England vs Pakistan, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Pakistan tour of England, 2018 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: May 24-May 28, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Hasan Ali 4-51(15.2 ov)
58.2
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, out Caught by Amir!! Terrific final session for Pakistan. Wood never looked comfortable at the crease and this was on the cards. Coming back to the ball, it was a back of a length delivery at the body, Mark Wood wanted to pull it to square leg but got a top edge and ball scoops to Amir at mid-on who makes up for his error on the last ball and flies in the air to grab the catch. Mark Wood c Amir b Hasan Ali 7(9) [4s-1]
58.1
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, FOUR, oh dear! Amir makes a hash of it at the boundary, that should have been stopped but Amir got himself into a tangle and fails to stop the ball. It was a fuller length ball at the stumps and Mark Wood drives the ball with straight bat for a four
56.6
Hasan Ali to Dominic Bess, 1 run, first run for Dominic Bess in Test cricket. It was short of length delivery and well outside off, tucked to fine leg for a single
56.5
Hasan Ali to Dominic Bess, no run, good leave this! It was full and Dominic Bess wan't enticed into a drive, he watched the ball closely and lets the ball go through
56.4
Hasan Ali to Dominic Bess, no run, on a good length and well outside off, Dominic Bess lets the ball go through to the keeper
56.3
Hasan Ali to Dominic Bess, no run, good length and at the stumps, defended to the leg-side
56.2
Hasan Ali to Dominic Bess, no run, good length outside off, opened the face of the bat to gully and has a look behind as if to see whether the ball carried or not
56.1
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, 1 run, opens the face of the bat to backward point and takes a run. Imam-ul-Haq dived to his left to stop the ball
54.6
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, 1 run, bat turned in his hand at the last moment, he wanted to play the ball to the leg-side but outside half fo the bat took the ball to mid-off for a single. Streaky from Mark Wood, Pakistan are right on top here
54.5
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, no run, on a good length and well outside off, left alone
54.4
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, leg byes, FOUR, back of a length delivery angling in to Mark Wood who misses the ball. Ball hits the thigh pads and deflects through the slip cordon for a four
54.3
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, no run, much fuller and aimed at the stumps, Mark Wood gets his bat down on time and blocks it to the off-side
54.2
Hasan Ali to Mark Wood, no run, good length outside off, left alone
54.1
Hasan Ali to Buttler, out Caught by Shafiq!! Terrific start to this session for Pakistan. They are on fire and England are in real trouble now. Looks like, Buttler was still under the hangover of IPL and he went after that good length outside off with hard hands, ball flew to second slip where Shafiq took a really fine catch. Ball came rapidly to him and he grabbed it cleanly, taking it two-handed over his right shoulder. Pakistan are on the charge here. Buttler c Shafiq b Hasan Ali 14(15) [4s-2]
52.6
Hasan Ali to Stokes, 1 run, short of length delivery at the body, tucked to square leg for a single. He retains the strike with it
52.5
Hasan Ali to Buttler, 1 run, touch fuller of good length and outside off, Buttler drives the ball wide of mid-off but fails to clear him, drive was wide enough and that allowed the batsmen to take a single
52.4
Hasan Ali to Buttler, no run, on a fuller length and outside off, straight bat block from Buttler to the off-side
52.3
Hasan Ali to Stokes, 1 run, back of a length ball at the body, tucked to fine leg for a single
52.2
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, on a good length and angling across to the lef-hander who sees the line early and decides to ignore the ball
52.1
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, starts with a back of a length delivery outside off, Stokes stays in the crease and defends to cover
43.6
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, across the batsman now, quite wide and Stokes doesn't flirt
43.5
Hasan Ali to Stokes, FOUR, no half-measures this time around, full and on the pads, Stokes smears it to the deep square fence with a thumping flick
43.4
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, lbw appeal. Going down or pitched outside leg? Too many questions and the benefit of doubt goes to the batsman. Shake of the head from umpire Paul Reiffel. No conflab between the fielders which means Sarfraz, the skipper, isn't interested either. It was around the fullish zone and curved back in after extracting some zip off the pitch, Stokes reacted late and couldn't lay bat on the flick/tuck
43.3
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, throws it wide this time, necessitates a dive from his skipper to his left, Stokes is a mere spectator to all of that
43.2
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, sees Stokes shuffling forward and fires a bouncer across him, half-duck and that's all was needed to avoid that
43.1
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, from over the wicket, pings it in the corridor of uncertainty, Stokes brings his bat down late and taps it with soft hands
41.6
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, left alone outside off
41.5
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, full and pacy, that's a menacing combo. Stokes once again attempts to drive and skews a thick inside edge onto his boot, not far from kissing his stumps either
41.4
