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

Pakistan somehow needs to summon some spirit and come hard at the english in the first session , throw all your resources at full force.
 
The one time i want misbah to play his natural game, i hope he doesnt disappoint.
Play defensively, strangled the run rate, have an ultra defensive field.
We are not gonna bowl england out with 2 bowlers( amir & rahat, no spin on this road for yasir and sohail hulk khan is shot)
 
The one time i want misbah to play his natural game, i hope he doesnt disappoint.
Play defensively, strangled the run rate, have an ultra defensive field.
We are not gonna bowl england out with 2 bowlers( amir & rahat, no spin on this road for yasir and sohail hulk khan is shot)

You can't bowl to a field with Rabat ali and an unfit Sohail khan.
 
I don't think we can be defensive at this stage, especially first session.

Pak have to set attacking fields to get wickets first 1 hour.
If that doesn't work then set some defensive fielders on the boundary to contain England.
 
This is gonna be a depressing day
 
Interesting to see them picking a world test XI on sky prematch show at the moment. Theyve done the bottom 6 so far and picked :

De Villiers (keeper)
Stokes
Ashwin
Shah
Starc
Anderson
 
The only way both teams can win today is if England get bowled out today. Cook being the defensive captain is unlikely to declare.
 
Need 3 wickets in First session otherwise Only 2 results will be possible Eng Win or Draw
 
It would really be funny watching rahat doing pushups while anderson peeking through his helmet going back to pavillion.
 
England will bat all day today and probably declare just before lunch tomorrow.

English bowlers look far more threatening than ours so expect them to bowl is out
 
I hope Sher Khan has drank enough Red bull, it will be a long day out in the field
 
Should start with Yasir and dont give a damn who bowls pies from other end
 
6 minutes to go.

Should start with Rabat and amir with 4 slips ,gully , leg slip , leg gully and short leg. Tell them we mean business and won't be
 
I still think that this is an easy pitch, and that only scoreboard pressure can force a victory - and for England.

Batting second was a poor choice by Misbah. It could have worked with a better batting line-up that could have amassed a bigger lead, but 400 was the absolute maximum potential that you had.

I would refer you back to England's Lords Test win over New Zealand in 2015. England had been second best for much of the match, but New Zealand could not bat out the fourth innings and lost.

That may well happen to you tomorrow.
 
I still believe we can win this game, if we bowl well and do not give them easy pies. Bowl tight, today pacers need to keep it tight for Yasir shah. I dont knw i have a feeling yasir going to run England over before 300.
 
Amir's not using his from arm well resulting in him not even reaching the mid 80's. Really need to get a fast bowling coach.
 
No energy in the bowling or field. Doesn't look like they have come out with a positive mind.
 
normal order restored. Sohail Khan the bowler exposed. didn't take much time.
 
Keep the run rate low as possible. Doesn't look like our bowlers are going to get anything out of this surface
 
Yasir is a brilliant fielder. Should be developed into a backward point/ gully/4th slip fielder.
 
inspirational by Yasir Shah

If he isnt taking wickets, then its good to contribute like that
 
What a catch that was from Yasir. Wicket in the first 15 mins, exactly what we needed.
 
to me it seemed that the ball hit root's gloves.... v faint though...
 
Good from Sher- Babar sher

Amir needs to do something in next two overs or get replaced by Shah
 

Why? If he is fielding at slip or gully it will save energy for his bowling. Look at how Australia developed Warne into a slip fielder and how England have Anderson in slip for there spin bowlers.
 
Amir come around the wicket. This easy leave me stuff is not required
 
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