*Official* Pakistan in England 2010

[flibbertyjibber]

Good partnership by those two.Showed some fight which others hadn't.This lad Aamer/Amir however you spell it is some find.Not only can he bowl beautifully he looks a proper player with the bat.Poor shot to get out but you can't blame him as he isn't a top order player.Could develop into a proper allrounder in time.

Jimmy has done what we all expected him to do in these conditions and run through them,just wish he was more use in different conditions like Hoggard adapted to over the years.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Byes my arse. How is Prior meant to get a glove on that?

 

[Scaly piscine]

And we're back in piss about with numpties territory.

 

[Jono]

Will be interesting if they can avoid the follow on. Shouldn't bother England that much, but will be a bit annoying to have to bat again in these conditions.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Asoka, Umar Gul just creamed Jimmy for four through cover. The light is fine.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

They'll save the follow on here,would have helped us if the weather had intervened as we could have polished them off in the morning and stuck them in again with fresh bowlers.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Oh so now they take them off for bad light.

Still at least the umpires are consistently moronic on this issue.

 

[Stapel]

155 will be enough - so another 65.

If I am right, a team must not only be less than 200 runs behind to avoid the follow-on, but also have at least half the first innings total.

Therefor, Pakistan need 177 to avoid the follow-on. I can't imagine I made this up.... Yet, I'm not 100% sure.

EDIT: Can't find such thing the laws....

 

[Sir Alex]

Ramiz Raja has no idea about how long a tie should be clearly.

It's well past his crotch. Fix your tie length Ramiz!

Haha agreed. The most shoddiest presenter ever. I hate the way he leaves his hair so unkempt.

 

[GIMH]

Watching highlights now. Jimmeh was awesome.

Happy Birthday lid

 

[Jono]

Oh so now they take them off for bad light.

Still at least the umpires are consistently moronic on this issue.

Haha, I like that. Good line.

 

[Neil Pickup]

If I am right, a team must not only be less than 200 runs behind to avoid the follow-on, but also have at least half the first innings total.

Therefor, Pakistan need 177 to avoid the follow-on. I can't imagine I made this up.... Yet, I'm not 100% sure.

EDIT: Can't find such thing the laws....

Nah, you made that one up.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I'm trying to imagine what the new irritant will be when there are day/night Tests. Too bright perhaps? Bad fog? Midgies? Dew?

 

[Avada Kedavra]

Asif and Amir must be tearing their hair out in frustration.No matter how well they perform the batsmen seem to undo it.Best hope for Pakistan is to get England out for 100-150 and try to chase 300-350,assuming Strauss doesn't enforce the follow on that is.

 

[Fusion]

The best hope for Pakistan is rain.

 

[Neil Pickup]

The best hope for Pakistan is rain.

We've barely lost a game in the whole country to the elements this year. There'll be a result in this one barring nuclear apocalypse.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Azhar Ali never hit the ball that dismissed him, did he? WTF not review? That Jimmeh was v late going up was the key, surely?

 

[Fusion]

We've barely lost a game in the whole country to the elements this year. There'll be a result in this one barring nuclear apocalypse.

Where's that famous bad weather of England when you really need it?

 

[Manee]

In hindsight, it is interesting to note the real brilliance of Anderson in swinging conditions and the hyped brilliance of Amir and Gul, in such conditions; Asif, ironically, being often written off by commentators as having a lack of pace. Gul was wayward, but Amir is more interesting - we know he is young but people talk about how his ability to swing the ball both ways makes him Akram V2. However, Anderson swung the ball at an extent, and with accuracy, that Amir currently does not possess - just goes to show that Amir is still young and that possessing multiple varieties of swing, and a bit of pace does not bring massive Test success, as Anderson often shows, away from swinging conditions.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Where's that famous bad weather of England when you really need it?

Gone, completely. Barely seen anything come out the sky since the snow in January.

I've just downloaded and analysed a load of rain stats (yes, I know, I'm comfortable with my identity) and we have in fact had the driest Spring since 1997, and the driest January-June since 1976.

Right, time for a new statistic based on the "cricket season" - April to August (bollocks to Septenber, I'm back at school). I've got 97 years of data going back to 1914, and the driest summer to date is 1995, followed by 1976, 1984 and 1990. This year is currently well on course to join that elite group of spinners' summers.

The worst years, in order, have been 1931, 2007, 1924, 1920, 1966, and 2008.

Make of this what you will...