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

Misbah has gone into run saving strategy. Seems like he is already playing for a draw

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sensible-indian-fan said:
Can anyone give me a summary of how everyone is playing?

How is England batting?

How is Pakistan bowling?
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pacers are bowling to 7-2 field. Bowling full and wide outside the off stump trying to tempt the English batsmen into edging to the slips. Game of cat and mouse. England are just looking to build a partnership look for singles. It's a stalemate atm.

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Adil_94 said:
Misbah has gone into run saving strategy. Seems like he is already playing for a draw

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He is right.

England if they get to 300+ lead will be in a position where they can't lose (cos Pak can't chase fast) and could use pressure to get wickets.

Run rate is super important today.

Of course, wickets matter too cos if 2 sessions England plays at this rr with wickets in hand, then they may start smashing by the 3rd session.
 
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Rahat Ali to Root, no run, too wide once again, not entirely sure what the tactic is ...but Misbah gives his man a big clap for his determined width

..what is misbah doing?
 
LastManstanding said:
That's because more than half of Root's runs have been scored at the comfort of his home. If he had played as many tests away continuously as Rahane did, he wouldn't be no 1

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That is just biased speculation because we have no idea how Root will perform until he actually plays, but given his form in the last 2-3 years, I would expect him to do better than Rahane.
 
Adil_94 said:
Misbah has gone into run saving strategy. Seems like he is already playing for a draw

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He is trying his best not to take wickets because bowling England out for 150-250 will backfire, we'd be put into bat during the last session of the day and end the days play on 50-6 :))) Jokes aside even though that is a scenario which isn't beyond pak he's gone into his shell a bit here after taking a couple of wickets, Root and Vince have pretty much settled
 
Good going Rahat, just keep it tight and economical for a while.
 
Is some kind of extreme run saving strategy employed?

This could either be a genius move or backfire badly.

Cos England with wickets in hand till session 2 will start smashing.
 
Cant blame misbah, England have left no screws untight regarding pitch offering spin. Yasir need to bowl good line and length and wait for the batsmen to make mistakes. Pakistan needs to be patient here.
 
I can understand drying up the rate against Root and Vince - both batsmen who tend to get a bit twitchy if they don't keep the scoreboard ticking and liable to throw their wicket away.

Oh beauty from Rahat.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Is some kind of extreme run saving strategy employed?

This could either be a genius move or backfire badly.

Cos England with wickets in hand till session 2 will start smashing.
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Let them take the risk then.

Cricket is a game of chess, if they want to win then they have to take the risks.

At the moment Pakistan are bowling perfectly, I have no probs with this strategy at all.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
He is right.

England if they get to 300+ lead will be in a position where they can't lose (cos Pak can't chase fast) and could use pressure to get wickets.

Run rate is super important today.

Of course, wickets matter too cos if 2 sessions England plays at this rr with wickets in hand, then they may start smashing by the 3rd session.
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Ballance is the only guy who can't smash, the rest can slog very well. Need a rethink imo.
 
so strange to see Rahat bowling so disciplined.

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Markhor said:
I can understand drying up the rate against Root and Vince - both batsmen who tend to get a bit twitchy if they don't keep the scoreboard ticking and liable to throw their wicket away.

Oh beauty from Rahat.
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Hmm. Good point.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Can anyone give me a summary of how everyone is playing?

How is England batting?

How is Pakistan bowling?
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England are batting alright now. Cook and Hales got out chasing balls. Misbah has a defensive field trying to dry up the runs and get England out chasing balls. The batsmen have so far shown a fair bit of patience.
 
aliasad1998 said:
Pitch is offering nothing. See how root played and missed. Its because of those consecutive maidens.
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Exactly, Pakistan have bowled excellent especially last 1 hour.

Some people just need to relax a bit.
 
Haroon786 said:
That is just biased speculation because we have no idea how Root will perform until he actually plays, but given his form in the last 2-3 years, I would expect him to do better than Rahane.
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Root was in form before he toured Aus, wasn't he? But then Johnson happened. Aussies exploited his weakness against short bowling.

It is easier to play at your home because you are used to the conditions. When you tour, you encounter new conditions and you fail to adapt like Kohli in England and Root in Australia, Rahane has done better in every country he has played and that too in his first year in test cricket and that's why I rate him higher.

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Oh beautiful bowling.

Rahat please yaar, just develop some consistency and you can be a fine bowler. We've been crying out for this from him for years.
 
This was a quality over from Rahat. Not everything was wide outside offstump
 
this is better bowling outside the corridor of uncertainty not just bowling so wide that the batsman isn't forced to play at it.

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I am really surprised by how Rahat has bowled up till now. Usually he would have served a couple of boundary balls till now
 
vince will try get hold.of Yasir in this over.

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Now this is ridiculous.

There are so many delays in cricket.
 
Adijazz1706 said:
Commies saying Misbah going too defensive and I agree.
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still he is defensive... u need wickets, just two slips...there is variable bounce too. come on Misbah u have been the test captain for 5 years, does it take this long to understand the game situation..
 
Yasir poor ball releasing the pressure

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That 2 was ok since itwas deliberate. Could have gotten a wicket another time. But the four ruined it
 
Yasir should have patience...it will pays him off just like it paid him in first test.

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So boys how's it going today !! Just tuned in

2 down, good stuff :14: How did the wickets fell ??
 
Really good bowling from Rahat. Yasir needs to step up and bowl a little outside off
 
Hafeez you wasted the whole effort. Why is this guy in the slips??????
 
Not the easiest chance but its Joe Root and you HAVE to take them. I think Root's lucky there.
 
Look Im gonna start blaming Misbah now for having this choker in the slips.
 
and the moment I tune in - Hafeez drops one :facepalm:

I mean seriously why is this guy in the team ??????????? :69:
 
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