In First Test Pakistan is on driving seat but England bowlers done good at the end of day and now lets see what is response from English Batsmen in second inning as they are going to play with trailing by 160+ runs
So far, the match is undoubtedly in Pakistan's favor. The captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, disappointed in batting, but other than him, every batsman wonderfully played the innings. So far, it's 350 for 8 for Pakistan. With two wickets still in hand, Pakistan might just cross 400 runs overall and give out a lead of more than 200 runs. However, the remaining runs are largely depending on whether Babar Azam (who got retired hurt today) will be able to play tomorrow or not. If he, along with Mohammad Amir, can play for a few more hours tomorrow, 400 total for the innings ain't impossible.
Last 5 English wickets fell for just 19 runs!
Pakistan standing up pretty good against England. Pakistani bowlers did a good job by making the whole English team out at just 184 runs, specially Mohammad Abbas, who took 4 wickets in the first innings.
It's a real test of Pakistani batsmen now, batting at Lord's against England ain't an easy job. Currently 22 for 1, with Azhar Ali and Haris Sohail on the crease.
Pakistan finished the day with 50/1 and i can say that Pakistan are right on top of this match currently and take can take an advantage tomorrow..Even if they score close to 300 they will get a lead of more than 100 runs which will make it very difficult for England.
Score close to 300? That's probably not going to happen. This wicket is ridiculously unplayable. I'm expecting the score of like 225 by them (the Pakistan side) in their first batting innings and that will provide them a lead of around 50 runs.
Pakistan have performed well so far as most of us didn't give them much chance in this test series however the wicket has a lot to do with it as like you said its unpredictable playing on this wicket so it makes it tough for both teams. I also can't see Pakistan getting a big lead in the 1st innings but even a 50 run lead is good on this wicket. At least we are seeing a good contest and not a one sided match.
I didn't expect this sort of performance on a pitch like of Lord's from Pakistan at all. They've an inexperienced team with no Misbah-ul-Haq or Younus Khan this time, while English team is an extremely experienced one right now. It's amazing to see them performing this well against England in England, however, I'd not be surprised if the second day doesn't go in their favor. Pakistan is incredibly unpredictable, as Richie Benaud said during Champions Trophy regarding their unpredictability; " one minute down, next minute up!". So any day on which they're down can possibly make a big difference in the 5-day match.
True as I didn't expect this from Pakistan either like most others however when there is a pitch that plays like it has been playing it does give the team with less experience a chance to fight and try and get something out of this match which Pakistan have been doing. But like you said it will be interesting to see if they can keep this up for the entire 5 days of the match. If they can then this could help them a lot leading into the next test matches.
Overall, today was another good day for Pakistan. Let's see if they're able to continue tomorrow from where they left today.
, other than that session, Pakistani team looked confident and enthusiastic.
