Johann
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Pakistan looking good. Might end up to be a close match!
Story Pakistan's International season [BLIC]
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England finally get Youhana
All the English fans' prayers came true this morning as England was finally able to bowl Pakistan out early in the day. What made it even better was the fact that the last wicket was of none other than Yousuf Youhana himself, who was already closing in on 150 runs. He got out in an attempt to score a double where there wasn't one and ended getting runout thanks to a perfect throw from Collingwood at fine leg. Pakistan are now all out at 351, the match will continue after the innings break.
Pakistan 351 a/o (88 overs) - Innings Break (Day 2)
Y. Youhana 144 (199) | S. Afridi 48 (45) | M. Amir 41 (66)
J. Anderson 2/60 | M. Hoggard 2/70 | A. Flintoff 2/75
All the English fans' prayers came true this morning as England was finally able to bowl Pakistan out early in the day. What made it even better was the fact that the last wicket was of none other than Yousuf Youhana himself, who was already closing in on 150 runs. He got out in an attempt to score a double where there wasn't one and ended getting runout thanks to a perfect throw from Collingwood at fine leg. Pakistan are now all out at 351, the match will continue after the innings break.
Pakistan 351 a/o (88 overs) - Innings Break (Day 2)
Y. Youhana 144 (199) | S. Afridi 48 (45) | M. Amir 41 (66)
J. Anderson 2/60 | M. Hoggard 2/70 | A. Flintoff 2/75
m_vaughan
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But now the tough part begins for England. Batting.
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Might be a bit easier for them with no Kaneria there.m_vaughan said:
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England lose openers early on
England got off to slow start in their first inning scoring only 2 runs off of the first 3 overs. Sami, who kept bowling bouncers to both openers, was able to get an early break through when Strauss hooked one towards midwicket and was caught easily by Shahid Afridi. But after that early dismissal, Trescothick and the new arrival Ian Bell decided to go for their runs, and they did so against the Rawalpindi express. Amir, who has been the target of controversy over his black bat, came in to bowl and got hit for a four by Trescothick on the very first ball, but then picked up the opener's wicket on the fifth ball of the over. Trescothick, who had misjudged the delivery, was declared out LBW in front of the leg stump. At lunch, England were 40/2.
England got off to slow start in their first inning scoring only 2 runs off of the first 3 overs. Sami, who kept bowling bouncers to both openers, was able to get an early break through when Strauss hooked one towards midwicket and was caught easily by Shahid Afridi. But after that early dismissal, Trescothick and the new arrival Ian Bell decided to go for their runs, and they did so against the Rawalpindi express. Amir, who has been the target of controversy over his black bat, came in to bowl and got hit for a four by Trescothick on the very first ball, but then picked up the opener's wicket on the fifth ball of the over. Trescothick, who had misjudged the delivery, was declared out LBW in front of the leg stump. At lunch, England were 40/2.
England 40/2 (15 overs) - Lunch (Day 2)
I. Bell 15*(28) | M. Vaughan 0*(1)
England trail by 311 runs
I. Bell 15*(28) | M. Vaughan 0*(1)
England trail by 311 runs
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Bell and Vaughan help England stabilize
After two weeks of thinking about just scrapping the match and starting over with either one of the two new games, I decided to go ahead and finish this series a day at a time and then start the next series (India in Pakistan) with the new game. Since I hadn't updated this thread in a while, I figured I'll go ahead and finish Day 2 and then update it, so here it is.
By lunch time, Bell had already started to show off his good form, but he decided to take it one step further after lunch slaughtering the Pakistani bowling attack. Where at one point Pakistan looked to be on top, they were now desperate for wickets. With Vaughan playing cautiously at the other end, Bell showed his captain exactly why he picked him for this decisive match. The right-handed aggressive batsman hit the Pakistanis for 20 boundaries and took his score past 100 before giving his wicket away.
But an already confident Vaughan took over where Bell left off and, with Amir now bowling, started hitting at an average of 8 runs per over. But Amir ended up getting the best of the English captain when Vaughan lofted one off of a well pitched delivery and allowed Youhana at mid-off to take a breath-taking catch, ending his inning at 66. Two deliveries later, Amir picked up Collingwood for a duck leaving England at 237/5.
Flintoff had been scoring steadily by that time and reached his 40 with haste before he became victim of his own aggressive nature and tried hitting Saqlain over mid-off but got caught easily by the Pakistani captain. At the end of the day, England were 259/6.
