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

Rahat is the only bowler that has truly troubled Cook in this series
 
Patience Pakistani fans. Patience it is a test match not an ODI. I have a feeling Pakistan will have England 2 down before the 100 runs lead. But Yasir has a huge role to play in this inning. If England Bats well and Pakistan wont make a match out of it, England will take DRAW anyday.

But please be patient and not expect England to get rolled over. It is still day 3 wicket we should have scored 450 here. Poor and defensive batting in the last session yesterday cost us precious runs.
 
Yasir is doing really well maybe he can be a bit slower. Our pacers have bowled rubbish
 
Looks like Eng to score 300 here minimum which means a lead of 200 at least. Anything close to or over 250 will be tricky. If pak can keep lead below 220 i feel it's our game to lose. Interesting as things stand.
 
very comfortable session going on for England.


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shaaik said:
Why has star sports stopped telecasting it? I heard the turmoil in kashmir is something to do with it. Is it true ??

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lol no. They are telecasting Olympics. I heard we can still watch it on Hotstar.
 
Speedster1 said:
Looks like Eng to score 300 here minimum which means a lead of 200 at least. Anything close to or over 250 will be tricky. If pak can keep lead below 220 i feel it's our game to lose. Interesting as things stand.
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what makes you think they will only score 300 here they are looking set for much bigger total here.


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50 runs, and fans already saying pakistan lost.

Really weird mentality.
 
We have lost it now ..i hope rain saves us and we draw this somehow


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Still blaming Azhar Ali for throwing his wicket away yesterday. Unforgivable. Changed the whole momentum of the match.
 
Gone said:
50 runs, and fans already saying pakistan lost.

Really weird mentality.
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it is not about the runs but about the manner these runs are scored in.


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England may wipe out the deficit by stumps. Not much assistance for the seamers.
 
Day 3, the most Important day of a Test match has belonged completely to England.
 
More stuff on the bloody pads. If you cant get wickets at least keep it tight so Yasir can do something.
 
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match is gone. they have gotten over the lead with no wickets lost, they will set us a target of around 250-280 and we are done.
 
Balthazar said:
lol no. They are telecasting Olympics. I heard we can still watch it on Hotstar.
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I think they hv 3 or 4 channels, plus star has other channels in india too. Could easily show it on any other star channel.

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Amir looked to be the only bowler keeping it tight and troubling the batsmen . everyone else is leaking boundaries . Get him back on
 
Bowling isn't poor.... This pitch is an absolute dead batting track which Pakistan has destroyed the chance of getting 500 odd runs. England will not make the same mistake they made in the first innings. Expect cook and root to seriously unleash here.
 
Need Yasir to stand up for his team now. Im ok with the 'smiling even when hit with a brick on his head attitude', but he is a matchwinner leg spinner and needs to take this game by the throat! Show some ruthlessness
 
Need to put pressure guys, can't give free runs like this - boundary is every over :sanga
 
The surface has nothing to do with movement in the air. Our guys barely moved the new ball. Yes its abrasive but we shouldve swung it in the first 5 at least
 
We really need a professional bowling coach!!! Our bowlers keep doing the same things again and again
 
We need two wickets atleast before England pull level on scores, a big bowling effort needed in this 2nd inns
 
Common people, England are still 38 runs behind. The wicket is good and anything up to 300 can be chased. No need to worry at this point. England will feel the pressure if they lose couple of wickets even after getting past the lead.
 
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Bowling isn't poor.... This pitch is an absolute dead batting track which Pakistan has destroyed the chance of getting 500 odd runs. England will not make the same mistake they made in the first innings. Expect cook and root to seriously unleash here.
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Let our batsmen play and we will be bowled out under 200 against Anderson co
 
Lack of 5th bowler killing us. England batsmen dealing with our 4 bowlers comfortably at the moment.

However remember England have been prone to collapses in recent years so don't lose hope.
 
We need to start taking time out of the game and slowing this down otherwise we will be back in tomoorw with 10 overs to go and a 350 target to chase.
And we need the drinks break to strike
 
The pitch looks easy to bat on and Pakistani bowlers have been ordinary so far.

It looks like Pakistan needed a lead of at least 200 but thanks to Hafeez and Shafiq for not letting it happen.

There is no way England is scoring anything less than 350 here. 200 is the maximum anyone can expect Pakistan to score and that too on a good day. In reality, anything over 150 will be a big challenge.
 
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what makes you think they will only score 300 here they are looking set for much bigger total here.


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Minimum being the keyword. Say Pak grab 2 wickets before close or a couple wickets early morning tomorrow things change. Especially if we get Cook and Root the pressure falls on England. 4th day pitch tomorrow with Yasir bowling, Amir keeping things tight then looks good. However 100+ for 0 by close very good position for england. Couple of wickets changes things though, that's the beauty of test cricket.
 
Rahat bowls a very good yorker to left handers. I think he has not even tried it once in this series so far..

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You should always have that 5th-6th off spinner who tempts the batsman to play big. Pakistan in dire need for one right now
 
Now down the leg side.... Fgs just keep it tight like the first 4 balls of the over
 
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