4th Test England v Pakistan, The Oval, Aug 11-15

[Making_Splinters]

Pakistan have the ability to produce very good balls with the new ball, but lack the consistency to back it up.

[Dr Cricket]

Pakistans bowling to cook has been naive

Everyone in world cricket knows not to bowl short or straight to him

Full and outside off all day and he will get out

not even the out bit but he won't score many runs you can keep him quiet all day.

really Pakistan have been very poor with the new ball and don't have the skill to bowl where their want to bowl, doubt pakistan purposely bowled at cook like that.
if they did coaching staff need sacking.

[backfootpunch]

Two gifted wickets this morning means pakistan have got away with their bad bowling

[hopeforthebest]

Cook goes playing on again. Let's hope Vince and Root can make a stand.

[Making_Splinters]

Good chance for Vince to make an important score or bury his Test career.

[Dr Cricket]

Kids tickets £30 is genuinely appalling

Administrators/CEO in this country are living in another planets god knows what they would do if TV stop funding English Cricket.
really at the moment I would be concentrating getting fans at the ground in all cricket and getting Viewers increasing in watching the cricket.

Hopefully Sky Sport mix ratings are good for the odd england games on the channel.

The new tv deal can not come sooner really.

[Making_Splinters]

Oh dear, England self destructing again. They need to get a grip on this aggression thing and start playing to the situation.

[Aidan11]

Those two quick wickets paint a different picture now.

[hopeforthebest]

Now Root goes England are in a friendly mood this morning. same way of dismissal as we saw before.

[Dr Cricket]

Surely vince last games for england in the test format for a while.

[backfootpunch]

Joe root puts away that back foot drive makes 250

Then starts playing it again

Vince gone, big trouble

Down to bairstow once again

[hopeforthebest]

Jeepers the decision to bat is looking pretty foolish now. Can we get to 250 is now a big question. Good delivery to Vince but as I said earlier struggling batsmen attract good deliveries.

[Dr Cricket]

TBH that back foot drive is so beautiful to watch.
Think root will have issues with pace/bounce in his career because of that shot.
good news for him is that not many pitches are quick these days.

[Aidan11]

Jeez 4 down now.

[Aidan11]

I hope Vince hasn't made other plans when England tour this winter....


So that he can watch England on Sky.