England vs Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's, London | May 24-28, 2018 | Day 2 | Match Thread

[Syed1]

Gotta get those injections into Bobby while Fahim and Shadab hold the fort

 

[Justcrazy]

Faheem gets opportunity with bat early

 

[IMMY69]

Faheem and Shadab to put up 150 together?

 

[Asch Ali]

Faheem Afridi!

“Under pressure, who cares? I will hit SIX!”

I love his thinking.

 

[DeadBall]

Need another Shadab/Faheem special here.

 

[James]

Can Babar come back?

Yes he can return at any point during this innings when a wicket has fallen, but if there are 9 wickets down and he is unable to return then he will go from “Hurt” to “Out” and Pakistan will be All Out.

 

[MMHS]

Unless, there is a crack, Babar should have continued with pain killers. He was fantastic in last hour and middling new ball, won't be easy next time when he comes back.

 

[Pete Rose]

Will Faheem resist short ball

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Young blood is really so unpredictable.
We also need to push the pldies out of our test team. Brilliant performance by pak.

 

[Mueez]

Idk why but my gut feeling is saying that Babar has broken his wrist.

 

[MMHS]

Yes he can return at any point during this innings when a wicket has fallen, but if there are 9 wickets down and he is unable to return then he will go from “Hurt” to “Out” and Pakistan will be All Out.

Out or Not Out - that has an impact on his average.

 

[Fahdi]

Need a 50 partnership here.

Hope Babar can come back if not in this innings than for the next at least.

 

[Syed1]

Will Faheem resist short ball

His strength is also his greatest weakness

 

[idrizzy]

I'd think it's a fracture. Really unfortunate, hope its not as bad as it looks though.

 

[Sadevdesai]

Sarfraz is a Dead Weight in this Team !!!!

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Faheem will go for his favourite shot: the hook shot.

 

[ManFan]

Thanks for clearing it up.
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[Pete Rose]

His strength is also his greatest weakness

‘With great power comes great responsibility?’

 

[Syed1]

Need 34 more runs at the very least



Edit: thats 4 of them

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan lead by 66 runs.

 

[Snowflake]

Idk why but my gut feeling is saying that Babar has broken his wrist.

Same. It didn't look good

 

[James]

Out or Not Out - that has an impact on his average.

Not Out in the statistics

 

[babajee]

Really loving this lower order of Shadab-Faheem.

Saifi just needs to step up

 

[IMMY69]

Beautiful by Shadab

 

[Fahdi]

Shot by Shadab.

 

[Syed1]

Shady can really be a 30+ averaging number 7 inshallah

 

[Shafi]

Can Babar Azam bat????

 

[Pete Rose]

Which means, it was a blunder to drop Woakes in UK Tests. What Root is trying that, he wants one of his English length seemer at one end, after Berbi is done with his spell. These two are 35+ now and can't bowl 55 overs out of first 100. If Shadab & Babar are a bit lucky, with in an hour, both & Fahim can get away with spanking Stokes & Woods.

Yes it was a mistake because (a) Woakes is having a good county season (b) did well against Pakistan last series and at Lord’s and (c) can seam the ball and bowl the heavy short ball as well.

 

[babajee]

Haris listening to commentary

 

[IMMY69]

Faheem and Shadab can take the game away from England.
Both of them are just so talented.

 

[babajee]

Review it. Good

 

[Pete Rose]

Shady can really be a 30+ averaging number 7 inshallah

I suspect long term he will bat higher in this team and can average higher

 

[Syed1]

In the 2016 series England had the deep batting line up and Pakistan had the long tail, 2 years down the line the fortunes have done a complete 180.

 

[Syed1]

Damnnnnnnnnnn

 

[MMHS]

Yes it was a mistake because (a) Woakes is having a good county season (b) did well against Pakistan last series and at Lord’s and (c) can seam the ball and bowl the heavy short ball as well.

And bat as well - he is the perfect English condition all-rounder. But, sadly Poms took him to IND & then AUS; so he is paying the price; just like Moeen.

 

[IMMY69]

Thats way too high

 

[Syed1]

Bachaaaaaaaaat

 

[Fahdi]

Shadab survives!

 

[Markhor]

Inside edge

 

[DeadBall]

Poor decision.

 

[Rayyman]

And bat as well - he is the perfect English condition all-rounder. But, sadly Poms took him to IND & then AUS; so he is paying the price; just like Moeen.

Yea and Stokes got lucky cuz he punched a man...

