*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[Pratters]

Terrible review.

 

[Scaly piscine]

****, only one and a half sessions today and already the pak lead is just 200 left

Still a lot of runs when Pakistan are bowling.

I'd back England's lower order to add 100-150 in most situations, but against Pakistan is a different Test.

Another flowery nothing from Vince then.

 

[smash84]

noice

 

[OverratedSanity]

w00t go Yasir

 

[Pratters]

I'll be interested to hear his thoughts on Yasir

he loves yasir

No leg spinner can't love Yasir. He is most joyful to watch.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I'll be interested to hear his thoughts on Yasir

Seriously? You haven't heard him speak about Yasir before? It'll be the exact same thing he has said since Yasir made his debut..it's the exact same thing he says about Adil Rashid and Imran Tahir. And if you ask him about Mishra, he would say the same thing about him too.

 

[Howe_zat]

Precarious position. Fascinating test match, even if drops have kept it in the balance

 

[Pratters]

450 looking steep now but they can still get it if the tail hangs around a bit, say.

 

[ImpatientLime]

vince don't look cut out for this level. weak.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I want so badly for Ballance to get runs but I don't think he will. Just get Amir in against him.

 

[Pratters]

I don't like Cook or his batting. Too dour and mundane, his batting.

 

[smash84]

those cook catches, man they will hurt

 

[Black_Warrior]

Precarious position. Fascinating test match, even if drops have kept it in the balance

Yepp.. Too bad no one's bothering to do a podcast

 

[smash84]

an inswinging yorker please

 

[Black_Warrior]

I don't like Cook or his batting. Too dour and mundane, his batting.

I can see how someone would be find Cook's batting dour and mundane but today he has been anything but dour and mundane. If anything, he has been uncharacteristically aggressive and played a lot more strokes against the new ball.

 

[Pratters]

It's just his style, even when he plays strokes. Annoys the hell out of me some how.

 

[Pratters]

Beauty gets Ballance. Very nice test.

 

[Howe_zat]

We're boned

 

[Compton]

Yasir is bowling beautifully. England really struggling to play him now.

 

[91Jmay]

Sigh. So predictable. I blame Root for this. Was his weak, stupid shot. I also blame the 'cool uncle' Bayliss who won't tell him to wind his neck in and applaudes over the top aggressive play.