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

[wpdavid]

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Wonder if he's better off just resting for the 3rd test as this is probably a lost cause.

Looks like Cook agrees with you. I can't think of any other reason why he decided to give catching practice.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Trying to sweep a leg spinner out of the rough

Not sure he would have played that shot if he was fully fit. Scrambled brain with the injury and all that.

 

[marc71178]

Too many lefties for my liking. I see no reason why Pak wont include Asif if they're including Amir.

An attack of Amir-Asif-Wahab-Yasir would be mouth-watering. Especially in non-SC conditions. Pak tour Eng, NZ and Aus next year. Am hopeful this attack comes to frutition.

Not sure that half of those will be even be allowed in England. If they ever play again I strongly hope they get continuously booed whenever on the pitch, cheating ****s.

 

[Daemon]

Joe Root sweepstakes

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[Grumpy]

Not sure that half of those will be even be allowed in England. If they ever play again I strongly hope they get continuously booed whenever on the pitch, cheating ****s.

They've served their ban. They're allowed to be selected. Dont see the issue.
Asif and Aamir should have no problem being allowed in England. Only one who would have issues being allowed would be Butt. He accepted deportation im exchange for early release from jail.

 

[smash84]

Not possible to wrap it up today i reckon

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Not possible to wrap it up today i reckon

If Root goes quickly you never know with that line up.

 

[aussie]

I don't think anyone is doubting his ability. It's the same issue as the Gayle one in the West Indies-Sri Lanka thread. They team management, whether rightly or not, have decided to move on from these players. Now we can keep talking about "if KP/Gayle played" but it's not going to amount to much and after a point people just get bored. I am a huge KP fan, but I have now moved on from the subject. England are not going to pick him...so it's better to talk about what's realistically going to happen, rather than something that's not going to happen.

Except WI have not "moved on" from Gayle - he is simply injured & certainly would have realistically played in SRI tests if available - his situation is in no comparison to KP.

 

[aussie]

Too many lefties for my liking. I see no reason why Pak wont include Asif if they're including Amir.

An attack of Amir-Asif-Wahab-Yasir would be mouth-watering. Especially in non-SC conditions. Pak tour Eng, NZ and Aus next year. Am hopeful this attack comes to frutition.

I get the feeling given Asif's age and the feeling the he was didn't seem too remorseful for what he did, PAK are unlikely to go back to him.

 

[aussie]

Look here dumbass, he's not playing and not going to be again in yours or my lifetime.....most of the world has moved on and accepted this fact of life whatever their opinion on the matter. Once again you're polluting the wrong thread with your boring as bat**** opinions.......there is a thread for this topic but please don't ask me to link it because quite frankly I like most England fans are sick of hearing about Kevin ****ing Peitersen.

Love how you CW get worked up. When you come out this website bubble most ENG fans have not moved not moved on from KP being dropped, check his millions of twitter or read comments on articles about him on sites like daily telegraph in particularly. So its highly incorrect to say majority of ENG fans are sick of hearing about KP.

 

[smash84]

well at least bell and root are battling it out. good stuff

 

[aussie]

Dead right.
Perhaps it's worth adding that one or two people seem to have conveniently forgotten how little Pietersen contributed last time were were in this part of the world.
Averaged about 10 didn't he?

It was his only series struggle vs a quality spin attack in Asia - he certainly could have corrected that if circumstances were different and was in team now.

 

[smash84]

yasir shah's current average is less than 25. I wonder how much it'll go up once he leaves the Asian shores

 

[Niall]

England showing some spirit and you bring on Babar for what exactly?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

yasir shah's current average is less than 25. I wonder how much it'll go up once he leaves the Asian shores

Who knows but that will be a good test for him. Be good to see a leg spinner in England next summer and how we play him.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Bell is going to make enough runs in this innings to ensure he keeps his place for the final Test and then make 0 and 3 when it matters.

 

[aussie]

Bell is going to make enough runs in this innings to ensure he keeps his place for the final Test and then make 0 and 3 when it matters.

Haha indeed, the trend of his career in recent years - continuously lucky ENG keep backing him blindly.

 

[Cabinet96]

We can draw this you know.

 

[Niall]

We can draw this you know.

Its feasible, Imran is decent, but manageable, Pakistan seem to reliant on Yasir and Wahab to pull out some magic to get things going,

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bell is going to make enough runs in this innings to ensure he keeps his place for the final Test and then make 0 and 3 when it matters.

Well it's not like this innings doesn't matter.