Jason Gillespie and Shan Masood, professor and Pakistan captain, took a look at the sound on Sunday morning, before Gillespie had a long conversation with Tony Hemming, the PCB’s Australian chief curator. The bowlers’ footprints from the first check looked crispy and cracked, and were even more dehydrated by lovers and the cruel sun.
Pakistan’s progress is atypical, especially because it is rare for the same venue to hold consecutive tests. But the robust ICC rules only require the “best possible field and outfield conditions” with no prerequisites that the outfield must be unused or unused, and the closest 11 consecutive controls without a win, Pakistan would probably feel the desire to try one. something else.
Anderson admitted he thought Pakistan’s plans would have been halted due to ICC rules but said England were “not worried” about the expectation of playing on the same court again. “It’s your decision, your conditions, your game at home,” he mentioned. “They can do whatever they want. Just because it’s the same field doesn’t determine the outcome.”
He predicted Pakistan’s plans will see spinners play a better role, suggesting it could suit England. “It’s the first time for me in Test cricket,” Anderson mentioned. “When we talk about Ben’s workloads and his bowling, that could play into our hands with the spinners potentially playing a bigger role… We don’t know what we’re going to get.
“At the end of the last game, we saw him go up and get sick, mainly get sick, towards the end. The cracks started to open. I don’t agree with the outfielder, but I don’t think you can do it. The construction cracks walk again in combination with that ease, certainly, in 3 days. You would expect it to do something with the cracks and, being crispy and scorching again, you would expect the spinners to play more of a component.”
There were some signs of variable bounce on the final day of the Test as England wrapped up their victory, but Chris Woakes said he had offered “everything” for the bowlers. Former England captain Kevin Pietersen described it as a “bowlers’ graveyard” on X/Twitter and suggested Pakistan should repurpose it for the second Test.
The second Test was initially scheduled for Karachi but was moved to Multan with last notice due to ongoing renovations at the National Stadium. The PCB has promised to give it a “first facelift” before the next Champions Trophy, and Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium was not available for the England team for the same reason.
