Pakistan Show Belated Fight

A look at goings on in the test match at Edgbaston, and a photo gallery in two parts – A St Nicholas special and a general gallery.

A medium size butterfly with a grey, quite solid central body that extends beyond the rear of its wings, and white wings with black borders rests on a buddleia head.

It is now tea on day three of the third and final test match of a series between the England and Pakistan men’s teams. This post looks at what has happened so far.

DAY ONE

England, 2-0 up in the series, were unchanged, while Pakistan had a number of changes. England won the toss and opted to bowl first. The only Pakistan batter to fare well in the first innings was Saud Shakeel, who got in to the 40s before he was dismissed. Pakistan managed a mere 133 all out. England were going well in response by the close.

DAY TWO

I did not get to witness any of this day’s play due to work commitments. England took a first innings lead of 320 and Pakistan two wickets down in their second innings by the close.

TODAY

I had another commitment which caused me to miss the first session of today’s play, which was Pakistan’s best batting session of the series. They continued to bat well in the afternoon session, but a superb catch by Lawrence off Atkinson sent Shan Masood back for 95. Babar Azam was also dismissed this session, caught by Jordan Cox, keeping wicket in place of the injured Jamie Smith for 76. These two dismissals mean that as yet there has not been an individual century in this series. Saud Shakeel and new wicket keeper Ghazi Ghori batted through to tea at 297-5, 23 short of making England batting again. At the moment it looks very likely that England are still going to win, but bigger turnarounds have happened – Headingley 1981, when England were 92 short of making Australia bat with just three second innings wickets standing and ended up winning by 18 runs being one such.

THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Warwickshire, Somerset and Nottinghamshire all won their games. With two rounds of matches to play Somerset are four points clear of Nottinghamshire, with Warwickshire a point further back, and everyone else well behind this trio.

PHOTOGRAPHS

On Wednesday morning St Nicholas Chapel was open as I walked past, and I went in. Before my main gallery I have a…

ST NICHOLAS SPECIAL

I start with a composite picture juxtaposing the organ with an information board about that instrument:

On the left of this picture is a front on shot of the organ at St Nicholas Chapel, on the right an information board about said organ.

The rest of the gallery…

GENERAL PHOTOS

Now for my usual sign off…

This butterfly is a new one for me. The tail segment sticking out beyond the wings is an unusual feature, and the white wings with black borders are new to me as well (four pics).
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Author: Thomas

I am a founder member and currently secretary of the West Norfolk Autism Group and am autistic myself. I am a very keen photographer and almost every blog post I produce will feature some of my own photographs. I am an avidly keen cricket fan and often post about that sport.

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