*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

[trundler]

Thought it was a generous decision. Just clipping. Well played. Stellar knock. Pakistan in a good position now.

 

[Daemon]

What I imagine Younis Khan is writing in his notebook

 

[Uppercut]

What an innings. Incredible. Opening as an away batsman in England is probably the hardest job in cricket and he absolutely smashed it.

 

[trundler]

What I imagine Younis Khan is writing in his notebook

Real question is whether he's writing in Urdu or English

 

[smash84]

played shani boy, hopefully this is not a one off innings.

 

[OverratedSanity]

What a knock. Superb change of gears

 

[Howe_zat]

Beeb

"I'm delighted to tell you that Stuart Broad spent so long appealing that lbw that he missed the umpire giving it out, and was midway through asking Joe Root to review it before someone made him aware. Such innovation from the great man. He's always adding to his game."

 

[vcs]

Run rate is usually easy to up if you stick around long enough, and if you don’t stick around long then you probably want to take time out of the game anyway. Scoring slowly in tests is massively underrated imo.

It's massively dependent on the batsman's comfort factor. In case of a guy like Pujara, you don't mind him playing out 10 consecutive maidens. Most batsmen would prefer to keep things ticking over, though. At least mess with the fielding team's plans by rotating strike. Otherwise you just let bowlers relentlessly tighten the noose until one eventually gets you. Most batsmen can't just completely shut shop when they feel like it.

 

[Daemon]

What a knock. Superb change of gears

Yep, blocked solidly and rotated strike early when Masood was there and now he's tucking into Archer freebies

 

[trundler]

England get to bat with the sun out. Grr. English weather is a conspiracy.

 

[91Jmay]

Good score that against this mob, we will be lucky to get close to 300.

 

[Gremlin]

Well played Shan. Patience is a virtue in Test Cricket.

Also, noteworthy that Broad's average dipped below 28. Has it been that low before? (aside from his first series where one wicket can skew the average!)

 

[smash84]

Afriidddddiii

 

[OverratedSanity]

Real question is whether he's writing in Urdu or English

Was wondering if anyone else thought that sounded a bit awkward from Warne

 

[Daemon]

 

[vcs]

England will get nowhere near this target now. You don't want to lose an early wicket against this Pakistan attack and let them get their tails up. They are mercurial and can run through teams, but if you wear them down, they don't seem like the type to maintain control and build pressure.

 

[wpdavid]

Well that's great.

 

[Spark]

Geez that's a decent ball. Starts to shape away then holds its line.

 

[wpdavid]

England get to bat with the sun out. Grr. English weather is a conspiracy.

You'll be fine. The sun won't make a difference, so sit back and enjoy.

 

[91Jmay]

Was wondering if anyone else thought that sounded a bit awkward from Warne

To oddly defend Warne there is unlikely to be any malice because he is just pure verbal diarrhoea. Doesn't really do cogent thoughts.