England tour of Pakistan 2024

[wasteyouryouth]

Say that again when England bat

 

[icyman]

Imagine posting 556 then losing by an innings with a day to spare

Pakistan doing Pakistan things. I fear this will spell the end for Masood's captaincy. Gillespie might be on the chopping board as well.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Bashir has dropped the Tapal Teapot

 

[pillowprocter]

Bashir has dropped the Tapal Teapot

the only constant in pakistan cricket

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

*Say that again when Pakistan bat again

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Bazid getting it spot on with his commentary. Pakistan don't seem to know what strength to back at home in order to win test matches. Putting up a flat track against a team with some fragility (and only six frontline batters) but one that excels in batting friendly conditions is not it. West Indies and Sri Lanka both pushed England on the pitches that were a friendlier for bowling than some of the tracks we've seen in England in the last couple of years.

 

[pillowprocter]

Bazid getting it spot on with his commentary. Pakistan don't seem to know what strength to back at home in order to win test matches. Putting up a flat track against a team with some fragility (and only six frontline batters) but one that excels in batting friendly conditions is not it. West Indies and Sri Lanka both pushed England on the pitches that were a friendlier for bowling than some of the tracks we've seen in England in the last couple of years.

I do not think they are putting out these types of pitches intentionally at this point. Pakistan cricket is volatile and reactionary. If they could've changed the pitches after that horrible 2022 home season they would have.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Pakistan doing Pakistan things!

 

[cricfan123]

So now Kevin Peterson will say this is a good pitch lol

 

[Supreme General]

Tbf i always kept off commenting on the pitch for a reason cause I thought it could start to break up especially with the cracks going into day 3/4 and it has done a lot more today than in the previous 3

 

[Aislabie]

Bazid getting it spot on with his commentary. Pakistan don't seem to know what strength to back at home in order to win test matches. Putting up a flat track against a team with some fragility (and only six frontline batters) but one that excels in batting friendly conditions is not it. West Indies and Sri Lanka both pushed England on the pitches that were a friendlier for bowling than some of the tracks we've seen in England in the last couple of years.

The correct answer would be proper green decks.

Pakistani domestic cricket is full of 83 mph seamers who'll happily bowl 30 overs a day and seam it about from the first ball to the last

In those conditions, something like:

1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Mohammad Hurraira
4. Babar Azam Shan Masood
5. Saud Shakeel
6. Mohammad Rizwan
7. Salman Agha
8. Aamer Jamal
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Naseem Shah
11. Khurram Shahzad

... could work well. The greener tracks should keep workloads down as well, preventing fast bowlers from snapping in half

 

[blockerdave]

I saw a tweet that Englands inns was the 4th highest team total in tests, but not inside the top 1000 longest inns ever

I cannot process this. It’s entirely insane

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Can't see why they wouldn't, but I do hope Pakistan stick with Aamer Jamal. Looks like a good tough cricketer.

 

[Supreme General]

another record breaking win for the bazball machine

 

[wasteyouryouth]

The ninth time a team has scored 550 in their first innings and lost (first time by an innings). Three of those are against the McCullum-era England side (Pakistan 2, New Zealand 1).

I think it's fair to say this England side isn't the best in the world and not necessarily a great team but they are capable of pulling off some extraodinary results.