***Official*** England in Pakistan

[Barney Rubble]

Trescothick out - guess how? Sweeping Shoaib Malik!!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Perhaps ALL English batsmen should stop sweeping to Yousuf?

You'd think so, but no, Tres makes it 3...

 

[superkingdave]

Pretty pathetic tbh, all 3 wickets effectively thrown away, after a good start when the ball was actually doing something. Effectively 115-4 with Collingwood at the crease its pretty bleak allready.

 

[Nate]

I think you clicked on the wrong smiley... :P

Keep it up Pakistan!

 

[irfan]

lol if malik was posin problems with the english only using the sweep shot to combat him, imagine wat Warne. MacGilla and co. will do next year!

 

[Prince EWS]

Just found it:

When you can't cause Prosper Utseya problems, you know you're crap.

Utseya actually has a lot of batting talent. He was actually picked as a specialist batsman in one test - and scored a good looking 46.

 

[ClownSymonds]

I've always been a Malik fan, you know.

 

[ClownSymonds]

Utseya actually has a lot of batting talent. He was actually picked as a specialist batsman in one test - and scored a good looking 46.

Yeah, Prosper Utseya is amazing. Blessing Mahwire is wonderful as well.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Utseya actually has a lot of batting talent. He was actually picked as a specialist batsman in one test - and scored a good looking 46.

Oh. Well, still - Strauss can't be much of a bowler.

 

[Adamc]

That's quite remarkable - top three all getting out to the same shot off the same bowler.

 

[superkingdave]

Collingwood scoring more than a run a ball - somethings not quite right here

 

[Neil Pickup]

Collingwood scoring more than a run a ball - somethings not quite right here

No, it's Shoaib Malik bowling wide half-volleys without anyone on the cover boundary.

C'mon Paul, prove us all wrong.

 

[Prince EWS]

Oh. Well, still - Strauss can't be much of a bowler.

As much as Im not going to say I rate Strauss' bowling, restricting Utseya to 3 runs in an over isnt quite as easy as you make out.

Im not saying it was a good over or that he did well to restrict him, but he certainly could have done worse, and I dont think you can say it was a poor over based on the fact that Prosper only took 3 from it.

 

[Barney Rubble]

As much as Im not going to say I rate Strauss' bowling, restricting Utseya to 3 runs in an over isnt quite as easy as you make out.

Im not saying it was a good over or that he did well to restrict him, but he certainly could have done worse, and I dont think you can say it was a poor over based on the fact that Prosper only took 3 from it.

I'm not saying it was that bad an over, just that Utseya wasn't trying that hard to score off it, so the amount of runs is pretty irrelevant. And the commentator did describe his bowling as "lollipops", and said he was "round-arm", so he's clearly not very experienced in the bowler's art!

 

[Tony Blade]

That looked plumb

 

[superkingdave]

That looked plumb

yep

 

[PY]

KP!

Stupid Parliament thingy on Radio 4.

 

[Barney Rubble]

KP!

Stupid Parliament thingy on Radio 4.

Yup, it's bloody annoying.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Anyone else notice that Shoaib Akhtar has figures of 10-4-16-0? That's remarkably economical for anyone, let alone him.

 

[PY]

KP is almost on the most sixes in career list after 8* Test matches.

Stay focused lad and keep taking singles!