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England v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Birmingham | Aug 3-7, 2016 | Day 2

Does anyone know how sky measure the revs on the ball? Can't quite think how they'd actually do it.
 
Don't blame Azhar Ali for this, yes there was no need for that run but he wasn't being selfish. The wicket is done, nothing we can do now, Azhar Ali needs to make 150 minimum and YK needs to carry on where Sami Aslam left off
 
CI: "Eighteen runs shy of becoming the youngest Test opener to score a hundred in England" that adds salt to the wound.
 
Azhar has 10 run outs already in 122 innings in international cricket and don't forget the run outs he cause.
 
Anderson is in a cheeky position on the field, The most moody player in an annoying position blocking the non striker's run
 
PakFan2010 said:
I'm surprised YK isn't getting more stick, imagine Kohli, Williamson or Root performing like this.
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He is 38 years old, not in his 20s and in his prime. I'll be surprised if those guys are half the players they are right now at 38.
 
Sami Aslam must be cursing Azhar Ali.

Could have been youngest opener to score a century in England
 
Now have seen the replay - Sami's fault.

He was run out by 2 metres, and he started running from 2 metres behind & after 2 seconds. Had it been by 2 CM, I would have said that it was poor judgement.
 
MMHS said:
Now have seen the replay - Sami's fault.

He was run out by 2 metres, and he started running from 2 metres behind & after 2 seconds. Had it been by 2 CM, I would have said that it was poor judgement.
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Both the batsmen were at fault , sami would have been run out by a foot anyway but a poor call by azhar.
 
Been watching for 45 mins

Azhar struggling against short ball. A few edges here and there and not middling the ball aleays.

Has it been this scratchy all innings or just in last hour or so
 
MMHS said:
Now have seen the replay - Sami's fault.

He was run out by 2 metres, and he started running from 2 metres behind & after 2 seconds. Had it been by 2 CM, I would have said that it was poor judgement.
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I personally think a dive could have saved him
 
Slog said:
No it was brainless

Actually phattuness. He was struggling against Woakes short ball so wanted to get himsef off strike
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This is actually true.

Azhar Ali early in the innings did the same against Woakes.

Extremely risky run when Woakes was all over him, but fielder couldn't get there on time. Close to pitch.

This time, ALL the blame goes to Azhar and we need to call this out. It was selfish to get off strike.
 
Even Usain Bolt would have struggled. It was never a run even if it went straight away.
 
What a golden opportunity we missed? Youngest opener to become centurion!! Hope Azhar will make 200 to make it up
 
MMHS said:
Now have seen the replay - Sami's fault.

He was run out by 2 metres, and he started running from 2 metres behind & after 2 seconds. Had it been by 2 CM, I would have said that it was poor judgement.
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Disagreed. It was a horrid call, which commentators also unanimously agreed upon.
 
Slog said:
Been watching for 45 mins

Azhar struggling against short ball. A few edges here and there and not middling the ball aleays.

Has it been this scratchy all innings or just in last hour or so
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Look at YK right now. Batting isn't that easy. Azhar and Sami have just played beautifully
 
Slog said:
Been watching for 45 mins

Azhar struggling against short ball. A few edges here and there and not middling the ball aleays.

Has it been this scratchy all innings or just in last hour or so
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He has had two catches dropped. Scratchy is an understatement.
 
Slog said:
No it was brainless

Actually phattuness. He was struggling against Woakes short ball so wanted to get himsef off strike
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That trigger this stupid decision. Feel really bad about Sami, he played so well today. Showed 200M population how to play in England :(
 
Azhar needs to keep the strike for atleast 4-5 balls in an over.
 
JibranAnsari said:
Both the batsmen were at fault , sami would have been run out by a foot anyway but a poor call by azhar.
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He wasn't backing - his fault. Had he started on time Vince would have been under pressure to hit the stick.
 
Smart move from Cook..Anderson brought back and Woakes on other end.
 
Younis Khan is batting like a tailender

The problem is he is gonna make Azhar a nervous wreck too
 
yasir said:
That trigger this stupid decision. Feel really bad about Sami, he played so well today. Showed 200M population how to play in England :(
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Slightly his fault too because he was slow to get off and didn't run as hard as he should have. If he'd done that Vince would have been under pressure to throw as soon as he got the ball and mah have missed most likely

In this he had all the time in the world to take aim
 
Why isn't Botham crying about how many Broad no balls have been missed today?
 
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I dont care what people say about Azhar, the guy gets better and better along his innings
 
Azhar taking the single of the first ball and exposing the tail :facepalm:
 
People call him dancer, I call him the adjuster. He does what he must to adjust to difficult conditions
 
IcedCoffee said:
Disagreed. It was a horrid call, which commentators also unanimously agreed upon.
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Would have been a horrid call, had he started on time, dived on time & still missed the mark. We are in 2016, not 1986 - one of the reason that PAK is 9th in ODI ranking.

Commis put their mouth what is popular - I am not hearing what they are saying, but if none of them had noticed the error in his running, I can't help them.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Younis Khan once again doing moves that Michael Jackson would have been proud of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EngvPak?src=hash">#EngvPak</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/761226003964395520">August 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Hundred up for Azhar. Vital innings for us, lot of questions have been asked about his ability outside Asia.
 
100 for Azhar. Well played! Really well played from our best Test batsman. Apart from the run out its been so good. The push-ups aren't that great anymore lol
 
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