Surely thats a full Nelson 
Sibley gone for 36
86-2, 191 runs behind…
Root gone, 96-3.
Let the collapse begin…
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Stokes gone 106-4
And it’s 167/5 at tea, with Pope gone to an absolute snorter to make 117/5, then a half-century stand in quick time between Buttler and Woakes.
So, Pakistan need five wickets, England need 110 runs. I think Pakistan still have to be considered favourites to win this, as their task looks the easier one. After all, five good balls is all they need (or five rash shots, or a mixture of the two). England would need the current stand to double - at least - before they’ll have realistic thoughts of winning, and that in itself is some way off yet.
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Required runs now in double figures…
Buttler 50 up
203-5, 74 needed
Woakes 50 up
211-5, 66 runs needed
Drinks
216-5
61 runs needed, still tense as feck, England creeping ahead on WinViz
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Anything much happening?
Naaa…boring.
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273-7 Broad just gone LBW
4 runs needed
Easy. Pissed all over 'em.
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Classic test match
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Noticeable that England win in a “Bazza free zone”.
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I expect he was listening on Bournemouth Beach. 
There was that occasional barnstorming innings, then 
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Superb stand between Buttler and Woakes there. Pity it didn’t last right through to the win, but it got them close enough that there was really very little doubt about the outcome. And yes, that was indeed the occasional brilliant innings that one gets from Buttler. And he did it when it really, rally mattered - that counts for one fuck of a lot in my book.
And Woakes is surely undroppable right now. And rightly so.
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