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
Mark Wood 2-74(24.3 ov)
114.3
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, out Caught by Bairstow!! Ploy of short balls paid dividends. It was another bumper and Mohammad Abbas looked clueless again, he was in no position to tackle the short ball, unlike the last two balls this one followed him and he failed to remove glove from the line of the ball. Dukes hits him on the glove and goes to Jonny behind the stumps who takes a superb catch. He was wrong-footed moving to his left to collect the ball, but then had to change direction, dive to his right and plucked it with one hand. Mohammad Abbas c Bairstow b Mark Wood 5(26) [4s-1]
114.2
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, no run, targeting both the batsmen with short balls. Mohammad Abbas got himself in a terrible position, manages to sway away from the line of the ball in the end
114.1
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, no run, another bumper at the body, Mohammad Abbas manages to duck it, somehow
112.6
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, goes back slighly and makes contact just when it was approaching stumps
112.5
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, on that fuller length at the stumps, it was there to be driven, but absolutely no timing from Amir on that drive and he hits it straight to mid-on
112.4
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, blocked back off the crease, no feet movement again
112.3
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, gets his bat down in time to counter that fuller length delivery at the stumps, defended to mid-on
112.2
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, stays in the crease, no feet movement and he pushes it to the off-side
112.1
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, touch fuller of good length and at the stumps, Amir was right behind that ball as he blocked it back
110.6
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, on a fuller length and outside leg, Amir misses the flick and Jonny collects it down the leg-side
110.5
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, leg byes, 1 run, misses the tuck, off the pads and deflected to the leg-side for a run
110.4
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, no run, another back of a length delivery at the stumps, defended back
110.3
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, no run, drags his length back, back of a length delivery at the body, missed the tuck
110.2
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, no run, stops in his run-up slighly, on a fuller length again and at the off-stump, defended to the off-side
110.1
Mark Wood to Mohammad Abbas, no run, on a good length and aiming at the stumps, blocked back
100.6
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, hops and gets behind this delivery that's been angled into him
100.5
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, now the length's not as full as the last time but he's missed it again. Tried to drive on the up but there's enough in the pitch. Bouncing, seaming its way past the outside edge
100.4
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, past the outside edge. From round the wicket and just holding its line outside off. Amir prods and misses
100.3
Mark Wood to Amir, no run, angled in, stays a bit low on off-stump and needed to be jammed out
100.2
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, 1 run, getting increasingly better with the pulls. Swivels this to Stoneman at deep backward square leg
100.1
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, FOUR, Stoneman lets that through at fine leg. Covered some ground and put in the slide, but just overshot it and let this leg-glance sneak through
98.6
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, 2 runs, glances this down to fine leg. Needed to dive to make it back in
98.5
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, FOUR, that's a splendid back foot punch. Through Broad's dive at extra cover, so well timed it was. Not intending even a bit that Broad's the most agile
98.5
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, wide, splayed down leg. Another short ball. Another. Shadab Khan doesn't fiddle with it. Called for height
98.4
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, angled across, it's a short ball, and Shadab Khan sways away, dramatically taking his head out of the line
98.3
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, 2 runs, this is a good shot. He's looked short against these short balls but read the length early here and went right across it, looping the pull over square leg
98.2
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, he wants to get off-strike. Legs spread, a tame poke through this short ball outside off and he takes off. Faheem Ashraf totally ignores it
98.1
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, he didn't read that back of a length delivery at all. Doesn't bounce much there. Last minute crouch from Shadab Khan to flat-bat it into the ground right next to his feet
96.6
Mark Wood to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR, that's a cracking pull shot. On the up, sparrowing over the mid-wicket region. Read the length so, so early there
96.5
Mark Wood to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR, Cook drops another at first slip. Straightening outside off, taking the outside edge and it was slightly wide and right of Cook. But that said, he did have his body weight going the other way, which made the reach to his right just that little bit late. Bairstow didn't go for the catch at all. Was to his left, so maybe. Just rubbernecked the drop and the ball's journey to the fence
96.4
Mark Wood to Faheem Ashraf, no run, fullish from over the wicket, Faheem Ashraf times that to mid-off
96.3
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, 1 run, if you believe in miracles, here's one. Pakistan rack up 300 under overcast skies in their first innings this tour. Shadab Khan hasn't looked the best against the short ball. A bit of a drag this to fine leg
96.2
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, gets forward and blocks this fuller delivery
96.1
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, oh that's a peach. Outside off, the pace drawing Shadab Khan into poking it and then climbing past the shoulder of the bat. Not much Shadab Khan could have done, except leave it - which was difficult because of the angle Mark Wood seemed to create there
