Pakistan v England

[Hilts]

England 268-2 after 42 overs. Incredible scoring rate for a test. Both openers score a century.

[Nobody's Rep]

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England 268-2 after 42 overs. Incredible scoring rate for a test. Both openers score a century.

3 tons and one fifty in 66 overs - remarkable

[Elwood Blues]

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Off for bad light.

England 506 for 4

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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It's test cricket, but not as we know it.

[The Bloop]

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A statisticians dream today.

[Nobody's Rep]

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A statisticians dream today.

The % of balls attacked was at one point higher than either their odi or t20 %

[Majorblue]

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Either the batters ( I'm turning PC and ruining my chances of getting a job at the Palace) have developed super powers overnight or it is an absolute road of a track.
Wish I had a tenner on that score!

[the other bob wilson]

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Is there a case for dropping Joe Root after his failure today I wonder?

[Hilts]

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Any idea when 4 English batsmen last got centuries in an innings.? I wonder what the record is for most centuries in a Test innings.

[The Bloop]

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Any idea when 4 English batsmen last got centuries in an innings.? I wonder what the record is for most centuries in a Test innings.

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283071.html

One thing the TMS statistician wasn't sure about was whether this is the first time that 4 batters scored their centuries on the same day, as opposed to at least 1of them being spread over 2 days.

[the other bob wilson]

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https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/co...ds/283071.html

One thing the TMS statistician wasn't sure about was whether this is the first time that 4 batters scored their centuries on the same day, as opposed to at least 1of them being spread over 2 days.

Got to be I would have thought. It’s incredible really, Ben Stokes comes in with the light fading and it obvious that they wouldn’t be on for much longer and he smacks thirty four off fifteen balls, where the cricket I grew up watching would have had him looking to end the day something like two not out. The umpires decided the light was too bad at a time when England had taken something like ten off the previous over!

[Hilts]

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https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/co...ds/283071.html

One thing the TMS statistician wasn't sure about was whether this is the first time that 4 batters scored their centuries on the same day, as opposed to at least 1of them being spread over 2 days.

Its incredible. Very much doubt its happened in 1 day. When I started watching cricket Chris Tavare was batting. I wonder what he makes of this.

[Maurice Swan]

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https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/co...ds/283071.html

One thing the TMS statistician wasn't sure about was whether this is the first time that 4 batters scored their centuries on the same day, as opposed to at least 1of them being spread over 2 days.

Ummm...Batters....??? oh dear...are they batsMEN...or BatsWOMEN...or BatsPERSON?? ...or BATTRANSGENDER don't know what they are......


I despair.....

[The Bloop]

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Its incredible. Very much doubt its happened in 1 day. When I started watching cricket Chris Tavare was batting. I wonder what he makes of this.

Its ridiculous. The previous record for getting to 500 was 90 overs, England did it in 74. Bookies are offering just 7/2 on Stokes beating Brendan McCullums fastest test century record of 54 balls.

[rich munn]

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Is there a case for dropping Joe Root after his failure today I wonder?

Boycott was once dropped for slow scoring afer a double century, so I think so.