Pakistan reach 73/3 at stumps in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test against England

[mominsaigol]

I dunno I thought that was a pretty good ball. You can't exactly prepare yourself for the ball to stay that low

So we have saud the great player of spin departing. Time for spin bradman

 

[m.shah]

Another softie gone

 

[Ahmed216]

Is this BD umpire crazy or what

 

[emranabbas]

waiting for Babar fans to come out of a hiding after a week and say "i told you so kamran ghulam is rubbish"

 

[Rana]

This umpire is bonkers

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Last 27 innings, average of 24.

How much longer is the rope for Abdullah ?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

What is this umpires problem?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Knowing how the ball has been keeping low on the 1st day itself, even then Pak did not give any overs to Jamal especially when they had them 118-6.

 

[Devadwal]

Only Rizwan can save pakistan from embracement .

 

[m.shah]

Lol who is this umpire??

 

[Ahmed216]

Only Rizwan can save pakistan from embracement .

Embarassment*

 

[BouncerGuy]

Crazy umpiring. Who got him in ICC panel???

 

[NeVerMind]

Lol who is this umpire??

Ball was a mile away from the bat! Not out

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Last 27 innings, average of 24.

How much longer is the rope for Abdullah ?

Until he gets to 40 years of age. He is currently 30.

 

[Rana]

Whats wrong with this umpire? how is he making these shocking calls?

 

[mominsaigol]

waiting for Babar fans to come out of a hiding after a week and say "i told you so kamran ghulam is rubbish"

Kamran Ghulam is superior to Babar 100%. Any sane cricket fan who's watched the 2 would know.

Babar only has the 2010 marketing hype but news flash Sami Aslam was more famous, Scored more runs, Had a higher avg and sr at that time.

And rn sami is working at a usa gas station.

These marketing tullei's like babar, Sami, Umar Akmal never work long term

 

[Kaizoku]

Umpires gone senile.

 

[Rana]

Now Atkinson being rested for Rizwan

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

So we have saud the great player of spin departing. Time for spin bradman

 

[kingusama92]

Umpire really hates Pakistan.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

How many wickets are they going to gift to Rehan this time around

 

[Devadwal]

Bangladeshi umpires are mirror of their team. Both are pathetic.

 

[mominsaigol]

@RedwoodOriginal nvm saud survives

 

[Buffet]

Too man wickets lost today by Pakistan. Just put another 50 runs without losing wiclets otherwise Eng will take a lead.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Ramiz is trying hard

 

[Rana]

Only Rizwan can save pakistan from embracement .

More like he can save you from embracement having claimed it gets easier to bat on here

 

[Hellion]

Players, umpires - anything BD produced is useless

 

[Kianig89]

toss did it for us

 

[Devadwal]

More like he can save you from embracement having claimed it gets easier to bat on here

Yes after 30 over when ball becomes soft batting will be easy .

 

[Blackbradman]

Second time today where umpire Sharfuddoula raised the finger when England looked hardly convinced themselves

 

[Rana]

Players, umpires - anything BD produced is useless

But 170* against them means you become captain of the Pakistan side

 

[mominsaigol]

Yes after 30 over when ball becomes soft batting will be easy .

In what universe does that happen? Does the pitch magically repair its cracks?

 

[FlickedOffHips]

Shan Masood's moment to shine and lead from the front

 

[Rana]

Leach bowling crap outside leg lines on a turner.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

That was a damn good tactic. They brought Atkinson just to get rid of Ghulam.

Probably bring him back on for Rizwan who struggles against 8-9 m pace bowling.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

What is this umpires problem?

Looking for a visa lol

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Umpire really hates Pakistan.

Everyone does, nothing new.

 

[batandballbattle]

Big opportunity for the designated 'spin basher' in the side. Get in and make it count.

 

[emranabbas]

good sweep by saud

 

[Rajdeep]

C'mmon we need 1 more wkt before close of play

 

[mominsaigol]

I am surprised by the umpiring of this game. It's atrocious

 

[m.shah]

Last over of the day

 

[zarak]

In what universe does that happen? Does the pitch magically repair its cracks?

Kooka goes soft

 

[m.shah]

Ramiz is clown

 

[Rana]

Why is Leach bowling leg stump line to Shan? He's a goner if you target his pads

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

only 2 wickets to pacemen...across both visitors innings....
in both tests...
on opening day...

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Last over of the day

Last "scheduled" over of the day. You can still get 2-3 more.

This is a rare event for Test cricket in Pakistan..

Looking more like an Indian Test match on steroids.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why is Leach bowling leg stump line to Shan? He's a goner if you target his pads

yea.. both are bowling poor lines. Easy line to play.

