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

[Spark]

That was truly dire.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Staggering, tbh. My team's on 44/6 so I'll have a filthy slog.

Swanneh in first over of spell, etc.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So bloody annoying, 1 pathetic hour cost us the last match we dominated and now we are blitzing them. Should stop the cries of our attack being over rated though, clearly the best unit in the world as they don't rely on one type of bowling to do the job.

 

[fredfertang]

So bloody annoying, 1 pathetic hour cost us the last match we dominated and now we are blitzing them. Should stop the cries of our attack being over rated though, clearly the best unit in the world as they don't rely on one type of bowling to do the job.

Echo that - in some ways I'd be happier if they were 60-2

 

[Burgey]

So bloody annoying, 1 pathetic hour cost us the last match we dominated and now we are blitzing them. Should stop the cries of our attack being over rated though, clearly the best unit in the world as they don't rely on one type of bowling to do the job.

Yep. Lifting for dead rubber asserts an attacks dominance.

 

[Daemon]

Yep. Lifting for dead rubber asserts an attacks dominance.

So I guess Ponting's double ton doesn't count either?

 

[wpdavid]

Echo that - in some ways I'd be happier if they were 60-2

Not me. I think the bowlers have realised that we need to dismiss them for under 100 to stay in the match. And 1-2 is preferrable to 0-3 any day of the week.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

So I guess Ponting's double ton doesn't count either?

Touche!

 

[Scaly piscine]

From the commentary it sounds as though If England had been particularly lucky Pakistan would have been all out before lunch, comfortably.

 

[Burgey]

So I guess Ponting's double ton doesn't count either?

Just his twin 50s and 130 odd. I suspect he can live with that.

 

[Burgey]

Pakistan to declare at lunch?

 

[Prince EWS]

Yep. Lifting for dead rubber asserts an attacks dominance.

Yeah because they didn't well enough in the first two Tests. Stop trolling ya sad ****. If you don't think the game holds any meaning at all then stop watching it and **** off out of the thread.

 

[Daemon]

From the commentary it sounds as though If England had been particularly lucky Pakistan would have been all out before lunch, comfortably.

Not really. A couple of wickets were down to poor shot selection when the ball was still swinging, probably due to the fact that the middle order hasn't been facing much of the swinging ball in the recent past. Younis played an unnecessary poke, a couple of the LBWs were a result of playing across the line too early in the innings and the less said about Rehman's journey down the wicket, the better.

Can't take anything away from Broad and Anderson though, targeted the stumps and created movement, they deserve all those wickets.

 

[Spikey]

So bloody annoying, 1 pathetic hour cost us the last match we dominated and now we are blitzing them. S

uh you haven't batted yet.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah because they didn't well enough in the first two Tests. Stop trolling ya sad ****. If you don't think the game holds any meaning at all then stop watching it and **** off out of the thread.

Lol. You've become Richard, with an inferior vocabulary.

Go make a spreadsheet.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yep. Lifting for dead rubber asserts an attacks dominance.

Be so good hammering you convict ****s again next year and shut your ****ing big gobs up. Wanker.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

uh you haven't batted yet.

So 44-7 isn't blitzing them?

Not 21-9 is it?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Lol Bob Willis bashing the Aussies again. Such a Gun.

 

[Burgey]

Be so good hammering you convict ****s again next year and shut your ****ing big gobs up. Wanker.

Now now reverend.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Not really. A couple of wickets were down to poor shot selection when the ball was still swinging, probably due to the fact that the middle order hasn't been facing much of the swinging ball in the recent past. Younis played an unnecessary poke, a couple of the LBWs were a result of playing across the line too early in the innings and the less said about Rehman's journey down the wicket, the better.

Can't take anything away from Broad and Anderson though, targeted the stumps and created movement, they deserve all those wickets.

How does any of that relate to England not being particularly lucky otherwise Pakistan could have been all out before lunch?

Broad and Anderson went past the outside edge umpteen times, other edges went for runs. Two went to hand.