England v Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's | Jul 14-18, 2016 | Day 2

[angrypathan]

Better from Amir. 89.1mph as well

 

[IcedCoffee]

Amir needs to bowl touch fuller.

 

[MMHS]

Aamir is getting over excited with the pace & movement of the wicket. What he should dois like Rahat - take couple of yards off & focus on channel.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Shaba Amir, find your line boy.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good start by Rahat, Amir needs to get his radar right! englands best to batsmen in now we need both out before lunch!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Root has a very good defence.

 

[Ellipsism]

Looks like it's going to be a long series for Amir...

 

[Markhor]

Amir vs Root will be an interesting battle.

 

[JilaWatan]

Weird now I wanna see more of rahats bowling than amirs

 

[JibranAnsari]

The challenge for rahat is to keep bowling the channel

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Rahat having his day would be super dangerous for England.

He is a weird bowler.

Unbelievable when he gets it right.

Let's see how he goes this spell.

 

[Sandeep]

Wow.. such an amazing battle and I'm not able to watch.. damn! How's Amir doing guys?! By the way, Rahat.. well done boy..

 

[majiz]

Looks like it's going to be a long series for Amir...

lol he's bowled 12 balls

 

[GreenKnightRises]

lol. Rahat thinks all batsmen are right handers

 

[Usman Chadda]

Better from Amir. The seamers are struggling a bit with the left-right combination it seems. Rahat's first delivery in the 2nd over is down the legside.

 

[hur rizvi]

Really poor stuff from Amir thus far. Wasting new ball

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Wow.. such an amazing battle and I'm not able to watch.. damn! How's Amir doing guys?! By the way, Rahat.. well done boy..

Just nervous I guess.

Hasn't got it right.

Rahat has been good.

Great setup last over by bringing the ball in and one didn't come in.

Slip caught.

 

[angrypathan]

can't bowl there to Chef

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Cook too good off his pads

 

[JibranAnsari]

Poor delivery.

 

[street cricketer]

lol he's bowled 12 balls

The wrist slitting on here

Or is it the jinxing?

 

[PakFan2010]

Cook is slaughtering our opening bowlers...

 

[Markhor]

Cook looking in great touch so far.

 

[Ellipsism]

lol he's bowled 12 balls

He looks stiff and out of rhythm.

 

[aroor]

Cook striking at 212

 

[hur rizvi]

Cook looking sublime

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Swing is rapidly decreasing every over.

Will it stabilize at this level for a while?

 

[JilaWatan]

Don't know what you guys are talking about rahat has bought the ball in to lefty and out to right a few times

 

[angrypathan]

Another poor bowling

 

[Hasan123]

England will score at a much quicker rate than us

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Not on Cooks pads.

 

[MABA]

Looks pretty easy at the moment for England barring the wicket, scoring has been at a high rate.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Need to get cook out here, hes starting to motor here!

 

[aroor]

make that 233

 

[BleedGreen]

horrible bowling

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rubbish bowling.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Rahat proves why he is a weird bowler.

Needs to get it right.

 

[hur rizvi]

Cook 21 off 9 LOL

 

[Markhor]

Rahat you gotta learn quickly. Cook will gobble up anything on his pads all day.

 

[Shafi]

England playing aggressively to take lead as soon as possible.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Bowlers need to bowl one side of the wicket! poor start with new ball here!

 

[Ab Fan]

What is wrong with Cook?He is batting like Sehwag bats in Asia.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

That last ball was good from Rahat

 

[JibranAnsari]

Right Mohammad sami with a lot less pace.

 

[Sandeep]

Such a pulsating battle.. wish India had a couple of good bowlers. With our super batsmen, we could be ruling the world!

 

[Amjid Javed]

easy runs been given away

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Rahat has started his usual business, 1 good bowl followed by 100 rubbish ones, which causes big damage for the team
Would've had Imran over this bowler any day

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Our batsmen' poor defensive attitude made the English bowlers look like world class.

 

[PakFan2010]

Amir needs to turn up, what's he doing?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Cook SR is 210.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

 

[hur rizvi]

Amir needs to get his act right

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amir is wasting the new ball.

 

[Markhor]

Looks pretty easy at the moment for England barring the wicket, scoring has been at a high rate.

Notice how they never completely go into a shell after losing a wicket like we often do.

 

[hur rizvi]

No swing for Amir

 

[Shafi]

Because of our tailender openers and timid approach we are around 100 runs short in this flattest pitch

 

[hur rizvi]

Not making batsman play at all

 

[JibranAnsari]

Gun barrel straight.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amir is trying to set Root up. In swinger coming soon

 

[hur rizvi]

England should be disappointed if they dont score 500 on this pitch

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Because of our tailender openers and timid approach we are around 100 runs short in this flattest pitch

It may be a flat pitch but when you bowl short, even a green track won't be of much use.

Amir now getting into some rhythm. Though bowling deliveries that are easy to leave.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Would be so painful if Amir goes wicketless this match

 

[angrypathan]

Poor fielding from Yasir

 

[hur rizvi]

Amir os trying to set Root up. In swinger coming soon

Its not swinging for him. So far poor bowling.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Poor fielding there from Yasir. Cant do that

 

[Markhor]

Back to the boot camp for you Yasir.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Awesome fielding

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Amir is trying to set Root up. In swinger coming soon

Not sure if there is enough swing there to execute it now.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Direct hit wouldve been very close.

 

[Nothing matters]

Such a pulsating battle.. wish India had a couple of good bowlers. With our super batsmen, we could be ruling the world!

Ashwin is a very good bowler.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pressure on both bowlers.

 

[PakFan2010]

Amir should try around the wicket...

 

[hur rizvi]

No penetration from Amir. Atleast Rahat is swinging

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to just string a few low scoring overs together here and wickets will come from chances am sure.

 

[Hasan123]

Need to improve

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ok Amir screwed up till now.

So what?

It happens.

James Anderson screwed up a bit in Lords green track against us in 2014.

Bowlers can always come back.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

But from a match context, this screw up may cause problems.

 

[Shafi]

Sarfraz should replace Massod and open with Hafeez (no option) and get a proper middle order batsman. Wahab should replace Amir now.

 

[Big Mac]

Look out McCullum, Cook is coming for your record

 

[JibranAnsari]

Need to stop the flow of runs.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Another one on pads. Poor stuff by rahat.