England tour of Pakistan 2024 | Belt and Road Initiative series Part 2 |3 Tests | Oct 7 - Oct 28 | 10:30 AM IST | Discussion

[Sgattick10]

Eng 1-1 

[Tillu]

England needs to go all out. They are not gonna survive plonking and plodding here.

[Lord]

Just now, Tillu said:

England needs to go all out. They are not gonna survive plonking and plodding here.

 

They are going all out. 1 out already.

 

Nothing unplayable about the pitch if you play conventionally

[rollingstoned]

I want to see stats for England post Bazball when their openers get dismissed cheaply. Feels like even when they get good starts after those 2 sweep and slog their way the rest perish cheaply quite often. 

Edited October 17, 2024 by rollingstoned

[Sgattick10]

Bazballa 11/2 

[jigjig]

Goraballa 2 wickets

[R!TTER]

Root's only shot against spin is those ugly sweeps! In that 2021 series after first test he avg under 20

[Norman]

They aren't even cross 100 here. 

 

They messed up big time in their first innings by collapsing from a strong position.

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, Norman said:

They aren't even cross 100 here. 

 

They messed up big time in their first innings by collapsing from a strong position.

Sajid is bowling very well.  Nice loop and revs on the ball & you'd think he would be even better if he had a action that didn't looked handicapped 

[jigjig]

Bazball at test in a difficult situation.

Root may have a point to prove 

[Frustrated]

Just when I thought that Stokes is the most overhyped kaptaan cum player, Vadapav Sharma says "Hi"   

[Lord]

Match depends on Root-Pope partnership

[Norman]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Match depends on Root-Pope partnership

 

Match is over. Even if they somehow put on a mammoth partnership and take England to 200/2 , as soon as one falls the rest of the guys will just fold one by one..

 

Stokes is a tailender, Brook is sitting duck against any movement and Smith is inexperienced. 

[Frustrated]

It's not just Eng's batting which has let them down, it's also their inability to finish off the Pak tail in both innings which would cost them this test.          In 1st inning Pak went from 307/8 to 366 AO.  In 2nd inning Pak went from 170/8 to 221 AO. 

[Gollum]

2 hours ago, Lord said:

Match depends on Root-Pope partnership

More chance of getting bowled out under 100. 

 

Chasing 300 here needs a miracle. Their openers were their best bet. 

 

Even if Pooks cooperate with panicky decisions, dropped catches, don't think England has the quality. 

[Gollum]

Next test Pooks should include a pacer in place of Zahid, avoid patta....and keep Babar out. Easy 2-1. 

[Trichromatic]

8 hours ago, Gollum said:

More chance of getting bowled out under 100. 

 

Chasing 300 here needs a miracle. Their openers were their best bet. 

 

Even if Pooks cooperate with panicky decisions, dropped catches, don't think England has the quality. 

 

Especially with Stokes. Expect him to fail again and trigger lower order collapse.

[Trichromatic]

8 hours ago, Gollum said:

Next test Pooks should include a pacer in place of Zahid, avoid patta....and keep Babar out. Easy 2-1. 

 

Shows how much valuable their potential ATGs were.

[Tillu]

Day 9 pitch and still a decent wicket to bat.

[Chaos]

Just now, Tillu said:

Day 9 pitch and still a decent wicket to bat.

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