94.6
Mark Wood to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR, takes on Wood, who's been bowling from round the wicket, and shows Shadab Khan how a short ball is played. Right off the screws, racing through mid-wicket
94.5
Mark Wood to Faheem Ashraf, no run, lunches forward and crisply blocks it to cover
94.4
Mark Wood to Faheem Ashraf, no run, inside edge onto the pad as he looks to drive that through the off-side
94.3
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, 3 runs, not in control of the pull. Front-footed, so he's just softly swatted that between mid-on and mid-wicket. Lucky with the placement
94.2
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, there was a noise but umpire Paul Reiffel's not interested in that appeal for strangle down the leg-side. Root's thinking, thinking -- the umpire warns "10 seconds" -- and that's it. They won't go for it. Back of a length ball angling into Shadab Khan, and taking the thigh pad. That's where the noise came from
94.1
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, outside off, blocked
92.6
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, 2 runs, thick outside edge runs through cover. Was trying to play it much straighter but this is full and going away, which doesn't give Shadab Khan much time. Blindly lays into the ball and gets away. Buttler gives the chase
92.5
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, bit of movement into the batsman but it's after he's left it. And a wide, wide line. Easy for Shadab Khan
92.4
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, opens the bat face and shunts that to square on the off-side
92.3
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, chipped to vacant short cover. Buttler's a bit deep there. Reached out to a back of a length delivery away from the body and wasn't in control. Off balance as his head fell over. Ended up poking it away
92.2
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, goes after a widish delivery and finds point with this waft-drive away from his body
92.1
Mark Wood to Shadab Khan, no run, Shadab's smiling as he ducks. He saw this coming: Wood going wide of the crease and angling this short ball into him
68.6
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, FOUR, plan of bowling short isn't working for Mark Wood. It was short again, Babar Azam knew it is going to be short, he gets himself into a good position early and pulls the ball wide of the fine leg for a four
68.5
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, another bouncer, line was outside off this time. Babar Azam sways away from the line and ducks under it
68.4
Mark Wood to Shafiq, 1 run, that was in the air for a bit but away from leg-slip. It was on the hips, tucked to fine leg for a single
68.3
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, another bouncer, sees it early and ducks under it without any discomfort
68.2
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, back of a length delivery at the stumps, blocked to the leg-side and shouts a loud 'NO'
68.1
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, 1 run, short of length delivery at the body from round the wicket, Babar Azam goes on top of the bounce and pulls the ball to fine leg for a single
66.6
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, 1 run, similar line on the pads and similar back of a length, it seems to be a plan of sorts. Babar Azam hops in the crease and tucks the ball to fine leg for a single. Not entirely convincing from Babar Azam but it was good enough to fetch him a run
66.5
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, another delivery at the pads of Babar Azam, he misses the tuck and it hits him on the pads and deflects to the leg-side
66.4
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, closes the face of the bat a tad early and ball was in the air for bit, nothing to cause any trouble though as ball goes to cover
66.3
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, wayward ball down the leg-side, Babar Azam ensures there is no contact with the bat as the ball goes to Jonny who moves to his left and collects the ball
66.2
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, back of a length delivery at the stumps, Babar Azam stays tall and defends it back to the bowler
66.1
Mark Wood to Shafiq, 1 run, good length delivery angled across the right-hander, Shafiq waits and opens the face of the bat at the last moment to guide the ball to the third man for a single
64.6
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, fired into the ribcage, Babar Azam hops and tickles it towards short leg. I0$
64.5
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, goes round the wicket now, bowls a bumper but loses his line in the process, Babar Azam sways away from it
64.4
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, pushed to backward point, Babar Azam wanted the single but his partner refused
64.3
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, FOUR, opens the bat face and pushes the ball, nothing more nothing less! Using Mark Wood's pace to full effect, stands back and stabs the ball with great precision, past gully
64.2
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, hits the deck hard and gets extra bounce, splashes Babar Azam on his thigh pad after he failed to lay bat on the flick
64.1
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, slightly fuller than the good length, homing in on off, blocked from the crease
62.6
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, flicked away into the leg-side
62.5
Mark Wood to Shafiq, FOUR, fifty for Asad Shafiq! One of those players who stay away from the limelight and goes about his business with immense maturity. Sees the short ball, jumps off his feet and flays it over the slip cordon. If Kane Williamson and Asad Shafiq were to invest in real estate the third man region will be out of sale (if you know what I mean)
62.4
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, better. Close to off-stump on a good length, keeps Shafiq calm and forces a defensive poke
62.3
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, goes wide of the crease, but doesn't angle in much, Shafiq punches into the covers
62.2
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, length ball angled in before moving away, Shafiq got across to tuck that into the leg-side
62.1
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, still hitting the there and therabouts of fuller length, not quite there, Shafiq lets it pass
60.6
