*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[Stapel]

Top over by Moeen............

 

[artvandalay]

They told me he's a front line spinner. I blame India for this.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well this pitch looks very good to bat on and Pakistan are finally cashing in.

 

[91Jmay]

Maybe, but the new ball will be a real test of Misbah, didn't hang around long against Sussex when he had to deal with it.

This is a fine partnership from Pakistan, but still don't think its time for England to totally panic.

Anything over 300 is a decent score, 350 will be a good one. England already behind the 8 ball.

 

[Cabinet96]

Dropping Misbah is looking very very costly here. Two even sessions so far but the evening session on the first day is when good middle order players cash in.

Yep...

 

[Pothas]

Anything over 300 is a decent score, 350 will be a good one. England already behind the 8 ball.

At Lords? Got to be wanting to make 400 if you bat first.

 

[Compton]

To risk saying what everyone else is saying, you can really see it in Finn's action when he's not right.

 

[hendrix]

Pakistan have a really weak tail so they do absolutely need these two to go big.

 

[91Jmay]

At Lords? Got to be wanting to make 400 if you bat first.

Yeah you can win with 350 against this England line up though.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah you can win with 350 against this England line up though.

really? Batting look solid to me -or at least as solid as any other modern team - and there are serious questions about Pakistan's attack.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah you can win with 350 against this England line up though.

Not at Lord's. Not been a result all year and it gets flatter and flatter as the game goes on and there is no pace in it at all.

 

[Cabinet96]

wag

 

[Pothas]

Hero.

 

[fredfertang]

Try as I might I can't begrudge him that - wouldn't have been gutted but certainly disappointed if he'd missed out

 

[hendrix]

yus!!!! Love you Misbah

 

[Nauq]

yeah Pakistan need to score at least 400 to be safe in this match or at least feel safer.
Even If they are able to draw a couple of tests, it should be encouraging for them because they haven't played outside Asia and have serious limitations.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Misbah WAFG

Seriously love him so much. I actually doubted him before this series even though I love him to bits... thought he'd struggle in English conditions. This is all the more impressive because he's Pakistani, which means he's probably closer to 52 than 42. Great man, great beard, great celebration.

 

[91Jmay]

Not at Lord's. Not been a result all year and it gets flatter and flatter as the game goes on and there is no pace in it at all.

I'm sure their legspinner will look ok on Day 4/5

 

[StephenZA]

Great from Misbah.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Never for one moment doubted that Shafiq would deliver, though. It's been bleedingly obvious for years how good of an all conditions player he is.