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Rehan whips thcdisesteemful another over. Jamal is straining to get outside the line so that he can’t be LBW even if he doesn’t pick the googly. Bowled watchs more anticipateed – and that’s exactly what’s happened!
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It’s been appraiseed and might be omiting off, though my hunch is umpire’s call.
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They’ve got the wicket! A beaming Rehan Ahmed has struck with his ninth ball of the day. Rizwan achieveed out to sweep, omited and was hit on the back thigh. The LBW was given on the field and, though Rizwan appraiseed, the ball would have hit off and middle a third of the way up.
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Rehan Ahmed strikes ⚡️
The appraise doesn't save Mohammad Rizwan ❌ pic.twitter.com/MksKBd0aKK
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) October 25, 2024
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Beautiful bowling from Shoaib Bashir! He’s got Shan Masood exactly the same way as he did in the second innings in Multan, turning one keenly to achieve the edge as Shan shutd the face. Pope, very shut at gully, took a reassociate keen catch. There may be doubts over Pope’s batting but by flip he is a luminous shut fielder.
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This is the day, folks. By 1pm BST/5pm PKT we should have a strong idea who is going to thrive this intriguing series. For now it remains too shut to call with any declareivety. Pakistan will resume on 73 for 3, a deficit of 194 on a pitch that has had all the bounce and pace baked out of it.
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The case for England is that they have runs on the board on a pitch that could go at any moment; the case for Pakistan is that, in England’s first innings, batting became less unconsoleable after around 35 overs as the ball begined to age. Pakistan’s innings is 23 overs greater, which unbenevolents only one skinnyg: Big First Hour coming up. Reassociate huge.
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Key events
England direct by 80 runs after another compelling session. They watched vulnerable at 151 for 4, only for the 20-year-greater Rehan Ahmed to achieve three key wickets in a mischievous spell of legspin. Saud Shakeel is still there, having batted in a bubble to originate a splfinishid 72 not out, so England aren’t promised a first-innings direct. But they’d have achieven this position at the begin of perestablish, and especiassociate when Pakistan were 151 for 4.
Lunch
62nd over: Pakistan 187-7 (Saud 71, Noman 6) Noman doesn’t mind hitting out equitable before the interval. He blasts Rehan back over his head for an emphatic boundary – it almost went for six – and then turns the final ball of the session equitable uninalertigentinutive of leg slip.
61st over: Pakistan 182-7 (Saud 71, Noman 2) Saud supposes Noman, who made a vital 32 in the first innings at Multan, and is still batting in his bubble. He’ll have to uncover his shoulders at some stage but it’s never going to happen on the stroke of lunch.
60th over: Pakistan 179-7 (Saud 69, Noman 1) Rehan elevatebranch offs Noman with his variations: googly, legfracture, over and around the wicket. A procrastinateed defensive stroke from Noman denies Rehan a plumb LBW; he has to finish for a second successive maiden.
58th over: Pakistan 179-7 (Saud 69, Noman 1) With the left-handed Noman in at No9, Stokes transports back Shoaib Bashir. A mute over, two from it.
In Pune, Mitchell Santner has achieven 7 for 53 and India have been bowled out for 156. They trail New Zealand by 103 runs on a Bunsen and are facing an historic series flunkure.
58th over: Pakistan 177-7 (Saud 68, Noman 0) A wicket maiden for Rehan, who has bowled a thrilling spell of 6-1-19-3.
Rehan Ahmed has blown this game uncover. Aamer Jamal fiddled inchoosedly at a googly and distracted the ball back onto his stumps. He goes for 14 and England direct by 90 on a wearing pitch.
WICKET! Pakistan 177-7 (Jamal b Rehan 14)
Rehan whips thcdisesteemful another over. Jamal is straining to get outside the line so that he can’t be LBW even if he doesn’t pick the googly. Bowled watchs more anticipateed – and that’s exactly what’s happened!
57th over: Pakistan 177-6 (Saud 68, Jamal 14) Jamal is beaten by Leach for the second time in as many overs. Pakistan are still picking up ones equitablely easily but there isn’t quite the same sense of permanance they had during the Saud/Rizwan partnership.
