England tour of Pakistan 2024

[Bigby Wolf]

Always great to see England losing

Anyways good win for Pakistan.

Atleast now they can set a template with their squad.

 

[Aislabie]

It feels like a huge Mandela effect , but wasn’t his name Nauman Ali? Wherever I go now it says Noman Ali, but I’m so sure that it was spelled Nauman until very recently for some reason

It still is on his shirt

 

[wasteyouryouth]

It feels like a huge Mandela effect , but wasn’t his name Nauman Ali? Wherever I go now it says Noman Ali, but I’m so sure that it was spelled Nauman until very recently for some reason

Noman said, no, man, it's not Nauman, it's Noman.

 

[icyman]

It is quite typical with Islamic names. When Shakib first burst on to the scene, they all addressed him as Sakib/ Sakibul Hasan. I believe it is similar in the case of Salman Ali Agha as well.

 

[pillowprocter]

It feels like a huge Mandela effect , but wasn’t his name Nauman Ali? Wherever I go now it says Noman Ali, but I’m so sure that it was spelled Nauman until very recently for some reason

Noman requested the change himself

Salman Ali Agha as well.

nahh, his name is Salman Ali Agha and everyone who says Agha Salman is saying it wrong. He confirmed this in an interview

 

[Supreme General]

Hope they stick with this. Or atleast stick with the current selection committee.

I mean it’s kinda hard to keep playing on day 9 pitches every time.

 

[pillowprocter]

I mean it’s kinda hard to keep playing on day 9 pitches every time.

host a FC or practice match on the pitch before every Test

 

[wasteyouryouth]

host a FC or practice match on the pitch before every Test

And a 50/50 chance of winning the toss means you should probably win half the matches, which is more than recent years.

 

[icyman]

The pitches have been woeful in Pakistan over the last few series. They need to be a tad sporting or dusty. Get a better curator!

Or better-add a curator to the selection committee. That's all that's remaining.

 

[Viper.]

Noman said, no, man, it's not Nauman, it's Noman.

I swear he changed the spelling just for these jokes

 

[CerealKiller]

i don’t know why, but Sajid Khan reminds me of this song

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[Na Maloom Afraad]

I think the actual story coming out of this Test is just how shit BazBall really is when they're not playing a road

Shit enough to lose to Pakistan man, that's crazy

 

[Aislabie]

At what point do we start to talk about Ben Stokes the player?

He's obviously a massively important figure in this England team as its captain, but I can't really find a way to argue that he makes England's best six batters anymore, or that he particularly contributes with the ball anymore. I would argue that the England team did not look stronger for his return.

Of course, he is only 33 and most 33 year olds still have plenty left in them - but 106 Test matches is a huge amount of cricket, especially for an all-rounder and captain who trains as hard as Stokes does.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Just remembered the cricket. Wish I hadn't.

 

[CerealKiller]

Insane stat, considering most people thought that Sajid and Noman wouldn’t play another Test at the start of the home season