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England Cricket 2024

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,362
    back to the 'good ol days' in the subcontinent, pretty much wall to wall spin, almost no time for the batsmen to settle in or think
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited October 2024
    India 12/3 after 11 overs against NZ in First test !
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited October 2024
    Positive start by Smith and Carse in the 1st over and they are going to be aggressive. Fortunately Carse hit the ball so hard that a C+B couldn't be taken by Sajid.

    2nd over a maiden !!

  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Carse goes for the big hit but is caught at long on and the impressive Sajid gets his 5th wicket.
    249/7
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Sajid takes the wicket of Potts, his 6th. Smith is likely to be left stranded come the end of this innings

    256-8 and 110 behind
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Sajid strikes again and bowls Potts for 6

    256/8
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Sajid takes the wicket of Potts, his 6th. Smith is likely to be left stranded come the end of this innings

    256-8 and 110 behind
    Or not. Smith holes out

    262-9
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Smith goes for the big hit as he's running out of partners and is caught 21 B Noman.
    262/9
    Still 104 adrift.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Pakistan might have seven spinners but they've only used four of them and Sajid and Noman have bowled 50 of the 63 overs bowled by the whole team - and taken all 9 wickets too. That's what Leach and Bashir will probably have to do. 

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Leach must have been having sweep lessons from Duckett albeit more of the "slog" variety
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited October 2024
    This is a different Jack Leach as a batsman.
    20 from 20 balls and 3 x 4 already.
  • Leech and bashir showing smith and carse how they should have played this morning
  • 291 all out. Deficit of 75.

    But potentially some important runs there for the final wicket.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    -Unfortunately Bashir doesn't execute his slog sweep as well as Leach has been doing and is caught for 9 (19) at short midwicket to give Sajid figures of 7-111. Leach's contribution is 25* (25)

    Pakistan go into their 2nd innings, effectively 75-0 
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    80-8
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Potts and Leach to open the bowling? 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    edited October 2024
    CHG said:
    80-8
    And Duckett scored exactly that many more than the second highest scorer, Root
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited October 2024
    England all out 291

    Leach not out 25
    Bashir c Masood b Sajid.9

    29 partnership for 10th wicket and Pakistan lead by 75.

    I enjoyed England scoring 823 runs in 1st test but this is a better contest.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Leach opens the bowling on this '8th day' pitch and it's a maiden.

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Potts and Leach to open the bowling? 
    It's Leach (with a maiden) and then Bashir. Slightly surprised that we aren't given one seamer a couple of overs with the new ball but I suppose what's been good for Pakistan should be good enough for us. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Wicket to Bashir. The faintest of touches is given out upon review. One to Bashir, caught by Smith down the legside

    9-1
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited October 2024
    Abdullah with the smallest of spikes and  C Smith B Bashir 4 after a long wait for the DRS to confirm.

    9/1
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Pakistan 1.57
    England 2.88
    Draw 48.00
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,815
    Another to Bashir - Shan caught at second slip by Pope

    25-2 and exactly 100 ahead
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Pakistan 25/2

    Mahmood c Pope B Bashir 11

    Bashir 2/16 from 5 overs
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Joe Root 1st change bowler:

    Off spinners from both ends with Root and Bashir 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,206
    Of course today is the only day I can’t watch, sounded enthralling on TMS while I walked to the station 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Last ball before lunch:

    Saim c Pope B Bashir 11

    43/3 and Bashir now 3/27 from 7 overs.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,684
    Game on now.