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The England team performed very well in the first match of this Test series, but in the second match and the third match they performed very poorly. And in the end Pakistan team won by 2-1 mess, winning by 9 wickets with the biggest margin in the third match. Two Pakistani bowlers, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, left England completely helpless in the second innings of the third match. Because of these two bowlers, the attacking batsmen of the England team broke down very easily. The top-order batsmen collapsed in desperation due to which the later batsmen could not withstand the pressure and England scored 112 runs. But Pakistani team players won this game very easily, this match was very easy for Pakistan team.
Well... India needs another 218 runs, while New Zealand needs 6 more wickets. Even at the moment, I think New Zealand has the upper hand. Washington Sundar and Virat Kohli are at the crease, and they need to stay there if India wants to save the match. And Mitchell Santner is just unplayable. So far, he has picked up 10 wickets in this match. But the advantage for India is that Ajaz Patel from the other end has proved to be very incompetent.
India has mountains to climb but it's not impossible. In 2007-08, India successfully chased 350+ against England but still, history tells us it's not an easy job on the 4th-5th day deck.
I won't expect much from senior players (Rohit-Kohli) but I'd love to see some resistance from young players like Jaiswal, Gill, Pant and Sarfraz. Also, want to see Washi up in the order above Jadeja-Ashwin. These young players need to step up massively in this chase.
I won't expect much from senior players (Rohit-Kohli) but I'd love to see some resistance from young players like Jaiswal, Gill, Pant and Sarfraz. Also, want to see Washi up in the order above Jadeja-Ashwin. These young players need to step up massively in this chase.
Is the target of 359 runs too big for India? I don't think so.
In Indian pitches match gets decided in just 30 minutes of bad cricket because wickets fall in clusters, that's what sums up India's 3 last innings in this series.
3 back to back batting collapse.
1st inning of 1st test - 46 all out
2nd inning of Ist test - 406/3 and then collapse 462/all out
1st inning of 2nd test - 50/1, followed by collapse 156/all out
Pakistani Spin bowler's are on top and best so far Noman Ali and Sajid Khan magnificent bowlimg performance in second inning of this test match. England lost the 5 wickets in just 70 runs. England trail by 7 runs so far and they lost half of its team. Harry brook last hope of England is out after scoring 26 runs. Joe Root is batting at 25 runs Jamie Smith first inning hero joined now after the wicket of England captain ben Stokes. Pakistan bowling performance is outstanding especially Noman Ali picked 4 important wickets by just giving 28 runs and Sajid khan also pick one wicket. I think this test match is over in 3rd day because Pakistan just needs 5 more wickets and i don't think england will scored a lead of 100 runs and its easy for Pakistan to chase down target and hot favorite to win this test match and series.
England's batsmen could not bat well in the second innings, eventually getting all out for 112 runs. Harry Brook and Joe Root both scored the highest runs, Joe Root was dismissed for 33 runs and Harry Brook was dismissed for 26 runs. Both Noman Ali and Sajid Khan bowled brilliantly, England's batsmen could not play big innings in front of their aggressive bowling. England eventually set a target of 36 runs, which Pakistan easily won by 9 wickets. England won the first test with a great performance but could not perform well in the 2nd and 3rd matches. Pakistan won the series by winning the 2nd and 3rd Tests. 
Pakistani Spin bowler's are on top and best so far Noman Ali and Sajid Khan magnificent bowlimg performance in second inning of this test match. England lost the 5 wickets in just 70 runs. England trail by 7 runs so far and they lost half of its team. Harry brook last hope of England is out after scoring 26 runs. Joe Root is batting at 25 runs Jamie Smith first inning hero joined now after the wicket of England captain ben Stokes. Pakistan bowling performance is outstanding especially Noman Ali picked 4 important wickets by just giving 28 runs and Sajid khan also pick one wicket. I think this test match is over in 3rd day because Pakistan just needs 5 more wickets and i don't think england will scored a lead of 100 runs and its easy for Pakistan to chase down target and hot favorite to win this test match and series.
I didn't think England would bat so badly. England could not bat well in the first innings against Noman Ali and Sajid Khan. The England team failed to do well against these two bowlers in the second innings as well. England team lost all the wickets to collect only 112 runs. Noman Ali took 6 wickets and Sajid Khan 4 wickets in the second innings. England scored 267 runs in the first innings but played very badly in the second innings. England's batsmen have given a small target of only 36 runs.
