*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[artvandalay]

Feeling the urge to bowl again with just under half the match remaining in order to bowl a side out strikes me as particularly panicky and unnecessary. Especially so if you consider their top order to be 'fragile'. You think it usually takes 7 sessions to bowl a side out in the second innings?

How negative.

How are the 2 even remotely comparable. Such a facetious analogy. When you have the chance you look to wrap the game up as quickly as possible as there's no prize for taking the game deep other than to pad some stats like in this innings. If a lead of almost 400 isn't enough to put the other team in then its hard to think of what is. England may still win but it won't vindicate what happened for me.

 

[91Jmay]

Root just imperious. Hope Cook can maintain this pace, seems to have slowed up a little bit.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yes and for the record the % chances of rain have dropped considerably since the decision was made from the one I checked.

It's 0-5% today and 15-20% tomorrow.

Another one I'm looking at though has around 50% for 2pm 3pm and 4pm and 15% after.

And the same for tomorrow but 33% for 5pm onwards.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/manchester/m15-6/hourly-weather-forecast/329260

 

[Howe_zat]

When you have the chance you look to wrap the game up as quickly as possible as there's no prize for taking the game deep

What's the prize for winning as quickly as possible?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Was the message that they have until 12 to get tons?

 

[vcs]

These two are just incredible run-machines. I know these are "easy" runs, but still...

 

[Compton]

Pakistan's bowlers won't quickly forget this flogging. Mentally it's got to get to you after a while.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Root with the down the track switch hit.

As you do.

 

[Howe_zat]

Was the message that they have until 12 to get tons?

Apparently not.

I wonder if Cook saw the switch-hit and decided yep, that's taking the piss now

 

[Agent Nationaux]

What is the Oval pitch like? Any similarities with Lords?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yes no complaints with how England have batted after the poor decision.

 

[Compton]

Boo! Finish the tons!

 

[vcs]

Pakistan's bowlers won't quickly forget this flogging. Mentally it's got to get to you after a while.

Yeah, this has got to hurt them psychologically. Fair play to England, they've justified the decision to bat again, looking at the way they're going about this. Someone used the term "mental disintegration", spot on.

 

[morgieb]

Weird time to declare, I would've waited another 20 minutes. I suppose though the bowling was getting to 'give up' levels though so in that sense it's OK.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

What is the Oval pitch like? Any similarities with Lords?

Flat, but faster and bouncier.

 

[Compton]

Joe Root is so ****ing good. Like just so ****ing good.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What is the Oval pitch like? Any similarities with Lords?

Pacier normally, turns on day 4 and 5 usually. Good to bat on early in game.

 

[Howe_zat]

These two are just incredible run-machines. I know these are "easy" runs, but still...

Hard to think of many that'd be easier, but I daresay these two deserve it after having been relied on for all the hard runs against Pakistan in the winter.

 

[artvandalay]

None but you don't know in advance if play may be lost. Plus it's a bonus if you get extra time off, its not like English were in any danger.

 

[91Jmay]

Damn, the conversion rate stats aren't going to be helped (clearly the most important thing). Another 30 mins would probably have got them both their tons but can't say I'm disappointed. 180+ overs is fine amount really.