Pakistan v England Test Match Series

Woakes so unlucky with that great catch effort. Need any break you can get on that pitch

There must be some sort of a curse on England's opening pair, this was to be a reunion of sorts after Crawley has been missing after a hand injury, now it looks as if Duckett has a similar injury.
You have to have some sympathy for Pope after skippering the side through 149 overs he has to strap the pads on, it felt almost inevitable that a duck would follow.

(08-10-2024 06:22 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(07-10-2024 05:34 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v England 1st Test - Multan Day 3 Close
Toss - Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 556 (149 overs) Masoood 151 Salman 104 no Shafique 102 Shakeel 82 Naseem 33 Afridi 26 Babar 30 Leach 3-160 Carse 2-74 Atkinson 2-90
England 492-3 (101 overs) Root 176 no Brook 141 no Duckett 84 Crawley 78
England trail by 64 runs

Joe Root has become the all time highest run scorer for England in test cricket this morning.
Done it in the grand manner too.
A century. Well played Sir.

Olly Stone is flying home from the tour. He's getting married on Saturday. He probably didn't expect to be picked for the team this series.

A big day for the Root family, another Test Record for Joe, & his younger brother Billy get married.

(09-10-2024 07:30 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(08-10-2024 06:22 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(07-10-2024 05:34 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v England 1st Test - Multan Day 4 Close
Toss - Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 556 (149 overs) Masoood 151 Salman 104 no Shafique 102 Shakeel 82 Naseem 33 Afridi 26 Babar 30 Leach 3-160 Carse 2-74 Atkinson 2-90
England 823-7 dec (150 overs) Brook 317 Root 262 Duckett 84 Crawley 78 Saim 2-101 Naseem 2-157
Pakistan 152-6 (37 overs) Salman 41 no Shakeel 29 Jamal 27 no Carse 2-30 Atkinson 2-28
England lead by 115 runs

There's not going to be a result in this match, so Root and Brook should carry on and get themselves on the records board. There aren't many players who reach a triple century in their life.

I expect England to give themselves somewhere in the region of 100 overs to try & force a result which would give them a 2nd new ball. Highly unlikely, but Pakistan have a history of imploding in their 2nd innings. Pitches of this nature are bad for Test Match Cricket, there's literally been no deterioration, it's not really taken any spin, hopeless. To make matters worse we have another one of these at the very same venue on Tuesday.
Pope & Rizwan must be kicking themselves for missing out on this track.

Shame it isn't a timeless test really