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Hoping England manage to avoid getting skittled on day two.
First innings runs I suspect will be critical.

I think that the Pakistan spinners have a slight edge in terms of quality. Judging by what Mark Wood got out of the wicket, I wonder if a 3rd frontline spinner would've been a better selection. When Livingstone left the squad, they opted to not call up an injury replacement, with Liam Dawson a possible option.

Oh dear.
Ben Stokes has been run out .

Not good.

(17-12-2022 05:57 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]Pakistan v England 3rd Test Karachi Day 2 Close
Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 304 (79 overs) Babar 78 Salman 56 Azhar Ali 45 Masood 30 Leach 4-140 Ahmed 2-89
ENG 354 (81.4 overs) Brook 111 Foakes 64 Pope 51 Wood 35 Robinson 29 Nauman 4-126 Abrar 4-150
Pakistan 21-0 (9 overs)

Plenty of time for a result to be forced through.
Whatever Pakistan set we pretty much know England will go all out to chase it down.
Could be a classic finish still.

Brook out on Nelson.. at least Stokes will forgive him for running him out.

^^ I always do the one leg thing, but didn't yesterday & got my fellow Yorkie out.

(18-12-2022 14:52 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]

(17-12-2022 05:57 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]Pakistan v England 3rd Test Karachi Day 3 Session 3
Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 304 (79 overs) Babar 78 Salman 56 Azhar Ali 45 Masood 30 Leach 4-140 Ahmed 2-89
ENG 354 (81.4 overs) Brook 111 Foakes 64 Pope 51 Wood 35 Robinson 29 Nauman 4-126 Abrar 4-150
Pakistan 216 (74.5 overs) Babar 64 Shakeel 63 Shafique 26 Masood 24 Samon 21 Leach 3-70 Amed 5-48 Leach 3-72
ENG 112-2 (17 overs) Duckett 50 no Crawley 41 Abrar 2-43
England require 55 runs

Had to laugh at Ben Stokes swinging so hard his bat flew nearly out the fielders circle when setting off for a single .

(19-12-2022 11:20 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]

(18-12-2022 14:52 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]

(17-12-2022 05:57 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]Pakistan v England 3rd Test Karachi Day 3 Session 3
Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 304 (79 overs) Babar 78 Salman 56 Azhar Ali 45 Masood 30 Leach 4-140 Ahmed 2-89
ENG 354 (81.4 overs) Brook 111 Foakes 64 Pope 51 Wood 35 Robinson 29 Nauman 4-126 Abrar 4-150
Pakistan 216 (74.5 overs) Babar 64 Shakeel 63 Shafique 26 Masood 24 Samon 21 Leach 3-70 Amed 5-48 Leach 3-72
ENG 170-2 (28.1 overs) Duckett 82 no Crawley 41 Stokes 35 no Abrar 2-78
England won by 8 wickets