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

[Syed1]

If we are 200/1 England will be looking down the barrel of the gun..

 

[Syed1]

Pak is too slow :/

This is not T20

 

[aroor]

Murali Vijay in England.

146(468)
52(175)
24(97)
95(378)
35(141)
12(49)
0(19)
18(48)
18(91)
2(20)

He frustrated the pommies a lot.

 

[Pete Rose]

This pitch is ridiculously flat, a brilliant bowling performance yesterday. We should be able to post 450 relatively easily.

I don't think it's flat. Just not enough intensity from England. I can guarantee we will knock them over if we score greater than 400

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Yes it is only flat when we are batting well and it is spitting demons when we are bowling well. Shabash..

English batted really badly in the first innings. You cannot deny this. Obviously, SK bowling with a good line and length played the main role in their downfall. Keeping things tight helps.

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[Faisalabadimunda]

Pak need to increase RR to Really push england onto the rails.

 

[Pete Rose]

Swann has said he will eat his hat if Pakistan score 450

 

[MMHS]

It's entirely down to history. Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Brom and Wolves have never really been "big" teams and the Midlands has never been viewed as a desirable place to live by the massively overpaid.

English football has mainly been about London and what George Osborne called the Northern Powerhouse, which is effectively one supercity stretching from Liverpool in the west through Manchester and then north to Leeds and east to Sheffield.

I am biased because I'm from Manchester, and I've never viewed Birmingham as the second city because that status is based on population numbers which ignore the Northern Powerhouse reality.

But of course it is why Manchester Airport offers such a wide range of flights whereas Birmingham offers cheap flights to the sun and to the subcontinent via Dubai and not much else.

Manchester - and even Liverpool and Sheffield - have always been bigger cultural capitals than Birmingham and offer super luxury enclaves (like Mottram St Andrew) where footballers' wives will happily live.

In fact, Birmingham is quite comparable to Newcastle and Sunderland.

But, at one point Villa was most successful English club (albeit in 1910 or so). I do believe it's the quality of life in West Midlands that investors & top players don't want to live there. Apart from Leicester (that too after winning EPL probably at 1-5000 odds), there is no big club in whole middle section of England.

Even Salford has one ..............

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I streamed a bit now and watched and I saw some solid batting from Pak.

More than the score, the way they have come back from last game is commendable.

England might be jittery now if wickets don't fall.

 

[LowKiiSavage]

One great quality Sami has which was key to success for many openers is hiding - he is always looking to escape with a single & play from non strikers end. Sehwag was great in it.

Way better than shan hack masood.

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[BleedGreen]

need to score another 150 runs today come on

 

[Third Man]

Sami's timing has been his weak point so far. But I guess that may be because he's a little tentative.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Pak cud have been 170-1 had the scores at good rate

 

[Strike Rate]

Swann has said he will eat his hat if Pakistan score 450

biggest drama queen and only second to botham and vaughan when it comes to whining. someone should ask him what happened to him in the middle of ashes when he was in hurry to run away?

 

[Syed1]

Pak cud have been 170-1 had the scores at good rate

Or we could have been 120/4..

Our batting is fragile and we cannot play like England or Australia and score at 4 runs an over.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

This Poor Rate might hit pak hard

 

[Adil_94]

I would agree if the sun was out and the pitch flattened out.

commies are saying pitch has flattened out ball is swinging a little. But the pitch doesn't have any demons in it atm.

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[Chief Destroyer]

Excellent running.

 

[rollingstoned]

A little bit of Dean Elgar in the way Sami Aslam bats. Neither are perfect but Elgar is very resilient too.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

commies are saying pitch has flattened out ball is swinging a little. But the pitch doesn't have any demons in it atm.

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It's not a green seamer by any means but the ball has seamed and swung. Obviously as the ball gets older, that will reduce.

 

[Strike Rate]

This Poor Rate might hit pak hard

not really we need to make them tired and bat for long. there is a chance we don't need to bat again if we can bat for long here.

 

[Adil_94]

A little bit of Dean Elgar in the way Sami Aslam bats. Neither are perfect but Elgar is very resilient too.

I agree I was thinking that myself.

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[FreakCricket]

How many boundaries have Sami bhai scored?

 

[BleedGreen]

so boring now

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Stop crying about the run rate! Moeen ali is coming on to bowl soon

 

[MMHS]

Way better than shan hack masood.

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No question about that. He has improved his game since last time I saw him, while Ahmed, sorry Shaan has regressed, that's the big difference.

There is nothing better than a left-right opening combination & the selection rule should be the best available lefti & right-handed opener to play; or both lefti, but never both right handers.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Woakes and Finn are bowling too short to get any purchase.

