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Pak vs Eng 3rd test Live score: Pakistan in Control of Test Match: England Bundled Out at 233

By Kabir Bedi - Thursday, August 19th, 2010   |   9,370 views   |  

After getting unassailable lead of 2-0 in the current Npower test series against Pakistan England team was looking all set for ringing a warning bell for Australia by winning the 3rd test match. But this entire plan has been destroyed today by the Pakistan fast bowlers. Today Pakistani fast bowlers bowled well and kept their basics simple. All the bowlers bowled stump to stump.

First time in the Pak Vs Eng test series it looked as if Pakistani team is on some mission. All the Pakistan pacers bowled with lot of heart and guts. Especially debutant Wahab Riaz gave cold shoulder to English batting line up and blew it of like a peck of cards at will.

Debutant Whab Riaz bowled with furious pace that really turned out to be very hot to handle for English batsman. No England player should stay in front of his testing pace. After a long time international cricket has witnessed somebody who can test the batsman on a batting heaven seriously with his frightening pace like Wahab Riaz has done today in the Oval test on his debut. Wahab today bowled really well and caused trouble to the entire top and middle order of England so quickly.

By the time England could realize what is happening Wahab had done his job and at that time England was tottering at 94/7 and looking for some sort of oxygen in order to breathe easy.

On his debut Wahab RIaz has taken a fiver. He has scalped 5 wickets at the cost of 63 runs only before in form batsman matt Prior and tail ender Stuart Broad did the rescue job for England. Both Prior and Broad added 119 runs for the partnership of 8th wicket. This gave respectability to the total of England and made it look like some total on the board..

Today ground fielding and catching of Pakistan was extraordinarily commendable in the ground. Pakistan grabbed all the chances safely until Mohammed Yusuf dropped Matt Prior. But this did not prove to be very costly as prior got out on the very next ball.

However, the caliber of the debutant Wahab is concerned so there is not doubt about it. He proved it with his world class bowling today. In the morning first of all he hunted English skipper Andrew Strauss, Jonathan Trott and then he got the big one in his lap Kevin Peitersen. But after that his stamina troubled him and this is the one area where he needs to work hard in order to complete his glorious career. After coming back into the ground he shortly claimed the wicket of Eoin Morgan. But he completed his fiver when he caught Stuart Broad right in front of the stumps with his beautiful full length slower delivery. That is how he ended the innings of England .

Talking about effort of Matt Prior so I think he is real gem that is being frittered by the England team at No 6. He should be given a chance to bat up in the batting order. He deserves to bat somewhere at no 3. Or 4.  He has been proving his caliber, capability, form and class time and again against every team under worst circumstances.

But this is not enough to hide the brazen autumn of the wickets of the Top order of England. There are many loopholes in the top order which are needed to be removed as early as possible because the Ashes is about to begin shortly after this test. Moreover, the team that England will lay against is going to be none other then the mighty and ruthless Aussies. If these things will happen against Australia so they will not take long to make the most of it ruthlessly. Here I am talking about English Opener Alistair cook who is struggling in order to get his form back before the Ashes. Alistair Cook needs to find his rhythm back as soon as possible before it is too late for him.

Like Alistair Cook skipper Strauss, Trott, Swann, Collingwood and Pietersen also put up a disgusting show in the oval test. It is a cause of worry for England as the Ashes is drawing near. Everybody struggled in front of the furious pace generated by the debutant Wahab Riaz and Mohammed Amir.

But Mat prior and Stuart Broad fought hard and helped England to pile up the total of 233 runs on the board that gave something to English bowlers to bowl at Pakistan players.

For England Matt prior remained the highest scorer and he made 84* whereas Stuart Broad made 48 runs and missed his well deserved half-century just by 2 runs,In reply to the total of 233 runs posted by England on the board in front of Pakistan Pakistani team has made a steady start. By the end of the day 1 score of Pakistan is 48/1. Pakistan lost the only wicket of Opener Imran Farhat who was clean bowled by England Pacer James Anderson on 11.

but after that Yasir Hameed and Wahab Riaz successfully denied anymore wickets to England took the total to 48 before it was called a day on day 1 in the 3rd test Pakistan vs England test match at The Oval.

So now Pakistan is looking on the Driving seat so far but still nothing can be said about Mercurial Pakistan. So far Pakistan is still trailing by 185 runs and Yasir Hammed is playing on 36* and Wahab Riaz is 0*.

So according to me this test match is going to be a real treat to watch for every test match lover because this time they are getting a balanced cricket through out the series because after such a long time Cricket has witnessed bowlers dominating the series.

So guys sit back at your home and enjoy this series of Pakistan vs England.

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