**Official** Pakistan and England in the UAE 2015/16

[flibbertyjibber]

For all those criticising Rashid it worth remembering that Moeen has hardly been any better. Nothing there for them at all.

 

[Gnske]

So how bad has Rashid been? Scorecard suggests pretty terrible.

Give him a break man, Rashid and Moeen are gonna be the only ones to score centuries for England this series.

 

[Black_Warrior]

So how bad has Rashid been? Scorecard suggests pretty terrible.

Had England held their chances and Rashid got to bowl to some new batsmen or lower order batsmen, who knows.

He did bowl better in the second spell but by then Hafeez and Malik were well set. I think he can get more out of the pitch if he was quicker because he does turn the ball and has a good googly. Shafiq failed to pick it off the hands once, but since it was slow, he managed to adjust still.

 

[OverratedSanity]

For all those criticising Rashid it worth remembering that Moeen has hardly been any better. Nothing there for them at all.

Sure but they're going at well over 4 an over. Gotta keep things tight at least.

I don't know how they've actually bowled though.. Just following it on Cricbuzz.

 

[dermo]

So how bad has Rashid been? Scorecard suggests pretty terrible.

wouldn't say he's been terrible, imo he's got enough variety and accuracy in his bowling to suggest he'll learn and improve. completely different conditions to england so he has to be given that chance to improve.

 

[fredfertang]

not the first spinner to debut in these conditions and go 0-100 and he certainly won't be the last. at least wait until you've seen him bowl in the second innings where there'll be sharper turn and more variable bounce before you write him off.

I've seen enough of Rashid to know he's a decent bowler - what worries me is his confidence - real mistake on the selectors part not to give him a debut in the Caribbean

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I've seen enough of Rashid to know he's a decent bowler - what worries me is his confidence - real mistake on the selectors part not to give him a debut in the Caribbean

Absolute joke he never played out there.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Pretty sure Rashid has doosra in his armoury! That one ball turned away from RH from the back of the hand

 

[hendrix]

Rahat Ali can be pretty gun when the ball starts reversing. Think there's enough there in this pitch that he'll cause some problems.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Rahat Ali can be pretty gun when the ball starts reversing. Think there's enough there in this pitch that he'll cause some problems.

Yeah I'm hoping he can get the same help Mark Wood is getting.

 

[fredfertang]

For all those criticising Rashid it worth remembering that Moeen has hardly been any better. Nothing there for them at all.

He does consistently get the rub of the green though - reminds me of Sir Beefy in that respect

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bloody Sky, keep showing the replay of the no ball yesterday but when you in and out of the room shouting at sloth kids who are running late for school you think it live and a wicket might have gone down. Grrrrrrrrr

 

[Cabinet96]

From the little cricket I've seen in the UAE the new ball has been crucial, so it's pretty annoying we couldn't grab one wicket with it. Not really sure where another chance is going to come from.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Chance will come from a brain fart like Younis gave us.

Have to say this pair have played very well today.

 

[Cabinet96]

Director just cut to ads mid Michael Atherton technical explanation. Not ok.

 

[Furball]

Just saw the highlights and read through the thread, I'm glad we all agree there was no way Misbah's decision should've been overturned.

We are of course assuming that what we see and hear is what the 3rd umpire sees and hears. Given that we're not privy to any conversation between the 3rd umpire and the on-field umpire, it's not an unreasonable assumption that the 3rd umpire has access to audio that the TV viewer doesn't.

 

[Spark]

We are of course assuming that what we see and hear is what the 3rd umpire sees and hears. Given that we're not privy to any conversation between the 3rd umpire and the on-field umpire, it's not an unreasonable assumption that the 3rd umpire has access to audio that the TV viewer doesn't.

It is exactly the case that we see and hear what the 3rd umpire sees, no? I'm pretty sure the TV people coordinate the camera angles etc which are given to the 3rd umpire.

 

[NUFAN]

England can win 10 games of football in quicker time then 10 wickets on this pitch

 

[Cabinet96]

Pakistan have already scored more in this innings than either team did in a single innings in the 2012 series.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Finn out of series, Jordan called up.