honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Amazing win for England.
Really not sure what to say about Pakistan.
Really not sure what to say about Pakistan.
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*OFFICIAL* England in Pakistan 2024
- Thread starter chris.hinton
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Good stat this
Great fun after a summer where they did absolutely fine but nobody seemed very happy about it.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Should have got up earlier
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Some day 1 posts will have aged terribly I imagine
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
It should be a no brainer really. Better bowler, fielder and bat.
The more immediate selection headache is what happens if Stokes is fit for the 2nd Test. I suspect he can't bowl the kind of overs Carse put in so he's really a batsman only. So therefore, the only spot he could conceivably take is Pope's!!
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I do wonder if they’d have stuck with Leach for the home summer if our visitors were India or Australia. As someone said above, you’d expect Leach to resume first choice duties in NZ, based on this test anyway
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Yes
Howe_zat
Audio File
England in Asia with Leach since 2018: Won 11 lost 3
England in Asia without Leach since 2018: Won 0 Lost 4
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I was thinking this, in my early years on this forum it felt like every other Test was on this sort of deck and you tuned out by about day 3.
Related, in that period it felt like every summer England would have one home Test, usually at Lord’s, where on a motorway we’d declare on the 4th evening after setting a target of 420, and the captains would shake hands at about 4 wickets down on 5pm on the Monday.
In reality it probably only happened once or twice, but.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I had a quick look and it's surprisingly not that bad. I think most realised it was a flat pitch and actually by the end of the day 328-4 wasn't a bad place for England. I even said this....
It's still a remarkable victory though.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Congrats England. Poor Pakistan. They were so good for so long in the UAE, but terrible back at home.
Silver Silva
International Regular
Pakistan the first team to lose by an innings after scoring 500 or more.
Only 19 times has a team lost a test match after amassing 500 or more runs in any of their innings,Pakistan have lost 5 of these instances :
Only 19 times has a team lost a test match after amassing 500 or more runs in any of their innings,Pakistan have lost 5 of these instances :
- Pakistan (574/8d & 200) lost by 92 runs vs Australia (441/5d & 425), Melbourne, 1973
- Pakistan (538 & 155) lost by 168 runs vs England (515 & 345), Leeds, 2006
- Pakistan (504, DNB) vs England (173 & 298/4), The Oval, 2006 (Pakistan forfeited the test)
- Pakistan (579 & 268) lost by 74 runs vs England (657 & 264/7d), Rawalpindi, 2022
- Pakistan (556 & 220) lost by an innings and 47 runs vs England (823-7d), Multan 2024
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
A spinner pre-Xmas in NZ is a brave selection. Perhaps an option in the Hamilton test
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Fair point, may just go all-seam and Root bowling any spin where needed