Pakistan in England/Scotland 2006

[prarara]

I think Kaneria's late blows made the game that evenly poised.

 

[ali_ed2001]

imagine Afridi taking over on day 5

 

[hheshh]

i dont think there willl be enough time left in the game for a result..england cautiousness will ensure that they bat until pakistan have no realistic chance of winning (400 if possible). even if pakistan were to get the last 3 wickets very quickly, 350 at over 4 an over on the fifth day is still a big ask

 

[afridi25]

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[BigCrickNan]

i dont think there willl be enough time left in the game for a result..england cautiousness will ensure that they bat until pakistan have no realistic chance of winning (400 if possible). even if pakistan were to get the last 3 wickets very quickly, 350 at over 4 an over on the fifth day is still a big ask

Trouble is our remaining batsman, can they get 67 runs?

 

[James219]

Sounds like yet another "relatively" irresponsible Jones dismissal...
To be honest, I dunno if the remaining bats will be able to notch up another 59 runs to achieve a lead of 400, but by all means, it's possible. They're all capable of scoring, but they'll have to do so quickly in order to allow a decent amount of time with which to put Pakistan under any sort of serious pressure. The ploy where the opposition is given enough of a sniff of victory that it could work in England's favour may be used, but it's probably a touch too risky, what with Pakistan's long-batting line-up and inarguable attacking firepower...

 

[aitzaz]

hmmm..... to me its still a draw

 

[s2sschan]

England lead by 379...Declare for God's Sake Strauss!!!

Yes! He heard me.

 

[irottev]

Its gonna be a draw. Those wasted overs this morning could cost England.

 

[kodos]

Only reason why I see Strauss didn't declare overnight is that the pitch is still playing very well apart from the odd one staying low. Looks more like a day 3 pitch than a day 5.

Good work Hoggy!! first ball

 

[irottev]

Well that is strange. Plunkett got a wicket. But he actually didn't. The batsmen edged the ball and no one appealed. I guess they didn't hear it. Definate edge though shown on replay.

 

[Yorkshire_No1]

Can't believe nobody appealed

Yousuf is going to be the key, if we can get him in the next 5 overs we are definately in with a chance

 

[cricketmad09]

Need 300 runs in 56 overs with 8 wickets left. I reakon that Pakistan are a fair dinkum chance of winning. Especially with big hitters Afridi, Razzaq and Ahkmal down the order.

 

[usy]

For God sake, faisal Iqbal waisting overs, damn. 85 ball for just 20 runs,

 

[Stephen Bailey]

For God sake, faisal Iqbal waisting overs, damn. 85 ball for just 20 runs,

And how many times has a total of 380 been made in a single day in a test, let alone chased in 80 overs on a 5th day? They are quite rightly playing for a draw.