*Official* Pakistan in England 2020

[vcs]

These Abbas spells seem to last forever.

 

[wpdavid]

Got to keep on plodding on here, stacks of time left so not like we need to finish it today.

I know we're getting ahead of ourselves, but there's a fine line. Obviously time isn't an issue, but too many overs with the second new ball might be.
Not that I'm criticising these two at all for the current run rate.

 

[honestbharani]

Naseem has to bowl soon... I get the appeal of Abbas and he will always ask questions but sometimes you have blast a wicket out to open the gates.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That's a nice shot

 

[hazsa19]

That’s a lovely late drive from Sibley. Boy kops a lot of stick but give him praise where it’s due.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Why can't he come from around the wicket?

 

[mackembhoy]

Jimmy leaking runs is a bit unusual to be honest, he’s been the most expensive quick on show in this test match. He’s bowled some good spells even in this game so it’s probably premature to write him off but, assuming he is rested for the next game, one does wonder if they’d be willing to bring him back in the final test especially if both Broad and Woakes keep taking wickets and the series is still on the line)

Jimmy impacted by the saliva rule without a doubt. This is the least the ball has swung in a summer that I can recall in England.

Woakes and broad have always relied more on seam and pitch and why they've looked better than Jimmy.

Robinson been called into the squad. Be interesting to see how they line up next match.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Decent cat-and-mouse contest this.

 

[vcs]

Root's looked a lot less convincing since lunch, Sibley's looked the more assured batsman.

 

[hazsa19]

Looks like a wicket is gonna fall any minute after lunch

 

[honestbharani]

That uneven bounce that Abbas just got, imagine how tougher it is off Naseem. Abbas is good when you got batsmen trying to be proactive but right now, I would rather bowl Naseem and maybe Shadab instead of Yasir.

 

[wpdavid]

What's that, 24 dot balls now? Not good for my ticker.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This fits nicely into the 'test cricket is boring' narrative.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Last 10 overs: 11 runs

 

[trundler]

Slipping away

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Well that's a shift in momentum.

 

[hazsa19]

How often do you see a decent partnership in a run chase. Wicket changes everything

 

[Lillian Thomson]

In the old days, and not so old, a team would get a start and start dreaming and then a wicket falls and you’re suddenly 120 for 5 and booking your taxi home.

 

[trundler]

Beautiful. Yasir losing the plot. No venom.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Woww.
Sibley was itching to play that shot.