JRS7
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Stokes should remember he can make anyone bowl including Pope. Anyone can Wicketkeep, including himself.
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JRS7
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Need some quick wickets to put Pakistan under pressure. Scoring so fast in the first innings means a win is still more than possible for England.
JRS7
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Hayya Hayya England. Hayya Hayya Ha—.
JRS7
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Get Livingstone on..........
JRS7
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Rip it square England, both ways. Haha. You're boxed.
fundy
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Good last hour for England opens up the option of trying to set up a final inns chase with a declaration late on tomorrow. How you work out when you declare on a pitch like this Im not so sure though. 350+ in a day and a few overs maybe
Piece
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Cracking pitch...
Not.
Not.
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fundy
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Excitingly attacking declaration or plain stupid?
Somehow England have scored over 900 runs at a run a ball and then made Pakistan favourites by declaring
Somehow England have scored over 900 runs at a run a ball and then made Pakistan favourites by declaring
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Does seem a tad generous.....Excitingly attacking declaration or plain stupid?
Somehow England have scored over 900 runs at a run a ball and then made Pakistan favourites by declaring
In other news ..was that JR batting lefthanded?
fundy
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yep, all part of Bazball it seems..............
fundy
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well, well, welll
ColchesterFC
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Excitingly attacking declaration or plain stupid?
Somehow England have scored over 900 runs at a run a ball and then made Pakistan favourites by declaring
I'm happy to finally see a management team that are trying to win test matches rather than not lose them. Yes, it's possibly a risky declaration and gives Pakistan a chance to win the match but equally gives us a better chance to win than if we'd set them a total of 450+. Good to see the back of the boring "don't lose" strategy that we seemed to display under Root, Cook and Strauss. I would far rather we lost a match while trying to win it than watch a boring final day petering out to a draw.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I used to do that if we were shutting up shop and playing for a draw...could defend until the cow's came home..invincible
Couldn't score a run though...
fundy
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Interestingly, when they declared, Englands odds (and percentage chance of winning) barely changed. Big changes in Pakistans and the draws.
Very hard to argue from an entertainment perspective England have made a thrilling test finish out a game that almost always would be a cert draw because of an awful pitch. From a win (or dont lose) at all costs its more debatable
Still not sure where I sit, was always going to be an attacking dec but this has really pushed the envelope. Lets hope the ball starts to reverseGrizzly
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It was probably the right call, give or take. They might not have expected to stay on quite as long tonight, and had they known might - and I stress might - have had another three or four overs after tea. For all the talk of Pakistan being favourites now, they are heavily reliant on Imam tomorrow.
fundy
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Some spell this from Robinson
If England win this, the only debate will be if it is Ben Stokes or Gareth Southgate can tell the British sporting public to go bleep themselves for doubting them.
fundy
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Wow Ollie Pope, just Wow
AmandaJR
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