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

[flibbertyjibber]

Broad probably padding up the way the England middle order have been playing.

 

[BoyBrumby]

lol @ Nasser saying umpire is guessing

Nah, fair comment, IMHO. There's no way he could've been sure with that one. Just barely clipping leg.

Nass had no probs with the decision, just commenting on the moving of the goalposts thanks to Hawkeye.

 

[Spark]

Bizarre legside bias with the LBWs today.

 

[Xuhaib]

yeah imo a lots of 50-50 are going in bowlers favor when pre UDRS it was the opposite.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

yeah imo a lots of 50-50 are going in bowlers favor when pre UDRS it was the opposite.

Is that a bad thing though?

 

[CWB304]

KP probably needs Bell to fail to survive the axe for the next Test.

 

[ganeshran]

Steady. I'm setting a slightly higher bar than 32.

EDIT: FFS, right on cue.

He was playing quite well though.

 

[Furball]

KP probably needs Bell to fail to survive the axe for the next Test.

facepalm

 

[flibbertyjibber]

KP probably needs Bell to fail to survive the axe for the next Test.

KP and Bell will both play in Sri Lanka. Morgan won't unless he gets a massive score here.

 

[Xuhaib]

Is that a bad thing though?

yeah I am old school benefit of doubt goes to batsman n all...

 

[Pothas]

yeah imo a lots of 50-50 are going in bowlers favor when pre UDRS it was the opposite.

Yeah and the interesting thing it is the changing attitudes of the umpires rather than the rules of the system that make that the case.

 

[Stapel]

KP probably needs Bell to fail to survive the axe for the next Test.

I find that a quite ridiculous statement. Given England's ways of the last few years, we KNOW that they will stick with players for a decent while. The only England batsman under pressure is Eoin Morgan, and rightfully so.

 

[CWB304]

Canny Ian puts off the evil day
When crook-armed destroyer
Ajmal, wouldst wreck his stumps
By hour, by minute, by SECOND

 

[four_or_six]

Come on Straussy... would be so so pleased if he got a good score here.

 

[ganeshran]

Bizarre legside bias with the LBWs today.

Maybe its because the calibration of the cameras.

 

[Spark]

Maybe its because the calibration of the cameras.

Yeah quite possible. There was a suggestion of a similar problem down at Hobart, a similar legside bias.

 

[Furball]

Someone just doesn't want KP to score runs.

 

[Burgey]

Botham's exasperation quite funny ATM. Think he's got the ****s with Akmal too.

Though he seems to be seriously pissed about everything.

Agree with Pietersen and Bell. No way they're going anywhere for the next series.

 

[grecian]

Is that a bad thing though?

I'm very much of the opinion, it's a great thing, will help stop batsmen dominating, and bring finger spinners right back into the games as threats. Has been happening for a few years now. Batsmen should be actually trying to hit the ball, now that is really old-fashioned.

Feel really sorry for the orthodox spinners of the eighties and nineties, and most of this century, after uncovered pitches. Mind you they did start giving the more obvious sham pretending to plays for LBW in about the late nineties.

 

[benchmark00]

Bell hasn't been at the crease long enough for me to noitice... but is this Bell's first series with Kookaburra?