*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

[SillyCowCorner1]

Extra bounce on that one gets Root's edge.

 

[Howe_zat]

Fin.

 

[wpdavid]

Bugger.

 

[honestbharani]

Told you shits Naseem's got this.

 

[Preed]

Watching Archer today is he really up for 5 day cricket I have my doubts.You don’t see the Aussie quicks trundling
up at 80 mph.This is down to the captain and coach who seem to have little faith in him or he would open the bowling.What happened to the monster that played against Australia last year.I personally don’t have great faith in the hierarchy and with Giles involved I don’t expect things to improve and picking

 

[91Jmay]

Not sure that ball has done very much. Ordinary shot, nice tight bowling to build pressure but easily leaveable.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Root has been superb here.

 

[vcs]

Hard to blame Root for something like that, really. 4th innings chases are tough.

 

[honestbharani]

Watching Archer today is he really up for 5 day cricket I have my doubts.You don’t see the Aussie quicks trundling
up at 80 mph.This is down to the captain and coach who seem to have little faith in him or he would open the bowling.What happened to the monster that played against Australia last year.I personally don’t have great faith in the hierarchy and with Giles involved I don’t expect things to improve and picking

Its not about the format of the game, I just think he has **** attitude. Old fab four of fast bowling cancelled. New fab four is Bumrah, Cummins, Rabada, Naseem.

 

[Spark]

Not sure that ball has done very much. Ordinary shot, nice tight bowling to build pressure but easily leaveable.

Think it's extra bounce that's done Root more than anything else. Actually reminds me a bit of how he got dismissed in Australia a few times his last few tours.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Root has been superb here.

Oh

 

[Daemon]

Thank **** that didn't die on the way to the slips

 

[honestbharani]

Not sure that ball has done very much. Ordinary shot, nice tight bowling to build pressure but easily leaveable.

Bounced higher than expected at pace, most batsmen are gloving that.

 

[trundler]

Not sure if that was worth bending yer back for.

Good knock Joe. Hope it's a return to form.

 

[morgieb]

I swear this always happens in difficult run chases. Batting side gets off to a bit of a flyer, the bowling side tightens up and then the wickets fall.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not sure that ball has done very much. Ordinary shot, nice tight bowling to build pressure but easily leaveable.

I don't know, leaving on that sort of length isn't the easiest thing to do

 

[vcs]

Looking at the replay, it didn't bounce that much.

 

[91Jmay]

Bounced higher than expected at pace, most batsmen are gloving that.

I mean he edged it halfway up his bat. Was a good tight line but it's an easy leave ball for a set batsmen. Wide of off out of the hand.

 

[hazsa19]

Text book from Root. Looked world class, ultimately failed to have a decisive impact on the game.

 

[Spark]

I swear this always happens in difficult run chases. Batting side gets off to a bit of a flyer, the bowling side tightens up and then the wickets fall.

And everyone always gets excited and falls for it. Especially on dry pitches like these.