Pakistan v England 1st test, Abu Dhabi Oct 13-17

[Aidan11]

Pakistan must have got bored.


Bloody hell 7 now.

[Aidan11]

Three wickets since tea.

[backfootpunch]

Pakistan must have got bored.


Bloody hell 7 now.

malik could barely stand up by the end

stokes' figures look good now after a couple of cheap wickets

[Aidan11]

At this rate we could have them all out by lunch tomorrow.

[backfootpunch]

seamers 260-7 plus two dropped catches and a wicket on a no ball

moeen & rashid 280-0

seamers should be proud of their display in this innings on a pitch that has offered them nothing

[hopeforthebest]

Now the game really begins and on this pitch if they can see off the opening onslaught fro their pacemen anything's possible.

[Aidan11]

8 down, 4 for Stokes and there's the declaration.

[Aidan11]

England have about 23 overs tonight so expect them to be 50/4 at stumps.

[hopeforthebest]

Cook has split the webbing between fingers on a hand, not very nice.

[backfootpunch]

cook was very close to being out handling the ball

this isnt going to go well

[Aidan11]

So we have an injured Cook and Moeen Ali opening the batting.


What can possibly go wrong?

[sussexpob]

On this pitch England should pretty easily fend out for a draw, it would take something special for England to get blown away on this surface

[sussexpob]

Thought Mo was gone then, but Pakistan lose a review

[hopeforthebest]

With left hand bats their spinners have rough outside off to bowl into.

[hopeforthebest]

Johnatan Trott is out in the UAE, I wonder if he's popped in to say hello to Riaz.