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

[castortroy]

Anything over 150, Pak won't chase

 

[Surf]

England will at least score 350 runs on a batting pitch like this and get a lead of 250 runs and pak will fold for 150 runs!

 

[Rana]

patience boys...it will come

 

[BleedGreen]

match is slipping

 

[#GreenRoars]

Alex Hales showing some patience here

 

[RamLakhan]

You never know. Its possible.

While everyone is predicting Pak or Eng win...if a team digs in and stays for too long, this can end up in a draw.

I am guessing because if Pak can grind on this pitch (400), then England can as well unless some Pakistani bowler comes up with heroic effort. If so, England can end up playing 4th day fully + good part of 5th day with 100 runs deficit.

 

[Rana]

Amir keeping it very tight

 

[Prince_]

Yeah England will score 600-700 runs the way they scored against India and beat Pakistan by innings

Nah..., they won't need that much. A lead of 200 is more than enough for them to win against Pak. If they can stretch it to 250 then it'll almost game over for Pakistan.

 

[Syed1]

England will at least score 350 runs on a batting pitch like this and get a lead of 250 runs and pak will fold for 150 runs!

Ok thank you for looking into your crystal ball for us

 

[majiz]

thinking about it, 50 more runs would have made such a difference for pak as it would have ruled out the eng win, heck even just 30 more would have made it a lot more unlikely

 

[HitWicket]

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

Not really, in reality hes got 2 scoring areas. In test cricket both areas are generally left open whilst in limited overs it's easy enough to just block of these areas only allowing him the single or at most 2 with very few other scoring zones.

 

[#GreenRoars]

We might end up losing this

What happened to you?? Seems like some Indian sould has possessed you

 

[asadee]

Do most of u here even understand test cricket??

 

[mz123]

We might end up losing this

If mamoon had said that, you would have stared insulting him....

 

[Rana]

The great thing is,,,,Sami Aslam has taught many of these expensive so called specialists how to bat on this wicket. Already Hales taking the same approach

 

[PennOne]

Do most of u here even understand test cricket??

No. which is why we have many afridi fans here

 

[Syed1]

Cook ko out karo please jaldi

 

[Rana]

England will score around the 200 mark i recon

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Why are Pakistani fans so negative?

They are still well ahead.

I love watching England bat but you never know when they will throw away their wickets.

Its English fans who must be tensed.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Come on buys keep focused! There's still a lot of time and a lot of cricket left in this game.

Sure England are on the back foot now - but they are a very good team playing at home - need to keep pushing!

 

[BleedGreen]

Waiting for Yasir to bowl like

 

[Syed1]

We need one batsman like Cook and we will rule world cricket for a long time

 

[Markhor]

Target at least a couple of wickets before close. Should get an extra half hour due to slow over rate.

 

[Rana]

Sohail needs to bowl to the right hander

 

[MenInG]

Nah..., they won't need that much. A lead of 200 is more than enough for them to win against Pak. If they can stretch it to 250 then it'll almost game over for Pakistan.

lead of 200 will take some getting...

 

[asadee]

No. which is why we have many afridi fans here

They are just ridiculous with some of their comments..should just stick to T20s

 

[Rana]

Waiting for Yasir to bowl like

but that looks like a lovely flat in richmond

 

[Speedster1]

Rameez and beefy commentating together - awkward lol

 

[AlphaFighter]

The lack of the fifth bowler will hurt us. Our pacers are not fit enough to shoulder the burden of bowling plenty of overs. The drop in speeds and penetration tells. Sohail Khan is the last unfit pacer i have seen in a long while.

 

[Syed1]

Try Rahat after Amir.. I guess.

 

[Rana]

I know Sohail should be confident but he seems a bit overconfident atm

 

[Syed1]

Cook is solid

 

[Rana]

What a world class dive!

 

[Prince_]

We need one batsman like Cook and we will rule world cricket for a long time

U guys have Shehzad. But sadly ur selectors and management have failed to utilize his full potentials.

 

[rooster]

What?? Yasir just made a terrific save but no appreciations from commies.


