*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

[vcs]

Stokes you idiot. A wicket there might have set the cat amongst the pigeons.

 

[trundler]

Cant drop those

 

[Groundking]

FFS after that why are they still standing so close together?

 

[trundler]

That drop and then that 4 must've been demoralizing for Jimmy. Was a regulation catch for Root.

 

[91Jmay]

Azhar living the most charmed of lives, everything has missed the edge.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Stokes looks gloomy when he doesn't get to bowl.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Azhar could pass for HImesh Reshammiya under the lid, never noticed that before.

 

[trundler]

Junior A. Ali has a very compact technique

 

[trundler]

Azhar could pass for HImesh Reshammiya under the lid, never noticed that before.

Thanks for the mental image

 

[wpdavid]

Cant drop those

You'd think, but England have always been capable of dropping a few, not just Buttler. You could argue that the difference in catching has been the deciding factor so far.

 

[Neptune]

Stokes has not had a great game at all so far.

 

[Bijed]

You'd think, but England have always been capable of dropping a few, not just Buttler. You could argue that the difference in catching has been the deciding factor so far.

Dropped catches and bad spells with the ball after lunch on the first two days when we had them under a bit of pressure have killed us really. Obviously not scoring that many runs too, but that was influenced by some good Pakistan bowling whereas the first two are just us letting ourselves down.

 

[smash84]

Dropped catches and bad spells with the ball after lunch on the first two days when we had them under a bit of pressure have killed us really. Obviously not scoring that many runs too, but that was influenced by some good Pakistan bowling whereas the first two are just us letting ourselves down.

You mean England doing a Pakistan then?

 

[wpdavid]

Dropped catches and bad spells with the ball after lunch on the first two days when we had them under a bit of pressure have killed us really. Obviously not scoring that many runs too, but that was influenced by some good Pakistan bowling whereas the first two are just us letting ourselves down.

Agreed. Root's decision-making in those post-lunch spells haven't helped either, but unfortunately that's not a new thing.

 

[wpdavid]

You mean England doing a Pakistan then?

England at their worst vs Pakistan at their worst? I couldn't call it.

 

[trundler]

Pakistan-England series are always great to watch because of great seam bowling and the fact that either side could spontaneously self-implode at any time.

 

[wpdavid]

Pakistan-England series are always great to watch because of great seam bowling and the fact that either side could spontaneously self-implode at any time.

We don't have many borefests, do we. I was going to say that you're too young to remember the bad feeling between the sides 30-40 years ago, but you seem to be well read on earlier series and players.

 

[trundler]

Finally

 

[trundler]

We don't have many borefests, do we. I was going to say that you're too young to remember the bad feeling between the sides 30-40 years ago, but you seem to be well read on earlier series and players.

 

[wpdavid]

Ah, the Gatting-Rana Trophy. Not so happy days.