Pak V Eng: ODI No 1: Lahore: Score updates and discussion thread (Eng innings)

[MIG]

England will want to avenge ( in some way ) the 2-0 mauling at the hands of Pakistan.

Pakistan are without Afridi - can the English try and wrest the initiative off Pak hands in Lahore today ?

 

[Lightning]

I'm guessing the timer on the homepage is wrong?

 

[MIG]

I think so - we still have an hour to go I think....

 

[immubhai]

has the match already started?

 

[MIG]

starts at 0600 GMT ( not BST!)

 

[His_Excellence_]

yes people!
an hour and 3 minutes to go !
who's psyched up ?

 

[immubhai]

couldn't sleep after 5 am here..hope Pak bats first

 

[tahaqureshi]

I cant wait!!!! gonna be amazing..first time im watching an ODI since pak toured india

 

[His_Excellence_]

Let's Get It On!

 

[His_Excellence_]

I'm going over to a friends place, where a bunch of us are going to get together and raise the roof tonight! ALL NIGHT LONG BABY ALL NIGHT LONG!

 

[hasan316]

45 min to start

 

[tahaqureshi]

I'm going over to a friends place, where a bunch of us are going to get together and raise the roof tonight! ALL NIGHT LONG BABY ALL NIGHT LONG!

SAME HERE!!!!! except it wont be night time!

 

[Farah]

Arshad Khan is super sub, Matt prior will open for Eng and they r batting first.

 

[deadly_man]

england have won the toss and decided to bat first

 

[deadly_man]

why the hell they made arshad as super sub???

 

[deadly_man]

hameed shud have been named as super sub

 

[Obeid]

Why The Hell Is Arshad Khan Supersub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why Not Yasir Arafat....we Already Have 2 Spinners In Malik An Kaneria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Farah]

We r playing our test side

 

[deadly_man]

I am getting bad feeling now

 

[HAFRIDI]

the batting line up is so weaK!!!

 

[team-pak]

I am getting bad feeling now

not feeling all that deadly today?

 

[Farah]

Dont know why they arent playing another allrounder

 

[Farah]

Akmal is opening

 

[team-pak]

Dont know why they arent playing another allrounder

doesnt make much sense. maybe the pitch will spin?

on second thought...

 

[Amjid Javed]

David lloyd says the wicket is a high scoring one! lol!

thats abit obvious. who ever bat 1st they shud be looking to get 290 here atleast!

 

[Farah]

Eng will target Kaneria & Sami not forgetting Malik!

 

[deadly_man]

the batting line up is so weaK!!!

Exactly and thats y they shud have chosen supersub as a batsman not a bowler we already had 6 bowler in playing 11,

 

[team-pak]

Kaneria needs to do better in ODI's!!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

eng win toss and will bat 1st.

 

[Amjid Javed]

come on pakistan!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

the batting lineup doesnt look so weak to me and wats this with us only having 5 batsmen ime seeing seven recognized batsmen here..

 

[deadly_man]

Eng will target Kaneria & Sami not forgetting Malik!

Dont know when inzi+woolmer will realize Sami true potential.
one good thing is that they can replace arshad for sami/kaneria if they are going for runs.

if sami gives 40 run in 5 over and kaneria gives 30 run in 5 over. guess who will be replaced???
sami no kaneria )
bec inzi will hope sami will do good uintill he bowls last over and goews for 20

 

[Farah]

ok gud luck pak im going to go watch it they r out there ready to strt

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

matthew prior's batting is one i am really looking forward to today should be a good contest

 

[Amjid Javed]

Tresco and prior to open. should be fireworks @ top of the order.

akthar to open bowling.

 

[deadly_man]

so akhter wasnt injured like people were saying yesterday

 

[Amir]

Looks like Pak wanted to bat first and the planned failed! No point of Arshad now!

 

[offstump]

well we wont even get to use our super sub, stupid move arshad khan????

 

[Amjid Javed]

Tresco off mark with single.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

88.7 mph short delivery to start 1 for tresco

 

[deadly_man]

Tresco and prior to open. should be fireworks @ top of the order.

akthar to open bowling.

NO
I think firework will start after 12 oiver when sami will boiwl
I hope inzi will open bowling with akhter and rana and they will bowl good.
its 3rd seamer and spinner which i m worried of

 

[Amjid Javed]

prior plays and misses!

 

[Monsee]

The only thing Super about Arshad Khan is his Belly

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Puzzling choice of supersub. I would have thought if a specialist was required, a batsman would have been better given Afridi's absence.

 

[Amjid Javed]

akthar on target early on. akthar averages 50+ with ball here in odis.

he needs to charge it up today!

 

[Monsee]

NO
I think firework will start after 12 oiver when sami will boiwl
I hope inzi will open bowling with akhter and rana and they will bowl good.
its 3rd seamer and spinner which i m worried of

Don't really care but it is getting a bit boring now...can U talk about anyone but Sami

 

[Amjid Javed]

good pace and carry in the wicket!

 

[Amjid Javed]

wide from akthar

eng 2/0

 

[deadly_man]

Don't really care but it is getting a bit boring now...can U talk about anyone but Sami

I was talking abt rana and shoaib..also but u see only sami??

 

[Big Mac]

Ranadinho vs Prior will be interesting

 

[MIG]

RAZ from Derby ??? Our Raz's evil twin ? ( banner being shown on TV)

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

first wide of the day

 

[Amjid Javed]

akthar getting ball to move away from right hander.

 

[the true passionist]

Pakistan has failed to show any understanding of the super-sub rule...
An all-rounder must be picked as the super-sub since u dont know who's gona win the toss

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

RAZ from Derby ??? Our Raz's evil twin ? ( banner being shown on TV)

i saw that and raised an eyebrow as well )

 

[Amjid Javed]

prior beaten again.

good over. eng 2/0

 

[Raz]

RAZ from Derby ??? Our Raz's evil twin ? ( banner being shown on TV)

Didnt know i had one!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

2-0 after the first over good start for pakistan

 

[Amjid Javed]

banana naveed on now.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

rana bhai in now

 

[Amjid Javed]

good start. almost forces tresco to drag ball onto stumps.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

almost inside edged there by tresco

 

[Amjid Javed]

rana getting ball to shape back into lefty.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

WHOA! has sami cut his hair!??!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good stuff after 3 balls from rana.

 

[Amjid Javed]

disapline and not trying to much is the key here.

 

[Amjid Javed]

single for tresco.

rana now to bowl to his sussex team mate prior.

 

[Monsee]

I was talking abt rana and shoaib..also but u see only sami??

2-3 posts in a row moaning about Sami's selection...come on don't play naiive

If we all had our way, Pak will play with a new team in each game

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

quick single taken by tresco

 

[Amjid Javed]

lovely shot off his legs from prior for 4.

eng 7/0

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

gr8 shot by prior for 4 end of the over eng 7-0

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

tresco edges to inside of his pads then just walkas out of his crease and shoaib tries to run him out

 

[Amjid Javed]

quick single by tresco.

 

[Amjid Javed]

pakistan need to get tresco out early.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

short one tapped for one

 

[deadly_man]

2-3 posts in a row moaning about Sami's selection...come on don't play naiive

If we all had our way, Pak will play with a new team in each game

u r getting it wrong ..I have seen people here pp always talk abt consistency and gigivng proper run to any player despite of their failure.
but please dont give this argument abt sami...

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

no ball hit for a single

 

[Amjid Javed]

more runs this time prior.

eng 12/0

 

[Nauman]

Taking too many singles England.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

shoaib bowling the short one quite often here and has been played quite well thus far by poms