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[#GreenRoars]

Ball conditions seems very awkward, though it is just 8 overs old ball.

 

[Syed1]

U guys have Shehzad. But sadly ur selectors and management failed to utilize his full potentials.

Ok thanks for your opinion

 

[Square Drive]

Need ideally 4 down before they get to 100.

3 down will do if it includes both Cook & Root.

 

[Rana]

Beefy taking the mick...acting like he really is interested in Sialkot

 

[shaz619]

Ball conditions seems very awkward, though it is just 8 overs old ball.

There will be little in the pitch for the seamers tommorow as well, plus it's going to be a beautiful sunny day

 

[shaz619]

I demand a wicket right now!!!

 

[#GreenRoars]

Why are Pakistani fans so negative?

They are still well ahead.

I love watching England bat but you never know when they will throw away their wickets.

Its English fans who must be tensed.

Because our fans thinks Pakistan is playing cricket while opponents are playing Gilli danda

 

[Rana]

Its that time of day when the crowed in England is a bit too tipsy

 

[Syed1]

Bhai out karde please

 

[Surf]

Amir really needs to step up or get dropped

 

[BleedGreen]

need a wicket!

 

[Syed1]

Gilliaan ora deh please

 

[Syed1]

Ok rahat

 

[#GreenRoars]

Oh come on, again fell short.

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

amir keeping it tight so far

 

[shaz619]

Need ideally 4 down before they get to 100.

3 down will do if it includes both Cook & Root.

Cook + Root = around 7.26 Wickets in one Both scored 66% of the runs in the last test

 

[BleedGreen]

wicket tennu akhiyan udeek diyan.

 

[Syed1]

Yaar edge haaton mein nahi jati

 

[Prince_]

Cook is batting really well here, he needs to carry on and convert it into big one.

 

[Rana]

4...but lovely delivery

 

[Shafi]

U guys have Shehzad. But sadly ur selectors and management have failed to utilize his full potentials.

Any top 8 batsmen are better than Shehzad. Comparing Shehzad with cook is an utter insult for Cook

 

[BleedGreen]

need 5 wickets down before they get to 100.

 

[Shafi]

As usual Rahat will keep leaking runs!!!

 

[Syed1]

40 for 2 pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[TalhaSyed]

Umpire chatting to Rahat about the danger zone?

 

[#GreenRoars]

Our bowlers keeping one side of the ball rough, other clear.
Hmmmm

 

[Rana]

Need to keep Hales on strike as much as we can. He will build pressure

 

[NeVerMind]

As usual Rahat will keep leaking runs!!!

It was an edge!

 

[JibranAnsari]

As usual sohail was tired and slow this innings and amir has been totally useless this series.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Amir is keeping it tight - should get Yasir on from the other end and look to build pressure for a few overs.

 

[The_KING]

England mustn't get a lead of more than 200

 

[JibranAnsari]

Looks like English fast bowlers were bowling on a different wicket altogether.

 

[Rana]

Come on Amir one big inswinger yaara

 

[Strike!]

This angle is rubbish.

 

[Speedster1]

Amir is keeping it tight - should get Yasir on from the other end and look to build pressure for a few overs.

This the way to go. Amir keeping it tight will create pressure, wickets will come soon hopefully

 

[#GreenRoars]

What the crappp Should have gone for fielder yaar.

 

[waleed88]

Amir has been so poor this series, its like seeing Junaid Khan v2.0 all over again.. gun barrel straight and no swing not even bringing it back to Hales

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Excellent bouncer. Why is there no third man... Need to save runs too

 

[Boyo]

Amir will strike in this innings, mark my words.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Really frustrating bowling .

 

[dhump]

So like I predicted england are on their way quite easily for a big lead with this speed they will be leading by 30-40 odd by end of the day already.


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[Speedster1]

Hales lucky there, didn't know where it went

 

[waleed88]

Amir has been like this during the entire series no swing at all..

 

[#GreenRoars]

Good tight bowling by Amir.

 

[Adil_94]

we needed to get to 500 somehow.

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