England struggle at 24/3 in their second innings at stumps on Day 2 of the third Test against Pakistan

[G0rmintAunty]

Thank You Stokes for not bowling Atkinson with the new ball until now.

 

[Asad T]

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love his gritt

 

[Savak]

Sauds game vs pace is horrible. He will be a sitting duck in South Africa who will target him ruthlessly with short pitched stuff

 

[Asad T]

Now Sajid can go wild

 

[Rana]

Did anyone come and shake Shakeel’s hand? 134 here is amazing

Our players would go and shine the opposition’s boots if a player scores runs like this against us

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

That dismissal indicates Atkinson may have been underbowled?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Class knock from Saud.

 

[Seen Sheen]

The foot on that Saud wicket seemed to be on the line/over the line.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Zahid to take the lead up to 100

 

[Ahmed216]

Oh no yaar I started dreaming of a 100 run lead

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Sajid takes Rehan to the cleaners

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Love it, a lead of 68 already and yesterday I thought that we would have trouble scoring 270. Maro mujhe sab milke maro

i called it yesterday.. once ball gets softer , its not difficult to handle spin here.. its not minefield ..400 was on if our top order batters had applied themselves better

 

[shaz619]

Outstanding knock by Saud, I also think Pakistan got away a little bit because England should have bought Atkinson on when Sajid was going wild

 

[emranabbas]

This is the power of domestic cricket

Yet people were claiming babar rizwan and shaheen is the best we have in the country

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Pak need a few more yet imo. England will come hard against the new ball and may get a quick 100.

We are going to have old bowlers bowling will the new ball. We will nulify them.

 

[Rana]

If Sajid gets a 50 here

Sajid>>>>Babar

 

[Ahmed216]

Monster hit from Sajid

 

[batandballbattle]

Statement knock from Saud

 

[Human786]

344/10 lead 77

 

[KingKhanWC]

Top drawer innings from Saud.

Sajid can reach a ton too. ! lol

 

[Ali Active]

Nice knock by saud but how boring he is though

 

[Rana]

This is the power of domestic cricket

Yet people were claiming babar rizwan and shaheen is the best we have in the country

Yeah guys who are too cute for domestic cricket are the best in the country apparently

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Zahid batted as well as he bowled. Consistency from him.

 

[Human786]

344/10 lead 77

14 overs left in the day

 

[Rana]

England need 400

Or game over

 

[mominsaigol]

If Sajid gets a 50 here

Sajid>>>>Babar

As a cricketer he's > Babar.

One is an allrounder ans the other a top order batsmen. Now which cricketer is doing his national duty and which cricketer is going to holiday in dubai?

 

[Rana]

Sajid 100% makes the white ball squads

 

[batandballbattle]

Don't let Zahid pose with the series trophy

 

[Asad T]

handy lead, but if england get a lead of 150 Pakistan could fumble
will be an exciting test

 

[emranabbas]

Salute to naqvi, aqib and the rest of the selectors

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Outstanding knock by Saud, I also think Pakistan got away a little bit because England should have bought Atkinson on when Sajid was going wild

That was poor captaincy from Stokes not to bring him on earlier

 

[RidiculousMan]

If Sajid gets a 50 here

Sajid>>>>Babar

Agent Zahid was on the move

 

[Aviator]

Zahid is as good with the bat as he is with the ball.

 

[shaz619]

Somebody should order a hit on Zahid for preventing Sajid’s well deserved 50

 

[neonoir]

Zahid mahmood has to be the most useless player Pakistan has ever picked

 

[Asad T]

If Sajid gets a 50 here

Sajid>>>>Babar

Sajid > Babar
Noman > Babar

 

[PakPremi]

I was thinking of the poster of the original Maula Jutt but this works too

It was Bashira btw.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Amazing comeback by Pakistan. Saud, Nomi and Sajid delivered in spades. This is the perfect time to pick up a couple of wickets

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Sajid 100% makes the white ball squads

He is a much-needed fighter and has passion,


but at the end of the day you've got to look at performances end of the day. in List A, Sajid doesn't have a single 5-fer and has an average of 37.

In the recent one-day domestic tournament he only played like one match also.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Just watched it back and it looked like a no ball for the Saud wicket, what are these umpires looking at?

 

[Rana]

Pakistan clearly a much better side without Babar

A lot more fight in each player

We will improve much more if we remove Rizwan selfish

 

[alishahid]

Logged in to just say that zahid mahmood is the most impactless cricketer ever to play. The guy is null with the ball and same with the bat. Gutted to see that he could not do something to get sajid on strike

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Why waste a spot with zahid they could have included an extra batter or pacer in place of him

 

[batandballbattle]

Let's hope our duo can still find turn, I hope this isn't a sign that the pitch has flattened out completely
Need to get them out for a lead of <200

 

[shaz619]

Amazing comeback by Pakistan. Saud, Nomi and Sajid delivered in spades. This is the perfect time to pick up a couple of wickets

Sajid has proper riled up England lol

 

[Savak]

Pitch has eased. England are too good to fail. On a flat pitch they will Bazball their way to dominance

 

[mominsaigol]

Pakistan clearly a much better side without Babar

A lot more fight in each player

We will improve much more if we remove Rizwan selfish

Everyone from thr Misbah Gang.

