Perhaps so, yes. Driving straight to Abbas in-particular wouldn't be the most advised hobby.
English cricket thread
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
Any views or predications for England declaration?
I think England should bat til 30 mins after tea, with 550 on the board.
I think England should bat til 30 mins after tea, with 550 on the board.
Crawley rattling along now. He definitely has his sights on that 300.
Anyone old enough to remember when Pakistan scored 708 in first innings vs England at Oval? Miandad got 260z
250 for Crawley not even the great Sachin has got one of those
Is Gooch the last English triple centurion?
Is Karun Nair the only player to convert his first 100 into a triple?
Sobers too
Umpire gave that as byes wtf 
He was the 3rd, Sobers and Bob Simpson
Wow. I remember that. 333, and that was 30 years ago.
This is outstanding from Crawley.
Think it depends more on Crawley, and if he’s still there.
Buttler could do with upping his SR 49 of 123 so far today
Weird to see Buttler getting outscored like this
Crawley right now has 55% of the team's total. That seems a little unusual to me for a long innings. His strike rate is very good.
Bannerman holds the record from the first ever test played. 165 out of 245, which is 67% of the team score.
Bannerman holds the record from the first ever test played. 165 out of 245, which is 67% of the team score.
At what point do England go for the win? They should do the game in general is more important to be a spectacle but do you give Crawley another day to set all time records? He'll never get another chance probably.
They don't need to win the test but it would be bad if they batted until they are all out as the series has been played in a very good spirit and Pakistan don't deserve to be humilated in this test.
I bet they have had the chat about it though privately even if they don't consider it.
They don't need to win the test but it would be bad if they batted until they are all out as the series has been played in a very good spirit and Pakistan don't deserve to be humilated in this test.
I bet they have had the chat about it though privately even if they don't consider it.
Hopefully this is the last time Azhar captains Pakistan. fecker better score 400 runs to make up for his cowardly captaincy.
Well that's that.
Shafiq the unlikely saviour
Superb knock. Well played.
Doh!
Stunning innings. A shame he couldn’t have pushed on a bit further.
Great sportsmanship from Pakistan.
Stunning innings. A shame he couldn’t have pushed on a bit further.
Great sportsmanship from Pakistan.
Brilliant knock and a nice touch of class from the Pakistan team all going to Congratulate him. Might not have played if Stokes was here.
Thought England may have put Broad out to try and slog a few
Declare @ 550-600. Try to bowl Pakistan out twice. Pitch isn't up to much at the minute and weather will probably come into it. England could have a dart this evening but unless it's cloudy and under the lights I would probably just bat through until the end of the day.
I like the way this series has been played and hope England can repay Pakistan by playing over there if it is safe to do so.
Two emerging hungry young sides and no shite going on it's good to see.
Two emerging hungry young sides and no shite going on it's good to see.
Woakes would have killed Root.
Root seemed open to the idea, but it'll depend on the security situation like you say. Would be fantastic for Pakistan cricket to get England to tour, even if it's a limited over series only.
Who can Pakistan replace him with? The options look grim
Why did he only play 6 tests?
Babar is the ODI captain and is the most secure player in this team, could do worse than making him captain in all formats.
Only scored 71 runs in his 5 other test matches
Babar's the obvious choice. Azhar's not doing anything with the bat & his captaincy has been amateurish. Doesn't think proactively & is too defensive.
He hasn't captained an ODI yet, so will be interesting to see how he handles it.
I can see that massively backfiring though - especially as he's only recently started coming into his own as a Test player.
He could become a mirror image of what has happened to Root.
What about Abbas? Only because he comes across as mature and sensible.
I went to Lahore in 2004 for Pakistan vs India test. Such a beautiful city full of history and charm. Food was amazing too.
Bizarre plans to Woakes.
Was interesting to hear Broad talking about clearing his front leg whilst batting to open up the field having watched videos of Warne batting, Woakes has done similar in the last 2 tests.
Am abit confused now with Buttlers approach. He has his big century, made his point and secured his medium term future.
so why doesn’t he now switch into T20 mode? It’s the perfect situation and he is the ideal batsman to go for it. Could even blag a double hundred if it came off.
so why doesn’t he now switch into T20 mode? It’s the perfect situation and he is the ideal batsman to go for it. Could even blag a double hundred if it came off.