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shah certianly looks like a decent leg spinner - this is tpyical of pakistan nowadyas its a spinner hat will make them competitive in the bowling ranks wehre previously they reiled on bank of good seamers, its been afridi and before him kaneria that were their biggest threat. they still look weak i the young batsmen department though

I'd say he's more then just a decent leg-spinner. He's proved his ability within the subcontinent and now, if he's successful in England, he'd definately be classed as one of the best. Amir has a lot to prove but again, it's his first test back in the team and the ball wasn't moving around a lot, plus, a couple of dropped catches off his bowling. I agree with the young batsmen comment though .

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Yasir is the best spinner in the world right now. Bar none.

England have always struggled against spin, and Yasir is the pick of the bunch right now. Perhaps most ominously for the hosts, you imagine this pitch will be the least spin-friendly of the entire tour, so Yasir will only thrive more elsewhere.

We've always seen England struggle against spin - and once again - it proves their Achilles heel. Ahead of subcontinent tours this winter, against both Bangladesh and India, it's an ominous sign.

Misbah started pretty sheepishly and Pakistan will be gutted to make only 330+. Woakes hit his lengths well, and the selectors have a big decision once Jimmy is fit. Surely Finn needs to be dropped? The other option, of course is bringing in a more effective spinner for Moeen.

Once again, Vince was poor with the bat - but at least he managed to take a catch today, having shelled FOUR of his previous six chances in an England shirt. Ballance and Hales were poor in their shot selection, but full credit to Yasir. He used variations of spin exceptionally well, and troubled the England batsmen despite the pitch not turning too much.*

I can't believe today is the first time Yasir has taken a wicket outside of Asia. He has five five-wicket hauls in 13 Tests now, and 1967 was the last time a legspinner took a five-wicket haul in the first innings of a Test at Lord's.

Full credit to Cook and Root, with the former breaking records and the latter showing a keen eye and temperament in the elevated position of 3.

I felt for Amir, with the two chances to dismiss Cook being shelled, but I'm pleased he got a wicket - and more pleased the Lord's crowd remained respectful.

Now that carnival is out of the way, we can enjoy the cricket.*

yeh , amir doesnt look as he did in 2010, but he was unlucky today as the king of luck alistair cook had his usual 5 or 10 edges to slip hit the ground. shah i think has much promise, his actual test will be when he faces the indian batsmen.

All the talk before the Test was how Pakistan's seamers would trouble England on a pitch like this at Lord's, but that hasn't proved the case - yet.

New ball in 9 overs, though. That could change.*

ashwin is the best spinner in the world by performace, by wickets by experience etc etc. england have also been pathetically poor against leg spin. shah did what most half decent leggies have done to every england batsman barring maybe KP. they didint have andersen with the clouds above him to bend the ball around and they looked toothless . im
dissapointed with riaz, he should be making the england batsmen hop

Most of his games have been played in the sub-continent, where any part time spinner could claim wickets. He has no notable match winning games in England/Aus etc.

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except pakistani spinners who got hammerred in india. even shane warne got a hammering

Which game are you referring to? Plus, not a good advertisement for test cricket after the Nagpur pitch fiasco against SA. Heavily doctored pitch to favour Indian spinners, even critisised/fined by ICC.

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Hopefully that's it for Hafeez in Test Cricket. Bring in Sami Aslam or Babar Azam. Can't bowl and mostly fails to bat. Huge frustration for the middle order.

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This. He mostly gets out cheaply and exposes the middle order to the new ball. The other opener isn't much better either. I rather have Shehzad back only for tests despite his attitude problems.

I agree, Babar Azam would be the obvious choice. Scored a century? In the Pakistan A game only a few days ago.

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