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***Official*** England in Pakistan
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ClownSymonds
U19 Vice-Captain
After the New Zealand-Australia madness, it still appears as though chasing 300+ is difficult against decent bowling. Hopefully this, like the early losses to India in that series, will spur Pakistan on to do better. They were probably missing Afridi more than anything. The required runrate killed them in the end, and there was nobody like McCullum there to dominate the bowling.
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Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Another good day for the Durham lads, Pakistan's cricket fans seem to be the equivalent of football fans in this country.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Man of the Match is a tough call.
ClownSymonds
U19 Vice-Captain
Maybe Flintoff or Plunkett.Scaly piscine said:
ClownSymonds
U19 Vice-Captain
I don't think you're right on that. They'll put Afridi in for Kaneria, of course, and then Sami and Akhtar will be the only tailenders. The problem here was losing the toss and having to chase 327. This pitch was terrible.social said:
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Heh Strauss got MoM, was perm any one of 5 really.
ClownSymonds
U19 Vice-Captain
Not the best choice. On a batting pitch like this, with Pakistan's bowling being fairly ordinary, his innings shouldn't be given such value.Scaly piscine said:
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Clearly wrong IMHO. I'd have said Blackwell, but I guess it would look a bit odd giving MOTM to a bowler with no wickets when two have taken 3 each.Scaly piscine said:
Blackwell has done himself a lot of good I think. Looks a far better bowler than Udal (hard to compare across tests & ODIs, admittedly) but no-one was able to dominate him like Udal was. Could well be in the squad for India if he backs this performance up.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Agreed on all counts. When Younis & Butt were going like trains, and Fred & Harmy had bowled 8 overs for 70, I thought we were dead in the water. Lots of credit to the rest of the attack for holding their nerve.BoyBrumby said:Yorker to finish. Good performance from us I thought. Certainly didn't miss MPV too much....
MPV's selection or otherwise will definitely be an interesting one if the current top 3 keep doing the business. Mind you, it is only one game and it was an absolute road.
Well played England!!
I think Butt should have carried on and get a few more runs.. and Inzy should not have tried the late cut so early on in his innings but that is the way it goes, apart from those two and Kamran I think Pak played okay to chase a 300+ target but England pretty much outplayed Pak in all departments. Blackwell and plunkett bowled really well.
I think Butt should have carried on and get a few more runs.. and Inzy should not have tried the late cut so early on in his innings but that is the way it goes, apart from those two and Kamran I think Pak played okay to chase a 300+ target but England pretty much outplayed Pak in all departments. Blackwell and plunkett bowled really well.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Well you're a ray of sunshine today, aren't you?!? That's why I said IMHO (as in In My Humble Opinion). Strauss did well, solid foundation & all that, but it was KP, Fred & Colly who turned a promising start into a potentially match-winning position.greg said:
As for Blackwell, well he comfortably outbowled Malik & Kaneria who both played on the same turning pitch as he did. I say credit where it's due. If he'd have gone for nigh-on seven per over like Kaneria did instead of 4 and a half we could've seen a very different result.