silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
The Indian batting lineup couldn't score 300 if you started them at 150.Indian batting lineup would have scored atleast 300 here
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***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE
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Stapel
International Regular
England put on 150 runs for the last 5 wickets. That's a fine effort, especially when under some pressure.
Obviously Pakistan are still in a good position. But this England team won't break so easily.
ganeshran
International Debutant
That is where the ball is swinging. Give them a flat track and see the difference.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Would've been nice to get past 200, psycho-speaking. But we're still in the game.
Some of the batsmen you can forgive for such a shocker, Bell got a good one first up and Trott was unlucky. But Strauss and KP can hang their heads. And Broad's shot, while batting is not his responsibilty, was from the same appalling school of thought.
They simply must change tactic against the spinners. Spend as much time as you have to in the nets, I don't care, just learn to play forward. If they stick with these pre-med sweeps it's be an absurd display of misplaced confidence and the coaching will go so far down in my eyes. We have to see a change.
At any rate, if it weren't for the top five collapsing, we'd have done all right - which unfortunately showed how good the wicket was. After lunch it was just some fairly even Test cricket, and showed a par score would have been closer to 370 or so.
Pakistan bowled well, and Cheema and Rehman bowled very well. Congratulations are due for Ajmal, but I'd be lying if I said I was happy for him. What so infuriating about his throwing is that he's a talented bowler that doesn't need to do it as far as I see - the chucks are regular but interspersed with perfectly good deliveries, and the ugliest of uglies the teesra seems completely unnecessary.
190 keeps us in it. Can only hope we keep them to a double-figure lead - we have the bowling to do that - and then learn from our mistakes second dig.
Some of the batsmen you can forgive for such a shocker, Bell got a good one first up and Trott was unlucky. But Strauss and KP can hang their heads. And Broad's shot, while batting is not his responsibilty, was from the same appalling school of thought.
They simply must change tactic against the spinners. Spend as much time as you have to in the nets, I don't care, just learn to play forward. If they stick with these pre-med sweeps it's be an absurd display of misplaced confidence and the coaching will go so far down in my eyes. We have to see a change.
At any rate, if it weren't for the top five collapsing, we'd have done all right - which unfortunately showed how good the wicket was. After lunch it was just some fairly even Test cricket, and showed a par score would have been closer to 370 or so.
Pakistan bowled well, and Cheema and Rehman bowled very well. Congratulations are due for Ajmal, but I'd be lying if I said I was happy for him. What so infuriating about his throwing is that he's a talented bowler that doesn't need to do it as far as I see - the chucks are regular but interspersed with perfectly good deliveries, and the ugliest of uglies the teesra seems completely unnecessary.
190 keeps us in it. Can only hope we keep them to a double-figure lead - we have the bowling to do that - and then learn from our mistakes second dig.
flibbertyjibber
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Nice to see it swinging, could be a real chance for England to get back into it if they get it right.
Spark
Global Moderator
We did win our last subcontinent series tbf.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Fletcher still haunts England.
Insists that every player must be able to sweep, ftr.
Insists that every player must be able to sweep, ftr.
Howe_zat
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Never heard of a man with so many demonstrably untrue theories.
Well besides the ones with 80k posts I mean.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Think it's good to see if they can manage to handle Tremlett, can always swap Broad in after a couple of overs.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Highlights of Fawad's debut Ton in the break; nice.
EDIT: Actually; not the break - just TenCricket being annoying.
EDIT: Actually; not the break - just TenCricket being annoying.
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Haha, was thinking this myself.