Pakistan in England/Scotland 2006

[Pak_cricketer]

200 Wickets For Shoaib Akthar!

 

[Eddie]

read gone 2nd ball..

still 9overs left...criminal not to last the overs ..

 

[manee]

Hafeez (suspect action it seems) has picked up read, soft dismissal.

Lazy shot, England will be lucky to get 200 now

 

[evertonfan]

England are a disgrace, I wasn't aware that this game was being played in Pakistan.

How on earth can a part timer bowl a spell like this? Attack them England!! Stop shying away and put them in their place.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Hafeez (suspect action it seems) has picked up read, soft dismissal.

Lazy shot, England will be lucky to get 200 now

Oh Stop it!

He's been Cleared already!

 

[Eddie]

there goes clarke..almost lived up to his average of 9...

here comes the Dazzler...

5 wickets for 7 runs in 4 overs..

 

[Pak_cricketer]

think thats the end of that.

 

[Eddie]

i dunno, Goughie and Broad are no muggs with the bat..

Broad started out as an opener and Gough's been batting at 3 this season..

 

[evertonfan]

I haven't lost any respect for Clarke, and the way he got out doens't bother me; It was what was needed at this stage. If only the top order batsmen would have played that shot when the field was up then we could have been looking at a larger total.

 

[Eddie]

one thing is for sure Gough won't block....

well its taken 46 overs and 9 wickets.. but finally someone looking to attack..

2nd highest partnership of the inning..tells its own story..

203 to win..

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Come on Rain! STOP

 

[manee]

Welcome to England!

 

[Eddie]

intersting stat (or not)...

Over the last few seasons, more time was lost due to bad weather at this ground than any other first class ground.

On radio, locals say that its gonna rain all night...

Howm any overs have England to bowl in order for it to be class as a Match? 20?

 

[manee]

25

 

[Skater]

Stuart Broad certainly looks better than a last batsman. Monty Panesar batted well for Northamptonshire against Sussex yesterday too, meaning that England should have a fairly steady batting line-up in the future.

England don't seem to have the mentality for one-day internationals. It looks like they are trying to play like they do in test matches, only to realise they need to speed up the scoring rate and lose wickets.

Pakistan look like a very well planned one-day team, they deserve the wickets they get. Their batting line-up suits this format, strokemakers as opening batsmen, men that can keep the scoring rate high in the middle order, then Shahid Afridi has the job of smashing a quick fifty or so, and the tail-enders are no mugs with a bat in hand. That is the sort of stability England fans can only wish for right now.