***Official*** Pakistan in England

[GIMH]

12.6 Mahmood to Inzamam-ul-Haq, no run, well bowled - excellent over from Mahmood, a maiden! It's a miracle!

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Damned if he doesn't, damned if he does.

The cricinfo commentary there sums up my feelings nicely.

Oh, and where's V gone?

 

[wpdavid]

Mahmood sounds like a different bowler when there's a bit of swing.

Which is odd, as I never had him as a traditional swing bowler. Which just goes to show something, anyway.

Jon Lewis is making a point or two. Admittedly conditions are in his favour, but it makes a rare treat to see an English bowler actually make full use of them.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

The cricinfo commentary there sums up my feelings nicely.

Oh, and where's V gone?

He's on holiday in sunny Cuba, re-writing and updating his Revolution for Dummies handbook.

St. Pauli is a fitting replacement until the great one returns I feel.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Mahmood reverting back to rubbish again.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Yousuf batting like Simon Katich here...

 

[wpdavid]

We're looking pretty ordinary now that Lewis is out of the attack. Broad seems to have been somewhat overhyped, even if he is preferable to the nohopers we saw against SL. And 20 overs from Dalrymple, Yardy & Collingwood sounds like easy pickings to me. As someone said earlier, cue a Pak score of about 280 before Asif & co murder us under the lights.

 

[Barney Rubble]

We're looking pretty ordinary now that Lewis is out of the attack. Broad seems to have been somewhat overhyped, even if he is preferable to the nohopers we saw against SL. And 20 overs from Dalrymple, Yardy & Collingwood sounds like easy pickings to me. As someone said earlier, cue a Pak score of about 280 before Asif & co murder us under the lights.

That's probably about right. Wouldn't be too surprised to see KP get a few overs sooner or later, possibly Bell too - these two might not be scoring particularly quickly, but if Pakistan have seven wickets in hand with 15 overs left then there could be carnage. We need a wicket soon.

 

[wpdavid]

That's probably about right. Wouldn't be too surprised to see KP get a few overs sooner or later, possibly Bell too - these two might not be scoring particularly quickly, but if Pakistan have seven wickets in hand with 15 overs left then there could be carnage. We need a wicket soon.

Yeah, I forgot about Bell. Mind you, Strauss seems to have too. But if it does keep swinging, he may offer more than the spinners.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Yeah, I forgot about Bell. Mind you, Strauss seems to have too. But if it does keep swinging, he may offer more than the spinners.

Joyce doesn't bowl at all, does he? I can't recall him ever doing so.

 

[PY]

I can definitely see them scoring 6.5-7 an over from here if these two stay in.

It's plain sailing for these two with 18,000 ODI runs between them against Yardy & Dalrymple. Try something different!

As I type though, Yardy rips one past Yousef's edge!

 

[wpdavid]

Joyce doesn't bowl at all, does he? I can't recall him ever doing so.

No idea. tbh I don't understand why he is playing ahead of Cook, who did very little wrong against SL. Does Joyce even open in onedayers for Middlesex?

 

[wpdavid]

I can definitely see them scoring 6.5-7 an over from here if these two stay in.

It's plain sailing for these two with 18,000 ODI runs between them against Yardy & Dalrymple. Try something different!

As I type though, Yardy rips one past Yousef's edge!

For the most part, they're milking singles at will, and it won't be long before they open up a bit.

 

[PY]

Got him, big wicket for England! Quicker ball supposedly.

Inzi really does look imperious, run-a-ball and he's not even trying...

 

[Legglancer]

Anyone who still says Inzy cant run ... dont know what they are talking about !

 

[Barney Rubble]

No idea. tbh I don't understand why he is playing ahead of Cook, who did very little wrong against SL. Does Joyce even open in onedayers for Middlesex?

Firstly, he apparently has 9 first-class wickets and 2 List A wickets bowling right-arm medium, according to Cricinfo. Secondly, I'm pretty sure he bats four for Middlesex, behind Ed Smith, Ben Hutton and Owais Shah. Bugger on both counts.

 

[Scaly piscine]

29.1 Yardy to Mohammad Yousuf, OUT, GONE! Around the wicket, the arm ball - 79mph - and Yousuf chops it on! Massive wicket, and the end of a turgid 29 from Yousuf

79 mph !?!

Another wicket for him now.

 

[PY]

For the most part, they're milking singles at will, and it won't be long before they open up a bit.

Yeah, you didn't really feel England are in control though did you?

Haha, what was I thinking? Yardy for the World Cup.

 

[ClownSymonds]

I like this Yardy fellow. He put an end to MoYo's worst innings ever with an 80 mph yorker. MoYo needs yet another name change - either to Runako Yousuf, or Mohammed Morton. Oh look, Yardy's already got another one...

 

[ClownSymonds]

Razzaq is sporting both back and front visors again. Stylish.