What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.
It's really disappointed moments for Pakistani cricket team fan because they expect some good results for them but they continuously disappointing them from recent matches and going against thier expectations. I am still in shock how can they be so creepy at the same time they scored huge on same track at first inning while england does extra ordinary too but at third innings Pakistan followed his typical collapse and now they were unable to even hold his wicket to divert results from defeat to draw because if they bat long as much as possible and just filled the lead then it will be called announced draw but they lose important six wicket and now I am sure they will even able to survive till end of day 5 which indicates thier clear cut defeat which isn't acceptable.
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Root and Brook were absolutely insane together. It looked like they would help their team score 1000 runs at one stage which is bonkers if you think about it. All of their hardwork would be pointless though if the match ended in a draw.
Pakistan desperately needs a complete reset in literally every format in my honest opinion.
Pakistan desperately needs a complete reset in literally every format in my honest opinion.
What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.
It's really disappointed moments for Pakistani cricket team fan because they expect some good results for them but they continuously disappointing them from recent matches and going against thier expectations. I am still in shock how can they be so creepy at the same time they scored huge on same track at first inning while england does extra ordinary too but at third innings Pakistan followed his typical collapse and now they were unable to even hold his wicket to divert results from defeat to draw because if they bat long as much as possible and just filled the lead then it will be called announced draw but they lose important six wicket and now I am sure they will even able to survive till end of day 5 which indicates thier clear cut defeat which isn't acceptable.
Pakistan 1st innings 556+ England 1st innings 823
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.
The England team has made many records while playing on fourth day England batsmans played a long partnership of 454 runs which is the biggest partnership of their team in England test history. England lost three wickets for 249 runs then after that Harry brook and Joe Root played a partnership of 454 runs and put a mountain of pressure on the Pakistan team Joe Root played an innings of 262 runs while Harry Brook scored a triple century and set his highest record in tests. Pakistan bowlers could not take the all wickets then England declared their team and they scored 823 runs in first innings After building a mountain of runs in first innings England team dropped six wickets for the Pakistan team on just 152 England bowlers required four wickets tomorrow to win this match as soon as possible Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.
What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.
It's really disappointed moments for Pakistani cricket team fan because they expect some good results for them but they continuously disappointing them from recent matches and going against thier expectations. I am still in shock how can they be so creepy at the same time they scored huge on same track at first inning while england does extra ordinary too but at third innings Pakistan followed his typical collapse and now they were unable to even hold his wicket to divert results from defeat to draw because if they bat long as much as possible and just filled the lead then it will be called announced draw but they lose important six wicket and now I am sure they will even able to survive till end of day 5 which indicates thier clear cut defeat which isn't acceptable. 
What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.
However, after Pakistan batted well in the first innings, I thought they had a chance to win against England. But as usual the performance of the bowlers was very poor. Harry Brook and Joe Root destroyed Pakistan's bowling order. Harry Brook scored 317 runs from 322 balls and ROot scored 262 runs. England's total was 823/7.
At the end of day three, England were batting on 492 meanwhile you can say they were batting around 500 runs but today in some overs, they made 200 more runs which is too high. The extremely good score made by England player Joe Root as he scored 262 in a single innings. He deserve to be the player of the game and when we look at the result only then always his score always attracts us. Not only him, but every single player also performed incredibly, Ben Duckett was close to his century and playing like one day games or T20 because there were back to back sixes hit by him. By the way, Harry Brook played even better than Joe Root as Brook made 317.
The batting performance of the England team against Pakistan was really good, I think their batting performance should always be praised. Harry Brook scored 317 runs he batted brilliantly with great patience and Joe Root also played an interesting batting he scored 262 runs both batsmen played their best.
Anyway Pakistan lost 6 wickets today to fill the lead of England although they did not start the batting as well as in the first innings due to which their game was not so good today. Pakistan still needs a lot of runs to close the lead given by England, they are 115 runs behind, in which case I think the first test match probably points in England's direction.
Anyway Pakistan lost 6 wickets today to fill the lead of England although they did not start the batting as well as in the first innings due to which their game was not so good today. Pakistan still needs a lot of runs to close the lead given by England, they are 115 runs behind, in which case I think the first test match probably points in England's direction.
I was wrong to think 556 would be a safe score. England not only replied it with huge 823 but they did it in short time. An overall strike rate of 5.48 which is better than many ODIs. A double century by Joe root and a triple century by Harry Brook.
