Pak vs Eng – Ben Duckett – Pakistan could ‘collapse’ in crucial third innings

In their four Tests in 2024, Pakistan batted first and entered the third innings, registering scores of 115 against Australia in Sydney, 146 and 172 against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, and, most recently, 220 against England in last week’s innings. defeat at Multan. In the wearables game, Duckett believes they can face similar problems.

“We hit it all the way,” Duckett told Sky Sports. “I think it’s going to be very important that we look to get runs. We know on this pitch, it’s not going to be a draw and we’re not going to play a draw. The runs are going to be there, so that’s the main thing… That first hour, if we can try and get as close as we can, we know they can break down.

“The pressure is on them. Let’s go head-to-head in the series. We won the last series 3-0. I know they will fight every game and try to win the last game. as hard as we can. But we always believe that we are in the game… If we bowl well and if we try to chase or where we can be 200 or less, we’ll believe we’ll be in the game.”

Duckett, who made 114 in England’s reply to Pakistan’s 366, said the pitch provided more spinners in the evening session after a day of wear. “I think when the pitch is used a lot throughout the day, it breaks down and ‘goes’ a bit, so hopefully in the morning, it won’t go as much,” he said. I don’t see this forum staying the same or changing much.

“I think it’s going to continue to get worse, and I think the beauty of having a couple of seamers is that jump — and I think Carsey [Brydon Carse] and Pots [Matthew Potts] they were really impressive throughout the first innings. We will use them again in the second innings. If the ball is on the ground where it bounces, we have those options.”

“If you get it down to 67-68 kph, that’s where you bought it. If you bowl in certain areas at 90+ you’ll get the odd break. But there’s nothing on the spinner when you bowl inside. If you bowl wide without the stumps, and you’re slow, that’s where the cracks are.” , and that’s what we want to exploit.”