Official: Pakistan Vs England 1st Test Day 3 thread

[Officer Barbrady]

Jones is not a tailender. Giles can do a job too.

 

[MIG]

why can't they bowl outswingers or leg cutters in the corridor?

how hard is that?tailenders for god's sake

Very hard - have you ever tried it ? hain ?

 

[AT1]

shoaib lookin tired

 

[Oxy]

Crowd having a great day! What a difference people in stadiums make! Atmospher a-plenty. Makes you want to carry on watching/listening.

 

[Big Mac]

Get Kaneria into the attack

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

omg moyo is back pakistan will surely win now with his amazing athleticism and charisma on the field....

 

[Oxy]

I note that Rameez and Waqar still refer to Mohammed Yousuf as Yousuf Youhana. Is that deliberate?

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

shoaib should be rested for a bit now and sami given a run

 

[Big Mac]

Why is Yousuf at slip?

 

[MIG]

England stuck on 399 .... could this be a sign ?

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

rameez has said yousuf youhana but often corrected himself to say mohammad yousuf i dont think it is delibirate it is just a name that they are used to now it isnt easy to change. BREAKING THE HABIT!

 

[Somali Pirate]

Very hard - have you ever tried it ? hain ?

lee n mcgrath got them out numerous times like that

 

[AT1]

get sami to clean up the tail

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Bowled! Jones Gone Shabby Bowling Well

 

[MIG]

Apparently, Moyos shoulder injury is due to the high backlift which caused his demise in the first innings.....this time around he will play French cricket only and not get bowled....

 

[Raz]

Shabbir's action starting to look dodgy.

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

beerya gets jones

399/8

 

[AT1]

wicket!

 

[Raz]

Bowled G Jones!

 

[nafajafam]

I note that Rameez and Waqar still refer to Mohammed Yousuf as Yousuf Youhana. Is that deliberate?

We can only speculate

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

miggy bhai guess being stuck on 399 was a sign han?

 

[AT1]

Shabbir's action starting to look dodgy.

agreed, not good

 

[Somali Pirate]

good.just bowl cutters either way

how hard is that for the numskulls?

bowling in the corridor often gets ppl out

 

[Big Mac]

I note that Rameez and Waqar still refer to Mohammed Yousuf as Yousuf Youhana. Is that deliberate?

I think it's just old habits die hard, if they're doing it in 6 months time then we have reason to be suspicious. I still find myself having to correct myself when I call him Youhana.

On a sidenote has anybody noticed Shabbir's action has been getting just slightly worse as the game goes on? And this has coincided with him getting some extra bounce and movement?

 

[MIG]

England stuck on 399 .... could this be a sign ?

Main nay bolla tha !!! Ab yay 400 naheen cross karaingay !!

 

[Oxy]

Bowled! Jones Gone Shabby Bowling Well

Bob Woolmer enjoyed that!

 

[WasimG]

Jones bowled by Beera. Damn, now Beera aint going anywhere for the 2nd test.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Bob Woolmer enjoyed that!

yes altho he must be onhis way to purcahsing a new laptop atm after smashing his old one in anger

 

[MIG]

I think it's just old habits die hard, if they're doing it in 6 months time then we have reason to be suspicious. I still find myself having to correct myself when I call him Youhana.

On a sidenote has anybody noticed Shabbir's action has been getting just slightly worse as the game goes on? And this has coincided with him getting some extra bounce and movement?

sssshhhhhhhh.......

 

[AT1]

how many overs left of the day?

 

[Oxy]

Without wishing to put a dampner on things-is Shabbirs action looking 'slightly dodgy'.

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

Jones bowled by Beera. Damn, now Beera aint going anywhere for the 2nd test.

imho rana for sami

and if spinning track afridi

 

[Imy]

OH shut up Raz his action is fine do you see a kink, yes its bent when he bowls but its not straightning

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

well notsoshabby ahmed has cemented his place for 2nd test for sure now by pakistan selecting standards

 

[Oxy]

I thought Udal was a goner 1st up!

 

[Big Mac]

OH shut up Raz his action is fine do you see a kink, yes its bent when he bowls but its not straightning

eh? It's clearly straightening

 

[Oxy]

Nope-Shabbir's action looks OK..just seen it from a few more angles.