A target of only 36 runs is impossible to win. Even if the target was 150+ it would not have been easy for Pakistan to win the match. But now Pakistan will reach the target of victory very easily. Noman Ali and Sajid Khan performed well in this match. Noman Ali took 9 wickets and Sajid Khan 10 wickets. Also in the first innings both these batsmen have done excellent batting. Sajid Khan managed to collect 48 runs and Noman 45 runs.
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India has mountains to climb but it's not impossible. In 2007-08, India successfully chased 350+ against England but still, history tells us it's not an easy job on the 4th-5th day deck.
I won't expect much from senior players (Rohit-Kohli) but I'd love to see some resistance from young players like Jaiswal, Gill, Pant and Sarfraz. Also, want to see Washi up in the order above Jadeja-Ashwin. These young players need to step up massively in this chase.
I won't expect much from senior players (Rohit-Kohli) but I'd love to see some resistance from young players like Jaiswal, Gill, Pant and Sarfraz. Also, want to see Washi up in the order above Jadeja-Ashwin. These young players need to step up massively in this chase.
Is the target of 359 runs too big for India? I don't think so. Because in the first match we got to see India's strange batting. After scoring 46 runs in the first innings, India managed to score more than 460 in the second innings. There is nothing surprising in the repetition of the same incident.
India managed to collect only 156 runs in the first innings. This is a very small collection. However, Indian batsmen batting well in the second innings is not surprising. India has this capability. Every batsman in the squad is very talented and experienced.
Before the lunch break, India scored 81 runs in just 12 overs. The Indian team is collecting an average of 6.75 runs per over. Indian batsmen are batting very aggressively. But Rohit Sharma can't bat well even today. The Indian captain was able to collect only 8 runs.
Disappointing dismissals of Pant and Kohli, both balls deserved to go to boundary. Indian fielders looked complacent in field. India lost the first game, they must win this match to level the series, I don't get why they are playing like this.
I still believe KL Rahul would have been appropriate in the place of Sarfaraz. I mean no one sane would have picked pick KL over Sarfaraz considering Sarfaraz made 150 in first test match, and KL is having a bad run at the moment — fail at home stadium in two consecutive innings, that's bad.
India has mountains to climb but it's not impossible. In 2007-08, India successfully chased 350+ against England but still, history tells us it's not an easy job on the 4th-5th day deck.
I won't expect much from senior players (Rohit-Kohli) but I'd love to see some resistance from young players like Jaiswal, Gill, Pant and Sarfraz. Also, want to see Washi up in the order above Jadeja-Ashwin. These young players need to step up massively in this chase.
I won't expect much from senior players (Rohit-Kohli) but I'd love to see some resistance from young players like Jaiswal, Gill, Pant and Sarfraz. Also, want to see Washi up in the order above Jadeja-Ashwin. These young players need to step up massively in this chase.
Rohit out quickly yet again. Hope Kohli lasts longer. This test has basically become an ODI at the moment where the odds are still 50:50 at the moment thanks to Gill and Jaiswal forming a great partnership currently.
New Zealand still hold the advantage, but never rule India out in such extremely high pressure situations. Draw is out which means that one of these teams will definitely end up winning.
New Zealand still hold the advantage, but never rule India out in such extremely high pressure situations. Draw is out which means that one of these teams will definitely end up winning.
Pakistani team has two legends at this time. And you all know that I am talking about Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. Didn't you see the batting and the bowling of these two players. In the first inning Sajid Khan collected 6 wickets first and in batting he was was more surprising I was thinking that they are playing a ODI match may be. Hahaha. Just he hit 4 sixes in his 48 runs journey and also 2 fours. He is the only one who hit most of the boundaries. And just like him Nouman Ali also made 45 runs. And he was also good in batting and bowling. And clear chance is that Pakistan will win this match easily. 
Yes you are right Pakistan cricket team has two superstar players. Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. They are playing amazingly well. Sajid took 6 wickets and then surprised everyone with his batting. Like you already mentioned he scored 48 runs hitting 4 sixes and 2 fours. Nouman Ali also did great scoring 45 runs. Both players are excellent at batting and bowling. Excellent performance Sajid and Nouman and Pakistan is likely to win. They have brought new energy to team and shown how talented Pakistani cricket players are. Pakistan has a great chance of winning because of them.
