Fourth Test, day four
Pakistan defeated England in the fourth and final Test of the series to earn a 2-2 draw.
Saturday saw him fall lbw for 12 to Shah’s sixth ball of the day, with England wasting a review in the process. Between 2004 and 2015, England won ten out of 11 home series of four or more Tests. Pakistan now travel to Ireland for two one-day internationals next week before returning to England for five ODIs and a Twenty20.
“I can only see my mother once a year”. He has taken three out four fallen wickets.
“We’ve given everyone a pretty fair go”.
“In this series we have a young bowling attack, they are not regularly playing with each other”.
Despite struggling for form throughout the summer, the 38-year-old finally hit form to save his side from defeat in the four-match series.
There is a relaxed atmosphere around the England team but at least one senior player believes it sometimes borders on being too cushy.
“I am happy with the character shown by the Pakistan team”.
It meant that Yasir finished the series with 19 wickets at 40.73 – but 15 at 18.13 in his two Tests in London. This is pleasing for me. Given the series result, it wasn’t quite ownership of the place but they were satisfied enough.
9456 Test runs: Younis has so far scored 9,456 runs in 108 Tests at a career average of 53.72. We weren’t good enough in all three areas. It is frustrating for us as a side. But the majority of the time they should be putting the icing on the cake, not making the cake.
“I can’t fault the lads’ effort”, Cook said. It’s not for lack of that.
England test skipper Alastair Cook has said that though he might not be the best captain the Three Lions have ever had, he has no plans to give up his spot so soon, and that he is enjoying it. Jonny Bairstow [81] and Moeen Ali [39] put on a much-needed 65 but when both were dismissed with parity having only just been restored the writing was very much on the wall.
“The two guys who got hundreds played fantastically, negated us and got us exhausted – fielding 140-odd overs – and they reaped their rewards”. The spirit was really good and there were no on field issues. “But he’s not a Yasir Shah and probably never will be”.
“But he continues to work incredibly hard and he does pick up vital wickets for us”. Even before Woakes would have settled down in the dressing room, Riaz got well-settled Jonny Bairstow walking towards the dug-out. The only higher aggregate was by Andy Flower in 2000, when he scored 1045 runs from nine Tests at 80.38. And Cook admitted their contribution has been underwhelming.