England may decide to bat first. But the way Pakistan top 4 have played - exposing them to Anderson-Broad on Edgbaston day 1 morning isn't likely to end well. There are talks of replacing Shan Masood by Sami Aslam, but I don't know if that'll improve things.
Yes but it's his first games in a few months, I don't blame the England selectors for waiting until next match.
No. Please no.
This is the mantra that Misbah likes to follow though. And the team and bowlers feel far more comfortable with that approach than they do bowling first. They feel like they are not sure what to do when bowling first.
I have been hearing this line of thinking from the start of the series "oh Pakistan are going to play 3 left armers"
Yeah that was until he got hit on the head by Corey Anderson. He is a walking wicket in all formats since 2015. Plus there are other off field problems..he doesn't quite fit in this team.
Didn't play all the games and they were only limited overs matches so don't prove match fitness after that length of absence.
Perhaps another factor is how well Finn did at Edgbaston last year. Obviously not enough in itself, but maybe significant in a close call.
Aslam is likely to play today.
Aslam Bhai.. hope he's not wearing sunnies from dubai and shorts from china while drinking iranian tea #indianreferences #cantwritethehindilyricsbecausepewswillinfractme
