Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted October 11 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted October 11 I think it's a fairly good guess that no one saw this coming when Pakistan strolled off with 556 on the board on day two. That's a fantastic test match - we batted brilliantly. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 11 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11 27 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think it's a fairly good guess that no one saw this coming when Pakistan strolled off with 556 on the board on day two. That's a fantastic test match - we batted brilliantly. I was fully expecting England to be out for 200 odd in their first innings. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 30 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think it's a fairly good guess that no one saw this coming when Pakistan strolled off with 556 on the board on day two. That's a fantastic test match - we batted brilliantly. Indeed, no team has ever lost by an innings when scoring 500+. I still don't think it was a particularly great match, hopefully they can play on the same pitch which has had 5 days wear and tear next time rather than start again on another road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 4 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: I think it's a fairly good guess that no one saw this coming when Pakistan strolled off with 556 on the board on day two. That's a fantastic test match - we batted brilliantly. Especially considering we were 4-1 in reply as well and there were doubts about Duckett batting after he injured his thumb. Be interesting to see what they do if Stokes is fit to bat in the next game but not bowl? Who do they drop? Can't drop one of the five bowlers as we'll need them. Pope? Duckett gets a rest with his thumb injury and Stokes opens? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 11 Moderator Share Posted October 11 4 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: I think it's a fairly good guess that no one saw this coming when Pakistan strolled off with 556 on the board on day two. England did. They even said so at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 I didn't realise just how bad this Pakistan side are. Bangladesh beat them in a 2 test series whitewash. Still, no - one saw England winning that first test after the Pakistan first innings, except Brendan Cullum that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Game is evenly balanced after the first day. Thought we might be batting today after Leach got two wickets fairly quickly early on, but Ayub and Ghulam batted very very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 211-2 to 225-6, still trailing by 130. A lot of good work undone in the space of 15 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Christ that middle order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 211-2 to 256-8. Memories of England's tours before in Asia. Smith surely has to go here, no point in trying to block and nick a single at the end of the over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Our 4th best partnership was our 10th wicket stand. That's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Doing better than India mind, just been bowled out for 46 against New Zealand, which is nice. Going to be tough chasing anything here though, unless Duckett can get going again, ball is spinning all over the place. But being basically a day 8 pitch anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 2 minutes ago, Rodders said: Doing better than India mind, just been bowled out for 46 against New Zealand, which is nice. Going to be tough chasing anything here though, unless Duckett can get going again, ball is spinning all over the place. But being basically a day 8 pitch anyway. Yep, India have had a shocker there but will be interesting to see what sort of score NZ post. I think Stokes isn't fit and we'd have had much more of a chance with Ahmed as a 3rd spinner than an unfit Stokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 This is only going to get harder to bat on so I suspect Pakistan almost have enough of a lead already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Yeah anything over 200 will be tough to chase down so it’s getting close to being Pakistan’s match to lose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 India all out for 46 at home to NZ! Think this game’s been taken away from England here, the pitch is turning all over the place and I’d be surprised if England score 150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 3 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: Think this game’s been taken away from England here, the pitch is turning all over the place and I’d be surprised if England score 150. Never rule out a Root masterclass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Ok so that’s not happening and now we look **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 toss was crucial, each innings has more or loss dropped by c.70 runs each time. Lost it really in conceding a few too many runs in the first innings, but we didn't bowl that badly. Then lost a cluster in our first innings. Next pitch will n doubt be more like this one than the first test. Just have to hope we win the toss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted Friday at 10:41 Author Share Posted Friday at 10:41 No way we were going to win that test really after losing the toss. Learned more winning on a dead pitch in the first test than losing the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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