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

this was a bit daft from cook. Challenge for him is to go on long enough without feeling stupid but declaring.
 
Pakistan would still need to bat for the best part of two days.

I doubt we could survive one day, never mind two!
 
I back captain for doing the right thing. Come and bat till lunch tomorrow :). The critics be damned
 
If Cook declares even with a lead of 450 odd, Pakistan the rate at which they bat, could only draw it, if they batted for 5 sessions.

Pakistan probably would be ultra-defensive instead of even going for 400 even if it is full sunny for 2 days and Cook sets a target of 420.
 
I trust in Cook, he should not listen to the people or media He should bat till the end of 4th day and give Pakistan 100 overs to chase down the target of 900.
 
#GreenRoars said:
And rain again :)))
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British weather strikes again.

I went outside an hour ago for a walk as it looked dry and ended up having to do a Bolt-style dash home as it began pouring down with rain.

The only thing about as unpredictable as Pak cricket team is our weather.
 
#GreenRoars said:
I trust in Cook, he should not listen to the people or media He should bat till the end of 4th day and give Pakistan 100 overs to chase down the target of 900.
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Or maybe he should just bat up until the end of day five. Let Root and himself score another double ton again.

As a gift for such marvelous batting I would be more than happy to give him the ultimate Geli Pappi where ever he might ask for :D
 
I wonder if a draw is possible here, it really depends on how the long the rain goes on for.
 
I think we can do 100-120 overs if we play well. Therefore need about 4 or 5 hours more of rain.
 
Markhor said:
British weather strikes again.

I went outside an hour ago for a walk as it looked dry and ended up having to do a Bolt-style dash home as it began pouring down with rain.

The only thing about as unpredictable as Pak cricket team is our weather.
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Great, can you tell us how the weather will be tomorrow and on 5th day? Chances of massive rain?
 
I think if England declared for anything less than around 450.


Pakistan should go for the chase !!!
 
MSaad1237 said:
I think if England declared for anything less than around 450.


Pakistan should go for the chase !!!
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Lol.

The rate at which Pakistan bat, it would take 2.5 days to even get to 450.

And we barely have 2.
 
Justcrazy said:
Cook has not alone taken that decision , whole management is there. He has enough time to win this game easily
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Obviously.
I was referring to general trend of last two decades. Teams are more and more reluctant to enforce follow on. If they intend to follow this trend, shouldn't they bat to all out in first innings ?
 
Wonder how long Root has been trying to grow his beard... doesn't look like 14 year old anymore.
 
last_knight said:
Obviously.
I was referring to general trend of last two decades. Teams are more and more reluctant to enforce follow on. If they intend to follow this trend, shouldn't they bat to all out in first innings ?
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After India won against Australia in Eden , Captains have become reluctant.
 
We're back.

24 overs to go still today. Pakistan will probably have to bat two full days to save the game unless rain comes into play again.
 
Its very disappointing that we lost 4 wickets in just over an hour yesterday.
We should really only be 7 wickets down now and misbah really has no game awareness. A century was on for him but he has only one mode of play - block pacers and attack spinners when there was no need according to the game situation1! Even use to play like that in odis.
misbah needs to retire and take his lieutenants hafeez and azhar with him!
rain will affect this game just like it did with india. India lost in 3 days and the next 2 days i.e. 4 & 5 day of the scheduled test match was washed out! If they fought a little harder and took the game into the 4th day, the game would have been a draw. I can see a similiar thing happening in this match!
 
Does anyone here think Hafeez and Masood will manage to score any runs in the 2nd innings?
 
Dont understand these tactics. Why are they tuk tuking if they didnt want to enforce follow on
 
Imagine if they declare at around 450 and we chase it. I'll lose my marbles, run around Toronto naked..
 
England will win this match if there is no rain but they will look ridiculous if they don't win from here. They could have had us 2 down now!
 
To be honest and I know I will get roasted for this here on PP but:

AMIR HAS BEEN BOWLING ABSOLUTE TRIPE IN THIS ENTIRE TEST MATCH !!
 
The plan should be to let Pakistan bat a few overs today but I think Cook is too much of a coward to do that.
 
uberkoen said:
Absurd. I can't believe there are people backing this decision.

Has to be one of the most stupidest decisions I have ever seen.
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Its perfect conditions for Anderson and Broad. We would be 2 down now if we was batting
 
For the love of .... dont take any wickets!
England will just declare and we will have to bat in these conditions.
JUST DRY UP THE RUNS!
 
Dropped.

I think that's what Cook's hoping for.

That we drop even more and even lose the confidence in bowling.
 
With Hafeez and Younis performance with bat and in the field we are essentially playing with 9 men. Hope they improve
 
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