Pakistan could have still played saving the wickets leading it to a draw but they have lost 6 wickets making 82 runs. Thanks to Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal, they are keeping the chances of a draw alive but they need to bat a whole day tomorrow if they want to draw the game. Fall of wicket earlier would mean a win for England as Pakistan is still trailing by 115 runs.
Pakistan could have still played saving the wickets leading it to a draw but they have lost 6 wickets making 82 runs. Thanks to Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal, they are keeping the chances of a draw alive but they need to bat a whole day tomorrow if they want to draw the game. Fall of wicket earlier would mean a win for England as Pakistan is still trailing by 115 runs.
We shouldn't expect to see anything else rather than a defeat of Pakistan in this match now. Only the rain can help Pakistan to avoid the defeat, but weather report says no rain tomorrow. I had considered Pakistan as a favourite team in this match after the first day, from the next day I thought this match will end as a draw. But Pakistan has surprised me today with their poor batting performance. They will lose their remaining four wickets in the first session of tomorrow.
Thinking of any other result except that of Pakistan's loss is too optimistic if anyone is from the Pakistan nation. England will 100% win this test and hopefully they will take the remaining four wickets in the first session tomorrow morning.
Also when the Pakistan team made so many runs in the first innings and when their players were hitting the boundaries and making centuries, it was giving them the vibes of a good comeback but no one know what was going to happen later. As after the innings England came to bat and scored more than 800 and their players were making 250 and 80 or 90 while Harry Brook who played innings of more than 300 and in the single test innings, he made his triple test century.
Wow, England played wonderfully well in this game. Almost more than 500 runs were made by Harry Brook and Root.
I think now the Pakistan team just have one option to draw the game otherwise they are completely losing the game. One day is still here and if Pakistan would play like this, for sure they would lose this game. Don't have to lose their wickets and they don't have to play fast, just maintain the partnership and then it would be great for Pakistan, they lost some important players wickets in the early part of the game, in fact lost the top 6 wickets cheaply.
We shouldn't expect to see anything else rather than a defeat of Pakistan in this match now. Only the rain can help Pakistan to avoid the defeat, but weather report says no rain tomorrow. I had considered Pakistan as a favourite team in this match after the first day, from the next day I thought this match will end as a draw. But Pakistan has surprised me today with their poor batting performance. They will lose their remaining four wickets in the first session of tomorrow. 
England made history in the first innings of the first test match against Pakistan and if they had not declared the innings they might have completed 1000 runs in one innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
I haven't seen a good performance from Pakistani bowlers for a long time. Pakistan's bowlers could not perform well against Bangladesh. And this is why Pakistan team lost both matches of the series. Pakistan lost the home series against a weak team like Bangladesh. So the chances of Pakistan winning against a strong team like England was very low.
However, after Pakistan batted well in the first innings, I thought they had a chance to win against England. But as usual the performance of the bowlers was very poor. Harry Brook and Joe Root destroyed Pakistan's bowling order. Harry Brook scored 317 runs from 322 balls and ROot scored 262 runs. England's total was 823/7.
Pakistan faced a batting disaster in their second innings. And Pakistan has a big chance of losing the match. Pakistan lost 6 wickets to collect only 82 runs. Pakistan's total at the end of the fourth day is 152/6. Pakistan is still behind by 115 runs.
Pakistan 1st innings 556+ England 1st innings 823
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.
When Shan Masood was out then I understood if at that time any two players did not make a partnership then for sure, Pakistan couldn't score high and then the losing wickets streak couldn't be stopped and I was right as after Shan Masood wicket's another player gone named Siam Ayub on 12th over and the Pakistan loses this match, the chances of this started to increase. Also before Siam Ayub, in the last ball of the over Babar Azam was gone too and that time, I realized Pakistan and its bad form were here. No one could even imagine after seeing the first innings of Pakistan that Pakistan would perform like this in the second innings.
England made history in the first innings of the first test match against Pakistan and if they had not declared the innings they might have completed 1000 runs in one innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
By the way, I think England can also go for 900 or maybe by chance they were also able to make 1000+ score but that means they would be batting the whole day today but England wanted to win this game that is why they declared the innings at 823.
Three wickets were still left for them and Chris Wakes was batting who was the very good player, his main role in bowling but also able to perform good in batting and score some runs too, and with him Brydon Carse was present who just came and played only 6 balls in which he made 9 runs. If the both player had make a partnership and England had not declared, then we would have been able to see 900+ runs which is rare in test cricket these days.
