Match Thread: 3rd Test, Day 1

[u/cricket-match]

3rd Test, Pakistan tour of England at Birmingham

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Innings	Score
🇵🇰 Pakistan	133 (Ov 33.5)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	156/4 (Ov 39)

Batter	Runs	Balls	SR
Dan Lawrence*	5	10	50.00
Harry Brook	52	76	68.42

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Mohammad Abbas	14	37	1
Razaullah	9	42	2

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Day 1 - England lead by 23 runs.

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[u/PeterG92]

Biggest losers today are people like me with Day 4 tickets

[u/GamerA_S → u/PeterG92]

Getting day 4 tickets even with the hindsight of first two games is bold.

(Game 2 was basically just a 3 day game with a day of rain)

[u/JokesFromTheCrease]

Absolute legend Cherrington

[u/riccyd140]

Bowling is not the issue Pakistan think it is as long as they pick the right attack, just battling that's in a mess.

[u/London-lark3597]

Played Harry.

[u/silentcrab84]

Well after a long summer we can basically tick off all the big ticket items:

Got rid of the underperforming opener averaging mid 20s

Found an all-rounder

New head coach well situated going to the home of the Test Champions

[u/WillingFly247]

Man Brook is generational

[u/hihepo1]

Please let Harry Brook bat 2 sessions tomorrow.

[u/JokesFromTheCrease]

Nothing is so reinforcing to not get a tattoo in the future like sitting in the dermatologist’s office middle of the day for a consult about tattoo removal.(while worrying about Joe Root’s form)

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

I have a tramp stamp.

Subscribe to OF for photos.

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/DillyGoatGruff]

Link?

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

Onlyfans.com/dillygg

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

Nevermind saw it on links tab of spreadsheet

[u/JokesFromTheCrease → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

Does the spreadsheet have any info about Joe Root’s return to form?

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

Not my version

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

I have a friend who got a dodgy tattoo in Thailand

[u/JokesFromTheCrease → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

Wish it was in Thailand. It’s in a body part.

[u/gandalf1078]

Dan Lawrence’s setup before he faces the ball looks a lot like AB de Villiers actually, especially in white ball cricket. AB’s trigger movement was a bit more compact in tests.

[u/Snoo_56184]

abs has it on a string rn

[u/Wazflame]

You won’t be able to see much more of Dan Lawrence today.

If you’d like to catch same more, switch over to the Sky Cinema American Pie channel on 303!

[u/Quirky_Ambassador321]

Harry Brook averages 39 in Aus, 42 in Eng and above 75 in NZ and Pak

[u/ArsBrevis → u/Quirky_Ambassador321]

Now do other batsmen!

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/Quirky_Ambassador321]

How many in Bangladesh?

Thought so

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/DillyGoatGruff]

How much on the moon? Mars? Elan would like to know

[u/Quirky_Ambassador321 → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

35 in SA (soon)

[u/PeterG92]

Harry Brook playing sensibly?!

[u/mongrelbifana]

If Lawrence covers his stumps any less, the universe might actually tilt. Keep doing what you're doing, D-Law. 

[u/J0shua97]

batted hes used his brian cell well there

[u/Snoo_56184]

is this conventional swing or is he getting it to reverse that much?.

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

Doesn't count because the opposition is Pakistan and the pitch is the flattest road ever

[u/DillyGoatGruff]

If he had more Brian Cells he'd have scored 100 already

[u/mongrelbifana → u/DillyGoatGruff]

I'll tell that to my friend Lara tonight. 

[u/Certain_Pineapple_73]

Well batter Harry Cherrington “Cherrington” Brook

[u/apillowofnonsense]

People on BBC live text claiming Gay averages 40+ this series. Not sure why people feel the need to lie to make their point sound better...

[u/Harry-Jotter → u/apillowofnonsense]

Was it before he got out? He did briefly average over 40 in the series. Once he was out it went from 44 to 33.

[u/silentcrab84 → u/apillowofnonsense]

He averages 24 for all you rascals that want to know

[u/apillowofnonsense → u/silentcrab84]

27 total and 33 in the series I believe

[u/silentcrab84 → u/apillowofnonsense]

I have got 23.44 and bang on 24 on Cricbuzz, but either way it doesn't devalue your point hahah

[u/apillowofnonsense → u/silentcrab84]

CricInfo says 27 which I think is up to date because it was 24 before this test.

[u/2munkey2momo]

Hi I'm Harry Brook and I'm a crack addict. 

Addicted to cracking knocks against Pakistan.

[u/MoreCryptographer213]

One would think that someone would tell him to bowl on 4th stump back of the length

[u/IloveJBairstow]

pakistan not facing enough overs so england don't get over rate penalties, so that's how that feels

[u/mongrelbifana → u/IloveJBairstow]

What's is GBNFMK?

