England in Pakistan

[andrew_nixon]

thats cause English commentators are the most biast in the world. if was a pak battin they wuld have for aaaaaages!

You obviously don't see Bob Willis droning on for ages about how Afridi was harshly punished, or how Salman Butt's warning for running on the pitch was too harsh, or how the umpires really cocked up with Inzamam's run out.

A hint from the England cap that Giles or Udal will make way for Plunkett or Anderson. Seems like a plan seeing as the seamers have taken 5 times as many wickets as the spinners thus far.

Giles up for the chop? About time too!

 

[Stephen Bailey]

You obviously don't see Bob Willis droning on for ages about how Afridi was harshly punished

Did he actually think that?!

 

[barmyarmy]

Giles up for the chop? About time too!

I'd play Plunkett and Giles and drop Udal. Depends how bad Gilo's injury is. His batting is definitely better than Udals.

 

[langerrox]

What happened to the straight breaker gilo?

 

[Sureshot]

thats cause English commentators are the most biast in the world. if was a pak battin they wuld have for aaaaaages!



lol, i'll drink to that!!

The Pakistani commentators were more bias today in my opinion.

It didn't hit Giles bat, there was no sound. And there was a Younis on commentary at the time, so explain that?

I'd play Plunkett and Giles and drop Udal. Depends how bad Gilo's injury is. His batting is definitely better than Udals.

Udal is a better bowler imo. At least he goes around the wicket, Ahhsley needs multimap to go around the wicket.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Did he actually think that?!

He thought it should just be a one test ban.

 

[Sureshot]

Udal has 6 more FC 50s and 2 fewer FC 100s.

Giles bowling average is alot worse than Udals.

 

[ZexyZahid]

At least England have the umpires on their side. Guess who the umpires are for the next match:

Hair and Koertzen!! :boxing :boxing

It can't be worse then that.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

He thought it should just be a one test ban.

Boring, stupid comments and his voice is annoying, no wonder Sky aren't renewing his contract.

So what umpires do you suggest Zexy?

 

[ZexyZahid]

Here is a list of umpires: http://www.icc-cricket.com/umpires-referees/

I've got no problem with Steve Bucknor, Aleem Dar, Simon Taufel. Aleem Dar is a Pakistani, so he can't umpire there. Taufel made some mistakes in this Test, but he is way better then Hair. I've never seen Daryl Harper umpire, so I can't comment on that.

Here is a list in which matches the umpires will be: http://www.icc-cricket.com/umpires-referees/appointments.html

Hair and Koertzen wil also umpire in the ODI's. :gundown :gundown :shout :getyou :cutit :brickwall :getyou
Don't know about Tony Hill and Brian Jerling how they umpire.

 

[zimrahil]

Boring, stupid comments and his voice is annoying, no wonder Sky aren't renewing his contract.

Where did you hear that - on the Sky sports website? Will have to take a look

 

[andrew_nixon]

Where did you hear that - on the Sky sports website? Will have to take a look

They are getting in Atherton next year, I heard, so I guess someone has to go.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Where did you hear that - on the Sky sports website? Will have to take a look

Read it in one of the papers quite a while ago now. And yes, Atherton has already signed a contract.

 

[Adarsh]

Might be slightly off topic, but regarding England getting the smaller grounds to play at:
Courtesy Cricinfo

You could almost visualise safari-suited officials congregating gleefully around a fax, `They want the pink.' Smirk, smirk. `Send them the yellow.'

Cracked me up

 

[Sureshot]

Who are hill and Jerling?

The umpires weren't as bad as everyone makes out. We had plenty go against us aswell, inzy had 2 plum lbws yesterday early in his innings. The whole Afridi thing (something i think instead of a match ban he should've been forced out the rest of the test imo, he made an impact after that shameful incident).