England vs Pakistan | 3rd Test | Southampton | Aug 21-25, 2020 | Day 1

[JibranAnsari]

Just saw nasims wicket.

Brilliant by nasim.

 

[Amjid Javed]

The next hour will be crucial here, cant let england get away here.

 

[Yk313]

One Quick burst frm Shaheen and a wkt each frm Yasir/ Abbas will have England in tatters

All of this needs to happen before 180/190 ideally.

 

[imshally81]

Afridi back to the attack....

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Crawley is looking set for 100 ..... get buttler , somebody.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

It's crazy how pathetic Crawley looked against the West Indies, but has become a hero against Pakistan.

 

[Yk313]

Nah, thought that hit the ground

 

[Pacy with wisdom]

Crawley has been impressive.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Crawley has been impressive.

His sixth test, talent shining through, perhaps..

It's crazy how pathetic Crawley looked against the West Indies, but has become a hero against Pakistan.

 

[imshally81]

Zero Extras...

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Dry up the score ... only tactic pakistan plays with.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

It's crazy how pathetic Crawley looked against the West Indies, but has become a hero against Pakistan.

Pakistan have to bat collectively well at least once this series ... If the sun comes out then a 350+ might set up the match. They need to restrict England to <275

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Its notable how compact of a test cricketer Jos Buttler has looked against the Pakistanis. He was close to getting dropped against the Windies.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Shaheen needs to be careful diving ugly there.

 

[Yk313]

Two fours and 2 in the last over or so. Maybe time to rotate just YS just a bit. They had been building pressure lately.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Crawley running away with it.

 

[Yk313]

Lucky there

 

[Rana]

England have been very lucky today

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Its notable how compact of a test cricketer Jos Buttler has looked against the Pakistanis. He was close to getting dropped against the Windies.

Shows the mental strength and character of Jos as he was under severe pressure from the first test of this series because of his glovework as well.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

May be Fawad Alam would be a good idea.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

England have been very lucky today

How?

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Another 30 mins of these 2 and England will take game away. Pakistan need 2 wkts quickly

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Shows the mental strength and character of Jos as he was under severe pressure from the first test of this series because of his glovework as well.

Indeed. Tremendous work from Buttler. Not easy transforming your white ball heroics into Test cricket. Got the support as well.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

May be Fawad Alam would be a good idea.

They lack the creativity to follow such ideas.

 

[castortroy]

Yasir plz just land 6 deliveries in the same spot

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

England are getting very easy runs here. Shows that we haven't learned a thing from the Old Trafford loss.

 

[Mesozoic]

Yasir Shah is the human form of Pakistan cricket.

Brilliant one moment and then bang mediocre the next.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Yasir plz just land 6 deliveries in the same spot

I think yasir is tired ...

 

[Yk313]

Is it getting darker? TV images seem to suggest so...

 

[Robert]

Come on Creeps.

 

[Yk313]

England are getting very easy runs here. Shows that we haven't learned a thing from the Old Trafford loss.

Nope, and that was the litmus test. AA and co. need to appreciate the significance of this partnership. The only real difference I see is that SSA has started bowling some bouncers to try something different.

 

[Yk313]

Don’t think that was close, was it?

 

[castortroy]

Pak with another classic brainless review

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Awful review

 

[Rana]

What an embarrassing review

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

what the review for?

 

[castortroy]

Awful review

Typical pak

 

[Rana]

Azhar should be sacked just for that review. Who is he the captain of? Lahore blues under 17s?

 

[Mesozoic]

To be fair there was some noise in real time.

You have 3 reviews. So why not ?

 

[Yk313]

Rizwan had a brilliant one against Stokes in the first test when YS was bowling. This was the complete opposite.

Here’s our golden boy: FA

 

[Yk313]

If this guy can just turn it a litttllee bit please.... hoping against hope.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

He is in ...

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Finally Yasir gets a bit of a rest. A few overs from Fawad will be enough.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Fawad bowling Imad Wasim here.

