First Test Lost By 9 Wickets.

Okay - I was wrong. The test did just about manage to creep into Day Four, after all.
Four wickets collapsed in as many overs this morning leaving Pakistan a trivial total to chase down.
Time for this England team to be gutted - and new blood introduced.

England must now reduce the numbers of left-handed batsmen in the side. (Currently six out of eleven.)
Right-handed bowlers' footmarks make it very tough for left-handers later in the game as the pitch wears and deteriorates.

Surely there must be players in the counties who can do better than this crew which is now seemingly frittering away test matches for fun: batsmen, bowlers, captain and fielders alike!
Furthermore, the next test, starting on Friday, needs to be Joe Root's very last chance.
DO please remember that on Day One - he WON the toss and decided to bat on the kind of pitch where this was either an act of lunacy or decidedly misplaced faith in some kind of unnatural supernatural intervention.
The test was lost on that basis alone!