England v Pakistan | 4th Test | The Oval | Aug 11-15, 2016 | Day 1

[PennOne]

Amir has had 6 catches dropped behind the stumps this tour . 6

 

[Rana]

no spin once again

 

[#GreenRoars]

Should have been taken, it was a dolly.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Yasir needs to stop those flat pies hes been bowling lately

 

[IAJ]

They are taking wickets but this flow of runs will hurt them also. Seems like even 200 on this wicket is a very fine effort.

 

[hur rizvi]

England could have been 7 down by now. Pathetic discipline post lunch

 

[shah_1]

Too short

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Flight it and bowl slowly dammit. Youre not being hit yet

 

[yasir]

Once again they dropped and that on Amir :face palm: - He was bowling like 2010 in today. Quite a few wicket taking deliveries, he sets up Ali nicely

 

[hur rizvi]

Could have gone for Sohail. Yasir is practically useless given his current form and Day 1 pitch

 

[GreenKnightRises]

How many drop catches aginst Amir this series.

And people say Amir isn't effective..so and so.

 

[ethan hunt]

Should have been 7 down .
Such poor indisciplined cricket .
Just cant seize the crucial moments .

 

[Rana]

Really hating Azhar right now

 

[shebimalik]

I love the way Pakistan assert their cricketing dominance by showing so many England batsmen they can take their wickets twice per innings.
Twitter

 

[yasir]

I truly feel sorry for Pak bowlers.

When you have to take 15/17 wickets that too at their fort, its too hard. No to mention always bowling with 4 bowlers - Hard to carry advantage

 

[Rana]

Dont mind that single

 

[hur rizvi]

BAirstow is such a talent has no problems at all against swing

 

[Amjid Javed]

England should be 7 down and Pakistan are wasting chances, a wicket of a no ball and a dropped catch costing us here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Moeen Ali is all style no substance. In difficult conditions agaunst good bowling hes a sitting duck

 

[hur rizvi]

Dont mind. Keep it there Amir

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

was it an easy catch?

 

[Rana]

Be quite Ramiz

is it possible to monitor how many words each commentator has said in the entire day? You will notice that Ramiz will be miles ahead of all the others, but most of the things he says are just rubbish

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

i hope amir gets a wicket now .... insha Allah

 

[srh]

wow England batting at 4+ run rate; this can hurt Pakistan really bad

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Eng scoring at this rate shows how beauty of a batting track this is.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Shaba Amir, one more edge pls.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Ramiz is just terrible. Bazid should be on sky

 

[hur rizvi]

England have been given a big let off

 

[_Salman_]

was it an easy catch?

Yes.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Pak need to capatilise and finish of eng

 

[street cricketer]

Gee English top order has been totally blown away by Wahab!

England would like to get to 200 first.

 

[Rana]

well bowled

 

[hur rizvi]

Yasir wont take a wicket unless someone goes mad. No pressure from this end

 

[#GreenRoars]

was it an easy catch?

Yes, it was.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Better from Yasir but overpitched

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Moeen has batted rather well. Coming down and negating swing. Unless Aamir can generate same swing @140kph , HW won't be consistently threatening. The 7-8 kph difference in pace when compared to Wahab makes him easier to face I reckon .

 

[Amjid Javed]

Both these players score quickly so we can allow them to take the inns away from us like in the 2nd inns of the last test.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Too damn full

 

[ExplicitAI]

Came back after buying Pizza and found out Azhar grassed a chance!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

imagine our team with good fielding ..... aaahhhh

 

[hur rizvi]

So easy for England against Yasir

 

[Amjid Javed]

England 140/5 if England get 250 here we've really let them back into the game.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Yasir isnt bowling well at all. I know theres barely any assistance but whats the point of this flat overpitched stuff

 

[ask_analyse_act]

out, but 15-20 runs gifted to this partnership. Misbah not learning from his mistakes

always, he s the best when it comes to absorb pressure, but apply pressure is not in his book of cricket...

 

[#GreenRoars]

SHeer Khan is back, i hope he can get a break through. This pair is very dangerous

 

[hur rizvi]

England have avoided Amir too. Massive Advantage for England

 

[Rana]

Oh God here comes the pain...









For Pakistan

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

I hope by the time Pakistan bats ... grass is gone. however, i am sure, eng will pull off a stunt. no controversy yet, too good to be true.

 

[uberkoen]

135 overs 4/570

Yasir Shah post Lords.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sohail Khan back. So spin from both ends

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

sohail ? why ?

 

[hur rizvi]

Time for England to make hay against weak bowlers

 

[JibranAnsari]

Get these two before tea.

 

[Rana]

Missed out

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Moeen unlucky to miss out on that rubbish ball

 

[shaz619]

SHeer Khan is back, i hope he can get a break through. This pair is very dangerous

We're still in a decent position Roary, will get one of these two within the next 30 inshaAllah. #PowerOfPositivity

 

[JibranAnsari]

Round the wicket ... Bowl at the body.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

ali and bairstow did it in edgbaston ......... we need to stop them.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Moeen Ali is all style no substance. In difficult conditions agaunst good bowling hes a sitting duck

even good experienced batsmen will be sitting ducks given the conditions above...

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Need 2 more wkts quickly

 

[JibranAnsari]

Get them all out before 225.

 

[Rana]

"MI6 is round here, dont tell anybody"

 

[#GreenRoars]

Both are looking set now Thanks Azhar Ali.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Pies from both ends

 

[hur rizvi]

Get these two before tea.

Storm has been weathered and thanks to Azhar Ali and Wahab himself it will take a poor shot to dismantle this partnership now

 

[Rana]

Dropped again

 

[JibranAnsari]

And dropped.?

 

[hur rizvi]

Get them all out before 225.

Difficult with only 2 bowlers in the attack

 

[Amjid Javed]

Another dropped chance by azhar

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Hes bowling so damn full. Easy for the batsman

 

[JibranAnsari]

Storm has been weathered and thanks to Azhar Ali and Wahab himself it will take a poor shot to dismantle this partnership now

What did azhar do?

 

[GreenKnightRises]

This is beyond pathetic from Azhar.

 

[Rana]

They might as well bowl Ifti

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Another dropped chance by azhar

He wouldve been lucky to catch it. Hit his arm

 

[hur rizvi]

Moeen has mentally conquered Yasir

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Cmon guys how was that a chance?

 

[GreenKnightRises]

What did azhar do?

Another drop

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Cricinfo:technically a drop but not a lot short leg could do about that! Poor Azhar Ali, the ball is following him. Strikes his chest off a firm clip but doesn't stick

Everything is not a drop guys.

Just cos its technically one doesn't mean its a real drop.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Round the wicket ... Bowl at the body.

if u do that late and without short leg, no use... any batsman bring your barrage of short balls early into his inns..

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

another drop ......