*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[flibbertyjibber]

Wow that's actually extraordinary that he's already so high up there. It's probably going to be one of the toughest batting records to break by the time he retires.

He may well have more of the records by the time he finishes. Fair chance he will be well past 11000 runs by the time the India tour is over this winter and he will only be 32, plenty of time to chase down Sachin and given how many tests we play I think he is nailed on to go past his run total. Would be a shock if he doesn't end up with more tests, hundreds are probably out of his reach but runs and tests clearly aren't.

 

[Cabinet96]

That's the most runs as opener I think.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sarfraz has always been a terrible keeper, although he's good to spin.

I think he's pretty crap vs spin too. Hasn't he missed a whole load of stumpings and caught behind chances off Yasir and Babar over the last couple of years?

 

[Compton]

They might have been bowling all over the place but this attack does look like it can consistently pick up wickets.

The attack picks them up, the field puts them down.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Need a big score from Root here, Pakistan surely can't keep dropping Cook.

 

[Black_Warrior]

the **** fielding makes me so mad, why do I bother following this **** unit

You didn't follow Wasim Akram's career? You know why he doesn't have over 500 test wickets right?

 

[smash84]

Need a big score from Root here, Pakistan surely can't keep dropping Cook.

you think

 

[OverratedSanity]

He may well have more of the records by the time he finishes. Fair chance he will be well past 11000 runs by the time the India tour is over this winter and he will only be 32, plenty of time to chase down Sachin and given how many tests we play I think he is nailed on to go past his run total. Would be a shock if he doesn't end up with more tests, hundreds are probably out of his reach but runs and tests clearly aren't.

Yeah, I think he'll go past Sachin too.

inb4 Jono whines about this topic.

 

[weldone]

Yasir has been excellent so far.

..in his career

 

[MW1304]

The attack picks them up, the field puts them down.

Well, yeah, let down by the rest.

It's an unrefined but dangerous attack, can see the wickets coming in clusters, which we are prone to doing anyway.

 

[smash84]

You didn't follow Wasim Akram's career? You know why he doesn't have over 500 test wickets right?

the problem is that it seems to keep getting worse. The fielding was bad but the keeping was competent. Rashid Latif was a very good keeper and moin was decent. Since Kakmal we have **** keepers as well and the catching overall just seems to have deteriorated.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Oh dear Root, that was pathetic.

 

[Pratters]

We forget some times Root is still young but these shots serve as reminders. What a terrible shot man.

 

[Compton]

He was pretty loose early doors, but Amir's bowled really nicely to Cook. Obviously should have had him at least twice by now.

 

[smash84]

Finally, a wicket

 

[Compton]

In the context of Root's innings, and the context of the match, that's really silly.

 

[91Jmay]

Awful shot. Root gets in, comfortable as can be until 40-80 and then gets himself out.

Groundhog day all over again. Really irritating.

 

[smash84]

hafeez's hands were shaking

 

[MW1304]

Lost some composure this summer in general.

 

[Pratters]

He was pretty loose early doors, but Amir's bowled really nicely to Cook. Obviously should have had him at least twice by now.

Yeah Amir has been excellent. Even early on, even though he was a bit off, he was getting good nip. The rush after the ball bounces off the wicket has been excellent considering the pitch.