3rd Test England v Pakistan, Edgbaston, Aug 3-7.

[hopeforthebest]

Wsted over from Broad 3 wide outside off 1 wide down led and 2 on middle and leg, a no ball to boot. That's typical of his bowling this series.

[Dr Cricket]

of course they playing for the draw but imho teams these days could go for the win in the last session if they are in a position to chase it.
340-350 is probably out of pakistan grasp of chasing it but 310 pakistan would have won it if they batted the full 90 overs.
only way it would have been a draw is if pakistan pulled out of the chase because it got tough and they were losing wickets.

although reckon if Ali bowing in the middle session and their got wickets in hand they will go after him and if the pitch is not doing anything Anderson/broad wont bowl much and the likes of Root/Ali/Finn maybe even ballance/cook.

might have a look and see which overs the lesser bowlers bowled in 2014 at trent bridge.

[Dr Cricket]

They are gonna play for the draw

Pakistan will probably fancy winning at the Oval, so a draw here would suit them, I think

oval is supposedly a green/quick deck.
well that is what booth said yesterday.

[backfootpunch]

They are gonna play for the draw

Pakistan will probably fancy winning at the Oval, so a draw here would suit them, I think

oval is supposedly a green/quick deck.
well that is what booth said yesterday.

The oval is normally flat and dry

[Dr Cricket]

Another sign of the counties/ECB lying.
about 5-6K tickets available on day 1 oval.
Day 2 mostly sold out but around 1-2K ticket available.
and day 4 more than half tickets available.

You would think after the edgebaston situation clubs would say it isn't sold out so people can actually buy tickets.
hearing sky people won't buy day 2-3 tickets because they said it was sold out.

Edit Day 3 is actually mostly sold out but around 500 tickets available the colouring needs updating though but day 1 is correct.

Look like the trends of day 2-3 mostly selling out with the other days struggling is continuing and a lot of ticket available 1-2 weeks before the game as well.

[Dr Cricket]

They are gonna play for the draw

Pakistan will probably fancy winning at the Oval, so a draw here would suit them, I think

oval is supposedly a green/quick deck.
well that is what booth said yesterday.

The oval is normally flat and dry

well surrey supposedly told the press that the pitch will be quick/green because they going to prepare the wicket england wants.
Anyway after a poor deck in england they normally go the other way in the next game to make up for it.

[Dr Cricket]

Wow what are hafeez doing, shouldn't really be in the team anyway considering he can't score a run when the ball is moving.
Although he probably is pakistan 2 best opener available after the new guy.

[dan08]

I know he had a good series in UAE but surely Hafeez has to be dropped now.

[durham_andy]

Awful from Hafeez. Supposed to be batting to save the draw!

[Dr Cricket]

I know he had a good series in UAE but surely Hafeez has to be dropped now.

yep averaging low 10s in SA, NZ, Aus or maybe WI is terrible.
Got tailender stats outside asia.

but he probably the best available opener for pakistan.

[Dr Cricket]

Awful from Hafeez. Supposed to be batting to save the draw!

yep was against the run of play as well.
Pakistan were batting with ease and england didn't really know where the wicket was coming from.

he gave england a sniff of victory when they really shouldn't have if he played properly.

[backfootpunch]

That was very very close to being a no ball from broad

[backfootpunch]

Awful from Hafeez. Supposed to be batting to save the draw!

yep was against the run of play as well.
Pakistan were batting with ease and england didn't really know where the wicket was coming from.

he gave england a sniff of victory when they really shouldn't have if he played properly.

Wed beaten the bat a few times

And ssmi was only saved by a razor thin edge

They definitely weren't batting with ease

[Aidan11]

Missed the declaration but it lloks like they were always going to have a few overs.


Soft dismissal there.

[hopeforthebest]

No sign of swing at present but Hafeez gifts Broad a wicket to get England on the way.