1st Test: Pakistan v England at Abu Dhabi, Oct 13-17 2015

[Bazal]

Worst test match ever.

 

[hineyrulz]

Pitches like this are killing test cricket.

 

[Twizzle]

this seems an exercise in futility

draw coming up

 

[The Roth]

Great double ton to Cook. 3rd longest innings of test cricket I believe.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Pitches like this are killing test cricket.

Australia got belted on this pitch a year ago.

Meanwhile, there's an article on foxsports that questions whether Cook's innings was good for test cricket. What. The. f**k. 264 runs at a S/R of almost 50. A truly great rearguard innings.

And yet they asked a poll "would you like to see an Aussie bat like that?" (You know, to save a test) and 54% said no. What. The. f**kkkkkkk.

Clearly most Aussies would rather see Glenn Maxwell occupy the crease.

The culture and art of test cricket in this country is dying.

 

[Twizzle]

You need to have a little lie down Tommy

 

[caylo]

Australia got belted on this pitch a year ago.

Meanwhile, there's an article on foxsports that questions whether Cook's innings was good for test cricket. What. The. f**k. 264 runs at a S/R of almost 50. A truly great rearguard innings.

And yet they asked a poll "would you like to see an Aussie bat like that?" (You know, to save a test) and 54% said no. What. The. f**kkkkkkk.

Clearly most Aussies would rather see Glenn Maxwell occupy the crease.

The culture and art of test cricket in this country is dying.

Tommy i guess the idea is that they gave up winning, batting at less then 3runs an over for 2 + days is incredibly slow. Had they made up the runs in 150 overs there is a slim chance of some kind of result or at least an interesting finish. Now its a dull draw.

 

[Pete Cash]

Australia got belted on this pitch a year ago.

Meanwhile, there's an article on foxsports that questions whether Cook's innings was good for test cricket. What. The. f**k. 264 runs at a S/R of almost 50. A truly great rearguard innings.

And yet they asked a poll "would you like to see an Aussie bat like that?" (You know, to save a test) and 54% said no. What. The. f**kkkkkkk.

Clearly most Aussies would rather see Glenn Maxwell occupy the crease.

The culture and art of test cricket in this country is dying.

lmao nice rant tommy.

Its a good innings by Cook but the fact he needs to rack up a massive double century as a rearguard innings in his first innings with the bat either means England bowled awfully or the pitch is unsporting to the bowlers.

Australians have never been a huge fan of "occupying the crease" as a rule.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

What a s**t of a pitch

 

[simmo1]

Its a shit pitch, but Australia would still make Babar and Malik look like Warne and Murali on it.

 

[TheParraboy]

poms are gonna win this, amazing last day, Rashid 5 wickets Pakis all out 173

Poms need 57 more, 7 wickets left, 12 overs left

 

[TheParraboy]

51 more to go, 11 overs left, 7 wickets left

 

[TheParraboy]

Pakis stalling between overs hoping bad light stops play

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms need 99 to win

3/65 - 34 to go

10 overs remain

Cook and Bell still to bat

 

[TheParraboy]

Pakis have 8 on the boundary lol

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms 4/66, Bairstow stumped

33 to go

 

[TheParraboy]

4/69

30 to go

9 overs left - sun disappearing bad light could stop play, maybe 1 or 2 overs left??

 

[TheParraboy]

poms need to go the tonk off every ball, getting dark quick

 

[TheParraboy]

singles wont do it, need boundaries

4/74 - 25 to go

8 overs left

 

[Deacon]

Wonder how much the pakis lost