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

this is reminding of the 2010 series at the oval, where pak surprised england with a left armer (wahab) in the 3rd test and he took 5 wickets. hands reversed obviously
 
Sohail Khan bowling like Imran Khan.

What a bowler.

All the hype for Amir and Sohail comes in silently and bowled brilliantly.
 
Misbah needs to be a bit careful with Sohail here. He's over-bowling his certainly. 4th one for DON...
 
Mixed feelings regarding Sohail's marathon spell as he keeps getting wickets but has bowled two excellent marathon spells in two sessions.
 
majiz said:
he is a versatile bowler to his credit, there'll be expecting him to chip in with the old ball if not the new
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Versatile bowlers don't depends on bowl and wait for it to be old...
 
asnsaj said:
Nope, He is a mighty fine bowler.. Come on man look at his action

P.s. been his fan since wc15
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He's improved leaps and bounds from the last test he palyed. Liked the look of him in the world cup. When he gets his out swinger going which he almost all the time does he becomes a really handy bowler.

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Sohail Khan showing up the rest of the bowlers. Expected him to do quite well but not this well. Well done now let's skittle them out less than 250
 
Sohail Khan has cut his bowling average from 245 to 60 in this innings. Get it down to 25 by the end of this Test :sher
 
Shah needs to go AT 1 PER OVER TILL TEA AND aMIR NEEDS TO COMEE AON AND GET 2 WICKETDS
 
MIsbah bas kar bache ki jan le ga kia ? sohail is bowling he 8th over is this spell
 
Wow, Fazal Mahmood was a demon in Lancashire League. Average of 8 from taking 291 wickets in 73 matches ! Not sure what that says about the standard of Lancashire League batting in them days...
 
Apart from Moeen ALi.....I thought giving 5 wickets to Sohail Khan was another embarrassment...glad this performance at least establishes him as somewhat a decent bowler
 
Hopefully this is Khans last over. Don't want him injured
 
Pakistan basically gone into the match with 3 bowlers- Yasir, Sohail and Rahat.

Amir no where to be seen so far.
 
Sohail really being overbowled now. There's always been doubts about his fitness as well, so injury risk is high :mv
 
When I saw England lost 5 wickets....expected Amir or Yasir must have run through the line up....pleasantly surprised
 
Sohail hs been overbowled here. If England actually end up winning, it will be because of poor bowler management by Misbah.
 
Lack of 5 bowlers hurting Pakistan.

Misbah overbowling Sohail just like Dhoni overbowled Bhuvi.

But Dhoni didn't use Binny even though he had him in the XI. lol.
 
Moeen needs to wear a new armband today....stand up and deliver for England
 
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Sohail needs a break now. Should go off the field (for using washroom or changing this shirt or something). Take a shower, eat some bananas and try go get refreshed.
 
Another two wickets and we can start having a go at englands tail, we cant let englands late order wag here.
 
1 more wicket before tea ideally balance would be great here.
 
we need to try other options like mr hamza and hasan ali in the next series and send aamir back to domestic for at least one season.
 
JibranAnsari said:
we need to try other options like mr hamza and hasan ali in the next series and send aamir back to domestic for at least one season.
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nah, wouldn't leave him out, i can still see him coming good soon. he has bowled really well at times but england are a good side and they have played him well overall.
 
ENG is on the back foot now, RR has dropped to 2.90. Need to take 3 more wickets ASAP.
 
It's been a strange kind of day. The quality of cricket hasn't been all that great from either side. Runs have been scored at 4 an over for the most part, bowlers have looked innocuous, even umpires have been speechless. In between, the batting indiscipline has been helping Pakistan.
 
JibranAnsari said:
we need to try other options like mr hamza and hasan ali in the next series and send aamir back to domestic for at least one season.
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Completely agree, doesnt look good enough. Has no penetration, just going through the motions
 
majiz said:
nah, wouldn't leave him out, i can still see him coming good soon. he has bowled really well at times but england are a good side and they have played him well overall.
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you need to perform against good sides , we dont need him to bully westindies and zimbabwe.
 
England are an excellent side that analyze their opponents. They knew Amir would be a threat before the series and they worked him out. Hardly given him a wicket. After the first test they realized Yasir will be a major threat and then worked him out as well. Giving him hardly anything in the next three innings.

Sohail Khan, they would not have seen before today and hence are giving him wickets. I expect them to completely nullify the Sher in the next match.
 
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