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

[Hasan123]

So what man. Its his opinion.

Would you like if everyone just agreed here?

Never said any of that I am just saying what his reasoning will be.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Still need to get these 2 out quickly as they can get quick runs.

 

[Markhor]

Always bat first at Old Trafford. Still no idea what Jason Holder was thinking.

 

[Hasan123]

Man , don't need Woakes to play attacking as well.

 

[Yk313]

Cannot relieve the pressure, no need to push the field back?

 

[castortroy]

Man Woakes loves playing pak

 

[ARK Rafay]

One Day death overs mode on by Buttler and Woakes. 50 partnership from them will take the game away

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Chris woakes will play his shots it seems like

 

[Titan24]

Eng is trying to plays some shots, good for Pak if they dont loose focus

 

[castortroy]

Could be Butlers game

 

[Major]

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

 

[Yk313]

Still need to get these 2 out quickly as they can get quick runs.

Yup.

 

[castortroy]

Where is Shadab.

 

[Saj]

England looking to attack now which I am surprised they didn't do earlier.

 

[castortroy]

Such poor fielding

 

[Hasan123]

What a shot.

 

[Yk313]

Think Tea break will be good for Pakistan. They need to know what to do against the two playing shots.

 

[AdamM97]

Ollie Pope was so shocked at that delivery lol

 

[ARK Rafay]

Need to get Yasir off now. Bring in Abbas

 

[castortroy]

Butler taking this game away

 

[imshally81]

You guys give too much importance to Mamoon's opinion. He is wrong 95% of the time.

Actually 100%

 

[castortroy]

Stop bowling around the wicket

 

[Robert]

The only way for England is for Buttler to treat this as T20 and start swinging.

 

[Yk313]

Need to get Yasir off now. Bring in Abbas

Not sure, think he can take the edge. Field needs to be right

 

[JibranAnsari]

Looks loike it will come down to last 10 runs

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Just these 2 wickets

 

[AdamM97]

Abbas’ fielding is atrocious.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

An Abbas would be useful here. Not easy hitting Abbas out of the ground.

 

[castortroy]

Butler will attack shaheen here

Looking very dangerous

 

[Yk313]

An Abbas would be useful here. Not easy hitting Abbas out of the ground.

Yup, odd bounce plus Rizwan up.

 

[Thomaskutty]

Just 120 odd runs away .. say your prayers, Pakistan. Poms are hell bent on getting to the finish line.

 

[sweep_shot]

136 runs to go.

5 wickets in hand.

It should be over by today.

 

[Major]

Bring shadab or abbas here

 

[castortroy]

All of England bowlers can bat

 

[imshally81]

Need to stop these runz here..

 

[Yk313]

Butler will attack shaheen here

Looking very dangerous

Yup. I think Pakistan need to regroup.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Tea break can't come soon enough. Pakistan need to compose themselves.

 

[castortroy]

Get shaheen of. Another half volley

 

[ARK Rafay]

So easy. 30 runs partnership in a flash.

 

[Grunge101]

The "no bouncer" policy seems to be in play again.. Surely there is room for that strategy against the likes of Woakes.

 

[Hasan123]

These 2 are probably trying to get it under 100 asap. They may play a bit slower after that.

 

[sweep_shot]

Current partnership: 30 runs (3.5 overs).

 

[Yk313]

Maybe go over the wicket, blind spot, short balls, and good field.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shaheen under the hammer

 

[tyron_woodley]

Shaheen is bowling quicker now.Consistenly bowling 139ks

pace toh pace yaar. phassst bowler phassst hota hai.

 

[uberkoen]

Need an Abbas spell here

 

[sweep_shot]

130 more runs to go.

 

[watson367]

shaheen leaking runs

 

[castortroy]

Still persisting with Yasir

 

[Grunge101]

Weve got two bowlers capable of 86 to 88mph..get in a short leg and hammer their helmets... Come one!

 

[asadee]

Can't believe Shadab has bowled only 1 over

 

[Yk313]

What time is tea?

 

[tyron_woodley]

c'mon shaheen. make him bleed. break his jaw. Let's rip a bouncer into his grill. just bounce him out.

 

[Fahdi]

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

 

[Titan24]

Shadab should be given the ball

 

[Duckworth Lewis]

Excellent Test match this.

 

[Bewal Express]

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.

 

[sweep_shot]

Can't believe Shadab has bowled only 1 over

Quite surprised. I thought he would bowl more.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Damn shaheen. what's going on.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Need to bowl over the wicket

 

[Usman Chadda]

Noticed one thing about Shaheen - you go after him, he suddenly turns into Mohammad Sami. Has happened too much in a short career.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir is serving no purpose at the moment.

 

[uberkoen]

No team has chases 250+ against pakistan in the last two decades according to Wasim

 

[Grunge101]

c'mon shaheen. make him bleed. break his jaw. Let's rip a bouncer into his grill. just bounce him out.

Cant believe they havent bowled a single proper bouncer this innings..

 

[ARK Rafay]

Woakes have scored 16 runs so far from that drive shot.

 

[castortroy]

Woakes destroying pak again

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Poor captaincy now from Azhar. He is just waiting for Buttler to make a mistake?

 

[sweep_shot]

153/5.

124 more to go.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir looks very afraid

 

[Markhor]

Pakistan need the tea break to reset and refocus.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Yasir Shah is not a GOAT leg spinner. Replace him woth Shadab or Abbas here.

 

[Yk313]

Think Waqar and Mushtaq need to have a word. Again SSA around the wicket.

 

[tyron_woodley]

shieet. shadab now? shaheen is getting hammered. bring abbas back.

 

[imshally81]

Shaheen again..

 

[Savak]

Why play Shadab if you aren't going to bowl him?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shaheen needs to change angle. More chances of getting a nick from over the wicket

 

[ask_analyse_act]

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.

 

[Kashur_Kalkharab]

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.

 

[Yk313]

One more boys, one more...

 

[castortroy]

Lol Woakes loves pak