip. Same with the leg-side sweeper.
 
Lunch. Good session for England. Here’s to hoping for a collapse after lunch!
 
Looks like we'll have a result tomorrow unless England collapses tomorrow.
 
Ahmed216 said:
More than anything i think its the captain's body language that matters in such situations. Especially when there's a decent partnership in progress
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I think that’s a part of it. But I just feel we are asking YS and SK to more or less get them bowled or LBW. If their temperament remains intact, think that’ll be hard.
 
Does anyone else feel that Naseem looks too raw for test cricket? I feel that someone experienced like Amir could have bowled better at such an important time in the match.
 
England’s session.... this could be a really close match. Margin of victory either way could quite easily end up being 10-20 runs or 1-2 wickets.
 
Honours even in 1st session for Yasir ... with bat.
 
Have seen numerous tests like this one.. the bowling team just needs to be patient and keep chipping at wickets. Big session coming up. Hopefully mushy can guide Yasir on how to approach from here on..
 
sharmaji said:
Does anyone else feel that Naseem looks too raw for test cricket? I feel that someone experienced like Amir could have bowled better at such an important time in the match.
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He bowled pretty well actually, beaten the bat multiple times and an edge as well which fell short.
 
James said:
England’s session.... this could be a really close match. Margin of victory either way could quite easily end up being 10-20 runs or 1-2 wickets.
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Never really saw batting team winning these kinds of tests.. but with Stokes in the side, England does stand a chance albeit a very slim one
 
England recovered well after losing Burns. Sibley just seems to absorb pressure.

Again, Pakistan should've still been batting now. A lead of 300+ would've been a psychological boost. I also worry about Azhar going too defensive if England start stringing together a partnership.

Hopefully the spinners get it right this afternoon.
 
We don't have enough runs to defend, specially England team is fully professional and skilled to chase even 350.
Until we get 2 decent batsmen to replace useless Azhar and Shafiq don't have much hope. Even Yasir is more fighter than any of these so-called seniors.
 
Good bowling from all bowlers. Abbas and Naseem key IMO today
Worst Pak performance of first session was from WA on comms!
 
my voice tells me that "an england self-destruction is coming after lunch break". Stay tuned for the rest of the day.
 
Shafi said:
We don't have enough runs to defend, specially England team is fully professional and skilled to chase even 350.
Until we get 2 decent batsmen to replace useless Azhar and Shafiq don't have much hope. Even Yasir is more fighter than any of these so-called seniors.
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How many times have England chased 350?
 
I really don't have any hope for Pakistan Victory, they have lost this match in only one session with a mighty collapse.
 
I don't get it why Naseem is hyped as a fast bowler. He's fast medium. A fast bowlers average speed would be consistently 90mph with few deliveries in the 93mph range. Naseem hardly hits 90mph, yet is touted as a 90mph bowler. Bowling 2 or 3 deliveries at 90mph doesn't make you a 90mph fast bowler. He's averaging around 86-87mph which is fast medium.
 
shariqnoor said:
I don't get it why Naseem is hyped as a fast bowler. He's fast medium. A fast bowlers average speed would be consistently 90mph with few deliveries in the 93mph range. Naseem hardly hits 90mph, yet is touted as a 90mph bowler. Bowling 2 or 3 deliveries at 90mph doesn't make you a 90mph fast bowler. He's averaging around 86-87mph which is fast medium.
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Due to his fake age.
 
shariqnoor said:
I don't get it why Naseem is hyped as a fast bowler. He's fast medium. A fast bowlers average speed would be consistently 90mph with few deliveries in the 93mph range. Naseem hardly hits 90mph, yet is touted as a 90mph bowler. Bowling 2 or 3 deliveries at 90mph doesn't make you a 90mph fast bowler. He's averaging around 86-87mph which is fast medium.
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Its cause of his age that he is marketted as such
 
Forward Defensive Push said:
Have seen numerous tests like this one.. the bowling team just needs to be patient and keep chipping at wickets. Big session coming up. Hopefully mushy can guide Yasir on how to approach from here on..
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Patience is good. But just feel that this idea of thinking that few teams have done it from this sort of a position may have played a part in our mentality during 2nd batting. Need to forget what has been done historically. Because if the collapse does not come, AA will lose his marbles. He needs to know he needs to enforce the collapse rather than wait for it.
 
This is still Pakistan's game to lose. A 30 min, 3 wickets burst from any of the bowling pairs will bury the game. England will have to bat out of their skin to win the match, and if they end up chasing the score they deserve to win.
 
Most teams would defend this but lack of experience in captaincy and fast bowling might cost us.
 
Energy said:
This is still Pakistan's game to lose. A 30 min, 3 wickets burst from any of the bowling pairs will bury the game. England will have to bat out of their skin to win the match, and if they end up chasing the score they deserve to win.
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Pretty much
 
Roles:

Azhar - first real test as captain. Dry up runs. Make intelligent and proactive calls on field placing, DRS, bowler rotation, in-out fields. Most important, a calm presence
Abbas - Will be needed sooner than we think. Already doing great. Rinse and Repeat.
Shaheen - Get a grip. Figure out your role in your head. Also wait for ball to reverse.
Naseem - Bend your back. Get another 3-4 Kmph out of yourself. Bouncers and yorkers. Wait for ball to reverse.
Yasir - Enforce things even if give away a few runs in laying traps. Just cut out 4 balls and easy singles.
Shadab - Outside off stump line. Cut out easy singles. Rely on the pitch to provide help.
 
