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*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016
- Thread starter Grumpy
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smalishah84
The Tiger King
i get the feeling that Pakistan might not be able to recover from this onslaught for the rest of the series.
Burgey
Well-known member
Why? It's a flat deck and they're scoring at 3.5 an over which is pretty standard test match going these days. Seems sfa in it for the bowlers, though I do think you've overdone the left arm quick thing.
Burgey
Well-known member
Do they both have no chin?
Spikey
Well-known member
stokes fluked a 258 and still cant even average over 35. woakes is #betterthanstokes
smalishah84
The Tiger King
The problem is that Pak bowler's haven't been in such a helpless situation for a quite some time so it will be a bit of a shock, Secondly, its hard to see pak batting match the English effort and it might be that the bowler's will be back on the field much sooner than they would want to. With England having the upper hand expect more confidence shattering moments for the bowlers in the 2nd innings (add dropped catches to the mix) and you have a demoralized team on tour. Not great for the rest of the series.
Burgey
Well-known member
They don't need to match England, they need to bat time and make sure they avoid a follow on target. Say England get to 550 odd, there'll be three days and half a session left in the game. Pakistan has to set itself to bat for two of them (preferably not the third and then the fifth). If they do that, even if they go slowly, they'll save it.
Not saying it's going to be easy, but I think that's got to be their aim.
Not saying it's going to be easy, but I think that's got to be their aim.
smalishah84
The Tiger King
i hope this series doesn't head down the last Ind-Eng series path
Captain_Cook
Well-known member
This is huge mockers but does Root have the time to double his score?
Burgey
Well-known member
Time? The way they're going they'll bat into session three. If he's fair dinkum he'll be 250 plus by then and pissed off he didn't go harder to get a triple before the declaration.
Captain_Cook
Well-known member
Would Chris Jordan have caught that? That would have been a stunner by his standards.
Niall
Well-known member
I think it might. Ultimately look at the sides who have lost over the past few Summers who have toured England and really are Pakistan any better than India or Australia? I don't see it.
I think the only side I'd be somewhat confident of beating England in their home conditions if they had everyone to choose from and yeah a massive if isn't it.