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***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE
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Jayzamann
International Regular
Just saw that they're coming back here for the 3rd test.
Always wondered why Sharjah is out of people's minds when it comes to hosting more neutral tests. Unless I've missed some sort of controversy surrounding it.
Spikey
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yeah some openers smash their way to 50 in no time but when they get out instead expose the middle order to a bowler who has just taken a couple of wickets on the run, often leaving two new batsman at the crease with the score on about 100.....both situations are kinda sucky.....
Jayzamann
International Regular
I'd say so as well, much the same way Hussey did. But Hussey's purple patch was a little more... purplerererer.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Had a pretty ****ing awesome season just before he got picked though, so the other option of course is that he's just improved.
I think it's a little from Column A and a little from Column B though. He's clearly improved from his "above average county cricketer" days and he's going to be a good Test cricketer but I really don't think he's actually a proper top-10-in-the-world batsman. That said he was England's best specialist batsman in this match by a long way.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Probably is either way.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Great stuff. Brilliant performance by all the players, especially Toffee, Hafeez, Misbah, Ajmal, Rahman, Gul and Adnan.
Shame we couldn't win by an innings but a win by 10 wickets is just as good.
Looking forward to the next test.
Shame we couldn't win by an innings but a win by 10 wickets is just as good.
Looking forward to the next test.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Congratulations to Pakistan, brilliant performance with the ball in both innings.
Going to be tough to turn this series around, the batsmen really need to pull their fingers out.
Damn Misbah for batting so defensively, this Test could have been over a couple of hours ago if he hadn't been such a slowcoach.
Going to be tough to turn this series around, the batsmen really need to pull their fingers out.
Damn Misbah for batting so defensively, this Test could have been over a couple of hours ago if he hadn't been such a slowcoach.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Really embarrassing having all these awards. Athers probably laughing inside.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Barely kept a straight face when he was announcing the best bowler of the match, which I thought was quite funny.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Misbah won't change his batting. If his strike rate improves his average will decline.
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Sharjah was "allegedly" the home of match fixing so lost its status for years
Hosted the final test with SL but, in all honesty, probably wouldnt make any difference as all the pitches here are drop-ins and sub-surface is made up of really fine sand with very soft clay beneath that i.e. no hard base = low & slow