England v Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's | Jul 14-18, 2016 | Day 1

[#GreenRoars]

England Team
AN Cook*, AD Hales, JE Root, JM Vince, GS Ballance, JM Bairstow†, MM Ali, CR Woakes, SCJ Broad, JT Ball, ST Finn

Pakistan Team
Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Rahat Ali, Yasir Shah

 

[street cricketer]

Congrats.

 

[Aman]

Congrats.

On what?

 

[street cricketer]

On what?

On Amir's return to whites.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

On what?

On playing an away tour vs non-minnow side after a gap of 3 years.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I don't know why I feel excited after a long time.

Maybe it's just that Pakistan doesn't play test cricket abroad that much against good sides.

 

[Aman]

I don't know why I feel excited after a long time.

Maybe it's just that Pakistan doesn't play test cricket abroad that much against good sides.

Not just that, there hasn't been quality cricket in what feels like more than a year...

 

[JibranAnsari]

Dont want to see pakistan bat first.

 

[90MPH]

On route to Lords. I hope Pak do not disappoint.

Will post pics with my phone.

 

[Indian_Supporter]

I don't know why I feel excited after a long time.

Maybe it's just that Pakistan doesn't play test cricket abroad that much against good sides.

Its unbelievable that Pakistan is playing in England after 6 years.

In between:

India toured twice.
SriLanka toured 3 times.
Amir served his ban and returned
Pak played 2 WC's

Any reason why PCB organizes so less away tour?

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[marlonbrowndo]

So it begins

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Symonds on PTV sports and Waqar will be on Ten sports I think

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Anyone not in Pakistan and who wants to listen to Test match special go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxwhW4uIvEA

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Dean Jones, Waqar and Bazid on Ten Sports!

 

[JibranAnsari]

The battle of middle earth will start soon

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Nice cool weather today. Pak Players will need their jumpers on, as it is little chilly here in the Morning. By the way it looks like rahat, wahab, amir and shah will lead the attack.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] does test match special start before the game?

 

[#GreenRoars]

12 minutes to go for the toss

 

[Markhor]

Morning everyone.

The sunshine out across the Home of Cricket, the Sky crew out on the field with Gower's dulcet tones and Mikey's Jamican twang, the murmur of conversation in the background, and my favourite cricket team playing in my country.

Heaven.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Its unbelievable that Pakistan is playing in England after 6 years.

In between:

India toured twice.
SriLanka toured 3 times.
Amir served his ban and returned
Pak played 2 WC's

Any reason why PCB organizes so less away tour?

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Pakistan is not a marketable team anymore unfortunately.

Will change if we manage to beat England.

 

[Markhor]

[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] does test match special start before the game?

Starting at 10:25am.

 

[JilaWatan]

Good amir interview with Atherton

 

[street cricketer]

Morning everyone.

The sunshine out across the Home of Cricket, the Sky crew out on the field with Gower's dulcet tones and Mikey's Jamican twang, the murmur of conversation in the background, and my favourite cricket team playing in my country.

Heaven.

You at the ground?

 

[JilaWatan]

Raja still bitter over amir

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Starting at 10:25am.

Just saw. Thanks

 

[PakFan2010]

Brilliant day at Lord's, It's ideal batting conditions but I'd like to see Amir bowl so I'm not fussed either way.

 

[JilaWatan]

First 20 mins of the pre game on sky sports all about amir

 

[a_jawad]

any link for listening to Test Match Special inside Pakistan? the BBC link isnt working, not sure if thats available in Pakistan or not...

 

[Dr_Bassim]

On the big screen with pizzaaaa

 

[Markhor]

You at the ground?

Too expensive for me !

 

[Markhor]

Love hearing Waz talking about fast bowling. Nobody better to analyse Amir.

 

[aroor]

tunein.com, may be? [MENTION=137863]a_jawad[/MENTION]

 

[JibranAnsari]

Toss time I guess , no electricity here

 

[#GreenRoars]

Toss about to happen.

 

[JibranAnsari]

any link for listening to Test Match Special inside Pakistan? the BBC link isnt working, not sure if thats available in Pakistan or not...

Try with a proxy , it might work.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] can you play TMS. Is it showing ads right now?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Love hearing Waz talking about fast bowling. Nobody better to analyse Amir.

Haina...

Man Wasim was so talented.... he could have been sooo much better than he actually achieved.

