Pakistan V England, 1st Test Day 1 [13/11/05]

[Rob H]

Bad news for us

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

Pakistan V England Day 1 Thread...

pakistan win the toss and bat 1st...

if i aint wrong did inzi just say malik and butt going to open???

 

[Lightning]

Really! Sweeeet!

 

[Rob H]

pakistan win the toss and bat 1st...

if i aint wrong did inzi just say malik and butt going to open???

yeah ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

 

[Rob H]

No Afridi

 

[zushy_786]

Bad news for us

How do you know

 

[Raz]

pakistan win the toss and bat 1st...

if i aint wrong did inzi just say malik and butt going to open???

Afridi not playing!

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

damm no afridi...

 

[Rob H]

How do you know

watch sky sports!

 

[Lightning]

Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, *Inzamam-ul-Haq,
Mohammad Yousuf, Hasan Raza, +Kamran Akmal, Shabbir Ahmed,
Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Akhtar.

NO AFRIDI....

 

[Daoud]

What happened here

 

[zushy_786]

watch sky sports!

Uh I would if I was in the UK...No Sky sports in Canada dduuuh

 

[umarbs]

no rana no afridi

 

[z10]

no afridi

 

[Rob H]

Uh I would if I was in the UK...No Sky sports in Canada dduuuh

well come to my house then. Only 4 in the morning

 

[zushy_786]

well come to my house then. Only 4 in the morning

Yep, and it's 11-30 p.m. here.....Thanks for the offer, I would come if you pay for the ticket

 

[Big Mac]

Shabbir Ahmed playing instead of Ranadinho

What a complete shambles, worst bit of selecting in the history of test cricket.

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

with the form malik was in i would have expected him to have a chance...

 

[DM]

no

 

[Raz]

But Noddy bhai told us yesterday something different!

 

[Pathan007]

this game we gonna lose for sure. no afridi that means we'll lose badly. Butt will go for duck and malik for 5

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

they must have changed there mind in the last minute or somthing... he
was right about hasan raza playing and shabbir playing for rana...

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

I'm happy for Malik, but would have preferred Afridi to Butt. Oh well, hope Butt does well now.

 

[DM]

NODDY! Why hast thou forsaken me?!

 

[whyhkk]

Malik can still hammer the ball so we are still potentially in for some excitement

 

[z10]

i agree with big mac

 

[TaZ]

No afridi ?!!!! Going in with malik and kaneria as the spin options. Looks like noddy got it wrong!

Afridi would have murdered england with his bowling

 

[Big Mac]

I'm gutted Afridi isn't playing but let's face it we saw this coming from a mile away.

But Rana not playing in favour of the chucker? What a complete and utter farce

 

[Raz]

NODDY! Why hast thou forsaken me?!

And me.

 

[F16]

I am surprised that Afridi has not been selected .He is a complete player - good batsmen , good bowler and a wonderful fielder .Anyway let us see how this team does in his absence .

 

[Daoud]

Time to get over it and get behind the XI selected. Its not like Salman Butt is a sh*tty no talent batsman who made it through a godfather. I hope he does well (same with Malik)

 

[Officer Barbrady]

A run feast today?

 

[Big Mac]

No Rana = no win

 

[Mercenary]

Is Afridi injured?

Malik over Afridi looks like a last minute change, i hope we dont end up regretting going in with 4 bowlers

 

[Daoud]

A run feast today?

Lets hope so

 

[Rob H]

Come On England Come On England

 

[Shayan_Sohail]

Inzi wins the toss and batting first

 

[TaZ]

No afridi. This will come back to haunt us. His legspin would have been deadly. Our spinners are malik and kaneria!?

 

[Officer Barbrady]

They consider Malik a fifth bowler. The balance is fine, the batting strong and it will depend on how well they bowl.

 

[Shayan_Sohail]

The pitch is a belter apparently

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Well, let's hope it's not such a belter that there's no result.

 

[DM]

And me.

True! I was just quoting the bible verbatim hence the 'me'

I feel really gutted

 

[DM]

Is Afridi injured?

Malik over Afridi looks like a last minute change, i hope we dont end up regretting going in with 4 bowlers

Let's get news on this.

Is Afridi injured or was he dropped?

 

[nedian21]

Afridi will be missed for his bowling

 

[Rob H]

fishing already )

 

[Rob H]

4444444444444

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Let's get news on this.

Is Afridi injured or was he dropped?

you cant drop Afridi - he must be injured

 

[Rob H]

great bowling from the hoggster

 

[nedian21]

lovely backfoot push by Malik

 

[nedian21]

Pak need to make 400+ with this batting lineup and on this pitch.

 

[Rob H]

Come on Harmy

 

[Big Mac]

Malik looking nervous already

 

[nedian21]

good chance for Salman and Malik to set themselves as test openers. Bob n Inzi have taken a big big decision by not playing Afridi

 

[razzler]

Any live audio link that someone can provide me because I can't find the bbc link.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

great shaping harmy is getting this will be a testing session for us

 

[Big Mac]

nice shot but he's still playing a long way away from his body which will give hope to the bowler

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

shot for 2 by malik nicely guided thru covers

 

[Oxy]

Hoggy & Home-sick boy half immediately found the groove.

By the way...Good morninng 'fight-fans'...who says old people cant get up in the middle of the night (except to use the toilet?)

 

[Oxy]

Any live audio link that someone can provide me because I can't find the bbc link.

Salaam Raz...unfortunately there is no free link that I am aware of.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

another 2 pakistan 8-0 played thru onside

 

[Oxy]

Beefy Bootha refering to 'non-existent foot work'...how dare he!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

malik looks very good so far another 2 playing well here timing the ball well

 

[razzler]

Wasalam OXY Bhai. Sitting here in Canada and not being able to watch the match is no good. Is there any crowd or is it still empty?

 

[Big Mac]

Don't Talksport or Test Match Special have the radio rights to this or has nobody in the UK picked up this series?

 

[immubhai]

No Rana = no win

kia yar

 

[Raz]

10/0 after 3

 

[z10]

butt is looking tense

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

im in canada fianlyl got my dish up and running altho it is coming on cbn from rogers as well downstars so there are options for the canadians crowd is actually pretty good lets hope this continues

 

[z10]

not good for people with blood pressure problems

 

[Jonty]

hi guys, good to see we are underway. go the openers!!

 

[razzler]

Don't have rogers yaar. Where did u get the dish from because here in Ottawa I tried but wasn't able to get it.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

yea butt looking very tense but he is middling everything thus far even tho he is still on the mark i expect good scrores nvm 4 BY BUTT

 

[Oxy]

Don't Talksport or Test Match Special have the radio rights to this or has nobody in the UK picked up this series?

ONLINE Audio rights sold by PCB (see my STICKY thread) on this topic.

TMS therefore NOT allowed to broadcast it free online like they normally do.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

ive had the dish for a while i had to get a new receiver tho as old one ogt blocked i am in mississauga tho got it from an acquantaince

 

[Oxy]

I dont see a great crowd..but one stand seems to making a fair bit of noise

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

pitch looks flat...uh oooooooooooo

butt shot for four...well played

 

[Oxy]

This is like watching an ODI....

 

[zushy_786]

Don't have rogers yaar. Where did u get the dish from because here in Ottawa I tried but wasn't able to get it.

Razzler try dish network....I'm in Canada as well,Or email me for some options....

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

well as long as the atmosphere is decent the thing is the crowd wont come until either the match is close or pakistan is pwning lol saving money the brown way

 

[nadeem]

Oxy i think thats the stand that paid to get in ) . Woh apna paisa wasool karainge.