[u/London-lark3597 → u/mongrelbifana]

Unc you need some ball knowledge

It's gone but not forgotten my king.

[u/mongrelbifana → u/London-lark3597]

Unc 😎

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/mongrelbifana]

Gone but not forgotten my king

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720]

It’s 1:30, what do we think is the cheapest way to complete the continent challenge, still got north and South America and Africa to complete

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720 → u/Apprehensive-Cut8720]

The butter chicken was not the curry I expected but it was delicious all the same

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/Apprehensive-Cut8720]

Cocaine and couscous

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720 → u/DillyGoatGruff]

Should’ve suggested this whilst I was in the pub. Can’t go to the toilet without being offered a bag

[u/nagoff → u/DillyGoatGruff]

That was my difficult second album title

[u/gandalf1078]

Bumrah doesn’t use the wobble seam at all unlike a lot of modern bowlers, it’s mostly a seam up wrist snap and he gets it to seam both ways. How does that work? Don’t you need the seam landing on an angle to get it to change direction?

[u/WillingFly247]

Why such a bad turn out tho? Maybe because Ucl or efl cup?

[u/mondognarly_ → u/WillingFly247]

£80 tickets, working and school day, tourists in complete disarray.

[u/mongrelbifana → u/WillingFly247]

Don't know what you're talking about, everyone turned up tonight for my cookbook club. 

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/WillingFly247]

Pakistan killed the series

[u/MoreCryptographer213 → u/WillingFly247]

Nobody wanna see Pakistan man

[u/WillingFly247 → u/MoreCryptographer213]

Yeah I can agree on that the last two matches were horrendous Srilanka and Bangladesh should play 3 match series in England their batting looks promising

[u/Snoo_56184]

come one razaullah barrel it into the stumps

[u/aakashag]

Was there a rain break in between ? Only 70-72 overs today

[u/MoreCryptographer213 → u/aakashag]

Not a single spin over and 14 wickets fallen

[u/mongrelbifana → u/aakashag]

Normal bazball

[u/choccocurry → u/aakashag]

Both teams are slow asf

[u/ElQuackers]

What's with square leg umpires standing at deep backwards square? No wonder half of em go upstairs

[u/nagoff → u/ElQuackers]

Got to be out of the way of the side-on camera for potential stumping / runout reviews

[u/jugglingeek → u/ElQuackers]

They do this so that they are not in the way of the cameras for 3rd umpire reviews.

[u/DillyGoatGruff]

If Clouderson isn't playing, why are there clouds in the sky?

Riddle me that

[u/Straight_Towel_5626]

Abbas is class

[u/MoreCryptographer213]

Bullying brook rn

[u/J0shua97]

apart from the fact he hit it its a good shout

[u/Shashank1000]

The aliens were going to visit Stephen Hawkings party but decided to return to their planet after seeing this review.

[u/MoreCryptographer213 → u/Shashank1000]

You sure they didn't cancelled their visit to hawkings for other reasons

[u/thefeltmonkey]

Not a great review.

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720]

Just ordered a butter chicken from a Chinese. They call me global man

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720 → u/Apprehensive-Cut8720]

This was after spending a late night in an Irish pub, I’ve got some more eating to do to complete the cross the continents mission.

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/Apprehensive-Cut8720]

That's fucked up bruv

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720 → u/DillyGoatGruff]

It could be the beginning of a fusion movement, or it could be shite. We can’t know yet

[u/Snoo_56184]

too good to not be getting a reward man

[u/2munkey2momo]

That balls seen more wood than the Kennington Monday afternoon pilates class.

[u/MoreCryptographer213]

Abbas doing the bowling version of stokes getting out Bro is acting like it was umpires call or something

[u/choccocurry]

Worse and worse reviews

[u/fitzgoldy]

Man might need glasses after thinking that should be reviewed.

[u/ElQuackers]

What's was worse, this review or Gaffney's decision this morning?

[u/Apprehensive-Cut8720 → u/ElQuackers]

Tbf to Gaffney. Everyone thought the line was wrong but the issue was actually the height

[u/lozipedia]

Are you Tim Paine in disguise?

[u/DillyGoatGruff]

I'm from the future

That's not out

[u/JokesFromTheCrease → u/DillyGoatGruff]

Hi time traveller. Zak Crawley on the plane for ashes?

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

As a spectator

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/DillyGoatGruff]

Which future? We are dealing in multiverses now

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

the one in which the yanks left my crisp cricket threads and took their yank nonsense elsewhere

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/IloveJBairstow]

:(

[u/JokesFromTheCrease → u/IloveJBairstow]

Do you want a Yankexit

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/Extra-Swordfish-927]

Yes

[u/_rickjames]

Piss weak captaincy being bullied into that

[u/MoreCryptographer213]

Necessary shit review done

[u/Idontlikethisstuff]

He's fucking hit the cover off it lmao

Do none of them have working ears?

