England v Pakistan - Test Match & T20 Series 2020

I think it does probably mean the likes of Woakes, Buttler, Root and probably Broad all need to step up on their run scoring to compensate for Stokes' omission.
I just hope the press do respect the privacy request, but I wouldn't put it past any of the papers to eventually find out the real reason why.

(09-08-2020 15:04 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Ben Stokes is to miss the rest of the Pakistan Test Series. He is travelling to New Zealand for family reasons. they have asked that the media respects his privacy at this time.

if everyone works as a team, then I think wins are still on the cards without Ben.

Pakistan.

Broad has been fined 15% of his match fee for using inappropriate language. The incident occurred after he dismissed Yasir Shah. He is now 1 point away from a suspension.

2nd Test Ageas Bowl
Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat.
Pakistan replaced allrounder Shadab with Fawad Alam.
England bring in Crawley for the unavailable Stokes, with Sam Curran replacing Archer.
Anderson make the early breakthrough with the wicket of Masood. Abid had 2 lives with catches going down in the slips, Broad & Woakes the unlucky bowlers with Sibley & Burns failing to take the chances.
Abid & Azhar have made 50 stand before an early lunch has been taken, due to rain.

Lunch Pakistan 62-1 (23.4 overs)

Close Day 1 2nd Test Pakistan 126-5 (45.4 overs) Abid 60 Anderson 2-35
The day was cut short by intermittent rain, which is set to continue over the coming days.

Today's start has been delayed due to rain.

Lets hope for better fielding, decision and luck today. Yesterday saw two dropped caughts, one edge which they failed to challenge and the ball hitting the wickets and filing to dislodge the bails.

I'm sure that one of the Pakistan batsmen could have been out 3 times prior to his eventual dismissal.

Tea Day 2
Pakistan 215-8
Tea taken due to bad light.

Close Day 2
Pakistan 223-9 (86) Babar Azam 47 Mohammad Rizwan 60 no Anderson 3-56 Broad 3-56

Could do with a full days play on Saturday to try and progess the game somewhat