 

[Markhor]

[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] can you play TMS. Is it showing ads right now?

Yes I'm listening to the toss, its live.

Misbah wins the toss and elects to bat.

 

[Gone]

Excited for a test match

 

[#GreenRoars]

Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first

 

[Third Man]

All three left armers playing. I think it's a good decision.

 

[aroor]

Pak won the toss.. Batting first

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Imran Khan will be available on Lunch time at Sky Sports

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Pakistan win and bat first. Good stuff

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amir, Rahat and Wahab is the attack. Good

 

[Aman]

Pakistan batting first.

 

[#GreenRoars]

No IK??

Stupid bowling selection.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Any bets on Hafeez lasting 10 overs ?

 

[Sarfarazian92]

3 left-armers, interesting.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Batting first. I think it is a very good toss to win. If the Batsmen can put runs on the board; it will bring Yasir into the game big time.

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Pakistan is not a marketable team anymore unfortunately.

Will change if we manage to beat England.

False reason. Pakistan is more marketable than Sri Lanka.

 

[hussain.r97]

THANK GOD! No Imran Khan.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bad decision to bat first.

 

[pak4life]

wahab riaz and rahat ali together not the best combination. Both can't be trusted to keep one end quiet.

 

[Mamoon]

So excited, can't put it in words.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Pakistan starting off well by winning a good toss.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

False reason. Pakistan is more marketable than Sri Lanka.

That series against Lanka was in FTP.

Sri Lanka will soon struggle to get overseas tours sans India.

 

[Pete Rose]

@asd101 I stand corrected, they can play three left armers

 

[Gone]

Pakistan's middle order look solid will see how they go about in england though.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Lol, there goes England's chances, 400 on the cards at least, come on lads.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Our openers need to show lots of grit here dig in and see of the new ball, 1st 15 overs will be a test and then we need to look to bat all day and in tomorrow, 400+ is a must on this surface batting 1st.

 

[Saqib]

The wait is finally over boys! It feels like there were no test matches in 6 years somehow and this is our first test match . We have today old goldies from Pakistan with the Sky team, Wasim Akram and Imran Khan and Ramiz Raja.

Great toss to win, weather conditions will be excellent over the upcoming 5 days so can expect some good cricket. It's the format we are pretty good at the moment and enjoy following it. let's hope for a good result and start this series with +

 

[Slog]

Very excited.

Good luck Pakistan! Come on boys!!

 

[PakFan2010]

If Pak don't score 350 on this pitch then they deserve shooting, flat as a pancake.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Should not have allowed england to bowl first in a green fresh wicket. Last time we had them 100/6 at lords.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

@asd101 I stand corrected, they can play three left armers

They just went with stability.

Misbah doesnt take risks.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Bad decision to bat first.

If Pakistan screws this up, then they can't blame anything.

Series in England....relatively flat track...sun is out and you get a chance to bat.

What more can a visiting team ask for.

Its good news for Pakistan. Now its upto them to make it count.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Amir, Rahat and Wahab is the attack. Good

But no Babar Azam

 

[aroor]

Who is going to do a Steve Smith?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Should not have allowed england to bowl first in a green fresh wicket. Last time we had them 100/6 at lords.

Its flat as pancake today bro.

 

[arehaan]

Bad Call to play 3 left armers.

Definitely needed a right armer to change things. Well on the brighter side we are not batting last on this wicket so let the left armers create plenty of rough.

 

[Pete Rose]

I wonder whats going through Hafeez's mind right now

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

If Pakistan pile on the runs in first innings, then scoreboard pressure can make things very very interesting.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I wonder whats going through Hafeez's mind right now

How to last 10 overs on a flat pitch in England.

 

[LowKiiSavage]

3 Left-armers and no IK. Oh, lord.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Its flat as pancake today bro.

Didn't saj said in the pic caption that it has some green?

 

[Markhor]

Bad decision to bat first.

If you can see out the first hour at Lord's, blunt the new ball, then under the sun the pitch eases out for batting.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I wonder whats going through Hafeez's mind right now

Thinking of his next fitness excuse.

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Been waiting for this series for way too long though, come on boys!

 

[Slog]

False reason. Pakistan is more marketable than Sri Lanka.

at that time they werent


when tours were organized, Sanga and Mahela were part of the side

also they got just 2 tests each tour