England in Pakistan

[Stephen Bailey]

YAAAAAAAY! Take that in the pants my Queen ELizabeth loving friends. its about time someone put you back in your place. you think you are top dog coz u beat us when we were horribly out of form, and now you have been brought back to earth where you belong. its about time, WELL DONE PAKISTAN!

Sure you'll find most sensible people still see Australia as the best anyway. Well done Pakistan, they stuck at it.

 

[hassan]

our batsmen need to sort thereselves out

 

[barmyarmy]

Congrats to Pakistan. It's no coincidence imo that we're a much stronger team batting first. Our bowlers can perform under pressure and our batsman can't.
Sadly there's no incentive for the groundsmen in the next two games to produce result pitches so expect even slower and flatter wickets.
I will say again that Collingwood seems to typify the traditional English all-rounder in that he wouldn't get into the team for his batting or his bowling. I hope Vaughan is fit for the second test and I reckon Bell has done enough to seal his place for the moment.

 

[shahid6995]

And now, on to the next match! I for one feel that Yousuf needs to be axed right now. He may be a good batsman, but you only have to read the Pakistan View article on Cricinfo from day 4 to understand that he is useless to Pakistan right now. I would bring Asim Kamal back, and Afridi for Raza.

In case anyone missed it, here is the link to that article on Yousuf.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakveng/content/story/225941.html

 

[Sureshot]

Players:
Trescothick - no complaints batted well first innings captained alright.
Strauss - Was poor but knowing who he's done he'll come back stronger
Bell - Had a great game 100+ runs and was given out when he shouldn't have been off a No Ball.
Collingwood - Poor game Prior would've done better.
KP - shocking game
Flintoff - Great with the ball average with the bat
Jones- Good with the gloves and batted well
Giles - Poor game
Udal - poor game
Hoggard - Bowled better than his stats suggest.
Harmison - had a good game.

So we lost by 22 runs despite playing badly and only 5 players (Tres, Bell, Jones, Freddie and Harmison) contributing.

I'd bring in Vaughan for Collingwood and Plunkett for Udal/Giles.

Umpire decisions favoured Pakistan more often than not.

 

[aussie1st]

Congratulations Pak, great victory. Kaneria proved the difference in the end with the English spinners unable to make use of the pitch.
What a spell by Shoaib Akhtar he looks well and truely back. And there is still room for improvement for Pak.

 

[Sureshot]

Sadly there's no incentive for the groundsmen in the next two games to produce result pitches so expect even slower and flatter wickets.

Might suit us as we have the better bowlers.

 

[shahid6995]

Everyone is suddenly falling at Shoaib Akhtar's feet around here... I think we have been there before. Yes he bowled really really well and showed a lot of heart in this match, but I would like to see him do this throughout the series without breaking down before I start to believe that he has turned the corner.

Sadly there's no incentive for the groundsmen in the next two games to produce result pitches so expect even slower and flatter wickets.

Not too sure about that. This was definitely the mentality in the 70s and 80s but if Moin Khan's stupidity from the last English series in Pakistan has taught us anything it would be that its a mistake to go on the defensive completely. England have nothing to lose now and they have a team good enough to take advantage of the deadest pitch. But then again we Pakis have a history of not learning from past mistakes....

 

[UsmanCHADDA]

I am completely speechless by this performance. I cant believe how we have come back in this game after remaining out of it for the most part. Our bowlers completely demolished your team through team effort. Really I am lost for words here.... :happy :happy :happy

 

[irottev]

Yay good to see Pakistan win. Good to see Akhtar back too.

 

[PakiFan]

hihhihihihihihih

Hey the mod will be gettin bothered by ma post.............
So to add something i wud just say..... Well played England......They have more chances of winning than Pakistan rite from the first day but they lost the match just in one session that is the 1st session of the last day................... newayz Best of luck in the next match....
One suggestion for English coach, he shud kick out collingwood out of the team and one suggestion for Bob Woolmer too, kick Hasan Raza in his ass and throw him out...
That ****in guy don't deserves to be in the Paksitan team...Asim Kamal shud be in for him..........

 

[Bilal91]

hihhihihihihihih

Hey the mod will be gettin bothered by ma post.............
So to add something i wud just say..... Well played England......They have more chances of winning than Pakistan rite from the first day but they lost the match just in one session that is the 1st session of the last day................... newayz Best of luck in the next match....
One suggestion for English coach, he shud kick out collingwood out of the team and one suggestion for Bob Woolmer too, kick Hasan Raza in his ass and throw him out...
That ****in guy don't deserves to be in the Paksitan team...Asim Kamal shud be in for him..........

You are right mate... he didn't do anything in the test... and Pakistan won yeahayyyyyyyyyy :happy :happy :hpraise

 

[siddharth2002]

Holy Moly. Just came from work and found out out that Pakistan have won. Blo*dy good. Nice work by Akhtar and Kaneria. England again, always messing up small target chases.
Congratulations to Pakistan. Lets hope India can also do something against SA.

 

[Insomniac]

Yay Hip Hip Hooray, my predictions on the other page came true!!!!

Unfortunatly, i set my alarm, but it didn't ring!!! So now I gotta go find hilites from a friend :P

 

[The Champ]

Pak 1-0 up, England threw their chance, feel sorry for them, well played pakistan