***Official*** England in Pakistan

[superkingdave]

do you reckon this first day has been all about england learning the conditions a little and getting used to such dead pitches?

or were they already full prepared for such a thing and pakistan have just batted well?

or they are still shaking off hangover/nerves?

England have actually done ok TBF, some iffy patches but some decent bowling on what looks like a flat pitch

 

[Hanuma]

i spose the positive thing is that the bowling is most likely to get better for them.

what about the state of the pitch? will it have significantly deteriorated to give pakistan a real advantage to batting first?

 

[Scaly piscine]

do you reckon this first day has been all about england learning the conditions a little and getting used to such dead pitches?

or were they already full prepared for such a thing and pakistan have just batted well?

or they are still shaking off hangover/nerves?

You make it sound like 168-3 is a brilliant score for Pakistan, if it's a dead pitch that's a pretty good effort from England with the new ball to come again in 20 overs.

 

[luckyeddie]

do you reckon this first day has been all about england learning the conditions a little and getting used to such dead pitches?

or were they already full prepared for such a thing and pakistan have just batted well?

or they are still shaking off hangover/nerves?

Definitely about learning the conditions. It's taken 50 overs for the ball to start to reverse, but once it has, Freddie has been excellent. You have to take an attritional approach if you don't get wickets with the new ball, keep the runs down, build pressure. England in the second session have done that superbly.

 

[luckyeddie]

i spose the positive thing is that the bowling is most likely to get better for them.

what about the state of the pitch? will it have significantly deteriorated to give pakistan a real advantage to batting first?

Not before day 4

 

[Hanuma]

ok cool.

scaly; sorry, didn't mean to...i spose this is more of a traditional test match compared to the new fangled blitz of the ashes series

still an exciting test tho.

 

[shaka]

36yrs before Udal got his 1st international wicket, better late than never i guess.

 

[superkingdave]

Inzi annoyed at being late for tea

 

[Hazza]

BANG!

Whoa didn't see that six comin

 

[aussie]

typical Inzi shot their...

 

[PY]

Inzi dispatches for six after being dead to the world up until now.

 

[luckyeddie]

First 2 sessions

 

[Beleg]

At this moment, I'd say the match is extremely well balanced. England bounced back with their performance in the second session with some superb bowling and good luck.

 

[social]

Good to see Udal take a wicket - he's bowled with good shape and control.

Having seen Giles perform like, well, Giles again, it makes you wonder why it has taken so long for Udal to be picked.

Eng have played well on a flat deck to date.

 

[superkingdave]

nice start to the evening, suspicion of inside edge but on the replay it looked like pad first maybe

 

[PY]

Good to see Udal take a wicket - he's bowled with good shape and control.

Having seen Giles perform like, well, Giles again, it makes you wonder why it has taken so long for Udal to be picked.

Eng have played well on a flat deck to date.

Give it a rest.

That's bordering on flame-bait.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Less balanced now! Well pleased with this, especially on a flat day one track.

Now was there a bit of bat?

 

[greg]

Less balanced now! Well pleased with this, especially on a flat day one track.

Now was there a bit of bat?

Definitely pad first then bat.

 

[Hanuma]

lol...14 years old when he made his debut?

thats insane


sorry....just didn't know that probably fabled story....


anyway, very impressed by england and udal.

 

[Hanuma]

BOWLED HIM!

harmison rocking.