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***Official*** England in Pakistan

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Bell thinks he's got Yousuf, debatable catch - he's gone! Bell gets his first Test wicket and Geoff Boycott eats his words, having one second previously on TMS called Bell "a play yourself in bowler"! Great moment for Bell, superb captaincy to bowl him from Vaughan, and England have the crucial breakthrough.

Time to play The Shahid Afridi Lottery. :D
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Afridi smacks Bell for a straight four second ball, Boycs giggles like a little girl.

EDIT: And again.

EDIT: And then a cut for four more.
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Beleg said:
Cricinfo wrote,



Extreme unprofessionalism from cricinfo there.
No change there then, after the ridiculous "Rampant Pakistan demolish England" headline when Pakistan won by 22 runs.
 

Mr Mxyzptlk

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Barney Rubble said:
The commentary also just called Mohammad Yousuf "Youhana" - you'd think they'd know by now.
I call him Youhana too. I refuse to call him anything else, cause that's how I know him. If Neil changed his name to Niala (for whatever reasons...I don't ask), I'd still call him Neil. That said, Cricinfo should know better. For shame...
 

Dasa

International Vice-Captain
Scaly piscine said:
No change there then, after the ridiculous "Rampant Pakistan demolish England" headline when Pakistan won by 22 runs.
Well..175 all out sounds like demolition to me...unless you think that's a good performance?
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Dasa said:
Well..175 all out sounds like demolition to me...unless you think that's a good performance?
When India bowled Australia out for 93 chasing 106, was that a demolition? 13 runs cannot, by definition, be a demolition.
 

Dasa

International Vice-Captain
Barney Rubble said:
When India bowled Australia out for 93 chasing 106, was that a demolition? 13 runs cannot, by definition, be a demolition.
Not a demolition in terms of the margin of the win, but a demolition in that they were demolished by the bowlers for a paltry score. I didn't see anything wrong with calling the Pakistani bowling performance a demolition - similar with India v Aus that you've given as an example.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Dasa said:
Not a demolition in terms of the margin of the win, but a demolition in that they were demolished by the bowlers for a paltry score. I didn't see anything wrong with calling the Pakistani bowling performance a demolition - similar with India v Aus that you've given as an example.
The bowling performance, yes - but for the headline at the end of the match, which is supposed to sum up the whole game, to be what it was in that situation, is a little off the mark I think.
 

luckyeddie

Cricket Web Staff Member
Scaly piscine said:
They won a tight game, they didn't demolish England.
I would suggest that the headline summed up the performance of the Pakistani bowlers on the final day perfectly.
 

ClownSymonds

U19 Vice-Captain
How sad. England have resorted to cheating in an attempt to beat the 7th ranked test team. Bell didn't catch that ball to dismiss Yousuf, and he knew it. What a little punk. More than anyone else in the England team, I hate him.
 

luckyeddie

Cricket Web Staff Member
ClownSymonds said:
How sad. England have resorted to cheating in an attempt to beat the 7th ranked test team. Bell didn't catch that ball to dismiss Yousuf, and he knew it. What a little punk. More than anyone else in the England team, I hate him.
Cheap shot.

Haven't you got a local shop to rob? I'm sure you're running short of bread.

How's Krusty doing for Australia? He's rubbish, isn't he?
 

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