England v Pakistan | 2nd Test | Manchester | Jul 23-26, 2016 | Day 3

[ViciousMachine]

RAINNNNNNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! Cook's defensiveness may save us

 

[BleedGreen]

I think Cook hasn't enforced the follow on because he wants to hand us a HUGE defeat and crush our morale, especially after the upbeat win at Lord's.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Cook is a genius

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

just prey it doesnt rain heavy today otherwise it will be fine tomorrow..

 

[Syed1]

Hahahah rain is here

 

[Executioner]

Its raining men

My rain dance has been working

 

[MRSN]

We should back ourselves to chase 700.. Would be epic.

Bhai it is not Dubais road with no clouds.

 

[angrypathan]

I think Cook hasn't enforced the follow on because he wants to hand us a HUGE defeat and crush our morale, especially after the upbeat win at Lord's.

An innings defeat is more humiliating than one by 400 runs

 

[Syed1]

I hope atleast today is rained out

 

[Executioner]

Hope the rain stays for another 2 days and the stats will say: 1-0 in favor of Pakistan

 

[BleedGreen]

is it heavy rain or a light shower?

 

[JibranAnsari]

I think Cook hasn't enforced the follow on because he wants to hand us a HUGE defeat and crush our morale, especially after the upbeat win at Lord's.

An innings and 200 runs defeat isn't huge?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hope the rain stays for another 2 days and the stats will say: 1-0 in favor of Pakistan

Lol what's wrong with you today?

 

[BleedGreen]

Need it to rain at least today and tomorrow

 

[Executioner]

An innings defeat is more humiliating than one by 400 runs

ditto, people don't count the runs in defeat as much. But an innings defeat is absolutely humiliating.

 

[Justcrazy]

Rain stops play

 

[HitWicket]

just prey it doesnt rain heavy today otherwise it will be fine tomorrow..

Fairly sure that's not how it works...

Shouldn't be off for long at all really, only a quick shower.

 

[Syed1]

Cook could have had two of our second innings wickets by now..

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

I hope the rain stops, and we resume our historical chase.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bhai it is not Dubais road with no clouds.

Its flat , just go out there and massacre these trundler softies.

 

[cricketbadshah]

Its raining dump decision by cookieeeeeeeeee

 

[Square Drive]

Alhamdulillah.

Hope it stays for the rest of today and at least half of tomorrow.

 

[BleedGreen]

Barish hui jaye bas

 

[BleedGreen]

Alhamdulillah.

Hope it stays for the rest of today and at least half of tomorrow.

Not half, all of tomorrow at least. Even then we have a slight chance of batting the entire day 5.

 

[Hasan123]

I hope the rain stops, and we resume our historical chase.

We will never chase 400 plus give it up

 

[Hasan123]

If we have to bat I hope it's in sunny conditions and not overcast conditions.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

We will never chase 400 plus give it up

I won't give up.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

I mean if this gets washed out....

The Poms would literally tear into Cook to be honest

 

[Hasan123]

I won't give up.

You are hilarious at times bro

 

[Hasan123]

I mean if this gets washed out....

The Poms would literally tear into Cook to be honest

Good. That will put him under pressure for the rest of the series

 

[sully3]

England will bowl after tea mark my words


especially as its raining now

 

[cricketbadshah]

i just check the score card of pak team asad shafiq scored 4 runs in a pressure situation and wow sarfaraz play a t20 inning when misbah was with him at the crease.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I won't give up.

Your giving up or not, will hardly influence the 11 cricketers who already might have given up.

LOL.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Your giving up or not, will hardly influence the 11 cricketers who already might have given up.

LOL.

God can do anything.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Team man was not smiling in the dug out today.

 

[Justcrazy]

Even it rains next two days , Poms still can win .

They need about 75 overs maximum to win this

 

[Lords]

Nothing bowlers can do now, even if they bowl out English team for zero still the target is too much.
Its batsmen game now.

BTW i dont know what cook is cooking, he should have asked for followon

 

[#GreenRoars]

Cook took a very very strange decision tbh. I hope it goes in our favor

 

[#GreenRoars]

I mean if this gets washed out....

The Poms would literally tear into Cook to be honest

And this will be the fate of this Test

 

[786warrior]

Dropped catches due to too many press ups causing hand and wrist pain!!

Way to go boys!!

If only there was an ounce of sharam or the shame of the baasti these jokers bring upon themselves then something positive could be gleaned - but no!

 

[Adijazz1706]

Yes, but realistic is rain to intervene and draw.

