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

[Major]

back to back 4

 

[sweep_shot]

Current partnership: 90 runs from 107 balls.

70 more to go.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Butler reaches 50.

Very good innings.

This guy has been out of form and has not played any substantial innings for long in test cricket

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Pakistan are too predictable and losing this match for sure.

 

[Savak]

I said this is a flat flat wicket ..they went aggressive as defending would have been an issue...simple have to blame pathetic batters not bowlers

Bowlers too. This is a man's game. Bowl a wicket taking delivery to get the batsman out

 

[angrypathan]

This is really poor bowling

 

[Junaids]

Shadab needs to be dropped for next game for a batsman

The best five batsmen are rubbish, and you want an inferior one added?

Seriously, where are the bowling plans? Have they studied the English batsmen at all?

 

[Energy]

Unbelievable shoddiness on display by Pakistan. The entire world, including Lahore knew of that short bowling plan, lol. Fools brigade.

 

[Hasan123]

Woakes back in form with the bat. Not good signs for the next test.

 

[sweep_shot]

Naseem is being quite expensive.

His current spell: 2.3-0-19-0.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

50 for Woakes now as well

Attacking frame of mind mostly pays dividends and that is what has happened for England.

 

[Yk313]

Next 30 runs will decide who will have s field day at PP, Syed1 or Mamoon!

Hahah, in fairness. Even if it floods the ground now, I think the performance has been fairly conclusive.

 

[imshally81]

This is why cricket has this place for captaincy that most sports do not.

Yaad to ati ho ghi

 

[PakFan2010]

Is Naseem Shah better than Wahab Riaz?

I don't think so.

 

[castortroy]

Woakes match winner

Pak batters. What a joke you lot are. How many games over the last 20 years have you lot lost for us.

 

[Major]

damn taht pace

 

[Titan24]

Excellent knocks from Woakes and Buttler

 

[MMHS]

Well played Woakes, well played. This is what is Test all-rounder like........ he is world class All-rounder at home.

 

[Markhor]

Pakistan - snatching defeat from the jaws of victory since 1947.

Don't hear all that chattering behind the stumps now. We thought the job was done after the 5th wicket.

 

[Mueez]

This loss will hurt.

 

[watson367]

Eng to win by 5 wickets. Proper phainta

 

[UP]

Pathetic show in the third inning.

 

[castortroy]

England should win this by 4 wickets

 

[tyron_woodley]

****. getting carted now. woakes as an all rounder is quality in England.

 

[sweep_shot]

Woakes reaches 50 too.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Lack of experience of our young bowling attack on display.

Pak are still in it tho.

Our batsmen failed us.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Woakes doing the same thing to pakistan that Curran did to us.
These freakin English allrounders....

 

[Yk313]

The best five batsmen are rubbish, and you want an inferior one added?

Seriously, where are the bowling plans? Have they studied the English batsmen at all?

They being? MuH and Waqar and Azhar? I think we have an answer already.

 

[angrypathan]

Bring a short leg in and aim for his ribs/head. Is it really that hard?

 

[sweep_shot]

64 more to go.

 

[Yk313]

England should win this by 4 wickets

5 if they can keep their heads

 

[castortroy]

England bat all the way.

Whereas we still have old school tailenders who can't bat

 

[ahmed16]

We've lost this unless someone takes a 3 for in the next five overs.

We don't have the bowling experience to deal with pressure (yet). Pitch is flattening out too.

 

[topspin]

Teams like England, Australia.. select coaches by merit and experience where in Pakistan people gets high paid job through connection without meeting the job criteria.

Then we wonder why we are ranked so low and struggling to compete with top teams.

 

[King_Kohli]

Clearly this partnership getting under the skin of Pakistan.
Buttler and Woakes are thrashing.

17th Test fifty for Buttler!
Woakes joins the party as well

 

[Yk313]

Bring a short leg in and aim for his ribs/head. Is it really that hard?

NS looks tired but even SSA has that much pace/bounce.

 

[castortroy]

Hopefully be azahr final series as captain and player

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

We have lost a test we never should have lost. Unbelievable.

 

[tyron_woodley]

this is just frustrating.

 

[King_Kohli]

Wasim Akram informed on comm that a total of 250 hasn't been chased against Pakistan in the last two decades. Well, that record is in danger

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

England bat all the way.

Whereas we still have old school tailenders who can't bat

Actually Yasir set a target.

Out top order with likes of Azhar and Shafiq is the culprit

 

[Savak]

In international cricket you are going to come up against batsmen who won't give you anything on a platter. This is where you have to step up as a bowler and bowl a quality wicket taking delivery to get the batsman out

 

[sharmaji]

Wicket coming soon.

