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England v Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's | Jul 14-18, 2016 | Day 4

Bring Amir and give him 3-5 overs and rest Yasir!!! Becoming too predictable
 
Yasir looking flat maybe a change of ends would help.

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Yasir getting very little assistance this end, they're tackling him with ease. Needs to change ends right now!
 
Like this angle more. He should get even wider and then direct it at the stumps. The late reverse away brings in bowled and edge into play.
 
You guys know what the real problem is right now ?? Apart from Yasir, the seamers don't exactly know what their generic roles are. Although the coming of Amir has been a positive it has essentially put in a confusion on who is expected to do what exactly ??

For instance our last series in SL the pacers that played were

Yasir - Leader
Imran - Line and Length Seam bowler (Container + Reverse)
Rahat - New Ball (Swing Bowler)
Wahab - Old Ball (Enforcer + Reverse Swing Bowler)

Now with Amir coming back, everyone expected him to take the mantle of leader from day 1 but since he hasn't been up to scratch the other two are dumbfounded on the field.

Rahat - Took 3 wickets but hardly any discipline (way too many boundary balls) + expects to be cannon fodder
Wahab - The less said the better, let's just hope he gets some reverse going on in the post lunch session.
Amir - Not into any test match bowling groove whatsoever
Yasir - Still chipping away but clearly can't be the leader of the pack in English conditions.

During this lunch break if Misbah and Mickey are clever they will assign specific roles to all bowlers and send them on the pitch with a directive game plan. Pre lunch session was all over the shop and not impressive by any stretch of imagination.

There was a post-match interview with Micky Arthur yesterday where he was discussing that the bowlers have been given those exact roles but weren't able to execute properly, for whatever reason, be it nerves or unfamiliarity with the conditions and slope. So it seems like the issue is with execution, not strategy.
 
Yasir needs a wicket badly here, I think he will be getting some in this innings.
 
Ballance looking pretty solid. Gets into a very good position with that initial movement.
 
Agreed with most comments, Yasir not even really troubling batsman right now. Perhaps give him a slight break? Try Amir?
 
the game will be finished today one way or another.

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Well my feed on ESPN here in USA is ball or two late :( - I see comment here first
 
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Hahahahaha. I think it's a defense mechanism so they can prepare themselves in case Pakistan lose.
 
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