What will Pakistan's lead be in the Lord's Test?

[DeadBall]

How many runs lead can we get to gain advantage in this match?

 

[ManFan]

I think 120 odd.

If we can get to 400, it’ll be a real benchmark looming over England’s head.

But I wouldn’t feel comfortable as we lost when we had a 120 lead in the 3rd Test last time.

200 would be ideal and game over for England.

 

[Markhor]

I'm hoping for 150, especially as conditions will ease for batting with the sunshine predicted over the weekend.

Remember Edgbaston when we had a lead of 103 which got wiped out in a session.

 

[babajee]

200.

 

[Syed1]

I think 120 odd.

If we can get to 400, it’ll be a real benchmark looming over England’s head.

But I wouldn’t feel comfortable as we lost when we had a 120 lead in the 3rd Test last time.

200 would be ideal and game over for England.

Our bowling attack in this test is arguably better than what it was in the the 2016 series

 

[hadi123]

200+ is ideal as there's plenty of time left but as opposed to the lead we'll actually get, it all depends on how we play the new ball as we are always 1 wicket away from a collapse. I think Sarfaraz, Shadab, Ashraf and Hasan Ali are all rather attacking so hopefully even just 1 or 2 of them plays a quick but important cameo. Therefore I voted for 150-174.

Hopefully that's enough, in Edgbaston 2016 we had a lead of just over 100 and we still lost quite badly.

 

[ManFan]

Our bowling attack in this test is arguably better than what it was in the the 2016 series

And the conditions suit us but the pitch will keep on getting better for batting.

And the biggest ADVANTAGE we have is a 5th bowler.

No more huffing and puffing from our pacers.

 

[saeed5646]

Huge blow what a pathetic shot that was from sarfarz .first target should be get some how near 120 .150 should be target but it looks too far now

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Around 130

 

[aloo paratha]

All is not lost yet, 50 each from Faheem and Shadab, and then a quick 20 from Hasan can get our lead to close to 200.

 

[saeed5646]

All is not lost yet, 50 each from Faheem and Shadab, and then a quick 20 from Hasan can get our lead to close to 200.

Hopefully this happen but the new ball will be on and we mighy be in trouble

 

[aloo paratha]

Hopefully this happen but the new ball will be on and we mighy be in trouble

Forgot about that... Let's hope our tail can wag. I'm sure we'll get a lead of 100 at least.

 

[saeed5646]

Forgot about that... Let's hope our tail can wag. I'm sure we'll get a lead of 100 at least.

Inshallah
shadab and fahim should bat with freedom

 

[Amjid Javed]

Id take 120 now. Sarfarazs brain **** and babars injury may have stopped us getting something bigger.

 

[silentkiller187]

Anyone in the know or at the ground, what are the chances of turning up at Lords tomorrow and getting a ticket? or is it all sold out.

 

[Hasan123]

Our bowling attack is better than it was in 2016. Anything over a 100 i am confident with. England batting isn't very strong.

 

[Square Drive]

200 if Babar comes back to bat tomorrow.

 

[Buffet]

I think 120 odd.

If we can get to 400, it’ll be a real benchmark looming over England’s head.

But I wouldn’t feel comfortable as we lost when we had a 120 lead in the 3rd Test last time.

200 would be ideal and game over for England.

Eng should lose this test. Lead is already huge and Pakistan has 5 more wickets. Eng is done and dusted in this test.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

200

 

[Rana]

200 and it's Pakistans game to lose

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Eng should lose this test. Lead is already huge and Pakistan has 5 more wickets. Eng is done and dusted in this test.

England underestimated Pakistan. I think that one test in Ireland has given this young pakistan team lots of confidence.

 

[babajee]

England underestimated Pakistan. I think that one test in Ireland has given this young pakistan team lots of confidence.

They have been outclassed at home.

 

[hadi123]

200+ is ideal as there's plenty of time left but as opposed to the lead we'll actually get, it all depends on how we play the new ball as we are always 1 wicket away from a collapse. I think Sarfaraz, Shadab, Ashraf and Hasan Ali are all rather attacking so hopefully even just 1 or 2 of them plays a quick but important cameo. Therefore I voted for 150-174.

Hopefully that's enough, in Edgbaston 2016 we had a lead of just over 100 and we still lost quite badly.

These two have handed the new ball pretty nicely. 200 lead is looking possible.

 

[hadi123]

So the lead is 166 at Stumps. As it stands I'm correct as I voted for 150-174 but I would be very happy to have voted wrong . Lead of 200+ will be great and potentially can win by an innings.

 

[Syed1]

So the lead is 166 at Stumps. As it stands I'm correct as I voted for 150-174 but I would be very happy to have voted wrong . Lead of 200+ will be great and potentially can win by an innings.

As a mod you can just change what you voted for and say "I told you so"

 

[The_Odd_One]

200 is possible if Babar can come out to bat tomorrow. Aamir can score another 10-15 runs.

 

[Rana]

Pakistan need to try and win this Test by an innings? Maximum runs to chase?

Excellent position to be in but a huge huge blow when your Number 5 batsman is ruled out of the Test with an innings to spare.

Ideally, Pakistan need to try and roll England over with a display of high quality bowling tomorrow morning at some point. I doubt it will be as easy as it was in the first innings. England batsman will look to bat, Gring on a wicket that offers runs to those who want to bat.

Very interesting Test match this. One bad session, a superb session can decide the fate of the Test even if one team has seemingly dominated throughout.

 

[MenInG]

Seems that the lead exceeding a lot of people's expectations

 

[Greenstorm]

Can Abbas and Amir add 20-30 more runs tomorrow ?

 

[hur rizvi]

Can Abbas and Amir add 20-30 more runs tomorrow ?

Too much to expect

 

[saeed5646]

Can Abbas and Amir add 20-30 more runs tomorrow ?

Forget about that i am worried about both getting injured to short pitch ball or good length from eng fast bowling attack

 

[Greenstorm]

Forget about that i am worried about both getting injured to short pitch ball or good length from eng fast bowling attack

I am sure they will wear full protection.

 

[saeed5646]

I am sure they will wear full protection.

Yeah they should do we don.t effort any other injury

 

[The_Odd_One]

200 is possible if Babar can come out to bat tomorrow. Aamir can score another 10-15 runs.

Since Babar can't bat anymore, max 10 runs more.

 

[Rayyman]

Since Babar can't bat anymore, max 10 runs more.

Wouldn't be a bad idea to just declare now.

 

[hur rizvi]

Wouldn't be a bad idea to just declare now.

No every run is gold when you have to bat last

 

[Syed1]

I hope Amir hogs the strike and gets a couple of boundaries.. push the lead as close to 200 as possible.

 

[PakSarZameen]

2-3 boundaries from Amir and get to 180. Psychological advantage.

 

[idrizzy]

I am sure they will wear full protection.

Protection is key

 

[ManFan]

Odds are that Abbas will nick a short one to Bairstow the first ball he faces.

 

[coy0607]

I would say a best case is 10-15 runs, and I wouldn't want Abbas and especially Amir batting out there for too long.

They need to bowl their hearts out right after batting, thats where their real impact will be made

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Amir to get to 40 odd and Pakistan's lead extended to 211 runs

 

[dauntless]

180 would be perfect. Hopefully they get there.166 is good enough though.

 

[blackanhyellow]

I would say declare over night.

This will throw england off a bit as they wont be expecting it.

Also will give Pakistan the chance to bowl in the best possible conditions tomorrow with no time of the good conditions wasted.

I dont see Amir and Abbas adding much runs tomorrow anyways.

 

[hadi123]

Looks like Azam will play no further part. Need to push it past 200.