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

[GreenKnightRises]

Misbah please retire after this series. You've done enough damage to Pakistan cricket already.

 

[Syed1]

ofcourse .. punishment for being the best pakistani batsman on this tour.

Done nothing much after the first test

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yasir almost averages 28 now.

 

[Executioner]

Not sure what a good total on this ground would be. But if England bat out the day Pakistan's chances would be slim.

 

[Syed1]

Finally Misbah puts in the close in field on the CORRECT side for Woakes.

Only took him 5 overs to realize

 

[rooster]

England have already did well after being 110/5. Pakistan is letting it slip.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Some people need to calm down a little bit.

Blaming Misbah for everything has become a norm.

If not a single bowler can keep it tight what can he do?

People wanted Iftikhar to bowl, he leaked runs, then they wanted Aamir to bowl now he is leaking runs and they are crying for someone else to bowl.

This is a cycle that keeps on repeating here.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I think wahab will bowl the 66th over till the 80th over.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Moeen Ali heading for a ton. Thanks a lot Azhar

 

[The_Odd_One]

Yasir almost averages 28 now.

So, what?

 

[Amjid Javed]

For god sake misbah bowl england out and you wont have to worry about over rates!

 

[Markhor]

You are pathetic. You post nothing but anti-Misbah stuff.

Every post of his is non-stop negativity, Misbah bashing and general crying. Surprised mods haven't had a word yet.

 

[Syed1]

Every post of his is non-stop negativity, Misbah bashing and general crying. Surprised mods haven't had a word yet.

Today it makes sense to be anti-Misbah.

He is making Moyo's captaincy look like Steve Waugh

 

[New Yorker]

He is not a good bowler , have you even seen him bowl. He hardly ever bowls in FC matches and very little in ODI matches. Azhar ali is a better bowler.

Happy if he proves me wrong, but he looks like another bits and pieces
player. FC performances really nothing special at all. Why was he selected
again?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

So, what?

Not everything i post needs to have a reason behind it.

 

[in_cutter]

Today it makes sense to be anti-Misbah.

He is making Moyo's captaincy look like Steve Waugh

Come on, how? Dropped catches...no-balls..what else can any captain do?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Done nothing much after the first test

Two 50s and a hundred.

Sami aslam has two 50s

no one else has crossed 50 twice.

remove your tinted glasses.

 

[Syed1]

Employing your paciest bowler who bowls short pitched stuff yet no close in fielders. How does he expect to pick up wickets?

 

[hur rizvi]

Pathetic cricket post 1st session.

 

[Markhor]

Loosener from Riaz.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Wahab is slowing down a bit with the long spells he has bowled.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

It's simple. England batting line up is too deep and we don't have enough bowlers to get them out quickly or to take 20 wickets. Watch our tail crashing for 20 runs when we bat.

 

[Syed1]

Come on, how? Dropped catches...no-balls..what else can any captain do?

So we are going to keep crying about those dropped catches and no balls for five days?

A good captain would have gone on the attack when a new bat like Woakes first came in. No close in fielders no aggressive field placement.

Does Misbah expect them to gift their wickets?

 

[hur rizvi]

Got to target Woakes head

 

[Jabo]

meh

turned the channel off

from where we were to this

 

[srh]

Misbah should retire with dignity after this Test even if Pak lose this Test

 

[Kianig89]

Pretty good so far for Eng

 

[#GreenRoars]

Come on guys, we are giving away easy runs

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

How is Woakes batting?

I get the feeling he is gonna be a legendary AR.

Is he batting well?

 

[Amjid Javed]

100/4 and now england could get to 300, if they do some serious questions have to be asked about the pathetic chances pakistan have wasted today, we should have had england all out by Tea, bairstows and moeen mistakes have already cost 120+ runs!

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Employing your paciest bowler who bowls short pitched stuff yet no close in fielders. How does he expect to pick up wickets?

They will get frustrated and make a mistake.

Wahab is slowing down a bit with the long spells he has bowled.

Misbah has no clue how to manage quicks.

 

[Kianig89]

Eng cruising

 

[Nikhil_cric]

He has to give Sohail or Ifthikar a couple here.

 

[Markhor]

Iftikhar's a dire fielder.

 

[uberkoen]

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Good stop from the fielder

 

[Kianig89]

Singles on offer

 

[JibranAnsari]

Misbahs fault that the fielder misfielded.

 

[Mp812]

four!

