Topic: Pakistan v England Test Series 2022 (Read 15543 times)

billyb · « **on:** December 01, 2022, 05:31:32 AM »

I don't have much to contribute yet other than to say we scored 14/0 off the first over.

Bazball is pretty funny, I must say.

Cook would be turning in his farm! 😂

rickjames · « **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2022, 05:59:24 AM »

They've batted well, but Jesus Christ this pitch is ridiculously flat.

billyb · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2022, 06:13:22 AM »

The great banter era of English Test Cricket continues.

Devondumpling00 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2022, 07:55:08 AM »

That�s Crawley in the team for the next 10 years

Neon Cricket · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2022, 08:12:09 AM »

Runs galore for the England camp this week then

Jimbo · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2022, 08:41:29 AM »

Cracking pair of centuries but Crawley dismissed exactly how I'd expect 😂

rickjames · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2022, 11:35:18 AM »

Might have to drop Root if everyone else is scoring tons

Whispering Death · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2022, 11:49:17 AM »

Is it Bad Light that has caused the end of the day? I'm guessing slow over rate due to continually fetching the ball from the boundary?

Imagine how many we could have scored if it was full 90 overs!!

ppccopener · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2022, 12:15:07 PM »

We don�t know if this pitch will spin, only seen bbc text coverage.

However, think it�s only fair to say pitches that offer nothing to the bowlers on the first day should be dug up

Some of us have called out games Sri Lanka and Pakistan before so just because it�s England it should not make any difference.

Yes I�m a die hard England fan but there has to be a balance.

So far this game appears to be against a bowling machine, is that right I wonder

jonny77 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2022, 01:24:26 PM »

I do love a traditional day of T75 cricket. Crazy, but brilliant. Deck is very flat and from what I saw they bowled some dross, but still. 6.75 run rate on day 1 of a test is ridiculous!

JTtaylor145 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2022, 01:30:49 PM »

I suppose my question after watching some of the cricket today is 'how enjoyable was that to watch'?

As much as I appreciated the stroke play and the run scoring the balance was too one sided. If Pakistan had of batted first they may not have scored at quite the same run rate but would have probably ended up the day on 350+ for 2 or 3 wickets down. It almost as if you could have just set a bowling machine and said...lets see who can hit it the furthest.

Don't want to be too old fashioned but was that really a brilliant day of test cricket?

Thamesvalley · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2022, 01:51:30 PM »

Pak would have in likely scored slower as they don�t have the baz ball style just yet �

However dross indicates to me the bowling was crap on occasion but on a flat deck like that
Good balls from pacers are Nullified and they look and feel like 60 mph bowlers in club cricket for pros

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2022, 02:52:52 PM »

I haven�t seen it to comment on the pitch or was it just good batting? We have seen many flat pitches but can�t remember a team scoring 500+ in a day or basically 3/4 of a day with 76 overs bowled.

Aus have just scored almost 600 in 150 overs to put that scoring rate into context. Let�s see what happens after 5 days if it�s 500/4 players 600 for 5 and 100/0 and a boring drawer maybe a flat pitch but let�s see

edge · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2022, 03:09:29 PM »

I don't think there's any doubt that it's a flat pitch! Suspect we will come to regret not playing Overton.

jonny77 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2022, 03:25:03 PM »

The pitch did look flat, Pakistan didn't bowl great but you have to give credit to the batsman and the leadership. They're changing the dynamics and it's interesting. I agree though, if it's a high scoring games with few wickets for 5 days and a draw, then it's all a bit pointless.

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