The larger lady has wobbled her larynx, Ireland win by 7 wickets with a ball to spareā¦
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Totally deserved and our bowling was 1988 standard there, that was shite BUT the Irish were superb and totally deserved it.
The no-ball for not having 5 in the circle has turned out to be crucial.
Well Iād say us being shit at bowling for the other 49.5 overs also had a say.
Every ball had a āsayā. That one and its follow up for 4 was totally unnecessary.
We were poor but the Irish were great, there are a number of players who shouldnāt be in that team.
Pakistan won toss batted 29-0 after 10 overs
Same England team so Stokes not fit to bowl yet I guess
Wicket for Archer ADIB Ali gone for 16
36-1
Archer to Abid Ali, OUT
Clean through the gate! Thatās full, straight and aggressive. The short balls in the previous over earn their interest in the next. Abid is fractionally late coming forward, and to a bowler of Archerās wheels, thatās fatal! Back goes the off stump, and England have their breakthrough!
And off they go for a rain break.
Shane Warne saying an English summer is 9 months of rain and 3 months of winterā¦
Heās not wrong
Woakes back for a second spell and immediately gets AZHAR Ali LBW
AZHAR reviews as he thinks he got an edge but it shows that ball hit pad first, his bat hit his pad.
43-2
AZHAR Ali 0 (6) lbw Woakes
Pakistan were 139-2 overnight
There has been some play this morning and, at lunch, Pakistan are 187-5
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Abid Ali, 15.1 ov), 2-43 (Azhar Ali, 18.1 ov), 3-139 (Babar Azam, 49.6 ov), 4-150 (Asad Shafiq, 56.5 ov), 5-176 (Mohammad Rizwan, 70.1 ov)
Anderson, Broad and Woakes picking up a wicket apiece this morningā¦
When you say āsome playā donāt you mean the usual 2 hours from 11am to 1pm?
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Yeah, you got me thereā¦
After a good start after lunch Pakistan are currently 291-8, Archer just getting 2 wickets in 2 ballsā¦
Shan Masood is 131 not outā¦
Really let them off the hook after lunch with some weak bowling. Such a shame after a good morning.
England traditionally bat terribly in the first match of a series so we canāt really afford for them to get much past 300.
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307-8 Masood is taking the bowlers to task at the momentā¦
Yeah, got to keep him down the other end cos their tail is a proper tail.
Shan Masood 150*, his first 150+ in test.
Last 50 runs took 60 ballsā¦
311-8
Tea, 312-8
125 runs in that session, and 3 wickets.
2nd over after tea and Broad get Masood with his first ball, LBW, reviewed, given out umpireās call
317-9
Masood 156 from 319 balls.