Pakistan v England Test Match Series

If you consider the early finish on day 5 of the 1st test, this is a day 6 pitch. We are into unknown territory in terms of the extent of deterioration we might see & at what point. You would imagine England will need to bat beyond whatever Pakistan achieve in their first innings as batting last could be a lottery.

(15-10-2024 05:35 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v England 2nd Test - Multan Day 2 Close
Toss - Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 366 (123.3 overs) Kamran 118 Ayub 77 Rizwan 41 Jamal 37 Salman 31 Noman 32 Carse 3-50 Potts 2-66 Leach 4-114
England 239-6 (53 overs) Duckett 114 Root 34 Pope 29 Crawley 27 Sajid 4-89 Noman 2-75

318 is decent, but a lot now depends on how the pitch behaves from here on in. We have to hope our lads play sensibly and wisely wiythout taking too many risks, I doubt we would look to score 800+ again lol def woild be happy around 550-575 then hope we get them them out cheaply second time around.

Collapse, England lose 3 wickets in 8 balls & 4-14 with Root, Duckett, Brook & Stokes all gone.

(16-10-2024 07:03 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(15-10-2024 05:35 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v England 2nd Test - Multan Day 3 Session 3
Toss - Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 366 (123.3 overs) Kamran 118 Ayub 77 Rizwan 41 Jamal 37 Salman 31 Noman 32 Carse 3-50 Potts 2-66 Leach 4-114
England 291 (67.2 overs) Duckett 114 Root 34 Pope 29 Crawley 27 Leach 25 Smith 21 Sajid 7-111 Noman 3-101
Pakistan 134-5 (40 overs) Shakeel 30 no Kamran 26 Rizwan 22 Ayub 22 Bashir 3-46
Pakistan lead by 209 runs

lead now 220 and one wonders how stiff a run chase this could be for England

(17-10-2024 08:52 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(16-10-2024 07:03 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(15-10-2024 05:35 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v England 2nd Test - Multan Day 3 Close
Toss - Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 366 (123.3 overs) Kamran 118 Ayub 77 Rizwan 41 Jamal 37 Salman 31 Noman 32 Carse 3-50 Potts 2-66 Leach 4-114
England 291 (67.2 overs) Duckett 114 Root 34 Pope 29 Crawley 27 Leach 25 Smith 21 Sajid 7-111 Noman 3-101
Pakistan 221 (59.2 overs) Salman 63 Shakeel 30 no Kamran 26 Rizwan 22 Ayub 22 Sajid 22 Bashir 3-66 Leach 3-67 Carse 2-29
England 36-2 (11 overs) Pope 21 no
Target 297

261 needed to win I think nerves of steel are required to chase this down

(17-10-2024 12:53 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(17-10-2024 08:52 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(16-10-2024 07:03 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(15-10-2024 05:35 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v England 2nd Test - Multan Day 4 Session 1
Toss - Pakistan elected to bat
Pakistan 366 (123.3 overs) Kamran 118 Ayub 77 Rizwan 41 Jamal 37 Salman 31 Noman 32 Carse 3-50 Potts 2-66 Leach 4-114
England 291 (67.2 overs) Duckett 114 Root 34 Pope 29 Crawley 27 Leach 25 Smith 21 Sajid 7-111 Noman 3-101
Pakistan 221 (59.2 overs) Salman 63 Shakeel 30 no Kamran 26 Rizwan 22 Ayub 22 Sajid 22 Bashir 3-66 Leach 3-67 Carse 2-29
England 144 (33.3 overs) Stokes 37 Carse 27 Pope 22 Noman 8-46 Sajid 2-93
Pakistan won by 152 runs
Target 297

Despite losing what turned out to be an important toss, I would point to the fact that England managed to bat 100.5 overs in their 2 innings. England would argue that overs are irrelevant & scoring rate is all important, but given the fact that there was in excess of 4 sessions to play, batting for longer would've made this contest closer.