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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Also, Bairstow should be at 4 or 5. How he isn't is baffling
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Leuth said:

    Game on? Needs an England middle-order player to bat properly for that

    I meant that England are in a real contest, and can't just rely on Cook to bat them into a lead

    And the lower middle (Bairstow, Moeen, Woakes) will either get out OR score lots of runs, and quickly
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Whoops!
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Bairstow bowled for 29.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    193 for 6
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    In other news. My 50p per cup deposit for gin turned into a £4 refund for 2 cups. #winning
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    dickplumb said:

    Snail gone. He is just not good enough.

    Wow, you are all so keen to jump on a man who has a Test average of 47 over 15 tests - its his first innings back in the team - give him a chance ffs.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    yet another very fragile England batting performance
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Yasir Shah showing he can do it away from the UAE, a major talent, it's good to see another top class spinner in action after a bit of a dry period recently
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Is everyone at the game today? very quiet on ere.
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  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Laying on the sofa (napping) watching it today.

    It's also going incredibly slowly! 129-5
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,883
    Woakes is looking very good.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    England struggling
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    edited July 2016
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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,924
    What is the score? In the new forest fuck all connection. BBC sport or cricinfo won't load...
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Pak 183-6 - lead by 250.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Poor display by England in this test.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    bad miss by Bairstow to let Shah off hook
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    208-7 lead by 275.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    214-8
    Woakes 5 wickets
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  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    214-8
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    214-8 EOP
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    I went today. It was absolutely roasting.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Covered End said:

    I went today. It was absolutely roasting.

    Is 300 or so attainable for England do you think?
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,655
    LenGlover said:

    Covered End said:

    I went today. It was absolutely roasting.

    Is 300 or so attainable for England do you think?
    Shah's got under the skin of this England team. I think they already know that they're beaten. You've got to love a talent like that even if he's playing for the opposition.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    LenGlover said:

    Covered End said:

    I went today. It was absolutely roasting.

    Is 300 or so attainable for England do you think?
    Well history says not. However, it's been a strange game, because I can't see much in the wicket to trouble batsman, apart from the odd low ball.

    There's little pace, bounce, swing, movement or spin. It's a bit of mystery to me why the scores are so low.

    But like I say history says we won't do it, so we need to get the last 2 wickets for less than 20 and pray.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    You can't blame the England bowlers, they did their job today, it's the frailness of the England batting that's the main issue.

    Something I'll no doubt see at close hand, as I'm going tomorrow!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited July 2016
    killerandflash said:

    You can't blame the England bowlers, they did their job today, it's the frailness of the England batting that's the main issue.

    Something I'll no doubt see at close hand, as I'm going tomorrow!

    Take your sun hat & sun cream, like I say it was absolutely scorchio.

    I reckon Yasir will spin us out & we'll lose either today or tomorrow by about 50 runs if they don't get many more today.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    214-9

    Yasir c Bairstow b Broad 30
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited July 2016
    215 All Out

    We have a decent chance to win. I didn't expect us to get them out for only 1 run.

    Game on I think, England might just do it, but it's 50/50 for me.

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