Pakistan in England/Scotland 2006

[evertonfan]

Highest ever 4th inning total for Pakistan needed to win.
Should be a great day tomorrow.

This may be my Everton fan pessimism seeking through here, but I think Pakistan are gonna chase it with about 5 wickets to spare. If we can bowl Younis, Yousef and Inzi out then we can win.

 

[ali_ed2001]

what a great game this is...who would have thought this would happen when england were like 150-1!

sets up a classic day 5!

 

[usy]

yer, It was a great comeback after English 515, will be a very good day 5, hope so. I think this is the best test match of the series by far. (as a Pakistani fan)

 

[ZexyZahid]

Finally an exciting day to look forward too. The match still can have three different results.

 

[RoboRocks]

I feel a draw will be unlikely becuase Pakistan will be aggressive to make sure they get off to a start which can also give England wickets.
Also how will Inzamam's injury effect Pakistan?
Can't wait until tommorrow.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Tommorow Should be an Exciting day, and it looks like the Selectors have Finnally listened. They Finnaly have Hafeez in the Squad!

 

[nightprowler10]

That was a good day of cricket. This is by far the best bowling performance we've seen all series from Pakistan. Kami was all over the place in the morning but seems to have found his game after tea. That was a hell of a catch he took to dismiss Bell. Younis Khan did well as the acting captain and got a lot out of his bowlers, especially Sami, who deserved more wickets than he ended up with. I've always been one of his big critics, but he shut me up today. Makes one wonder if Younis's positive approach towards Sami whilst he was bowling made all the difference.

Anyway, day 5 should be very good. It would be interesting to see if Pakistan will try and chase the total if Inzamam can't play.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Superb innings by Chris Read with the tail, similar to Bells at OT and Lords. If he performs well at the oval he has to be the man with the gloves in november.

As for the game, things are pretty open. Pakistan need 2 big innings from the middle 3 (younis, inzi, yousuf) to win the match, as there is very little around them that seems to trouble england. Should be interesting to see if anything changes with inzi probably at 7.

 

[Yorkshire_No1]

My dads thinking it'll be a draw but I feel with the big 3 on form at the moment they could easily snatch it.

Superb display by Read to stamp down his name with the gloves

 

[nightprowler10]

Superb innings by Chris Read with the tail, similar to Bells at OT and Lords. If he performs well at the oval he has to be the man with the gloves in november.

I feel that GoJo should be given another chance, like at the oval.

 

[RoboRocks]

Read has done well under pressure with both bat and gloves.
Which is more than I can say for GoJo

 

[BigCrickNan]

I feel that GoJo should be given another chance, like at the oval.

Gojo was given another chance about 10 times. We made the gamble and it's payed off brilliantly.

 

[nightprowler10]

Gojo was given another chance about 10 times. We made the gamble and it's payed off brilliantly.

Err...that was a joke. I'd rather have GoJo playing since he seemed to be easier to get rid of.

 

[evertonfan]

Err...that was a joke. I'd rather have GoJo playing since he seemed to be easier to get rid of.

He was a safer pair of hands than Akmal...

 

[James_W]

He was a safer pair of hands than Akmal...

What the hell does that have to do with anything?!? He was comparing Reads and Jones' batting, I don't know how Akmal's glovework made its way in there.