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Pakistan reach 259/5 at stumps on Day 1 of the second Test against England

Watching Leach bowl like this and getting this much assistance from the surface on Day 1 makes me think Noman Chacha will eat England alive when the time comes
 
batandballbattle said:
Abrar is out with illness
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Oh, then it makes sense to drop him
mominsaigol said:
Naw lol, it's still a solid 400 pitch. Pakistan makes a big deal out of everything.

Ghulam despite being nervous is sweeping, driving, taking doubles and triples, coming down the wicket to loft etc

Hilarious how a nervous debutant is taking more risk then established batters.

It's still a 400 pitch.
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Quality batters makes a pitch looks easier and poor ones the opposite. Its true.
 
Saim been batting like Misbah post lunch. Block block block and then a release shot towards mid wicket against spinner
 
mominsaigol said:
Why can't fakhar play test? His slog sweep would be perfect here. Saim's slog sweep is not powerful enough to clear the rope 🤣
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Bro what do you expect from this management and their understanding of the game? They have reasons to believe Rizwan is a T20 opener and Fakhar is a number 4
 
Bashir has not been very good. The pitch has turn on offer but he has failed to exploit it to good effect. He lacks the ability to bowl in good areas consistently and build pressure.
 
Zimbabar should be ashamed of himself.

Kamran Ghulam would have been much useful instead of that Zimbabar had kamran played all those matches.
 
Black day for Babar fanboys they were waiting for Kami to fail . He did what bobzie couldn’t do for years 🤣
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Bashir has not been very good. The pitch has turn on offer but he has failed to exploit it to good effect. He lacks the ability to bowl in good areas consistently and build pressure.
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He's very inexperienced. Basically picked from club cricket. He needs a couple more seasons under his belt.
 
I guess Shan and Gillespie did not like that shot from Saim. There were two fielders out there and a slight miscalculation could have sent that ball to the hands of a fielder. The captain and coach were rightly worried about that shot as Saim loves to throw his wicket away almost every game.
 
Well done to Kamran, shown good technique and temperament to score 50 on debut. Saim should also be applauded for caring his natural attacking instinct to provide Pakistan a solid platform.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Both teams have poor bowling attacks. But Pakistani batting is abysmal. Specially in pressure stages where they crumble
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Both teams don't. England's attack was very impressive in the conditions except maybe Bashir.

Carse and Atkinson made the ball talk on a dead pitch.
 
mominsaigol said:
Why can't fakhar play test? His slog sweep would be perfect here. Saim's slog sweep is not powerful enough to clear the rope 🤣
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Fakhar failed the fitness test twice recently and I think he would also get dropped from the white ball team.
 
Rana said:
It does. There are more deserving FC spinners than him
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Parchi = nepo baby. i.e. someone who knows someone in position of power, that is influencing their selection. Bashir does not.

He was selected because iHawk cameras used by umpires in county cricket showed that his high release point could be useful on Indian pitches.

Don't use words you don't know understand the meaning of.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Both teams don't. England's attack was very impressive in the conditions except maybe Bashir.

Carse and Atkinson made the ball talk on a dead pitch.
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Crase playing his first test exposed the wretched fitness of the PAK pacers. Even in his second and third spells he was banging the ball hard into the dead pitch and at a decent pace.
 
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