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Pakistan reach 80/2 at Stumps on Day 4 in chase of a target of 343 to win the 1st Test

So Pakistan will surrender to defeat today. This is even lower by their standards. They have no clue how to tackle this short pitch tactic. This is seriously men vs boys.
 
Our most experienced Pakistan batsman can't play bounce in his own backyard and then we criticise the lads when they can't get Zimbabwe bowlers away.
 
Ali Khan Zahid Mehmood have no business at international level reminds us of average lads from County cricket in 90s
 
Azhar the coward walking off, this guy wants to play 100 test, no heart.

England win coming up.
 
Babar gone, shameful stuff.

mindless cricket on a dead wicket vs short ball.
 
wao such a soft soft dismissal. Babar career in nutshell. This sorry lot can't even handle this short pitch from trundler pace on this road. Man can't take this humiliation anymore. England brave approach fully deserved to beat this good for nothing overhyped side. I am speechless, I know they were bad but this is next level even by Pak standards.
 
Wow what a declaration by England. They deserve to win this.
 
As i said no shame this was expected..on a flat wicket..no woood or archer bouncer after bouncer 11 men on boundaries...and we gift wickets ..pretty much expected
 
If you cant play short ball on this surface you should not be playing cricket.
 
It’s Ben Stokes not Curtley Ambrose!!

How can you just let him do this to you!?
 
Brave England

Selfish Babar deserves this, only wanted this pitch for his stats
 
Egg on the faces of Rameez and Babar who did their utmost to ensure this test match heads for a boring draw even before the match the begun...Bazball Zindabad!
 
England deserve to win this. They have played to win. Pakistan from the start were merely playing not to lose. They just don’t have the self belief. It will be awfully embarrassing to lose on this pitch against this English bowling lineup.
 
This team can hit any depth and nothing is too low for them. Bunch of shameless pretenders.
 
England have really taken the p!ss out of pak in the test.

Treated pak bowling like a school boy attack, scoring at a ridiculous run rate, Joe root batting left hand and now bouncing pak out on this pancake of a pitch

Embarrassing
 
Babar can only score in flat pitches with no pressure. This guy cannot perform under pressure for sure. Azhar is finished. Today Saqlain will praise English team for their all round effort. Such a joke of a coach.
 
How will Pakpassion cope with the cognitive dissonance that Imam Ul Haq is holding you together while scoring at SR100 in a tightly fought Test vs high quality opposition while hunting for back to back tons?
 
Mamoon said:
Where are the deluded fans who said this is a dumb declaration & Pakistan will win? The delusion is comical. :)))
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It is still dumb. If Pak bat sensibly one session at a time they can still win it. The only logical reason I can think of is they dont rate Pak much hence this declaration. I dont see them declaring against India or AUS.
 
Just another embarassing defeat coming up for mentally and technically weaker side.
 
Imagine if Mark Wood wasn’t injured. Match would have been over by now.
 
Shafi said:
Babar can only score in flat pitches with no pressure. This guy cannot perform under pressure for sure. Azhar is finished. Today Saqlain will praise English team for their all round effort. Such a joke of a coach.
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Babar is soft player. He can score only against Zimbabwe and second string attack.
 
Well I called it did not expect Babar to score both innings,with Azhar in the team Pak are a batsman short too.
 
Flattest of pattas, just a hint of pressure and our batsmen have choked royally.

It's a complete disgrace.
 
ex-q-zit said:
It is still dumb. If Pak bat sensibly one session at a time they can still win it. The only logical reason I can think of is they dont rate Pak much hence this declaration. I dont see them declaring against India or AUS.
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They would have bowled first against India or Australia. This is the first time they have bowled first in Bazball era.

They know Pakistan is a nothing side. We are a good team only in the heads of our deluded supporters.
 
^ they wouldn’t have gone with this attack against those sides either.
 
Mamoon said:
They would have bowled first against India or Australia. This is the first time they have bowled first in Bazball era.

They know Pakistan is a nothing side. We are a good team only in the heads of our deluded supporters.
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Stokes literally said we would have bowled first if it wasn't for all the illnesses and giving the bowlers longer to recover.
 
Nepotism -Ul-Haq & co dragging Paks name in the mud. Getting bounced out on a flat against pie chuckers!!
 
Pak cant afford to lose any more wickets before close of play now, saving game is a huge task.
 
At least Ramiz can blab it was a sporting pitch. Show some fake aggression in front of camera and all will be forgotten. England will win the series by 3-0.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A smart declaration that. 342 for Pakistan to win it. Very getable but to get wickets on this pitch you need the batter to take risks so need to dangle a carrot. Short ball theory is to get this ball scuffed up quickly while it’s new because reverse is our major weapon</p>— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) <a href="https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8/status/1599348843987902465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
MenInG said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A smart declaration that. 342 for Pakistan to win it. Very getable but to get wickets on this pitch you need the batter to take risks so need to dangle a carrot. Short ball theory is to get this ball scuffed up quickly while it’s new because reverse is our major weapon</p>— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) <a href="https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8/status/1599348843987902465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Smart intelligent thinking.
 
I'm just following the scorecard. Is Azhar Ali done for the match?
 
James said:
Highest 4th innings chase ever in Pak is 314/9 and the current Pak team scores at a 44 strike rate, overs get lost to bad light. Game is not far off being safe at 296, England are doing well here.
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Blimey! Looks like you are right! Fab Four Babar out for 4.
 
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Well we know Pakistan can fold on any kind of a pitch at times so this won't be a surprise at all. Whats more bothering is if there is a result on this pitch, criticism of pitch ll die down quickly.
 
This Eng team routinely get mauled away from home by the likes of NZ Ind Aus shouldn’t even give em a sniff of victory.
 
We were told that declaration is buffonery, that Eng cannot dictate how Pak will play, that stokes and baz got it horribly wrong, that Pak would get these runs at their own pace.


What seems to have happened here in last half an hour since these predictions?
 
AAli98 said:
This Eng team routinely get mauled away from home by the likes of NZ Ind Aus shouldn’t even give em a sniff of victory.
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This is a different England. They are playing without the fear of old.
 
Can someone suggest here, is there any chance of Azhar Ali batting tomorrow ?

We all know he is a timid character but will he have any courage to bat ?
 
Robert said:
Blimey! Looks like you are right!

Fab Four Babar out for 4.
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This is what I keep saying to people all over social media and twitter, just take a step back with some of the unorthodoxy, be patient with the decisions, and have some faith in Ben and Brendon’s leadership. It’s all been meticulously calculated and the 85% win rate is proving that it works. Looks like they are making good calls again here.
 
Sarwar89 said:
Can someone suggest here, is there any chance of Azhar Ali batting tomorrow ?

We all know he is a timid character but will he have any courage to bat ?
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Brother he has to conserve energy to play 100 tests.
 
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