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

[King_Kohli]

Ben Stokes batting avg opposition wise (Tests)
52.94 vs WI
46.72 vs SA
43.27 vs NZ
38.37 vs Aus
32.00 vs Ban
28.42 vs SL
27.25 vs Ind
16.18 vs Pak
vs Asian teams combined: 25.00 from 43 innings

 

[Hasan123]

You can see why England have stuck with Buttler. Don't think England would be in with a chance if Foakes was batting now.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

71 off 84 balls this partnership now

 

[watson367]

Our top scorer was Yasir. Batsmen need to hand their heads in shame.

 

[castortroy]

If pak lose this they will get beat 3-0

 

[neonoir]

70 partnership. Game over for Pak

 

[angrypathan]

calm down boys. Still got time. 90 runs is still a fair bit. When is the new ball due. Depends on that. Abbas can unleash his skills wirh the new ball. So can shaheen.

More than 20 overs till the new ball. Can't wait till then as they'll almost have chased it down

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

You can see why England have stuck with Buttler. Don't think England would be in with a chance if Foakes was batting now.

And we never backed our more attacking batsmen.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

The English commies seem to be quite worried about Naseem's workloads apart from Pakistan

 

[castortroy]

Our top scorer was Yasir. Batsmen need to hand their heads in shame.

Abid slog, asad run out, Azhar missing a leg stump half volley

Batters would be ashamed of themselves

 

[jiduguravindra]

Our top scorer was Yasir. Batsmen need to hand their heads in shame.

If he wouldn't have scored those runs, match would be over by now

 

[watson367]

20 more runs and I am out.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Cmon guys we need 2 quick wkts

 

[Hasan123]

Chris Woakes is what Junaids think Faheem is.

 

[sweep_shot]

Attacking cricket wins you games. Blocking almost never works.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Need one here, this is just too easy.

 

[sindhiboy]

Butler batting beautifully. About time he pays back the chances eng selectors have given him

 

[tyron_woodley]

Damn. naseem hit for a 4 now. bumble reckons pakistan shouldn't overuse young naseem. But there are no options now, is there? so azhar sort of has to utilize naseem as he is the only with genuine pace that can rattle a batsman.

 

[King_Kohli]

Chris Woakes showing his batting skills at crucial moment.

 

[watson367]

Pak deserves this humiliation for sticking with Azhar and Asad

 

[Yk313]

You can see why England have stuck with Buttler. Don't think England would be in with a chance if Foakes was batting now.

Ditto. If the mentality is that if top 5 fail only JB can bail us out, it is the right mentality. If he can’t either then, no one else can. If this is the case, then yup.

 

[sweep_shot]

88 more to go.

No need to panic yet but things are getting tight.

 

[Hasan123]

And we never backed our more attacking batsmen.

Our current coach loves strokeless wonders.

 

[Amjid Javed]

2 quick wickets in next 20 runs or game done.

 

[angrypathan]

Damn. naseem hit for a 4 now. bumble reckons pakistan shouldn't overuse young naseem. But there are no options now, is there? so azhar sort of has to utilize naseem as he is the only with genuine pace that can rattle a batsman.

Bumble also thinks Naseem is actually 17

 

[castortroy]

Woakes motm

Loves playing against Pak

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Woakes coming back to form courtesy of Pakistan

 

[King_Kohli]

Yasir and Chris Woakes are star performers of this test with both ball and bat

 

[castortroy]

Said before the series that Woakes will be Man of the series

 

[PakFan2010]

Abbas doesn't look threatening.

 

[Shafi]

What will be Misbah's excuse after this series? We need more experience players to win test matches. Recall Shehzad, Akmal brothers, Gul, Sami...

 

[sweep_shot]

Another boundary for Woakes.

This partnership is now worth 77 runs from 89 balls.

83 more to go.

 

[Yk313]

Pak deserves this humiliation for sticking with Azhar and Asad

Hahha finally

 

[GLORY OF '92]

If we lose seriously.....

 

[Strike!]

Lol there is nothing in this pitch.

 

[Hasan123]

Ditto. If the mentality is that if top 5 fail only JB can bail us out, it is the right mentality. If he can’t either then, no one else can. If this is the case, then yup.

Buttler should look to be positive. Most of the time the situations he will be attacking cricket will get him and England out of it.

 

[Bewal Express]

PK must keep their nerve. Still long way to go.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

No need to panic. They still need 83 runs.

 

[sweep_shot]

What will be Misbah's excuse after this series? We need more experience players to win test matches. Recall Shehzad, Akmal brothers, Gul, Sami...

Gul? Does he still play cricket?

 

[pratiktc]

Still long way to go but need a wkt before score reaches 220

 

[Titan24]

2 quick wickets in next 20 runs or game done.

Pretty much.

