England’s Ian Bell was guilty of two glaring drops in the slips as Pakistan had the better of day one in the first Test
• Day one match report: England left to count cost of Ian Bell’s double drop
• The Spin: no more dole or gravedigging in best era for county players 3.45pm BSTHave a read of Mike Selvey’s report from day one in Abu Dhabi: Related: England left to count the cost of Ian Bell’s double drop in first Test 2.38pm BSTThat’s all from me for nowadays. A long used day in the heat,and one Pakistan will be happier with. Primarily because of those two dropped catches, both by Bell off Anderson, and one no-balled non-wicket. On this wicket,against this team, having lost the toss, or that’s very hard to recover from. Thankfully the TV umpire gave England the benefit of considerable doubt to give Misbah out,so it hasn’t been all evil. Tomorrow’s a new day, England still have a new ball. All to play for. Bye!Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com