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

[fredfertang]

Wish this was the first Test

 

[Xuhaib]

Broad is bowling like a Mcgrath clone for the past 6 months,

 

[fredfertang]

I will be mad if Gul doesn't do anything in his opening spell.

conditions will be different after lunch

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, lovely ball. Leaving the right hander and great carry. TF Prior didn't leave that one.

Good toss to lose, etc.

 

[Spark]

Wow that's a dreadful shot.

 

[Xuhaib]

awful shot from Younis.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Younis

 

[Spark]

Mind you, this is top class bowling.

 

[four_or_six]

Perhaps our bowling can be sufficiently awesome that it doesn't matter how badly we bat?

 

[GIMH]

It's like the bowlers have made a bet - lets see what the lowest we can skittle them for and and still lose

 

[BoyBrumby]

Wow that's a dreadful shot.

Yeah, looked much worse on a second viewing. Just a lazy prod. Younis hasn't looked at it all series, really. IMHO England's ongoing willow-related hilarity has partially obscured the fact that Pakistan's own batting has been no great shakes either.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

If this is the quality of batting these days, guys like McGrath, Warne and Akram must be wishing they could have bowled to these idiots.

 

[Xuhaib]

thank lord the series is won could turn in to a rout this.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah, looked much worse on a second viewing. Just a lazy prod. Younis hasn't looked at it all series, really. IMHO England's ongoing willow-related hilarity has partially obscured the fact that Pakistan's own batting has been no great shakes either.

Like 2010 in reverse tbh

 

[Agent Nationaux]

thank lord the series is won could turn in to a rout this.

That's why I am not too anxious. If this was the decider I would have been sweating by now.

 

[Jayzamann]

Only seen bits and pieces so far, but these opening spells so far have been immense.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

According to Nasser, Prior is an honest guy.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Like 2010 in reverse tbh

Ha, quite. Only Trott, Broad & Prior really had half decent series with the bat.

IIRC KP's 80 & Morgan's ton both required about 17 drops each.

 

[BoyBrumby]

If there's no edge here it looks pretty good. Nothing on Hotspot.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Not out, there is a little mark.