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  • MarcusH26 said:
    Got to be a pitch investigation surely? This isn't just a road it's a motorway. The likes of Shaheen and Naseem Shah are never going to develop on pitches this flat. 
    It's such a bad advert for Test cricket!
  • Great day for Zalzman, must be loving it.
  • "four of the 16 400-plus partnerships in Test cricket have come in Pakistan"
  • edited October 10
    Bravo Joe Root and Harry Brook 👏🏻
    For the highest every partnership for England of 414 and still going.

    Despite the pitch and Pakistan's main spinner missing because of illness from this match, to play so long in this heat and keep your concentration is amazing.
  • At what point do you think sod the win, let one of these two go for Lara's record?  300, 350?
    Wonder if there's also an argument for knackering them out with 3 days in the field/bowling so they are fucked for the next test which only starts Tuesday. Arguably with the pitch what it is it's touch and go we'd even bowl them out even if we declared right now
  • They’re knackered already, struggle to see them batting a full day. Give them an hour to bat tonight and they could be a couple down already 
  • Brook being about to overtake Root when Root was 80no when he came in is crazy.
  • fenaddick said:
    They’re knackered already, struggle to see them batting a full day. Give them an hour to bat tonight and they could be a couple down already 
    Or do we we go for 1k runs with both Brook and Root beating Lara's score?
  • fenaddick said:
    They’re knackered already, struggle to see them batting a full day. Give them an hour to bat tonight and they could be a couple down already 
    Or do we we go for 1k runs with both Brook and Root beating Lara's score?
    That would be fun but this England team don’t play for draws
  • Root falls for 262, poor effort 
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  • fenaddick said:
    They’re knackered already, struggle to see them batting a full day. Give them an hour to bat tonight and they could be a couple down already 
    Or do we we go for 1k runs with both Brook and Root beating Lara's score?
    Will have to be Brook now!
  • Root finally gone. Nice touch from all the Pakistan players there - every one of them going to him to shake his hand.
  • edited October 10
    What an innings that was, even on a road.
  • As an aside, who’s in charge of the on screen scoreboard on sky? It’s adding runs and wickets about 2 minutes behind the action.
  • 454  Partnership and Joe Root goes for 262.

    5 bowlers gone for 100+ runs

  • Can't see Smith playing it safe here - he'll go full Bazball. 
  • edited October 10
    MarcusH26 said:
    Got to be a pitch investigation surely? This isn't just a road it's a motorway. The likes of Shaheen and Naseem Shah are never going to develop on pitches this flat. 
    It's such a bad advert for Test cricket!

    Bad advert for boys from Pakistan to be bowlers !
    Let's wait and see how a deflated Pakistani side bat in their 2th innings; It will seem like a different pitch 

    Brook and Smith now going up to top gear.

    729/4

  • As an aside, who’s in charge of the on screen scoreboard on sky? It’s adding runs and wickets about 2 minutes behind the action.
    it’ll be someone local. It really wound me up early in this innings how rarely it showed the Pakistan total/runs difference, seems to have sorted that now 
  • Imagine dropping an easy catch at 740-4.

    Demoralising.
  • fenaddick said:
    As an aside, who’s in charge of the on screen scoreboard on sky? It’s adding runs and wickets about 2 minutes behind the action.
    it’ll be someone local. It really wound me up early in this innings how rarely it showed the Pakistan total/runs difference, seems to have sorted that now 
    Gower said he was working for Trans Sport over there rather than Sky, so I the commentary, pics etc are all just doubled up from them.
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  • Get a lead of 250-300 & hopefully we wont lose 😄.
  • MarcusH26 said:
    Got to be a pitch investigation surely? This isn't just a road it's a motorway. The likes of Shaheen and Naseem Shah are never going to develop on pitches this flat. 
    It's such a bad advert for Test cricket!

    Bad advert for boys from Pakistan to be bowlers !
    Let's wait and see how a deflated Pakistani side bat in the 4th innings; It will seem like a different pitch 

    Brook and Smith now going up to top gear.

    729/4

    I know we've scored a lot but I'm not sure out innings counts as 2.
  • edited October 10
    There've been some bad dropped catches, but can’t fault that attempt at a catch on the boundary. Great effort and unlucky to slip over. Smith getting the breaks right now.
  • That is basically a run a ball 300, incredible stuff 
  • Fantastic from Brook regardless of the pitch 
  • Weirdly could actually help Brook get a big score, Smith going - he'll.get the bigger share of the runs you'd think.
  • Smith gone. Typical England collapse. 
  • I'd love them to let Brook really keep going.

    You don't get many chances like this to aim for the records.
  • How long do England want Woakes out there though? Would imagine instructions for everyone are just “whack it”
  • Weirdly could actually help Brook get a big score, Smith going - he'll.get the bigger share of the runs you'd think.
    Get a big score? I consider 300+ a big score already!
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