Pak vs Eng Day 3 with 3 centuries

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Babar Azam is the skipper of the Pakistan cricket team and today on Day 3 of a test match, he scored another hundred against England. I don't watch test matches because a test match includes 5 days and I haven't enough time to spend day after day on a single match.

Test cricket is a real test of cricket, his technique, way of play in playing i.e natural game most important his patience. The way England played their first innings was exceptional. In just less than 110 overs England's players scored 657 runs which is more like an ODI game.

England batsmen have smashed almost every bowler in Pakistan whether they are spinners or pacers. Every bowler was smashed by them. A notable mention of Sir Zahid Mehmood who scored 235 runs through his bowling. It's not the bowler's fault, England batsmen play modern-day cricket.

I was listening to an interview with Brendan Maccallum in which he was saying that we will play attacking cricket irrespective of results. And they did it. England batsmen score 27 & 24 runs ( which included 6 fours) in his first innings against. The intent of England's players was incredible to watch.

To be honest, with this positive intent, the England team deserves a win. Their mindset and approach towards the game revealed why they are the deserving team to win the recent world. Another debate is going on social media about the pitch of Pindi cricket stadium.

Some cricket analysts say that the pitch is more like a road track with any swing or googly, more like a flat track. Cricket fans are not happy to see such a pitch. Because they were expecting a better pitch. Honestly, I also want to see the swing bowling of legendary James Anderson, Haris Rauf, Pakistani speed gun, and the inswing and outswing delivery of Emerging talent Muhammad Ali.

But the pitch is in favor of the batsmen. 4 centuries are scored by England batsmen with a total of 657 and 3 by Pakistani batsmen including Imam, Abdullah, and Babar. 7 players of Pakistan are gone in the first innings with 499 runs on the board. Most probably the match is going to draw.

Still, I can't digest why PCB made such a pitch that doesn't give favor to bowlers. 3 pacers below 23 yr, with a proper speed of 145kmp+, And James Anderson. It would be an amazing match if the pitch was better for bowlers.

I checked win prediction on Google, 78% chance of a draw for this first match in Pindi. The pitch in Multan cricket stadium is similar to that, still remembered that great 410/0 partnership between Sehwag and Dravid against Pakistan on Multan soil. If the matches begin to draw in such way, it would be difficult for Pakistan to qualify for ICC test championship final.

It looks like this series is going to draw, what's your opinion?

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