***Official*** England in Pakistan

[pakster]

250 lead needed here at least. These 2 need to bat sensibly, game well and truely on!!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Right, if we can bowl out Pakistan inside 90 minutes of tomorrow morning, with a lead of, say, 225, it'll be a cracker.

 

[Beleg]

People in Pakistan have notoriously small attention spans when It comes to watching cricket. I cannot recall seeing a bigger crowd in all my test-match watching life in Pakistan. It is a miracle that the ground was almost completely full for four straight days (minus a few hours) of test cricket.

 

[Pratters]

Tomorrow it can mean England chasing a target of 240 in 60 overs in an extreme situation. I think it will be some thing more favourable to England but Pakistan (Inzamam and/or Akmal) may have other ideas.

Will England go for the win? I hope they do because a team which wants to challenge for the top test spot should aim to win test series' and not draw them.

 

[shaka]

188 is the highest chased score in the 4th innings at Iqbal Stadium.
188

 

[UncleTheOne]

Harmy you bloody legend!! Akmal gone!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Crucial blow with the third-last ball of the day. England take day four honours and tomorrow ought to be a belter. I look forward to 4.30am.

 

[wpdavid]

Tomorrow it can mean England chasing a target of 240 in 60 overs in an extreme situation. I think it will be some thing more favourable to England but Pakistan (Inzamam and/or Akmal) may have other ideas.

Will England go for the win? I hope they do because a team which wants to challenge for the top test spot should aim to win test series' and not draw them.

I'm sure they would go for the win. Absolutely no point in not at 1-0 down.
Another nailbiter in sight - we just don't do boring tests any more.

The last session has perfectly illustrated Beleg's point about the slow scoring rate. They could have scored at over 3 an over without any serious risks, and been more fireproof if a couple of wickets to fall. As it is ....

 

[ClownSymonds]

I'm sure they would go for the win. Absolutely no point in not at 1-0 down.
Another nailbiter in sight - we just don't do boring tests any more.

The last session has perfectly illustrated Beleg's point about the slow scoring rate. They could have scored at over 3 an over without any serious risks, and been more fireproof if a couple of wickets to fall. As it is ....

England bowled well and Pakistan might not have been able to go at a faster rate even if they had really tried. There should be a result here, but England just might have opened up a can of worms. We'll see.

 

[Jono]

Wow, another great 5th day is in store. All three results are very possible. A lot of it depends on what Inzy wants really. Will they get a quick 30-40, or even 50 runs tomorrow and put England in or will they play it safe?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Wow, another great 5th day is in store. All three results are very possible. A lot of it depends on what Inzy wants really. Will they get a quick 30-40, or even 50 runs tomorrow and put England in or will they play it safe?

Don't be silly, they'll want a quick 150 runs before they put England in.

 

[ashes winners]

England's day again.Squeaky bum time in the Pakistan dressing room.

 

[Jono]

Don't be silly, they'll want a quick 150 runs before they put England in.

Hence why I was asking the question. You gave your answer.

 

[pakster]

England probably favourites here, but batting on a last day pitch chasing in excess of 200 against kaneria, afridi and akhtar will not be a walk in the park. Im expecting pak to get another 30-40 runs in the morning session giving england around 230 to chase.

All test matches should involve england, they dont seem to know how to participate in dull encounters - brilliant stuff.

 

[andyc]

All test matches should involve england, they dont seem to know how to participate in dull encounters - brilliant stuff.

Have you been watching the last 20 years of cricket?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

If Pakistan bat more than an hour the match is a dead duck. Although tomorrow could also potentially last longer than the other days. England wouldn't go off in that sort of light if they have a chance of making the runs.

 

[Isolator]

Have you been watching the last 20 years of cricket?

Well as far as recent times go, he's got a point..

 

[Beleg]

It is quite possible to chase 250 in 60 overs. Pakistan need to bat through the first session (or at least till 11:30 local time) AND score around 50-80 runs in that interval to have a reasonable chance at pulling of a draw.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I think people are underestimating how many Pakistan's last 4 wickets will put on, with potato there even with low resistance from the tailenders they'll score 50, also tailenders have done well on this pitch so far anyway. England will be bowling with a very old ball for the first 14 overs, so they should be looking to get Pakistan out within 20 overs with a new-ball burst to finish them off. Anything better than this would be a bonus.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Anyways I shall look forward to England chasing 260 or something, if England bat well then going by the present 'standards' shown by this Pakistan team England will have just hit the winning runs by about late afternoon, English time.