Arey where is Dravid ka Launda (Samit Dravid). Last I heard, he was scoring runs and picking up tons of wickets in the under19 category. Did he pull out or something, What happened to him?
Samit Dravid didn't scored a lot of runs in the Maharaja T20 Trophy (Karnataka Premier League) and after that he hasn't been in action (KPL ended in August). And although he was included in the India U-19 squad (for the ODIs), he was released mid way (replaced by Rohit Rajawat from Madhya Pradesh) and didn't played any matches. That means that he is yet to make his debut for India U-19. I am not sure whether he will be recalled to the U-19 squad anytime soon.
Pakistan team is yet to break the pair of experienced batsmen Harry Brook and Joe Root, these two players have collected 317 runs in partnership. England team is really interesting and excellent batting performance, especially Joe Root might score a double century today. If England cannot break the current pair of Pakistan in today's match, it will be possible for England to score a bigger score. That's why Pakistan have to bowl well in the beginning of today's match, otherwise they will not be able to break this fiery batting of England.
I think now the Pakistan team just have one option to draw the game otherwise they are completely losing the game. One day is still here and if Pakistan would play like this, for sure they would lose this game. Don't have to lose their wickets and they don't have to play fast, just maintain the partnership and then it would be great for Pakistan, they lost some important players wickets in the early part of the game, in fact lost the top 6 wickets cheaply. Shan Masood who hit 150 in the last innings gone at 11 runs and all the other Pakistan players who made a century last time gone out on low runs.
England made history in the first innings of the first test match against Pakistan and if they had not declared the innings they might have completed 1000 runs in one innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
Pakistan 1st innings 556+ England 1st innings 823 The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.
I stopped watching the Pakistan vs England match. Nothing surprising there. Pakistani curators once again prepared a dead track and it is going to be yet another boring draw. On the other hand, the Youth Test between India Under-19s and India Under-19s turned out to be much more exciting. Mohamed Enaan, the 17-year old leg spinner from Kerala was the pick of Indian bowlers once again. He picked up a total of 7 wickets in this match (9 in the first test). Punjabi spinner Anmoljeet Singh picked up 9 wickets as well.
Having pitches like these are never been ideal situation for the test cricket specially for the country like Pakistan where fans are already out of the stadium due to many factors with this PCB is doing the worst thing for themselves because if they will call for free entry still we have no chance any fan will be gone for watching matches like these. We are having just 13 wickets in 3 days and 1050+ runs scored with 5 hundreds by batsmen and 3 hundreds by bowlers with most chances we will have few more bowlers with hundreds in front of their names as this is graveyard for the bowlers.But, we have just one chance now England try to touch 750+ and then have last four sessions for Pakistan which is having many collapses in last few games I am sure we can expect another collapse which will give some hope England to win this match and have led into this series.
England made history in the first innings of the first test match against Pakistan and if they had not declared the innings they might have completed 1000 runs in one innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
The way England have batted, it seems that they will not need to bat in the second innings as there is not much time left for Pakistan to be all out. Pakistan has lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs and is still 115 runs behind England. Hopefully, in the next day, England will try to squeeze Pakistan from the start and they will drop multiple wickets early on, which will help them beat Pakistan easily by an innings.
England team started to perform well in batting. So far they scored 607 runs in 122.3 overs losing 3 wickets. Pakistan team bowling line is weak due to which England team batsmen started performing so well. England team batsman Joe Root scored 234 runs from 344 balls. Harry Brook scored 196 runs off 240 balls. Pakistan team bowler Shaheen Afridi took 1 wicket with 114 runs in 25.3 overs. If Pakistan team bowls well, England team batsmen will be under pressure.
This test match between Pakistan and England team started at Multan Cricket Stadium, this ground is famous for its batting pitch. Due to which Pakistan team can perform well in their home ground but England team has performed much better than them. Because the bowler has bowled the ball is not under the control of the bowlers and is hitting the bat directly by swinging, that is why the experienced bowlers are performing poorly in this match. But England team is very experienced in the game of cricket so they have formed a partnership for a long time in this match. Root and Harry Brook both scored double centuries which are the most important of the most attacking batsmen for this match.
Besides, Root played a huge innings of 262 runs off 375 balls which gave England a huge collection as a team. The fourth day's play has ended in Multan and Pakistan are still trailing by 115 runs. I think the chances of a draw in this test are very low and we are waiting for a result.
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