*OFFICIAL* England in Pakistan 2024

[danzydab]

Bashir has been very poor since the beginning of the sri lanka series

 

[Silver Silva]

Bashir's bowling average for the series is currently 187.00

 

[sithb]

Thing about scoring so slowly is that it only takes a wicket or two to undo all the work done so far.

Pakistan need to up the scoring rate.

 

[sayon basak]

Bashir's bowling average for the series is currently 187.00

What about Abrar Ahmed? He has the potential to end this series with an average of ∞.

 

[sithb]

Also. The fact that neither of England or Pakistan are in the running for a place in the WTC finals probably makes criticism of the multan wickets harder.

There would have been quite a lot of brickbats had Pakistan prepared a pitch like this in a must win scenario

 

[BazBall21]

Pakistan being top of batting averages v spin is a bit of a misleading stat when they don't have to play India

 

[Silver Silva]

What about Abrar Ahmed? He has the potential to end this series with an average of ∞.

Bashir is playing for a better team should expect more from him

 

[sithb]

A good left arm spinner would often get Pakistan sides in trouble tbh.

Their quality of playing spin isn't what it used to be.

 

[Starfighter]

Kamran very lucky that one spun a lot. Dreadful shot.

 

[sayon basak]

Has the ball started doing less off the pitch? Can't see the ball bouncing a lot.

 

[Daemon]

Hahah that was a proper wild slog

 

[Chin Music]

One possible outcome that actually gets more likely the more I think about it is that this pitches just totally and completely dies and it turns into one of those truly horrible, unwatchable games where no one can score freely but no one can get out if they don't do anything stupid either. At least it'll be interesting to see if the unstoppable force that is England's run rate finally meets the immovable object that is a Nagpur 2012 style dead treacle strip.

I commented on this yesterday about the pitch. It looks as though there has been a bit more modicum of help for the spinners but I share the concern that it will completely die.

 

[Molehill]

Leach bowling beautifully and unlucky not to have picked up both these two since lunch.

Bashir somewhat less threatening at the other end.

 

[Groundking]

Other than the ball Kamran just got very lucky from in the 20 minutes or so I've been watching it's not really done much.

Why are we playing on the same deck that we were? Could they really not have produced a fresh wicked couple down either side?

 

[sithb]

It's slow spin. It's not something that should trouble the batsmen. It's not fizzing off a length and catching the batsmen out.

Pakistan batting are still looking very ordinary though.

 

[danzydab]

leach is looking very dangerous, will be menacing in the 3rd innings

 

[BazBall21]

A good left arm spinner would often get Pakistan sides in trouble tbh.

Their quality of playing spin isn't what it used to be.

Yeah. Their all time XI top 7 is brilliant v spin.

 

[Daemon]

I really like Bashir and he's so young that he can only go up from here, but I just feel like he's going to have a never ending struggle over his career with trying to pitch the ball up. Because of his height he has to really slow himself down and float it to get any loop and it just messes with his accuracy.

 

[sithb]

Leach needs to vary his pace a bit too. Needs to bowl couple of quicker ones too.

 

[BazBall21]

I'd get a seamer on