And Shan as well, People forget that Shan was Misbah's priests opener in test during his coaching stint.

Shan, Imam, Abdullah, Babar, Rizwan, chacha. All these lullei's must go including abrar.

Shaheen isn't from the Misbah gang though but he's been awful so idk about him

 

[sindhiboy]

That dismissal indicates Atkinson may have been underbowled?

Both Atkinson and Rehan have been underbowled. Bad captaincy from Stokes.

 

[Caved12]

i called it yesterday.. once ball gets softer , its not difficult to handle spin here.. its not minefield ..400 was on if our top order batters had applied themselves better

You are right brother, quite a few of our players gave away their wickets too easily.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

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[alishahid]

England will be bowled out below 200. You heard it here first

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Why waste a spot with zahid they could have included an extra batter or pacer in place of him

Incoming 5fer for him

I want a redemption story in this final innings.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Zahid mahmood has to be the most useless player Pakistan has ever picked

He did get a big wicket off Jamie Smith on 89

 

[Human786]

pitch seems to have died a little ...

 

[KingKhanWC]

Starting a new innings late in the day esp in heat gives bowlers a good chance of early wickets.

2 would be great.

 

[shaz619]

Pakistan clearly a much better side without Babar

A lot more fight in each player

We will improve much more if we remove Rizwan selfish

Rizwan is already making captaincy demands like he is Adam Gilchrist and scoring runs like prime Jayasuriya, the audacity with this fella just never fails to surprise me

 

[Asad T]

Our lead today is all due to the resilience of our lower order

Shaheen would have thrown away his wicket playing a dumb slog sweep early on

Proud of Sajid and Noman for showing intellect and playing to the situation

 

[shaz619]

Pitch has eased. England are too good to fail. On a flat pitch they will Bazball their way to dominance

It’s a weird one, like has it flattened, or does it tend to have some juice in it after the roller has been used and then incrementally flattens out. It certainly doesn’t have as much potency as the Multan pitch and bowlers have to be a bit sharper.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Just watched it back and it looked like a no ball for the Saud wicket, what are these umpires looking at?

Just watched and paused it too and defo a no ball.

 

[Rana]

I agree

 

[batandballbattle]

Just watched it back and it looked like a no ball for the Saud wicket, what are these umpires looking at?

I thought they were automatically flagged up to the third umps nowadays

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

You are right brother, quite a few of our players gave away their wickets too easily.

Rizwan as senior pro played a bad Shot. also saim ayub dismissal was very soft

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Saim Ayub?

Opening the bowling here

 

[DeadlyVenom]

pitch seems to have died a little ...

Dunno if pitch flattened or bowlers lost energy

 

[batandballbattle]

Saim Ayub?

Opening the bowling here

Interesting move. maybe looking to dangle the carrot

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Nice ball from Saim

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I thought they were automatically flagged up to the third umps nowadays

That's what I thought but the umpiring has been terrible

That Sharfuddoula seems to have it in for us

 

[BouncerGuy]

Maybe trying to give some rest to Sajid and noman
Aamer Jamal might also bowl here

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Seems very odd to be opening the bowling with Saim Ayub, surely getting an early wicket has to be the aim, not give away easy runs?

 

[Human786]

Dunno if pitch flattened or bowlers lost energy

both perhaps ... Ayub bowling !!!

 

[Human786]

Bazball buried for this innings ...

 

[PakPremi]

Shan being creative when not needed.

 

[emranabbas]

ploy to turn saim into an all rounder to keep him in the team

 

[BouncerGuy]

ploy to turn saim into an all rounder to keep him in the team

This is not gonna work.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Seems very odd to be opening the bowling with Saim Ayub, surely getting an early wicket has to be the aim, not give away easy runs?

Makes zero logical sense right now. Although Saim > Zahid

 

[Devadwal]

@Rana have you seen how old ball ( Soft ball) played better than New ball ??

 

[Caved12]

Rizwan as senior pro played a bad Shot. also saim ayub dismissal was very soft

Rizwan threw his wicket away for sure and has been terrible in this series, not expected from someone who is an experienced cricketer now and have played enough test matches home and away. Abdullah Shafique also made a mistake by going on back foot when facing the new ball. Normally the trend is that the pitch goes from bad to worse if there is turn on day 1, but this one improved for some reason. Either way no excuse for throwing your wicket away. I made perfect predictions for every session of the 2nd test match and I am glad that I have been proven wrong for this one. Nothing better than winning a test series against a great team like England. InshaAllah we will win this match

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I don't understand, if you have 8 overs left in the day wouldn't you want your best bowlers to bowl them?

Shan trying to be out of the box, just for the sake of being out of the box.

 

[Rana]

@Rana have you seen how old ball ( Soft ball) played better than New ball ??

Fair play

I was expecting this pitch to deteriorate and become harder to bat on

It looks like it’s improving to bat more and more

I recon it’s going go be landmines on day 4/5

 

[Kianig89]

Let's see if a meagre lead of 70 odd will be enough, hopefully Eng won't last behind 50 overs