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England beat Pakistan by 330 runs in the 2nd Test

Do you guys think we'd be able to take this to the 5th day?

I think if Shan doesn't perform in this innings, they will probably be having Sami aslam play in the tour match before the 3rd match . . and I think one of Rahat and Wahab will be dropped for the next test too
 
Will Pakistan be saved by the weather today ?

Is our batting going to last for another day ?
 
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still too much time in the game. I would thing Cook should want to bat till a little before lunch. Of course, it is likely that Botham's head will explode if he does that.
 
We should aim to get to stumps today with minimum damage. Should not think about saving the match, whole purpose should be bat out day 4 with maximum of 3 wkts down.
 
rain is expected between 2-3 pm , should be able to get 90 overs today. If everything goes well the match will finish today.
 
JibranAnsari said:
rain is expected between 2-3 pm , should be able to get 90 overs today. If everything goes well the match will finish today.
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Nah bro, I expect batting to show some fight in this innings. MAtch will go into day 5 InshaAllah.
 
hur rizvi said:
Nah bro, I expect batting to show some fight in this innings. MAtch will go into day 5 InshaAllah.
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They should try tweaking with the order a bit as the match is almost out of hands , why not try thing which can be beneficial in the next match. If the changes work well and good if not revert to the current order.
 
question is, will England declare overnight and give target of 490 to Pakistan
or they will bat for another 20 overs (weather permitting) and declare before lunch and waste time along the way ?
 
As long we have passengers like Hafeez, Azhar (UAE FTB and Minnow basher), Younis (Time to say goodbye), Wahab (Lost it completely), Rahat (useless) we will not win any significant match.
 
Never seen more defensive captaincy than this. With a lead of 450+ and rain predicted for 3/4th of the day, why would you bat again? This is beyond belief and shocking captaincy from Cook. If Pak bats twice, still they wont be able to chase down this score.


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Keep on batting Eng.
Cook & Root should aim for 2nd hundred in match now.

Thanks alot Cook
 
Misbah should stop flow of runs, think they are aiming at 550-600 now
let them earn these runs and let them eat alot of overs.

the way they are going, they would declare after 10 overs
 
can someone explain me the logic of bowling your best fast bowler to the ground in meaningless declaration batting.
 
Talk about grinding the opposition.

Pakistan would be wondering when they would actually get to bat.

Must be tired of going through their motions.
 
Is Micky wants to be another Yes man to keep his job? He should give ultimatum to Younis, Hafeez and Azhar. Either perform or pack your bag
 
They needed just 63 overs to get Pakistan out in the first innings. Pakistani batsmen will gift their wickets to Woakes as usual.
 
Wahab holding his arm.

Looks like he is going to be out of 3rd test.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
Talk about grinding the opposition.

Pakistan would be wondering when they would actually get to bat.

Must be tired of going through their motions.
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our tone would have been different if Misbah was doing this, specially rain can come again and waste alot of time
 
Its been torture watching Rahat bowl in this match.

Brainless bowler who is getting hit to the boundary atleast twice an over now. No yorkers, no short pitched stuff, no variation in speed, just goes in and balls like its net practice for english batsman
 
Asim2Good said:
our tone would have been different if Misbah was doing this, specially rain can come again and waste alot of time
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They are making sure, Pakistan keep wondering when they would get a chance to hold the wood.

I don't mind such tactics.

And with Wahab out of the picture, why would you not want to tire Pakistan's main bowlers Amir and Rahat.

Plus, the rate at which they are batting, Pakistan must be feeling demoralized.

Now when Pakistan bat and start wilting on the same pitch England are scoring 5 runs per over, it would really put the coffin for Pakistan in coming tests.

This is all mental games now.

Cook knows he has enough to win a long time ago.
 
Pak would have been 5 down by now..if Eng enforced the follow on yesterday. This is the most brainless test captaincy I have witnessed for a very long time (yes even more brainless than Dhoni's test captaincy)

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Misbah stop this torture of Rahat Ali

He is getting away boundary after boundary
 
Rahat Ali three fours in a row. Awful Awful Awful bowler


Worse then Sami Marshall
 
Why do Younis and Misbah wear wristwatches while fielding?
 
If your bread and Butter is being a swing bowler Rahat has just proved he is absolutely useless in these conditions

Sohail Khan Imran Khan Jr atleast bowl with a bit of heart, 2 or 3 boundaries per Rahat over is a regular
 
one word : hypocrite

Praise him in one thread, blame him in another thread
 
Dr_Bassim said:
They are making sure, Pakistan keep wondering when they would get a chance to hold the wood.

I don't mind such tactics.

And with Wahab out of the picture, why would you not want to tire Pakistan's main bowlers Amir and Rahat.

Plus, the rate at which they are batting, Pakistan must be feeling demoralized.

Now when Pakistan bat and start wilting on the same pitch England are scoring 5 runs per over, it would really put the coffin for Pakistan in coming tests.

This is all mental games now.

Cook knows he has enough to win a long time ago.
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I m all for these tactics but there is rain factor involved too

from cricinfo
Yasir Shah comes into the attack. Mazher: "What are weather forecast for today. anybody?" Pretty good, maybe the odd shower. Some showers forecast tomorrow

now if some Pakistan batsmen hang around and because of rain, last 2-3 wickets are left for Pak and match is drawn then many ll question cook's decision
 
aroor said:
one word : hypocrite

Praise him in one thread, blame him in another thread
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Deserves due praise. Still overrated, since he hasn't lived up to the expectations and now people are making excuses.
 
Rahat being replaced by Azhar Ali after being hit by 3 fours in a row in his last over


Hopefully this is the end of this torture that is Rahat Ali in this series, useless and brainless bowler who should be no where near the team.
 
One feels that Yasir is also a bit overrated.

He bowled well at Lord's but a lot of wickets were free gifts.
 
sully3 said:
LOL do you want me to post all your posts bigging up Amir.

You change colours quicker then a peacock
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I have always said that he needs to earn respect and adulation through his performances.

He has talent but he has not delivered yet. Most people were and are ready to hand him greatness on a platter.
 
Our players are mentally weak. Once they got panicked they crumble. Let Amir play against some other opposition he will perform better. Most likely fear factor is preventing him to express himself.
 
England grinding pakistan into the dirt here, i doubt game will go into day 4, i doubt our batsmen will show much heart to guts it out for rest of test match from here.
 
England is too confident and may be declare tomorrow after giving us target 900+ . With the scoreboard pressure we will not last even 50 overs.
 
One of those days that the batsmen get to fully express themselves and showcase the entire repertoire of strokes. Root and Cook have earned this day though.
 
When opposition has scored 500 runs in a match and comes out to bat again. Their confidence will be a sky high, its the most common sense thing about sports. Dont know why Pakistan fans are overacting yes we will lose this test. But England played amazingly well in this test no stopping for them here.

Next test this same bowling attack might blow away this so called home bullies england team for around 200 so dont be surprised then.
 
street cricketer said:
Lmao what is Cook thinking?
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2 things i reckon

He wants the batsman to play Amir and Yasir as much as they can so they can get over the mental block of spin bowling and in particular Yasir.

secondly the more time pakistan spend in the field the more awful they look batting, i think Cook knows he can get this team out for less then 200 so he's just scoring runs to make Pakistan look and feel even worse then they have played in this Test match.
 
Are they playing for their centuries?
They have more then enough to get a decision out of this match, just declare and put Pakistan to bat.
 
Both are nearing hundred, Lets hope they will declare after getting 100s
 
Root destroying Rahat and Yasir here.

Not sure why they're still batting though. To demoralize them?
 
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