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

Lol England and New Zealand have nearly identical scores. Both have lost all their wickets to spin too.
 
Cricinfo “Looks like Sajid wants to have a chat with Smith after that over”

What’s that about?
 
Smaller ground

Ball definitely flies over here. England were holing out every time at Multan on the slogs
 
Bilal Ahmad15 said:
whether people like it or not, he is pretty much the best middle-order batsman Pakistan has, and he has overall been great in the subcontinent.

Everyone says to select players who perform in domestic, and guess what, Saud Shakeel was one of the best performers for multiple years before he got to play for Pakistan.

And once again, overall he has been quite a good player in Test, played multiple great innings which suddenly people dont want to give him credit for.
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He's a pretty good for SC outside SC he's a walking wicket as proved in Australia and his stint in Yorkshire.
 
Very good inning by Jamie so far helped by Shan not varying bowling type, he should try the only pacer Pakistan have.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Thank you for exposing yourself again. As always, when you get exposed and proven wrong you try to concoct some barely legible, incoherent argument that has nothing to do with ground realities.

Btw incase you didn't know an average of 86 against spin is better than an average of 37 against spin
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Can you explain why a Bradman level test player against spin got dropped For a then 36 year old Has been keeper who showed him up with a century against NZ?

Let's hear it, let's hear your genuis words of wisdom.
 
What a waste of space Zahid is. everyone knew it except dumb selectors
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Zahid is one of the worst spinners I have seen play test cricket for Pakistan. Even if he gets lucky and picks up a wicket that shouldn't take away from how truly rubbish this guy is..
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It'd a ridiculous selection because the guy isn't even young but nearly 40 , so what's the point selecting someone who is near the end of his career and brings nothing to the table
 
Good to see an English batter using his feet to attack spin instead of looking to sweep everything
 
Sajid and Noman are gonna need a two-hour deep tissue massage, a sauna bath, and a therapist after today’s play
 
mominsaigol said:
Can you explain why a Bradman level test player against spin got dropped For a then 36 year old Has been keeper who showed him up with a century against NZ?

Let's hear it, let's hear your genuis words of wisdom.
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Anyone can get dropped for being out of form. Can you explain why you deflect and change the argument when you are proven wrong? You started off by calling Duckett a better player of spin than Rizwan, now you have somehow ended up on Sarfraz.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Zahid is one of the worst spinners I have seen play test cricket for Pakistan. Even if he gets lucky and picks up a wicket that shouldn't take away from how truly rubbish this guy is..
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Pakistan would have been much better off playing a seamer instead of him. Mir Hamza would've been my choice because at least he can make use of the new ball.
 
Almost 3 sixes from this Zahid over if it weren't for Sajid saving that last ball hit, should've included another batsman instead.
 
Why is Zahid still playing after his horrible showing in the last game? A blind monkey could do a better job than him!

We are playing with 10 players.
 
Lol Zahid gets smith, I wish he got a hundred though. Would have been an iconic knock
 
Like I said, even if he somehow gets lucky, its shouldn't take away from how truly rubbish Zahid is
 
Deewana Mastana said:
Why is Shan content on bowling Zahid when he's being smashed to all parts
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I found Shan’s captaincy to be only marginally better than Babar. We desperately need a new captain. Shan sucks so much. Hes never proactive, always reactive and that reaction comes with a sizable lag.
 
Thank you, Zahid!
Come on now, let’s wrap this up in the next 5 overs!
 
I hope now every1 knows why he kept Zahid on. Not a fan of him but he's a leg spinner who flights the ball and Jamie was looking to hit big.

England have let it go a bit after causing a few worries. Atkinson and Jamie were doing well playing normal cricket
 
Reckless bazball mentality costing England time and time again.
No need for Jamie Smith and Gus to throw away their wickets like that before tea.

Outstanding knock from Jamie nonetheless, England have finally found a star keeper-batsman
 
Get them out under 270, try to score the double at least. We have a chance to win a series in Pakistan after a long time. Poor stuff from Pakistan though, they could have england under 200.
 
Ahmed216 said:
I hope now every1 knows why he kept Zahid on. Not a fan of him but he's a leg spinner who flights the ball and Jamie was looking to hit big.

England have let it go a bit after causing a few worries. Atkinson and Jamie were doing well playing normal cricket
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Yes exactly, those shots Smith and Atkinson were playing were risky shots against the good spin Zahid got, in fact Smith got lucky on one or two occasions with at least one drop.
 
Ahmed216 said:
I hope now every1 knows why he kept Zahid on. Not a fan of him but he's a leg spinner who flights the ball and Jamie was looking to hit big.

England have let it go a bit after causing a few worries. Atkinson and Jamie were doing well playing normal cricket
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No he absolutely should have been brought on. You can't expect Sajid and Nauman to bowl for two sessions straight. The question everyone is asking is that is this guy seriously the best spinner we could find in FC?
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
What a super effort by Sajid Khan on boundary...
For me as an Indian fan- he's the most watchable guy in your lineup ...
Absolute legend dude...
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No hair, no fair, no height, no flair and no English. Impossible to market to Pakistanis , including the male ones .
 
Bilal Ahmad15 said:
Yes exactly, those shots Smith and Atkinson were playing were risky shots against the good spin Zahid got, in fact Smith got lucky on one or two occasions with at least one drop.
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250-260 is nt high score.. infact its a par total.. Pakistan needs to play out few early overs of spin when ball is shiny and hard.. once it gets softer there is nothing in this pitch.. if eng had played sensibly , 400-500 was there for the taking
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
No he absolutely should have been brought on. You can't expect Sajid and Nauman to bowl for two sessions straight. The question everyone is asking is that is this guy seriously the best spinner we could find in FC?
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Maybe rizwan should bowl. He'd avg 86 with the ball 100% 🤣
 
Slim said:
I found Shan’s captaincy to be only marginally better than Babar. We desperately need a new captain. Shan sucks so much. Hes never proactive, always reactive and that reaction comes with a sizable lag.
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That's just not a Shan issue but infact a general one with all Pak players no matter which one you give the captaincy too.

They're always sitting back lacklustrly waiting for something to happen rather than making things happen.

Just look at Stokes how proactive he is a captain how he's moving around himself and then his players and knows how to attack and when to set up a trap.
 
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