Pakistan v England 3rd Test

[scotch]

This pitch is actually worse than the last one, and if it continues to deteriorate

It's worse than the last day of the last pitch

 

[Rammstein]

Losing two early wickets looks bad, but did anyone expect Crawley and Pope to not go fairly early?
Now the game begins with the in form batsmen coming in.

Well, that was the kiss of death for Root.....
Nervous now......
Ffs.... now Duckett

Why does Queen's "Another one bites the dust " keep playing in my head?

 

[skeleton breath]

all out before lunch here

 

[VenisonsMullet]

1 day test?

 

[Aidan11]

Leach must be looking forward to bowling on this wicket.

 

[scotch]

Can't even criticise the players, how can you play against that?

Honestly, for a pitch to play like this on the 1st morning, what's the point of this cricket

 

[zebediah]

Nearly 4 degrees of turn on day one with every 4th or 5th ball grubbing along the deck.

 

[King Kareoke]

First morning of a test and the ball does that. No chance for Duckett there

 

[brandon]

Can't even criticise the players, how can you play against that?

Yep, I reserve the right to change my previous opinion on the pitch. That sort of shit absolutely should not be happening on the first morning of a Test. It didn’t even do that on the Day 6 pitch at Multan.

 

[VenisonsMullet]

Stokes is either going to smash a 20 ball 50, or get out for 0 charging the spinner

 

[brandon]

all out before lunch here

Impossible.

Stokes is either going to smash a 20 ball 50, or get out for 0 charging the spinner

For once it’s probably the right idea for him to go absolutely berserk. If balls are pitching on a length and rolling along the deck it’s not a bad idea to try and charge the bowler to get him off his length.

 

[Aidan11]

13 minutes for Stokes to last till lunch.

I'm not optimistic.

 

[scotch]

1 day test?

2 days, Pakistan will play our spinners better

 

[Durham-Mackem41]

Be lucky to make 250 here as Stokes is a walking wicket v spin in this part of the world

Be lucky to make 250 here as Stokes is a walking wicket v spin in this part of the world

Make that 150

 

[VenisonsMullet]

First morning of a test and the ball does that. No chance for Duckett there

In the same way that producing a road for the 1st test, artificially creating wickets like this is no good for the game. Doesn't matter who wins, a 2 day test is bad for test cricket

Watch Pakistan flay us everywhere for 2 days now

 

[Inside Forward]

A disgusting pitch this.

 

[skeleton breath]

Impossible.


For once it’s probably the right idea for him to go absolutely berserk. If balls are pitching on a length and rolling along the deck it’s not a bad idea to try and charge the bowler to get him off his length.

really?

 

[brandon]

That’s f*cking pathetic Brook.

 

[VenisonsMullet]

Awful that from Brook like

 

[brandon]

A disgusting pitch this.

Only Brook to blame for that one.