*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[smash84]

Time for the old, our batting cost us the test matche lets drop three bowlers then.

finn definitely has to go,

 

[Cabinet96]

The decision is obviously right it's just kind of funny.

 

[91Jmay]

Stokes could come in for Vince.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Borthwick ****ed over once more.

 

[Scaly piscine]

So lets have a think about what Borthwick could do to get picked:

1) Join Slurry
2) Join Middlesex
3) Get some ****** tattoos
4) Discover some South African heritage
5) Get Cricinfo's staff on his cheerleading team
6) Whine about the ball moving too much
7) Be softer than a baby's arse
8) Learn the secret handshake
9) Change his name to Ravi Bopara

 

[GIMH]

Hey weldone, you suck

 

[weldone]

No, Alastair Cook does.

 

[smash84]

So lets have a think about what Borthwick could do to get picked:

1) Join Slurry
2) Join Middlesex
3) Get some ****** tattoos
4) Discover some South African heritage
5) Get Cricinfo's staff on his cheerleading team
6) Whine about the ball moving too much
7) Be softer than a baby's arse
8) Learn the secret handshake
9) Change his name to Ravi Bopara

would borthwick's presence have made a material difference to the outcome?

 

[GIMH]

No, Alastair Cook does.

Let's pick some career highlights

Alastair Cook: the most prolific opening batsman of all time
Weldone: flounced out of cricsim and declared he wouldn't even be continuing with the mafia game that was ongoing

Tough call

 

[Niall]

I am not sure how effective Rashid will be.

Yeah bar one crazy session where Pakistan had an LOL collapse in the UAE he was a flop. He was outbowled by Malik ffs.

 

[Howe_zat]

Rashid may or may not take wickets but I'm fairly sure either way he will make Yasir Shah look better

 

[weldone]

Alastair Cook: the most prolific opening batsman of all time

 

[GIMH]

Check the figures bro

 

[Pothas]

Stokes could come in for Vince.

I hope not, no need for 6 bowlers and the team has gone pretty well with the structure it had before he got injured, he should just come in for Finn.

Obviously there is a case for dropping for Vince for another batsman or a keeper but they were never likely to do that after one Test.

 

[Shady Slim]

So lets have a think about what Borthwick could do to get picked:

1) Join Slurry
2) Join Middlesex
3) Get some ****** tattoos
4) Discover some South African heritage
5) Get Cricinfo's staff on his cheerleading team
6) Whine about the ball moving too much
7) Be softer than a baby's arse
8) Learn the secret handshake
9) Change his name to Ravi Bopara

perhaps he could save the life of a stonecutter or be the descendant of a stonecutter

more seriously not having such a stupid name might help

 

[Compton]

would borthwick's presence have made a material difference to the outcome?

Could well have.

He's a form batsman, making a score could have shifted momentum significantly. Given that Yasir bowled so well on it and Moeen was so ineffective, Borthwick's leggies could have snagged a wicket or too as well.

 

[smash84]

Could well have.

He's a form batsman, making a score could have shifted momentum significantly. Given that Yasir bowled so well on it and Moeen was so ineffective, Borthwick's leggies could have snagged a wicket or too as well.

Pakistan generally play the spinners ok. Especially in the recent cew series

 

[TheJediBrah]

Could well have.

He's a form batsman, making a score could have shifted momentum significantly. Given that Yasir bowled so well on it and Moeen was so ineffective, Borthwick's leggies could have snagged a wicket or too as well.

Agree with this. Unless one side wins by an innings and 200+ runs or something, implying that an individual performance couldn't have significantly affected the outcome is ignorant.

 

[smash84]

Could well have.

He's a form batsman, making a score could have shifted momentum significantly. Given that Yasir bowled so well on it and Moeen was so ineffective, Borthwick's leggies could have snagged a wicket or too as well.

as somebody mentioned, its hard to pick somebody with that kind of name

 

[MW1304]

But Borthwick wouldn't have been playing instead of Moeen, who lest we forget actually took the two biggest wickets in the second innings, he would have been playing instead of Ballance. Would people really back this bloke on effective debut (don't) to have made all the difference? Give me a break.