 

[Yk313]

Moment of truth here. 200-4 is series over. 250-5 is game over and series 2-0 probably.

 

[topspin]

Seeing Fawad bowl is like watching a superior Jadeja.

 

[Ab Fan]

Is that Jadeja bowling?

 

[Ab Fan]

Seeing Fawad bowl is like watching a superior Jadeja.

Or maybe a poor man's Jadeja

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Moment of truth here. 200-4 is series over. 250-5 is game over and series 2-0 probably.

Still a lot depends on Shan and Babar.

 

[Kroll]

We shouldn't let this Crawley guy get a century.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

50 run stand ...... very important for england.

 

[Thephenom]

To say Azhar Ali is clueless about anything is a bloody understatement, a total waste of space!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

crawley is so in for 100.

 

[castortroy]

Game over for Pak.

Anything over 250 for England is enough

 

[Rana]

Crawley pumping Pakistan

 

[Executioner]

That review : facepalm

 

[Kroll]

To say Azhar Ali is clueless about anything is a bloody understatement, a total waste of space!

Hopefully, he'll get the sack along with Misbah.

 

[Zeshan547]

All the good work wasted, absolute mindless captaincy.

 

[castortroy]

Game over for Pak.

Anything over 250 for England is enough

 

[Lurker_Ind]

Pakistan has to control the flow of runs.

 

[sindhiboy]

fawad bowling like jadeja

 

[Mesozoic]

Fawad is not bad at all.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

we need our spinners to deliver ... i think pitch is not too good for pace bowling

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

fawad bowling like jadeja

Jadeja spins the ball. Fawad is more like Imad Wasim.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

frankly a very good partnership for england....

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

need a breakthrough right now

 

[Mesozoic]

Another shared session.

Hope rain stays away. This is shaping out to be a great game like the first test.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Yasir hasn't really spun the ball today which is probably because it's a first day wicket. The legbreak would have given Yasir more confidence.

 

[Thephenom]

Even I could score runs against this lazy and frankly clueless at time’s bowling attack, couple that with a total lack of brain power from the captain, a bunch of coaching staff enjoying themselves having a chat, with frankly the worst management team in the world, wouldn’t surprise me if Crawley scored 200+ with butler!

 

[MMHS]

Game is again almost being taken away by English late middle order.

 

[Justcrazy]

England will get a big score here , the lower oreder is strong.

 

[Afhan Ali]

When will Shaheen take a wicket with old ball?

 

[Hasan123]

Buttler is a big worry.

 

[sindhiboy]

shaheen can reverse?

 

[Afhan Ali]

Crawley was such a mediocre player against windies and SA but he will make his career by playing Pakistan.

Woakes, Buttler and now Crawley.

 

[sindhiboy]

Buttler is a big worry.

richard hadlee is also coming at no . 7

 

[Local.Dada]

Yasir Shah is the human form of Pakistan cricket.

Brilliant one moment and then bang mediocre the next.

Reminds me of Indian cricket in the 90’s when Fast bowlers would pick 2-3 wickets but rest of the load is dumped on Kumble, Bhajji etc. They would labor their way to a 4-5 wkt haul and they would look lethal if fast bowlers had an odd good day.

A 115-120K bowler opening on one end.

Dependent on 1.5 batsmen etc.

 

[Local.Dada]

Crawley was such a mediocre player against windies and SA but he will make his career by playing Pakistan.

Woakes, Buttler and now Crawley.

If Woakes and Butler are mediocre according to you then I suggest you evaluate players from the Pakistani team removing the intangible factor of “talent”

 

[HappyWarsFan]

These pacers look absolutely toothless with an old ball. Where is the reverse swing?

 

[sindhiboy]

Crawley was such a mediocre player against windies and SA but he will make his career by playing Pakistan.

Woakes, Buttler and now Crawley.

Pakistan have saved Butler's test career, Butler would not have played test again if it were not for the 1st test.

But I think Crawley is the real deal and not a pak bully. He is the next Trott for England