England vs Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's, London | May 24-28, 2018 | Day 1 | Match Thread

[ManFan]

Abbas has bowled 10 overs, 6 of which were maidens and has only gone for 16 runs. That is excellent pressure.

Meanwhile Amir...

 

[Shafi]

English batting is just too good for us. If we batted first we would have been all out under 40 runs.

 

[dauntless]

need to get them out quickly

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Time for Shady boy.

Not much in it now for swing bowlers.

 

[Slim]

Naseer Hussain and Atherton are just absolutely brilliant to listen to. I am surprised on why they never tried their hand at coaching esp. the latter.

 

[Syed1]

I miss Shah.... He could bowl the majority of overs from one end and consistently be a threat while the skip can rotate the bowlers at the other end

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Imams more athletic than his uncle.

 

[Syed1]

Imams more athletic than his uncle.

Give him a few years

 

[Syed1]

This is where an enforcer like Wahab would have been handy to put the fear of God in these batsman with some 150kph chin music

 

[Slim]

I miss Shah.... He could bowl the majority of overs from one end and consistently be a threat while the skip can rotate the bowlers at the other end

Yup, definitely missing him.

 

[Slim]

Most of bairstows runs have been from edges and hackish shots. Lucky guy.

 

[ManFan]

Guys, need to wait until the 40th over max to get Shadab in.

 

[ManFan]

Most of bairstows runs have been from edges and hackish shots. Lucky guy.

Plays a lot of cross-batted shots.

A lot of short-arm jabs.

That’s why he is so prone to spin.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

I miss Shah.... He could bowl the majority of overs from one end and consistently be a threat while the skip can rotate the bowlers at the other end

Yasir Shah has been phenomenal for us in tests and probably the reason we got the nr 1 ranking in tests back then.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Good strong seamer Hasan Ali in the attack

 

[JattMaula]

Naseer Hussain and Atherton are just absolutely brilliant to listen to. I am surprised on why they never tried their hand at coaching esp. the latter.

Coaching needs lot of real life work.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Excellent bowling by Abbas. Has been unlucky.

 

[Markhor]

Guys, need to wait until the 40th over max to get Shadab in.

With the overhead conditions we should stick with the seamers for now.

Shadab will have a greater role as this slow, dry pitch cracks and deteriorates which it will, especially with the hot and sunny weekend weather predicted.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Yasir Shah has been phenomenal for us in tests and probably the reason we got the nr 1 ranking in tests back then.

He played a big role in that.

 

[Syed1]

Cheetah into the attack... shabash larkay gilliyaan ora deh

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Cook Is dealing in boundaries.

 

[Syed1]

God this Cook is so annoying

 

[m.shah]

Cook looks settled now

 

[Syed1]

Why can't you just get out???????

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Another good half stop by Imam

 

[AFM]

Why can't you just get out???????

He's got a record to break

 

[Syed1]

We need them 6 down by 150... possible?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Faheem keeps playing with his hair

Gets Bairstow

 

[Amjid Javed]

England on top now, pakistan need two quick wickets

 

[babajee]

Haha Rana

 

[Syed1]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Cook's totally set now.

 

[ManFan]

Rana is love, Rana is life

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Such a shame that it's pin drop silence at every wicket.

 

[babajee]

Faheem isn’t a test quality seamer

 

[Syed1]

Chal nikal... foran se dafa hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Amjid Javed]

Phew much needed wicket, well done Fahim

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Ranay kia baat hai

 

[GLORY OF '92]

My boy!

 

[Markhor]

MASSIVE wicket - its Bairstow !

Well done Ashraf

 

[ManFan]

Such a shame that it's pin drop silence at every wicket.

Those old Lords’ Members geezers at it again.

 

[Boi]

England on top now, pakistan need two quick wickets

Why so much negativity man? Have some patience. Pakistan doing fine.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Yes!!

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

We need them 6 down by 150... possible?

IA
ap k mun mai ghee shakkar

 

[Slim]

Bairstow's luck finally runs out.

 

[ManFan]

4 down for a 100, would have taken it.

