England test tour of Pakistan December 2022

[Shady Slim]

give jimmeh a five for come on

 

[Shady Slim]

9 for the seamers. Incredible. The biggest difference between the sides in this and the last home series imo.

what do you think the endgame is for pakistan at home here? like what sort of pitch would you prepare to play to the strengths of a fullstrength team

 

[chris.hinton]

too easy fellas

 

[BazBall21]

Chris Hinton gets proven right again and again and again.

 

[Bahseph]

what do you think the endgame is for pakistan at home here? like what sort of pitch would you prepare to play to the strengths of a fullstrength team

I don't think their selectors have a clue tbh.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

9 for the seamers. Incredible. The biggest difference between the sides in this and the last home series imo.

Apparently the last time seamers took all 10 wickets in the 4th innings of a Test in Asia was in 1993.

 

[Daemon]

Jimmy with 4-36

Like, damn

 

[BazBall21]

Wow.

 

[morgieb]

That's crap from Pope.

 

[TheJediBrah]

That's a big **** up by Pope

 

[BazBall21]

If Pak sneak away not taking a reserve keeper cost us

 

[Aritro]

Maybe they'll survive...

 

[Alex0paul]

Stokes has to bowl himself just so he’s the hero ugh

 

[BazBall21]

This should be done

 

[cnerd123]

I have no doubt England will wrap this up. Their vibes have been immaculate.

 

[trundler]

Few captains have had such a major immediate impact on their teams. Stokes will leave a storied legacy even though us nerds like to downplay how important captaincy is. Such an old school aggressive captain, you gotta love it.

what do you think the endgame is for pakistan at home here? like what sort of pitch would you prepare to play to the strengths of a fullstrength team

Regular flat pitches that turn a bit. You have to be prepared for flat decks in Pakistan though so the pitch being batting friendly isn't so much a factor as the pace attack being foetal and Zahid Mahmood being the spinner. They're just too raw and no one knows how to dry up runs. The problem is the best bowlers not playing FC because of the leagues and T20 series. No wonder we have a dozen serviceable T20 quicks but almost no red ball ones. That needs to be addressed first and foremost. Every time a test series rolls around the selectors have nought to go by and scramble to draft a makeshift attack.

 

[BazBall21]

Time wasting

 

[Aritro]

Hahaha. Should have had a geeze at the newspaper while he was in there tbh

 

[Shady Slim]

Few captains have had such a major immediate impact on their teams. Stokes will leave a storied legacy even though us nerds like to downplay how important captaincy is. Such an old school aggressive captain, you gotta love it.
Regular flat pitches that turn a bit. You have to be prepared for flat decks in Pakistan though so the pitch being batting friendly isn't so much a factor as the pace attack being foetal and Zahid Mahmood being the spinner. They're just too raw and no one knows how to dry up runs. The problem is the best bowlers not playing FC because of the leagues and T20 series. No wonder we have a dozen serviceable T20 quicks but almost no red ball ones. That needs to be addressed first and foremost. Every time a test series rolls around the selectors have nought to go by and scramble to draft a makeshift attack.

what would you say the full strength attack with everyone fit? i imagine that it'd be quite imposing if they could get the stars to proper align

 

[Aritro]

As I was saying they need the new ball. It's too soft now and it's become easy to face.