22/07Result
2nd Investec Test, Pakistan tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jul 22-25 2016
England won by 330 runs
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland
22/07Result
2nd Investec Test, Pakistan tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jul 22-25 2016
England won by 330 runs
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland

England are batting again, so no follow-on. Cook has made a signal that seems to say that and the openers have sprinted off. They lead by 394, but clearly what to remove any chance of a run chase late in the game. With a bit of weather around, and Pakistan's brittle batting, it seems an odd decision but Cook clearly thinks differently. Maybe he wants to put more miles into Pakistan's four-man attack.

Barney: "They're batting? Why? What are they afraid of? With rain around this match is now heading for a draw."

Jawwad: "Cook saves Alan today...!!!:-)"

The forecast, it should be noted, is pretty good for the rest of the game...as it stands. Anyway, England's openers will be out there in a few moments.

63.4
W
Ali to Wahab Riaz, OUT, picks out deep midwicket...Hales picks out the catch and then runs off the field

Wahab Riaz c Hales b Ali 39 (86m 61b 5x4 1x6) SR: 63.93

63.3
0
Ali to Wahab Riaz, no run, pushed into the off side

Alan has just admitted it was him who made the flat-cap comment

63.2
0
Ali to Wahab Riaz, no run, misses a cut to a quick ball
63.1
3
Ali to Mohammad Amir, 3 runs, just wide of cover...driven in the air, but Hales couldn't quite haul it in with a dive. Got fingertips to it

ncfctim: "Tea still at 3.40??" No, 4.30pm

END OF OVER:
63 | 6 Runs | PAK: 195/9

  • Mohammad Amir6 (6b)
  • Wahab Riaz39 (58b)
  • Ben Stokes15-1-39-2
  • Moeen Ali7-0-40-1

Matt: "Anderson and Broad have bowled about 5 overs each today, and that was nearly 3 hours ago. How rested do you need them!?"

62.6
1
Stokes to Mohammad Amir, 1 run, full at off stump, driven compactly into the covers
62.5
4
Stokes to Mohammad Amir, FOUR, that's a better shot, ball was closer to him, he drives it square through the off side
62.4
0
Stokes to Mohammad Amir, no run, a flat-footed swish to a full ball outside off

Maikel: "If England bat again now it shows only one thing: that they don't have much confidence even after this performance. They're just worried Pakistan might actually bat sensibly in the 2nd innings and that England then has to face yasir on a day 5 pitch..."

62.3
0
Stokes to Mohammad Amir, no run, round the wicket, Amir ducks under a bouncer

Jingle: "No......Cook should bat for an hour or two......open with Bairstow and Hales and add another hundred to the lead. Save Anderson and Broad. "

62.2
1
Stokes to Wahab Riaz, 1 run, short of a length, gets inside the line and nudges it off his hip to deep square
62.1
0
Stokes to Wahab Riaz, no run, short, wide outside off, left alone...Stokes knows that's a wasted one

Ayesha: "Do you think Wahab can get to his highest score? " This is already a Test best

Match Coverage

All Match News

Huge win for England

330

Runs England won this Test by - their second biggest win against Pakistan by margin of runs. Their biggest win came at Trent Bridge in 2010, by 354 runs.

Woakes' special knack

8

Number of times Chris Woakes has struck in the first over of his spells in his Test career. He has done so four times already in this series.

Younis' lean patch

6

No. of consecutive Test inns in which Younis Khan has been dismissed without scoring at least 50 runs - equals his worst streak. His first such streak since 2003.

Jimmy at home

290

Wickets taken by James Anderson in England - the most by a fast bowler in home Tests beating Glenn McGrath's tally of 289 wickets.

Missing opening act, again

18.50

Runs Pakistan's first wicket has averaged in this series. In their last series in England Pakistan had averaged 11.62 for their fist wicket in four Tests.

Tall order

565

Target set by England - the second-highest ever Pakistan have been set to chase in Tests.

Cook's quickest

55

Balls taken by Alastair Cook for his fifty in England's second innings; this is his fastest fifty in Tests. Previous fastest came off 56 balls, v India in Mohali, 2007-08

Tall order for Pakistan

402

Highest 4th-inngs total in Tests at Old Trafford, by Australia in 1981. In terms of overs faced, the best is 145.1, by India in 1959

Where's the follow-on?

2

Instances of England not enforcing the follow-on despite a lead higher than 391; in 1930 v WI (lead 563), and v Aus in 1928 (lead 399)

Huge lead

391

England's 1st-innings lead, their 2nd-highest in a Test v Pakistan. Their highest is 401, at Trent Bridge in 1954

Misbah's hot streak

7

Fifty-plus scores for Misbah in his last 10 Test innings - two hundreds and five fifties.

Iffy top order

23

Instances, in 51 Tests in England, when Pakistan have been seven down for less than 120