Salman Butt has slammed the Rawalpindi pitch, which is internet hosting the continuing first Take a look at between England and Pakistan, after the guests scored 500+ runs on Day 1. The previous Pakistan captain took a dig on the directors and pitch curator, citing that the turf would not supply any help to both spin or tempo bowlers.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Butt mentioned:
“13:50 – They don’t wan’t to play spin or tempo. Play a Ludo sequence.”
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja additionally slammed Rawalpindi’s pitch. He mentioned that such pitches belong to the Darkish Ages. They aren’t an amazing commercial for Take a look at cricket.
Chatting with reporters, Raja was quoted as saying by Geo Information:
“We stay at nighttime ages of pitches in Pakistan. It’s embarrassing for us, particularly when you have a cricketer as chairman.”
In a hilarious incident, Joe Root used Jack Leach’s sweat on his bald head to shine the ball in an try to get some help from the pitch.
“We have to bat at the very least 4 periods” – Salman Butt on Babar Azam and Co.
Butt feels Babar Azam and Co. ought to bat for at the very least 4 periods in the event that they want to attain a rating of round 600-650. He additionally warned that the character of the pitch might change, so they need to play longer to keep away from batting within the fourth innings.
On this, he mentioned:
“16:42 – We hope to attain at the very least 600 or 650. We have to bat at the very least 4 periods until Day 4 lunch. If there’s some unevenness within the pitch and one thing occurs, we additionally must play the fourth innings.”
In response to England’s 657, Pakistan have been 259/2 after 76 overs, with captain Babar Azam and Azhar Ali on the crease. Openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq stitched a 225-run partnership for the primary wicket to offer the proper platform for middle-order batters.
Earlier on Day 1, 4 completely different England batters – Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brooks – hit centuries.
Zahid Mahmood was the decide of the bowlers for Pakistan with 4 wickets however conceded 235 runs. Naseem Shah additionally scalped three wickets, whereas Mohammad Ali took two wickets. Debutant Haris Rauf additionally took his maiden wicket in Checks.