***Official*** Pakistan in England

[Natman20]

Cricinfo siad this in scorecard

Inzy watch He really doesn't like warm-ups one little bit. Pakistan have just been engaged in a curious little drill, involving jogging round a circuit, bouncing balls off a trampoline for the man behind to catch, and then jumping over a series of foot-high yellow hurdles. The lither young bucks in the side threw themselves into this task with gusto. Inzy, on the other hand, shambled effortlessly round the course, and then kicked each and every one of the hurdles out of his path. What a legend.

England meanwhile are in the nets on the practice strips near the Harleyford Road, while the groundstaff fiddle with the covers and glance up towards the heavens. We'll keep you posted on developments, but we're all set for a prompt start at the moment.

(too many pies :-))

 

[Kweek]

22.1 Danish Kaneria to Cook, 1 no ball, bowled him off a no-ball! A big over-step from Kaneria, and a big inside-edge from Cook. He's not enjoyed himself this morning at all, and that was a gaping gap between bat and pad. Somewhere in the Queensland Jungle, Shane Warne is licking his lips

 

[Langeveldt]

LOL at Umpire Doctrove.. Not giving outs and giving not outs, again!

 

[superkingdave]

Well Kaneria's deserved that, been unplayable all morning and should have had cook bat pad, Strauss a tad unlucky though.

Time for KP to make up for his first innings failure.

 

[andyc]

The lither young bucks in the side threw themselves into this task with gusto. Inzy, on the other hand, shambled effortlessly round the course, and then kicked each and every one of the hurdles out of his path. What a legend.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmm sounds like there's big turn then (again in an English pitch).

Makes Monty look good with his one wicket of a guy who averaged 4.50 before this Test.

 

[superkingdave]

Hmm sounds like there's big turn then (again in an English pitch).

Makes Monty look good with his one wicket of a guy who averaged 4.50 before this Test.

watching again are you Scaly?

the balls that are turning big are from the rough about 3 foot outside the left handers offstump, Pakistan have one left hander whom Panesar bowled 7 balls to on the first day when there was practically no rough.

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Very pleased with the way Harmison and Hioggard came back into the match (To be fair, Hoggard shouldve had 3 more, but because of the drops....) shame they didnt kick start earlier because we couldve been in a better position by now

 

[Kweek]

like I said before, scaly has no idea about cricket...thanks for proving my point again!

 

[Scaly piscine]

like I said before, scaly has no idea about cricket...thanks for proving my point again!

Like I've said before, you're an idiot. Even Mohammed Hafeez nearly got KP out, there's still turn there on the normal part of the wicket.

 

[Goughy]

To clarify the situation regarding the track.

It is turning and giving assistance to the spinners in all areas but it is REALLY spinning out of the rough.

 

[Barney Rubble]

To clarify the situation regarding the track.

It is turning and giving assistance to the spinners in all areas but it is REALLY spinning out of the rough.

Thank you, Goughy, for bringing some much-needed sanity and level-headedness to the discussion.

 

[Barney Rubble]

KP going great guns at the moment. According to Cricinfo, he's "seeing the ball like a medium-sized planet".

 

[steds]

Like I've said before, you're an idiot.

 

[marc71178]

5 penalty runs for interfering with the ball...

 

[chalky]

The umpires have ordered a change of ball & awarded England 5 runs alledging that Pakistan have illegally altered the original ball.

The first time I have ever seen that.

 

[silentstriker]

5 penalty runs for interfering with the ball...

Wow!

IMO, if umpires do believe that the ball has been tampered with, the penalty should be much more than five runs.

This is going to be huge in the papers afterwards! I thought Pakistan had finally gotten past their reputation in England....

 

[silentstriker]

But first there's a conference between the umpires. It looks like there's a problem with the ball, it seems to have got a bit damp, so out comes the fourth official with a box of spares. Inzy isn't very happy about this, because the ball was just beginning to find some reverse swing

Five penalty runs! Oho, trouble here. Umpire Hair taps his shoulder to signal the extra runs. "A massive incident," speculates Nasser Hussain. The quarter seam seems to have been raised, and the batsmen are having a look now.


It had been a peaceful series up to now!
56.6 Danish Kaneria to Pietersen, no run, Bob Woolmer is marching down the steps with a look of thunder on his face

 

[Sanz]

1434: Inzi's not happy about this - the umpires have picked up the ball and are examining it closely. They call Trevor Jesty on with the box of spare balls, and we could have a diplomatic incident here. They're changing the ball, and that can mean only one thing - the umpires think the Pakistan team have tampered with the ball.

Lordy - Inzamam's furious. To him this is tantamount to being called a cheat. That reverse swing in the previous over is now making more sense. A five-run penalty has been given against Pakistan, and this one's going to run and run.

From BBC

 

[silentstriker]

1434: Inzi's not happy about this - the umpires have picked up the ball and are examining it closely. They call Trevor Jesty on with the box of spare balls, and we could have a diplomatic incident here. They're changing the ball, and that can mean only one thing - the umpires think the Pakistan team have tampered with the ball.

Lordy - Inzamam's furious. To him this is tantamount to being called a cheat. That reverse swing in the previous over is now making more sense. A five-run penalty has been given against Pakistan, and this one's going to run and run.

From BBC

If they only think the ball has been tampered with, then they shouldn't have given the five run penalty. The fact that they did give the penalty, leads me to believe that they are sure. We'll find out after the game.