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

Still need to get these 2 out quickly as they can get quick runs.
 
Always bat first at Old Trafford. Still no idea what Jason Holder was thinking.
 
One Day death overs mode on by Buttler and Woakes. 50 partnership from them will take the game away
 
Eng is trying to plays some shots, good for Pak if they dont loose focus
 
Always bat first at Old Trafford. Still no idea what Jason Holder was thinking.

I think here you have to give credit to azhar and team managment for taking it on.

Holder was too scared
 
England looking to attack now which I am surprised they didn't do earlier.
 
Think Tea break will be good for Pakistan. They need to know what to do against the two playing shots.
 
The only way for England is for Buttler to treat this as T20 and start swinging.
 
Just 120 odd runs away .. say your prayers, Pakistan. Poms are hell bent on getting to the finish line.
 
The "no bouncer" policy seems to be in play again.. Surely there is room for that strategy against the likes of Woakes.
 
These 2 are probably trying to get it under 100 asap. They may play a bit slower after that.
 
Weve got two bowlers capable of 86 to 88mph..get in a short leg and hammer their helmets... Come one!
 
Shaheen concedes a lot of runs from this angle. Need to do a bit of containing, I reckon these two aren't confident about their defence
 
Brilliant cricket from both teams, as soon as you think ones on top, the other counters with punches galore. PK should keep their nerve. It's sqeaky bottom time, this is going to the wire.
 
Noticed one thing about Shaheen - you go after him, he suddenly turns into Mohammad Sami. Has happened too much in a short career.
 
Pak are quiet so far to this counter punch from woakes and butler. Shaheen bowls around the wicket and Yasir exploits those cracks, looks like Eng have studied the Pak’s plans and scoring runs with ease. Pak need to go for plan B now.
 
Yup... England kept on pushing our batsmen back by bowling bouncers, the fuller one was only a surprise. But Pakistan are too naive to figure it out.
 
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