It as came from most infamous defeat a 6 years ago to a famous win at lord's for team Pakistan, where Amir received a warm welcome from the spirited crowd at the home of Cricket who are only focused more on the performance on the field in the present. While for England the egg was cracked up a bit not with the defeat, but more by the performance came in the frame focused on the middle order and now they move on with the game to turnaround in a quick time at Manchester on Friday.
The defeat at lord's as given the hosts an early wake up call in the series, where they need to find the ground firm to handle the situation and it made to consider a 14 men squad for second test eventually turned down to 12 a day before which leaves Finn and Ball out of the squad. But the major concern as not came from the pacers and it came with some some questions to be answered about playing spin, where Yasir has taken a 10 wicket haul on a surface Which offered little assistance.
While Pakistan will be pleased with the turnaround at lord's, but the biggest challenge lies a head in handling pressure of expectations a head in the series. The warm reception would help Amir a world of good and Misbha’s Ton will inspire them a lot along with the press ups, although their pacers hadn't made an impact as expected in early days.
Meanwhile moving from lord's to Manchester will be handy for both sides with extra pace and bounce on offer, which will bring pacers more into the action unlike in lords and this surface also known to offer enough for spinners in later days of the match. So it's time for batsmen from both sides to handle the swing, seam and spin challenge, from the bowlers.
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