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England reach 36/2 at stumps on Day 3, chasing 297 to win the second Test against Pakistan

Bashir bro is a quick learner. learning quick from Sajid Don which length to bowl but anything above 175 total, Pakistan will be firm favourite except some Duckett brilliance
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Pakistan's domestic system is full of 130 kph medium pacers. They are the top-wicket takers in FC. The top performing batters like Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel are very good players of spin but have obvious weaknesses against pace. Our spin stocks are completely depleted. Sajid Khan is pretty much the only off-spinner we have and he wouldn't even be among the Top 10 spinners in India or Sri Lanka. Our best left-arm spinner is a 50 year old uncle. The idea that we have an abundance of talent is just a myth.
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Ali Raza, Zeehsan are 130kph medium pacers? When have you given Zafar Gohar, Mehran a chance? Disingenuous post.
 
Pakistans entire top 3 need to get the boot, simply not good enough for test cricket
 
Mighty Pak always find new ways to lose. 550+ & still lose by an innings.. at least this games a bit more competitive in the 0-3 coming up.
 
Day 3: Lunch Break - Pakistan lead by 118 runs

ENG 291
PAK 366 & 43/3 (15) CRR: 2.87
 
For Pak to have any chance, they needed 120-140 lead.

Pak 2nd innings batting is an inevitable collapse.
 
AAli98 said:
Mighty Pak always find new ways to lose. 550+ & still lose by an innings.. at least this games a bit more competitive in the 0-3 coming up.
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I agree and its fun to watch not boring is it. The only TRUE fact is we have an awful team and cant play spin i mean Bashir who cant get in Somerset team has 3 wickets already.
 
At least masoods been told next games your last. Keepers captaining that could be the reason why the game is competitive.
 
Saud and rizwans usually negative, tuk tuk will over zero benefit here. Pretty much down to ghulam to salvage inns on his debut
 
Sky Sports' Nasser Hussain:

"Doesn't it make cricket more watchable when it is like this?

"What is it, like 8am at home... during the last Test match, those people were probably thinking, 'I'll go to work, come back and only miss a couple of wickets'.

"Here, you want to stay and watch every single ball because it's an event.

"It's not a complete minefield, because not every ball is spinning, but it's bringing in the skill of the batter, the skill of the spin bowler, the captain, the wicketkeeper.

"Every part of your game is tested when the pitch does something. That's what you want from Test cricket."
 
Slim said:
Ali Raza, Zeehsan are 130kph medium pacers? When have you given Zafar Gohar, Mehran a chance? Disingenuous post.
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How many FC matches have Ali Raza and Mohammad Zeeshan played? I'll see how much pace they have when they have to bowl multiple long spells in FC matches.

Why would Zafar Gohar be given a chance if he is playing county cricket instead of QeA Trophy cricket? Mehran will get his chance soon enough. He has not exactly set domestic cricket on fire with his bowling. A bowling average of 34 is fairly mediocre.
 
AAli98 said:
Mighty Pak always find new ways to lose. 550+ & still lose by an innings.. at least this games a bit more competitive in the 0-3 coming up.
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Oh yaar calm down. This is 95-5 Pakistan
 
After the 2nd consecutive whitewash, pak should just forfeit test cricket for a few years.

Unfortunately their white ball game is also heading the exact way
 
castortroy said:
How many runs you think pak can defend here?
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I recon Pakistan can defend what they already have on the board if they really must.

But 200 should do it. Yesterday I thought 350 is the absolute safe score. But this pitch is getting worse and worse
 
The only factor that kind of concerns me is Ben Stokes. He is a maniac. You can’t predict what this guy can and can’t do with the bat, regardless of track, situation and quality of opposition.
 
We are effectively 95-4 here considering Saud is going to be a walking wicket.

Maybe Rizwan aswell the way he has been batting.

Agha and KG need to do the bulk of the scoring.

Anything over 200 here will be difficult.
 
Rana said:
I recon Pakistan can defend what they already have on the board if they really must.

But 200 should do it. Yesterday I thought 350 is the absolute safe score. But this pitch is getting worse and worse
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English batters will come out with intent. Just takes 1 partnership to nail a score of 200
 
England batters must learn quickly

You have to get down on your knees and play the big shots. This is where your BazzBall has to come to the fore

The tall backfoot batters will fail here. Believe That!
 
Usman Chadda said:
We are effectively 95-4 here considering Saud is going to be a walking wicket.

Maybe Rizwan aswell the way he has been batting.

Agha and KG need to do the bulk of the scoring.

Anything over 200 here will be difficult.
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Pretty much down to ghulam and Agha
 
Can we score a 100 more tough ask but if we can get some sort of 30-40 partnership, why not send a tail ender to smack a few if he can
 
Rana said:
Pakistan chachu spinners is a brand!
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If all else fails, Nomi Cobra to boost Pakistan’s score. As far as the Chachu’s are concerned, one of the best, much bigger match winner than Fraud Ul Haq was :misbah3
 
It has been a fixed scenario. Whenever Saud comes to bat, a pacer is brought back and he gets out.

Lets see what Saud does in this all important innings.
 
Hope captain elect can get some runs & make the game competitive. Meanwhile NZ ne India ki Pant Kohli.
 
These two can score career defining knocks InshAllah and get themselves and Pak cricket on track.
 
Saud losing his mind with that shot with 3 waiting to catch. What has gone wrong with him?
 
I shudder to think what will happen to Saud in South Africa. Why can't he leave those balls well outside off stump early on his innings?

Did that so well when England toured last

I guess when you're nervous you want to feel ball on bat a lot more
 
Pak will be allout under 150 if they bat in this survival mode , They should play aggressive cricket and bat with 5 RPO if they want to score anything above 200 which shall be the winning total here.
 
every innings I hear “Saud is a very good player of spin”. I’ve seen very little evidence of it when he’s under pressure. Time to prove it today
 
I’m surprised - normally there a lot of Indian followers on these match threads. Where have they gone?
 
TheSultan said:
I’m surprised - normally there a lot of Indian followers on these match threads. Where have they gone?
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They've been getting nuked by the fact that NZ which is bootleg Aus ragdolled their team for 46 all out.

They are now coping with BGT stress.

I put them in their place but dw, they'll be back once their trauma ends
 
For any normal side a 250 will most likely a winning total here but since this is an English side with Bazzball, so to be on a safer side give a target of 300 and it will be done and dusted by tomorrow.
 
With Sajid and Kamran there is atleast some characters back in Pakistan team. One smiles with confidence the other scares u with his stares celebrations.
 
Good intent shown by both two , they won't going to survive on this pitch anyway , better to score at a quick rpo and get to 300 by tea.
 
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