Archer illuminates fading summer as Pakistan’s marzipan men melt away | Barney Ronay
The tourists offered little but Jofra again invited us to marvel at what he is and mourn what could have been At almost exactly 4.19pm on the second day of the second Test something almost happened.
The sun, only ever grudgingly present, appeared just enough overhead to offer a lime green sheen to the late-season outfield, as weathered as an antique heirloom carpet.
Pakistan had gradually slumped under the table between lunch and tea at Lord’s.
They were lolling at 110 for nine, product of 37 overs of almost entirely anonymous batting.
This is an unusual Pakistan, if only in their absolute and unyielding ordinariness.
The classic Pakistan Test team are an uneasy balance of stars, perhaps a little overwhelmed by their own weapons: speed, seam, spin, luminous top-order batting, all mixed in with the ballast of some unspectacular other guys.
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