*Official* Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 2018

[Prince EWS]

Ha, I watch games so rarely now that I don't have any interesting opinions.

Doesn't stop you posting in the politics threads.

 

[Firebreaker]

Seeing Murtagh bowl is sad because he could have made his debut ten years ago when England were flirting with duds like Mahmood, Kirtley, Caddick etc

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

 

[Uppercut]

Doesn't stop you posting in the politics threads.

 

[Prince EWS]

Seeing Murtagh bowl is sad because he could have made his debut ten years ago when England were flirting with duds like Mahmood, Kirtley, Caddick etc

He hasn't always been this good, you know. And Caddick played his last Test 15 years ago, you know.

 

[Flem274*]

I hope Ireland are furiously texting Sri Lanka and the West Indies to lure them over for a game

I think you studiously avoid too many games against western countries until you've got a few kills under your belt.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Been some comeback by Ireland, hope they can finish the job.

 

[weldone]

@PEWS Also, Caddick was a fine test bowler with over 200 wickets and many heroics. Calling him a 'dud' is really a pathetic insult. As much as I like Murtagh, this comparison is unfair to Caddick.

 

[Daemon]

Please don't let the face of nepotism bring Pakistan home

 

[Burgey]

Murrtagh: not too old for this ****.

 

[Firebreaker]

Azam hiding from Murtagh because he knows he will edge it to slip

 

[Flem274*]

5th bowler lord colin took 7fer against this lot. ireland just need to maintain their lines and they're in.

 

[Athlai]

FMD, I was giving that and celebrating. Why slips so far back?!?

 

[Uppercut]

I hope Ireland are furiously texting Sri Lanka and the West Indies to lure them over for a game

I think you studiously avoid too many games against western countries until you've got a few kills under your belt.

Everyone should just play a test in Ireland instead of the ****** three-day warm-ups they do when they tour England.

 

[Firebreaker]

Imam is not a nepotistic selection. The real nepotistic selections are Azhar and Shafiq who have now become 'senior' players and take their place in the team for granted. Same could be said about Sarfraz

 

[Athlai]

Imam is not a nepotistic selection. The real nepotistic selections are Azhar and Shafiq who have now become 'senior' players and take their place in the team for granted. Same could be said about Sarfraz

Tell us more about nepotism Firebreaker.

 

[Prince EWS]

Everyone should just play a test in Ireland instead of the ****** three-day warm-ups they do when they tour England.

This has been mentioned numerous times (including by myself), but to play devil's advocate I can imagine some reasons touring teams might disagree.

Sometimes teams lose or do very poorly in "the ****** three-day warm-ups they do when they tour England"... and while losing a tour game doesn't really matter, losing a Test (and by extension an entire "Test series") is a big deal, especially rankings-wise. Secondly I think they'd feel compelled to pick their best eleven, rather than whatever eleven they wanted to give experience to over two short games or whatever they were intending, and I think they'd probably dislike this too.

These aren't compelling reasons not to do this IMO, but they're not things I've really seen others bring up online, and I'm sure they're brought up in cricket board meetings of other teams.

 

[Prince EWS]

Imam is not a nepotistic selection. The real nepotistic selections are Azhar and Shafiq who have now become 'senior' players and take their place in the team for granted. Same could be said about Sarfraz

This is a disgraceful post. Have you heard of cricinfo.com?

 

[Firebreaker]

Tell us more about nepotism Firebreaker.

Nepotism in the sense because Sarfraz says that Azhar and Asad are like his 'brothers' and he would play them and himself no matter how terribly they perform

 

[Athlai]

Commentary has confirmed that public transport has broken down after thousands of screaming Murtamaniacs desperately try to get to the ground.