***Official*** England in Pakistan

[luckyeddie]

Wow england have picked a 36 year old! Interesting to see how he goes.

Very steady indeed. Got tanked in his first over but has come close on a couple of occasions to picking up a wicket.

 

[Beleg]

That was an....interesting dismissal.

Anyway, well played Butt and well bowled Udal.

 

[Blaze]

Very steady indeed. Got tanked in his first over but has come close on a couple of occasions to picking up a wicket.

I hope he goes alright. I think it is great that someone so old can still be considered for test selection.

Dion Nash is 34 or something yet retired 2-3 years ago. Sure he was injury plagued (Like Geoff Allot) but I really do hate the way that some players pull the plug once they hit the early 30's.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hurray, fish bum is out.

 

[superkingdave]

yeah good ball, good reactions from Geriant. Nice knock from Butt

 

[Neil Pickup]

yeah good ball, good reactions from Geriant. Nice knock from Butt

I think we should make him catch everything off slips' heads/knees/backsides...

 

[aussie]

interesting days play so far, great reactions from Geraint, well done to Udal he has bowled pretty well...

 

[luckyeddie]

Hurray, fish bum is out.

Eh?

Oh. I think of him as Norwegian Water Barrel.

 

[superkingdave]

I think we should make him catch everything off slips' heads/knees/backsides...

its almost as if because he makes so many errors, he's expecting it of those around him and so he's ready to react when they do happen

 

[Beleg]

The commentary from cricinfo is disgraceful.

 

[luckyeddie]

I hope he goes alright. I think it is great that someone so old can still be considered for test selection.

Dion Nash is 34 or something yet retired 2-3 years ago. Sure he was injury plagued (Like Geoff Allot) but I really do hate the way that some players pull the plug once they hit the early 30's.

Yes, it's quite unusual now for England. Almost Australian-like, giving guys with zimmer frames their debut.

He's bowling superbly as well.

 

[superkingdave]

Freddie!!!!

 

[aussie]

well bowled Freddie

 

[aussie]

well i've been watching from the starting and i dont know if anyone else who has can help, but i dont see why Raza is playing in front of Kamal?

 

[luckyeddie]

Bad time for Inzy to come to the wicket, just a quarter of an hour before tea.

I reckon he was just eyeing up the jam tarts and now he's had to go out to the middle. Bet that git Shoaib Akhtar pinches that yummy cream horn too.

 

[superkingdave]

well i've been watching from the starting and i dont know if anyone else who has can help, but i dont see why Raza is playing in front of Kamal?

Kamal looked in awful form in the first warmup and Raza scored the match winning innings in the other?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

How about Afridi then?

 

[Hanuma]

do you reckon this first day has been all about england learning the conditions a little and getting used to such dead pitches?

or were they already full prepared for such a thing and pakistan have just batted well?

or they are still shaking off hangover/nerves?

 

[aussie]

Kamal looked in awful form in the first warmup and Raza scored the match winning innings in the other?

fair enough, but i think thats a bit unfair to Kamal for a bloke who has done pretty well for Pakistan in that position, but hopefully the pakistani's know what their doing...

 

[Hazza]

Kamal looked in awful form in the first warmup and Raza scored the match winning innings in the other?

Top scored in both Pakistan A innings