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

[CWB304]

Eng bowlers have applied themselves well considering these surfaces, but I have to at some of the articles coming out of Eng media about Anderson & Broad being as good as McGrath + Gillespie suddenly... or Graeme Swann claiming Broad's now the best bowler in the world. But then they are *special* friends aren't they

Edit: Also, another gem was Swann coming up with "it's bad luck that I have to bowl to right handers" as an excuse last night. Gold

That was ONE article and it didn't say what you're saying it said. The headline, as sadly so often happens with the UK press - the journalists and columnists who write the articles are never responsible for the headlines -, deliberately misrepresented the article's slant in order to attract readers' attention.

The writer of the article itself, if you'd bothered to read it, expressly made the point that he was NOT claiming they were as good as McGrath & Gillespie, but rather was interested in highlighting similarities in the two new ball pairings' modus operandi.

Before LOLing at "articles coming out of Eng media" you'd do well to actually read said articles, not just the headlines.

Btw, friendly warning: cheap shots about "*special* friends" just make you look like a ******.

 

[Spikey]

ZaltzCricket
ZaltzCricket:
STAT ALERT: Who says England's top order is struggling? The whole top 6 have reached double figures for the first time in 23 Tests.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

The writer of the article itself, if you'd bothered to read it, expressly made the point that he was NOT claiming they were as good as McGrath & Gillespie, but rather was interested in highlighting similarities in the two new ball pairings' modus operandi.

I've not read the article but are you referring to the fact they try to make it as hard as possible to score runs off them? They're always talking about trying to go at less than 3p/o and that if they do that the wickets will come

 

[hazsa19]

Swann's an overrated bowler who hasn't done all that much since the last (fix-affected) Pak series. Ok he got wickets in 1 game vs Aus and possibly 1 vs India but meh. More bark than bite. There I said it. You may disagree but I feel better now and ain't that the main thing

Overrated comedian too

Whacking it into reverse

 

[GIMH]

That means Ben Hilfenhaus was the best bowler in the world three weeks ago, going by that logic. If he bowls well in the Windies the issue ought to be settled.

Well aside from the Sri Lanka series Broad has basically done it since the backend of the 2009 Ashes series, but stepped it up a notch further this past seven games or so. And you know this, you ****

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Hahahaha Bell

 

[GIMH]

****ing hell Bell, you utter ****ing ******.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

That was ONE article and it didn't say what you're saying it said. The headline, as sadly so often happens with the UK press - the journalists and columnists who write the articles are never responsible for the headlines -, deliberately misrepresented the article's slant in order to attract readers' attention.

The writer of the article itself, if you'd bothered to read it, expressly made the point that he was NOT claiming they were as good as McGrath & Gillespie, but rather was interested in highlighting similarities in the two new ball pairings' modus operandi.

Before LOLing at "articles coming out of Eng media" you'd do well to actually read said articles, not just the headlines.

Thanks for the reading advice

Btw, friendly warning: cheap shots about "*special* friends" just make you look like a ******.

They're known to be close and I get tired of Swann endlessly kissing his a$$ and so should you

 

[Burgey]

Oh Bell.

 

[Spark]

Holy ****

That is an abysmal way to get out.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Finally Gully gets a wicket.

 

[Xuhaib]

lol Bell

 

[Z-Man]

Things getting out of hand :O

God!

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Another point. You would have thought that Bresnan would come straight back in to the side for Sri Lanka. However with Monty bowling so well you'd assume they're gonna stick with 2 spinners, and they can't exactly just go with 6 batsman the way things are going.

Bell you muppet.

 

[Xuhaib]

waiting for a CWB rant.

 

[Spark]

They're known to be close and I get tired of Swann endlessly kissing his a$$ and so should you

God forbid a player supports his teammates

 

[GIMH]

Absolutely stunned. TBH I looked away, turned back and saw the shot and just assumed it would have been Morgan. ****ing hell.

 

[Spikey]

I NEED VIDEO OF THAT ASAP z

 

[hazsa19]

Well that's one way of surviving Ajmal

 

[smash84]

lol Bell