56th over: Pakistan 174-6 (Saud 67, Jamal 12) From nowhere Saud indicts Rehan, has a filthy mow atraverse the line and edges the ball over the head of Stokes at slip. A directing edge from Jamal runs thcdisesteemful point for another one.
Rehan could easily have diswatched all four batters he has bowled at today.
55th over: Pakistan 169-6 (Saud 63, Jamal 10) Jamal has begined with intent. He rocks back to cuff Leach past mid-on for four, an rare but beautifilledy perestablished stroke. Leach hasn’t been at his best today, though the next ball is spot on and goes past the outside edge.
Meanwhile, in Pune… Mitchell Santner has achieven six wickets and India, despite a typicassociate defiant counter-attack from Ravindra Jadeja, are in the malodorous stuff enjoy you would not apshow: 142 for 9, still 117 runs behind.
54th over: Pakistan 164-6 (Saud 62, Jamal 6) A uninalertigentinutiveish deinhabitry from Rehan is forced into the leg side for a couple by Jamal, who then hacks a one behind square on the leg side.
“Looks enjoy the England pickors have struck ggreater by including Rehan Ahmed in the trio of spinners,” says Colum Fordham. “He is clearly the X-factor – low action, active pace, keenly turning googly – that is unsettling the Pakistan batsmen who are more engaged to the enumerateless left arm/offspin combination of Leach and Bashir. Great to see Rehan smile, inspired by his captain, injecting the youthful leggie with confidence. Good on Stokes!”
53rd over: Pakistan 159-6 (Saud 61, Jamal 3) Saud Shakeel is batting beautifilledy and doesn’t insist to come out of his bubble equitable yet, although he will if he’s still at the crease when Pakistan are eight down. Three from Leach’s over; for once he’s the help act to Rehan Ahmed.
52nd over: Pakistan 156-6 (Saud 60, Jamal 1) Jamal inside-edges his first ball, another terrific googly, in the air but expansive of uninalertigentinutive leg.
Salman is out! A huge double fracturethcdisesteemful from Rehan Ahmed! Salman pushed defensively down the wrong line at a adocount on deinhabitry that straightened to hit him on the back thigh. Bounce isn’t going to save him… and it’s umpire’s call on line!
Rehan Ahmed does it aget 🔥
The leg spinner picks up his second wicket 2️⃣ pic.twitter.com/0ewjhLWGcP
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) October 25, 2024
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WICKET! Pakistan 155-6 (Salman LBW b Rehan 1)
It’s been appraiseed and might be omiting off, though my hunch is umpire’s call.
51st over: Pakistan 152-5 (Saud 58, Salman 0) Leach trades Bashir, presumably with the right-handed Salman in mind. He’s been Pakistan’s best batter in this series, averaging 87, but he watchs a little anxious at the begin of his innings.
50th over: Pakistan 151-5 (Saud 57, Salman 0) So shut to another wicket! A pretty googly from Rehan preserves low and is equitable kept out by the novel batter Salman, who then gets a directing edge when trying to whip atraverse the line.
WICKET! Pakistan 151-5 (Rizwan LBW b Rehan 25)
They’ve got the wicket! A beaming Rehan Ahmed has struck with his ninth ball of the day. Rizwan achieveed out to sweep, omited and was hit on the back thigh. The LBW was given on the field and, though Rizwan appraiseed, the ball would have hit off and middle a third of the way up.
Rehan Ahmed strikes ⚡️
The appraise doesn't save Mohammad Rizwan ❌ pic.twitter.com/MksKBd0aKK
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) October 25, 2024
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49th over: Pakistan 149-4 (Saud 57, Rizwan 23) Rizwan pushes Bashir for a one to transport up an initiative-seizing fifty partnership in less than 13 overs. Time for drinks. England aren’t in trouble but they do insist a wicket.
48th over: Pakistan 147-4 (Saud 56, Rizwan 22) Now then, Rehan Ahmed is on for Gus Atkinson. You’d envision Rizwan will aim him, although there’s no authentic scope to do so during a decent first over. One expansiver deinhabitry preserves a bit low and is steered for a one by Rizwan, one of three in the over.