 

[Devadwal]

Kooka goes soft

He doesn't understand anything about cricket. Just Rana ne kuch bhi bola ha wo sahi h

 

[mominsaigol]

Kooka goes soft

Softer ball is harder to play? New ball is hard and goes flying if you time it correctly?

Theirs a reason icc changed the 2 ball rule to one ball on odi, As the soft ball was a nightmare.

Spinners bowl slow and it spins, hence the softer balls means that batters have to muscle it and can't rely on timing it as much.

With a new ball or in odi with the 2 new ball rule, Very easy to take cheeky singles, Hit sixes, Sweep for a boundary etc.

Test however is a format that never changed

 

[Buffet]

Parnership of 15 runs. Make it 100 plus and get some lead.

 

[Amjid Javed]

More overs then required schedule. Must be a 1st lol

 

[kron]

Certain clowns had declared that Babar’s career was over due to one century by Kamran @Rana

Babar test career is over.
But kamran is crap too.

 

[zarak]

Softer ball is harder to play? New ball is hard and goes flying if you time it correctly?

Theirs a reason icc changed the 2 ball rule to one ball on odi, As the soft ball was a nightmare.

Spinners bowl slow and it spins, hence the softer balls means that batters have to muscle it and can't rely on timing it as much.

With a new ball or in odi with the 2 new ball rule, Very easy to take cheeky singles, Hit sixes, Sweep for a boundary etc.

Test however is a format that never changed

Softer ball means everything happens slower. Seam is soft so it will slow turn as opposed to sharp turn. Would be harder to score runs but also harder to engineer a dismissal

 

[Devadwal]

5 more minutes for stumps . can England take one more wicket?

 

[mominsaigol]

Softer ball means everything happens slower. Seam is soft so it will slow turn as opposed to sharp turn. Would be harder to score runs but also harder to engineer a dismissal

Yes but I've never seen a harder ball spin more then a softer one. The rest of what you said, I agree with.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ramiz doesn't know the difference between leg slip and short leg.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Saud has been great against spin thus far. Shan also has not been bad surprisingly. Just need to see this day out now

 

[emranabbas]

game is pretty much even we have lost only 3 wickets

 

[zarak]

Yes but I've never seen a harder ball spin more then a softer one. The rest of what you said, I agree with.

Fair point more to do with the speed of turn than amount. In this test it has gotten harder to get wickets post 30 overs

 

[BouncerGuy]

Please Stay on topic and talk about this match. No personal remarks and irrelevant stuff

 

[RyanRyan10]

Some fans are celebrating Kamran Ghulam's failure

 

[Devadwal]

Babar Fans are celebrating Kamran Ghulam's failure

Fixed.

 

[mango_bite77]

Big opportunity for Saud, this innings alone can secure his test captaincy, because shan would be anyway sacked.

 

[Kianig89]

Intriguing day undeed

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Should be the last over of the day

 

[mango_bite77]

Some fans are celebrating Kamran Ghulam's failure

Babar was a parasite to team, however Kamran too is no Bradman.

 

[Devadwal]

Overall good day for cricket. England is slightly happier side

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England won't mind going back to the hotel tonight happy as the day has gone 50-50.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Fixed.

Some of them have become Babar fans just because most of the fans are now critical of him

 

[RyanRyan10]

Overall good day for cricket. England is slightly happier side

Pakistan is winning this one

Batting will get easier once the ball gets old

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan need a 70/80 lead to stand any chance

 

[emranabbas]

It's been pretty much even so far

 

[Ahmed216]

Sajid in post match interview - Joe Root best player hai but unfortunately wo out hou gaya

 

[batandballbattle]

Balanced day. A lot different to a typical Pindi test where a side would bat throughout the day with maybe 4-5 wickets max falling. Credit to the curators for again playing to our strengths.

That Smith innings could still prove crucial so these two should look to bat for most if not all of the first session tomorrow

 

[mominsaigol]

Sajid in post match interview - Joe Root best player hai but unfortunately wo out hou gaya

Said like a true Don. What a guy

 

[Devadwal]

Pakistan is winning this one

Batting will get easier once the ball gets old

Anything can happen but i dont think Pakistan can Chase 200+ target.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Anything can happen but i dont think Pakistan can Chase 200+ target.

They'll even struggle to chase between 160-200 on a Day 4 wicket let alone Day 5.

 

[Devadwal]

They'll even struggle to chase between 160-200 on a Day 4 wicket let alone Day 5.

I don't think this test going to 4th day .

This will finish around tea of day 3.

Upto 170 - Pakistan game to lose
175-215 - anything can happen
220+ England will be favourite

 

[Buffet]

27 runs partnership. Make it a big one and game may be won right here.