England vs Pakistan 3rd Test at Birmingham, 03 Aug, 2016

Toss: Pakistan, who chose to bowl first
England won by 141 runs
W
Pakistan, who chose to bowl first
Pakistan 201/10 in 70.5 Overs
Current Run rate: 2.84

England 297/10 (86) & 445/6 (129)

Pakistan 400/10 (136) & 201/10 (70.5)

Player of the Match: Moeen Ali
Batsman
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
S/R
Mat
Runs
HS
Avg
15
35
3
0
42.86
21
136
35*
7.55
Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Mat
Wkts
BBI
Avg
17.5
4
49
2
2.75
61
189
6/53
36.24
13
5
38
2
2.92
36
125
6/79
30.40
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Current Partnership: 10 runs, 2.4 overs, RR: 3.75 (Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes )
Last Wicket: Sohail Khan 36(37)

Over 71.0  

Moeen Ali  is the Man of the Match
Alastair Cook:It could be right up there. Seemed behind for most of the game but we hung in there. The heavy roller took a bit out of the pitch. Great character from the bowlers to get something out of it. It was getting a little bit tight in the end. The ball just reversed enough. The square just made the ball to do a tiny, tiny bit. I knew that if you could bat them to survive, you can put them under pressure. Moeen bowled fantastically well after being under pressure. Ben Stokes will come in later and add more balance to the side.The way we bowled on day 2 on a flat wicket was good. We batted really well then to bat out the deficit. We earned the right to accelerate in the end.
Misbah-ul-Haq: I think it was going well till the second day but the game changed on the third day. We lost a couple of wickets. I was unlucky to get out and Younis was caught down the leg side. We bowled a little indisciplined in the session England took it away from us. Full credit to England - the way they bowled. The ball was reversing and they bowled good areas, taking four of our main batsmen. We have to send some of our bowlers to learn reverse swing from England. They are really bowling it well. England kept coming hard at us. Most of the time, we were really competitive. Yesterday, they were five down but that Moeen Ali partnership took things away. That's a problem for a long, long time (on not having an all-rounder for a 5-man attack). This is what we have. We will obviously try to get someone ready for that.
England won by 141 runs and lead the series with 2-1
70.5
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Over 70.5 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Sohail Khan, out Caught and Bowled!!  Sohail came down the track, not get to the pitch. plays it straight back to Moeen Ali and he makes no mistake.
70.4
0
Over 70.4 Moeen Ali bowls it flat in the air to Sohail Khan, no runs, gets forward and push-drives it into the off-side
70.3
2
Over 70.3 Moeen Ali bowls a quicker arm ball to Sohail Khan, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot to defend, gets the outside edge pass the slips and picks up couple of runs.
70.2
0
Over 70.2 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Sohail Khan, no runs, goes on to the back foot and punches it straight to the man at cover.
70.1
0
Over 70.1 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Sohail Khan, no runs, gets forward and goes hard on this drill through the covers and pistols an inside edge on his pad
End of Over 70 (9 runs)   Pakistan 199/9

Rahat Ali 15/35 ST Finn 13-5-38-2
Sohail Khan 34/32

69.6
0
Over 69.6 ST Finn bowls it short of length to Rahat Ali, no runs, makes room and went for a upper cut but gets beaten.
69.5
1
Over 69.5 ST Finn bowls a pitched up delivery to Sohail Khan, 1 run, gets forward and drives it pass the bowler.
69.4
4
Over 69.4 ST Finn bowls a pitched up delivery to Sohail Khan, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and driven staight down the gorund for four.
69.3
0
Over 69.3 ST Finn bowls a pitched up delivery to Sohail Khan, no runs, gets across the line and turned towards short mid-wicket
69.2
0
Over 69.2 ST Finn bowls a good length delivery to Sohail Khan, no runs, comes forward and blocks it towards mid-off.
69.1
4
Over 69.1 ST Finn bowls it short of length to Sohail Khan, Boundary! Makes room and hammers it through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.
End of Over 69   Pakistan 190/9

Rahat Ali 15/34 Moeen Ali 17-4-47-1
Sohail Khan 25/27

68.6
0
Over 68.6 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Rahat Ali, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it to the off-side.
68.5
0
Over 68.5 Moeen Ali bowls a quicker arm ball to Rahat Ali, no runs, gets forward and blocks it back to the bowler.
68.4
0
Over 68.4 Moeen Ali bowls a good length delivery to Rahat Ali, no runs, gets forward to defend, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.