England vs Pakistan | 2nd Test | Headingley, Leeds | June 1-5, 2018 | Day 1 | Match Thread

[NeVerMind]

Rahat with a message, England in big trouble now

He should just stare the English players down while he is in the middle...put the fear of God in them!

 

[Sherlock]

Brilliant bowling by England.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Anderson is bowling quite well.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

well ........ he has got the pressure off him and azhar. I hope.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Single off the last ball

 

[NeVerMind]

and now Azhar is charging Jimmy? What's gone wrong?

 

[ArsenalFC]

Azhar 1 of 21. After playing for more than 8 years still every innings like debut for him. We need faster scorer than him. Azhar, Sami and Shafiq are super timid players

Well said, they're all very slow starters with the former 2 always maintaining <50 SR throughout their innings. Shafiq's average is below par after 60 tests with half of them in UAE.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

I will prefer azhar facing right now .... he is at least showing some composure?

 

[AFM]

Rahat with a message, England in big trouble now

Sage advice. No one knows more knowledge about swing than Rahat

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

and i am so sorry

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Azhar doesn’t review

 

[hur rizvi]

Big big wicket

Expect a very low score now

 

[NeVerMind]

Azhar gone

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Azhar threw away his hard work. No idea why they are all playing their shots

 

[Adil_94]

Pakistan struggling here

 

[the Great Khan]

why bat first here??

 

[daytrader]

Oh boy

 

[AFM]

We might see our bowling today after all

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Shafiq on the crease.

 

[hur rizvi]

I don’t think we can even reach 200, even 150 looks so far

 

[castortroy]

This was expected. This team is way too inconsistent. We will be all out today just after tea

 

[Shafi]

Au usual Azhar can only play when pitch is flat.

 

[Third Man]

It looked like batting conditions but it has turned out be exactly the opposite

 

[castortroy]

England to win by 8-9 wickets

 

[letme alone]

pure test player has come for batting. Sir Shafeeq

 

[Junaids]

Azhar Ali worries me as a Test opener.

I don’t want a kamikaze Fakhar Zaman, but Azhar’s inability to rotate the strike with a single every over sometimes makes him a sitting duck.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar out LBW again, was always coming, just seems to have a poor technic against ball coming back in. was lucky he wasnt knocked over by Anderson earlier.

 

[dauntless]

that was usual from Mr. azhar.

 

[hur rizvi]

This was expected. This team is way too inconsistent. We will be all out today just after tea

Could be before tea

 

[Markhor]

Don't like this opening partnership of Azhar and Imam - like at Malahide we find ourselves 2 down with the score going nowhere.

 

[Shafi]

Azhar threw away his hard work. No idea why they are all playing their shots

That's what happen when a player keep tuktuking with no score. Same goes with Sami Aslam. We need to find positive player who can keep score rotating.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Looks like england will start batting 10 overs before tea.

 

[the Great Khan]

Azhar out LBW again, was always coming, just seems to have a poor technic against ball coming back in. was lucky he wasnt knocked over by Anderson earlier.

needs to get in the nets and work on it..but he just isnt an opener..he's a middle order batsmen..

 

[hur rizvi]

pure test player has come for batting. Sir Shafeeq

Lol he’s quite average to be honest

 

[Watsupdoc]

England all over Pak at the moment

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

chalo bacho ..... namaz parho apni bhaiyon ke liye

 

[Markhor]

Au usual Azhar can only play when pitch is flat.

Lord's conditions were testing and he scored a fifty.

This is a flat pitch but the ball is moving in the air especially with the humidity.

 

[hur rizvi]

It’s a matter of time before Harris nicks one to slips or keeper

 

[babajee]

Why are you all so impatient

 

[AFM]

needs to get in the nets and work on it..but he just isnt an opener..he's a middle order batsmen..

His best performances have come as opener.

 

[the Great Khan]

England all over Pak at the moment

not surprising..they were always going to come back at us..

 

[letme alone]

we and 10 over with a two wicket

 

[PakSarZameen]

All of a sudden everyone agrees with my pitch analysis lmao

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

How is the ball swinging so much when the sun is out ?

 

[the Great Khan]

right lets get to 30-2 thats the target now..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar Ali worries me as a Test opener.

I don’t want a kamikaze Fakhar Zaman, but Azhar’s inability to rotate the strike with a single every over sometimes makes him a sitting duck.