 

[Syed1]

Sad for Amir when even Rana is picking up wickets and he is wicketless

 

[Syed1]

IA
ap k mun mai ghee shakkar

Astagfirrulah rozay-daar ke moh mein khana daal rahay ho

 

[Markhor]

Here comes Mike Tyson.

Let's keep the pressure on.

 

[AFM]

Faheem vs Stokes

 

[Syed1]

I hope Stokes tries to play over aggressive and knicks out early

 

[Adijazz1706]

Klusener ka kamaal, din bhar dhamaal

 

[Abdul]

Sad for Amir when even Rana is picking up wickets and he is wicketless

And his fans.

 

[AFM]

Is this Stokes 1st match at home after his scandal last year?

 

[Asif321]

good to see faheem getting wicket

 

[Syed1]

Our boys need to learn how to sledge.... none of this "good boy" mentality anymore.... make them feel you are there to hurt them.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Lack of support in the ground is going to hurt Pakistan.

 

[Shafi]

Amir needs to be replaced by Shaheen Shah

 

[Slim]

Lack of support in the ground is going to hurt Pakistan.

I dont if its first day blues but the crowd appears quieter than usual.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Can’t let stokes dominate

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Our players should sledge stokes by mentioning his punching incident

 

[Syed1]

Rana jee to pick up Cook and announce his arrival as the next great alrounder the world has seen.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Is Waqar going to be there as a guest commentator?

He has a lot more to say about fast bowling than Wasim has. Waqar is more technical in general compared to Wasim's ooh's aah's.

 

[Kashmirilion]

Hasan bowling wrong side of the wicket need to go back around

 

[hadi123]

Our players should sledge stokes by mentioning his punching incident

We don't really have the right to do that considering we have a proven spot-fixer in our team...Sledging is fine but stuff like that is crossing the line. Hope we don't resort to sledging him about that.

 

[Markhor]

Is Waqar going to be there as a guest commentator?

He has a lot more to say about fast bowling than Wasim has. Waqar is more technical in general compared to Wasim's ooh's aah's.

Waqar's already here doing commentary for BBC radio and Channel 5 who show the highlights.

 

[Syed1]

I've noticed Rana's main weapon is that he is quicker than he seems, often people are bowled to him because they were beaten for pace or were late on the ball.

 

[Greenstorm]

Faheem has been impressive.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I've noticed Rana's main weapon is that he is quicker than he seems, often people are bowled to him because they were beaten for pace or were late on the ball.

Who is rana?

 

[ManFan]

I've noticed Rana's main weapon is that he is quicker than he seems, often people are bowled to him because they were beaten for pace or were late on the ball.

Bairstow was bowled looking for movement when there was none.

 

[Syed1]

Who is rana?

His full name is Rana Faheem Ashraf

 

[Watsupdoc]

Need to get Mr Cookie out otherwise he’ll really make us toil.

 

[ManFan]

Who is rana?

Faheem.

I believe it’s his first name.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Waqar's already here doing commentary for BBC radio and Channel 5 who show the highlights.

Yes, but he can also do a bit of commentary with the Sky team? Like one stint just to hear his views about how things are.

 

[Greenstorm]

I've noticed Rana's main weapon is that he is quicker than he seems, often people are bowled to him because they were beaten for pace or were late on the ball.

He gets regular movement of the seem. Very similar to Junaid in this regard.

 

[Third Man]

I've noticed Rana's main weapon is that he is quicker than he seems, often people are bowled to him because they were beaten for pace or were late on the ball.

Bairstow's dismissal wasn't that, though. That was significant deviation considering the angle he bowls at and the Lords slope.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Bairstow was bowled looking for movement when there was none.

Bairstow was playing the line, it just moved away off the seam

 

[DeadBall]

Bairstow was bowled looking for movement when there was none.

He got the ball to move away a bit while Bairstow was thinking it would come straight on.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hows aamir bowling?

 

[ManFan]

He got the ball to move away a bit while Bairstow was thinking it would come straight on.

My eyes must be deceiving me.

Or is just that Magical Rana Movement?

Think the latter.