Oh no, a few more runs could have been added to New Zealand's score if not for the fall of the last wicket. Two runs were easily taken especially but if William O'Rourke had given the drive the run out might not have happened. Could have easily completed this run from the non-strike end but was run out only due to lack of experience and no plan to deliver the drive. However, with New Zealand taking a lead of 358 runs, it will be difficult for India to top this lead and there will be no draw as there are still three full days to go. It will be difficult for India to bat for three days because if Santner's ball gets a good turn then like New Zealand, India can also have a batting disaster.
Oh no, a few more runs could have been added to New Zealand's score if not for the fall of the last wicket. Two runs were easily taken especially but if William O'Rourke had given the drive the run out might not have happened. Could have easily completed this run from the non-strike end but was run out only due to lack of experience and no plan to deliver the drive. However, with New Zealand taking a lead of 358 runs, it will be difficult for India to top this lead and there will be no draw as there are still three full days to go. It will be difficult for India to bat for three days because if Santner's ball gets a good turn then like New Zealand, India can also have a batting disaster.
So far so good for the Indians. They picked up three quick wickets in the morning, after the brief stand between Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips. All the wickets to fall today were shared between Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. At the moment, Ajaz Patel has joined Glenn Phillips at the crease and the Kiwi lead stands at 343 runs. New Zealand would like to get a lead of at least 360-380, but it looks difficult now with the tailenders at the crease. BTW, I don't understand the purpose of adding Akash Deep to the playing XI. Selectors could have gone for an additional batsman.
I think this match is not over for India as yet and there is still an outside chance for the Indian team. I mean if India can take the remaining two New Zealand wickets quickly and have to chance less than 380 runs, then it is still possible for the Indian batsmen, isn't? Also, we have seen that Indian batsmen play a lot better in the 2nd innings so these stats also favors them.
Indian bowlers are doing a good job today and taking full advantage of the early morning conditions on the third day at pune. Ajaz Patel is also out by Jadeja and now only the last wicket left for the New Zealand team. I thin we are here for another twist in this test match. The match is not over yet.
So far so good for the Indians. They picked up three quick wickets in the morning, after the brief stand between Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips. All the wickets to fall today were shared between Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. At the moment, Ajaz Patel has joined Glenn Phillips at the crease and the Kiwi lead stands at 343 runs. New Zealand would like to get a lead of at least 360-380, but it looks difficult now with the tailenders at the crease. BTW, I don't understand the purpose of adding Akash Deep to the playing XI. Selectors could have gone for an additional batsman.
It will be tough for New Zealand to take a 360-run lead at the moment as it is becoming difficult for the lower-order batsmen to play big innings on this spinner pitch. Three wickets fell in the first session on the third day, where 14 overs were played, so it was really difficult for New Zealand to take a lead of 360/370 runs with the remaining two batsmen. Glenn Phillips and Azaz Patel are trying to play defensive cricket but Jadeja and Ashwin are finding it really difficult to defend the ball as the ball is getting good turn early in the day. 
So far so good for the Indians. They picked up three quick wickets in the morning, after the brief stand between Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips. All the wickets to fall today were shared between Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. At the moment, Ajaz Patel has joined Glenn Phillips at the crease and the Kiwi lead stands at 343 runs. New Zealand would like to get a lead of at least 360-380, but it looks difficult now with the tailenders at the crease. BTW, I don't understand the purpose of adding Akash Deep to the playing XI. Selectors could have gone for an additional batsman.
Ravindra Jadeja finally managed to take a wicket and in exchange for this wicket he took one wicket in this Test. Washington Sundhor has taken 11 wickets so far in this Test while Ravindra Jadeja only succeeded in picking up the wicket of Blundell to add a wicket to his name. New Zealand have taken a lead of 335 runs so far with the lead slowly increasing as time goes on. Maybe all in all New Zealand can give India a lead of 400 runs.
