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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Brook reaches 300, England are 773-4, a lead of 217 runs.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Smith goes for 31 off just 24 balls, England are 779-5.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 10
    buffybegood said:

    Now Smith, who is intent on scoring quickly, gets a life as Pakistan drop a sitter. England are 742-4, a lead of 186. It's all about time in the game though, I suspect England will declare at 10.10-10.20 to give our bowlers 20-30 minutes at the Pakistan openers before tea.

    Edit: The declaration will probably be between 10.00 and 10.10; I forgot to include the 10 minutes between innings in my calculations.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Brook goes for 317 off just 322 balls 👏👏👏. England 797-6, a lead of 241.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Atkinson only lasts 2 balls. 799-7.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    England declare (at about 10.07 😊) on 823-7, a lead of 267.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 10
    Woakes takes a wicket with the first ball, clean bowled through the gate.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Nearly a second, Woakes, at full stretch, couldn't quite hang onto the ball as he grasped at it one-handed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And now a similar attempt put down by Atkinson in the next over.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Had to go out for a couple of hours, I come back and Pakistan are 87-6.
  • SlackerSlacker
    One of England’s greatest ever days.
    Up there with Headingley ‘81 imo.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    191-7, Leach makes the breakthrough after a century partnership. Only 2 more wickets required as Abrar won't be batting.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Pope drops a relatively easy catch, he really shoulda taken it.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Leach takes a very good caught and bowled, Pakistan are 214-8.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    All over, Smith stumps Naseem Shah off Leach, and England win by an innings and 47 runs after conceding 556 in the first innings. Crazy game.
  • ValiantIronValiantIron
    buffybegood said:

    Leach takes a very good caught and bowled, Pakistan are 214-8.

    I got up, turned on and saw that - thought it was an excellent catch.

    Then Leach finished them off before I finished making breakfast. 😭

  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Some stats here I think Buffy will enjoy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/clyv9q977lro
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 14
    thornburyiron said:

    Back to back tests on 2 strips about 20 feet apart look like being bore fests as unlikely to get results in either, especially as Brook heads the ball onto his own stumps and the bails don’t come off.
    Not exactly a bowlers’ paradise.

    Very unusually, they're re-using the strip from the first Test for the second Test 🤔🤔🤔. I mean, it's unusual anyway to play back to back Tests at the same venue, but to use a worn wicket is very unusual.

    Sounds extremely suspect to me, they just want to create a spinning pitch to favour their bowlers and ensure a result. Shouldn't be allowed imo, I really hope we win the toss as I don't fancy batting 7th.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/ckg057pd3g9o
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    You mean like we produced green wickets to aid our seamers?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    IronHerb said:

    You mean like we produced green wickets to aid our seamers?

    Obviously pitches will vary from country to country, but to use a worn pitch is very dodgy imo. Somehow I don't see them doing that if Pakistan had won the first Test.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Damn, Pakistan have won the toss and, hardly surprisingly are going to bat. I do think it's really out of order to re-use the same pitch; Pakistan are playing 7 spinners according to Sky Sports.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 15
    The ball is spinning already; Leach bowled the 6th over, and Bashir the 7th. Leach strikes in his second over, turning one to uproot the off stump; Pakistan are 15-1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 15
    Leach takes a second, a smart catch by Crawley at mid-wicket this time. 19-2.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    No further wickets, Pakistan reach 79-2 at lunch.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 15
    Finally we get another wicket, just before tea. Potts with the wicket, caught just off the strip (short mid-off?) by Stokes. Pakistan 168-3 with one more over before tea.

    Pakistan survive the over and reach tea at 173-3.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    The new man doesn't last long after tea as Smith takes a decent catch off of Carse, 178-4.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Duckett drops a chance off Leach. Not an easy chance, but one that he should have taken.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited October 15
    Looks like we missed a fine edge through to the keeper. A relatively muted appeal from the bowler and a couple of fielders, but nothing behind the wicket from Smith or Root at a close in (with helmet on) first slip. We didn't review, but snicko suggest there was a definite edge.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bashir takes the 5th wicket, that of debutant Kamran Ghulam who goes for 118. Pakistan are 243-5.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    259-5 at the close of day. A decent performance by England, but, given how important the toss will undoubtedly prove, will it be good enough?
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