Day 4 Thread

[catwoman]

I guess I have the honor of starting the thread for today.

Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping Pak can bowl them out quickly....

 

[sehsan]

no doubt, inshallah we can get 40-50 runs lead

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

salman butt giving interview his english has really improved.

"Its cricket and its full of surprises"

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

yes agree with ramiz completely here in thinking that Pakistan must go for the win here and not think of the draw

 

[badxhah]

From all the past 10 test i have seen Pakistan has the first innings blues they have been unable to restrict a side for less than 300.It happend in india ,WI and now here.
I know DKNY is a match winning bowler but u have to take wickets in the first innings also

 

[umarbeast]

two runs gone from lead..

 

[umarbeast]

Come on shoaib. Need batsmen out.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

gr8 over by shoaib afridi in now

 

[umarbeast]

Afridi on.

 

[umarbeast]

giles saved by a no ball. Cearly Plumb in front.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

bowled him! ashyley giles gone!

 

[umarbeast]

who???

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

afridi strikes agn he is making sure he makes a big bang before leaving for his 3 games

 

[badxhah]

giles buddhha gone

 

[umarbeast]

Nice wicket. That is what we need. Main batsmen giles gone.

 

[catwoman]

2 more wickets to go. Go Pakistan!!!

 

[akpower]

great ball ... c'mon guys lets wrap it up under 400!

 

[umarbeast]

How are you watching the match cricket devil?

 

[kablooee87]

Botham calls it a straight ball, but the replay immediately shows that there was some good turn.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

huge lbw appeal first ball but taufel turns it down looked to be going way down leg side gr8 over by afridi

 

[Lahoria]

Afridi has looked far more dangerous than Kaneria in this innings, sad to see Kaneria struggle so badly after bowling so well in the previous game. Every time I think about Afridi's brain fart it pisses me off more, he couldn't have picked a worse time to act like a retard.

 

[Amir]

Botham does not know rules. Hit Hoggard on the full, that should be LBW.

 

[kablooee87]

Two bouncers in a row, here comes the yorker.....

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

yorker well picked by udal and defended

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

amazing slower ball made udal look like an idiot very lucky to survive

 

[Lahoria]

Funny how bothman made up his mind even before seeing the replay and completely dismissed Rameez's view.

 

[umarbeast]

Smart bowling from Shoaib. Lets get udal packing come on.

 

[lahori]

Afridi has looked far more dangerous than Kaneria in this innings, sad to see Kaneria struggle so badly after bowling so well in the previous game. Every time I think about Afridi's brain fart it pisses me off more, he couldn't have picked a worse time to act like a retard.

Totally agreed. It was a disgusting act and Afridi's reputation has been tarnished for good. I feel ashamed everytime I see him out there on the field.

Let's hope maybe with time everyone can recover from this and Afridi plays some great innings in the future to make up for this.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Afridi will hit a century after taking a 5fer here i tell ya leave with a bang!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

gr8 delivery by shoaib to hoggard amazingly close to stumps

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lol @ ramiz and his rainbow tie! )

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

another yorker at 92.2 mph hoggard manages it well

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

this is gonna inverse two yorkers done and now here comes the bouncer

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

another maiden by shoaib batsmen looking very uncomfortable

 

[whyhkk]

afridi should slow down his overs and give shoaib some sort of break

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

gr8 spin by afridi beats the outside edge of udal

 

[Raz]

'Surrounded by Salman Butt and Inzamam Ul Haq. Asslamo Alaikum Matthew Hoggard'- Rameez

 

[Raz]

Hoggard out!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

bowled around the ass!! hoggard goes for the sweep and plays on!!!

 

[Raz]

Afridi takes 4!!!!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

im tellin ya afridi will get a 5fer!

 

[Raz]

bowled around the ass!! hoggard goes for the sweep and plays on!!!

Well and truely!!!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

followed by a century of such epic proportions his ban will be lifted because of potential crowd loss

 

[pacman]

The beast is eating England for breakfast

 

[badxhah]

smartest comment made by botham all tour-I jus hope Mattew hoggard comes back in one peice"

 

[Lahoria]

I think a faster one will get the job done here, once again I have to say that Afridi is the 2nd best option after Akhtar to wipe out the tail.

 

[Raz]

He should have 6 by now had chances been taken!!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

well we should then count danish having 1 for the stumping thus removing one from afridi

 

[catwoman]

Not fair that Afridi won't be playing in the next test!

 

[zulfiqar]

Things looking good here ... 50 run lead would be nice!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

quicker offspinner o an 400 has come up around this time as well

 

[badxhah]

Every time a ball doe4s something botham says this will be good for the eng bowlers

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

weird appeal afridi appeals for lbw as 4 legbyes are given eventfulness to the max)

 

[Raz]

Botham getting happy about the appeal not given.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Eng 404-9 lead down to 58

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

"Harmison gets to the other end and that is the best place for him with shoaib bowling" <-- Rameez

 

[Big Mac]

Afridi is amaaaaaaaaaaaaazy

 

[Raz]

Not fair that Afridi won't be playing in the next test!

So how would you have punished him then for his actions?

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

bouncer hit over top of keeper for 4 eng on 409 now lead getting smaller with these mishits cmon lets finish this

 

[Raz]

Allot getting happier than Botham firstly about the appeal and now the 4 lucks runs

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

no ball by akthar cmon yaar..

 

[catwoman]

So how would you have punished him then for his actions?

With a huge fine.

Come on Shoaiby, get the last wicket!!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

akhtar has mastered the slower ball this series folling batsmen each time

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

the lead is getting smaller and smaller

I was hoping we had a minimum 50 run lead

 

[whyhkk]

i would disguise afridi as asim kamal and therefore he could still play

 

[smoothcriminal]

shaabash jitna advantage hay sara khaa jao

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

full toss hit for 4! this is not good lead shortening by the second

 

[Big Mac]

Not fair that Afridi won't be playing in the next test!

It's only fair that we be good hosts and give England a chance

 

[Raz]

How the hell is Udal still there?!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

i would disguise afridi as asim kamal and therefore he could still play

wonder wat they will think of asim all of a sudden batting right handed

UDAL PULLS FOR 6!!!

 

[Amir]

Bring on Danish

 

[smoothcriminal]

holy crap talk about precious runs for england

 

[Big Mac]

Haha, what a shot by Udal

 

[Amir]

Every run counts! I have a feeling we are in store for a Pakistani collapse.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

16 runs off the over England 420-9....42 trailing by ugh..

 

[Raz]

Akhtar smashed for 6! Allot almost getting orgasmic.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

expensive over by shoaib

 

[zulfiqar]

shoaib's gone mad wth is going on here

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

harmy sweeps for 4 from afridi....

 

[whyhkk]

well we can say asim kamal got surgery and now he can only bat right handed