England in Pakistan

[hassan]

oh thx lets just ban everyone in pak team

 

[aussie1st]

Geez Pak are playing like the Aussies did in the Ashes. Infact this brings back memories. Bad umpiring, dropped catches, batting collaspes.

 

[irottev]

LOL so true.

 

[cc2003btw]

Bellys got his century, hopefully he'll go on and make a biggie now, plenty of time to accelerate onto 150+, Jones looks like quality support.

 

[aussie1st]

Well given Jones is in the side as a keeper batsmen he is expected to be able to bat.
Match is still evenly poised so Jones can't go throwing his wicket away.

 

[irottev]

Bell gone. They ain't gonna reach Pakistans score now. Giles is actually quite good with the bat at this stage of an innings. He makes 20-30 runs most of the time.

It looks like Afridis bowling good. Lots of LBW appeals and the ball going through.

 

[cc2003btw]

^ Maybe he can hit the rough he made :

 

[barmyarmy]

Afridi's shouts have been mostly for balls that hit the batsman about two foot outside off. The umpire had to warn him for it.
Good to get to tea 111 behind. Rana Naved seems to be reverse swinging it so there's definitely the potential for a big collapse though.

 

[aussie1st]

Afridi sure is proving his worth over the batter he replaced apart from a certain dancing incident
Scoring runs quickly now got a wicket.

 

[Eddie]

Geraint Jones makes 50..

eating away at that lead

 

[aussie1st]

If Giles can stay in Pak won't have a lead going into the 2nd inns. Jones is looking very good right now. Scoring quickly too which helps England's cause.

 

[m_vaughan]

All those who thought Jones is useless with the bat, should think again!

 

[Stephen Bailey]

edit: Pietersen, you are a stupid prick sometimes. 100 is great but giving your wicket away not so good.

Now who needs a warning about their language? Anyway, good day overall for England, big shame to lose Geraint Jones towards the end there, but atleast losing looks less likely!

 

[Briggsey]

Gilo and Udal can both bat! I think we could wipe out this defecit if them two hang around, definately heading for a draw unless something spectacular happens

 

[Sureshot]

Bell was brilliant today and KP was good but got out very poorly, he's inexperienced he'll learn. Bell has been unlucky with his dismissals in this series. Out of a no ball in the first innings at Multan and now got out by Afridi who i feel should've been been forced out of this game as punishment for his actions.

Our day but Pakistan still have a slight edge.

What afridi did was blatant cheating and poor cricket.

going by what is being said here it seems that Bell dropped the ball then caught it, or it hit the ground first, i didn'tsee it. but if he knew, then that is also cheating (Check the front of the MCC pocket Rulebook)

No it bounced just infront of him. Afridis was much worse, his can affect the whole of the game Bell's could only effect one wicket (i don't think he knew too much about it tbh). Afridi is a lucky boy to only get a 3 match ban. What he did is worse than ball tampering. As ball tampering doesn't last the whole game.

LOL. These fines for sending people off are stupid. Let people act how thy want. So long as nothing comes out of their mouths. Its entertaining.

cricket is a game based on Sportsmanship though.

So your saying we (pakistanis) will make fun of Bell? Afridi accepted that he did it with anger, Bell did not...


P.S what happened to your Vaughan? Or is it just a bad day?

Oh shut up will you.

Bell only affected one wicket Afridi can affect the rest of the game. And have you asked Bell if he did it on purpose?

You lot are making a mountain out of a mole hill, the commenatators don't go on about it. And that's because they know something about cricket and you well don't.

And what does the football stuff you were posting above have anything to do with this thread?
If Pak were in England, the English wouldn't come close to filling up their stadiums. And if they did its due the pathetically small capacities.

And you know that because.....

Pathetically small?

Okay 30k isn't as big as alot of things elsewhere, but there is a reason, It's alot more expensive to build in England than anywhere else in the cricketing world.

Bell also cheated. It is quite evident (except to you English people) that he dropped the ball then caught it again. That comes in the context of cheating aswell. Mahanama needs a good kick up his backside so that he should look into these matters rather closely. It was more controversial than Inzi's run out, since the run out was the case of lack of knowledge of the umpires. I think Bell should get a ban for this. Face it he cheated.

On another note, I think Afridi has brought shame on our nation. Why the heck did he want to do that?! Pakistan were on top and the next thing you know Mr.Afridi performs some wierd dance on the pitch and ends up ruining it! Unacceptable behaviour and its good that he got punished.

So you want to ban Bell but not the umpires.

I didn't know that players could give out batsman, learn something new everyday.

Here's a thought, Afridi took 2 big wickets today. Should he be even bowling?

PS: Kaneria looked poor today.