slowfinger
International Debutant
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*OFFICIAL* England in Pakistan 2024
- Thread starter chris.hinton
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Howe_zat
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Woakes and Atkinson played every test in the home summer and will presumably be playing in NZ as well so it makes sense.
But yeah it's lame that having to rest your bowlers is such a thing. I think it's the biggest reason ODI scores outside of world cups have been so much higher in the last 10-15 years than we used to have, it's just rare to get a full strength attack together outside of specifically planned contests.
Anyway, the England test team are opening the bowling, away, on a pitch that just played host to a 550 vs 800 - with Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts. So yeah, win the toss please.
But yeah it's lame that having to rest your bowlers is such a thing. I think it's the biggest reason ODI scores outside of world cups have been so much higher in the last 10-15 years than we used to have, it's just rare to get a full strength attack together outside of specifically planned contests.
Anyway, the England test team are opening the bowling, away, on a pitch that just played host to a 550 vs 800 - with Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts. So yeah, win the toss please.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
I bet Atkinson is loving the fact he does not have to bowl on the Multan highway in stupid hot conditions.
slowfinger
International Debutant
if we ever see robinson and atkinson i think that would be the closest we could get in the near future to broad and anderson. england really missing a diamond in that pair
BazBall21
International Captain
Yeah he's never been great at cashing in and that has escalated since he became captain.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Nah they have other pitches ready in Multan. They just decided to reuse this one as they feel it gives them a better chance of beating England.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Absolutely makes sense that decision. Give Atkinson a week off and bring him back fresh for the 3rd Test where I suspect Carse will get a rest. I'd imagine none of the seamers were earmarked to play in all 3.
Remains to be seen, but kind of looked like England had all bases covered over Pakistan in terms of quality. A pitch with more life in surely makes Leach a bigger threat, and he looked by far the best spinner.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Haha true.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
Reckon he only played the 3rd Test vs Sri Lanka because it was at the Oval, his speeds both there and in Multan were down on what he is capable of, even if I thought he bowled rather well last week. Sensible call, the guy’s not a robot
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
Yep agreed entirely. I think I made the point in a post last week that it is a heck of a lot of cricket in a 3 month period since the start of the Windies series and it doesn't let up until Christmas. I bet his volume of bowling is way above what he would have done with Surrey in the CC. He didn't ever play all their games either from my recollection.
Thala_0710
First Class Debutant
Pakistan going with only 1 pace option for the second test!
mackembhoy
International Regular
Potts was unlucky not to be in the first test. His performance on the India A tour was the best of the bowlers think he put up 20+ wickets.
A full Durham seam attack is class. For the youngest first class county it's production of England players is quality. I believe in this century is only teams that have produced more is Yorkshire and Surrey. Maybe since 2004 anyway!
I'd previously looked at a Durham/Surrey comparison.
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I played some games in Durham well before it became a county & it’s local league was much better than those in London so no surprise that it’s producing good cricketers
mackembhoy
International Regular
Yes some posters on another forum have plenty of stories of days of facing overseas pros etc.
We've not done as well on the batsman front as we have the bowling front. Hopefully McKinney can step up next, England supposedly stepped in wanting us to play him more!
Howe_zat
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Three tests after they played an all-seam attack against Bangladesh.
This home season is 4 tests old and Pakistan have played 11 different bowlers. Khurram Shahzad and Mir Hamza are the only ones to average under 50, and neither are playing.
andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
and benchmarked too
mackembhoy
International Regular
Pakistan announce their side.
Old man Ali and Mahmood surely still got PTSD from last time.
Old man Ali and Mahmood surely still got PTSD from last time.
Howe_zat
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Fully expecting this mockers transgression to see them run through us tbh.