Gazwag
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He had only score three runs since lunch so was holding things up
[Cricket] Cricket- England tour of Pakistan- October 2024
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Si Gull
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Remarkable game. England lead is going to be 250+. Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure when they bat. Could be an interesting 5th day.
Gazwag
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750 up 22 minutes later
Remarkable effort for England to force a result here. I expect England to use as many overs as possible today to take the game out of Pakistan's hands.
Minimum of 48 overs remaining today, England going at 8.6 an over for the last 10. Highest total ever is 952-6 (Sri Lanka v India 1997) - could get there with overs to spare tonight.
Minimum of 48 overs remaining today, England going at 8.6 an over for the last 10. Highest total ever is 952-6 (Sri Lanka v India 1997) - could get there with overs to spare tonight.
Harry Brook 302* (310 balls, 28 fours, 3 sixes) 
While that would be fun, I suspect the declaration will come before then, to give a fighting chance of having enough overs to bowl Pakistan out.
A lead around 300 might be the target, if I had to guess.
thedonkeycentrehalf
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Loved the optimism of Pakistan to put pressure on Brook on 298 - and how he blocked one and then hit a four to get his triple century
Yes, think as soon as Brook goes, the declaration will follow.
That doesn't look likely to ever happen at this rate though!
Screw the win, let Brook get Lara's record
We will see. Right now it looks like a classic example of why the long form game is dying on its arse.
1350 runs for 13 wickets, about 300 people watching and the very worst type of cricket bores purring over good (but not the world's greatest ever, Root excepted) batsmen smashing daddy hundreds on tarmac.
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My brain instantly said '1984/85 in India, you remember listening to the commentary before you went to school' I'm so pleased with myself
England won that series. Gatting looked like he had turned the corner.
Gazwag
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800 up this fifty took nearly 15 minutes longer, something to do with the massive collapse going on
Gazwag
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I resisting posting about Gooch's modern day record 
It'll be interesting to see if the cricket stat bores are still purring about this game if (when?) Pakistan find themselves at 250/2 by mid-morning tomorrow.
I was talking about this elsewhere, when you think of the fuss made about crap over rates, why does no-one stop and think about the damage caused to the game by preparing such awful, boring, flat pitches?
I was talking about this elsewhere, when you think of the fuss made about crap over rates, why does no-one stop and think about the damage caused to the game by preparing such awful, boring, flat pitches?
Carse hitting his first ball in test cricket for 6 to bring up the 800
Probably been tougher first ball assignments than that
Probably been tougher first ball assignments than that
Rodney Thomas
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To be fair, there aren't many draws in Test cricket now a days. More to do with not preparing properly rather than the pitches but I am not sure these type of wickets are the main problem for falling Test viewership.
Rodney Thomas
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Still loads of overs to play as well. Min of 40 overs left today, and presumably a day 5 minimum of 90 tomorrow. Will take a massive effort for Pakistan to survive for that long and/or get a lead that takes England out of the game now.
I expect a result here.