Standing on middle stump and almost bring your bat down straight all time and not moving your feet as some sort of defensive shield will be exposed and knocked over LBW.

Almost 80% of his dimissals in UK test have been LBW

 

[NeVerMind]

On a positive note, Wasim got the name of the debutante right by not calling him Ali Sulieman...

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Beautiful shot for

 

[letme alone]

classy from shafiqq

 

[Markhor]

Cannot afford loss of any more wickets till lunch.

Otherwise this could be the Dunedin ODI all over again.

 

[NeVerMind]

Lovely shot by Asad for a four...

 

[Third Man]

Is there a better cover driver in cricket today?

 

[Ahson8]

Patience guys, patience.

These two to ride out the storm inshaAllah

 

[Markhor]

How is the ball swinging so much when the sun is out ?

It's humid. Plus swing also depends on wrist position.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

broad vs haris ...... is interesting

 

[Markhor]

All of a sudden everyone agrees with my pitch analysis lmao

If Imam hadn't thrown his wicket away the situation wouldn't look as dicey.

 

[Third Man]

Broad is needling Haris.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

not everyone .......

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Broad bowling well

 

[Pak_Stars]

correction

Day 1, session 1, ball is doing enough...Azhar and Imam were poor, but why so much negativity from posters? It will get easier to bat now.
We may end up being 150 all out, or we could build a few partnerships and get 300...at this moment no one knows so relax and enjoy the ride...I am sticking my neck out and going for a 300+ score with Haris and Salahuddin getting decent knocks.

 

[babajee]

Broad is so much better than Anderson

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Just checked the score and Azhar gone too for 2 off 29.

 

[shah_1]

Broad is bowling beautifully

 

[Markhor]

Superb delivery.

 

[shariqnoor]

Absolutely the correct decision to bat first. These two need to ride out this session somehow. This pitch is only going to flatten out over Day 2 and 3. Imperative Pakistan scores 300+ here to stay in the game. Asad Shafiq is the key here. Other batsmen don't know how to score a century.

 

[m.shah]

Beautiful from broad

 

[QuickCrick]

You lot need to relax, England are allowed to bowl good.

Not the best start but we will get a decent total inshallah

 

[Big Mac]

Isa trying to ask about how easy it is for a bowler that mainly swings it one way to learn how to swing it to the other and she wants to get Wasim to talk about wrist position and technique...

Wasim ignores the question and just starts rambling on about swinging the ball, overhead conditions and experience, even though poor Isa Guha has asked the same question four times in a row without managing to get an answer out of him.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

50-2 won’t look as bad. Need a partnership from these 2

 

[Cricket World]

Worst decision to bowl first when England was already down and out in the series

 

[imshally81]

Wow! The decision to bat first seems like a bad one at the moment.

Backfire !!

 

[PakSarZameen]

If Imam hadn't thrown his wicket away the situation wouldn't look as dicey.

If Haris looks all over the place against this attack Imam would not have survived another 5 overs

 

[Third Man]

Isa trying to ask about how easy it is for a bowler that mainly swings it one way to learn how to swing it to the other and she wants to get Wasim to talk about wrist position and technique...

Wasim ignores the question and just starts rambling on about swinging the ball, overhead conditions and experience, even though poor Isa Guha has asked the same question four times in a row without managing to get an answer out of him.

Missed that. Have muted my stream

 

[RobinJay]

Need to take it one step at a time from here. Goal should be to get to 50 without losing another wicket.

 

[the Great Khan]

Isa trying to ask about how easy it is for a bowler that mainly swings it one way to learn how to swing it to the other and she wants to get Wasim to talk about wrist position and technique...

Wasim ignores the question and just starts rambling on about swinging the ball, overhead conditions and experience, even though poor Isa Guha has asked the same question four times in a row without managing to get an answer out of him.

Im not sure he's very bright..lol

 

[Amjid Javed]

Need to get to lunch now without losing any more wickets

 

[the Great Khan]

Need to get to lunch now without losing any more wickets

score predicition

 

[hadi123]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The last time Pakistan played a Test match at Headingley they beat Australia by 3 wickets <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/ynXDBxf9IS">pic.twitter.com/ynXDBxf9IS</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1002484897368498176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[tauseef_mahmood]

so need one to attack at this point ...... force a bowling change

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Wasim loves reading player stats