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Just received very sad News from Pakistan Legendary Spin bowler Abdul Qadir passed away he was one of best spinners many called him  architecture of current leg spin era www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27552552/pakistan-abdul-qadir-dies-aged-63

Edit: @JSRAW Root through his wicket and match both just now

Burns out, not sure about Root's lifeline in this inning. He's class batman in a league of Kohli and Smith, but his conversion rate is terrible, so I would be not surprised if he throws away his wicket before his ton. Personally would like to see him play a big inning in this inning only because he's lagging when comparison with Virat, Smith and World Test cricket needs more solid batsmen.

Max 80 runs if they keep going with this run rate without losing any wicket.

Its really matter of disappointment as Bangladesh is facing some serious threat from newly Afghanistan and this could be very big setback for them now its all depend on Afghanistan how they perform in second inning if they able to have some decent lead then surely Bangladesh is going down and out of this test as they are still trailing by 148 runs and 8 wickets gone.

They need 298 to avoid follow on, and they haven't even covered 50% of that target. Burns and Root are trying to build some sort of a partnership, but lets see how that progresses. Nathan Lyon is having his third consecutive ineffective performance in this test and I hope they'll replace him for the next test. So far absolutely teeth-less and doesn't seems to posses a lot of variety.

Great partnership between Roots and Burns but the game is getting too slow and boring now with almost 2.5 days gone and 2nd innings is not over. England need 360+ runs which looks possible now since they have 8 wickets and Stokes is yet to bat. They should get the runs today but very less time is left. Looks like they will get just 100-130 more runs today at their current run rate.

Bangladeshi fans are really disappointed to see the team struggling against Afghanistan. Bangladesh is trailing by 148 runs after day2. 8 wickets are already gone and Bangladesh is losing the match for sure. What I saw is very disappointing that no pacer is playing for Bangladesh. Afghanistan is strong in Spin-bowling and Bangladeshi batsman is really striving to defeat that.

Anyone watching the Ashes now? It has become really boring. Root and Burns are playing very defensively. England knows that it is impossible to get a lead in the first innings and therefore their real aim is to avoid a follow on. But it is going to be tough, as they need another 228 runs to do that, and that too with just 8 wickets remaining.

I think the same but Hossain looked good so far, if Taijul can spend some time with him then Ban can fancy at least 50 more runs on scoreboard.


True and that too in their backyard and i think Afghan won good toss as well, its big plus in subcontinent condition. Bangladesh can only hope for batting collapse from Afghani batsmen, which is very much possible IMO.

Bangladesh has remained stagnant ever since they achieved the test status (the same can be said about Ireland as well). However, Afghanistan is improving with every passing year. Somehow Bangladesh has managed to avoid the follow on, but Afghanistan is firmly in the drivers seat now. It's just a matter of time before the remaining two wickets fall.

Good to see Rashid Khan in form again after his bad performance in the World Cup. I honestly did not expect Bangladesh to find themselves in such a bad position against Afghanistan and the captaincy change might have done the trick here.

Bangladesh could still turn this around, but they need to decimate Afghanistan in the 2nd innings in order to accomplish that.

I doubt they will be able to bat more 12-14 overs tomorrow. Afghanistan probably will win this match, for us, we can now only hope for a drawn which at the moment seems impossible though. A great bowling will be needed for that.

They are in big trouble here. If that's an impact of Rashid Khan on the 2nd-day pitch, then you can only imagine what he can do in a 4-5th day. The best bet for Ban is to add some useful run quickly tomorrow because the new ball is due after 12-14 overs.

That's poor performance from the whole team, 159/8, none of the reliable batsman can play a long innings. This is because of lacking of consistency as well as not playing test as a test. Mominul played like one day match, Mosaddek is following the same even though the team is in pressure. Zahir Khan spell says the rest, 40 from 7 overs.
Anyway, I didn't watch the match though.

Putting the tired English openers for ten overs was a very smart move and they have successfully taken a wicket during that time which is crucial when they start their innings today, Australia does put their team interest than anything else unlike other countries who look for individual scores and records.
Smith is in his prime form but he will not cross the records set by the legendary Don Bradman.

It would have being better psychologically pressure of 500 to score would bring them under pressure . Though OZ took the first wicket before EOD itself would be rewarding and would like to wrap the inning quickly and if given a chance they should give them follow on .

I disagree. Smith is a batting legend at present and is in the form of his life at the moment, but Kohli is 2 steps ahead in every department. Smith has a better batting average currently, but I don't think he will go ahead of Kohli overall.

While I am not sure about your Australian statement, I do agree that their decision was right in this case and they have a big lead which they are capable of defending with bowlers like Starc in their camp.

This is a good batting pitch comparing the earlier pitches played in the series. Do you think that Aussies can enforce a follow-on with a score below 500? I don't think English team would crash like that. I am sure that they'll get past 350 in the first innings. Anything below that would be a result of poor batting display. When Paine declared, Starc and Lyon were in great form and would have easily taken the score to 550-580 in the remaining 10 overs. If either one of them were dismissed, then Paine could have declared. As far as Denly's wicket is concerned, he sacrificed his wicket by changing the batting lineup and giving an opportunity for Roy. In all the previous matches of this series, the openers were struggling with the new ball and the opening partnership didn't get past 25 runs in any. As far as my opinion goes, AUS should have batted the remaining overs aggressively if they didn't lose wickets it would have done a lot of good to them. You could have still taken a wicket the next day.
I don't say that Paine's decision was stupid but they would have had a better chance for winning this match now it looks like more of a draw to me or English winning miraculously like the previous match.

BTW, just checked the AFG vs BAN match. AFG had scored a good 342. Looks like Tamin's replacement Shadman got out for a duck and the BAN are struggling at 5/1.

Very surprising that you guys are criticizing his decision. Australians have always put their team interests above any individual targets. And his decision was proved right. It gave the Australian bowlers 10 overs against the English batsmen, and they were able to get the wicket of Joe Denly. Statistically, it was just one wicket. But in the end it is going to put England in a lot of pressure. Therefore I would say that it was one of the most courageous decisions ever made by Tim Paine as the captain.

BTW, you guys may be interested in this: #PoliteEnquiries: When will Steve Smith return to his home planet? in espncricinfo.com. It discusses the possibility that Steve Smith is actually an alien from another planet.  

There was no numerology or any thing involve Aussies just want to give very few overs and they have some good tactics as they take one wicket now they have some good edge and can take lead again in this series England is under pressure and Starc have ability to destroy them very quickly.

Bradman was and still is the greatest batsman of all time however Steve Smith is fast getting up there with the great man and against England Smith very well may break Bradman's record for most centuries against England in less innings. Bradman currently holds that record scoring 19 centuries in 63 innings against England and Smith is currently on 11 centuries in 45 innings so he has a big chance to break this record.

Smith has the best record since 2013 to now batting in the first innings averaging 108 runs and scoring 16 centuries and that is in 33 innings. Smith is well ahead of Kohli who many compare the two.

Australia are in a dominate position and I think declaring was the right decision as it put England under pressure and it paid off getting a wicket before the close of play.