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[roco]

Spinners pitch ermmmnn

Will have to see how pak bowl but 5 to seamers wasn't expected at start of the day

[smilley792]

England don't wanna get the last wicket tonight!


As losing Ali before close will kill moral.......

[roco]

With change of innings 3 overs left unless pak bat out day

[rickjames]

What a day

[csnew]

Broad and Anderson have been brilliant today! Shame the same can't be said about the "spinners"

[ppccopener]

Brilliant stuff from us even Aussie in England will be praising the poms
Patel I thought did well but no control from the others

[ScottParko]

SIX!!

[jezza39]

What was Ali thinking? Last over of the day and he heaves a big slog over the leg side.

[ProCricketer1982]

What was Ali thinking? Last over of the day and he heaves a big slog over the leg side.

One day hoik that he got away with

[SOULMAN1012]

This should finally end any comments about Anderson or Broad not being world class. The pair have 632 combined wickets as a combo and both been match winners in every continent on earth that cricket is played. Superb and Anderson as a bowler must be on a par with steyn. A few months time should confirm that statement.
Really hope the batters think about there innings and compile a 400 odd score and give us a great chance of levelling the series as I feel a draw is a fair result for both sides

[Seniorplayer]

What an immaculate bowling performance Anderson 15-7-17-4. Broad 13-8-13-2 to bowl 15 maiden overs from 28 bowled at this level is world class.

[jezza39]

This should finally end any comments about Anderson or Broad not being world class. The pair have 632 combined wickets as a combo and both been match winners in every continent on earth that cricket is played. Superb and Anderson as a bowler must be on a par with steyn. A few months time should confirm that statement.

I think they are excellent bowlers, but as for Anderson being on par with Dale Steyn? Steyn's average of 22.5 vs Anderson's of 29.2. Steyn's SR of one wicket every 41.4 balls vs Anderson's 57.6. Steyn 24 5WI vs Anderson's 18. Sure Anderson has 20 more wickets but he has bowled in 55 more innings.

Don't get me wrong, I think Anderson is fantastic and certainly world class, but he isn't on par with Dale Steyn. I would say Broad and Anderson are second behind Steyn and Philander though as a pace attack.

[InternalTraining]

Low score posted by Pakistan. Let's see how England fare. As they say, you can't comment on the pitch until both sides have batted.

I say England as a unit have bowled well in this test series.

[tate035]

One day hoik that he got away with

To be fair there wasn't a lot of risk in that shot. Also if you watch Ali play then you would realise he favours that shot a lot to bowlers who come around the wicket to him.
Moving on to tomorrow...   l would hope England are a bit more aggressive than the last test against the spinners. Even Root went into his shell. Rashid and Broad showed that being positive and USING your feet is the best way to play spinners. Butler, Stokes, Root etc let the spinners bowl to them how the spinners wanted to rather than disrupting the spinners rhythm.

[rickjames]

I will eat a hat if Stokes winds up playing any more of this match, would probably send him home from the series and recover for SA