*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

[Neptune]

Bloody hell this wasn’t forecast was it? Remember looking this morning and all it said was there might be short spells of light drizzle later in the day. Annoying.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Fair to say that that's all the play we'll see for today.

 

[trundler]

Yeah MisYo were what kept them together. Misbah in particular is the greatest ever Pakistani cricketer for me in terms of non cricketing attributes.

We won series after series on the back of those 2. Younis completely nullified spin attacks on some rank turners in the UAE. Played so many clutch innings in dire situations. For that reason I rate him over Sanga. That may be the rare occasion where my inner fanboy comes out.

 

[TestMatch]

Babar Azam's good form looks to be continuing.

His last 8 innings:

104, 97, 8, 102*, 60, 100*, 143, 52*

 

[nightprowler10]

Damn it I missed the alarm to wake up early.

 

[Daemon]

Didn't realise the TV umps were calling no-balls for this series. Finally.

TV umpire to call front-foot no-balls in England-Pakistan Test series

The ICC will monitor the results before using the technology consistently in the future World Test Championship series

www.espncricinfo.com

On England's tour of Sri Lanka in 2018, broadcasters counted as many as 12 no-balls missed by the umpires during one five-over spell. In last year's Australia-Pakistan series, Channel 7 tallied up to 21 had been missed during two sessions on the second day in Brisbane while there were further examples in the recently completed England-West Indies series.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah felt them dng it this year's IPL was gonna lead to it in the WT20 and from there on to all international cricket. Glad that the pandemic did not stop that going through, even though I am sure they would have ideally wanted to start with T20, then take it to ODIs and then tests.

 

[nightprowler10]

Man I still love those 92 kits.

Didn't realize Botham was that good in 92. Some great deliveries against Australia.

Also lol at the rain rule.

 

[nightprowler10]

Ohh man that final. Those two deliveries.


I'll be in my bunk.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ohh man that final. Those two deliveries.


I'll be in my bunk.

Yeah, wee bit of hoop on the one that did for Lewis...

Was a bit good, was Was.

Biggest surprise for me was a relatively svelte Inzi though! Actually looked like a professional sportsman.

 

[Daemon]

http://instagr.am/p/CDg5bX6nP_N/

 

[honestbharani]

Would have been a better tie breaker for the WC final too, y'know...

 

[Uppercut]

Warne complaining about the deep point like Babar didn't spend the whole afternoon session creaming boundaries through point for fun.

 

[honestbharani]

Juz bought a year's premium subscription on SONY LIV juz to watch Babar.

 

[honestbharani]

Not the worst strategy here by England with the two offies bowling. One bowling over to the right hander and around to the left hander, the other bowling around to the right hander and maybe, over to the left hander. Challenging them with the angles and muscle memory is a decent idea.

 

[wpdavid]

Thanks Jos, again.

 

[honestbharani]

And a missed stumping as I post that.. something about when I post about Bess today I guess..

 

[wpdavid]

Not the worst strategy here by England with the two offies bowling. One bowling over to the right hander and around to the left hander, the other bowling around to the right hander and maybe, over to the left hander. Challenging them with the angles and muscle memory is a decent idea.

I think it's also because of the poor light. But they are asking some questions of the batsmen too.

 

[91Jmay]

Bess all over Shan here. I don't know enough about keeping to tell if Buttler made a mistake there.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Buttler