***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE

[Cevno]

was just pointing out that our Cribb has feelings too and it wasn't a nice thing to say.

Wow!! Didn't know developers had made so much progress in the field of Artificial intelligence.


Seriously though, AWTA.

 

[Furball]

Curious as to who should be batting 6 for England according to CPL.

 

[Eds]

Curious as to who should be batting 6 for England according to CPL.

Bell I imagine.

 

[GIMH]

It'll have Tresco opening with Cook IIRC

 

[Jacknife]

Younis to smash a century next innings.

Nah, England to run through the side for less than 150.

 

[slowfinger]

My Gawd Misbah is a man.

 

[Howe_zat]

It'll have Tresco opening with Cook IIRC

Just about anyone would, really.

 

[GIMH]

Such a shame really, what a player

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Liked Tresco as the sky pundit alongside Willis.

 

[slowfinger]

We'll enjoy it when we win the series.

lose*

 

[Fusion]

Why would we enjoy losing the series?

 

[Faisal1985]

Junaid bowling 6 overs doesnt really help either and doesnt do justice to him...instead of giving a run to Gul after lunch Junaid should have bowled..Gul is bowling trash in this test so far.

 

[Furball]

Last overs - 3 runs, 9 wickets.

So when do we start to seriously say that the English middle order isn't that much cop against quality spin?

I don't think it's a question of ability - I don't think any of the England players are terrible against spin the way someone like Ashwell Prince is - it's a question of mindset.

As soon as Pietersen's wicket went down, you could tell that Bell and Morgan were overly focused on getting to the end of the day 4 wickets down, to the point where they'd completely forgotten about the idea of scoring runs.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

They should have done a Misbah by smashing sixes.

 

[Furball]

They should have done a Misbah by smashing sixes.

And risk getting criticised by Boycott if they'd been dismissed slogging?

Don't be ridiculous. Getting out trying to defend is much better than getting out trying to score runs.

 

[amanuensis]

I don't think it's a question of ability - I don't think any of the England players are terrible against spin the way someone like Ashwell Prince is - it's a question of mindset.

As soon as Pietersen's wicket went down, you could tell that Bell and Morgan were overly focused on getting to the end of the day 4 wickets down, to the point where they'd completely forgotten about the idea of scoring runs.

Morgan is probably out of his depth. Bell has always had real trouble picking quality spinners (Warne's slider, Kumble's googly & now Ajmal's doosra).

 

[Burgey]

Only seen a few press reports, but to what extent is Strauss beginning to cop it over his form? I haven't seen whether he's getting out the same way or not, but is it a concern bein widely talked about in the media yet?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Don't think so. The English media has only one target...Ajmal.

In seriousness, Strauss is a good captain, so I don't think anyone will question his form just yet. Maybe if his poor performance continues till the next few series.

 

[amanuensis]

Only seen a few press reports, but to what extent is Strauss beginning to cop it over his form? I haven't seen whether he's getting out the same way or not, but is it a concern bein widely talked about in the media yet?

It'll only become an issue once they've lost this test & series - he's been able to hide behind the success of the team up till now. He's not getting out in the same way - his decision making has been so crap of late that he can get out in pretty much any way.

 

[Pothas]

It'll be interesting to see when Pakistan opt for the new ball.

Hoping beyond hope they do it straight away, give Bell at least a couple of overs to start against someone other than Ajmal.