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Eng cruising

They are not chasing...

 

[srh]

They will get frustrated and make a mistake.



Misbah has no clue how to manage quicks.

Seriously I respect Misbah a lot for what he has done for Pak cricket but his technical aspects of captaincy are plain wrong

 

[Kianig89]

Mo Sobers

 

[JibranAnsari]

Iftikhars contribution so far

1 dropped catch
a misfield for 4



keep them coming

 

[lahoriyah1234]

He needs a spin from both end. No point letting woakes get in here.

 

[Mp812]

28.2 remain. If woakes and moeen bat even 15 of it....the score will be 290ish.

 

[Kianig89]

Eng sailing away

 

[rooster]

Yasir is having a longer spell than he should have in this pitch 1st day.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Yasir, slow the hell down. Let your pacers rest.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

They will get frustrated and make a mistake.



Misbah has no clue how to manage quicks.

Yep. Wahab has been poorly managed today. short 4 or 5 overs spells wouldve sufficed. Wouldve kept him fresh and quick.

 

[Kianig89]

Cant believe weve let them so loose

 

[The_Odd_One]

100/4 and now england could get to 300, if they do some serious questions have to be asked about the pathetic chances pakistan have wasted today, we should have had england all out by Tea, bairstows and moeen mistakes have already cost 120+ runs!

But you should also consider that England bat deep. Their real batting stars in this series have been their 6 to 8.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yasir, slow the hell down. Let your pacers rest.

Over rate has been poor i think.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Not one bloody close in fielder.

 

[Speedster1]

This is getting depressing..im not too sure i can handle this much longer.....

 

[Kianig89]

With 4 bowlers there are no short bursts

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Woakes already in 30s

 

[#GreenRoars]

48 runs partnership in 60 balls

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

The day is turning out to be England's. Already 250 up with still 4 wickets left. England is all set for a good total against this Pakistani team!

Misbah and co are really going regret this. But will we Pakistanis ever learn? No, never.

 

[Square Drive]

Guys what did the WinViz predicotr read?

I was away for a few secs, missed it.

 

[Syed1]

Iftikhars contribution so far

1 dropped catch
a misfield for 4



keep them coming

This is what happens when selection decisions are made based on yaari dosti

 

[rooster]

How is Woakes batting?

I get the feeling he is gonna be a legendary AR.

Is he batting well?

Been terrific till now. No figetting, it's either block or hit or leave.

 

[spade]

The wicket is a good one to bat and there are no daemons on the pitch, but considering pakistan's fragile batting they should have restricted england to 250. That ship has sailed so now they need to take a lead of atleast 80 runs to be par with England's total. England again favourites here pakistan played a very good series and should take a lot of positives but its not easy to beat any team at home these days..

 

[imshally81]

Bad captaincy

 

[Markhor]

Another frustrating partnership.

 

[JibranAnsari]

England will be 350 before the new ball is taken.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Come on Misbah what do you want from Yasir

 

[Kianig89]

No coming back

 

[The_Odd_One]

LOL now Wahab is leaking runs. Let's blame Misbah. Time to cry again and want Sohail instead.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

There's no point in Wahab pitching the ball up. He has to attack the body with a field set square of the wicket and close in fielders.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Man, England always smash our bowlers even when we are taking wickets. Boundary after boundary

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

The Eng lower order are feasting now. Enjoyable times for Eng fans.

 

[Speedster1]

Woakes is driving the ball beautifully

 

[GreenKnightRises]

This is what happens when selection decisions are made based on yaari dosti

But 'the captain doesn't have anything to do with the selection'

 

[JibranAnsari]

This is what happens when selection decisions are made based on yaari dosti

and iftikhar is misbahs class fellow.. or inzimams nephew?

 

[Kianig89]

400 on here

 

[Mainul]

One department (either bowling or fielding or batting) performs so badly that it takes away any benefit of other departments doing well-this sums up Pakistan's performance in any match. Today very poor fielding with drop catches and misfields has undone some brilliant exhibition of pace bowling by Pakistan.

England has done enough by now to put pressure on Pak batting-courtesy poor fielding as always.

 

[TalhaSyed]

A 4 near enough every over

No balls galore

Wicket off a no-ball

Struggling to finish the tail off

Dropped catches.

Been an immensely frustrating day!

 

[imshally81]

Third Boundary in Over

 

[Square Drive]

Okay, this is depressing.

 

[Kianig89]

Mayhem