***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE

[LegionOfBrad]

100 to tie

 

[Eds]

Agreed

Also unless Swann is used to batting at 3 he may get stage fright (from being so high in the order) and get overwhelmed.

At most put a middle order bat up the order.

He's opened for Notts before.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Is it the pressure or pitch that is causing the outs.

 

[Pothas]

Don't even need to whack it, just play positive strokes. Most of the wickets have gone down courtesy of some pretty insipid defensive shots.

Yeah, Bell was unlucky bit the shot llaced authority, Morgan 's was just piss weak.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Nasser just agreed with my assessment that get rid of Junaid and bring in U Akmal.

 

[Prince EWS]

Is it the pressure or pitch that is causing the outs.

Both have contributed. As have good bowling and poor batting.

There's no reason any total below 250 on this pitch should really be posing huge problems to a quality batting lineup though.

 

[slowfinger]

And I was thinking Rehman is useles....

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Is it the pressure or pitch that is causing the outs.

Pressure, and tight bowling + crap batting.

Its a day 4 pitch but its not hissing and spitting.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Thank feck for Prior.

 

[Pothas]

Thats more like it.

 

[DingDong]

this partnership has gone on too long england to win it easy now

 

[Hurricane]

Prior looking ominous

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah, Bell was unlucky bit the shot llaced authority, Morgan 's was just piss weak.

All those coaches telling him to play with soft hands ruined it at the crucial moment

Anyone know the situation with Trott? When will he come in?

 

[DingDong]

doing it easy now england

 

[Prince EWS]

All those coaches telling him to play with soft hands ruined it at the crucial moment

Anyone know the situation with Trott? When will he come in?

Trott can bat whenever he likes now; just a matter of how bad his condition is.

 

[Cabinet96]

Top ball but you've really got to get forward. That pitched a couple of meters from him, he can make it a full toss with a big stride.

 

[sledger]

Can't watch. This reminds me of that match in the 2005 Ashes series when Giles had to get the winning runs after Geraint Jones attempted to slog Warney and got out. Too tense. Going to buy food instead.

 

[Cevno]

Is it the pressure or pitch that is causing the outs.

More the pressure and Poor batting than the pitch for me.
Though the pitch has also contributed quite a bit, it's not like it is a raging turner with ball bouncing and spewing of the rough/cracks....

 

[Burgey]

England 4-51 off 25.4

Sydney 0-30 off six.

Just saying

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Strauss gets 70 and England should win. Simple as.

Prior being positive is the right thing to do. Get the scoreboard ticking over and the field will soon scatter as Misbah will try to dry up the runs.