Written by Time to see some white smoke at No 3? When Zak Crawley presented Ollie Pope with his 50th Test cap in Multan a few weeks ago the opening batter reminisced about them playing against each other as schoolboys and then made two quite eye-catching statements. With (hopefully) tongue firmly lodged in cheek, Crawley joshed about […]
Nasser Hussain said Pakistan discovered “the kryptonite to Bazball” after England were humbled in Rawalpindi. They lost in three days and by nine wickets after a calamitous collapse with their last seven wickets going for 46 runs. With all 20 English wickets falling to spinners for the second game in succession, the former England captain […]
Rehan Ahmed insisted the game was “still level” and that England were “still very positive” after a day dominated by Pakistan ended with the tourists three wickets down in their second innings and still 53 behind. Saud Shakheel’s painstaking innings of 134, scored over five hours and eight minutes and featuring 86 singles and just […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 26th over: England 98-4 (Brook 5, Stokes 0) The game moves on rapidly in this first morning session. We’ve still got ten minutes to go until lunch. Ben Stokes survives his first ball. Share WICKET! Duckett lbw b Noman Ali 52 […]
Brendon McCullum may believe that only Superman could have saved England from defeat once they found themselves chasing 297 on a turning wicket in the second Test – suggesting at that point they were doomed “save for someone coming out of the telephone box” – but the coach praised Pakistan’s gamble on re-using a tired […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Match report Daniel Gallan Simon Burnton’s piece has landed so that’s my cue to get outta here. Congrats to Pakistan and their spin-twins who “humbled” England’s batters. A thoroughly entertaining Test comes to a swift end which means it’s all to […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A word for Matthew Potts and Brydon Carse, who finish with combined figures of 46-15-116-5. That’s some effort in these conditions. Share “I think it’s par, this Pakistan score,” says Digvijay Yadav. “But the thing about this England team is that […]