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, wide of off-stump, Shafiq arches back and lets it go
60.5
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, too straight perhaps, nudged into the leg-side
60.4
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, fuller on off-stump, pushed into the off-side
60.3
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, England review and they lose it in the matter of seconds. It rose from a length and nipped back to clank Shafiq on the elbow who was settling into a leaving dance. No bat involved, but the cordon got excited on sensing a sound off the batsman. Such a poor review. Mark Wood and YJB were confident and that's why Root went up
60.2
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, 1 run, a firm drive to Stokes at mid-off and they sneak a quick single
60.1
Mark Wood to Babar Azam, no run, back of a length outside off, Babar Azam's bat face was pointing towards extra cover which means that's a complete non-alignment of a pose if you're playing with stationed feet. The ball snicks the inside edge and dribbles into the leg-side
40.6
Mark Wood to Shafiq, 2 runs, goes full and it is a push-drive through mid-off. Easy two
40.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 1 run, this time with soft hands nudges the short ball wide of Root and takes the single
40.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, rising short ball into the ribs, defended down and finds Root at short leg who is deep
40.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, good stop by Buttler at short cover. A punchy drive by Azhar Ali and Buttler saved at least two
40.2
Mark Wood to Shafiq, 1 run, goes short on the ribs, nudged through mid-wicket for a single
40.1
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, bouncer from round the wicket, Shafiq ducks and lets it go
38.6
Mark Wood to Shafiq, 1 run, what a bad call from Shafiq! Azhar Ali would've been out had Dom Bess hit the stumps. Shafiq played it in front of backward point and set off, Azhar Ali is not the greatest runner between the wickets, "wasn't a graceful dive either" is the comment from Wasim Akram on air as the opener dives desperately to make it in, he would've been gone
38.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 1 run, short of length and into the ribs, nudged to deep backward square leg
38.4
Mark Wood to Shafiq, 1 run, tap and run and Shafiq is off the mark with that single, into the vacant area at cover
38.3
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, needs to make Shafiq play. This looks good as it flies into Bairstow's gloves, but the line is outside off
38.2
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, very wide of off, easy leave
38.1
Mark Wood to Shafiq, no run, pitched up outside off, shapes away, a sighter for Shafiq who lets it go
36.6
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, out Caught by Bairstow!! Gone. The last ball before drinks produces the wicket. And it is not the short ball, but a length delivery that has got the breakthrough. Mark Wood leaps in delight while Root does a double fist-pump. England needed that wicket. Mark Wood with a fine delivery, angled in on a back of a length on off stump, opened Haris Sohail inside out, had to play, the outside edge is well grabbed to his left by a diving Bairstow. Haris Sohail c Bairstow b Mark Wood 39(95) [4s-5]
36.5
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, pacy bouncer, but Haris Sohail sees it early and sits under it
36.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 1 run, hands on heads. But the inside edge onto the thigh pad goes well wide of short leg and leg-slip. Rising short delivery into the hips, Azhar Ali got lucky with the nudge
36.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 2 runs, nice back foot punch. On his toes is Azhar Ali, as he rises to meet the ball at the top of its bounce, two through cover
36.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, now short outside off, Azhar Ali sways away to let it go, didn't rise that high
36.1
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, short and down leg, Azhar Ali gets inside the line, gets the gloves out of the way, leaves
34.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, again does well to keep this nudge down, leg-slip dives to his left to field. Short on the hips and soft hands from Azhar Ali
34.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, that's a good leave, short and on the ribs, Azhar Ali got inside the line and then pulled his bat high up to let that go. Not far from the glove, but well played
34.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, shortish into the pitch, Azhar is back and across to defend
34.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, that's where he should be, on or around off, on a fuller length, brings Azhar Ali forward to block
34.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, the zig-zag again from Mark Wood, weaving away wide of the crease, well outside off, left alone
34.1
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, pitched up outside off, neatly driven with a stride forward, but finds the cover fielder. Good shot for no run
32.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, goes zig-zagging away, to bowl from wide of the crease, pitched up outside off, push-driven to mid-off
32.5
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, 1 run, back of a length and angling in, defended in front of cover and it's an easy single
32.4
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, still wide of off to make Haris Sohail play
32.3
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, pacy bouncer on the stumps, too high and Haris Sohail can easily duck under it to leave
32.2
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, pitched up outside off, Haris Sohail shoulders arms
32.1
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, from round the wicket and angled in on a short of length, Haris Sohail stands tall to block
30.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, left alone
30.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, FOUR, everything was right about that shot. Copybook perfect drive from Azhar Ali, gets a good stride forward, reaches the pitch of the ball and drives it handsomely through cover. He is playing and missing but making full use of these slightly fuller length balls
30.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, hops in the crease slightly and tucks it to the square leg
