**Official** Pakistan and England in the UAE 2015/16

[Pothas]

Yeah would be bowling Broad and Anderson here, even if just for a bit.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Just saw the Yasir delivery to Samit Patel

 

[Uppercut]

England's batting is so loose when they're ahead in the game. They only got away with it during the Ashes because of the agreement both sides had to give up if behind at the end of day one. Need a return to the days of Cook and Trott brutally boring the opposition into submission.

 

[Black_Warrior]

12th man Rizwan trolled Root when the Hafeez decision was overturned

 

[Cabinet96]

This is looking grim. When we were taking first innings leads in 2012 we at least got a couple of wickets before they went past. Younis and Misbah are still in the tank.

I wonder if Botham still thinks that England will enjoy seeing any ball that has huge turn and bounce?

 

[Cabinet96]

That's a bonus.

 

[91Jmay]

That is a gift, still Pakistan well ahead at this point with the two guns still to come.

 

[smash84]

Crap. That's awful. A freaking run out

 

[indiaholic]

Bring the lollapse.

 

[smash84]

****

 

[91Jmay]

What a ball that is. Need couple more quickly though.

 

[wpdavid]

Yeah, it would take something extraordinary from Pakistan for us to be chasing anything remotely viable.

I'm trying to remember a worse England spin attack when playing in the SC. And failing We were pretty anodyne in Pakistan immediately after the loss of Underwood to Packer in 1977, but you'd figure Miller and Edmonds offered a bit more control. And even though we were slaughtered in India n 1993, Emburey or Tufnell had to be better than these guys.


EDIT
Another few of those would help though.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

If we can get another couple tonight we are back on top. if not the game is heading towards Pakistan.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Malik at 3 for how much longer?

 

[wpdavid]

Malik at 3 for how much longer?

Another 9 months or so, please.

 

[smash84]

england with their noses in front now. Another one down and england will be right on top

 

[91Jmay]

Apparently regular watchers of this pitch think it flattens out rather than getting miles worse, so around 200 should be chase-able if we bat well.

 

[smash84]

they've put a new surface in sharjah so nobody is sure how it''ll behave

 

[Black_Warrior]

Who's the new commentator with Athers now? Haven't heard him in this series before

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

england with their noses in front now. Another one down and england will be right on top