Pakistan in England/Scotland 2006

[BigCrickNan]

Very good bowling perfomance from Lewis and the spinners again. Broad and was pretty average but came back well, but Saj had a good first 2 overs and bowled badly ever since. Get rid of him, he bowls worse than Mick Lewis in ODi's.

 

[Eddie]

Mahmood's last 3-4 overs went for over 30 runs..

Some dangerous runs being put on by Razzaq..22 runs off last 2overs..

Does Mahmood have some "dirt" on Fletcher? bowling utter rubbish..

6..5wides...4 runs..

why is he bowling ! get him off !!!!!

 

[JamesyJames3]

Mahmood throwing the game away for us as usual. Why is he even playing? Terrible.

 

[evertonfan]

Forgive me for being pessimistic, but once again Sajid Mahmood's horrible bowlinig has given the opposite team the advantage. I thought England would win this match, but obviously Mahmood has other ideas. The confidence Pakistan will take in this after being in such tatters will be huge.

Get out of this side now; Your a disgrace.

 

[JamesyJames3]

26 off the over. He is a shocking one day player. Why is he playing? I really dont understand, he has been terrible throughout his ODI career. Get him out now.

 

[BigCrickNan]

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26 off the over. One of the worst international overs ever?

 

[Eddie]

He's just given away all the momentum...

Worst bowler to wear an England shirt EVER!

 

[puddleduck]

I generally am prepared to give Fletcher to benefit of the doubt, but I fail to see how Mahmood is still playing Odi cricket for England.. He has I think only bowled one spell for less than 6 runs an over in his entire career so far. At the death he is useless, does anyone know why they feel Odi cricket is the place for him to learn how to control a cricket ball? To be honest Ricki Clarke would be a better selection than Mahmood because at least he can bat

Someone like Chapple or Geoff Boycotts Gran must be a better bet?

 

[evertonfan]

Mahmood has thrown yet another game of ODI cricket away for England. Absolutley abysmal, and England have no momentum at all now.

 

[puddleduck]

We can only hope that Razzaqs innings suggests the pitch is reasonably easy to bat on...

Still I reckon Asif and Akhtar will pick up a couple of quick wickets and England will show exactly how uneffective our lower order is in comparison to Pakistans.

 

[barmyarmy]

Not just Mahmood's fault, although he is totally useless in this situation. Lewis can't bowl at the death either. In fact, without Harmison, Jones, Flintoff, Gough, Plunkett and Anderson I'm not sure anyone can.
That said I'd still have had Broad and Lewis rather than Mahmood.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Lewis and Saj bowled crap at the end, length balls are nothing to razzaq at the death. Fantastic innings, shots were unreal. Boom boom razzaq .

 

[Eddie]

Still I reckon Asif and Akhtar will pick up a couple of quick wickets and England will show exactly how uneffective our lower order is in comparison to Pakistans.

if England's lower order were facing Mahmood..i'd back them to score runs..

 

[evertonfan]

We can only hope that Razzaqs innings suggests the pitch is reasonably easy to bat on...

Still I reckon Asif and Akhtar will pick up a couple of quick wickets and England will show exactly how uneffective our lower order is in comparison to Pakistans.

Exactly, The Pakistan bowlers have all the momentum and I expect England to be at least 10/2 or something like that.

Not entirely Mahmood's fault, but he was without doubt the catalyst and the most responsible.

 

[Eddie]

Mahmood.. 8-1-58-1

remember one 1 run off the first 2 overs..9rpo off te next 6 !

If he gets to play for England i wanna have a go too....I am taller than he is and i'm quite nippy..