***Official*** England in Pakistan

[BlackCap_Fan]

I think that 354 is too much for England to chase. But hey, I thought 332 was too much to chase, so what do I know?

 

[Steulen]

Without Pietersen, England don't stand a chance to chase this. They need a run a ball, no way Collingwood, Bell et al. are going to do that.

Unless of course Freddie gets a 50-ball ton

 

[Dissector]

The record for the fastest fifty is 18 balls by Jaysuriya so Razzaq is off by a few. Still an amazing innings.

The first 10-15 overs of the England innings should be great fun but I think Shoaib will take 2-3 wickets and finish the game off in the first hour. Still who knows? England might just pull off a New Zealand and make a match out of it.

 

[Tim]

I was going to say, NZ's record might not even last a week if England make a decent crack of this total.

If they score 350, then they'll definately deserve to hold the record.

 

[deeps]

ah well, england better start planning on how to bowl to afridi and razzaq for the next game. Mohammed Yousuf isn't going to help them all the time

 

[Beleg]

Brilliant bowling by Flintoff at the death. Reminded me of Wasim Akram. Been a long while since I saw yorkers finding the target so consistently.

Razzaq scored 44 from his first 14 balls and 7 from the 8.

 

[Barney Rubble]

If Ian Blackwell ever wanted to prove he could be the "English Afridi", now's his chance.

 

[Mecnun]

Flinty bowled well otherwise the total could have been a little higher!! maybe by 20 odd runs.

 

[ClownSymonds]

Without Pietersen, England don't stand a chance to chase this. They need a run a ball, no way Collingwood, Bell et al. are going to do that.

Unless of course Freddie gets a 50-ball ton

Without a cameo from Christ himself England don't stand a chance. England should consider themselves fortunate to be chasing this total, for if Afridi hadn't been involved in that terrible runout, somewhere between 380 and 400 was getable. What a brilliant display of batting. It sure is great to see England annihilated like this.

 

[Zinzan]

What were the combined runs and balls faced from Afridi and Razzak today??

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

What were the combined runs and balls faced from Afridi and Razzak today??

36 Balls faced - 6 overs for 82 runs (a bit under 14 an over). 8 fours, 5 sixes. Not too bad at all.

 

[Zinzan]

Without a cameo from Christ himself England don't stand a chance. England should consider themselves fortunate to be chasing this total, for if Afridi hadn't been involved in that terrible runout, somewhere between 380 and 400 was getable. What a brilliant display of batting. It sure is great to see England annihilated like this.

You really seem to hate England with a passion aye clown. I'm not a big fan myself, but aren't you taking it a little too far. I can only assume you are still bitter about the Ashes.

I know you are a fan of Pakistan, but you seem to talk England down more than taking Pakistan up in this series.

 

[social]

I know Eng are in an impossible position but Geraint Jones almost sunk to new lows in that knock.

Looked like he was playing for a draw before totally embarrassing himself.

 

[Jono]

Holy crap! I just came home from a family dinner around half an hour ago and when I left, Pakistan were 1-80 odd. I come home to see them hit 350+ runs. This England tour of Pakistan has been a revelation for Akmal who has been absolutely superb with the bat, and its good to see Razzaq smashing a 21 ball 50.

England pretty much dead now with 7 down and super-sub Ian Bell out there.

 

[Beleg]

A poor batting display by the english team. They seemed to have lost all their heart after conceeding that mammoth of a total.

 

[GotSpin]

36 Balls faced - 6 overs for 82 runs (a bit under 14 an over). 8 fours, 5 sixes. Not too bad at all.

And what a shame he was run out

 

[Jono]

36 Balls faced - 6 overs for 82 runs (a bit under 14 an over). 8 fours, 5 sixes. Not too bad at all.

Absolutely brutal! Both are handy bowlers as well, talk about assets to the team.

 

[Scaly piscine]

A poor batting display by the english team. They seemed to have lost all their heart after conceeding that mammoth of a total.

I think they're in apathetic mode generally, similar to their 'efforts' at the end of the SA tour.

 

[nick-o]

Some real stupidity there, as well as pathetic play.

Faced with such a mammoth total, England were obviously going to need to use the super-sub instead of a bowler, so why bring Bell-ow in at number nine, which is obviously not his best function, rather than higher up the order which suits him and the team better.

Daft.

Mind, he still top scored...

 

[pakster]

A quite brilliant performance today, batting was awesome...bowling was tight. Pakistan are definitley becomming a force to be reckoned with - In ODI cricket at least.