We could easily lose Sibley, Root, Stokes and Pope in quick succession if Pakistan has a strong hour. This would all but seal the match.

At the start of the day I would have gone 70-30 in Pakistan’s favour; then 75-25 when they set the final target; and now I’d go for 60-40 (albeit still in Pakistan’s favour).
 
But are England chasing a few too many? Pakistan's tail added 32 runs in just 13 balls this morning, and MIKEY thinks that could prove crucial...

"They were very valuable runs! They started off this morning with a lead of 244 and, 30-odd more runs added makes a big difference; whether it makes a difference at the end, we'll wait and seem.

"But, in the back of England's mind, they'll be disappointed they gave away that many."

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What does MIKEY HOLDING make of England's start to that run-chase?

"I think so [they'll be happy]. They know it's not going to be an easy job to get these 277 runs but, at the same time, they know if they can put partnerships together - two or three of around 60 or 70 runs each - that will get them very close.

"All they need is for one batsman to get a good score."
 
Corridor of Uncertainty said:
Roles:

Azhar - first real test as captain. Dry up runs. Make intelligent and proactive calls on field placing, DRS, bowler rotation, in-out fields. Most important, a calm presence
Abbas - Will be needed sooner than we think. Already doing great. Rinse and Repeat.
Shaheen - Get a grip. Figure out your role in your head. Also wait for ball to reverse.
Naseem - Bend your back. Get another 3-4 Kmph out of yourself. Bouncers and yorkers. Wait for ball to reverse.
Yasir - Enforce things even if give away a few runs in laying traps. Just cut out 4 balls and easy singles.
Shadab - Outside off stump line. Cut out easy singles. Rely on the pitch to provide help.
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YS and SK need to be given or need to ask for the field to cut free singles. Right now Sibley and Root do not need to take any risks to take pressure off.

I doubt it’s true, but I am hoping the reason for the sweepers is just because YS / SK had not found their rhythms and areas yet.
 
Also, today we get to find out whether our selection smarts (2 spinners) is a good selection on paper or good enough to actually action and execute the plans for which they were picked.
 
Yasir dropping too short at times.

No swing or seam movement either.

Not looking great at the moment.
 
England will be the happier as not one ball has turned off the straight and no real uneven bounce. The chance created was missed as the slips seemed to be standing on a different continent. Poor work by Rizwan, the slips and coaches.
 
shariqnoor said:
I don't get it why Naseem is hyped as a fast bowler. He's fast medium. A fast bowlers average speed would be consistently 90mph with few deliveries in the 93mph range. Naseem hardly hits 90mph, yet is touted as a 90mph bowler. Bowling 2 or 3 deliveries at 90mph doesn't make you a 90mph fast bowler. He's averaging around 86-87mph which is fast medium.
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He is already the fastest pacer in Asia his average pace before this match was 142 KS which is quite fast in tests he is no Shoaib akhtar though but he was a freak of nature.
 
Yk313 said:
Also, today we get to find out whether our selection smarts (2 spinners) is a good selection on paper or good enough to actually action and execute the plans for which they were picked.
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I was initially against it but with 2 decent spinners you expect to defend 270 in the 4th. So the selector have got it right, let's see if the spinners are up to it.
 
Bewal Express said:
England will be the happier as not one ball has turned off the straight and no real uneven bounce. The chance created was missed as the slips seemed to be standing on a different continent. Poor work by Rizwan, the slips and coaches.
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They never know where to stand or how to go about it.
 
Bewal Express said:
I was initially against it but with 2 decent spinners you expect to defend 270 in the 4th. So the selector have got it right, let's see if the spinners are up to it.
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That’s what I mean. We get to find out whether our spinners are quality enough to make good of strategies.
 
James said:
We could easily lose Sibley, Root, Stokes and Pope in quick succession if Pakistan has a strong hour. This would all but seal the match.

At the start of the day I would have gone 70-30 in Pakistan’s favour; then 75-25 when they set the final target; and now I’d go for 60-40 (albeit still in Pakistan’s favour).
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It's still pretty even. England bat deep, and the ball is not spinning off the straight.
 
James said:
We could easily lose Sibley, Root, Stokes and Pope in quick succession if Pakistan has a strong hour. This would all but seal the match.

At the start of the day I would have gone 70-30 in Pakistan’s favour; then 75-25 when they set the final target; and now I’d go for 60-40 (albeit still in Pakistan’s favour).
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It's still pretty even. England bat deep, and the ball is not spinning off the straight.
 
England haven't had many troubles so far.

Have rotated the strike quite well, Sibley who normally bats at 25-30 SR has been at 35-40 and is looking to score and not get bogged down at one end.
 
Yk313 said:
YS and SK need to be given or need to ask for the field to cut free singles. Right now Sibley and Root do not need to take any risks to take pressure off.

I doubt it’s true, but I am hoping the reason for the sweepers is just because YS / SK had not found their rhythms and areas yet.
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I agree. Seems like Yasir Shah needs time to get stuck in. The luxury of too much time isn't there thanks to the batters.
 
Bewal Express said:
And no spin off the straight
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Yasir's length is all over the place to judge that aspect. I remember two doing quite a bit off the straight, so it's more a failure of Yasir's inability to maintain a length.

Yasir needs to come to the party, or we ain't defending this. Very little lateral movement for the pacers thus far.
 
Why the eff are the slip fielders so deep? They should be in closer. Sibley should have been out if they were a yard closer in.

We need a wicket fairly soon after lunch, preferably Root.
 
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