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

[screamingfields]

Bad umpiring... No wicket now, difficult later. For sure.

EDIT: England very good atm. And Pakistan not so.

 

[Jarquis]

For the love of god can we pick more back-up batsmen in the squad so we don't have to throw away any more caps on Ravi sadsack Bopara?

UGH.

Definitely no case for picking him

 

[Jono]

DRS really just is brilliant for inside edges like that.

Also England ****ing play on the front foot you ****s.

 

[Spark]

DRS really just is brilliant for inside edges like that.

Also England ****ing play on the front foot you ****s.

That advice would've been handy a month ago tbf.

Christ on a stick KP, play with a straight bat man.

 

[Jarquis]

4 ODIs and 3 T20s.

ODIs
Cook
Pietersen
Trott
Morgan
Kieswetter
Buttler
Patel
Bresnan
Swann
Broad
Anderson/Finn

Leaves Bairstow, Briggs, Bopara, Dernbach and Finn as reserves. Wouldn't mind seeing that, wouldn't mind if Finn played ahead of Anderson. Don't think we'll drop both Bopara and Bairstow so chances are one of them will play ahead of Buttler. The other changes from our last ODI being KP in for Bell and Morgan for whoever Bopara/Bairstow. Broad in for Meaker is a massive boost too.
.

Bopara ahead of Buttler and Anderson in for the injured Bresnan

 

[Neil Pickup]

Pietersen's strike rate is 41. Not a word of criticism.

If Trott had done this... Bob Willis would have imploded.

Happily he's now played all around a straight ball again.

 

[Jono]

That advice would've been handy a month ago tbf.

Christ on a stick KP, play with a straight bat man.

Yeah but I can see why you don't play on the front foot when there are men around the bat.

Now its just ****ing stupid.

Plus I've had a bit of a flutter on England to win this match so I actually want them to do well now.

And as I type KP bowled by a jaffer from Afridi.

 

[ganeshran]

Pietersen gone to Afridi

 

[Jarquis]

Oh Kevin.

 

[Spark]

There you go.

It's amazing how far this man has fallen.

 

[Z-Man]

Afridi!
WAG! <3

 

[Scaly piscine]

Definitely no case for picking him

That was T20.

And I'd still rather have Bresnan play and bat at 5 than have sadsack there.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Er... England? Straight balls?

It's okay, Ravi will save us.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Yes Afridi, gets KP and Trott.

 

[ganeshran]

Looks like Afridi is not a minnow basher after all

 

[Spark]

Wow Afridi.

Good to see England haven't disappointed. Expected entertainment when I saw they were batting first, and, well...

 

[Jono]

KP's wasn't a straight ball, it turned.

 

[Jono]

Er... England? Straight balls?

It's okay, Ravi will save us.

In fact neither were straight balls. One turned, the other was the wrong-un.

 

[Neil Pickup]

There you go.

It's amazing how far this man has fallen.

His technique is shot to ****. It's hardly turned, and he's played down the Channel Tunnel to the Hogwarts Express.

Go back to the indoor school and fix your game, Kevin, cause right now it's way short of International level.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Yeah that was a really quick legspinner.