 

[FreakCricket]

This Poor Rate might hit pak hard

Go watch Cpl mundaya

 

[Strike Rate]

Moeen is coming and i am afraid we will gift some wickets here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good running again

 

[imshally81]

Runrate.... Who?

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[HamzaSaeen]

Why are people crying about the run rate? It's a test match

 

[marlonbrowndo]

No question about that. He has improved his game since last time I saw him, while Ahmed, sorry Shaan has regressed, that's the big difference.

There is nothing better than a left-right opening combination & the selection rule should be the best available lefti & right-handed opener to play; or both lefti, but never both right handers.

Azhar HAS to open in Test cricket. He is the best batsman for the opening role in the entire country

 

[JibranAnsari]

6 more overs in the session.

 

[Syed1]

Last 10 we have scored at nearly 3. I don't get this crying about run rate..

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Just dont gift him anything.. Sami is very good against spin

 

[asyed]

Pak is too slow :/

It ain't T20 sir. Yes, they're a bit slow but not TOO SLOW!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Excellent 50

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Well played.

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Well played boy... Keep going

 

[LowKiiSavage]

No question about that. He has improved his game since last time I saw him, while Ahmed, sorry Shaan has regressed, that's the big difference.

There is nothing better than a left-right opening combination & the selection rule should be the best available lefti & right-handed opener to play; or both lefti, but never both right handers.

How can shan regress when he was awful since the start? You are a funny guy.

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[imshally81]

Congrats Sami Aslam.. For his first 5o

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[BleedGreen]

Chauka

 

[Abdul]

Do Pakistani fans have anything else to do other than crying and whining 24/7?

This is Test cricket & you shouldn't be following this format if you don't have the patience for it

Better option for some would be to follow T20 leagues where they can watch their favorite players hit Chakkas and Chaukas!

 

[aroor]

well played!! Carry on, Aslam..

 

[Speedster1]

Well done Sami Aslam, well deserved!! now lets get the 100!

 

[Syed1]

Swan is the worst commentator in the history of cricket

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Go watch Cpl mundaya

He is partially right. If there is a collapse. You all would be crying as we havent scored much even though both batsman have spent good amount of time on the pitch.

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[shah_1]

Well played

 

[Strike Rate]

It looks like a long time ago when 2 of our batsmen from top 3 scored 50s in same innings

 

[Syed1]

Fifty for Aslam.. wonderful

 

[FreakCricket]

Mubarak Mubarak! Sami Aslam you beautayyyy

 

[imshally81]

Last 10 overs.. 32/0....not bad

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[ask_analyse_act]

congrats sami for his 50.. go get a 100

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Fifty .......

 

[asyed]

50 for Sami, well played man.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Had my doubts about Sami Aslam, but a brilliant fifty in his very first match in tough conditions. Hats off to the boy.

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[asyed]

Only 174 runs behind now...Loving this....

 

[shaz619]

Well played Sami, first 50 by a pak opener this series well done

 

[NeVerMind]

Well played Sami...I did say i will always take an ugly, hard fought and gritty 50 over the so called aesthetically looking batsman who make quick 10 or 20 odd runs and then back in the pavilion in no time...

 

[Pete Rose]

It seems that every time I have seen Finn, he is bowling rubbish. Although he looks quite good on YouTube

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Well done sami. Always supported your selection over the likes of shan and hafeez (who some delusionals call the best opener of Pakistan LOL).

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[marlonbrowndo]

Im loving Englands fielding

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Azhar has 9 lives.

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[MMHS]

If this hurts Cook, I wonder what he'll do when he is facing 8-2 or 9-1 sort of hammering in next one year in India & Australia.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Great running this

 

[Syed1]

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Cheeky

 

[Pete Rose]

Run rate will pick up

 

[Hasan123]

Azhar performing in England tears in my eyes

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Excellent shot..

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Shot boy.

 

[BleedGreen]

guess sami heard me

 

[LowKiiSavage]

Shabash sami. Shabash. Good shot.

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[Syed1]

Azhar Ali thrice on that list

 

[Firebreaker]

Shows how bad is Moeen Ali

 

[CricFan2012]

Run rate is so poor

Will bite Pakistan so bad. They need to score faster. OMG OMG

 

[Syed1]

Last 10, 39 runs.. Yeh haters talk nah

 

[Adil_94]

I have bradford is quite awful, actually.



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Bradford suffers from a lack of investment it's like many post-industrial northern towns that suffers from this malaise

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[ahmedwaqas92]

Moeen with his usual tossed up filth