*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

[Groundking]

Hales obviously has a little bit of credit in the bank (mainly because of the rest of the line up being so ****) but man he looks so far away from an international batsmen.

No footwork and his bat was miles from his body, rubbish. I think he'll get the series, but if he fails, who's next of the bus?

 

[Dan]

Hales has performed against mediocre Sri Lanka bowling, but against proper test bowlers for SA and Pakistan he's struggled.

The British Guptill

 

[social]

Amir is a superb bowler

Really hope he stays on the right track

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The British Guptill

Not that good I feel.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

A quicker pitch, this time Amir will take the Pfeiffer.

Is that Beefy saying that he thinks a late swinging ball works best?

 

[91Jmay]

Scaly to come on and say Stokes plays on the hardest track in country and Woakes on a road.

this magically doesn't count for their bowling averages though.

 

[Pothas]

The good thing is that Stokes v Woakes is really something we don't need to do anymore, they can complement each other perfectly.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Scaly to come on and say Stokes plays on the hardest track in country and Woakes on a road.

Edgbaston has been a bit of a slow pitch generally over the past 5 years, lots of drawn matches.

 

[Top_Cat]

Amir taking all his wickets so far by hitting the stumps because his team are dropping catches. Coincidence?

 

[Spikey]

No footwork and his bat was miles from his body, rubbish. I think he'll get the series, but if he fails, who's next of the bus?

woakes

 

[Adders]

Rank delivery but how good did that sound off the bat??

 

[Dan]

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[Spikey]

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I am watching the G1 but please ask your fellow commentators if they feel Amir should have banned for life as I think it's interesting question. Thank you.

 

[Burner]

That cricinfo article. "Two spin or not two spin"

 

[Dan]

I am watching the G1 but please ask your fellow commentators if they feel Amir should have banned for life as I think it's interesting question. Thank you.

Any good? Who's winning?

 

[morgieb]

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Who's on with Howe? You?

 

[Groundking]

Those rough patches are all ready looking a complete joke, we're 12 overs in ffs

 

[Dan]

Who's on with Howe? You?

Not me. Shady Slim.

 

[morgieb]

Not me. Shady Slim.

Yeah he just answered that

 

[Spikey]

Any good? Who's winning?

Omega & YOSHI-HASHI just had a pretty good match. headline tonight is Shibata vs Tomoaki Honma so I'm expecting gross headbutts. Overall Naito is almost certainly winning this thing