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

[shah_1]

New hope for England

Terrible from Shafiq

 

[Adil_94]

poor knock from Shafiq an 18 ball duck. wouldn't be surprised to see us rolled out for 350 now.

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[ExplicitAI]

poor

 

[JibranAnsari]

Matter of time now , lead will be 75 at most.

 

[TurkishCricketFan]

ok Sarfraz, please come good today, so much depends on these 2 now.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Now we are in spot of bother. Sarfraz needs to show up.


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[Adijazz1706]

Asad 'technique' goes for a duck!

 

[shaz619]

What? Shafiq is still stuck on naught I just noticed that

He was bound to get out, was consumed by the pressure England built.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Peeuuww, we are in trouble now tbh. Sarfi e.t.c aren't good enough, but i hope some how we will be able to take lead of 100

 

[sully3]

Brilliant delivery but really lazy defence.

Not really a brilliant delivery, only thing Broad is bowling is inswingers.

Even the commentators have said that

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sarfraz needs to step up big time now and prove his worth.

 

[theariezman]

New hope for England

Terrible from Shafiq

It was a very good ball nothing wrong from Shafiq

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[Junaids]

This is where Pakistan might regret having such a weak tail.......

 

[Usman Chadda]

Quite a big gap between bat and pad.

Pakistan in a dangerous position now.

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[shah_1]

60 to 80 runs partnership

 

[Rana]

England are back in this. its 50-50 from here i recon

 

[MABA]

Collapse time, people were way too optimistic yesterday about what will happen today. I can see Pakistan finishing the innings with a 50 run lead.

 

[sully3]

100 run lead looking unlikely now

 

[Azrim_91]

Brute of a delivery. Now its getting tough for Pakistan.

Please don't embarrass yourself. That was straight bowl that just came in with the angle. Pathetic shot. Second time he's been out like that this series.

 

[the Great Khan]

damn..now we're in trouble..need the rest to chip in and get us near that 100 run lead..unlucky asad..

 

[Rana]

This is where Pakistan might regret having such a weak tail.......

What can you do? The dont have good bowling all-rounders

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Swing is subsiding , batting should get easier now

bowled

 

[Boi]

That was poor from Asad. Second time he's been bowled like that this series.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Damn you azhar , shouldn't have got out last ball yesterday.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sarfraz has to stay there with Misbah. He has been too aggressive in this series

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Rubbish frm pak today

 

[Rana]

Azhar Ali has been a hero and villian in the same game. He opened the door last night!

 

[Amjid Javed]

What the hell are pakistan doing here? its been a pathetic defensive display today, just allowing england back into the game. Hopefull Sarfraz will be positive, we will be lucky to get a 100 run lead now!

 

[JibranAnsari]

bowled

Not much swing there , an odd Jaffa.

 

[Junaids]

What can you do? The dont have good bowling all-rounders

I'd have Hasan Ali in the team and I'd be awfully close to having Amad Butt too.

 

[Strike!]

Wow, we've thrown away the chance of a decent lead.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Tail will score 50/60 so stop worrying.


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[sully3]

England are back in this. its 50-50 from here i recon

yup England know if they bowl Pakistan out for less then 100, they can bat for day 3 and 4 and bowl pakistan out on the fifth day

 

[srh]

Pakistan is better off finding a replacement of Asad Shafiq

 

[ask_analyse_act]

damn..now we're in trouble..need the rest to chip in and get us near that 100 run lead..unlucky asad..

not unlucky... long time on 0... need to get off the mark quickly.. looking like pakistan will be bundled out for less than 350 and will gift england the game...

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Gifting 2 valuble wkts and not grtting anywhere with scoringh

 

[shah_1]

Misbah needs to score big

Shoail is a better batsman than Wahab

 

[pak4life]

Shafiq dozy and half asleep for most of his innings. Didn't he have any breakfast.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Need a 100 partnership here. No less

 

[Muhammad10]

Shafiq certainly has an issue against the inswinger. Have seen this happen quite a few times with him. Impressive delivery by Broad.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Sarfraz ton to come

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan still back themselves to get at least 100 more.

 

[uberkoen]

Wow, we've thrown away the chance of a decent lead.

Not yet.

Magnificent Misbah is still out there.

 

[dhump]

so we will settle for a 50 runs lead 257/2 to 296/5.


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[world cup captain]

Time for Sarfraz to play his part in the series.

