England vs Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's, London | May 24-28, 2018 | Day 3 | Match Thread

[Deewana Mastana]

This will be a DRAW!

Lovely take on the game this.

 

[Justcrazy]

fifty runs stand

 

[Asch Ali]

Shaddy needs to bowl googly

 

[Hasan123]

Close.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Lovely take on the game this.

The only thing that is an issue is the rain.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

The only thing that is an issue is the rain.

I doubt it's going to rain for two days solid, that's without looking at any forecasts.

 

[Hasan123]

Bess

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Even Bess is now batting like a top order bat

 

[m.shah]

Runs flowing now

 

[TalhaSyed]

Shadab in - let’s see if Butler takes the bate & how Bess copes with spin

 

[Syed1]

Atak gaye yaar

 

[Asch Ali]

70 run partnership?

 

[Mueez]

This will be a DRAW!

It's the 3rd day yarrr.....

 

[m.shah]

Shadab on.. Hopefully he can get a wicket here.

 

[punter17]

England will set 100+ target.

 

[Syed1]

Out Kar yaar shady

 

[Justcrazy]

Shadab needs to get breakthrough here

 

[Hasan123]

Shadab into the attack. Try some variety.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

I doubt it's going to rain for two days solid, that's without looking at any forecasts.

Well the forecast doesn't look that great, so it is a possibility.

 

[Asif321]

100 plus might be challenging for pakistan.. need one wicket other 3 will fall like cards

 

[Asch Ali]

Pakistan will be chasing 35! It’ll be very boring and take 20 overs to chase it! Azhar Ali will get out along with Imam.

 

[punter17]

Butler is the same guy who took england above 300 when they played in australia, while they were no where. England playing for the win here.

 

[Syed1]

Get more in close fielders this is a guy in debut for Pete's sake

 

[Hasan123]

Boys seem flat since after tea.

 

[punter17]

Butler has experience to do this with tail-enders. He outdid Australia when no one believed it.

 

[Asif321]

i feel hassan will get a wicket we need

 

[MMHS]

Boys seem flat since after tea.

Wicket has got better, PAK should chase up to 150 comfortably.

 

[Syed1]

Hasan in the attack.. I hope the cheetah does what he does best

 

[Justcrazy]

There was bound to be a couple of good partnerships , posters should not get too edgy here . This is the beauty of Test Match.

 

[IAJ]

A complete flat wicket now, no worries, Pakistan will win easily IA.

 

[AFM]

Wicket has got better, PAK should chase up to 150 comfortably.

Yeah but we want innings victory

 

[Syed1]

Fielding like his uncle

 

[punter17]

Boys misfielding. Body Language Down.

 

[Asch Ali]

If butler gets out they’ll go into blocking mode

 

[Asif321]

need wicket now!

 

[darksher]

Things are going sideways, Pakistan fielding back to its usual best.

 

[punter17]

No slow balls, yorkers, cross seam variations by bowlers. Thats missing

 

[AFM]

Hassan bowling at 70 mph

 

[Hasan123]

Wicket has got better, PAK should chase up to 150 comfortably.

Not scared of the chase yet. Worried about the weather.

 

[Asch Ali]

A bit too late to change the ball? Don’t you think? Lol

 

[Syed1]

Ball being changed I hope the boys get a fresh set of sandpaper too

 

[MMHS]

Yeah but we want innings victory

Was in the cards, had Babar not been injured, and Sarfraz not been a bit adventurous - 450 was possible.

 

[punter17]

Sarfraz missed a trick. He should have let Shadab bowl right after tea, with Aamir at other end. That would have squared them up. Now they are set.

 

[Send1983]

Butler showing his IPL form.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Will be interesting to see how this ball behaves. The last ball of the over from Hassan to Bess seemed to move away a little bit - will be interesting to see if Hassan can induce an edge in the next over. Need to pitch the ball up and give the ball time to do its thing.

 

[mkyawar]

is there rain for the next 2 days. looking at the forecast maybe but in this forum it seem as if the next 2 days are washout

 

[Hasan123]

Frustrating

 

[TalhaSyed]

Hassan to get Bess in this over inshallah

Caught behind or bowled

 

[Syed1]

Not good bowling from Shadab.... He is either too full or too short

 

[Hasan123]

England in the lead.

 

[Markhor]

is there rain for the next 2 days. looking at the forecast maybe but in this forum it seem as if the next 2 days are washout

Tomorrow looks like a washout looking at the MetOffice forecast but Monday seems fine.

 

[Hasan123]

Shouldn't worry yet about the lead. Can't see these to getting another 150 runs lol.

 

[Syed1]

Pakistan letting the match slip

 

[TalhaSyed]

Pakistan looking to adopt the body line tactic. I don’t think it’s needed at this stage with this ‘new’ ball still moving. I would still fancy Bess to nick behind a pitched up delivery

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Not good bowling from Shadab.... He is either too full or too short

He's still a noob at this level.

This is a young attack, so expected.

 

[Asch Ali]

Hasan Ali should bounce him OUT in the head

 

[m.shah]

Pitch has flattened out

 

[Red Devil]

This is so frustrating.

 

[Justcrazy]

7 runs lead

 

[Syed1]

Ok time to get on with my day... Was hoping to see victory

 

[castortroy]

Another 100 runs and it's game on

 

[Asch Ali]

There is no other way. Bess MUST be blown OUT by bouncer.

 

[Hasan123]

Don't like this tactic of bowling short every ball.

 

[Theo_14]

Trott and Broad repeat all over here lol.

 

[castortroy]

Pak will be chasing over 100 here

Waiting for Butler to cut lose

Will be a very tricky chase

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Why is this reminding me of Sydney

 

[m.shah]

Expensive over from hassan

 

[Mohsin123]

This is where Wahab would've been extremely handy. Nothing happening so you need an enforcer like Wahab to create some chin music for the batsmen

 

[Asch Ali]

Match not finishing today either. All wickets not falling today either. Won’t bowl them out until lunch tomarrow.

 

[Big Mac]

Why is Wasim so obsessed with stats, always pointing it out to the decimals.

He's not obsessed with stats, he's just a terrible commentator.

If he isn't able to tell the same old anecdotes we've heard dozens times before about reverse swing or the 1990's players then the only thing he can do is read whatever is on screen as though the viewer can't see it.

Watch, all he does is read the on screen graphic aloud or just narrate the action exactly. You'll be watching a slow motion replay and instead of any explanation as to the mindset of a player, the tactics they should be employing or anything like that you will just get "Pitched it up, half volley, batsman on front foot and cover drive, ball went to boundary, four runs"

 

[punter17]

Its safe to say we will be chasing over 100. The next new ball will be important though

 

[Markhor]

Just need a breakthrough and you'd expect the rest of the tail to fold.

 

[TalhaSyed]

The fact that Bess has survived so long is frustrating. Haven’t been consistent enough to him and haven’t applied enough pressure

 

[m.shah]

Bring Haris Sohail for an over or two

 

[Asif321]

looks like we need to wait tommrw and have fresh start . bowlers look out of place

 

[punter17]

Bess gave a chance when ball flew between second slip and galley. There should have been more attack. Instead sarfraz busy thinking about lead.

 

[Hasan123]

Just need 1 wicket.

 

[Asif321]

hassan getting smashed

 

[TalhaSyed]

Hassan now has 5 balls at Bess - there should be a clear plan here.

5 well directed bouncers at the arm pit - noting wide, nothing too short - need Hassan to focus here

 

[Hasan123]

Hassan Ali is more threatening when he pitches the ball up. Hope this short stuff works.