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*Official* Pakistan in England and Ireland 2016
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flibbertyjibber
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A day for the purist, I am one so i loved it apart from the sunburnt arms I have now.
Hafeez - Did a Hafeez, guided it perfectly to the man.
Sami Aslam - So deserved a ton, player of the day. needs to quit the silly running but played a very good sensible test innings. Could be a player.
Azhar - Jammiest ton I have seen, on a day when the ball barely beat the bat he managed 90% of the play and misses and got dropped. Least he stuck at it though and a vital knock for the team.
Younis - Boy does he look out of form.
Anderson - Pick of bowlers by a country mile
Broad - Poor
Woakes - Clearly 2nd best bowler deserved his breakthrough even if it came late.
Finn - Crap, no point bowling that short they can leave 90% of the deliveries all day, may have looked good on tv but didn't at ground.
Moeen - Too loose, no control.
As a general point, can't see the point in getting so pissed that by the end of the day you are staggering about, saw a few like that and doubt they remember much past tea. Why pay stupid amounts of money for crap beer in the ground?
Hafeez - Did a Hafeez, guided it perfectly to the man.
Sami Aslam - So deserved a ton, player of the day. needs to quit the silly running but played a very good sensible test innings. Could be a player.
Azhar - Jammiest ton I have seen, on a day when the ball barely beat the bat he managed 90% of the play and misses and got dropped. Least he stuck at it though and a vital knock for the team.
Younis - Boy does he look out of form.
Anderson - Pick of bowlers by a country mile
Broad - Poor
Woakes - Clearly 2nd best bowler deserved his breakthrough even if it came late.
Finn - Crap, no point bowling that short they can leave 90% of the deliveries all day, may have looked good on tv but didn't at ground.
Moeen - Too loose, no control.
As a general point, can't see the point in getting so pissed that by the end of the day you are staggering about, saw a few like that and doubt they remember much past tea. Why pay stupid amounts of money for crap beer in the ground?
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fredfertang
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Finn looked bloody awful to me, and indeed a couple of times it almost looked like his elbow was bent - will try and pay more attention tomorrow
flibbertyjibber
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Cringeworthy. I didn't join in, nor with the mexican bloody wave either.
social
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I can assure you that it looked crap on tv as well
I watched for a while in the feint hope that he was setting the batsmen up for something but eventually resorted to channel surfing when he was bowling
Scaly piscine
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If that were the case Kohli would be bankrupt and have only played about a 25 international matches.
I'm not really arsed about players being petulant brats, a fine is the appropriate course of action. It's when it moves into umpire intimidation/disrespect that it becomes more of a banning offence. Historically though Australia (particularly Warne) have been getting away with that for decades.
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At least Warne mixed things up a bit whereas Anderson behaves like a dick and has done so forever
OverratedSanity
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Won't be surprised if Younis makes a ton tomorrow. He still looked bad but a little more secure than the other innings he's played so far this series.
Black_Warrior
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Who's the ****ing the umpire.
Black_Warrior
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Totally agreed. But when did Kohli misbehave with umpires though?
OverratedSanity
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Hopefully Mrs. Oxenfurd
Gnske
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But when did the sky turn blue?
LegionOfBrad
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I see Bumble on Twitter echoing my thoughts about rolling out the wrong pitch for Pakistan. Even called it a CEO pitch.
theegyptian
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wickets fine. Broadly similar to a normal edgbaston wicket (as was the Old Trafford wicket which naturally has a bit more pace in it) but designed to last 5 days. If they can't beat a decent Pakistan team at home then really they don't deserve to be talked of as the best team in the world. It's kinda refreshing for once for there not to be a doctored home wicket. I don't complain when they are doctored but it often leaves a hollow feeling when winning in 3 days on a greentop. It's hardly comparable to a UAE wicket - which some pundits have suggested. Pakistan have just been better so far this game on a wicket that English players should be more comfortable on.
MW1304
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That's funny, Anderson was kind of the opposite of what you say about Finn. He might have kept it tight but he didn't offer a threat other than a short spell after lunch. Nobody bowled nearly full enough. It was reminiscent of the 2009 era bad days, and to be fair some of the bad days we still seem to have once a series. It seemed obvious to me that Finn had been told to just run out and bowl fast, which has never been his skill in Tests, otherwise his rhythm was far better. His first spell offered the odd problem, before he tailed off like all the others did.
Just a really bad team day. They need to have had a huge think about their plans this morning.