[Cricket] 3rd Investec Test: England v Pakistan at Edgbaston, Aug 3-7, 2016

[pasty]

1 down 9 to go

Hafeez c Woakes b Broad 2

Pak 6/1

Not entirely sure what Hafeez was thinking there.

 

[Titanic]

Oh my! Shocker from Hafeez, pulls Stuart Broad long hop straight down fine legs throat

6-1, 78 overs remaining.

 

[Titanic]

Funky field from Cook... short leg, short midwicket and short mid-on for Broad to Azhar Ali...

 

[Triggaaar]

Do yourselves a favour - go out, enjoy the day, and forget about this waste of time.

 

[BensGrandad]

Need another wicket before lunch.

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day five.

Pakistan 69-1 (22 overs)

62 overs remaining, 274 runs or 9 wickets for a win.

It is going to need something special one way or the other for a positive result.

 

[fleet]

I can't see us getting them out, but a few wickets and panic after lunch and you never know! I'm giving up watching now so reasonably likely that it will get exciting.

 

[BensGrandad]

We need to put the brake on them scoring as they could still win. I expect it to fizzle out to a draw, but who knows a good 30 mins after lunch by either side could change the outcome.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I don't agree that we should put the brake on them scoring. We need to encourage them into the delusion that the target is achievable, and then they start taking risks that cause them to lose wickets and ... hey presto ... we win the series.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

We need to put the brake on them scoring as they could still win. I expect it to fizzle out to a draw, but who knows a good 30 mins after lunch by either side could change the outcome.

.....look out the window and you might just see fat pink things soaring gracefully on the thermals.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Scoring not an issue but we need these two out asap or it's gonna dribble away into a draw.

 

[Titanic]

3 down... Jimmy getting a bit of reverse, gets the outside edge from Younis through to a diving Bairstow in front of 1st slip

92-3, 46.2 overs remaining

 

[BensGrandad]

Hope we can get Misbah quite quickly and cheaply.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Misbah looking distinctly uncomfortable at the moment.

 

[LlcoolJ]

And gone.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Shafiq gone for none. Game on!

 

[jakarta]

Given the tail that Pakistan have, as soon as this pair are gone it should be Goodnight Irene...

 

[sams dad]

125 - 7

 

[jakarta]

Aslam cleaned up by Finn, Fat Lady has entered the Building...

 

[LlcoolJ]

Pleased for Finn. He's bowled well and deserved a wicket. Now he's got the most important one.