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

[GIMH]

#1 Test team

Yes, yes we are

 

[DingDong]

so pakistan and the kiwis on the rise and the last 2 number one sides are pathetically bad
new world order

 

[Ruckus]

England is definately the number 1 rank team, I'll give them that

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Australia on the rise and England collapsing....

I guess we are back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Certain wide eyed fans talking their team's chances up in the Ashes years before the event after a couple of good games... yep, pretty regular. Didn't Eng used to that? :P

 

[Burgey]

botham sounds like he's about to cry lol

Good. Such an unctuous prick.

 

[Furball]

Haha, Ajmal's face after that edge. Just said "you don't have a hope in hell of surviving against me."

 

[silentstriker]

1 game England have been poor for and India are crap away. Don't count chickens yet.

Well India being crap away is also regularly scheduled programming. Duh. In fact, it's the most regularly scheduled program in the history of cricket.

 

[Daemon]

Bring Cheema on ffs

 

[GIMH]

Swann averaging 64 with the bat and 26.75 with the ball, shoe-in for MOTM

 

[Arachnodouche]

England is definately the number 1 rank team, I'll give them that

not for long

Look, when was the last time they faced a half decent, accurate spin attack? Beer, Doherty? Let them beat some sides with concerted, incisive bowling and then talk.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Bring Cheema on ffs

LOL at your Cheema love

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The sad thing is that the press will give Pakistan little credit for outplaying us and say Ajmal is a chucker and we were stuffed by the umpire giving Strauss out. Hope I am wrong though but they generally find ways of bleating whenever we lose a match to Pakistan.

 

[vic_orthdox]

History shows we bounce back rather well. After our last 3 defeats before this we have comprehensively won the next test.

Not saying it will happen now but writing us off after one crap performance is rather foolish.

Had to laugh at this, not because I don't believe it will happen but sounds so much like the Indians and their "first Test in a series, we are slow starters" type of thing.

 

[GIMH]

The important thing is that we don't overreact to this. And I'm sure we won't, but I imagine there will be calls for a few heads over the next few days and it's important that Flower & Strauss keep a cool head.

 

[Prince EWS]

Had to laugh at this, not because I don't believe it will happen but sounds so much like the Indians and their "first Test in a series, we are slow starters" type of thing.

Yeah I thought the same.

 

[Howe_zat]

Guys, sometimes, good teams lose Test matches against other sides who are playing well.

Shocking I know

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

The sad thing is that the press will give Pakistan little credit for outplaying us and say Ajmal is a chucker and we were stuffed by the umpire giving Strauss out. Hope I am wrong though but they generally find ways of bleating whenever we lose a match to Pakistan.

Because the press > reality

 

[Arachnodouche]

Certain wide eyed fans talking their team's chances up in the Ashes years before the event after a couple of good games... yep, pretty regular. Didn't Eng used to that? :P

I think when you've been following the game for a while, you get to have a pulse for certain changes in tide around the cricketing globe. The Australian bowling lineup is on the up and up, and will wreck English batting in those tailor made conditions next year. They've been playing a horrible India, no doubt, but the signs are vital and there to see for all but the most obtuse.

 

[Spark]

I think when you've been following the game for a while, you get to have a pulse for certain changes in tide around the cricketing globe. The Australian bowling lineup is on the up and up, and will wreck English batting in those tailor made conditions next year. They've been playing a horrible India, no doubt, but the signs are vital and there to see for all but the most obtuse.

Have you seen our batting?

 

[Pothas]

I think when you've been following the game for a while, you get to have a pulse for certain changes in tide around the cricketing globe. The Australian bowling lineup is on the up and up, and will wreck English batting in those tailor made conditions next year. They've been playing a horrible India, no doubt, but the signs are vital and there to see for all but the most obtuse.

I just don't know what to say...