*Official* Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 2018

[vcs]

Ah well. That sucks.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Michelle for Abbas. Hope Pakistan don't walk it 2 down. At least 5 wickets would be nice

 

[ajdude]

bit overcast, might see some hoop here

 

[Prince EWS]

Happy to see Thompson made some runs -- looked decent too. I bagged him earlier as a bowling allrounder but I like him batting six or seven as the fifth bowler once one of the established batting lineup (Joyce probably? Maybe KOB too?) bow out of Tests,

 

[Athlai]

Things the Irish can already be proud of

Game is in the 4th day of play
Didn't lose their first Test by an innings
Maiden hundred for one of their players
Bowled Pakistan out (more or less Pakistan declared not because they thought they had an untenable lead but because why bother with the tenth wicket when it's a rain affected game, Pakistan weren't able to rack up 400/3 which is good)

If you had asked me as a neutral if I thought Ireland would achieve most of that, I probably would have thought it was very unlikely. I think they're a solid team but Zimbabwe/Bangers/West Indies don't even reliably achieve those things.

 

[vcs]

Great effort by Ireland. Pakistan should chase this 2 or 3 down though.

 

[Prince EWS]

Things the Irish can already be proud of

Game is in the 4th day of play
Didn't lose their first Test by an innings
Maiden hundred for one of their players
Bowled Pakistan out (more or less Pakistan declared not because they thought they had an untenable lead but because why bother with the tenth wicket when it's a rain affected game, Pakistan weren't able to rack up 400/3 which is good)

If you had asked me as a neutral if I thought Ireland would achieve most of that, I probably would have thought it was very unlikely. I think they're a solid team but Zimbabwe/Bangers/West Indies don't even reliably achieve those things.

I thought they'd bowl Pakistan out and not lose by an innings, but I always suspected they'd be rolled twice reasonably quickly and not make it to the fourth day. I guess the first day washout gives me some leeway with that, but they've done better than I expected, especially since they've had a few opportunities sail by throughout the match (ie. they've not always just been 20% behind as you see sometimes with an inferior team).

 

[ajdude]

yessss excellent start. i feel like this match will come down to sarfraz

 

[Athlai]

I thought they'd bowl Pakistan out and not lose by an innings, but I always suspected they'd be rolled twice reasonably quickly and not make it to the fourth day. I guess the first day washout gives me some leeway with that, but they've done better than I expected, especially since they've had a few opportunities sail by throughout the match (ie. they've not always just been 20% behind as you see sometimes with an inferior team).

I thought they’d probably get early wickets but I wasn’t sure they’d get consistent wickets through the innings.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Need some more quick

 

[Prince EWS]

I thought they’d probably get early wickets but I wasn’t sure they’d get consistent wickets through the innings.

Yeah, same pretty much. When Pak were six down it gave me hope, but god damn dropping Farheem twice before 50 hurt. At this sort of level I always viewed Shadab as more or less a batsman, but Farheem's innings was brutal.

 

[Uppercut]

I thought they'd bowl Pakistan out and not lose by an innings, but I always suspected they'd be rolled twice reasonably quickly and not make it to the fourth day. I guess the first day washout gives me some leeway with that, but they've done better than I expected, especially since they've had a few opportunities sail by throughout the match (ie. they've not always just been 20% behind as you see sometimes with an inferior team).

They needed the rub of the green to get that second innings total, although with a bit more luck they could've bowled Pakistan out for less. Clearly bowling is going to be our strength, especially at home against teams from the subcontinent.

I'm really happy with this performance whatever happens today. It's great to be a part of test cricket- means a bit more to me in practice than I expected it to.

 

[Prince EWS]

They needed the rub of the green to get that second innings total, although with a bit more luck they could've bowled Pakistan out for less. Clearly bowling is going to be our strength, especially at home against teams from the subcontinent.

I'm really happy with this performance whatever happens today. It's great to be a part of test cricket- means a bit more to me in practice than I expected it to.

I know you've pretty much given on other threads, but please post more in Ireland threads going forward. It seems you even watched the game and still didn't post :O

 

[Athlai]

I have a lot of respect for the current Pakistan team, I think they’re genuinely probably above average as a Test XI if I compare it to Test teams I’ve watched in the last dozen years or so. But man, if anyone can bottle this sort of thing, it’s Pakistan.

C’arn Ireland

 

[ajdude]

pls be taken cleanly. and can't call that a no ball

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Seems alright

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Yesss gone

 

[Athlai]

Oh baby

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I have a lot of respect for the current Pakistan team, I think they’re genuinely probably above average as a Test XI if I compare it to Test teams I’ve watched in the last dozen years or so. But man, if anyone can bottle this sort of thing, it’s Pakistan.

C’arn Ireland

With the departure of Misbah and Younis, current line up is shaky

 

[Prince EWS]

Hitting Murtagh for four should be banned IMO.