***Official*** England in Pakistan

[wpdavid]

I'd like to see Harmison have a go at Raza before the ball gets much older.

EDIT

I'll have to keep this up. Make that I'd like to see Harmison have a go at Butt before the ball gets much older.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Freddie and Tres. Two men CAN win a Test match.

(and Hasan Raza is the new Ramprakash...)

 

[nightprowler10]

Typical collapse from Pakistan, I'm off to bed now.

 

[PY]

Collapse-tastic.

Great innings from Salman Butt though.

I think England are most definitely in the lead, when I got up it was 250/3 and thought we were out of it.

Freddie is my king.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

My word. This cricket malarkey never fails to surprise me.

 

[Deja moo]

YoYo made to seem like a complete buffoon there.

Its MoYo

 

[wpdavid]

My word. This cricket malarkey never fails to surprise me.

You're not kidding. Blinding effort from Hoggard, even allowing for the new ball.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Rather than the bloke who's scratched around and got out cheaply every time he's batted in Tests...

You mean the guy that's been batting to save the game most of the time and contributed in a big way to England getting their draws, along with being stuffed by the umpire and not getting away with being lbw and bowled off no-balls and playing horrid scoop shots that go safe? I think you'll also find Bell's record against non-useless sides is roughly the same as Collingwood - and this is with Bell getting extreme luck in 2 of 3 fifties.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Bell still looking far from solid IMO, I just get the impression he's about to do summat terribly silly at a moments notice.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Shot! Is it just me or is Multan full of the most beautiful ladygirls in the world?

 

[honestbharani]

That's appalling. You have an excuse in the middle in real time for LBWs and nicks, but seeing it 20 times in slo-mo from different angles suggests to me you ought to be able to get it right.

The words "gross incompetence" come to mind.

Allott: "All you need to do is look at a screen, it's not particularly difficult".

Maybe the umpire wanted to take it upon himself to make up for Billy's errors...

 

[Neil Pickup]

What a catch from Bell! Full face of the bat on the defensive from Shoaib, and Bell snaffles it one handed low to his right - excellent work. Gilo strikes.

Shabbir still allowed at 10 for some reason.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Bell gets Giles a wicket (that's 1 for one hundred odd for Giles), will England need 2 spinners in the 2nd Test?

 

[Neil Pickup]

What a catch from Bell! Full face of the bat on the defensive from Shoaib, and Bell snaffles it one handed low to his right - excellent work. Gilo strikes.

Shabbir still allowed at 10 for some reason.

Harmy gets two balls at Shabbir and needs one. At least he got bat on this one.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Bell gets Giles a wicket (that's 1 for one hundred odd for Giles), will England need 2 spinners in the 2nd Test?

What's the alternative? Liam Plunkett as a specialist batsman?

 

[social]

Pakistan have missed a golden opportunity to set a reasonable total here and have only themselves to blame.

Flintoff aside, the bowling has been very uninspiring but most of the batsmen have placed zero value on their wicket and paid the penalty.

 

[pskov]

How has Jones' keeping been? Cricinfo and what little I've managed to see gives a (suprisingly) solid impression.

 

[Scaly piscine]

KP caught one !!!!!!

I hope everyone will remember what they were doing the day when KP caught one.

 

[wpdavid]

KP caught one !!!!!!

I hope everyone will remember what they were doing the day when KP caught one.

Strewth. What happened?

 

[Pedro Delgado]

How has Jones' keeping been? Cricinfo and what little I've managed to see gives a (suprisingly) solid impression.

Dropped the usual amount off Giles, luckily none had the edge so didn't matter.