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92nd: England 616-7 (Robinson 18, Jacks 13) Mohammad Ali takes the new ball, not the most powerful combination. Robinson slips to first but then smashes two fours, one through extra cover and the other down the ground.
91st over: England 608-7 (Robinson 18, Jacks 13) An over from Zahid as England pass their highest score against Pakistan and, with a six from Robinson, shout past 600.
90th over: England 598-7 (Robinson 9, Jacks 12) Robinson pays respects to Mohammad Ali in the afternoon, carefully blocking his last three balls.
“Poker used to be played by gnarled old pros in the back rooms of casinos using the same skills and techniques for decades,” touches Hugh Malloy. “Then, online poker happened, and the next generation was able to communicate and share technical data on how to play. The result? Players became much, much more aggressive. They realized that they bet a lot, even without the best hand, forced your opponent to fold. Yes, you may be bluffed, but optimal play says you’ll win more without fear.”
So was Bazball made in the (online) poker room?
89th over: England 596-7 (Robinson 8, Jacks 11) The dog gets up, does five laps and laps before settling back on the sofa with a deflated sigh. Jacks tries a Zahid reverse sweep twice, no payoff.
And to counter Becky Chantry and her happy Cyprus mornings I bring you Daniel Ironside. “Wow, it’s been quite a day. We’ll get to the cricket in a minute, but first I have to explain what happened about 2 minutes after the ID emailed your person.
“Water, everywhere, falling profusely on my beautiful wooden floors. The culprit was a leaky pipe leading to the sink next to where I was sitting. Newspaper, telephone, everything got very wet while the my morning brain was trying to decode what was unfolding before my eyes. No thought was convincing, I was in pure fight, flight freeze mode as I tried manfully to direct the flow and stem the tide armed only with a small towel. Slowly by and by the phrase “stop cock”, which I don’t want to use often, left the vestiges of my prehistorically tuned mind. I took my torch manfully and personally and stormed out. I lifted the cover outside the water drain and oh so sweetly, after some semi-frantic attempts to turn it off, I managed to cut off the water supply to my home. It was a strangely bittersweet moment when I realized that I had done something ridiculous simple thing but never tried before and then the slow burn of reality seeped in as I had to face the reality of clear and painful costs.
Suffice it to say, it wasn’t really what I needed in my life before 6.30am. All went well in the end and I’m incredibly lucky to have a lovely plumber neighbor called Matt who came over the same morning and sorted out what I think was a very reasonable cost. Big shout out Matt, you saved my morning.
88th over: England 593-7 (Robinson 7, Jacks 9) Naseem gets a break at last, and Mohammad Ali is called back into the attack, not, you imagine, with a lot of confidence from Babar. Relatively neat, and that’s DRINKS!
87th over: England 589-7 (Robinson 5, Jacks 8) Mahmood continues to play in agony, possibly because Haris Rauf is out. Now he looks like an uncle forced to make balls to all the nieces and nephews when all he wants to do is sit and read the paper. To make matters worse, Robinson bowls him inelegantly for four.
85th over: England 576-6 (Robinson 0, Jacks 0) Will Jacks’ first Test boundary comes off his sixth ball, as he drives Naseem through covers for four with majestic air. Ollie Robinson keeps out a good length ball that is creeping down.
Becky Chantry, who was watching the sun rise on her balcony yesterday, has now taken it a step further: “At the moment I’m taking money for breakfast (still in Cyprus) refreshed after a swim in the sea yesterday. Trying to take the fall of wickets this morning in the positive sense that England are trying to keep the game moving…”
84th over: England 576-6 (Robinson 0, Jacks 0) A third wicket of the morning for Shah, some relief for Pakistan, with two new batsmen at the crease after the end of a superb Harry Brook innings, making all he has made by yorkshire and more.
