Pakistan in England/Scotland 2006

[A_Whitey]

Did I just see GoJo out sweeping again? Or was I watching a replay of one of the past 7000 times he has been out in that way?

I wish we'd give Read another chance, his batting has really come on. Bell's going for his century now.

 

[aitzaz]

Well why this test is reminding me of England`s First Test at Multan in 2005 England 185 (I think) to win and Pakistan Bowled them out!

Hoggard Gone with a Summer of 69!

 

[A_Whitey]

Straight in front, nice cover drive the ball before.

Harmy in now, I love watching him try and bat.

 

[aitzaz]

I tell you I am happy with Pakistani Team inspite bad bowling! They are super fit arent they? They are bowling overs quickly and it has 150 + overs!

 

[MUFC1987]

I reckon we could drop him for Flintoff and get Colly to bowl more overs maybe. Flintoff, Harmison, Hoggard and Panesar with support from Collingwood.

The Problem is that when the new ball is taken, you want the first 20 or so overs to be Bowlers who are used to bowling with it, which we'll struggle with in this test as well, by the way. Also it means that Flintoff, Hoggard and Harmison would still bowl more overs, as they would be turned too to get wickets, i.e. Collingwood would be used to break a partnership. The selectors are already paranoid about Flintoff's workload as it is, without feeling the need to increase it further. Apart from giving him the Captaincy of course.

 

[A_Whitey]

Bell needs to get his century quickly, we can't be batting for too much longer.

 

[Sureshot]

I reckon we could drop him for Flintoff and get Colly to bowl more overs maybe. Flintoff, Harmison, Hoggard and Panesar with support from Collingwood.

Not just Colly, Bell and KP can bowl too. KP had a decent record as a part timer at Notts.

Well why this test is reminding me of England`s First Test at Multan in 2005 England 185 (I think) to win and Pakistan Bowled them out!

Hoggard Gone with a Summer of 69!

Difference is we batted second in Multan.

Expect to see Monty in the wickets :cool:

 

[evertonfan]

Bell needs to get his century quickly, we can't be batting for too much longer.

It won't really be that important; it's meant to be scorching for the rest of the test, adn surely England can't drop 10 cathes again, can they?

 

[Sureshot]

I tell you I am happy with Pakistani Team inspite bad bowling! They are super fit arent they? They are bowling overs quickly and it has 150 + overs!

70 overs of spin helps.

 

[RoboRocks]

Well batted by Bell there,
Monty was funny, going for the drive on the last ball
There is turn Monty will be at what he does best I am sure.
Pakistan need a partnership at the top to take them through to the end of the day then bat all day tommorrow if they want to save the game.
They have the batting but will they make the runs?

 

[evertonfan]

Looking forward to seeing Monty bowling. Well played by Bell too; he, as well as Cook and Colly scoring hundreds, shows that on the batting side, we are fine without Vaughan. We still desperatley need him back as captain though.

 

[aitzaz]

hmm.... Farhat not looking too convincing to me!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

They are batting well out there not giving any chances to the bowlers

 

[BigCrickNan]

From cricinfos commentry looks like hoggards bowling crap... not good. Bring him off!

 

[Yorkshire_No1]

Both Hoggy and Harmison have been bowling on and off. Both havn't really shone but the odd ball looks exciting. Time for Plunkett me thinks