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[heslops barnet]

Quality mornings Cricket be interesting how we bowl and how Pakistan bat! Pitches like this should be banned from test cricket a total road!

Entertaining for the T20 & Hundred mob…….

 

[supercity88]

The way it's playing is what was expected, but perhaps not so much of a road as this! England have helped bring a result into play by batting so quickly but unless the wicket completely breaks up or we can take a few wickets quickly, a result seems a way off.

 

[waspish]

The pitch is garbage for good test cricket it needs to give the bowlers a chance

 

[oscbarcelona]

That wicket in Pakistan must be as dead as..

 

[waspish]

Wonder what the pitch be like halfway through day 3? Surly it will do something

 

[Claytop]

We just about got a par score by the looks of it...

 

[andyhinch]

How’s this not darker than when they came off yesterday ?

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Watch Pakistan win this by an innings.

 

[Corky]

Going to need a new honours board.

 

[jimharri]

Watch Pakistan win this by an innings.

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[Citizen in Pakistan]

Wonder what the pitch be like halfway through day 3? Surly it will do something

Roads don't deteriorate so quickly and i doubt any major changes on day 5 even, an odd ball might misbehave but that's about it. England's best bet would be to get reverse swing going somehow and taking couple of wickets which will allow them to put pressure and induce mistakes, other than that this looks like a draw by all accounts

 

[dadnlad]

great coverage get a wicket and tv cuts to adverts

 

[waspish]

I did point out yesterday to bowl wide jacks got two now [emoji16][emoji3060]

 

[dadnlad]

collapse is on

 

[jimharri]

Get the Pakistani tail out with a lead of 100. Quickfire 250-300 in the second innings, then bowl the Pakistani lads on day 5. Simple.

 

[crooky]

Get the Pakistani tail out with a lead of 100. Quickfire 250-300 in the second innings, then bowl the Pakistani lads on day 5. Simple.

That's what's going to happen and it could well be a good watch.

 

[waspish]

Unless we get them out and have at least 100 lead we still need the pitch to deteriorate rapidly to have ANY chance of winning!

 

[waspish]

Finally got a spinner that will oust one dimensional Leach out this England side! Jacks has more to his bow than leach and showed it on a flat do nought pitch! Leach and jacks will both start next game Livingstone out for Foakes!

It’s time now for leach to gradually be eased out and jacks to come in a young tall spinner who can bat too!

 

[wahablue]

Engiand lead by. 130 runs now 34/1wkt,Crawley & Pope are the batsmen.

 

[waspish]

We 2 for 114 we need another 180 at least we should get! another couple of another quick wickets will make it interesting! We will keep attacking because the Moto is there willing to lose a game in order to win one..