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

MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
flibbertyjibber said:
Making 200+ even on a flat track is some effort in that heat. Apart from the no ball it was an innings so out of character for him as there were no chances.

If Cook or any other England player makes a ton does it not count as it on a flat pitch?
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Well no because for them it's away from home in 'subcontinental conditions'. Urgh.
 
Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
schearzie said:
Cricinfo is saying Bell's looking novice. I can't see at the moment, is he completely at sea? Why is he scoring so slowly?
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Babar is bowling extremely tightly and pretty well, everything fullish on the stumps.

Bell's looking jittery
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Howe_zat said:
Boycott on TMS this morning was rancid. Basically doing his uisual trick of deriding any runs scored on a flat wicket, "let's see if [Malik] can score 200 in England with the ball swinging around."

He doesn't have to because they're not in England you muppet.

This is a test match happening RIGHT NOW and scoring 200s on a flat pitch is how you are going to win this actually happening test match right now. That's what counts
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Yeah I kind of think it's okay for him to be scathing when a player can't handle English conditions (just as England players are rightly panned when they fail in the subcontinent or wherever) but it's just stupid to be so smug about it when someone does well in their own conditions. He seems to think all cricket should be about is proving you can play on a green deck under grey skies. I mean, that's the best cricket no doubt but it's a very small percentage of all cricket really.
 
Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Did he play at it?

No Botham he was deliberately aiming at air trying to hit God for 6.
 
Cabinet96

Cabinet96

Hall of Fame Member
Most tons by an overseas player in Asia (twice as many as the next English guy) and first English ton in the UAE.

WAG.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
Well done Cooky. So glad he is back looking like a top opening batsmen again. We needed him desperately to step up this winter, good start.
 
MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
This is really one of the main reasons he's been so valuable, even through his rough spell, he's so much more at home in these conditions than anyone else we have.
 
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