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LiamOwl Ron Springett

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England carried on where they left off in Rawalpindi this morning. 
 

Harry Brook was the first Englishman to hit six 4s in an over  in Test cricket yesterday. This morning he broke his own record with 6-4-4-4-4-3. Just hit one straight down deep square leg’s throat the ball after bringing up his 150. 
 

Cracking effort all round after a difficult lead up to the match. 

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Reesh Andrew Wilson

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2 hours ago, owl4ever1867 said:

I watched the last 30-45 minutes in the hope that we got the last wicket & we finally did through Leech, what a fantastic test match that was, kudos to both teams.

Kudos to both teams? I thought they were very negative 

Reesh Andrew Wilson

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1 hour ago, owl71 said:

Brilliant win that.  Had the morning off so managed to watch quite a bit.  Loved the bowling plans on an absolute road of a pitch.  

Seeing almost all bar the bowler round the bat in close catching positions was some sight. 

owl4ever1867 Andrew Wilson

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England finished 275 all out.

Brook made 108.

Pakistan require 355 runs to win.

In their 2nd innings they are currently : 198/4 & require a further 157 runs to win with 6 wickets in hand, 2/3 early wickets on day 4 should hopefully swing the game back in Englands direction.

owl4ever1867 Andrew Wilson

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Pakistan 2nd innings has just finished after being bowled out for 216, thanks largely to young 18 year debutant Rehan Ahmed who has just got a fifer on his debut.

Well done young en.

England require 166 runs to win for a 3-0 clean sweep.

owl4ever1867 Andrew Wilson

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Day 4.

England have won by 8 wickets after successfully chasing down 167 to win.

England finished on 170/2

A 3-0 test series win in Pakistan - very impressive.

Next up....

3 one day internationals games against South Africa, followed by 3 games in the "Test Series" 2 games vs New Zealand & 1 against Ireland.

Then comes to biggest games in all of Test Cricket - "The Ashes" starting in June.

owl71 Chris Waddle

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World champions in both limited overs formats, and now with a dazzlingly bright future in tests.  Brook will score millions of runs, and to top it all off we’ve unearthed a leg spinner.

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KrolMong David Hirst

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7 hours ago, Reesh said:

10 wins from 11 under Stokes, inside 3 days.

 

Scoring at 5 plus an over. Ridiculous 

Astonishing record. So many heavy hitters available, beyond the ones who are playing now. A few bowling options too now, although would be nice to find a top spinner.

On another note, how good is Jimmy Anderson at 40? It’s unheard of to have a swing bowler doing what he’s doing at 40 years old. Same applies to Broad too. I like how Stokes picks them, he doesn’t have to pick them both in a test side, but he will try and involve one. I don’t think there is a better bowler on the planet than Anderson at locking an end down.

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LiamOwl Ron Springett

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Youngest woke up just before 3, I saw we were 8 down needing 9 runs so put the cricket on. 
 

How the umpire didn’t give a wide on the penultimate ball I don’t know. Bottles it. Not the best video or picture but you can make it out between the two

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Reesh Andrew Wilson

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7 hours ago, owl4ever1867 said:

Absolutely battered in India by a far superior spin team.

We weren't fucking battered. The 4-1 result suggests so but if you WATCHED it then it was a lot closer than that.

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owl71 Chris Waddle

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They definitely didn’t get “battered”.  They had opportunities in all of the games they lost.  This series does show the limitations of the Bazball approach though.  Taking the pressure off people and creating a no fear environment where you can try things and be proactive works up to a point.  If your goal is to turn around a team that are generally losing to one that are generally winning.  However generally winning is not the same thing as being the best in the World.  When you’re trying to beat one of the two best sides around on their own turf the risk v reward calculations need to get a lot smarter.  Relentless positivity and always “going for it” ain’t gonna do the job.

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owl4ever1867 Andrew Wilson

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A wonderful batter for England, he got us out the shit more often than I came remember back in the 90s.

I didn't know he was battling with depression for years.

I've listened to a few interviews on Sky Sports with Knight, Butcher, Cork, Atherton, Hussain, Ward & you only have to see their reactions and the stories about Thorpey to see what a fantastic guy he was.

Thank you for the wonderful memories Thorpey you were a superb player.

RIP my thoughts with his family and friends.

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Reesh Andrew Wilson

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That was simply unbelievable 

 

To concede 556 in the first innings but win the test by an innings and 47 is ridiculous, granted Pakistan aren't the level they used to be at but still.

 

Joe Root made his 35th century which became his 6th double century and his highest test match score with 262 and became Englands highest ever run scorer and moved to 5th in the all time list, his knock was bettered by Harry Brook who became the first England batsman in 34 years to score a triple century as he made 317, they made 454 together in another record breaking partnership.

Reesh Andrew Wilson

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7 hours ago, Andyben said:

They've already started pissing around with the pitch for the second test...

 

They are playing on a different pitch at the same venue.

owl71 Chris Waddle

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I’ve no idea what I’m going to wake up to.  Either Root, Brook and Stokes get us over the line with 5 or 6 down… or we don’t make 150.  Neither would surprise.

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owl4ever1867 Andrew Wilson

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What an outstanding test match that was, throughly enjoyed watching that.

Heartbreak for Jadeja 61no from 181 balls, who batted superbly in that 2nd innings, nearly pulling India back from the brink for an impossible postion.

Qudos to both teams for a wonderful test match.

England win by 22 runs & now lead the 5 test match series 2-1.

Next up - The Oval.

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