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

Sohail is tiring.. should take him out.

The others will have to step up
 
Sohail is tired. Getting over bowled.

May be Misbah wants to give him his well deserved 5'fer.
 
Not making excuses for Amir but this is not a difficult pitch to bat on at all. Also Amir was looking good before tea

Decent batting wicket for sure.

However, you could expect a bit more penetration from Amir given the conditions. Although one could say that English players are currently the best players of pace as of now.
 
England will be pleased to find themselves at 242-6 after being 158-5. If their tail can wag (more than capable) then they will get to decent score.
 
If Pakistan can get a couple more today then the game will be in their hands. Regardless of the pitch, Pakistan won't fancy chasing anything more than 225 in the 4th innings so getting a 50+ run lead in the 1st will be necessary.
 
Should have thrown out Azhar/Hafeez and replaced with a bowler. They're not going to make a difference in the score anyway
 
Apart from bowling changes and field settings, Azhar Ali seems to be captaining Pakistan out there.
 
Moeen batting one of his once a series knocks where he justifies the moniker of all rounder

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Lol this is why Rahat is needed. He bowls rubbish often and has a poor attitude but these beauties he bowls..... He bowled a few to cook as well. He can be such a great bowler if he can bowl those more frequently and put away the rubbish.
 
Rahat n Sohail have out bowled Amir today. Rahat if he had more discipline would actually be a good bowler.

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Brilliant, now we're into the tail. Good opportunity to bowl them out before stumps
 
Bad day at work but seeing the scorecard has cheered me up a bit! Unreal ball from Rahat there. Shabash boys dismiss them for less than 300 and we're in this game!
 
Lol this is why Rahat is needed. He bowls rubbish often and has a poor attitude but these beauties he bowls..... He bowled a few to cook as well. He can be such a great bowler if he can bowl those more frequently and put away the rubbish.

Exactly. A wicket-taking version of Wahab.
 
Don't bowl lenght to broad :facepalm: just ball him on his toes full and straight and he's gonna fall over and lose his stumps !!!
 
Lol this is why Rahat is needed. He bowls rubbish often and has a poor attitude but these beauties he bowls..... He bowled a few to cook as well. He can be such a great bowler if he can bowl those more frequently and put away the rubbish.

He's the sort of bowler you can afford as long as you've got other bowlers who can keep it tight.
 
Another one! Have a feeling itll be close but out. Did the 3rd unpire just say review for caught behind??
 
2 full deliveries followed by a bouncer and Broad will be done.

Misbah should give Sohail a couple of overs and see if he can get his 5'fer here. Broad is a walking wicket.
 
I think its caught, but moeen would be stupid to refer it if he hasnt edged it
 
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