{"id":47087,"date":"2026-09-10T05:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T05:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=47087"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T05:29:39","slug":"were-not-used-to-facing-that-pakistan-hide-behind-conditions-as-batting-woes-continue-in-england-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=47087","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We\u2019re not used to facing that&#8217;: Pakistan hide behind &#8216;conditions&#8217; as batting woes continue in England | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133994395,imgsize-142793,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pakistan-vs-england.jpg\" alt=\"'We\u2019re not used to facing that': Pakistan hide behind 'conditions' as batting woes continue in England\" title=\"Ollie Robinson celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique, caught out by Dan Lawrence, during day one of the third test match between England and Pakistan, at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ollie Robinson celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique, caught out by Dan Lawrence, during day one of the third test match between England and Pakistan, at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP)\">Ollie Robinson celebrates the wicket of Pakistan&#8217;s Abdullah Shafique, caught out by Dan Lawrence, during day one of the third test match between England and Pakistan, at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s batting problems continued in the third and final Test against England as the visitors were bowled out for 133 at Edgbaston on the first day. After losing the first two Tests at Leeds and Lord\u2019s, Pakistan made several changes to their squad but could not stop another batting collapse.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>England captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/joe-root\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Joe Root<\/a> won the toss and elected to bowl. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/josh-tongue\/66292\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Josh Tongue<\/a> took 4-42, while Ollie Robinson and Jofra Archer picked up three wickets each as Pakistan were dismissed in 44.3 overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/saud-shakeel\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Saud Shakeel<\/a> was Pakistan\u2019s top scorer with 43, but the rest of the batting order again failed to spend time at the crease. This was the fifth time Pakistan had batted in the series and, on each occasion, they have been bowled out for less than 200.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>England then moved to 156-4 by stumps, taking a 23-run lead. <!-- -->Emilio Gay and Harry Brook scored fifties to put the hosts in control before the close of play. Joe Root was dismissed lbw, the 10th time he has been out that way in his last 13 innings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Shakeel said Pakistan were making the same mistakes with the bat and had failed to deal with the conditions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>&#8220;It&#8217;s depressing, we&#8217;re making the same mistake as a batting unit,&#8221; Shakeel said. &#8220;We&#8217;re getting out in bunches and there were lots of soft dismissals today. We&#8217;re trying, but yes it&#8217;s frustrating that we keep making the same mistakes. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a confidence issue. If you don&#8217;t have the confidence to play at this level, then you don&#8217;t deserve to play here. But in difficult conditions, poor form can be quite hard to break out of.<!-- -->&#8220;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>He said the team was working to address its problems but had found it difficult to handle the movement offered to England&#8217;s bowlers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cWe\u2019re working hard, it\u2019s not like we aren\u2019t trying,\u201d Shakeel said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of lateral movement and we\u2019re not used to facing that, but we are trying our best. I\u2019m not saying our batting group has not struggled, we have accepted that. But the conditions have been difficult.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/were-not-used-to-facing-that-pakistan-hide-behind-conditions-as-batting-woes-continue-in-england\/articleshow\/133994286.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ollie Robinson celebrates the wicket of Pakistan&#8217;s Abdullah Shafique, caught out by Dan Lawrence, during day one of the third test match between England and Pakistan, at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP) Pakistan\u2019s batting problems continued in the third and final Test against England as the visitors were bowled out for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}