Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
Aye seen that. You'd think the draw is favourite now but with these two teams, you never know.
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TEST SERIES: Pakistan v Bangladesh
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Aidan11
Striker
Especially as you never know which Pakistan is gonna turn up.
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
Their batting has always been a bit up and down but Babar's test form is alarming. Needs to start laying down some scores for the team.
It’s expected to do the same tomorrow too.
Aidan11
Striker
Draw nailed on then.
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
For a country that should be great at playing spin. Pakistan are pretty shite tbh.
180-5 after being 90-1 and some absolute shocking dismissals to spin.
180-5 looks like a mammoth score compared to Bangladesh’s 26-6
They’ve since recovered to 74-6 at lunch.
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
Yep, massive partnership that in the grand scheme
Watched pretty much the whole day’s play mate. Forecast for rain tomorrow so the Tigers will be hoping it stays away enough for them to take a famous 2-0 victory.
Interestingly, if they do, they’ll jump above England in the WTC Standings
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
Great for Bangladesh
Abysmal for Pakistan
Abysmal for Pakistan
mackembhoy
Striker
Their first ever series win against Pakistan
They've only ever beaten West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan. 8 series wins and half of them were 1 match series.
mackembhoy
Striker
Yeah definitely first pitch a road for most of the test then Bangladesh spinners dominate them.
Make this pitch a greener one to help their seamers and then get out bowled by Bangladesh seamers.
Babar Azam form in the bin relied heavily on Saud Shakeel for a while. Masood isn't a good choice of captain when he's probably not test level as a batsman
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SuperSub
Midfield
It seems Pakistan are reluctant to produce a spinning pitch given their lack of a frontline spinner, yet their pace bowling options this series appear to be pretty weak too. Shaheen Afridi who you would think as their leading seamer was dropped for this test due to his form, while Hamza and Ali who were selected are both 31yo, played less than 6 tests each and have bowling averages above 40.
For a country like Pakistan with their size and cricketing history, it seems mental that they are struggling to produce international quality players.
