*Official* Australia vs Pakistan in England

[BoyBrumby]

Why aren't they allowed to use floodlights?

Apparently the local residents object.

Clarke looks in excellent form. Has found his timing very quickly. I'd be more than happy to see Clarke bat the day and make a century. Would prefer it if he didn't put on a big partnership with Katich though, not sure I could stomach a Katich century. Bring back Phil Hughes TBH. He might not be pretty to watch either, but he's way more entertaining than Katich.

WAC. Leave Katto alone; roughly 1,000,000 times less annoying to watch than Hughes.

Asif looks to have lost a yard to me? Never been lightening, but Aamer looks appreciably quicker.

 

[pasag]

When did they change the spelling of Aamer's name to Amir?

 

[BoyBrumby]

When did they change the spelling of Aamer's name to Amir?

I clearly missed that meeting, anyway.

Bowling well, regardless of spelling.

 

[Spark]

Apparently the local residents object.



WAC. Leave Katto alone; roughly 1,000,000 times less annoying to watch than Hughes.

Asif looks to have lost a yard to me? Never been lightening, but Aamer looks appreciably quicker.

Definitely seems slower than when I last saw him.

 

[Prince EWS]

When did they change the spelling of Aamer's name to Amir?

Well he wasn't named in English so it might not have an official English spelling. He's still Aamer on cricinfo except on their HawkEye graffic. Eventually he'll pick one I guess, like Shakib/Saqibul did.

 

[Jayzamann]

Apparently the local residents object.

Ahh think this board has been through the 'if you don't like stadium lighting don't live near a stadium' thing a million times, shall leave it at that.

Still, they should all eat a lot of ****s.

 

[Jayzamann]

Well he wasn't named in English so it might not have an official English spelling. He's still Aamer on cricinfo except on their HawkEye graffic. Eventually he'll pick one I guess, like Shakib/Saqibul did.

There seems to be a few discrepancies between English and native spellings. There's Younis/Younus, Muralitharan/Muralidaran and loads of others.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Well he wasn't named in English so it might not have an official English spelling. He's still Aamer on cricinfo except on their HawkEye graffic. Eventually he'll pick one I guess, like Shakib/Saqibul did.

Its Aamer and Shakib


Going back to the match...Aamer is bowling brilliantly..if only he had more support from Asif and Gul who look out of sorts today

 

[Spark]

There seems to be a few discrepancies between English and native spellings. There's Younis/Younus, Muralitharan/Muralidaran and loads of others.

They're transliterations based on how it sounds, so obviously different people will have different opinions on the spelling.

 

[Woodster]

Aamer has cranked up the pace, touching 90mph now, and in the middle of a good spell and an intruiging battle with Clarke.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Oh, shot from Clarke there. Aamer overpitched a teeny fraction only, but ruthlessly dispatched through the covers.

Think Clarke's direness in the sortened forms a fair price to pay for him in this kinda nick in tests.

 

[Spark]

50 for Katich, great innings. Not pretty but he's seen off the dangerous new ball.

9 tests in a row he's reached 50 now, incredible.

 

[pasag]

Katman

 

[social]

Oh, shot from Clarke there. Aamer overpitched a teeny fraction only, but ruthlessly dispatched through the covers.

Think Clarke's direness in the sortened forms a fair price to pay for him in this kinda nick in tests.

Yeah we'll take him averaging 52 in tests every day of the week

Just wish they'd get rid of him altogether from the shorter stuff and be done with it

 

[Kylez]

50 for Katich. It's been a solid but slightly streaky innings from him, he has looked a lot better in the last half an hour though.

9 consecutive half centuries for Kato, so consistent .

 

[Jayzamann]

Ninth consecutive test where Kat has scored a 50, that's serious constant rock solidness.

 

[Scaly piscine]

They're transliterations based on how it sounds, so obviously different people will have different opinions on the spelling.

Yep. Scrabble dictionary is a never ending nightmare of words with tons of spellings. Phonetic memory + lots of spellings = very irritating.

Anyway sounds like this could be drifting into a bit of a no contest or high scoring draw. Pakistan need a spark from somewhere.

 

[Spark]

100 partnership too. Exactly what we needed.

Hm. Katich really opening up now (mind you trash bowling from Afridi)

 

[pasag]

Fantastic batting.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Afridi doing a very good job of proving why he should not be in the test team