Pakistan vs England Jul-Aug-Sep 2010

[MasterBlaster76]

Absolutely amazing what Trott and Broad did there and what a bonus for England that our No.9 scores his first 100! That has to be one of the most unbelievable days of Test Cricket I've ever seen. First thing I turned it on, I saw we were five down and I was like 'wait...wha'?

MasterBlaster76 added 1 Minutes and 31 Seconds later...

The game just seems so sterile.

Sterile????? What match are you watching mate?

 

[Chewie]

Broad's never hit a century in any format and that tradition will continue

Or not

I went to sleep with England 7 down with Amir going nuts and I was expecting to wake up and see Pakistan batting. Never expected England to still be batting and Broad getting a ton. Most people think Broad is a prat but you've got to hand it to him, it's been a great innings. Trott as well, looking solid as ever though I still can't stand his little rituals which just waste time.

Pakistan will be smarting over this. Triggered a big collapse only to be stopped by Trott and of all people Broad. Yet another opportunity allowed to slip through the fingers.

I also went to sleep with England 7 down, but I expected to wake up and see England batting...their second innings

Great batting from Broad and Trott though to save England. Kinda like something Vettori would do.

 

[TumTum]

Epic Fail from Pakistan :laugh

 

[angryangy]

Sterile????? What match are you watching mate?

England sitting on a 200 run partnership and Pakistan don't look fussed about it at all. Broad nicks one and they have a giggle. It's not great cricket in that regard.

 

[Owzat]

Gotta say I think Pakistan rather did give the impression they expected the wicket to fall rather than push home their advantage. They may come to regret missed chances, dropped catches, not having third slip (at times) etc

Has there been a greater recovery from 102/7 to more than TREBLE the score to 346/7? With one batsman making his highest FIRST CLASS score it was astounding

Highest Test partnerships for 8th wicket

313 W.Akram/S.Mushtaq : Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 1996
256 S.Fleming/J.Franklin : New Zealand vs South Africa 2006
253 N.Astle/A.Parore : New Zealand vs Australia 2001
246 L.Ames/G.Allen : England vs New Zealand 1931
244* J.Trott/S.Broad : England vs Pakistan 2010
243 M.Hartigan/C.Hill : Australia vs England 1908
217 T.Graveney/J.Murray : England vs West Indies 1966

No great surprise that three of the seven 8th wicket partnerships over 200 have come since 2000. And records for a number nine

Highest Test scores by a number nine

173 I.Smith : New Zealand vs India 1990
160 C.Hill : Australia vs England 1908
146 A.Iqbal : Pakistan vs England 1967
137* D.Vettori : New Zealand vs Pakistan 2003
125* S.Broad : England vs Pakistan 2010
122 G.Allen : England vs New Zealand 1931
112 J.Murray : England vs West Indies 1966

Records | Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | Cricinfo.com


Personally I think the close of play will save Pakistan, I anticipate one or both England batsmen getting out early today. The fun and games often end abruptly, I remember many a late order runfest that ended disappointingly with players poised for landmarks of looking like they might just save the day. In this case I think there has been enough rescue work done that England could salvage a draw. Two days gone, one innings not yet complete and normally as a rule of thumb I reckon you need both 1st innings complete by near enough the close of play on day three, maybe a little after but not much.

Trying to squeeze two complete innings into 4-5 sessions offers too much chance of a draw, even if one is batting last. Most sides would fancy their chances of batting out two sessions, even Bangladesh. Of course it depends how big one of the innings is, the lead etc, but Pakistan would need to at least get close or slightly past England and that should take at least one day if not more - assuming no more rain/lost play

 

[ARay]

Pakistan threw the match out of their hands!
Salman Butt needs to be little bit more aggressive. He should trust his bowlers and attack, especially when you have so many wickets down!

 

[Aoun13]

well luck is the major factor in this partnership, how many times you saw such great knock by a number 9?
Yes we did make mistakes but those were very very minute comparing greatness of patnership.
So the match is not slipped by Pakistan but is taken completely by Trott and Broad.

 

[Dutch]

What a day to look forward to. You just can't beat real test cricket!

 

[Iridium]

England really piling on the misery. Never thought Broad would score a Test century let alone be on 158.

 

[Chewie]

Everyone always talked him up as an all-rounder, but looking at his stats before I could never see why. Now I know. He used to bat above Swann too which I found strange

 

[Themer]

Everyone always talked him up as an all-rounder, but looking at his stats before I could never see why. Now I know. He used to bat above Swann too which I found strange

He used to be an opening batsmen until aged 16 or 17 when he had a massive growth spurt and someone suggested he tried bowling.

Pakistan look really tired now. I think the 7 test matches in a 6 week period has really caught them up here.

 

[Dutch]

This is such good cricket from these two. Some really, really classy shots being played!

 

[Dabi]

A bad fielder plus you can hope him to score runs on a flat track,against depleted bowling attacks & minnows only.

Shoaib87 added 5 Minutes and 8 Seconds later...

Thats what happens when you make someone captain who doesn't even deserve to be in the squad.TBH,Never expected him to do a Mike Brearley even when this team won a game against Australia.Salman is the captain because of his relations in the board & is better at English than some of the others in the team probably.

I really don't understand the Yusuf bashing. He is the best batsman we have by a country mile. His effect on the team's batting was clearly visible in the previous match. As for the fielding, well it's not like the others are bubbling with energy. Yusuf and Younis should be in the Test team without question, unless their presence is severly detrimental to the squad (which I'm sure is no worse than Kamran Akmal and the general body language he displays in the outfield). The fact that people like you can even question Yusuf's position in the side as a batsman really irks me.

As for your views on Salman Butt, yes he will not go down as one of the best captains ever but Younis Khan, Yusuf and Inzi were all horrible tacticians. The thing about Inzi was that he was excellent at motivating the young lads and thus we had a good period under him. Shoaib Malik is a good tactician but cannot motivate the team to save his life thus he cannot be captain. Afridi as a captain should not even be mentioned. So really we don't have any other choice than Butt.

 

[Themer]

It's also worth noting that Trott seems to be playing the spin a hell of alot better than he was earlier in the year. He's actually been able to knock the spin around for singles; something which against Bangladesh he seemed completely unable to do.

 

[Dutch]

However being English and therefore having a half empty glass all the time, the lack of form from numbers 4, 5 and 6 is still very worrying as we go toward Aussie.....