just read mccallum is new red ball coach, appointed by 'cricket chief' rob key who appointed captain stokes

now, i get that i must be asleep and never see a paper, but fucking hell, ive missed all this happening

Once Shakeel O'Neill is out, that should be it.

5 hours ago, Traf said:

Once Shakeel O'Neill is out, that should be it.

That would depend when he's out!

Going to be a close affair. 

Set up perfectly for a great day

Will be fascinating to see what we do with the old ball and then when we take the new one

Leaning towards Pakistan as very slight favourites but an early wicket I can see us running through them 

Still flat, Pakistan favourites.

Getting closer than i expected

Theyve had a 3 moments of luck and if these 2 get it under 40, we have problems

But they didnt

Cant overturn

Got to be out

Just now, Casino said:

Cant overturn

Got to be out

Shouldn’t be out, but is

Cricinfo;

" -- Just to clarify: the soft signal is no longer relevant in decisions like that, and is only used if the technology fails to load”

Yes, didnt know that, however real time its out

And its not conclusively not out

Fuck em

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

Yes, didnt know that, however real time its out

And its not conclusively not out

Fuck em

I’ll tek it, though.

Looks like a free morning after 9 or so

Nicely done in the end.

All this about a spinner's wicket, a flat lifeless track, our seamers were 8 for 132 off 51 overs in that second innings. 
Outstanding effort.

Our seamers are better than our spinners, just trust them to do the job.

OK who’s there?

14 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

OK who’s there?

Rudy?

23 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Rudy?

😂😂

That will explain the win- fearful of going into the volcano. 

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

OK who’s there?

The flag belongs to MG Whites, former poster on here...

It's been taken to Pakistan by Lostock CC president. He's there for the 2nd & 3rd tests.....

20 minutes ago, jeep said:

The flag belongs to MG Whites, former poster on here...

It's been taken to Pakistan by Lostock CC president. He's there for the 2nd & 3rd tests.....

Belting. Always good to see a BWFC flag 👍

Very chuffed with this historic win but they gave the MOTM to Brooks when it really should have gone to Abrar.

Brooks batted well TBF but 11 wickets on his debut? Come on. Abrar easily MOTM despite being on the losing team.

5 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Very chuffed with this historic win but they gave the MOTM to Brooks when it really should have gone to Abrar.

Brooks batted well TBF but 11 wickets on his debut? Come on. Abrar easily MOTM despite being on the losing team.

Stokes was probably the key player in this test, as he in most!

6 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Very chuffed with this historic win but they gave the MOTM to Brooks when it really should have gone to Abrar.

Brooks batted well TBF but 11 wickets on his debut? Come on. Abrar easily MOTM despite being on the losing team.

Yeah, I thought Abrar would have got it. I suppose Pakistan were 26 runs short of him getting it.

2 hours ago, Traf said:

Yeah, I thought Abrar would have got it. I suppose Pakistan were 26 runs short of him getting it.

The one thing that will be remembered most from this match is Abrar's debut, hence he was MOTM IMO.

2 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

The one thing that will be remembered most from this match is Abrar's debut, hence he was MOTM IMO.

I’ll remember not resisting getting up at 5 every morning to see another splendid performance and win, only England’s 4the ever in Pakistan.

This could be significant

15 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

This could be significant

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