 

[castortroy]

277 for me on this wicket was never enough

Just needed 1 decent partnership

The pak 2nd innings was an utter disgrace

 

[Junaids]

The bowling hasn’t shown any evidence to suggest that Waqar and Misbah have done any homework about England at all.

Rather like Broad in the First Innings, Woakes is vulnerable to bouncers. And nobody is bowling any at him.

 

[MMHS]

Why Captain Azhar is trying to defend runs? Still 80+ needed and they are one wicket away.

 

[watson367]

aik Woakes hi kafi hai hamarai liye

 

[Yk313]

What will be Misbah's excuse after this series? We need more experience players to win test matches. Recall Shehzad, Akmal brothers, Gul, Sami...

I think this one will be a difficult one to defend. Can say that we did not give a big target: true. But still this is big enough to defend. Further, after Stokes’ wicket, no reason to lose from there in theory. Will be interesting to hear MuH.

 

[Executioner]

Abbey yar where is SSA?

 

[Kaddy]

Excellent strategy by England.
With this counter attack, they would be very close to the target once the second new ball is due.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

I think Azhar will be done after this test series.

 

[Major]

The bowling hasn’t shown any evidence to suggest that Waqar and Misbah have done any homework about England at all.

Rather like Broad in the First Innings, Woakes is vulnerable to bouncers. And nobody is bowling any at him.

yes yes we get it. you hate misbha waqar and azhar.

thats all you can talk about?

 

[ask_analyse_act]

The English commies seem to be quite worried about Naseem's workloads apart from Pakistan

They have sense which Pak doesn’t have, this is why Pak lost Amir from tests.

 

[Mueez]

Only one wicket boys. One wicket....

 

[Hasan123]

This is a test of Azhar Ali captaincy.

 

[UP]

Game is over for Pak.

 

[watson367]

Why Captain Azhar is trying to defend runs? Still 80+ needed and they are one wicket away.

It's a shame we have to consider him our "captain". Don't get me started on how he completely destroyed our LOI team and how we were ranked 9th.

 

[PakFan2010]

Why is Yasir Shah not bowling?

 

[angrypathan]

Woakes on strike to Naseem, need to keep him at this end

 

[Yk313]

Woakes on strike. Body language suggests NS has not got the memo.

 

[Markhor]

You can see why England have stuck with Buttler. Don't think England would be in with a chance if Foakes was batting now.

Foakes wouldn't have dropped those chances. England would've won this already to be honest. We have rode our luck at times.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

yes yes we get it. you hate misbha waqar and azhar.

thats all you can talk about?

He’s right. Where are the bouncers to Woakes

 

[Shafi]

Pak deserves this humiliation for sticking with Azhar and Asad

Plus Misbah and Waqar as coaches without meeting the job criteria

 

[Robert]

83 to win....

 

[Hasan123]

The bowling hasn’t shown any evidence to suggest that Waqar and Misbah have done any homework about England at all.

Rather like Broad in the First Innings, Woakes is vulnerable to bouncers. And nobody is bowling any at him.

You told us Faheem ks better than Woakes. Faheem could never produce a knock like this .

 

[watson367]

Misbah get ready to face the vicious Pakistani press.

 

[castortroy]

Shadab needs to be dropped for next game for a batsman

 

[Deewana Mastana]

277 for me on this wicket was never enough

Just needed 1 decent partnership

The pak 2nd innings was an utter disgrace

320 would have been ideally working

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Naseem has been unlucky.He should have gotten more wickets.

 

[Hasan123]

Foakes wouldn't have dropped those chances. England would've won this already to be honest. We have rode our luck at times.

That's a fair point. But Buttler batting can win games to be honest.

 

[Yk313]

MoM performance by Woakes

 

[castortroy]

Woakes better than most of our top order

 

[tyron_woodley]

no junaids is right. what the he'll are shaheen and naseem doing. Absolutely zero bouncers vs woakes. This is just unacceptable. Seriously. ridiculous. No point in blaming azhar.

 

[angrypathan]

For the love of God stop bowling length to Woakes. My grandma could formulate a better bowling plan

 

[sweep_shot]

78 more needed.

199/5.

 

[Varun]

Barring a massive choke, England ain't losing this.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan's bowling isn't looking threatening since just before tea

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Why Captain Azhar is trying to defend runs? Still 80+ needed and they are one wicket away.

He is defensive by nature. Counter attacked and still haunted by it lol.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Bad signs for Pakistan. Need to get both batsmen asap. anything below 50 would be a cake walk for England.

 

[Yk313]

No yorker with Waqar as coach? Hate to say this but body language wise NS is down.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

England all the way they will win this

 

[castortroy]

MoM performance by Woakes

Unplayable with the ball and now killing us with the bat

Plays cricket just for Pakistan