To me, it wasnt certain that the mark was or wasnt there before the ball went past, but i think it was the 'noise' on snicko that made him probably realise that it had hit something - and it could only have been the glove - to me, in the end , the right decision was made, but, as you say, i always thought to overturn the original decision you had to have concrete evidence of which this 'maybe' wasnt.
Agreed, so if it wasn't CERTAIN whether the mark was already there. He shouldn't have given him out.
The noise could have been pad or foot. Anyway, at least it doesn't matter & even keeps Stokes fresher for a late bowling onslaught.
Bob Willis stating that if England had picked Rashid and lost the toss, that he would have ended up with worse figures than Yasir Shah who ended up with 1-180something.
I missed the Pakistan innings yesterday, but watched it this morning. I thought we bowled superbly. It's wonderful to see our bowlers intimidating the opposition.
I guess the thought is (1) preventing our bowlers from having to bowl for the whole day and deep into tomorrow, (2) make sure Pakistan are batting fourth, in the worst possible conditions, with the ball turning and up-and-down bounce, (3) see if some of our out-of-form batsmen (Hales, Ballance, Vince) can resuscitate and prolong their careers by making some second-innings runs.
If it were me, I would bat until some time after lunch tomorrow, giving our bowlers 130-140 overs, max.
WTF? Is Cook on commission for ticket sales? He should be sacked as captain for not enforcing follow-on. Doesn't he know there is a tendency in Manchester for wet stuff to drop out of the sky?
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The noise could have been pad or foot. Anyway, at least it doesn't matter & even keeps Stokes fresher for a late bowling onslaught.
Not seen the Stokes incident so cannot comment specifically on that.
Root eventually out for 254. 3rd highest score ever at OT
71-5
76-6
112-7
119-8 lunch taken
Woakes was looking almost unplayable.
Marvelous effort by England's bowlers on what is a very good batting wicket.
179-9
Edit; Scrap that keep Moeen on
Wahab c Hales B Moeen 39
198 All Out
It also means they have to bat last on a detorioating wicket.
I guess the thought is (1) preventing our bowlers from having to bowl for the whole day and deep into tomorrow, (2) make sure Pakistan are batting fourth, in the worst possible conditions, with the ball turning and up-and-down bounce, (3) see if some of our out-of-form batsmen (Hales, Ballance, Vince) can resuscitate and prolong their careers by making some second-innings runs.
If it were me, I would bat until some time after lunch tomorrow, giving our bowlers 130-140 overs, max.