Pakistan v England 2012

Morning everybody...

Test Match cricket, FA Cup Football, Grand Slam Tennis, Racing from Cheltenham... What a day!

All out 214 with 6 for Monty. England need 145 to level the series

That should really be OK, 145 to win. Pakistan have chosen to have a spinner bowling the first over, which is an interesting move. Whatever Pakistan do though, they don't have many runs to play with.

England bowled well in the 2nd Innings,led by Monty.But Pakistan's scoring rate was too low,needed to get the target of 145 beyond 200.

Very nervous... why?
Australia would have blasted their way to this target

England 72 all out,Pakistan win by 72 runs.Fucking shite !

England just don't tend to bat well in subcontinent conditions and this has often been the case against spin attacks in the past. The England batsmen have yet again got too deep in the crease and pinned themselves to a series of lbw dismissals. To succeed in those sort of conditions the batsman really has to get their feet moving. A sloppy but unsurprising collapse for the third innings in four.

Some extreme stats from this test - http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-v-e...51414.html

I can see them dropping Morgan for Bopara for the last test but don't see them doing anything else to the team between now and then. Hope we can get back to a win in the next game...

Engalnd didn't play the spin very well but credit to Pakistan for a genuinely good bowling performance.

Pakistan's performance in that 4th innings was incredible, all credit to them, they bowled like demons while England batted like pussies.