England will win this. Needed to get the wicket in the spell from Wahab
England Cricket 2016 - Sri Lanka & Pakistan
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Fair enough, but maybe if Bairstow hangs around there's a chance. But at least I think they'll be able to keep the game going until tomorrow.
If they can stick it out till then the new ball becomes the key. That's when Woakes and Bairstow will go for it and attempt to up the scoring.
If Pakistan strike before then or with the new ball then they'll win. England are still in this whilst this partnership stays together but only just.
Big one.
We've gotten out to some terrible balls.
We've gotten out to some terrible balls.
Thought that kept a bit low.
Ah that's the game. Not even a tight finish in the end. Great test match overall though.
This is why Test cricket is the best form of the game. Such tension, Pakistan favourites again now.
Woakes to win it after an heroic 1 off 156 balls by Finn and a quickfire 20 off 10 from Broad.
And that's it. Game is beyond hope.
Oh shit.
Wonderful Amir
Proper cricket this.
Pakistani bowling is top class. Love it.
Pakistani bowling is top class. Love it.
Broad is pretty much a tailender these days. I think Johnson destroyed him.
Varun Aaron. Bowled a short ball that hit him in the face and never been the same. Gave an interview saying he wakes up because he imagines a cricket ball hitting his face..
Surely Woakes has to go for it. If he can get a quick 20-30, the pressure will be back.
Well done woakes only took you 104 balls to hit a 4
Yasir you beauty!!! Start the car....
England have been poor. Pakistan haven't even bowled that well today.
Delighted for Pakistan, they need to play more test cricket away from home.
Well when only one player scores more than 50 in 10 innings...
Yasir has been the difference. Great player to watch.
Amir has been alright, nothing special (yet).
Misbah has a top 10 all-time celebration.
England are still my favourites for the series with Anderson/Stokes coming back IFFFFFF our top order remembers how to bat.
Yasir's got into their heads just enough, losing the top order to Rahat was key, Wahab and Amir have backed up Yasir terrifically since Tea.
There we go. Great match overall! Well done to Pakistan.
Amir back at Lords with the final word!!! Brilliant performance, deserved winners.
Can you not post all this on a Pakistani cricket board somewhere? It's quite annoying.
Anyway - great performance from Pakistan, a thoroughly deserved victory which sets the series up nicely. England a lot of thinking to do with their batting line-up and execution. I don't think Pakistan were particularly amazing today but we threw away our wickets with some silly shots. As a previous poster mentioned before needed Root or Cook to stick around really.
Scenes 
Terrific scenes, hope the rest of this series is this close.
Dharmasena has an absolute trigger finger
Pakistan bowled better as the innings went on but some really poor shots. Hales with a poor dismissal, Bairstow was lazy and I have no idea what Root and Moeen were doing. Even Yasir I thought was good but this wasn't really a pitch where you should be getting bundled out by Spin never mind on day 2.
Still think England will be favorites.
This is the least seaming wicket Pakistan will get and they struggled. With Anderson back for the next test, we could roll them over quite easily.
Ofcourse our batters aren't great either.
This is the least seaming wicket Pakistan will get and they struggled. With Anderson back for the next test, we could roll them over quite easily.
Ofcourse our batters aren't great either.
Great performance all round. Yasir superb with the wickets & keeping it tight & all the seamers chipped in.
Great game of test match cricket, sets up the remainder of the series nicely.
It's a thread for the game, tough luck if you don't like a Pakistani fan being happy/sad depending on the match situation. If you're annoyed put me on ignore.
Great game of test match cricket, sets up the remainder of the series nicely.
It's a thread for the game, tough luck if you don't like a Pakistani fan being happy/sad depending on the match situation. If you're annoyed put me on ignore.
What a ridiculous post. Why don't you go and talk cricket on a English cricket forum then?
This is called 'Other Sports' for a reason and not 'Other English sports'.
Should we also get rid of the non-United fans?
Please no
Yup, pretty much. Anderson can abuse that batting lineup.
Definitely Liverpool fans if they start beating us this seasonShould we also get rid of the non-United fans?
Please no
Yup, pretty much. Anderson can abuse that batting lineup.
Anderson is key. Stokes isn't all that much different from Ball in a bowling sense.
The problem for England is they have only a smattering of specialist batsmen -- Cook, Root and Bairstow and Pakistan are a high class bowling unit, who even when not bowling well, can prise out good batsmen.
Did he? They played Yasir alright second innings. Aberration from Mooen, Ballance getting out to a ball he should have hit for four and two tail end wickets. That aside they defended his good balls and hit his bad ones not much more you can do than that.
Game was lost with the ridiculous decision making of the top order. Pakistan bowled well but the pitch didn't have much in it and we probably should have chased it.
Our batting needs to improve quickly. Too many not making the most of their starts and Pakistan's attack is top class.
The good thing is Anderson and Stokes should return. Finn has been poor this summer, Ball didn't make his case - bowled alright but not quite good enough for now. The Pakistan top order was not impressive so there's something to look at as a weakness.
The good thing is Anderson and Stokes should return. Finn has been poor this summer, Ball didn't make his case - bowled alright but not quite good enough for now. The Pakistan top order was not impressive so there's something to look at as a weakness.
Loved Amir's celebration on the last wicket.
Fixer or not, you know he wants to be there.
Fixer or not, you know he wants to be there.