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

All over now. England will win from here. Azhar Ali to blame for throwing his wicket away, Shafiq for his crap innings, Yasir Shah for that run out.
 
Asad shafiq's pathetic innings today was the ultimate difference between a Massive lead and a good lead

This is what happened (what happened to Asad) when you bring unnecessary pressure to yourself and do unless Tuk Tuk for no reason.
 
All over now. England will win from here. Azhar Ali to blame for throwing his wicket away, Shafiq for his crap innings, Yasir Shah for that run out.

Still Egland are behind and will have to play well to win this
 
Nobody's forcing you to torture yourself here mate !!! You can enjoy India's batting culture via the highlights reel today...

Wrong answer - you see, now Sarfu has placed 3 shots for easy single, but can't take the run as it's last pair. This could have been 390/7 from proper match awareness. There was absolutely no need for that 2nd run of Yasir which opened the tail. These things often happens with PAK batting.
 
Indian Tail is rubbish. We can't trust Ashwin/Jaddu in England
Ashwin can do well with the bat in England I remember in 2014 he made us some very good quickfire 30s and 40s when All the top order were collapsing.

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Why do you people waste your time in watching this? [MENTION=134482]SM1989[/MENTION]
 
I don't mind this as long as it keeps England in the field . They will get frustrated and pitch deteriorates further
 
Run 2 with such shots.


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Actually this is tailor made situation for Rahat. He is not some one who goes after the ball and has a better defensive game than all Pak tail
 
2 runs taken on last ball by rahat...best thing happened for pakistan today


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by this rate in next 9 overs

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Which could be fine, where Rahat is exposed for only a ball or two to face.

Plus, beside 1 in every over, in rest 3/4 Sarfu should try to hit a 4 or 6 as well.
 
2 more vital runs, another 6 runs here would be great.

Sirfraz needs to learn to bat with the tail better then this.
 
Why is Sarfraz playing stupid shots if he is not gonna get runs
 
Not really. Our batting culture applies to our batsmen only.

Our tail is quite rubbish. Umesh, Ishant, Mohammed Shami are just as bad as this lot at batting.

I am talking about batting culture, not capability. Doen't matter how good your batting capability is.

When a set batsman is there, your No. 8, 9, 10 & 11 can't make it as easy as losing wicket for shuffling on last ball or running him self out. Sohail & Aamir could have been bowled or LBW - no complains, but, they tried to score of last ball & Yasir tried to go back to strike on a chancy double.

This'll never happen with Indian tail, as they put value to their wickets. Check several partnerships with VVS/MS with Ishant or other genuine No. 10/11.
 
Come on Sarfraz, get your fifty here. Stretch the lead into three figures.
 
Fact is England is going to take a lead in the 3rd innings. A few runs here so be useful but the real test will be batting under pressure in the 4th innings.
 
Rahat playing more useful inning than YK,Hafeez and Asad combined


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will be a good psychological milestone to make 400 in England.

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Sarfraz should hit a boundary of the second last ball when the field is in and try to take a single off the last
 
I don't think we can chase down anything over 200

We'll probably collapse

Big ask of Azhar and Sami playing well again

Need something special from the bowlers
 
so they will ball negative line to Sarfraz.


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England mustn't allow Pak to take the lead over 100. It will give Pak a psychological edge before the 2"nd innings.
 
This is why Sarfraz shouldnt be playing LOIs. Just cant hit big. He scores quick in Tests because he can take singles and pick gaps
 
I don't think we can chase down anything over 200

We'll probably collapse

Big ask of Azhar and Sami playing well again

Need something special from the bowlers

exactly my point to be realistic we are playing with 3.5 batsman both Younis and Hafeez are up to no good and Sarfraz is as good as the day suggests.

Sami Aslam is unpredictable for the moment


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For the target to be 200, England have to score 300. Do you really it is possible on this pitch now?

No one is sure about how the pitch is behaving. Its just the tailenders are making it look really and some shambolic batting from Pakistan.
 
No one is sure about how the pitch is behaving. Its just the tailenders are making it look really and some shambolic batting from Pakistan.

No even the commentators are saying it is bouncing and swinging..
 
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