WICKET! Brook c Saud Shakeel b Naseem Shah 153 (England 576-7)
Hauls Naseem to deep square leg where Shakeel takes another catch – 116 balls, five sixes, 19 fours, the fourth fastest 150 in Test cricket after Roy Fredricks, Mahela Jayawardene and Brendon McCullum. Unbelievable in only his second test.
83rd over: England 568-6 (Brook 145, Jacks 0) Zahid Mahmood puts his hands on his hips as Brook casually reverse sweeps for six, sweeps for four, reverse sweeps for another four, leans back and he hits it for four more. , scampers down the pitch and spatulas it for six, before inelegantly going up for three. 27 off the over: Best over for an England batting team on 29. Poor Mahmood now 2-208 on debut.
82nd over: England 541-6 (Brook 118, Jacks 0) A super over from Naseem – first the wicket of Livingstone, then he cracks debutant Will Jacks on the first ball. Babar is convinced to go for a review but the ball goes safely over leg.
If you’re watching, email me and help me stay awake. So tempting to close your eyes quickly…
WICKET! Livingstone c Saud Shakeel b Naseem Shah 9 England (539-6)
Livingstone takes a single-leg flamenco stroke, Pietersen-style, and the ball flies to mid-wicket where Shakeel takes the catch.
81st over: England 539-5 (Brook 117, Livingstone 9) Livingstone quickly comes down the pitch and loops Mahmood for six, then scrunches his nose under his helmet as if he hasn’t finished singing. No new ball yet.
80th over: England 529-5 (Brook 114, Livingstone 2) A clean and tidy innings by Naseem Shah, England are on the lookout. A brief period of calm has fallen over Ralwalpindi.
79th over: England 527-5 (Brook 113, Livingstone 1) Liam Livingstone is out…with a calm and respectful single at covers by Zahid Mahmood. Some dodgy fielding gets Brook a couple more to end the scoring and it’s six more balls before Pakistan can take the new one.
78th over: England 522-5 (Brook 110, Livingstone 0) Just the one stingy run from Naseem Shah’s over.
77th over: England 522-5 (Brook 109, Livingstone 0) Harry Brook lowers his bat and bowls Zahid Mahmood carelessly over long on for six. Beautiful! Livingstone survives his first ball in Test cricket.
76th over: England 515-5 (Brook 102, Livingstone 0) The barmy army are still halfway through Jerusalem when Ben Stokes steps up and calls Naseem Shah’s second ball for six, up, up and out. Commentators are still talking about whether Stokes could beat Botham to England’s fastest fifty when he has some clever bowling from Naseem Shah.
Morning session – WICKET! Ben Stokes b Naseem Shah 41 (England 515-5)
A slower ball, no cut, that cuts the top of middle stump as Stokes steps back!
Sky have just shown highlights from the last day of Old Trafford 2001, followed by yesterday’s highlights. crazy days
Just to recap yesterday’s numbers:
Most runs scored on the first day of a Test.
First team to score over 500 on the first day of a Test.
First team to score four hundreds on the first day of a Test
Most runs in the opening session of a test.
Fastest opening partnership of two centuries in Test cricket.
“The field is not much different,” reports Michael Atherton on the ground. “It’s hard and cooked and it’s not hot enough for the cracks to open. It’s going to be very difficult to get into Pakistan’s line-up. There will be small windows of opportunity when the ball starts to reverse and the spinners will have to do a job of retention, but it will be very hard work.”
preamble
“Will you have eggs with your fries ma’am?” Yes, please, plus mayonnaise, caviar, chocolate cake and trifle. And while I’m at it, could you please put on the cricket?
Yesterday in a stifled England in Rawalpindi, he scored runs at six overs, closing in on hundreds for Crawley, Duckett, Pope and Brook, going past 500, surpassing the all-time opening day record of 494 for six which had been maintained for 111 years. , until the bad light gave Pakistan a respite.
Will they aim for the perfect miler? On this track, flatter than mint cream, against this inexperienced Pakistan Test attack, they probably could. They probably won’t. But whatever they do, it will be worth watching. The game starts at 5:00 GMT.