England in Pakistan

[JamesyJames3]

Pakistan fans...dont get ahead of yourself...


Your no England

 

[Briggsey]

Also knocked out some batsmen with bouncers and beamers. It's good that nothing seriously happened to them. Kirsten once seriously got hurt by him. But I won't hope for English players he will give that much of balls. Feel sorry for them when they will be laying on the ground screaming for pain. If you don't know how it is you should search on the web for that.

A certain Steve Harmison left a scar on Ricky Pontings face that he wont forget any time soon. If Harmy fires like he did in the first test when he was hitting the Aussies all over the body, then it could very well be the Pakistani players who you will have to feel sorry for!!

 

[SaiSrini]

A certain Steve Harmison left a scar on Ricky Pontings face that he wont forget any time soon. If Harmy fires like he did in the first test when he was hitting the Aussies all over the body, then it could very well be the Pakistani players who you will have to feel sorry for!!

Ask Harmison to try that on Pakistani wickets! It would be bread and butter for guys like Inzamam and Afridi!

I dont underestimate England or Pakistan! I think it will be a very close 'n interesting series!!! And Mr. James, dont start sticking out your tongue as yet! Who knows? Pakistan might cut off your tongues just like how you guys did it to the Aussies!!!!

 

[ZexyZahid]

It's fun talking to you guys.

Also Pakistan is thinking about getting Mushtaq Ahmed into the squad. He already got 68 wickets in England.

A good example, what could happen if he also gets back:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/4160504.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/4225682.stm

By the way, was the victory celebration of England came on TV? I didn't see any video of it. I just saw pictures so far.

A certain Steve Harmison left a scar on Ricky Pontings face that he wont forget any time soon. If Harmy fires like he did in the first test when he was hitting the Aussies all over the body, then it could very well be the Pakistani players who you will have to feel sorry for!!

I guess you never saw about when Kirsten got hurt. I really felt bad what happened then. Ponting scar was only a minor one.

 

[JamesyJames3]

Ask Harmison to try that on Pakistani wickets! It would be bread and butter for guys like Inzamam and Afridi!

I dont underestimate England or Pakistan! I think it will be a very close 'n interesting series!!! And Mr. James, dont start sticking out your tongue as yet! Who knows? Pakistan might cut off your tongues just like how you guys did it to the Aussies!!!!

I said Pakistan are no England, which is the truth, how is that sticking your tongue out?

Im not saying you cant win the series, im simply saying we are a better team. Which is the truth

 

[Briggsey]

Kirsten stopped playing like 2 or 3 years ago when Shoaib was around his peak, now he's passed his best and will never be as good as he was say at the 99 WC. Yes he bowls fast and bowls with aggression but so too does Brett Lee and look how we smashed him away this summer, most spells he went at over 6 an over and I expect Shoaib will too if he tries to bowl raw pace and not line and length.

 

[nightprowler10]

A certain Steve Harmison left a scar on Ricky Pontings face that he wont forget any time soon. If Harmy fires like he did in the first test when he was hitting the Aussies all over the body, then it could very well be the Pakistani players who you will have to feel sorry for!!

A Harmison bouncer will only get to stump height in Pakistani pitches. I'm sure Inzi and Yoyo will be waiting for those "bouncers".

 

[Briggsey]

Just like Freddie and Pietersen will be waiting for that "100mph" delivery from Shoaib

 

[nightprowler10]

When it comes to ODIs, I really think our strength is in Naved-ul-Hasan. He has done well in ODIs throughout the year against Australia, India, and Windies. Of course I'd love to see the Rawalpindi express flatten the English batting line-up. Also, I hope Rao Iftikhar gets a chance to prove his worth as well.

 

[Briggsey]

I dont think Sami will be a problem if he does this again

Mohammad Sami
Pakistan v Bangladesh, Asia Cup, Colombo, 2004

Bangladesh don't often score at 10 an over in ODIs but with a bit of help from Pakistan's Sami in last year's Asia Cup, it wasn't difficult. His 17-ball over (seven wides and four no-balls) took Bangladesh from 6 for 1 to 30 for 1 by the third over of the innings. Neither team could make the final, so the result was of little importance -?the only person who really suffered was the poor soul writing ball-by-ball commentary for Cricinfo: "What an over. Got me in trouble," he managed to type.

 

[UsmanCHADDA]

Will be interesting to see if Harmison bangs the ball short. Cause if he does, he is going to get really massacred by our batsmen. Short stuff on Pakistani flat pitches is bad stuff, and particularly risky.

Sami's recent performance against Australia A might change your opinions Briggsey. He has got 7 wickets in the match against arguably the best A side in the world.

 

[Briggsey]

They may be the best A side in the world but they are not the best First XI in the world who we just beat. At the end of the day its going to come down to how each team bats as I think we are about even in the bowling department with you having Shoaib, Sami, Naved, Razzaq and Kaneria and us having Harmy, Hoggy, Jones, Freddie and Gilo, so weather the batters can perform against these bowlers could decide which way the series goes but I still think it will be a draw.

 

[nightprowler10]

You're right, Sami did well against the best A side in the world. Let's hope he keeps that form and improves on it for the upcoming series.

Also, I really think Afridi is getting over-rated. I'd love to see him hit a century or two against England, but we can't depend on him. He cannot be where our strenght lies.

 

[JamesyJames3]

If Afridi is your strength, i feel sorry for you. He's hit or miss, he will come off 1 every 4 games. He may have something to say in ODI but at Test match level, nahh.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I dont think Sami will be a problem if he does this again

That was a year ago. If you want a quoting competition, you want me to quote the performances of Australia and Pakistan (and maybe also India) in the last 25 years? England beat Pakistan, but only in the last remaining overs in fading light. Before that it's a very sad story for England.

It's nice that England won against Australia, but that doesn't mean England is best in the world. The more adult persons here surely would know that. I hope you guys don't get exaggerated with this.

Both teams are in form, so I am looking forward to this.