How Twitter reacted to England’s pulsating first Test defeat
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England came close to pulling off a shock comeback in the first Test of their summer fourpiece with Pakistan, before eventually falling to a 75-run defeat on day four at Lord’s, which leaves them rated 2/1 outsiders for series success.
One of the main talking points was the Pakistan celebration, with England’s official Twitter account magnanimously commending both their display and the post-match spectacle
Fair play to @TheRealPCB who played some excellent cricket and good celebrations too. #EngvPak https://t.co/czkHg2bFsu
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 17, 2016
The scenes in the stands were pretty special too
.@TheRealPCB fans at the moment the Test was won… #EngvPak #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/EvOZeEeUhB
— Lord's Ground (@HomeOfCricket) July 17, 2016
More than the outcome, most onlookers were just excited by the spectacle that they had witnessed
What a memorable Test match. Pakistan fans queueing inside Lord's to buy the completed scorecards and chanting in celebration in the street
— AlisonMitchell (@AlisonMitchell) July 17, 2016
There has been a lot of talk recently over changing test cricket… It looks pretty fine to me!!! Great advert in front of us #ENGvPAK ??
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) July 17, 2016
Whoever wins this it's the best Test Match I have seen for a long long time …. #Lords
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 17, 2016
Michael Vaughan was also pulled up for his past cynicism about the ability of man of the match Yasir Shah, who claimed 10 wickets
You good, mate? @MichaelVaughan ??#ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/8kPwaBg9rH
— Bilal Zubair Khan (@BilalZKhan) July 17, 2016
The highlight of Shah’s day was his dismissal of Gary Ballance, which was instantly compared to some Shane Warne mastery on Andrew Strauss in 2005
The new age magic ball!#ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/iTsV2cs69N
— HW Cricket App (@holdingwilley) July 17, 2016
Piers Morgan ensured that it wasn’t just the Pakistan players getting the credit though
Kudos to Lord's groundsman Mick Hunt for preparing such a cracking Test match pitch. Has a bit of everything. #ENGvPAK @HomeOfCricket
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 17, 2016
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