1st Test England v Pakistan, Lord's 14-18 July

[pompeymeowth]

Significant innings required from Hales, Vince or Ballance. Can usually rely on contributions from the rest.

Vince or Ballance it is then!

I know who my money would be on.

In truth neither, unless I had enough spare cash to light Humidors with it.

I got 11-2 on Pakistan to win the series, which was very fair odds I thought. So I put a cockle on it.

[sussexpob]

Id get the spinner on now if I were Pakistan

[backfootpunch]

I'd have sent woakes in at 4 the way his test match is going

[KipperJohn]

Coming forward to drive with the ball shaping across looks good when it pays off - as I type Root does exactly that and it flies through to the keeper..

[hopeforthebest]

Playing the off drive for a left hand bowler bowling across the batsman is fraught with danger. Surely a batsman should leave such deliveries in this situation. The attitude to bat positively can tend to become recklessly rather easily.

[KipperJohn]

And Vince is dropped doing exactly that!

[hopeforthebest]

Playing the off drive for a left hand bowler bowling across the batsman is fraught with danger. Surely a batsman should leave such deliveries in this situation. The attitude to bat positively can tend to become recklessly rather easily.

Vince almost goes playing exactly as I've described.

[backfootpunch]

After running in the pitch for 6 overs rahat finally gets a warning

[Aidan11]

There goes Root.

[Aidan11]

I can't see us winning this.

[Dr Cricket]

What was root doing.

[backfootpunch]

Root overtakes hales as the worst shot of the innings

Now has the number 1 and 2 spots on the list for the match following his hack in the first innings

[hopeforthebest]

Was that a positive pull shot from Root or a reckless one in the circumstances.

[braveneutral]

Well well well.

[Making_Splinters]

Terrible cricket from England this morning.