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

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

How was this decision was made on yaari. We needed a bowler to support fast bowlers so he was selected, you cant blame misbah for everything what is cheif selector doing he has played for so long and many England tours talking about inzi, he should have selected allrounder from A tour as a back up. Ridiculous stuff from inzi as well.
 
England will add 150 more judging by our bowling standards. 420 on the cards
 
50 Partnership by no. 7&8...
And Pakistan's bottom 5 would be sorted out for less than that..
 
At least stop the runs if you are mot taking wickets. Poor stuff.
 
4 boundaries of Wahab's over.

Rubbish captaincy from Misbah. Let's bring Sohail back and when he is hit for 5 boundaries, then let's cry for Aamir.
 
You can have this Englands side 80/6 but they bat so deep that the lower order will take them to 300
 
Moeen is getting revenge for the way we dominate him in UAE. He is the difference between the two teams atm.
 
Woakes and Ali treating Pakistani bowlers like club level

Time to introduce Azhar Ali or Younis Khan to break this partnership.

However, this game is already lost. 3-1 is 99% probable now.
 
Yeh toh one day style dhulayi chal rahi hai..
Exciting chal raha hoga match tchwood.
 
Wahab is bowling now like Wahab :(

Nope, this is due to Misbah's clueless captaincy. He's overbowled him and now he's asking to bowl full which is pointless because he doesn't swing the ball. You have to set a field square of the wicket with close in fielders for Wahab and attack the body.
 
Wahab bowling pie after pie, reminded of Umesh's performance at Australia. And this is after his morning performance. If the day goes beyond 80 overs there's a good chance that England will get 350-400 which Pakistan will almost certainly fall short of after their first dig.
 
Selection is to blame. No proper fifth bowler means quicks are not fresh especially with Sohail's lack of fitness and Yasir's form. England know that they can pick off the tired bowlers with ease.
 
The selection Of Ifthikar will make MoHa look a better player,

and then Misbah will pronounce Pakistan doesn't have a good replacement for MoHa, hence he will be selected again
 
Nope, this is due to Misbah's clueless captaincy. He's overbowled him and now he's asking to bowl full which is pointless because he doesn't swing the ball. You have to set a field square of the wicket with close in fielders for Wahab and attack the body.

good observation; Misbah is a clueless captain
 
good observation; Misbah is a clueless captain

People here are pretty clueless about short pitched bowling. They've been brought thinking that only full pitched deliveries get you wickets which is true in Asia but not outside Asia.
 
People here are pretty clueless about short pitched bowling. They've been brought thinking that only full pitched deliveries get you wickets which is true in Asia but not outside Asia.

Very few bowlers can get wickets consistently with short stuff even outside asia.
 
75 runs in 13 overs at 5.5+ run rate in this partnership :facepalm: Does Misbah even know this?
 
Very few bowlers can get wickets consistently with short stuff even outside asia.

And he's one of them. Keep him fresh, ask him to bowl fast 3-4 over bursts, get close in fielders and a field square of the wicket and watch batsmen pull him with hesitancy and jump all over the place because there will be fielders in place to catch.
 
And he's one of them. Keep him fresh, ask him to bowl fast 3-4 over bursts, get close in fielders and a field square of the wicket and watch batsmen pull him with hesitancy and jump all over the place because there will be fielders in place to catch.

The thing I dont get is that Misbah did this well in the ODI world cup...
 
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