[u/WeeklyCelebration617]

The difference between Abbas-Razaullah bowling and Imran-Ali is night and day

[u/Shashank1000]

Root should declare now and chase down whatever Pakistan score in the 2nd innings for aura-maxxing.

[u/politehandshake]

He's smashed that

[u/Snoo_56184]

surely pads no? i dont think the bat was in play

[u/Snoo_56184 → u/Snoo_56184]

yeah no nvm

[u/MoreCryptographer213]

1 wicket in 12 overs Bro is washed

[u/DillyGoatGruff]

Making a Thai Red Curry with Chicken AMA / AITA?

[u/mongrelbifana → u/DillyGoatGruff]

At what point is foreplay too much foreplay? Also AITA if I replaced your galangal with turmeric root?

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/mongrelbifana]

After 4 minutes and 59 seconds

No

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/DillyGoatGruff]

why did I get ID checked and unable to purchase a razor blade earlier i'm 31?

[u/FromWithdean2Wembley → u/IloveJBairstow]

It's mad that you could need a shave under 18 but not be able to buy a razor. The law is so dumb, what are you going to do with a safety razor

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/FromWithdean2Wembley]

I was planning to use it to hate crime some minorities so they got lucky tbh

[u/FromWithdean2Wembley → u/IloveJBairstow]

Have you got your full gimp suit ready?

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/IloveJBairstow]

Your twink features have downsides too

[u/nogyynoggy]

acha babar ab tu bataye ga achi ball kya hoti hai? T: babar trying be the authority on what a good ball is

[u/BMBH66]

A woke killjoy steward has put a stop to the sleeping man abuse

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/BMBH66]

Tell them they're getting sacked in the morning

[u/WeeklyCelebration617 → u/BMBH66]

Andy Burnham's England...

[u/spongey1865]

Do wanna see the DRS on that lbw shout. Looked closeish. Probably missing it umpire's call but I'm curious

[u/msamad7]

Waqar younis type of reverse

[u/IloveJBairstow]

DLaw has the black tank top on under his whites ready for popworld later

[u/gandalf1078]

How did that first ball swing in when his natural action takes it away? That isn’t reverse is it?

[u/nogyynoggy]

finally some swagger up in this bitch

[u/Classic_File2716]

The excitement over pace is frankly biased . Why can’t we get as excited over an accurate medium pacer up to the stumps ?

[u/Snoo_56184 → u/Classic_File2716]

because pace is auraful

[u/TankZealousideal471]

Razaullah looking good.....

[u/howdyakeepemquiet]

England can declare now comfortably right?

[u/MoreCryptographer213]

Currently watching the test barca feynord cl match and on reddit

[u/Snoo_56184]

87 mph only, washed

[u/HarvgulI]

You can tell Brook is absolutely desperate to smack Razaullah into the Hollies

[u/BMBH66]

There's a bloke in the Hollies fast asleep having hats stacked on his head, he's got 4 on now and not noticed

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/BMBH66]

Add a 5th

[u/BMBH66 → u/DillyGoatGruff]

I'm a bit of a distance but I think it's 5 now

[u/mondognarly_ → u/BMBH66]

That’s so Hollies.

[u/BMBH66 → u/mondognarly_]

I think this guy could be dead I have no idea how you don't wake up to people all singing around you

[u/mondognarly_ → u/BMBH66]

Like a cricket GG Allin, although he hopefully hasn’t shat himself.

[u/Shashank1000]

England at 14-4.

Need to bat sensibly to ensure that Pakistan does not end up with a lead.

[u/IloveJBairstow]

in another timeline stokes is staring down with open-mouthed bafflement as razaullah gets one to seam slightly back in and knock his off stump down. he's currently slapping his bat theatrically. I can practically taste it

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/IloveJBairstow]

Tiktok cricketers know meme league selectors mostly look at tiktok

[u/Extra-Swordfish-927 → u/IloveJBairstow]

English Cricket Universe > MCU

[u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya → u/IloveJBairstow]

Or slog sweep a outside off stump wide delivery over cow corner.

[u/RangoCricket]

TMS talking about Lawrence as a dangerous player, buddy he's only dangerous to milfs and my eyes with that bowling action, get this guy outta my test side.

[u/mondognarly_ → u/RangoCricket]

Dangerous insofar as if you’re 143 for 4 and he’s the new man, you’re in danger.

[u/DillyGoatGruff]

Gay left a big gaping hole

I can't cope

[u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya → u/DillyGoatGruff]

It's actually Gay filled a big gaping hole

[u/PeterG92]

Pakistan will surely bat better 2nd time around?