Unrealistic is to hope rain stays away (as the poster wants) and Pakistan chase 600 and create history. There is more chance of us collapsing than doing what he wants.

Bhai isey umeed hai, isme hum kya karein. Filhaal baarish horahi hai, aisa hi chalna chahiye

 

[#GreenRoars]

[MENTION=43242]Dr_Bassim[/MENTION] [MENTION=140009]The Last Of The Stars[/MENTION] brothers this is not the correct thread for that discussion

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Tea is over but its still raining

 

[MRSN]

I heard England have declared?

 

[Justcrazy]

I do not think Pakistan can draw this game.

 

[imshally81]

I heard England have declared?

Where?

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[marlonbrowndo]

I heard England have declared?

Nothing on cricinfo

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Why would England declare?

They have almost 6 sessions to bowl out Pakistan, when they have only required 2 and some.

If tomorrow was the last day, then yes.

Today is still 3rd day and it isn't complete yet.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

England Still haven't declared as of yet !! I hope they don't do the latter up until the last session on day 5

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Sky Sports 2 : Inspection at 4 45 pm.

So it has stopped raining.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Rain finished. Inspection in 5 minutes

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Play can go on until 7:30 so plenty of time

 

[Salman CricBio]

I heard England have declared?

He would never do that. Lol.
Whole English media would be after him.

Because, 402 are so chaseable. Quiet difficult but not impossible. Also, Pakistan's recent record while chasing is so good. Younis averages 50+ in 2nd innings I guess!

 

[#GreenRoars]

I heard England have declared?

Nah, they didn't.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Rain has stopped


Ya Allah Madad !!

 

[endymion248]

Play can go on until 7:30 so plenty of time

These are bowlers, not machines. Why should they bowl so much without a break because Cook decided not to enforce follow-on?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Play will resume in 10 min

 

[MRSN]

Play can go on until 7:30 so plenty of time

Bhai ap kyu hath dho kar hamre piche par gaye ho.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

These are bowlers, not machines. Why should they bowl so much without a break because Cook decided not to enforce follow-on?

To make up for lost overs.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Bhai ap kyu hath dho kar hamre piche par gaye ho.

0-8 ka favor return ho raha hay aaj boys !!! [MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION] panch saal say dil mein lay kar bheta huwa tha yeah boy

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Bhai ap kyu hath dho kar hamre piche par gaye ho.

im not a Hindi/Urdu speaker brother

 

[endymion248]

To make up for lost overs.

No thanks, rain is part of the game.

 

[mz123]

0-8 ka favor return ho raha hay aaj boys !!! [MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION] panch saal say dil mein lay kar bheta huwa tha yeah boy

thank god there is someone here who can speak urdu !

 

[Nikhil_cric]

No thanks, rain is part of the game.

The rules are the same for all teams. Just because Pakistan are bowling you want the rules to change now? How convenient

 

[endymion248]

The rules are the same for all teams. Just because Pakistan are bowling you want the rules to change now? How convenient

No rules being changed here. Tea was taken early, which means they can't play late.

 

[Salman CricBio]

Play to resume in 4 mins.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

No rules being changed here. Tea was taken early, which means they can't play late.

Im not aware that there is a rule which says that. Correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[endymion248]

Im not aware that there is a rule which says that. Correct me if i'm wrong.

Session can only be extended by a certain amount of time and it was already extended by taking tea early.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

thank god there is someone here who can speak urdu !

There are a lot of blokes in here who speak Urdu mate.. For starters I might recommend a couple of Shayars !!!
[MENTION=138379]#GreenRoars[/MENTION] [MENTION=133726]GoUgandaCranes[/MENTION]

 

[MRSN]

Misbah would be really foolish not to have a defensive field.

 

[MRSN]

Attacking field. Mind boggling. Misbah as usual has no clue.

 

[MRSN]

Have defensive field bowl defensive line. Just waste time.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Damn, we back on the field. Not much time lost due to rain. Hopefully we can get a couple early wickets, then we know Eng could get defensive.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good one from Rahat. Can be a bit fuller

 

[BleedGreen]

its raining again

 

[MRSN]

Haha rain again

 

[ViciousMachine]

Yessssssssssss !! Rain coming through again!!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Have defensive field bowl defensive line. Just waste time.

Theres a deep point. As long as they dont bowl on the pads he wont get boundaries. As I type that it starts to rain again

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Hahahahahaha they're off again !!

Well Done Cook

 

[MRSN]

Cook surely thinking of decalring now.