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

[Jarquis]

lol Gul. Thanks for the seamers Misbah.

Carn Jos.

 

[Z-Man]

zzz, racist ban plz.

Hits on the soft spot doesn't it? Half the team is non-english

 

[ganeshran]

grecian comes back just in time to jinx buttler

Edit: And succeeds in doing so

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Really unlucky there Buttler.

 

[grecian]

Hits on the soft spot doesn't it? Half the team is non-english

No, hit's on the staggeringly dull spot, you even called someone born in Forest Gate an import. Now Patel is in he's from forn parts too, deepest darkest Leicester.

Idiot.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Fatel isnt that far from me.

 

[ganeshran]

If england manage to get to 120, then Swann is the key here. The pitch doesnt look like it will suit Finn's bowling.

 

[stumpski]

Buttler starting to look out of his depth IMO. Time on his side, obvs, but 7 from 13 is useless in this format.

 

[grecian]

Buttler starting to look out of his depth IMO. Time on his side, obvs, but 7 from 13 is useless in this format.

Yeah, hate to say it, but he just needed to try to play conventionally for a while, on these pitches, then try the weird stuff. Yet I guess he was picked for that reason.

Decent cameo from Samit.

 

[stumpski]

Ajmal has taken something like 40 wickets against England in all games on this tour.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Tbf to Buttler, facing Ajmal and Gul isn't easy.

 

[grecian]

Why Broad, he's crap from the start, throw in Swanneh

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I like that from Ajmal, he's angry at himself for leaking the runs. He's a tough competitor.

Congrats KP

 

[grecian]

Good 50 KP, if we could just get it to 125, it's defendable on this pitch. Will have to bowl brilliantly though, but that's been the way of it this tour.

 

[wpdavid]

Buttler starting to look out of his depth IMO. Time on his side, obvs, but 7 from 13 is useless in this format.

CBA to look it up, but isn't his record in the 40-over game rather better than in the 2020 matches?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Yep, his record there is excellent.

 

[grecian]

CBA to look it up, but isn't his record in the 40-over game rather better than in the 2020 matches?

Much, much better, he's not got a great record in this form, ok, but he's much better at the slightly longer form.

 

[wpdavid]

Why Broad, he's crap from the start, throw in Swanneh

Maybe because Swann's batting was absolutely shocking in the first of these games..

 

[stumpski]

He averages something ridiculous - about 70 - in domestic List A games, and I imagine most of those would have been 40 overs.

 

[grecian]

Maybe because Swann's batting was absolutely shocking in the first of these games..

I suppose so, but broads almost always been shocking in the shorter forms, oh why didn't you ****ing run.