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, Hasan Ali takes a blow on his palm. The right one to be precise. Would have been a boundary if he hadn't attempted to field that. Stokes creamed the punch off the meat, only to be denied by a instinctive fielding effort from Hasan Ali. Stuck his hand out, but didn't realize the power behind it
41.3
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, back to darting it wide of off stump, nothing doing from Stokes
41.2
Hasan Ali to Stokes, FOUR, that's a dolly for Stokes. Full and asking to be punished, Stokes brings that bottom hand power into play as he leans across to pummel the drive past a helpless mid-off
41.1
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, back of a length drifting across towards fifth stump, Stokes isn't fully forward but plays it late and under his eyes. Block
39.6
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, shifts to over the wicket and delivers a toe-smashing yorker, a surprised Stokes brings his bat down to jam it down
39.5
Hasan Ali to Stokes, FOUR, that's more like Stokes. Allows the ball to move in and hammers the drive straight of mid-off, that made a crunching sound. I0$
39.5
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no ball, front foot no ball. Ah! That's a rarity, Stokes seeks to push hard at an away swinger and is I0$
39.4
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, walks across and ooooh! There's vicious seam movement off the pitch, catches Stokes's inside edge on the drive and thuds into his pads. A mild appeal, but dies down instantly
39.3
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, Hasan Ali continues to test Stokes from round the wicket, trying to create some sort of confusion with the angle of course, Stokes doesn't flinch. Solid defence
39.2
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, similar channels, this time Stokes had greater reaction time, plonks his bat straight with dead hands
39.1
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, from round the wicket, goes a bit wide of the crease and pitches it on the fullish length, not enough movement to trouble Stokes, he bends forward and bunts down the pitch
37.6
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, on that good length again and outside off again. Stokes ignores
37.5
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, good length outside off, left alone
37.4
Hasan Ali to Stokes, FOUR, this will give Stokes confidence. Good positive stride from Stokes on that fuller length ball, high left below, dominant right part of the body and he drives the ball through cover for a four
37.3
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, on a good length and outside off, Stokes ignores. Ball bounces and goes to the keeper
37.2
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, waits in the crease on that good length delivery angling in to him and tucks it to square leg
37.1
Hasan Ali to Stokes, no run, good length outside off, left alone
35.6
Hasan Ali to Cook, 2 runs, slightly short and outside off, Cook pounces on it and he controls the cut shot, into the ground and a flying Imam takes pace off the shot. Still two it is
35.5
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, on a good length outside off, left alone
35.4
Hasan Ali to Cook, FOUR, on a length outside off, there was wrist involved on that flick shot and timing was sumptuous, ball races along the turf for a four. Cook looks in form today
35.3
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, covers the inswing well and blocks the ball to mid-on
35.2
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, back to his areas now. On a good length and managed to jag away. Cook was squared up a bit and outside half of the bat takes the ball to point
35.1
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, poor delivery, warm-up delivery. It was short and there was wide. Cook wasn't ready for it perhaps as he cuts it straight to the point fielder
21.6
Hasan Ali to Cook, 1 run, on the pads and nicely squeezed out by Cook to fine leg. Yes, there's one, with Hasan Ali bowling from round the wicket
21.5
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, even wider, Cook leaves another in-ducker
21.4
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, they're pitchin' outside off and then seaming back in crazily. But not doing enough to hit the stumps. They'll have to do a lot for that
21.3
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, went wide of the crease and brought the ball in, but that's a fairly good leave, you'd have to say. Cook had the stumps covered on his front foot
21.2
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, gets behind with an open bat face this time. Pushes it towards point
21.1
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, fishes at that! Hasan Ali from round the wicket, angling it in and straightening it off the pitch. And all that pace means that Cook's driven into poking a ball that's fairly wide
19.6
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, another good one. Using his pace and height to hurry Bairstow's forward defences with incoming deliveries
19.5
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, fuller and coming in, Bairstow intercepts with a front foot defence
19.4
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, plays this off the pitch. Staying on and around leg-stump and waiting for the ball to do its thing. Pokes it to point very late. Can be risky
19.3
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, Test cricket's famous wipe-the-windshield leave. Bairstow is committed on the front foot and then sees the movement, making a late decision to leave
19.2
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, swinging away again. Bairstow covers his stumps with a back-to-front weight transfer. And that's it
19.1
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, outswinger wide of off, left alone
17.6
