***Official*** Pakistan in England

[Steulen]

I think this was the first-choice Pakistan ODI team. Three great pace bowlers, two good allrounders, and part-time spin back-up of sufficient quality. Great team.

Question: will this be an England summer in which the home team does not win a single ODI?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Why did the less than destructive Bell open in a 20/20 match?

 

[TT Boy]

Why did the less than destructive Bell open in a 20/20 match?

**** knows.

 

[TT Boy]

Yes i think they are just waiting for him to prove his long term fitness which he hasnt really done yet. I suppose the other option would be Kirtley following his great performance on saturday which he backed up today.

That's all we need.

 

[Barney Rubble]

**** knows.

Well it was him, the less than destructive Joyce, or the less than destructive Cook...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Well it was him, the less than destructive Joyce, or the less than destructive Cook...

If we're going to play Bell in 20/20s I think he should be opening or coming in at first wicket down. He's an accumulator & the extra time should be beneficial to him, allowing him to properly construct an innings. Other batsmen seem to be better qualified for biffing rums down the order than him.

He did bat very well with the tail @ 6 in the tests, of course, but there isn't quite the imperative to score at such a gallop in the longer format.

 

[Barney Rubble]

If we're going to play Bell in 20/20s I think he should be opening or coming in at first wicket down. He's an accumulator & the extra time should be beneficial to him, allowing him to properly construct an innings. Other batsmen seem to be better qualified for biffing rums down the order than him.

He did bat very well with the tail @ 6 in the tests, of course, but there isn't quite the imperative to score at such a gallop in the longer format.

Agree completely. I can see a decent future for him as a one-day opener, seeing as Strauss is rubbish at it.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Well it was him, the less than destructive Joyce, or the less than destructive Cook...

Cook opened the batting for Essex in the 20/20 against Sussex on Thursday and did very well, scoring at an impressive rate, FWIW.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Cook opened the batting for Essex in the 20/20 against Sussex on Thursday and did very well, scoring at an impressive rate, FWIW.

Actually, you raise a good point. I'm doing Cook a bit of a disservice with what I said before - he's probably the best of the three at upping the rate when he has to.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

If we're going to play Bell in 20/20s I think he should be opening or coming in at first wicket down. He's an accumulator & the extra time should be beneficial to him, allowing him to properly construct an innings. Other batsmen seem to be better qualified for biffing rums down the order than him.

He did bat very well with the tail @ 6 in the tests, of course, but there isn't quite the imperative to score at such a gallop in the longer format.

"If" being the operative word. They're so desperately keen to pick specialists in the shorter form of cricket and then use Bell as an opener in a 20/20. It's debatable whether you need an accumulator in a 20 over innings. They'll be opening with Darren Maddy next.

 

[TT Boy]

"If" being the operative word. They're so desperately keen to pick specialists in the shorter form of cricket and then use Bell as an opener in a 20/20. It's debatable whether you need an accumulator in a 20 over innings. They'll be opening with Darren Maddy next.

Can not be any worse, at least Maddy scores run quickly or gets out (quickly).

 

[TT Boy]

Well it was him, the less than destructive Joyce, or the less than destructive Cook...

Didn't know that.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Didn't know that.

 

[The Baconator]

Can not be any worse, at least Maddy scores run quickly or gets out (quickly).

We'd never hear the end of it from Jamee if he gets any runs though.

 

[Armadillo]

Cook opened the batting for Essex in the 20/20 against Sussex on Thursday and did very well, scoring at an impressive rate, FWIW.

Yes but how did he do on finals day?
4 off 9 balls was it?

 

[aussie]

saw the highlights of the game & well not much positives other than Broad really, Yardy had a decent debut & Gough a decent comback.

Pakistan's ODI team here looks superb, if England can run them close in the ODI series they would have done well.

 

[Nate]

Agreed about Pakistan`s line-up. Insanely good, arguably the perfect set-up for an ODI team. Explosive pace, accuracy, medium-pace, quick-spin, slower spin, flatter spin. If the batting fires, watch out.

 

[Steulen]

At least England now have a Chanderpaul of their own...Yardy, what a legend.

 

[TT Boy]

At least England now have a Chanderpaul of their own...Yardy, what a legend.

I presume your taking the ****?

 

[Run like Inzy]

If the team Pakistan that played the 20/20 plays consistently and if the batsmen get runs I don't see how they can loose too many games and may even win a world cup!
However the situation seems very similar to the one Pakistan faced before the 2003 World Cup and we all know what happened next