Pakistani team has two legends at this time. And you all know that I am talking about Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. Didn't you see the batting and the bowling of these two players. In the first inning Sajid Khan collected 6 wickets first and in batting he was was more surprising I was thinking that they are playing a ODI match may be. Hahaha. Just he hit 4 sixes in his 48 runs journey and also 2 fours. He is the only one who hit most of the boundaries. And just like him Nouman Ali also made 45 runs. And he was also good in batting and bowling. And clear chance is that Pakistan will win this match easily.
Yes you are right Pakistan cricket team has two superstar players. Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. They are playing amazingly well. Sajid took 6 wickets and then surprised everyone with his batting. Like you already mentioned he scored 48 runs hitting 4 sixes and 2 fours. Nouman Ali also did great scoring 45 runs. Both players are excellent at batting and bowling. Excellent performance Sajid and Nouman and Pakistan is likely to win. They have brought new energy to team and shown how talented Pakistani cricket players are. Pakistan has a great chance of winning because of them.
Pakistan team beating in 1 st test game and in 3 nd test game, they made a good progress with made a good lead runs in 1 st Inning but England team also a good team and they played poor in 1 st Inning and they made only 267 runs and Pakistan team chased runs of England's 1 st Inning and lead by 77 runs not big margin. But in 2 nd turn, England lost their 3 wickets in 24 runs and played 9 overs. Sajid took down 1 wicket in 4 overs and giving 14 runs and this replacement bowlers showed effort in 2 nd test game of England team and Nouman also bowled great and he bowled 4 overs and took down 2 wickets giving 9 runs. Now main Batsman of England team is in batting both root and brook if Pakistani bowlers will success to take these 2 wickets their win will 100 % confirm. Sajid also showed brilliant struggle in 1 st turn and he took down 6 wickets in this turn and gave 128 runs. Nouman dismissed 3 wickets in 28 overs and gave 88 runs.
In the next innings, Pakistan have to play well and start well at any cost, this time they did not played as we expected (i am talking about the top batting order) but I hope in the next and final innings, they will play well, now it is do or die, if they would not to lose the game or bat well then win the game.
Now, it depends on the situation and what type of play they have to use in their next innings, fast or slow, it depends on how many overs are left, whether the pressure is there or not then they can manage it but we just want to win the this series after a long time. Also, it will be worth to see how much target is given by the England team for Pakistan to chase in the last innings.
Pakistani team has two legends at this time. And you all know that I am talking about Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. Didn't you see the batting and the bowling of these two players. In the first inning Sajid Khan collected 6 wickets first and in batting he was was more surprising I was thinking that they are playing a ODI match may be. Hahaha. Just he hit 4 sixes in his 48 runs journey and also 2 fours. He is the only one who hit most of the boundaries. And just like him Nouman Ali also made 45 runs. And he was also good in batting and bowling. And clear chance is that Pakistan will win this match easily.
Yes you are right Pakistan cricket team has two superstar players. Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. They are playing amazingly well. Sajid took 6 wickets and then surprised everyone with his batting. Like you already mentioned he scored 48 runs hitting 4 sixes and 2 fours. Nouman Ali also did great scoring 45 runs. Both players are excellent at batting and bowling. Excellent performance Sajid and Nouman and Pakistan is likely to win. They have brought new energy to team and shown how talented Pakistani cricket players are. Pakistan has a great chance of winning because of them.
Pakistani team has two legends at this time. And you all know that I am talking about Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. Didn't you see the batting and the bowling of these two players. In the first inning Sajid Khan collected 6 wickets first and in batting he was was more surprising I was thinking that they are playing a ODI match may be. Hahaha. Just he hit 4 sixes in his 48 runs journey and also 2 fours. He is the only one who hit most of the boundaries. And just like him Nouman Ali also made 45 runs. And he was also good in batting and bowling. And clear chance is that Pakistan will win this match easily.
Yes you are right Pakistan cricket team has two superstar players. Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali. They are playing amazingly well. Sajid took 6 wickets and then surprised everyone with his batting. Like you already mentioned he scored 48 runs hitting 4 sixes and 2 fours. Nouman Ali also did great scoring 45 runs. Both players are excellent at batting and bowling. Excellent performance Sajid and Nouman and Pakistan is likely to win. They have brought new energy to team and shown how talented Pakistani cricket players are. Pakistan has a great chance of winning because of them. Jump to: