England v Pakistan | 1st Test | Old Trafford, Manchester | 5-9 August, 2020 | Day 1 Thread

[Titan24]

Dont know what exactly is Eng's strategy here. Maybe bowling few overs of spin with leg side field and hoping for the mistake from Pak.

 

[castortroy]

Babar is going really far back into his crease

 

[shamaan]

Holding and Warne laying into England's tactics )

Good

 

[Amjid Javed]

Need to be careful with this flick shots on legside.

 

[imshally81]

Why spin from both sides?

 

[Snowflake]

This is ridiculous

They have to bowl spin to stay on

Tbh, I don't personally don't agree with the criticism. Bad light shouldn't be England's problem. They should be free to use whatever ammunition they have. If they light is not good enough for short bowling, go off! Can't force then to bowl a certain way just so that the play can go on.

 

[Titan24]

Why spin from both sides?

Umpires have told Eng light isnt good enough for body line tactics they wanted to try out.

 

[castortroy]

Why spin from both sides?

Will go off otherwise

 

[Firebat]

Masood looking very uncomfortable vs Bess spinning it away from the left-hander. Needs to try something different, use his feet maybe.

 

[imshally81]

Tbh, I don't personally like this rule. Bad light shouldn't be England's problem. They should be free to use whatever ammunition they have. If they light is not good enough for short bowling, go off! Can't force then to bowl a certain way just so that the play can go on.

So umpires forced England to bowl spin?

 

[shariqnoor]

Shan looks iffy against the offies.

 

[shamaan]

So umpires forced England to bowl spin?

They can go off let archer bowl short then they will have to option but to go off.

 

[Snowflake]

So umpires forced England to bowl spin?

Yes. Otherwise they'll take them off of they are to bowl short with fast bowlers.

 

[Titan24]

Intent from Pak batsmen for the singles have been great in this innings. Hopefully we wont see a run out.

 

[Firebat]

So umpires forced England to bowl spin?

Yes. England came out after the break with a short ball field and barrage, umpires said the light isn't good enough and they must bowl spin to stay on.

 

[Titan24]

Tbh, I don't personally don't agree with the criticism. Bad light shouldn't be England's problem. They should be free to use whatever ammunition they have. If they light is not good enough for short bowling, go off! Can't force then to bowl a certain way just so that the play can go on.

Eng was offered to go off, they wanted to remain on the field and bowl spin. Nobody forced them to.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Roots rattling through his overs.

 

[imshally81]

Oh lucky shan

 

[ARK Rafay]

Buttler missed 2 chances inside 50 overs.

 

[shamaan]

Second chance for buttler

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

LOL Jos butler is really poor poor keeper

 

[blackanhyellow]

Tbh, I don't personally don't agree with the criticism. Bad light shouldn't be England's problem. They should be free to use whatever ammunition they have. If they light is not good enough for short bowling, go off! Can't force then to bowl a certain way just so that the play can go on.

So umpires forced England to bowl spin?

They didnt force them. They probably said light isnt good enough for fast bowlers so if you want to continue with that then we will have to call it a day.

They opted to use spinners because they would rather grt more overs to bowl at the batsmen in the fading light and try to steal a wicket.

 

[castortroy]

What the hell was that

Looks clueless against spin

 

[Syed1]

Eng was offered to go off, they wanted to remain on the field and bowl spin. Nobody forced them to.

You bet if Pak win this test all of England would be crying they weren't allowed to bowl pace on day 1 third session.

 

[Titan24]

Shan better buy dinner for Buttler tonight. Lol

 

[Amjid Javed]

What the hell is shan doing.

 

[Titan24]

You bet if Pak win this test all of England would be crying they weren't allowed to bowl pace on day 1 third session.

True.

 

[Markhor]

Shan what the hell are you trying to do before stumps ?

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Shan's looking nervous against spinners

 

[blackanhyellow]

What the hell was that

Looks clueless against spin

Ill give him the benefit of the doubt lol. Returning after the break, fading light.

 

[Titan24]

Shan generally struggles against spin since his early days, hopefully he can sort it out.

 

[Zeshan547]

and to think he played a match winning vs herath in Sri lanka on day 5 , and struggling here vs this lallo spinner, amazing

 

[Syed1]

Bess has troubled Shan throughout.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar looking fluent here

 

[pratiktc]

Just close the day out without a wkt please
Can come back tomorrow and reassess
Been a great day so far. Let's keep it that way

 

[shamaan]

LOL Jos butler is really poor poor keeper

I always said in tests hes not that good

 

[Syed1]

and to think he played a match winning vs herath in Sri lanka on day 5 , and struggling here vs this lallo spinner, amazing

Key difference is Herath was spinning into him and Bess is spinning away. Generally batsmen find ball coming in easier than going out.

 

[ARK Rafay]

How many overs left? Can Babar Azam get his century today?

 

[Titan24]

I still remember when Nabi got Babar bowled Babar behind his legs playing similar kind of sweep he did against Root.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Another 4 for babar

 

[Firebat]

Babar just needs to hog the strike until stumps

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to play Bess more confidantly here , that will be big advantage for rest of the series.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Four and a single. I love Babar

 

[shamaan]

Shan generally struggles against spin since his early days, hopefully he can sort it out.

Defo is struggling doesnt have a release shot or never uses his feet

 

[castortroy]

This has been one of babar best innings considering the conditions

 

[Firebat]

I still remember when Nabi got Babar bowled Babar behind his legs playing similar kind of sweep he did against Root.

Nabi is an infinitely more skilful bowler than Root....

 

[Syed1]

England must be realizing what it feels like to have an Akmal behind the stumps

 

[Titan24]

Babar showing Shan how its done. Though off spinner was taking the ball away from Shan but, still he needed to be in line of the ball.

 

[Syed1]

Bobby needs to play as if he is playing with the tail. Play out 4 balls then look for single

 

[Dark_Horse]

make the ball travel the ground making it wet and soft

 

[imshally81]

Eng was offered to go off, they wanted to remain on the field and bowl spin. Nobody forced them to.

Now they want to go off

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Great day for us. Great partnership

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan should look to be around 200 for 2 at stumps today , that should be the target.

 

[Titan24]

Nabi is an infinitely more skilful bowler than Root....

No doubt. I just remembered that from Babar's sweep.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Bad light. So that's it. We had what like 6 overs for 3rd session?

 

[Syed1]

This has been one of babar best innings considering the conditions

LOL you must have forgotten his 90* batting with the tail on a venomous NZ surface. That was his best test innings to date, in my opinion.

 

[Titan24]

Now they want to go off

Lol! They just wanted to try their luck with Pak batsmen coming after 3 hrs break. Now they realized that its not going great.

 

[imshally81]

Bess is ineffective now...

 

[shamaan]

Bess is ineffective now...

Hes bowling well against masood

 

[Titan24]

This has been one of babar best innings considering the conditions

He played a similar kind of knock in Eng itself, I think it was 60 odd before getting a fracture on his hand. Was a defining knock which helped in Pak win. Played a beauty of a knock in NZ as well with 90 something. He is just 25 many more to come.

 

[shamaan]

Shan generally struggles against spin since his early days, hopefully he can sort it out.

The bowl is turning abit so good news for pakistan

 

[imshally81]

Hes bowling well against masood

Actually masood is clueless against spin bowling...

 

[imshally81]

We need one more left hand batsmen in our middle order...

 

[Ahmed216]

Shan's looking nervous against spinners

This happens when u dont have enough faith in ur defense

 

[Titan24]

The bowl is turning abit so good news for pakistan

True.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

So, how many of you were adamant that Buttler is superior to Rizwan with both bat and gloves? Already letting England down with one of the two disciplines, time will tell how Rizwan keeps and how the two bat.

 

[Kroll]

Nice appetizer for the coming main course.

 

[Titan24]

On a rainy day, I think 49-50 overs in is decent. Rest can be covered in the coming days.