Jarquis
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There's 70 odd overs left. Reckon we'll be about 65 infront with 6/7 wickets in hand.
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***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE
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Black_Warrior
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This is a great bowling effort from Swann on a pretty unhelpful pitch.
Jarquis
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My respect and a free* bottle of water from your local co-op.
By free, I mean it'll cost you exactly 0 pence more than the sale price
NasserFan207
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Better than a years supply of KFC I'd say
slowfinger
International Debutant
Hmm I hate relying on Ajmal to take wickets, need the quickies to show some balls.... Reckon we might do a Pakistan and let England get the lead without losing a wicket but hey ho, if we want it we might get it! Would love to see KP hit a 50 tbf...
Black_Warrior
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If Umar Gul is going to bowl at 130.. I think its time for Pakistan to rethink whether he should be an automatic selection in the test team.
social
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7/55 against a better lineup says otherwise
Swann was persistent without being terribly threatening - nothing more, nothing less
Daemon
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The entire English pace bowling attack bowled at 130 for the whole of yesterday
Black_Warrior
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and swung much more than him and got more wickets.
Gul cant swing the new ball, nor can he take wickets.
Either you swing the ball, or you bowl at 145.
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Black_Warrior
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Well if you are just going to compare two individual performances, then obviously 7 wickets > 4 wickets. However I was not comparing and was just talking about the performance on its own. I think 4 wickets for 100 on a 2nd day pitch, defending 191 is a pretty good effort.
Daemon
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Then you should've brought that up, instead of saying he bowls at 130..I was merely pointing out that it's possible to bowl well even at that pace.
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flibbertyjibber
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Not a great start by the openers .
Prince EWS
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Nah the Pakistan team should always consist only of fast bowlers who can bowl 145km+ and batsmen who always strike at least 60 runs per 100 balls. If the bowlers end up averaging 40 and the batsmen average 28 that's okay because they all have potential. Far better than actually having successful cricketers in the side.
Not that I actually think Gul is much good, mind you.
Black_Warrior
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Well its a given that he can't swing the new ball..which is acceptable if he could bowl at 145 which he used to do.
Now he appears to be a medium pacer, who can't swing and is lacking in confidence.
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Na, Trott to get in with Cook and have a nice partnership, slow batting.
Briony
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Top class batsmen won't be worried about 140ks not swinging. Surely if he needs to bowl faster or swing it should be more like 150.