 

[Markhor]

It's Yasir or bust now. If he can't take any wickets here we're finished.

 

[Shafi]

Wasim Khan needs to be blamed. Instead of finding better coach than Mickey he selected a person as coach who has lack of aggression and no job requirement criteria.

 

[watson367]

tbh I think sarfu's captaincy was much better than azhar's

 

[sweep_shot]

Yasir is back.

This partnership is now worth 96 runs.

 

[castortroy]

Actually Yasir set a target.

Out top order with likes of Azhar and Shafiq is the culprit

Abbas, shaheen, Naseem. Old school tailenders

 

[Titan24]

Lack of experience of our young bowling attack on display.

Pak are still in it tho.

Our batsmen failed us.

Pretty much, experience is only gonna come with time and nothing else.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Wasim Akram informed on comm that a total of 250 hasn't been chased against Pakistan in the last two decades. Well, that record is in danger

250 should have been a safe target.

Credit to England the way they play

 

[King_Kohli]

Woakes doing the same thing to pakistan that Curran did to us.
These freakin English allrounders....

We lost England series because of this guy

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

In international cricket you are going to come up against batsmen who won't give you anything on a platter. This is where you have to step up as a bowler and bowl a quality wicket taking delivery to get the batsman out

Yes. But these 2 haven't been amongst runs so not sure how are they suddenly playing this well now

 

[imshally81]

Better over by yasir

 

[MMHS]

Match deciding spell - Yasir need to strike a 5for here.

 

[Major]

yasir bolwed at good areas.

 

[sweep_shot]

Naseem and Shaheen haven't been that great during this innings.

 

[King_Kohli]

Counterattack from England has taken the game away from Pakistan's grab.

 

[Yk313]

Hopefully be azahr final series as captain and player

Final test ideally, but doubt that will happen

 

[Yk313]

At least be over wicket to Woakes for godskae

 

[Energy]

Our batsmen got complacent in the second innings and we saw the result. Our bowlers got complacent and gave drive balls after pushing England down to 120/5.

It is very clear - Pakistan team rely on individual brilliance only to win games. On the basis of an aggressive, collective, cohesive, high IQ unit they are definitely No.8 in the world.

 

[hb787]

Not heppning for Pakistani quicks today

 

[UP]

Pak batters can never think to play let alone dream to play an innings like this.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

This is like ODI, look at the strike rate. We need wickets desperately

 

[Major]

Our batsmen got complacent in the second innings and we saw the result. Our bowlers got complacent and gave drive balls after pushing England down to 120/5.

It is very clear - Pakistan team rely on individual brilliance only to win games. On the basis of an aggressive, collective, cohesive, high IQ unit they are definitely No.8 in the world.

so [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] was right

 

[Yk313]

Holding ripping into the bowling plans to Woakes

 

[Yk313]

This is like ODI, look at the strike rate. We need wickets desperately

Tad late buddy

 

[sweep_shot]

62 more to go.

 

[castortroy]

Holding spot on about woakes

 

[MMHS]

Long back, PAK had few boggy players to face - Simmons, Sanath, Symcox..... Butler & Woakes has made more than half of their career bashing PAK

 

[Shafi]

Hopefully be azahr final series as captain and player

Very unlikely!!!! They will get away with Corona virus lack of practice excuse.

 

[Yk313]

Don’t see a lot of people coming up to the captain with suggestions either. Not great tbh

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Look at the fielders where they are , easy singles on offer .. Woakes and butler will take singles and score that 60 runs from 120 balls and the match will be over.

 

[castortroy]

Only 2 bolwes in this squad that have credentials is abbas and yasir

SSA and Naseem are unproven at this level

 

[Savak]

Don’t see a lot of people coming up to the captain with suggestions either. Not great tbh

The captain is the most experienced player in the team. He should know what to do

 

[Yk313]

Holding spot on about woakes

Not just that, I think he’s exposed the lack of bowling plans to batsmen. Said how could anyone miss it with all these statisticians travelling with the team etc.

 

[watson367]

I am just here to see Mamoon's chest thumping and Nangin celebration posts.

 

[Swing]

I don't understand how we lost this one.

 

[Hasan123]

I really don't think Babar or Shan would do worse than this. Surely Azhar cannot continue as captain if he doesn't score runs and shows poor tactics.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Will be extremely disappointing, it all started when Nasir Hussein made Babar better than Kohli. Looks what happened to Babar after that. Got out twice within 20 balls.

 

[Yk313]

The captain is the most experienced player in the team. He should know what to do

Haha, no I think I have already crossed that bridge buddy

I am looking to see if anyone else is confident enough to step up - searching for leadership potential.