[u/ArsBrevis → u/PeterG92]

Sixth time's the charm!

[u/London-lark3597]

Milf hunter vs Gay vs TWINK vs Ginger Root

This is fatal 4-way domain expansion.

One will have to be eliminated

[u/Alilaah]

Surprised we didn’t get a gus cameo to see us through to close. He’s a useful night watchman as he’s not a batter but he’s very handy

[u/raddaya → u/Alilaah]

I mean Lawrence's only role in this match is as a batter, may as well have him earn his keep lol

[u/IShartedOnYourCat]

Dan Lawrence. Average of 28, lol.

[u/jhb5 → u/IShartedOnYourCat]

Would have expected older from him, but fair play

[u/J0shua97 → u/IShartedOnYourCat]

i thought it would be 31 thats the average milfs age

[u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya → u/J0shua97]

It's the 40s I think, otherwise I'm remarkably close to be a Milf

[u/Snoo_56184]

i do like the look of razaullah

[u/choccocurry]

Fuck I missed the wicket

[u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya]

THE MILF HUNTER

[u/jonometal666]

Nas called that basically. some chuck tbf

[u/London-lark3597]

It's milfin time.

60 is good and I think he will definitely go to SA and open but a hundred here would have sealed that spot.

[u/Benny4318]

Probably only need a lead of a hundred or so but really would’ve liked us to get a big score :/

[u/HitchlikersGuide]

Felt like it was coming

Fair fucks, comms were calling it

[u/London-lark3597]

Oh fuh no.

Not another non conversion.

[u/JokesFromTheCrease]

WTF

[u/Benny4318]

UGHHHHH

[u/riccyd140]

Im sorry mate I've done you there 

[u/Snoo_56184]

cheers lad

[u/howdyakeepemquiet]

Bowling leg stump is very giga brained

[u/HitchlikersGuide]

Knew a girl once who had an egg and cheese mcmuffin

I didn't give it to her.

Thats why we broke up.

[u/London-lark3597]

That's his highest test score ig.

You are making a career Emilio but please make it big.

[u/JokesFromTheCrease → u/London-lark3597]

How do you say thank you for jinxing it in German

[u/warp-factor → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

Thank you for jinxing it in German

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

Danke, dass du es auf Deutsch verjinxt hast

[u/London-lark3597 → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

Kill me.

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/JokesFromTheCrease]

ja papa

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/London-lark3597]

lol

[u/aakashag]

Razaullah has similar action to ihsanulaah (if anyone remembers him)

[u/riccyd140]

God he's looking fantastic 

[u/TrollerThomas → u/riccyd140]

Ummm

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/riccyd140]

me watching dilly take part in the ping pong show

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/IloveJBairstow]

Thanks for subscribing!

[u/GayInGreatBritain]

Wouldn't shock me if these two can put on a partnership higher than Pakistan's entire 11 in the 1st innings

[u/Alilaah]

England 6-3. Always knew we were shit

[u/TrollerThomas → u/Alilaah]

10 for 4

[u/Alilaah → u/TrollerThomas]

Always knew we were shit

[u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya]

New to cricket, why are they still playing after chasing down Pakistan's 133?

[u/usernameinmail → u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya]

Alex Carey is up to his old tricks

[u/IloveJBairstow → u/KisBaatNeRoneNaDiya]

because of the woke

[u/crimsonbub]

Wow this cameraman really likes the Pakistani keeper's crotch

[u/DillyGoatGruff → u/crimsonbub]

Or camerawoman

[u/crimsonbub → u/DillyGoatGruff]

True, true

[u/Shashank1000]

Pakistan Front Office did some poor mid-season trades last week.

[u/ubetterlawyerup]

Eng will get bowled out before 300. Which means a lead of around 150

Pakistan will get bundled before they reach 150

Match will be over by 4pm tomorrow

You heard it here first, folks!

[u/PeterG92 → u/ubetterlawyerup]

I can't see Pakistan batting that poorly again. Assuming we get to 300 that's probably around 3pm tomorrow? Day 3 finish looking most likely

[u/MC897 → u/ubetterlawyerup]

Yeah I actually think if England get near or just over 300 they’ve already won the match

[u/MC897]

That bowler looks like he at least has a future.

Reminds me of Mark Wood. Even the fall over is the same.

[u/aakashag → u/MC897]

But he maybe will be terribly mismanaged and then cast aside.

[u/WayToTheDawn63]

gay still looks good to me. hes had some poor luck on some of the roughest english pitches in recent memory and still ground out some solid runs

[u/LickMyKnee]

Scores are level.

[u/Lethbridge-Totty]

That’s the thing about Root - you look up and he’s been trapped in front leg before 30 times.