2nd Investec Test: England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jul 22-26, 2016 - ENGLAND WON BY 330 RUNS

[TheParraboy]

Poms in control

tea day 2

6/533
Cook 105
Root 226*

 

[Twizzle]

Pakis 4/57 in rely

seems a strange form reversal

 

[TheParraboy]

The "other" Pakistan are back..

Poms declared at 7/589

Root went the tonk late in his innings, got out at 254

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Great knock by Root. Woakes continues his rich form.

 

[Twizzle]

England win by 9 wickets and 330 runs.

Wonder which Paki team will turn up for the 3rd test.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

All done England win by a thumping 330 runs. Root Man of the match.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Wonder which Paki team will turn up for the 3rd test.

We shall see.Looked like Paki gave up the last 2 days of the test.
But England do deserve some credit they lifted their game for this test. Root, and Woakes were outstanding.

 

[TheParraboy]

Two convincing wins , one to each side

 

[Twizzle]

yep,credit to England for not allowing the Pakis into the game. I really thought the Pakis would be a lot more competitive though.

 

[vvvrulz]

Rooted them all right.

 

[Mr Bean]

Eng decision to spice up the pitch with pace and bounce worked wonders. Pak batsmen struggled to adapt to the conditions and Poms for 1 test appeared to negate the spin of Shah.

Woakes has me intrigued. Never though much of him as a test player but his form the past few tests has been great. He had a good series V SL. He has taken 18 wickets at an average of 11 and clubbed 116 runs at an average of 58 so far in this series. Can he keep it up? Probably not at those numbers.I am sure he will have tougher times on different surfaces against more stubborn or better opposition that don't throw in the towel when things get tough.
It will be interesting to watch him over the next 18 months.