*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[wpdavid]

I love the smell of a new Test series in the morning.

And I've just finished teaching for the summer. This is a good day

Private school I take it?

Mine's pretty good too, as my regular classes are out on trips so plenty of time to follow the action.

Good toss to win, especially if Yasir Shah has something to bowl at in the 4th innings.

 

[Compton]

Little bit of green in the surface. Pakistan need their openers to stick around for an hour, even if they don't score many runs in the process.

 

[Howe_zat]

Private school I take it?

Mine's pretty good too, as my regular classes are out on trips so plenty of time to follow the action.

Good toss to win, especially if Yasir Shah has something to bowl at in the 4th innings.

Nah, state, but it's an upper school so most of the kids have finished exams and gone. Still at work like but plenty of time for TMS.

 

[jimmy101]

I'm liking the look of this Pakistan lineup, one of their strongest looking in years.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Pitched outside

 

[Daemon]

lmao why didn't they check where it pitched first? That seemed the greatest area of concern.

 

[vcs]

Nah, state, but it's an upper school so most of the kids have finished exams and gone. Still at work like but plenty of time for TMS.

Do you teach Maths?

 

[91Jmay]

Not a great review that. Solid enough start from Ball though, good pace.

 

[weldone]

Given no first class match at Lord's this season has produced a result yet I think it is nailed on that this will be a draw and a boring one as both sides will be able to bat for a long time in comfort.

Yasir Shah will be handy on this slow and low pitch.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good start from Broad and Ball, bad one by Cook.

 

[Howe_zat]

Do you teach Maths?

I try.

 

[wpdavid]

Good start from Broad and Ball, bad one by Cook.

Less so by Ball now, although it's still very early of course.

I'd be giving Woakes a bowl before long.

 

[wpdavid]

Forgive me if this has been done before, but is this one of the most monosyllabic England sides ever?

 

[91Jmay]

Really like that Ball errs on the side of a full length. One of my favourite things about his game.

 

[vcs]

I try.

Cool, I used to as well. It's fun.

 

[Howe_zat]

Forgive me if this has been done before, but is this one of the most monosyllabic England sides ever?

Needs Roy and Bates for Ballance and Bairstow

 

[Jono]

Would have been a classif Hafeez dismissal

 

[wpdavid]

Really like that Ball errs on the side of a full length. One of my favourite things about his game.

Especially after two full deliveries had gone for boundaries in the previous over.
Good comeback by the lad.

 

[Daemon]

That looked like it went ridiculously quick

 

[Howe_zat]

don't worry vince.

that was a very elegant looking drop.