Pakistan in England/Scotland 2006

[Eddie]

for me..

OUT : Treco, Clarke, Mahmood

IN : Cook, Yardy, Kirtley

Since they won't pick Kirtley (not in squad) give Onions a go..can't be worse than Mahmood.

Is it another Day-night match tomorrow?

 

[MUFC1987]

I think so, it's defianately an afternoon start.

Apparently England are considering opening with either Flintoff or Pietersen in the future, which just seems stupid to me.

 

[Eddie]

Apparently England are considering opening with either Flintoff or Pietersen in the future, which just seems stupid to me.

agreed, that would be very silly indeed..

 

[evertonfan]

I agree with the Kirtley call up, but I highly doubt that England will drop Mahmood for a better player.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

The Probable Line-ups:

England (probable) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Jamie Dalrymple, 7 Rikki Clarke, 8 Chris Read (wk), 9 Jon Lewis, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 Graham Onions

Pakistan (probable) 1 Shoaib Malik, 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Abdul Razzaq, 8 Kamran Akmal (wk), 9 Naved-ul-Hasan, 10 Shoaib Akhtar, 11 Mohammad Asif

 

[nightprowler10]

Clarke again. Yardy should've been in there.

 

[Gunner786]

mahmood will come good guys,

i know it

fast bowlers are all like this at the start of their careers

 

[evertonfan]

Why on earth has Clarke retained his place? Fletcher really has lost it tis time.

 

[irottev]

fast bowlers are all like this at the start of their careers

No way, hardly ever and they usually arn't as expensive.

Shane Bond, certainly wasn't like that, though hes a little faster.

 

[Sureshot]

Why on earth has Clarke retained his place? Fletcher really has lost it tis time.

He lost it quite a while ago in ODIs.

So we come to Trent Bridge.

A little bit of seam movement, fantastic weather atm the whole country is in sunshine (Probably excludes North West).

Yardy offers more than Clarke in both batting and bowling, so I really don't know why he's not starting.

 

[Eddie]

any early team news yet?

 

[evertonfan]

Probably excludes North West

Nope! It's a scorcher.

Unbelievably, Mahmood was on 1/3 from 3 overs at one point today. Didn't take too long to get back to normal though. :

 

[wolf]

Good start for England - Pakistan 81-3 after 21 overs. Lewis has took a couple of wickets.

Trescothick is not playing.

 

[puddleduck]

And Yardy is playing, so will some of you apologise to Fletcher I guess by your own definitions he hasn't lost the plot...

 

[evertonfan]

And Yardy is playing, so will some of you apologise to Fletcher I guess by your own definitions he hasn't lost the plot...

Anyone who picked Clarke for 3 consecutive games doesn't deserve an apology.