 

[Pete Rose]

The umpire is having a bad game

 

[babajee]

Rana jeeeeee

 

[Syed1]

This Rod Tucker guy is very trigger happy..... appeal hoti nahi ke janab ungli otha dehtay hain

 

[Lefthanded]

In case you haven't noticed we don't have alot of batting remaining. If Azhar/Haris/Asad were batting I would have recommended caution, but Shadab and Fahim won't last long if they intend on playing out Anderson/Broad

With whatever batsmen remaining, it's caution that'll be rewarding. but we differ there.

Now that Babar's gone, one of these two boys should have a go but let's not all lose our minds.

 

[hadi123]

Awful decision. Rightly overturned.

 

[Mueez]

Good shot!

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Pakistan's chances of winning the test pretty much rest on this partnership for me. Shadab and Faheem have scored important runs as all rounders in a lot of games in the last year.

 

[Syed1]

Guys incase we are forgetting we still have Hasan and Amir to come who are good enough bats in their own right.

 

[Pete Rose]

Think England are trying to rough up the ball through legit methods

 

[Syed1]

Think England are trying to rough up the ball through legit methods

Sandpaper?

 

[pak4life]

poor umpiring soo far in the match got simple decisions wrong yesterday and today just seem to be guessing.

 

[Syed1]

Rana jee putting England to the sword

 

[Pete Rose]

Sandpaper?

Stokes is banging it in the middle of the pitch

 

[dauntless]

shabba mundyo! ikna hi rakho

 

[Syed1]

Just 20 more runs lads..... anything after that is pure bonus

 

[babajee]

They are making it easier for Babar to score a century when he comes back.

 

[Pete Rose]

These are legit shots by Faheem.

 

[MMHS]

Yea and Stokes got lucky cuz he punched a man...

Stokes could have been an asset in AUS for his pace & bounce, much better bat as well and probably best slipsman in Pom XI. Wokes is just not made for dry/hard condition.

 

[Pete Rose]

They are making it easier for Babar to score a century when he comes back.

Very tough to come back because your grip doesn’t work. Who knows, maybe he will

 

[Mueez]

Lethal runs.......

 

[ManFan]

Why does Broad appeal and run down the pitch celebrating?

 

[Syed1]

Why does Broad appeal and run down the pitch celebrating?

He knows Tucker bhai will raise the finger

 

[Pete Rose]

Should fire up Anderson that he didn’t get the new ball

 

[MMHS]

One good thing is these two are going after the ball, which is right approach - another 50-60, Poms would be in desperate situation. They are not likely to improve much from 1st innings.

 

[Syed1]

However, they come they all count

 

[Asch Ali]

Classic Faheem/Shadab partnership.

Plenty of boundaries/plenty of luck.

 

[Syed1]

Playing Shady and Rana at 7 and 8 might just be the masterstroke by Mickey that wins us this series

 

[Lefthanded]

Umpire's having a shocker but have a little respect.

It's not an easy job and tough jobs means there will be mistakes. And they're only human. Every mouth breather at home can watch replays and pretend it's not a difficult job, but with DRS there's a lot less to be bothered by because the system is right more often.

 

[the Great Khan]

clouderson on the way..

 

[Asch Ali]

Would like Shaddy to see his way to a fifty off 70 balls. Till Bobby comes back.

 

[Syed1]

These two don't play with any fear.......... great signs for the future

 

[Rayyman]

Classic Faheem/Shadab partnership.

Plenty of boundaries/plenty of luck.

Playing Shady and Rana at 7 and 8 might just be the masterstroke by Mickey that wins us this series

I've said it before and I'll say it again...these two will go on to be better versions of Afridi and Razzaq.

 

[Syed1]

Wow wow wow

 

[Syed1]

12 more runs folks

 

[DeadBall]

Shot Rana.

 

[MMHS]

The ball that got Cook was probably a perfect 10 ball. A well set Cook was too ordinary to touch it - a set Lara might have nicked it to 2nd slip. Berbi has that quality, but often he bowls outside off, hence both batsman & wicket misses the ball.

 

[Mueez]

Shot shot shot!

 

[Asch Ali]

I've said it before and I'll say it again...these two will go on to be better versions of Afridi and Razzaq.

Their names rhyme too.

Faheem Afridi
Shadab Razaq (I don't know if this name is halal).

 

[Markhor]

Beautiful shot from Ashraf. Inching closer to 300.