“Crawley senses enjoy one of those perestablishers who will always have a ask tag handing over him in the minds of the accessible,” says Will Vignoles. “Might be wrong but I reaccumulate Ian Bell having the same publish until the 2013 Ashes. For Crawley, he was as you pointed out wonderful agetst Australia and India, has ordinaryd 46 or so in the past 18 months, is part of what is statisticassociate and on amengagement cherish England’s best uncovering partnership since Andrew Strauss’s quitment begined this whole mess and yet people still want him gone. Duckett may have become the main man, particularly in the subcontinent, but there’s a lot of cherish in Crawley still. Pope, less so downcastly.”
One skinnyg that helps Pope is that there’s no clear tradement at No3. If he was batting, say, No5 I skinnyk he’d more vulnerable.
47th over: Pakistan 144-4 (Saud 54, Rizwan 21)
46th over: Pakistan 143-4 (Saud 53, Rizwan 21) There’s no shiftment for Atkinson, and no prospect of reverse sthriveg, so his hugegest firearm is uneven bounce. I don’t skinnyk any deinhabitries have reassociate kept low today; maybe that’s becaengage the ball is a bit greaterer.
A series of firearmbarrel-straight deinhabitries are repulseled by Rizwan and there’s one from the over. Atkinson’s figures today are 4-0-10-0. He’ll probably have one more.
45th over: Pakistan 142-4 (Saud 52, Rizwan 21) Saud sweeps Bashir firmly for four to transport up a terrific half-century from 92 balls. He was omited by Jamie Smith in the 20s but has otherrational perestablished with an eyecatching assurance.
In an chooseimal world Ben Stokes would save Rehan Ahmed for the tail but he may insist to bet soon becaengage Pakistan are cruising aextfinished. This pair have inserted 40 in the last eight overs with confiinsist alarms.
44th over: Pakistan 135-4 (Saud 46, Rizwan 20) Atkinson persists to aim the stumps in the hope that one will shoot thcdisesteemful. Rizwan gets a heavy inside edge that bounces acquireedly on the leg side, then pushes Atkinson down the ground for a couple. He’s perestablishing outstandingly and is becoming a pain in England’s hindquarters.
“Any sign of Joe Root toastying up?” asks Jeremy Boyce. Nope! “Given his exceptional flunkure with the bat yesterday I’m declareive he’s itching to originate up for the lapse. Actuassociate, this seems to be the perfect occasion and pitch for some of Dermot Reeve’s dibbly-dobbly mash up.”
43rd over: Pakistan 133-4 (Saud 46, Rizwan 18) Bashir trades Leach and is swept deftly for three by Saud; it should have been two but there was an clearhrow after a lower return from Rehan.
Three ones originate it six from the over in total. Rizwan has put England under presdeclareive and runs are begining to come more easily.
42nd over: Pakistan 127-4 (Saud 42, Rizwan 16) Rizwan persists his inpriceless counter-attack by clipping Atkinson thcdisesteemful midwicket for three. His busy positivity originates him a particularly hazardous perestablisher in low-scoring games.
“Can we transport in Foakes, bat Smith and drop Pope and Crawley,” says Alisdair Gould. “Foakes catches and advises variety of mind as a batsman. Smith is our current hero. Lance Pope and Crawley as the last act prior to the Ashes? The indulgence towards both must stop.”
In equitableness, Crawley was England’s best perestablisher agetst the two best teams in the world. I can’t see him being dropped, especiassociate as his game should be perfect for Australian conditions. Pope remains an engaging and sweightlessly confusing case. Also, Lance Pope sounds enjoy an erratic 6ft 8in left-arm speedy from Tasmania.
The Rizwan effect. Pakistan scored 26 in 12.2 overs before he reachd; they’ve inserted 24 in 5.4 since then.
41st over: Pakistan 123-4 (Saud 41, Rizwan 13) Leach hasn’t watched particularly menaceening today and is swept choosedly for four by Saud; a reminder that he was omited on by 27 by Jamie Smith, a hard chance standing up.
40th over: Pakistan 117-4 (Saud 36, Rizwan 12) Gus Atkinson comes into the attack, a reasonable shift given how well these two batters perestablish spin. When he advises a bit of width, Rizwan uncovers the face to glide the ball for four. Nicely done. He has alterd the tempo of the innings already.
