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

[Jacknife]

Nice. Not a bad score at all I reckon, I'd have preferred a bit more but still you always do.

 

[Howe_zat]

Blueeeeeeeyyyy!

150 looks just about competitive in a way the sub 140 we were looking at kind of didn't. I'd probably have taken that at the start, though we'll have to do well to defend it. About par for mine.

 

[Woodster]

Top effort from Bairstow to take us upto a competitive 150 score. His scoring rate did slow up but that was inevitable in the light of some excellent death over bowlers.

 

[Scaly piscine]

It's easier said than done though isn't it against quality bowling.

The bowling wasn't that great though. Hit like two boundaries in the last 5, 6.6 an over. Rubbish. So many full tosses went unpunished.

 

[Jacknife]

Awesome catch and awesome first over from Finny, fast as well.

 

[Jacknife]

The bowling wasn't that great though. Hit like two boundaries in the last 5, 6.6 an over. Rubbish. So many full tosses went unpunished.

You were watching something different to me then and tbf to the batsmen it looked one of those tracks that was hard to whack it.

Anyway two down.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Important lesson, don't try to hit it over the slips without much power, especially when the slip fielder is 6 ft 4"

Bumble's shock at when Zia blocked was lol.

 

[Howe_zat]

Great start. Long batting lineup though, can't get too carried away.

 

[Jacknife]

WTF neither are those were wides, well withing the lines.

Man Jos drops it, looks like he's hurt his hand.

 

[Jacknife]

Too many length balls from Finn again, since the first over.

LOL and he gets his man, should have gone earlier.

 

[nsniks]

Good sharp catch by morgan

 

[Jacknife]

Some swing out there for Broad, man this Zia is more one dimensional than Kieswetter.

 

[Howe_zat]

It's amazing how crap an innings that was from Zia when you remember how brilliant a shot that six was. I guess that's pretty much proof that aggression is nowhere near the same thing as scoring quickly.

 

[NasserFan207]

He literally seems to have one shot. The slog over long on. Incredible

 

[Jacknife]

Swanny WAG.

Just need to keep Afridi quiet from here.

 

[stumpski]

Misbah playing a shocker here. How many balls has he failed to score from? Must be at least 10 already.

 

[Howe_zat]

Swann always gets a four-over spell, doesn't he? Can't think there'd be many others who get that kind of guarantee from their captain.

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I reckon Afridi's got that one out of the middle. Looks like Misbah's innings might've been winding him up.

 

[Jacknife]

Get it fired in ffs, absolute ****e from Patel every ball on a length.

Should have dropped it, brilliant catch again, needed Misbah to stay out there.

 

[Howe_zat]

Hoo boy.

 

[Furball]

Swann always gets a four-over spell, doesn't he? Can't think there'd be many others who get that kind of guarantee from their captain.

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I reckon Afridi's got that one out of the middle. Looks like Misbah's innings might've been winding him up.

There's not many other bowlers who'll guarantee their captain 4 overs of excellence to be fair.