Test Pakistan v England (3 Test Matches)

[MJG14]

FIRST TEST: October 7-11 - Multan
SECOND TEST: October 15-19 - Multan
THIRD TEST: October 24-28 - Rawalpindi

Series has started today and the first Test in Multan is on Fox Cricket now. England whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 the last time they toured in 2022 with Harry Brook making major contributions.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and have started ok at 1/103. Shan Masood not messing around, having already brought up his 50.

 

[akkaps]

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and have started ok at 1/103. Shan Masood not messing around, having already brought up his 50.

Masood struggled in the Bashir's second over. Then played a few aggressive shots, with the inexperience of Bashir not being able to adapt as much others spin bowlers

 

[Nicho50]

Pakistan cruising at 1/150, it looks like another flat Pakistan batting pitch but it isn't the best England bowling line up either.

They don’t have much else bowling depth wise. Wood and Archer cannon fodder on these flat decks.

 

[PhatBoy]

They don’t have much else bowling depth wise. Wood and Archer cannon fodder on these flat decks.

How would anyone know?

Wood has done perfectly fine in places with flat pitches before.

He’s been belted in India and Sri Lanka, he’s also had some good output in the UAE, Pakistan, the West Indies (during a series they lost, before you turn your nose up) and Australia which while bouncier didn’t exactly have a lot going for it movement wise.

How would anyone know about Archer? He’s played two test matches outside England, SA or NZ and they were in India where he took 4 wickets at 30.

If anything a high 140s reverse swing bowler who expends little to no energy on an easy run up would have been the absolute perfect fast bowler to have coming in on a pitch offering little assistance in oppressive temperatures I’d have thought.

Regardless, England’s attack is utter shite.

You can cover for batting shortcomings with tactics like bazzball to some degree and cross your fingers that it will come off but you can’t cover for how weak their bowling is when guys like Carse are getting a game

 

[PhatBoy]

A ton for Masood and a timely one with calls for him to be dropped due to a lack of runs.



You wouldn't think England would want to waste quality fast bowlers like Wood and Archer on flat pitches like the ones in Pakistan.

They are better off saving them for pitches that suit their bowling like Australia and leave the donkey work to their other bowlers.

They still have to win. Australia is over a year away.

They aren’t a chance in hell of winning a series if they can’t take 20 wickets in a test and they can’t do that with terrible attacks like the ones they’re looking like fielding this series.

They started this whole thing realistically by smashing Pakistan 3-0 away and they would be desperate to do it again

 

[Nicho50]

I agree it’s a shit attack, it’s still a shit attack in test cricket with Wood and Archer.

 

[PhatBoy]

I agree it’s a shit attack, it’s still a shit attack in test cricket with Wood and Archer.

Wood has done a fine job. He averaged 42 after 12 tests.

In the 25 since he’s brought that down 20 30.

He’s averaged 26 at test level since the start of 2009. Bowling at 150kph, that’s fantastic.

In theory if you put him, Archer at a level of decent fitness and not being over bowled, Atkinson who looks like the one respectable bowler they currently have, and Leach who to me is 20 times the spinner Bashir is, that’s the bones of a decent attack

 

[akkaps]

Finally another wicket for England with Shafique gone but now they have Babar to deal with.

He’s recent average hasn’t been the best. But then again, neither has Shafique’s or Masood’s recently.

I have a lot more faith in Saud Shakeel

 

[Torz]

Chris Woakes would surely have to have one of the largest home/away average differentials in test history. 22.63 at home and 51.88 away.

 

[Around the Wicket]

I'd rather watch paint dry then a Pakistan home test, they need to sort there pitches out, makes for boring Test cricket.

 

[RookiePick]

Babar would have to be filthy with himself. Winkled out a couple of overs before close with Pakistan in a solid position.

Seems to be on the decline the last couple of years unfortunately.

Only saw a few ball but the pitch looked very benign. Not sure why Pakistan seem to be prepping their wickets this way since they have returned to hosting on home shores.

 

[PhatBoy]

Babar would have to be filthy with himself. Winkled out a couple of overs before close with Pakistan in a solid position.

Seems to be on the decline the last couple of years unfortunately.

Only saw a few ball but the pitch looked very benign. Not sure why Pakistan seem to be prepping their wickets this way since they have returned to hosting on home shores.

His run of form is absolutely bizarre - it’s now something like 15 innings without passing even 40 let alone 50 yet he’s only been dismissed in single figures twice. It’s not like he’s going out there just in wretched form and can’t get set

 

[RookiePick]

Pakistan must have money on the Poms. Went nowhere in that session.

 

[akkaps]

Tough decision with that six review. Think it was out but the camera didn’t zoom in far enough.

Also believe rules need to state that the player must start and land their inside the rope. But that’s a different issue

 

[sabso]

Night watchmen should not be given runs, naseem was batting like Jason Gillespie out there

 

[sabso]

Exactly, pak still have the confusingly name swapped salman agha at the crease and the last two wickets could easily add the remaining runs

 

[akkaps]

They've only needed this wicket to add the 50 runs suggested above.

Also, the Poms giving Salman the strike at the end of each over shows no intent

 

[Around the Wicket]

His run of form is absolutely bizarre - it’s now something like 15 innings without passing even 40 let alone 50 yet he’s only been dismissed in single figures twice. It’s not like he’s going out there just in wretched form and can’t get set

He only has 9 Test centuries, abit like Kohli early on just hasn’t went on a run of form yet

 

[MJG14]

Salman is a handy player.

Awful missed stumping from Jamie Smith.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

What a blinder of a catch.

 

[sabso]

lol @ pope opening. Why would an exceptionally nervous starter volunteer to open in a test match?

 

[corbies]

His run of form is absolutely bizarre - it’s now something like 15 innings without passing even 40 let alone 50 yet he’s only been dismissed in single figures twice. It’s not like he’s going out there just in wretched form and can’t get set

He's getting hit on the pads/bowled a heap more now. He looks to have squared off his stance to try and stop edging balls outside off stump but as a consequence he's missing balls coming into him.

Might be a correlation there to your starts stat as teams try and get him to knick off early, doesn't work so they start targeting the stumps.

 

[sabso]

Wonder what happened to fawad alam. Just played his first games in nearly two years

 

[corbies]

Wonder what happened to fawad alam. Just played his first games in nearly two years

He went on some type of reality game show in Pakistan and then moved to the USA for a bit.

Fawad Alam quits Pakistan cricket for career in USA

The left-hander has scored over 14,000 runs in domestic cricket in 201 first class games over 19 years

m.cricbuzz.com

 

[WeMissYouMarkCoughlan]

78 is such a Zak Crawley score