England vs Pakistan 2nd Test Day 1

Day 1 England Bowlers Take

Opening Day Advantage!

At Ageas Bowl 

England v Pakistan 2nd Test 2020

Pakistan Won the Toss and  Elected to Bat first

There's movement there for anderson as you would imagine on what is a very humid and warm morning here.

No, shake it ahead from Michael. Looked a bit high to me.

Oh god, yes finger goes up this time beautiful from Anderson. It was fuller it pitched in line it swung back and too good for shan masood who is not hanging around.

England got 1^st wicket of  Shan Masood goes for 1. James Anderson got first wicket of Pakistan first innings

 

Firm push it was a genuine edge sibley and burns looking at each other there second and third slip remember there's a reallocation the slip cord now without stokes.

Lovely shot! There is a bit of risk there because the ball is swinging. Anderson is pitching it up he's inviting the drive because there are three slips and a gully but abid got right to the pitch of it watched it onto the back played it beautifully.

I think that will be like buys or is it off the bat? Four runs put over that for pakistan seven from it 34-1.

Well, that's wrong got known on it quite nicely.

That was but I think just wide of buttler drop catch.

And again dropped catch gain here's a nice height to catch.

Edge and it doesn't carry to joe root. Is definitely favoring pakistan today couple of drop catches edges are not reaching the silicone

Good-looking shot from the pakistan skipper and it's one that will beat what I was going to say will be and it did beat in the end but it was a hell of an effort from ollie pope to try and drag that ball back in before it reached the boundary edge for four.

The ground staff started to move. The umpires have said well, that's enough It's it's sprinkling down. We don't want it to get on the pitch and therefore. About 10 minutes to lunch. Pull the ground staff on with the covers that i'm sure just take an early lunch now. Hope that this rain passes through but pakistan I think will be very happy to have got through that session relatively unscathed.

End of Session 1 (Lunch Session)

Just as you say that skipper goes after 62-1. Heard a noise, he's just calling josh butler. Did he hit the pad but they're not going to review still 62-1. They heard something could that have been. Was the noise it wasn't bad on pad real question is would the third umpire. Overturn that I guess if he saw that on ultra edge and look at those little murmurs there.

Played down softly. He didn't mean it to go through the gully region, but he didn't mean he'd play it softly. Before that he'll get four.

Again soft hands nothing wrong with that. It'll make anderson cross but that's pretty good batting in england, which is an odd thing to say for a nick down to third man, but that's a good sign. You're playing it late.

Now again, that was not played so late that was a little bit looser. Could have easily ended up in the hands of third slip. 47 now abid ali, that was his sixth boundary.

No mistake from the slip cord and on this occasion, it's anderson again and the pakistan captain was battling hard, but he's gone. What a bowler wicked at the right time. They'll be very very happy england side.

England got 2^nd wicket of  Azhar Ali goes for 20. James Anderson got them breakthrough

Shot pretty quick outfield here, even though there's been a little bit of rain. Well stop well done by woakes.

Yeah Just a few little hit drops of rain and the ground stuff are pretty keen to get out. Then the umpire said yep let's do it. Let's get the covers on before the rain might hit us. It might be just the edge of that big storm. Pretty quick with the covers to get out there protect the surface.

End of Session 2 (Tea Session)

And that thick edge will take him to a half century it didn't carry to slip it runs away for a couple and a very good innings from abid ali in tough circumstances tough conditions with the ball swinging and a bit of movement off the seam as well. He can look back proudly at that innings 99 balls and six fours for him.

Oh, that's a lovely shot! That is a mark of a classy player slightly short on his hip most players. Just looking to nudge that into the leg side for one.

Curran starts that two straight swinging down the leg side for four so consecutive boundaries off different bowlers brings pakistan to a hundred.

Oh, yes, and if you can get it going away to take the edge. He can be dangerous as well is always a double threat from the left armor and curran finds the outside edge of abid ali bat pakistan three down.

England got 3^rd wicket of  Abid Ali goes for 60. Sam Curran got them breakthrough

Beats him again similar line. We as that barbaric may be expecting the n string and that's why he's going to play every time he's pulling outside off stumps.

That's where they're tempting him. They feel I think that barbara azam is the type of player who likes to put back to ball he likes to keep the scoreboard moving. They're just gonna hold a line.

Beautiful delivery just a gorgeous delivery broad angle in knit away bounce as well.

Clip nicely! Look too straight from stuart broad goes for four.

The length was absolutely perfect just brought him forward just enough good catch.

England got 4^th wicket of  Asad Shafiq goes for 5. Stuart Board got them breakthrough

Good from broad very good from stuart broad 117-4.

Looked like it was coming back in anything just across what's root gonna do.

England went for a review and they retained that review 

Umpire vocie “Okay pitch in line impacting line hitting the wickets. We'll go back to richard on field richard i'm gonna have to ask you to overturn your decision you're on screen now”

England got 5^th wicket of  Fawad Alam goes for Golden Duck. Chris Woakes got them breakthrough

A bit of extra bounce again. It's the real battle for baba at the moment is does he play away from his body? Or does he look to leave keeps getting drawn into shots like this? This doesn't help any batting team. The only disadvantage for the bowlers is that the bowlers is? With the ball possibly getting wet on the outfield but the batsmen have to be starting over every time they get out there.

Is the question of how long easy I think the operator of the scoreboard is getting a little bit frustrated with this weather here. He goes rain stops play again and that’s the stumps day 1.

Day 1 Stumps