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*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016

grecian

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
****avoid this post if you don't want to put up with extreme smartarsery with the benefit of hindsight****

It really is quite amazing that two of the most negative decisions by Cook of all time has coincided with us going from 1-0 down in the series to 2-1 up. Amazing squared.
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Yeah but it's a real "no outstanding performance" nomination - a frontline bowler who didn't get the most wickets and runs that largely were ultimately not required!
I don't understand how someone can hold this opinion?
 

greg

International Debutant
I don't understand how someone can hold this opinion?
I think i've overplayed the point somewhat. Which ultimately was that this was a complete team performance with few, if any, outstanding individual contributions. Of course Ali's runs were important (there was a reason for including the word "ultimately". Perhaps i should have written "in pure statistical terms"). And, ironically, they were far more important coming from a batsman at no7 than had they come from a batsman at the top of the order. And clearly he was more deserving of the MotM than anyone else. But nobody, surely, can deny that it is a bit unusual for somebody in the side primarily for his bowling should win the MotM almost entirely for his batting? And when he didn't even score the most runs in the match! (if you include Pakistan).
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
****avoid this post if you don't want to put up with extreme smartarsery with the benefit of hindsight****

It really is quite amazing that two of the most negative decisions by Cook of all time has coincided with us going from 1-0 down in the series to 2-1 up. Amazing squared.
I'd rather he made aggressive decisions and we were 3-0 down bro
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Lol that is amazing. So England scratched the new ball after 7 overs? How ****ing thick are those morons?
 

England87

Cricket Spectator
Well I thought it was so ridiculous I couldn't actually believe it, so I needed to find some quick opinions to make sure I wasn't losing my mind. Facebook is full of trolls and the social media Pakistan fans are utter morons all over the ECB page. Am I insane is this as stupid as it looks?
 

Adders

Cricketer Of The Year
You ****ing beauty!!!!

Really amazed to wake up and see we got the win:D Just read every overnight post here and it sounds like we bowled incredibly well.......really happy especially for Finn and Moeen.
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I don't have a problem with the conservative declaration in the Test just gone. Ultimately England are the home side, the favourites, they've no reason at all to give Pakistan a reasonable shot at winning, particularly the sort of enigmatic team they are. England just bowled really well today and would have been too much for anyone I think.

If Pakistan were in England's situation then you expect there to be more of a gamble, because in all probability it would have been their best, if not only, shot at winning a second Test.
 

Adders

Cricketer Of The Year
Well I thought it was so ridiculous I couldn't actually believe it, so I needed to find some quick opinions to make sure I wasn't losing my mind. Facebook is full of trolls and the social media Pakistan fans are utter morons all over the ECB page. Am I insane is this as stupid as it looks?
Whenever you get reverse swing (particularly when it really comes from nowhere) there is always some suspicion and I guess those on the losing end of it go looking for **** like that.
 

Starfighter

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I can see the ball being rotated around in the hand. I don't see any fingernails being dug into the ball for any significant period of time.
 

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