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Pakistan vs England | 2nd Test | Dubai | Oct 22-26 | Day 1

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Ok guys time to for all of us to sleep and wake up on the 5th day to see some real action :))
 
Masood has a weird trigger movement just before the ball is delivered, I think its disturbing his flow of executing a shot or defending a ball, he needs to work on issue.
 
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That will need India vs Pakistan
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Yeah I hope we could organize a ODI tri-series between India, Pak and Bangla in UAE. It would be a hell of a tournament. Both the big boys looking for revenge against Bangla and the usual Pak v Ind rivalry.
 
Shan really needs to improve vs short bowling. He looks very good while driving. Needs to make that front foot trigger movement a bit smaller
 
Spinner mustn't be allowed to settle, dominate them, use your feet, smash them, slog them, absolutely murder them, be dominant and don't let them have a sniff.
 
His forward press is the real problem, neither here or there on length balls. His back foot game is messed up because of this trigger movement. He does that to survive on Asian pitches, where bounce is low and slow with no swing, premeditated front foot is not that harmful. He will be eaten alive on green and bounce.





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aliasad1998 said:
Shan really needs to improve vs short bowling. He looks very good while driving. Needs to make that front foot trigger movement a bit smaller
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That trigger movement is the base of his problems against both pace and spin. His entire flow and concentration is hindered by his trigger movement and he can't properly execute his shot, needs to get rid of it.
 
Seen of the new ball. On this pitch, these guys should kick themselves if they don't go on to make big scores from hereon in.
 
Shan Masood 32* against Anderson and co. Is it super duper flat pitch or just a fluke?
 
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That trigger movement is the base of his problems against both pace and spin. His entire flow and concentration is hindered by his trigger movement and he can't properly execute his shot, needs to get rid of it.
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He also looses his weight balance, too eager to play on front foot, weight moves on front foot little too much too early. If he shorten his front press, he may get better balance and can react to length changes and varying bounce. But then he will loose some of his front foot game, that gives him so much runs and confidence in Asia. It's not easy to get the right balance. In his case there is an obvious issue.


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Malik and masood must now mask their weakness vs short bowling or the pacers will be all over them
 
Spinning track will be mine field for us as English batsmen play spin better than our batsmen except Misbah and Khan
 
Poor dismissal that for Hafeez, Malik off the mark though with 2 runs.
 
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Best teams don't depend on toss outcome, they always find ways to win.
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They are the best teams because they have champion bowlers. But for moderate teams like these PAK and ENG on flat decks it is a big advantage to bat first.

This one looks flat, so I predict another big PAK total, and as their bowling is stronger this time so I predict a PAK win.
 
Hafeez commitment problem, neither forward nor backward. What a waste of opportunity on this wicket :facepalm:


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Shafi said:
Spinning track will be mine field for us as English batsmen play spin better than our batsmen except Misbah and Khan
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:))

Sarfraz is a beast vs spin. He was murduring Herath for fun when he was getting 10fers.

Malik is very good as well.
 
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I can see bowlers testing out malik with a few short balls on this pitch.

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Hafeez just gifted a free wicket to a useless spinner, must be kicking himself throughout the day watching his teammates scoring hundreds on this flat phatta, what kind of lazy shot was that? Neither front foot nor back, absolutely unacceptable to throw his wicket away to a parttimer.
 
Hafeez we all know will do this so better to move on. This wicket is tailor made for Pak. and will help spinners by day 3 so better to stay focussed
 
Theyre tryin hard to unsettle moeen. He may not be a very good spinner but hes clever
 
Critical Analyst said:
Spinner mustn't be allowed to settle, dominate them, use your feet, smash them, slog them, absolutely murder them, be dominant and don't let them have a sniff.
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I like you as a poster already. This is the only acceptable way to bat against a spinner imo. Smash them to smithereens . :D
 
Ideally need to get to lunch just 1 wicket down here, Masood has got a start so needs to cash in here.
 
Masood will get himself stumped against Moeen Ali if he persist with coming down the track with his weird feet movement, he doesn't have the power to execute a proper drive when dancing down the track due to his trigger movement.
 
What the hell was that! Absolute stunner!!!!!!!!! Pak in trouble now. Younis khan needs to play properly and not in odi style!!
 
I am damn sure a specialist test bat would never be out to such a shot. it makes me cringe.
 
I logged in just to witness this momentous occasion on pakpassion. It was the most beautiful thing ever. :')
 
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