***Official*** England in Pakistan

[Blaze]

http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/WorldXI_ODI.asp

That is a terrible way to decide the keeper. We all know that Jones (he may have improved against Pakistan but still) is not international standard let alone World XI material.

 

[irfan]

with afrid back i'd say pakistan has one hell of a middle order, up there with the best - MoYo,Inzy,Afridi,Malik,Razzaq - more trouble for england yet

 

[Barney Rubble]

Fantastic hundred (again) from Akmal, Pakistan really building a platform for a massive total here. With the likes of Afridi and Razzaq still to come in the late overs, they might make 350 on a pitch like this.

 

[PY]

Good job we've got Akmal out. Might have had a rush of blood to the head.

But what an effort from him! He looks like the bomb. And he's getting a reception to match....or is it for Afridi?

 

[Barney Rubble]

AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Afridi hits his first six - and Radio 4 go to some bloody Parliament programme!! I hate them!

 

[PY]

Downtown rant-ville again!

It does my head in.

 

[Zinzan]

LOL....Afridi just off to his usual leisurely start to a ODI innings.... 24 off 11 balls with 2 sixes.

He's becoming incredibly consistent with these cameos

 

[deeps]

england better watch out


afridi is on fire

36.6 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, Shot! full ball, on middle and leg
stump, driven in the air just wide of Flintoff to long-off,
Anderson dives at long-on in vain and ball crosses the rope
36.5 Flintoff to Mohammad Yousuf, one run, slower ball, outside off,
driven to deep point for a single
36.4 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, one run, full ball, on middle and leg
stump, defended to mid-on for a single
36.3 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, short and wide outside off, nicely
nudged away to third man region for four
36.2 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, SIX, What a hit! great shot, full ball,
on off stump, he comes forward and just drives it on the up over
long-off fence for a big six
36.1 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, no run, full ball, on off stump, driven
to short cover

Flintoff back onto attack

 

[Barney Rubble]

Downtown rant-ville again!

It does my head in.

Not to mention the fact that they had to switch between commentating properly and commentating by phone every five minutes this morning - they can't keep their leads plugged in for very long without tripping over them and pulling them out, by the looks of things. It was almost an entire programme of that guy reading out the competition details.

EDIT: Afridi going bananas - bugger.

 

[Zinzan]

hehe...make that 28 off 12 ....who wants to be a bowler !!

 

[Bouncer]

haha Plunkett Bowls a wide down leg side and the next ball wide outside offstump......just funny

 

[Zinzan]

haha Plunkett Bowls a wide down leg side and the next ball wide outside offstump......just funny

Thats what the sight of Afridi does to a bowler

 

[superkingdave]

Thanks to M Yousuf - England didn't have a clue how to bowl to Afridi

 

[Bouncer]

That Run out just cost Pak 30 runs..

 

[atlanta]

arrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh

yousuf the idiot.

 

[andyc]

Damn it, I wanted to see Afridi hit Flintoff around some more

 

[wpdavid]

That Run out just cost Pak 30 runs..

I doubt whether they need worry too much - they'll pass 300 no problem from here.
(cue hat-trick from Plunkett)

 

[deeps]

damn!

ok, so i guess it was yousuf's fault...what happend?

 

[Zinzan]

That Run out just cost Pak 30 runs..

30 is a conservative figure

 

[atlanta]

damn!

ok, so i guess it was yousuf's fault...what happend?

that idiot ran afridi out. I still can't believe it.