30.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, back of a length delivery at the body, Azhar Ali stays in the crease and blocks to the off-side
30.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, back to the areas where he needs to bowl. Touch fuller of good length and outside off, Azhar Ali is beaten again. He isn't making contact but doing well to not edge these balls
30.1
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, 1 run, not the best start for Mark Wood. A poor delivery at the pads, Haris Sohail clips it to fine leg and takes a single
20.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, good positive stride forward and a cracking cover drive. Broad was at cover, he dives dramatically to his left and stops the ball from going any further
20.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 2 runs, he was on the front foot in a flash and guides this fuller length ball to point, finds the gap which allows him to take a double
20.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, hops in the crease slighly and defends this back of a length delivery to the off-side
20.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, good length outside off, left alone
20.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, short of length delivery at the body, Azhar Ali jumps in the crease to counter it, ball hits him on the thumb as he blocked the ball down to the leg-side. It was a nasty bouncer
20.1
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, 1 run, back of a length delivery at the body, tucked to the leg-side for a single
18.6
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, first drop of the day. Haris Sohail was squared up completely by the good length ball at the stumps. He got a leading edge as he was trying to flick....and the ball was going straight to Malan at second slip, but Stokes dived to his right and looked to grab it one-handed. It didn't stick unfortunately. It was always a second slip's catch and Stokes should have left that alone to Malan
18.5
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, too high and might have an inside edge too. There wasn't any inside edge confirms replay but height was an issue and Jonny had the final word of deciding not to go for the review
18.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 1 run, stays in the crease to this fullish ball, not the smartest thing to do but he managed to push the ball to point for a single
18.3
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, 1 run, fuller length and at the stumps, Haris Sohail clips it to square leg for a single
18.2
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, looked Mark Wood slipped a touch as he was about to deliver the ball but ball came out well of his hands. He bowled it full outside off and Haris Sohail drives it to mid-off
18.1
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, fuller length delivery angling away from Haris Sohail who comes on the front foot and blocks the ball to the off-side
16.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, short of length delivery, ducks under it comfortably
16.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, good delivery, went wide of the crease and that forced Azhar Ali to play at it. Ball nipped away too and whizzed past the outside edge of Azhar Ali
16.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, that ball hit the bat hard and bottom hand came off the handle, managed to defend to square leg
16.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, semi-stride forward and ignores the outside off delivery
16.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, firmly driven but ball meets Broad at mid-on
16.1
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, short of length delivery at the body, Azhar Ali takes his bottom hand off the bat and blocks the ball to the off-side
14.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, same length and same line again, left alone
14.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, too wide of off, Azhar Ali shoulders arms. Jonny crouches slightly and collects it
14.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, wide of the crease, he bowls it well outside off and leaves the ball alone
14.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, again outside off and ignored
14.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, Mark Wood is hitting the pitch hard. This ball was well outside off and easily left alone by Azhar Ali
14.1
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, hops in the crease and blocks that back of a length ball to mid-off
12.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, peach outside off, quick and moved away a touch and went past the outside edge of Azhar Ali who should have left it alone but tried to poke at it
12.5
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, on a good length and outside off, good leave from Azhar Ali. He has left pretty well, he has got himself into trouble only when he has tried to play through the leg-side
12.4
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Azhar Ali sways and ducks
12.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, comes on the front foot nicely and blocks it to the off-side
12.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, late movement for Mark Wood and Azhar Ali was squared up, got a leading edge and ball scoops to the off-side
12.1
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, fuller length and at the stumps, blocked to the off-side
10.6
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 2 runs, on the pads and Azhar Ali tucks it to the leg-side for a brace
10.5
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, 1 run, it was 89.3mph delivery and Haris Sohail was beaten by the pace. He wanted to drive the ball through cover, gets a thick inside edge and ball rolls to fine leg for a single
10.4
Mark Wood to Haris Sohail, no run, straight bat and then a block back to the bowler
10.3
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, 1 run, forward defence to cover and charges for a single. Root fails to collect the ball cleanly and his hat also comes off his head while throwing
10.2
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, erring in line down the leg-side, too wide for Azhar Ali to execute a flick shot and Jonny collects it down the leg-side
10.1
Mark Wood to Azhar Ali, no run, on a good length and outside off, Azhar Ali blocks to the off-side and wanted a quick single, decides against it
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