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, he's used the crease so well. Angles this into Bairstow who has just been beaten on the outside. He's not ready for it. He's ready for a leave; not THIS. So gets an inside edge on the pad as he's looking to twirl it round the corner
17.5
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, Hasan Ali smiles at that. So does Bairstow. Angled in around off-stump and then it takes off with a little bit of away-seam. Defending well inside the line there, Bairstow
17.4
Hasan Ali to Cook, 1 run, extra bounce. Jumping from a back of a length at Cook, who's fended it flat-batted to fine leg
17.3
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, gets forward and defends it
17.2
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, you have to wonder at Cook. He's seated deep in the crease and has such good eyes that he's able to open the bat face and squeeze the ball out to cover
17.1
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, 3 runs, nicely pushed through covers by JB. Gets the length and then marries it with good hand speed to get the timing right
15.6
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, back of a length and outside off, left alone. Good bounce again
15.5
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, FOUR, a bit leg-stumpish and that's been glanced away past the dive at fine leg. No-one's complaining
15.4
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, that's off-stump's neighbour for a second. A close, close leave for Bairstow. Hasan's seething in disbelief there. Gets the ball to jag back in -- up the slope actually, which is why Bairstow took the line and length for granted. Will not, now
15.3
Hasan Ali to Bairstow, no run, hurries Bairstow into a leave first ball. He backs his lines and lengths with some pace, does Hasan Ali. Pitches it on a length outside off and gets it to slither into Sarfraz's gloves
15.2
Hasan Ali to Malan, out Caught by Sarfraz!! Hasan Ali is turning England inside-out here. Got Root in his last over, and now gets Malan in this. A good ball this. Pitches inside the stumps from over the wicket and then hurries across the left-hander at pace -- something jaded Amir and Abbas looked short of. Extra bounce too there, taking Malan's tiny outside edge and rushing into the keeper's mitts. Malan c Sarfraz b Hasan Ali 6(3) [4s-1]
15.1
Hasan Ali to Malan, FOUR, Malan's being so, so lucky so far. A leg-stump half-volley gets him the runs this time. Flicked away through backward square leg
13.6
Hasan Ali to Malan, 2 runs, we'll just ignore how this was a leg-stump tripe, allowing Malan to get off the mark. Just because Hasan Ali just picked a wicket
13.5
Hasan Ali to Root, out Caught by Sarfraz!! Hide behind your sofas. Go, hide. This is unlike anything Root wanted to do on his re-debut No.3. And unlike anything a Test captain is expected to do. Media's coming for you, Root. Goes chasing after a wide, wide outswinger and feathers an edge to the keeper behind. And that despite a big front foot stride, which should suggest how wide that ball was. Hasan Ali is into his celebrations already. Reminds the world of his joy by his famous implode-explode celebration. Root c Sarfraz b Hasan Ali 4(24)
13.5
Hasan Ali to Root, wide, okay, Test cricket cannot get away with this. Bit of an effort ball that seams well down the leg-side. Another one of that one-handed takes from Sarfraz (if you're a fan)
13.4
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, too full and a drill-drive through covers was on but Sarfraz has a fielder sweeping that area
13.3
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, inside edge on pad. Root playing Hasan Ali's first line, but this ball's come in a bit. Getting interesting
13.2
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, inswinging full delivery on middle and leg has Root falling over a touch in his clip
13.1
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, Hasan continues. Full and outside off, Root moves his front foot to cover the stumps further, and leaves
10.6
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, spears it on off-stump. Root, sat in his crease, goes low in trying to keep that out
10.5
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, seaming away but the starting line's too wide outside off. Easy. Real easy, this time
10.4
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, gee he's quick. Spears this on the pad and that's not an easy flick. Root hurried into a defence
10.3
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, Root almost falls over as he leaves this. This was the one that Hasan Ali sent away. A combo of swing, seam and the slope
10.2
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, this gets back to the same ol' bounce. A bit of shape into Root but it's only after it's passed him
10.1
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, there's good bounce from this end it seems. Or it just might be Hasan Ali. Length outside off, Root leaves
8.6
Hasan Ali to Cook, 1 run, that kept low on middle and leg, Cook nudges in front of mid-on and takes an easy single
8.5
Hasan Ali to Cook, no run, stays low and is left alone outside off
8.4
Hasan Ali to Root, 1 run, back foot punch to backward point gets him off strike
8.3
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, that's spit up and taken Root on the bottom glove. What made the delivery worse was that it was coming into Root, who took his bottom hand off, and winced in pain. Well dealt in the end
8.2
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, he's brought this back into Root. More the angle than seam/swing, and Root has no problems defending it into the leg-side
8.1
Hasan Ali to Root, no run, swing for Hasan Ali first ball. Pitches it outside off and gets it to curl past Root's leave
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