England test tour of Pakistan December 2022

[ashley bach]

****. Bad timing for my post.

Perhaps it was bad timing but that makes no difference, what you say makes perfect sense.

 

[BazBall21]

I wonder whether Leach holding up one end with the three quicks sharing short bursts at the other end might be the way to go.

Yes

 

[social]

Given the field, Pakistan should go Bazball here

Quick 30-40 would completely change the game

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

 

[honestbharani]

life is too short for sensitive teeth

Nothing a tea party can't solve tbf

 

[honestbharani]

the sons being useless on the flat pitch

blaming the fathers?

 

[BazBall21]

Azhar Ali scores highly on the Younis Khan ugly batting scale.

 

[Coronis]

life is too short

You can swap with mine if you want. Really drags on at points

 

[wpdavid]

Nicely done Ollie.

Looking ahead, the other factor may be the new ball being lesson than 20 overs away now.

 

[BazBall21]

England’s 80mph attack is winning a test on an absolute motorway.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

If Pakistan win this test match ...It could be cricket's version of
The Tortoise vs The Hare.

 

[chris.hinton]

No chance

 

[Pothas]

Of all the Tests to question bazball this seems the most bizarre. Absolutely incredible effort to make a game of it regardless of what happens from here.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

If England win this Test Match surely it's one of the greatest declaration's ever given the nature of the pitch?.

 

[honestbharani]

I dont understand Bazball as some kind of a certain strategy. I can see the way Stokes, and at times Bairstow in the English summer, have batted and its definitely a lot of T20 style biffing done to tests but its not like Crawley or Pope have suddenly started to hit 6s everywhere. They are still batting in their own way... Pope sucks defending against spin so he is trying to put the pressure on the spinner and remove close in fielders. Crawley is simply batting the way he usually does, trying to time the ball into gaps. Duckett is also playing the way that probably gives him most success. Root has always been a busy player, he is probably playing a few more shots than he usually would but he has not gotten totally away from his MO, esp. in the English summer.

Like I said, it is a philosophy whereby they are advocating the players to play the way that will give them the best probability of success and it just so happens they have a lot of players who are more comfortable trying to score runs than defending.

 

[trundler]

Tapal Tea Lounge ?

 

[ashley bach]

If England win this Test Match surely it's one of the greatest declaration's ever given the nature of the pitch?.

Or if they lose possibly the most stupid of all time.

 

[BazBall21]

I feel close to Azhar Ali’s wicket every ball because of his technique. His big hundreds must be soul-destroying.

 

[Calm_profit]

I never trust Azhar Ali, this ****er has cost the winnable test match at U.A.E against Newzealand in 2018,playing Ajaz Patel(who was playing in his first match)like he was facing Herath.