After two weeks of thinking about just scrapping the match and starting over with either one of the two new games, I decided to go ahead and finish this series a day at a time and then start the next series (India in Pakistan) with the new game. Since I hadn't updated this thread in a while, I figured I'll go ahead and finish Day 2 and then update it, so here it is.
By lunch time, Bell had already started to show off his good form, but he decided to take it one step further after lunch slaughtering the Pakistani bowling attack. Where at one point Pakistan looked to be on top, they were now desperate for wickets. With Vaughan playing cautiously at the other end, Bell showed his captain exactly why he picked him for this decisive match. The right-handed aggressive batsman hit the Pakistanis for 20 boundaries and took his score past 100 before giving his wicket away.
But an already confident Vaughan took over where Bell left off and, with Amir now bowling, started hitting at an average of 8 runs per over. But Amir ended up getting the best of the English captain when Vaughan lofted one off of a well pitched delivery and allowed Youhana at mid-off to take a breath-taking catch, ending his inning at 66. Two deliveries later, Amir picked up Collingwood for a duck leaving England at 237/5.
Flintoff had been scoring steadily by that time and reached his 40 with haste before he became victim of his own aggressive nature and tried hitting Saqlain over mid-off but got caught easily by the Pakistani captain. At the end of the day, England were 259/6.
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England 259/6 (70 overs) - Stumps (Day 2)
G. Jones 9*(24) | A. Giles 0*(3)
England trail by 92 runs
G. Jones 9*(24) | A. Giles 0*(3)
England trail by 92 runs
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Fantastic innings there from Bell, will do his confidence a great deal of good. But England will probably be disappointed after losing 6 wickets. Match well poised.
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Thanks pal. Thats one I love about all EA games, unlimited camera angles. That's one thing I'll miss in BLIC.fardin said:
I think the match could really go either way from this point on. Just depends on how fast can Pakistan get England out. There's a lot of cricket left to be played.m_vaughan said:
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Inzamam optimistic
Inzamam optimistic about the team's position:
Speaking to a few reporters outside of the team's dressing room, Inzamam has shown satisfaction with today's play, despite the 116 run partnership between Ian Bell and the English captain Michael Vaughan. "England is a very good test team, and to have them well under 300 with only four wickets left is an acheivement" said a rather relaxed Pakistani captain. When asked about his decision to let Amir bowl a long second spell despite getting hit all over the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Inzamam responded by saying that he has "complete faith in Amir's bowling. He is a very good cricketer and handles pressure well, and I knew it was only a matter of time before he got us a break through, which he did."
Michael Vaughan on the other hand didn't have many positive remarks on his team's performance, with the exception of Bell. "Bell helped us put up a good total at a good pace. At one point we were comfortable at 230 with only three down. Amir is a good bowler, any aggression I have against him stays strictly on the field, and the same goes for him. After smacking him around for a few boundaries I lost my head and he was smart enough to take advantage of that, which is why I threw my wicket away." Vaughan was the second best scorer of the day with 66 runs next to Bell, but none of the other English batsmen came close, which deeply disappointed the captain.
Inzamam optimistic about the team's position:
Speaking to a few reporters outside of the team's dressing room, Inzamam has shown satisfaction with today's play, despite the 116 run partnership between Ian Bell and the English captain Michael Vaughan. "England is a very good test team, and to have them well under 300 with only four wickets left is an acheivement" said a rather relaxed Pakistani captain. When asked about his decision to let Amir bowl a long second spell despite getting hit all over the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Inzamam responded by saying that he has "complete faith in Amir's bowling. He is a very good cricketer and handles pressure well, and I knew it was only a matter of time before he got us a break through, which he did."
Michael Vaughan on the other hand didn't have many positive remarks on his team's performance, with the exception of Bell. "Bell helped us put up a good total at a good pace. At one point we were comfortable at 230 with only three down. Amir is a good bowler, any aggression I have against him stays strictly on the field, and the same goes for him. After smacking him around for a few boundaries I lost my head and he was smart enough to take advantage of that, which is why I threw my wicket away." Vaughan was the second best scorer of the day with 66 runs next to Bell, but none of the other English batsmen came close, which deeply disappointed the captain.
Briggsey
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very nice presentation nightprowler, seems the game is shaping up nicely! best of luck to you!
m_vaughan
Chairman of Selectors
I just hope the England tail can take the score beyond 300!
hassan
International Coach
the match is going good so far keep it up
Johann
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Great presentation as usual! This can become a very interesting match if England scores a few more...
