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

This is not a bad pitch to chase in the 4th innings at all. No wonder team batting second has done well here for many years. Pakistan should easily chase even 250 if it comes to that..
 
Muhammad10 said:
Sarfaraz made 14 off his last 38 balls. That is poor considering Rahat is a walking wicket. He should have known that we need to score quickly while we can. Nevertheless, his 46 runs were vital.
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How do u think he should have played then? Should he have just thrown at way when England had all players on the boundary. Runs weren't coming that easy as the boundaries were covered so he went to plan B which was to occupy crease and create more wear and rear in the pitch. Btw did u watch his batting ??

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Pakistan wouldn't want to chase more than 200 and honestly speaking I don't see England scoring more than 300 unless Root has a blinder.
 
90MPH said:
What's he saying ??

Btw Pak in a strong position - don't understand the negative reactions.
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they were discussing Andersons being not allowed to bowl after getting 3 strikes for running on the danger zone. Then beefy started moaning about Sarfraz walking down the pitch when he was batting. It's just Pak chasing in the 4th innings that scares us we've had so many 4th innings collapses.

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90MPH said:
What's he saying ??

Btw Pak in a strong position - don't understand the negative reactions.
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He is suggesting that we should minus 40 runs from Sarfraz's innings because he was running on the pitch :facepalm: - What a sore looser !!!
 
It's funny how ppl on this forum are never happy with the way Pak has performed on this tour so far. For people who have played real cricket and who understand it knows that Team Misbah has performed beyound anyone's expectations.

We have a good lead and if somehow we can replicate the same bowling performance as 1st inng than we have this game in bag.
 
Adil_94 said:
Botham is so bitter and biased it's unbelievable.

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Unbelievable what he Pak should get 30-40 runs off for sarfraz coming down the track etc which gower said lets not get into all that. What a joke beefy is
 
Amir looking for a magic delivery rather than keeping the line.


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No swing for Amir, he is gun barrel straight..

This is like Junaid Khan bowling
 
It's a bit unfair to say that Aamir was horrible in this Test series , he has been among the wickets but not that many as we expected him to.
 
100 runs lead isn't enough we should have gotten at least 200 runs lead especially on this pitch. Our last 5 wickets fell for just 42 runs.
Just pathetic!!
 
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Pakistani seamers never seem to carry the same threat as their England counterparts.
 
Beautiful analysis by Athers and Holding on Amir bowling wide of the crease
 
Waqar pointed that out regarding Amir, and now he is making amends to it..

Great, hoping to see some improvements on Amir
 
shaaik said:
How do u think he should have played then? Should he have just thrown at way when England had all players on the boundary. Runs weren't coming that easy as the boundaries were covered so he went to plan B which was to occupy crease and create more wear and rear in the pitch. Btw did u watch his batting ??

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Runs are very important here. He defended too many balls and played too few shots considering there was a walking wicket at the other end.
 
England should try to get the maximum out of this fantastic batting condition and set a massive score for Pak to chase. Come on cook, hit some boundaries and shatter the confidence of the Pak bowlers.
 
Prince_ said:
England should try to get the maximum out of this fantastic batting condition and set a massive score for Pak to chase. Come on cook, hit some boundaries and shatter the confidence of the Pak bowlers.
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Yeah England will score 600-700 runs the way they scored against India and beat Pakistan by innings
 
ExplicitAI said:
It's a bit unfair to say that Aamir was horrible in this Test series , he has been among the wickets but not that many as we expected him to.
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Problem is his wickets were mostly of lower order batsman. He hasnt looked threatening at all when bowling to top order batsman esp with the new ball. No swing mainly. He was decent in lords against Cook but thats gone too
 
Aamir's pace seems to be around the 135 kph mark on average. Is he down on pace or was he bowling at the same pace back then as well?
 
Sohail should bowl around the wicket to Cook. Bring it in to him. He's too strong on the cut.
 
Ive said it before,,,,


Cook is far more aggressive in Test cricket than he is in any other format. Puts all the rubbish balls away
 
Momentum with England, they dismissed us cheaply and now have made a brisk start
 
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