Test Pakistan v England (3 Test Matches)

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FIRST TEST: October 7-11 - Multan
SECOND TEST: October 15-19 - Multan
THIRD TEST: October 24-28 - Rawalpindi

Series has started today and the first Test in Multan is on Fox Cricket now. England whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 the last time they toured in 2022 with Harry Brook making major contributions.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and have started ok at 1/103. Shan Masood not messing around, having already brought up his 50.

 

[akkaps]

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and have started ok at 1/103. Shan Masood not messing around, having already brought up his 50.

Masood struggled in the Bashir's second over. Then played a few aggressive shots, with the inexperience of Bashir not being able to adapt as much others spin bowlers

 

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Pakistan cruising at 1/150, it looks like another flat Pakistan batting pitch but it isn't the best England bowling line up either.

 

[Nicho50]

Pakistan cruising at 1/150, it looks like another flat Pakistan batting pitch but it isn't the best England bowling line up either.

They don’t have much else bowling depth wise. Wood and Archer cannon fodder on these flat decks.

 

[PhatBoy]

They don’t have much else bowling depth wise. Wood and Archer cannon fodder on these flat decks.

How would anyone know?

Wood has done perfectly fine in places with flat pitches before.

He’s been belted in India and Sri Lanka, he’s also had some good output in the UAE, Pakistan, the West Indies (during a series they lost, before you turn your nose up) and Australia which while bouncier didn’t exactly have a lot going for it movement wise.

How would anyone know about Archer? He’s played two test matches outside England, SA or NZ and they were in India where he took 4 wickets at 30.

If anything a high 140s reverse swing bowler who expends little to no energy on an easy run up would have been the absolute perfect fast bowler to have coming in on a pitch offering little assistance in oppressive temperatures I’d have thought.

Regardless, England’s attack is utter shite.

You can cover for batting shortcomings with tactics like bazzball to some degree and cross your fingers that it will come off but you can’t cover for how weak their bowling is when guys like Carse are getting a game

 

[Plugger35]

A ton for Masood and a timely one with calls for him to be dropped due to a lack of runs.

They don’t have much else bowling depth wise. Wood and Archer cannon fodder on these flat decks.

You wouldn't think England would want to waste quality fast bowlers like Wood and Archer on flat pitches like the ones in Pakistan.

They are better off saving them for pitches that suit their bowling like Australia and leave the donkey work to their other bowlers.

 

[Plugger35]

A wicketless session for England with Pakistan 1/233 at tea, great for Pakistan but pretty boring to watch with the lack of wickets.

Not that there are many people at the ground to watch it with this test starting on a Monday.

 

[PhatBoy]

A ton for Masood and a timely one with calls for him to be dropped due to a lack of runs.



You wouldn't think England would want to waste quality fast bowlers like Wood and Archer on flat pitches like the ones in Pakistan.

They are better off saving them for pitches that suit their bowling like Australia and leave the donkey work to their other bowlers.

They still have to win. Australia is over a year away.

They aren’t a chance in hell of winning a series if they can’t take 20 wickets in a test and they can’t do that with terrible attacks like the ones they’re looking like fielding this series.

They started this whole thing realistically by smashing Pakistan 3-0 away and they would be desperate to do it again

 

[Nicho50]

I agree it’s a shit attack, it’s still a shit attack in test cricket with Wood and Archer.

 

[PhatBoy]

I agree it’s a shit attack, it’s still a shit attack in test cricket with Wood and Archer.

Wood has done a fine job. He averaged 42 after 12 tests.

In the 25 since he’s brought that down 20 30.

He’s averaged 26 at test level since the start of 2009. Bowling at 150kph, that’s fantastic.

In theory if you put him, Archer at a level of decent fitness and not being over bowled, Atkinson who looks like the one respectable bowler they currently have, and Leach who to me is 20 times the spinner Bashir is, that’s the bones of a decent attack

 

[Plugger35]

Finally another wicket for England with Shafique gone but now they have Babar to deal with.

 

[akkaps]

Finally another wicket for England with Shafique gone but now they have Babar to deal with.

He’s recent average hasn’t been the best. But then again, neither has Shafique’s or Masood’s recently.

I have a lot more faith in Saud Shakeel