*OFFICIAL* England in Pakistan 2024

[Burgey]

If that hasn't hit outside the linehe's cactus

He's deadset missed a straight break there. It did nothing. Much like Pope himself.

 

[mackembhoy]

Yeah, just think his problem is different to Pope's, but not without his issues yeah. Can't see the refusal to leave on length translating well in Aus for instance.

Your definitely right. Duckett good at 50s not so much converting.

Pope is score tons or getting out for single figures or sub 50 like this. His second innings work is also a joke.

 

[Spark]

Would love a side by side comparison between how Duckett plays that shot and how Pope just played it. Duckett just looks so secure and "in" the shot longer while Pope just looks like he kneels down and has a wild swing.

 

[GIMH]

People talking about Pope’s average will never not be idiotic BUT he really isn’t doing it lately is he

 

[BazBall21]

Don't rate Crawley, Pope and Stokes v spin.

Need Duckett, Root and Brook to make hundreds.

 

[Spark]

People talking about Pope’s average will never not be idiotic BUT he really isn’t doing it lately is he

He's another who really doesn't help himself by the way he gets out even more than his numbers

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Pakistan are cooked , they can't use 2 bowlers the whole day and they have lost the toss .
Utterly mental not to bring in 2 new bowlers

 

[Burgey]

Joe Root has a few questions to answer here in the lead up to lunch.

 

[BazBall21]

People talking about Pope’s average will never not be idiotic BUT he really isn’t doing it lately is he

I have given up on him ever being consistent. Liability v spin, liability starter, liability v deliveries that nip back in. Clearly technically flawed and seems very easily frazzled.

 

[Spark]

If that hasn't hit outside the linehe's cactus

He's deadset missed a straight break there. It did nothing. Much like Pope himself.

Just so poorly executed. Plonked his foot miles outside the actual line of the ball because he's premeditated getting outside the line of off stump, forgetting that the ball doesn't actually have to be on that line

 

[mackembhoy]

Don't rate Crawley, Pope and Stokes v spin.

Need Duckett, Root and Brook to make hundreds.

Yep pretty much the game right there.

 

[kevinw]

Pope is an effing liability. Never want to see him on an Asian tour again.

 

[Burgey]

Surprised to see Sajid Khan acting like a knob jockey in his post-wicket celebration.

 

[BazBall21]

Yep pretty much the game right there.

Think with spin being exclusively on and as long as the operators are accurate enough and the pitch has a bit of turn, those three are an accident waiting to happen. Hopefully Stokes proves that wrong.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

350 looks a decent score here with what it's doing already.

 

[GIMH]

Mother****er

 

[Spark]

Woof, that bit

 

[mackembhoy]

Pope is an effing liability. Never want to see him on an Asian tour again.

We don't go back to Asia till Feb 2027 by which point I'd like to think someone in County Cricket has given the selectors a headache over his place by then!

 

[Spark]

350 looks a decent score here with what it's doing already.

300 would be competitive on the evidence of this. Scoring is hard and the pitch is definitely taking turn, albeit glacially

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Has there ever been an instance where 2 bowlers have bowled an entire first session ?