England v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Birmingham | Aug 3-7, 2016 | Day 1

[marlonbrowndo]

Hahaha Bumble

 

[#GreenRoars]

Bring Shah, remove Rahat.

 

[Pete Rose]

misbah with 5 slips...hen did he do that last

 

[Fahdi]

Rahat looks like he will get Ballance soon

Come on boys one more before lunch

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Ooh good delivery to Ballance. That was a leading edge I think

 

[JibranAnsari]

Balance looking ordinary

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Almost !!!!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

amir .... he needs to stop giving away runs

 

[ExplicitAI]

Aamir isn't having a good day is he?

 

[Robert]

The decision to insert England seems to have worked.

Vince is going to nick to slip in a minute.

 

[Swaraj!!]

Amir just isn't on today .... I wish Misbah'd bring Yasir on. Really want to see which Yasir Shah has turned up today.

 

[uberkoen]

What's wrong with Amir?

 

[Fahdi]

Straight away 3 slips..

Ballance is not looking solid. Keep 4 slips in atleast

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Why are people crying?? Why the hell was that leading edge Amirs fault??

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amir can't find a line outside off and length half volley and good length simultaneously.

 

[shah_1]

Amir bowling crap

 

[Amjid Javed]

We have gifted 30 runs to many this morning, most of those gift wrapped by Rahat!

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Why are people crying?? Why the hell was that leading edge Amirs fault??

All LOI fans here I suppose don't know a toss about test cricket and how it works

 

[TurkishCricketFan]

are you guys serious? stop complaining about an edge,

 

[ExplicitAI]

not good enough

 

[Indiafan]

Why are people crying?? Why the hell was that leading edge Amirs fault??

He has been ordinary throughout today, Rahat and Sohail have been better by a long shot

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

uuurrggghhhhhh

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Bring on Yasir for a few overs before lunch

 

[nish_mate]

We have gifted 30 runs to many this morning, most of those gift wrapped by Rahat!

Amjid me old chap, that is known as setting the bait, if not for those gifts Cook would have been more attentive batting against Rahat

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Why are people crying?? Why the hell was that leading edge Amirs fault??

We are dragging both these batsmen on the front foot, which isn't their comfort zones and it's just a matter of time when one of them will nick it to the keeper or cordon.

 

[uberkoen]

Misbah needs to take Amir off now. Bring in Shah.

 

[shah_1]

Not good

 

[marlonbrowndo]

He has been ordinary throughout today, Rahat and Sohail have been better by a long shot

I was specifically talking about people whining after the leading edge

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

are you guys serious? stop complaining about an edge,

didnt know it was an edge but still it hurts

 

[Indiafan]

All LOI fans here I suppose don't know a toss about test cricket and how it works

are you guys serious? stop complaining about an edge,

No one is complaining about one edge. They are comparing overall bowling. The first overs Rahat and Sohail bowled they immediately did better than Amir

 

[JibranAnsari]

The intensity has gone down. Bowlers need to put more effort.

 

[Markhor]

Why are england stuck with Vince? Even If he scores a 100 here he doesn't look international standarf.

Bayliss preference. Surprised Borthwick was line for a recall then was suddenly ignored.

 

[Indiafan]

I was specifically talking about people whining after the leading edge

Can they whine after the drive of the half volley now? Surely if it was Rahat people would be complaining about leaking runs?

 

[Abdul]

Our savior has been exposed on this tour.

 

[shah_1]

What has happened to Amir?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Outside the line I think

 

[shah_1]

Our savior has been exposed on this tour.

True

 

[nish_mate]

Hopefully after this series PCB do ask Amir to play FC and earn his cap rightfully, looks a shadow of his former self. A stint in the county or shield cricket would do him a world of good.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

No one is complaining about one edge. They are comparing overall bowling. The first overs Rahat and Sohail bowled they immediately did better than Amir

Read post #674

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

partnership already 27 runs

 

[Amjid Javed]

England still going at 4 an over, its lucky we have got 3 wickets so far!

 

[Mamoon]

Ballance is good. England should not give up on him.

 

[Amjid Javed]

More easy runs gifted by Father xmas aka Rahat!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

enough now

 

[#GreenRoars]

Again we are leaking runs Why can't they bowl tight like Sheer Khan.

 

[JibranAnsari]

England still going at 4 an over, its lucky we have got 3 wickets so far!

None of the wickets was luck , some very good deliveries.

 

[Indiafan]

More easy runs gifted by Father xmas aka Rahat!

Rahat bowls 2 maidens and takes 1 wicket with many, many lethal balls - however he is leaking runs
Amir goes at 5 an over without bowling 1 threatening ball - everything is great

How is an uppish straight drive leaking runs? Double standards

 

[Markhor]

Good decision, I wanted a few from Yasir before lunch.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Even session so far due to fact we have given away 30 runs to many!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Take a short leg.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Shah into attack now.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

let amir bowl

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Messi in !!! Come on Leo kuch kar day is match mein

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Pakistan inspite of not bowling too well as a unit have got results here. Sohail Khan has done it.

England 3 down with 2 main guys out.

If they bowl well, England could be dismissed for 200 or sub 250.

England on its part would be somehow hoping to get to 250-300 which would give them a big boost in this test.

 

[Swaraj!!]

First Cook, now Ballance. Never ever seen him at 75% strike rate at any stage of a match!!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

lets see what happens

 

[uberkoen]

Shah's in.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

we need to stop boundaries period.

 

[Indiafan]

Let's see how much spin Yasir gets

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hopefully Yasir will bowl better on this surface then at old trafford.

 

[Robert]

This is a good opportunity for Vince and Ballance.

 

[uberkoen]

Hopefully Yasir will bowl better on this surface then at old trafford.

We can only hope.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Nice start by Yasir

 

[Mamoon]

Wasim Akram's love affair with the leg-side continues.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amirs been impatient today

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Close

 

[Markhor]

That's better.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Yeah Cheez !!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Better from Amir in this over

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

he is getting edges... i believe he is one wicket away from getting his confidence back.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Really good over that. Last over before lunch

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amirs careers on line

He needs to get wickets.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Need to break this partnership, building slowly.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

like that ..... my boy. his combination with yasir will be good

 

[uberkoen]

Much better over from Amir that last one. Looks like the change of ends might have helped him.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Yasir bowling too fast.

 

[uberkoen]

Last over before lunch. Would be nice to get one in this.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Nice bowling from Yasir. He's bowling slower than he did in the last game. Our session this.

 

[cric_lover]

I need big centuries from these two

 

[aroor]

even steven