 

[Big Mac]

well notsoshabby ahmed has cemented his place for 2nd test for sure now by pakistan selecting standards

Unless he makes a hash of things in the 4th innings (assuming we can make England bat again that is ;0) then the only people who can stop him playing in the next test are the umpires

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

400 finally comes up for eng afer a well dug out yorker

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

thats good to hear

beeray zindabaad

 

[Raz]

OH shut up Raz his action is fine do you see a kink, yes its bent when he bowls but its not straightning

To me it doesnt look as when he first came onto bowl. Thats my opinion.

 

[Oxy]

Udal 'the Noodle' has to go quickly!

 

[MIG]

OK - they still havent gone past 400!!!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

akhtar has truly impressed me that he is still able to bwl 90 mph yorkers after 24 + overs noone should be questioning his fitness now

 

[Big Mac]

Come on lads, let's finish this off quickly. As i type that Shoaib strikes

 

[Raz]

Akhtar strikes

 

[MIG]

Have a feeling that England will be all out on the famous Pakistani number 420 ( Char so bees !!)

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lbw udal by akthar gr8 inswinging ball and 400-9 now

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

0812: New man Shaun Udal's first ball in Test cricket prompts a confident appeal for lbw, but Bowden decides the batsman was outside the line off-stump, replays indicating some misfortune for the bowler


from bbc

billy starting to annoy me

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

udal gone

 

[Raz]

Noodle gone! LBW

 

[AT1]

shoaib strikes

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

no worries jive he still goes for a duck

 

[Billy]

Very good bowling no doubt but is it me or is the ball doing more off the pitch now? That's not ideal news for Pakistan if England can do the same in a few minutes time..

 

[AT1]

400 for 9 now

 

[MIG]

OK - they still havent gone past 400!!!

Aye Hai Oye Hoi !!! 400 pay hee rehgaay becharay!!! wooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooo

Ballay ballay , Aho aho - Koi may jhoot bolaya ? koi may kufr blah blah.....

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

i have a feeling harmy will be knocking a few before he goes

 

[Big Mac]

akhtar has truly impressed me that he is still able to bwl 90 mph yorkers after 24 + overs noone should be questioning his fitness now

IT's a shame that it took so long for him to finally realise what was required but he has impressed over the past couple of days. If he can keep this up over the series then we might give the English something to think about

 

[Oxy]

Noodle Schoondal...should have been goiven plumb LBW 1st ball...but good to see Shoaib pick him up!

 

[zaf1986]

3 wkts a piece for Akhtar and Beera. Good bowling. Still nothing in the pitch for spinners it would seem.

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

a major difference bewteen the is trescothick score

rest of the side has been preety equal

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

pakistan have got themselves into a good position and should be hoping to get around 150-160 by thee end of the day without losing more than 2 wickets and we can still win this

 

[Big Mac]

oh man that was close

 

[Amir_rulez]

Shabbir 3 for 46
Shoaib 3 for 89

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

how did that miss the top this is where height is bad

 

[Big Mac]

3 wkts a piece for Akhtar and Beera. Good bowling. Still nothing in the pitch for spinners it would seem.

There's been quite a bit of turn for the spinners and Malik was our best bowler yesterday. Giles and Udal will cause us some problem on this track

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

400 paar kar gaya naahiin lol

 

[Raz]

Aye Hai Oye Hoi !!! 400 pay hee rehgaay becharay!!! wooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooo

Ballay ballay , Aho aho - Koi may jhoot bolaya ? koi may kufr blah blah.....

401 their total now

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

just bowl it full and str8 shabbir and uve got him

 

[Oxy]

English tail has wagged very effectively in 2005...

 

[zaf1986]

There's been quite a bit of turn for the spinners and Malik was our best bowler yesterday. Giles and Udal will cause us some problem on this track

Interesting.

Lets see how our batsmen fare now. Hopefully better than the 2nd innings. I would think Pak now have to score close to 400 to set Eng a minumum of 250 to stand a chance.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

English tail has wagged very effectively in 2005...

thankfully we have snuffed them out here today

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

giles gets a streaky boundary

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

i hope shoaib get giles this over

anyway we need to just bat

 

[MIG]

dont u guys think shabbir is chucking it blantantly??

Flick of wrist Vs straightening of arm - big difference ?

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

shaoib 1st ball is a four

 

[Imy]

No he is not its the angkL is way below 15%,

 

[badxhah]

Lesson to be learned - The new ball was due when ENg were 285-5

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

another 4 cmon finsih this shoaib!

 

[sars_pal]

This has been quite a goo day so far when u consider the score first up we need to get giles then knock of the lead asap, once the lead is cleared without losing man wickets we will then be right back in this game