Pakistan v England 1st test

[atypical_boro]

Ah I'm on a delay!!

 

[TeaCider]

England win!

 

[Abel Tasman]

Amazing scenes. Congratulations England and what a fabulous Test Match. Still the best form of cricket.

 

[gregorgregorovich]

Equally as good, if not better than last night.

 

[Littlejimmy]

England win by 74 runs!

 

[atypical_boro]

Ah I'm on a delay!!

England have done it...... in the last minute of extra time!!

 

[BobUpnDown]

That was some test match, excellent captaining by Stokes..

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

Right up there with the very best wins ever!

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Never in doubt

 

[atypical_boro]

That was some test match, excellent captaining by Stokes..

Has an England captain ever got off to such a flyer?

Gooch captained 10 England wins in his 5-year spell. Stokes has 7 already, in a matter of months.

 

[sherlock]

Stokes has some steel in how he captains, great result that.

 

[WilliamMunny]

Simply brilliant from England. A triumph for courage and imagination and one in the eye for the cynics.

 

[Mwelolo]

Superb stuff from England and Stokes.

I worried about him getting the captain’s role but he seems to be doing OK.

 

[sherlock]

Superb stuff from England and Stokes.

I worried about him getting the captain’s role but he seems to be doing OK.

OK?!

 

[Alzi]

Excellent. Declaration timed just right - thank goodness we didn't go on any longer as would have undoubtedly ran out of time.

 

[breakthewallsdown]

Great captaincy from Stokes

 

[norfolkngood]

Last 5 wickets were for 9 runs
In i hour and 18 minutes.
Amazing by both teams

 

[Abel Tasman]

Last 5 wickets were for 9 runs
In i hour and 18 minutes.
Amazing by both teams

The ball started to swing at The right time. Fantastic bowling by Jimmy Anderson. Great all round effort by the team.

 

[festa5]

If that was any other side involved it'd have been a draw.

Think it's fair to say England are probably the only side in the world who could've got themselves into a position to win it and almost certainly the only side who'd have realistically then tried to win it from that point.

I don't think the risk of Pakistan knocking off the runs came into the thinking at all. Was all about giving themselves enough time, on that wicket, to have a decent chance of bowling them out.

It's great to see. There's no fear of defeat at all, just a laser focus on trying to win. That mindset change also seems to have fixed the batting issues at a stroke. It's barely believable the difference.

 

[Abel Tasman]

If that was any other side involved it'd have been a draw.

Think it's fair to say England are probably the only side in the world who could've got themselves into a position to win it and almost certainly the only side who'd have realistically then tried to win it from that point.

I don't think the risk of Pakistan knocking off the runs came into the thinking at all. Was all about giving themselves enough time, on that wicket, to have a decent chance of bowling them out.

It's great to see. There's no fear of defeat at all, just a laser focus on trying to win. That mindset change also seems to have fixed the batting issues at a stroke. It's barely believable the difference.

You are right but it’s this England side and certainly England sides in the past wouldn’t have done that. It’s a whole new approach to the game. 6.5 an over in the first innings was run scoring not seen since pre war tests. It’s a great way to sell the game because let’s face it longer form of cricket needed a boost. This England team are the vanguards in that.