*OFFICIAL* England in Pakistan 2024

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Ollie Pope's score stands out like a sore thumb.

Pope tripped over his shoe laces so Root and Brook could run.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Brook is now the 7th highest run scorer in Pak of any visiting batter in test cricket history

With 2 more highways to play on could be a lot further up that list in a few weeks time.

 

[GIMH]

I mean is this a completely prank pitch or something?

I've not watched any of this match so far (about to stick it on), but it seems to me that in this series and the last time England toured every surface was a complete road.

Yeah it if you looked at the pitch and were told it was a day 1 surface you wouldn’t really bat an eyelid other than maybe being surprised by a couple of cracks.

 

[Johan]

I mean is this a completely prank pitch or something?

I've not watched any of this match so far (about to stick it on), but it seems to me that in this series and the last time England toured every surface was a complete road.

The last two pitches in the 2022 tour were actually sporting, This pitch is just absurd.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Session =29 overs 166 runs 0 wickets

 

[Molehill]

Ollie Pope's score stands out like a sore thumb.

He should have a little drink after the match with Rizwan, they can console each other.

 

[King Kane]

According to the 1957 scorecard, the England record partnership of 411 between Cowdrey and May took 500 minutes, which is roughly double the length of this one (256 minutes aws). They didn't record balls faced at the time but I suspect the discrepancy would be quite a bit bigger.

Cowdrey and May wouldn't have been playing reverse scoops or reverse sweeps like the modern day batsmen or have bats built for playing T20 cricket.

 

[Gnske]

If this world is just, the partnership will fail before the efforts of Marsh and Voges are lost to time.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The last two pitches in the 2022 tour were actually sporting, This pitch is just absurd.

This is by far the worst of the 4 pitches. Utter garbage but if anyone was going to get a stat padding big one Root deserves it given the times he has been a lone hand standing up over the years.

 

[Silver Silva]

29 overs in that session. Great work from Pakistan with overrate

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

This is awful bowling and fielding even with the pitch as bad as this

 

[Howe_zat]

Cowdrey and May wouldn't have been playing reverse scoops or reverse sweeps like the modern day batsman or have bats built for playing T20 cricket.

Those guys could definitely push the scoring when they wanted to. In this case they were trying to save the game after conceding a big first innings lead, and succeeded.

 

[BazBall21]

I mean is this a completely prank pitch or something?

I've not watched any of this match so far (about to stick it on), but it seems to me that in this series and the last time England toured every surface was a complete road.

To be fair last time the first pitch was an absolute slab but the next two offered some support to spinners (especially the 2nd test). This has been as flat as the first test last time.

 

[mackembhoy]

I'd have thought this would have been the 400+ partnership with the highest SR.

But just a quick check into a couple and Sehwag/Dravid was an 88SR. Voges and Marsh at 84 and this one at 83.

Can't be bothered to check the others. If only Stokes and Bairstow had scored 1 more I doubt there's any 350+ faster than their 114SR.

Edit:statsguru does the job much faster

Partnership records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

stats.espncricinfo.com

 

[PlayerComparisons]

The last two pitches in the 2022 tour were actually sporting, This pitch is just absurd.

It’s similar to this game

SL vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Colombo, August 02 - 06, 1997

Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, SL vs IND, India tour of Sri Lanka 1997 at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo dated August 02 - 06, 1997.

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[Silver Silva]

I think England will declare once Root gets his triple hundred

 

[flibbertyjibber]

29 overs in that session. Great work from Pakistan with overrate

Probably trying to get a few in after yesterday's pathetic over rate. Getting flogged for 3 days and losing any pay is no fun.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Those guys could definitely push the scoring when they wanted to. In this case they were trying to save the game after conceding a big first innings lead, and succeeded.

It was that innings where Cowdrey invented the switch hit iirc.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I think England will declare once Root gets his triple hundred

Brook might beat him to it. He will go ballistic after lunch I reckon.

 

[Silver Silva]

Amazing to think that Pakistan batted 19 overs more than England's current innings yet England are 100 runs ahead !