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[Felix Tito]

Hafeez LOL! If he had brains he'd be dangerous

[ppccopener]

Village !!

[csnew]

Hafeez LOL! If he had brains he'd be dangerous

The irony that they call him the professor

[brokenbat]

The irony that they call him the professor

It's because he supposedly talks a lot about the game. So they started calling him professor in jest.

[ElPerro]

You've got to be a brave man to field close to the bat to moeen Ali, you're in the firing line a fair bit

[Felix Tito]

After 70 odd overs Finny finally gets a wicket!

[smilley792]

I do enjoy a good test match.


England fan through and through, but love tailender so batting to save a test. Can they last 14 more overs?

Well here comes mo!

[smilley792]

Nope, mo does it in less than an over!!


3% only win when conceding a 100 plus lead after first innings! England in that 3%. Come on!

[csnew]

3% only win when conceding a 100 plus lead after first innings! England in that 3%. Come on!

Wonder if some of the Pakistan lot got good odds on that . Sorry couldn't resist .

[jwebber86]

was a great day to be at edgbaston. only made the decision last night to go but well worth it

[Woodyspin]

Same 11 plus Adil and Jake Ball for the oval test

[Alvaro]

This was a fantastic win in a proper Test match. Amazing that England have won two Tests in 18 months having conceded more than 100 1st innings runs' advantage to the opposition.

It's sad to see Moeen seem so worn down. He is a brilliant, selfless cricketer and much deserves his recognition. Smile mate!

[wayward_hayward]

was a great day to be at edgbaston. only made the decision last night to go but well worth it

Same, me and the Mrs decide to stop off at Edgbaston on the way home from our holiday in the Peak District. Awesome game and some cracking weather as well.

[alexhilly1492]

England finally showed some fight in this game, and great win to top it off, really enjoyed hales and cooks partnership, that was the key moment in the game for me and i think it showed us all that these two could be a decent opening pair for us, i know a lot of you have reservations about hales but this knock proved he has some mettle about him at the very least.

Now onto the oval, i wouldn't change the team too drastically unless the pitch looks as though it will turn square early then id bring rashid in for probably finn other than that the batting order is settled however i do have one worry about it especially looking forward to India in the winter is how ballance keeps getting out to yasir, caught at leg slip trying to work the ball, does he not sweep? needs to eliminate this type of dismissal sooner rather than later

[ppccopener]

managed to burgle a ticket for Friday at the Oval, I think Pakistan are gone now they don't have the ability to bat under real pressure. It's been an absolute cracker of a series.

England are a bit stuck for the next tour, Rashid has hardly played any 5 day tests and we could take Samit Patel to Bangla and India, otherwise it's a novice spinner to make up the numbers.

England might do what we have done before, go with our best bowlers which are seamers regardless of conditions. Ali will be in maybe just the one spinner?

Don't think the Oval turns much we should be unchanged unless there's an injury.

Still don't know what to make of Vince, looks the part but that's not enough.If we do play an extra spinner on tour and stokes is fit may have to choose only one of balance/vince