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

[Cabinet96]

Trott can bat whenever he likes now; just a matter of how bad his condition is.

Yeah, I was wondering if anyone new how he was feeling.

 

[Spark]

Can't watch. This reminds me of that match in the 2005 Ashes series when Giles had to get the winning runs after Geraint Jones attempted to slog Warney and got out. Too tense. Going to buy food instead.

Weak. Most of us stayed up 'til 2:30am watching Pat Cummins trying to slog Dale Steyn over cover

 

[LegionOfBrad]

My prediction. If Prior stays in for the next 40 balls we will win.

 

[Pizzorno]

Can't watch. This reminds me of that match in the 2005 Ashes series when Giles had to get the winning runs after Geraint Jones attempted to slog Warney and got out. Too tense. Going to buy food instead.

Funnily enough, it was the Flintoff dismissal that provoked me into going to the shop to buy food in the hope that we'd have won by the time I got back; we didn't and we were 7 down!

 

[Cevno]

Strauss is having all his luck today.

 

[Cabinet96]

Can't watch. This reminds me of that match in the 2005 Ashes series when Giles had to get the winning runs after Geraint Jones attempted to slog Warney and got out. Too tense. Going to buy food instead.

Yeah, sprung to mind before the innings started. I knew we were going to do this.

 

[slowfinger]

Prior not looking confident at all v Rehman

 

[DingDong]

just 94 to get now. england on cruise mode

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Prior not looking confident at all v Rehman

Not at all, but at least he puts away the bad balls. One will likely have his name on it eventually but it depends how many offside boundaries he's smashed in the mean time.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

just 94 to get now. england on cruise mode

Like the Titanic was, straight into a bloody iceberg.

 

[Prince EWS]

Strauss is going to get lbw/bowled here.

 

[Cabinet96]

Wonder what the lowest percentage of seam in a 50 over innings is. Can't see the seamers bowling again this innings.

 

[Spikey]

Strauss is going to get lbw/bowled here.

Has he gone forward even once?

 

[Spark]

Unless your name is Michael Clarke or Rahul Dravid I really suggest you don't try cutting balls off your stumps.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Will certainly not be turning over to the Liverpool Man U match now. I really thought we'd have it in the bag by then.

Oh actually its 12:45 so i'd assume we'll know where this is going by then!

 

[slowfinger]

What is Strauss doing on his back foot?

 

[Prince EWS]

Unless your name is Michael Clarke or Rahul Dravid I really suggest you don't try cutting balls off your stumps.

If your name is Michael Clarke I really suggest you don't try cutting at all.

 

[Pothas]

Can't watch. This reminds me of that match in the 2005 Ashes series when Giles had to get the winning runs after Geraint Jones attempted to slog Warney and got out. Too tense. Going to buy food instead.

Geriant ****ing Jones, amount of times we discussed him that summer.

That was such a horrible afternoon, only bit of cricket my whole family watched collectively.

This is making me far more angry though.

 

[slowfinger]

That was an aggressive sweep...

 

[fredfertang]

I hope it doesn't come to it but the scene is set for a man of the match clinching knock from Monty - reckon he's borrowed Botham's scriptwriter.