 

[HitWicket]

True but remember Finn pulled up yesterday feeling his hamstring. The longer England have to be out in the field today the better. Wear them down and our bowlers will have been well rested in the meantime.

Fairly sure Finns issue was cramp, highly doubt Cook would have kept him on bowling after he pulled up a few times in his previous over before drinks if it was anything more serious.

 

[uberkoen]

Pakistan still back themselves to get at least 100 more.

Even more. Misbah needs to talk to Sarfraz here. Sarfraz always seems to be in a rush to score and go. He needs to stay out there today.

 

[shaz619]

What the hell are pakistan doing here? its been a pathetic defensive display today, just allowing england back into the game. Hopefull Sarfraz will be positive, we will be lucky to get a 100 run lead now!

They have thrown away all the hard work done by the top order, even 50 looks unlikely the way we are batting at the moment and there's a new batsman at the crease Eng will feel they can get him within the next 10-30 balls

 

[yasir]

That's bad from Shafiq, it's poor defense. Broad only seam one way. He got to cover the inside line. How many times he will get out love that?? [emoji84][emoji84][emoji84]


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[JibranAnsari]

Problem here now is sarfraz , he knows only one way to play.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

This is just a cosmetic field to scare Misbah

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Pakistan is better off finding a replacement of Asad Shafiq

Don't worry bro I can assure you Shehzad isn't coming anytime soon

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Iv said before and now again. This slow RR will come back to haunt pak

 

[sully3]

Asad really messed up this innings for us. we needed a 100 run lead a quick fire 10/20 runs would have done rather then play 20 balls for 0

 

[NauV]

poor knock from Shafiq an 18 ball duck. wouldn't be surprised to see us rolled out for 350 now.

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That's our range . . historically . . if the top order does well, the rest don't do anything . . when the top order doesn't show up (most cases), then the middle/lower order save us . . but the range is 330 to 350 on our good batting days . .

 

[geraltofrivia]

Think Broad will have one of his days today.

 

[Markhor]

Please don't embarrass yourself. That was straight bowl that just came in with the angle. Pathetic shot. Second time he's been out like that this series.

I'm listening on the radio but if it was a straight one then its sloppy defence from Shafiq.

 

[sully3]

so we will settle for a 50 runs lead 257/2 to 296/5.


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No point Cook usually scores that himself in 10 overs.

 

[srh]

Asad really messed up this innings for us. we needed a 100 run lead a quick fire 10/20 runs would have done rather then play 20 balls for 0

he is new ball bunny

 

[Adil_94]

Broad has this knack of looking really innocuous for most of the game then he will bowl a spell where he rips through the batting just hope he doesn't have one of those days today.

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[HitWicket]

This short slip position is one England used quite a bit against Kane Williamson when NZ toured. Dont think it yielded any results against him in particular.

 

[shah_1]

It's getting tense

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sarfraz needs to calm down and play straight

 

[Pantani]

Pakistan need to crab together another 100 runs, or all the hard work of yesterday will be undone.

 

[Sports_Psychologist]

What 350 and Pak all out??

 

[dhump]

No point Cook usually scores that himself in 10 overs.

From a possible victory we are going for a definite loss england will easily score 350 here in 3rd inning.


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[saeed-sohail]

One partnership was needed for Eng to spread the field but we have been too defensive. Asad should have played with intent. I hope Sarfraz attacks because game is there to be taken control off.


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[marlonbrowndo]

This short slip position is one England used quite a bit against Kane Williamson when NZ toured.

Yeah because that's williamsons go to shot. Plays that more than anyone else

 

[JibranAnsari]

At least level the score.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sarfra can't afford to overattack or he will get out

 

[dirk diggler]

Cmon was anybody really expecting us to bat big for two consecutive days , this is a 250-275 batting squad anything over 300 is s bonus

 

[Markhor]

Sarfraz needs to play calmly and sensibly, don't need one of his kamikaze innings.

 

[JibranAnsari]

England have changed their strategy from outswing to inswing.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I really would like to know what pakistans actual plan with the bat was today? because it seems like a clueless one!

need a 100 run partnership from somewhere now.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Scores level

 

[Rana]

Extremely depressing session so far. wickets could fall yes,,,but the amount of dot balls just makes it worse

 

[MMHS]

Asad never tried to score, probably that was the only ball that came in & could have hit the stick. He is in good form, need to be ore confident.

 

[shah_1]

Scores level

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sarfraz needs to play calmly and sensibly, don't need one of his kamikaze innings.

Exactly

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Ramiz saying any run now is a bonus