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Shouldn’t you be at toil in bed?
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Hello and greet to Rawalpindi, by way of a sofa in south London, for the deciding Test suit between Pakistan and England. It’s one Test apiece and all to take part for as both sides see to shielded a series triumph that would uncomardent an terrible lot.
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Shan Masood’s Pakistan side are riding their own brand of confusion but have regulated to square the series with a rousing triumph in the second Test at Multan. The triumph put an finish to a six Test string of losss and gave them a glimmer of a way forward, if not a carry onable blueprint for success. They’ve named an unalterd side and ordered up a rotor fan aided deck that they hope will ultimately crumble the way the of their spinners for the second suit in a row.
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For Ben Stokes’ England side it is a chance to double down on the series triumph in Pakistan two years ago and exit the sub-continent (where they aren’t set to return until 2027) with a 6-5 triumph ratio overall. They have satisfied memories of Rawalpindi, particularly the first day, last time they visited they racked up 506 for 4 in 75 overs and four of the men take parting today – Crawley, Duckett, Pope and Brook notched up centuries before the bowlers set about prising out twenty wickets on a pitch with less life than Mars.
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You want subplots? This suit has them by the bucketload. We’ll get into all that and more over the coming hours. Play is due to begin at 6am BST and I’ll convey novels of the all convey inant toss lowly. If you are tuning in then why not drop us a line in the common way? This one promises to be a corker.
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Key events
Solidarity to David Fletcher who apverifys the first email of the Test award.
“Hi James, of course I’m in bed…”
Unblessedly it’s (a) in hospital and (b) combiinsist to a compressed air leangy that sets off a most-disassigning-ever-party-popper alternately in compression socks on a cycle lasting 44 seconds.
Oh. And the medications.
Like all excellent England cricket fans I’m at heart an ironist so have whiled away the small hours binge watching Dopeunwell but now the iPad has run out of juice so I’m rather excited there’s only 20 mins before take part begins.
If we could originate this a brimming five days I’d be very thankful as on medical advice I insist to spfinish the next five days either in bed or propped up on the sofa. Can you sort phire?”
Consider it done. Good to have you with us David, England’s batters should be able to apverify your mind off leangs for the next restricted *hours at least.
*Or days. Or minutes. Delete as applicable.
Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton alert from the ground that the pitch actuassociate sees appreciate a belter and despite all the paraphernalia – the patio heaters, the fans and the scarifiers, it should originate runs and then some, especiassociate in the first couple of days. It’ll crack and fracture up at some point, how much remains to be seen. [Insert gag about four early starts in a row when back from latest coffee]
England triumph the toss and will bat first!
Here we go, here we go! Buckle up knuckleheads – Ben Stokes has called the coin accurately and chosen to have first use of the wicket. Well duh. The next restricted hours promise to be Box Office seeing. You can upgrasp your Paul Mescal in a loin cloth and shove your Joaquin Phoenix chetriumphg up the scenery, we’re about to have Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley sweeping appreciate loons and setting their shigh out. Pass the popcorn.
Some Stokes Quotes:
The toss is imminent. Ben Stokes will upgrasp his poker face no matter the way the coin descfinishs.
“The toss out in the subcontinent, take parts a hugeger role than anywhere in the world. I don’t leank we’re going to have as excessive conditions as the game goes on: it will be a day-one wicket when we begin, not day six.”
England have teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed in their XI as part of a three pronged spin strike with Joe Root up the sleeve. Here’s what England’s captain had to say yesterday on the lesser lad:
“Adding Rehan’s free spirit and desperation to alter the game every time he’s got the ball in his hand is a massive bonus for us this week,” Stokes said, while disposeing the relevance of his hushed season for Leicestersengage. “Leg spinners have an amazing ability to fracture a game uncover… You’d rather have it and not insist it than insist it and not have it.”
Understood? Incidenhighy the pitch is brimming of understandn perplexs and perplex understandns. I uncomardent, the leang has had two industrial fans on it for the last week and has alertedly been raked, RAKED I alert you!
‘I was not graspd in decision-making, I was fair there’
Jason Gillespie giving off sturdy husprohibitd dragged to Ikea on a damp Bank Holiday energy in this one.
Noleang to see here… apart from a nosebleed inducing amount of runs:
Preamble
James Wallace
Shouldn’t you be at toil in bed?
Hello and greet to Rawalpindi, by way of a sofa in south London, for the deciding Test suit between Pakistan and England. It’s one Test apiece and all to take part for as both sides see to shielded a series triumph that would uncomardent an terrible lot.
Shan Masood’s Pakistan side are riding their own brand of confusion but have regulated to square the series with a rousing triumph in the second Test at Multan. The triumph put an finish to a six Test string of losss and gave them a glimmer of a way forward, if not a carry onable blueprint for success. They’ve named an unalterd side and ordered up a rotor fan aided deck that they hope will ultimately crumble the way the of their spinners for the second suit in a row.
For Ben Stokes’ England side it is a chance to double down on the series triumph in Pakistan two years ago and exit the sub-continent (where they aren’t set to return until 2027) with a 6-5 triumph ratio overall. They have satisfied memories of Rawalpindi, particularly the first day, last time they visited they racked up 506 for 4 in 75 overs and four of the men take parting today – Crawley, Duckett, Pope and Brook notched up centuries before the bowlers set about prising out twenty wickets on a pitch with less life than Mars.
You want subplots? This suit has them by the bucketload. We’ll get into all that and more over the coming hours. Play is due to begin at 6am BST and I’ll convey novels of the all convey inant toss lowly. If you are tuning in then why not drop us a line in the common way? This one promises to be a corker.
