Pakistan vs England 3rd Test in Dubai - Feb 3-7, 2012

[GoldenAsif]

Re: Pakistan vs England 3rd Test in Dubai - Feb 3-7, 2012

@NeSCio

If everything goes favorable Pakistan should bat the whole day tomorrow. Get a good healthy lead (400+), tire out the opposition, and give the pitch plenty of time to deteriorate; after that bowl on day 4 and 5.

however, most likely scenario is that Pakistan get all out midway through the second session tomorrow. The lead by then will probably be around 275. So it again will be a very interesting fourth innings chase.

England’s best chance to restrict Pakistan is to get some early wickets tomorrow morning - the new ball is just 2 overs old, so still very new. If Anderson and Broad fail and both Younis and Azhar survive the first 30-45 minutes of play, I expect more of the same attritional batting effort from Pakistan on day 3

Fingers crossed, Pakistan should be able to bat atleast until tea tomorrow (That w’d ensure a lead of 350+)