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England v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Birmingham | Aug 3-7, 2016 | Day 4

Difficult to win the game from here. If bairstow and Moen bat a few more overs, can see them going for it a bit more. I understand if Misbah goes a bit more on the defensive now.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Cook needs to be a lil more proactive if he has to win here. He doesn't want to repeat what happened in the 1st test in UAE where batting a lil slowly allowed Pakistan to get away with a draw.
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That wont happen and I can bet my house on Cook's declaration. He might not declare until they are atleast 325 ahead. This should be never happens. Series is still alive and he would never dangle the carrot
 
Adijazz1706 said:
We are talking about Cook here, he will wait till the lead is at least 330-350 before declaring being his usual defensive self.
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Its not about Cook, no captain in the world is bold enough for such a declaration unless its a must win match
 
This is an incredible game to be honest.

Its literally like chess.

Game within game where all the action is taking place in development of pieces and not exchanges or attack.

Thank you Eng and Pak for this fun test.
 
Oh my world Sohail bowled a 82 mph delivery after 3 hours of 80mph


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Moeen will take the game away from us if we let him bat till the close.

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hur rizvi said:
That wont happen and I can bet my house on Cook's declaration. He might not declare until they are atleast 325 ahead. This should be never happens. Series is still alive and he would never dangle the carrot
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And that would mean that Pakistan can get away with a draw 99%.
 
Comment from cricinfo: "This Test is grumbling along like a dodgy stomach ... expect it to explode into life imminently!"

Apt:narine
 
the worst England will get now is 250 which is beyond us.

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Moeen has a well documented issue with short ball, we are so dumb that we dont bowl any bumpers
 
street cricketer said:
Comment from cricinfo: "This Test is grumbling along like a dodgy stomach ... expect it to explode into life imminently!"

Apt:narine
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That would mean a Pakistan collapse tomorrow which tbh won't really surprise me
 
hur rizvi said:
Its not about Cook, no captain in the world is bold enough for such a declaration unless its a must win match
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Yeah but Cook has to IMO. If Pakistan have challenged England here then they begin as favourites at the Oval where they have a good record and their spin and reverse will be a factor. And England play neither well
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
This is an incredible game to be honest.

Its literally like chess.

Game within game where all the action is taking place in development of pieces and not exchanges or attack.

Thank you Eng and Pak for this fun test.
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This is why test cricket is better than ODIs.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yeah but Cook has to IMO. If Pakistan have challenged England here then they begin as favourites at the Oval where they have a good record and their spin and reverse will be a factor. And England play neither well
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PAkistan dont take any moral points from this match. Their bowling means they will never be favourites at Oval
 
Loool Moen always does enough to earn his slot for the next game/series. His batting performances in this innings maybe enough. :narine
 
if it reaches 350, its a loss or a draw, but if it gets to a tie aat the end of the day, how are you gonna react???
 
Those who are dreaming of a draw by Pakistan are really very courageous and positive indeed. In my eyes it's England's game from now on.
 
our bowlers are dead tiered now.


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Moeen and Bairstow have taken the game away from us.

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They have a good lead here now. Think this one is heading for a draw as long as our batting doesn't collapse.
 
Pakistan is one Test win away from getting the ranking #1 and retaining it (in good probability) till Jan 2017 since the rankings were introduced in 2003.
 
Pitch is too flat for a victory, If Pakistan are bowled out on this pitch in under a day then It would be a national embarrassment.
 
50 runs of 69 balls bad bowling by All 3 Rahat,Yasir and Especially Sohail.


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Ali and Johnny have taken the game away from Pakistan decisively.

Its England win or a Draw now. Pak lost its chance of rolling the dice from here on.

10 more overs of these two and the lead will be close to 300.
 
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