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

[Big Mac]

Great shot, great fielding, brilliant cricket all round

 

[Gasherbrum]

pulled away by younis but only gets one for that!
well fielded on the boundary by pieterson

 

[Gasherbrum]

lovely stop again, this time at cover. england doing well in the field saving those runs

 

[Gasherbrum]

this time it'll be 4, butt cuts from very close to his body towards third man. hoggard actually appealed there for some reason.

 

[Gasherbrum]

150-1 good stuff so far though Pakistan is probably guilty of some lazy running. missing out on singles

 

[zushy_786]

Is it just me or are the commentators infatuated with the ladies......Keep bloody showing them......

 

[Gasherbrum]

there's another one in white. though this one had a beard

 

[MIG]

7 no balls to Flintoff, 3 to Hoggard - doesnt look that good.

 

[Big Daddy]

show the good ones if u want to show em ladies , international peoples be watching here . rite jonty

 

[Gasherbrum]

butt cuts again and hoggard pulls it in just before it reaches the fence.

 

[Big Mac]

Is it just me or are the commentators infatuated with the ladies......Keep bloody showing them......

I'd rather they showed the ladies than the men, moustaches don't really float my boat

 

[Gasherbrum]

and back to flintoff ...

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

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[Jonty]

CricInfo has gone quite slow. I suspect Mohammed Khalil is hacking into the systems

 

[Gasherbrum]

looking for swing now, pitching it right up to the batsmen.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

gasher are you watching on tv, the official streaming or other ?

Flintoff's spell should be interesting.

 

[Billy]

S'odd really.. Salman's on 70 and could easily go on to make 100 but it doesn't feel like an innings that will stick in the memory. The Ashes must have tricked me into expecting 4.5 runs an over style cricket I suppose.

 

[zushy_786]

CricInfo has gone quite slow. I suspect Mohammed Khalil is hacking into the systems

) Or they caught Rameez Raja ripping off his blue shirt and revealing his pink shirt and tie underneath

 

[Gasherbrum]

Cobblers Northampton on a flag

 

[zushy_786]

gasher are you watching on tv, the official streaming or other ?

Flintoff's spell should be interesting.

Knowing Gasher probably secretly watching on his laptop away from danda's from his missus....

 

[Gasherbrum]

on tv marooned. strange luxury this ... we have pakistan v england on one channel and india v sri lanka on another, both live!

 

[MIG]

Ok - concentration time for Pak batsman - its Flintoff and he will be attempting to reverse swing it....

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Yes migsy one wicket and Flint could get another couple. So concentration time indeed.

 

[Gasherbrum]

haven't seen much footwork against the spinners, though udal is bowling it quite flat.

 

[Gasherbrum]

... and younis sweeps! just 1, but it was needed. udal settling in to a good length

 

[tahaqureshi]

Hi all!!!!!!!! Just got back from school.

Great to see our boys doing so well, just hope that we get to 300 by the end of today, even if it means we have to accelerate a bit for the last 30 overs.

 

[Gasherbrum]

younis drove at everything in that over but didn't find any gaps.

 

[MIG]

Guys, breaking news....Babu the toilet cleaner confirms bad news from English dressing rooms.....all toilets are now blocked...apparently, Fletcher is getting worried...

 

[Raz]

Salman out! MIG bagho!!

 

[Big Mac]

Ach, Butt gone, he really needed to go and and make a big hundred.

 

[tahaqureshi]

1/2 an hour left till tea time

 

[Gasherbrum]

out!!
butt is gone, what a terrible dismissal that was. it was very very very wide outside off and salman threw everything at it. hits 1st slip in the head and jones takes it on the rebound!

 

[sars_pal]

Salmon out but still an excellent platoform has been layed now

 

[zushy_786]

Nahieeeeeeeeen........Miggy teri to aise ke tasie

 

[Gasherbrum]

well played salman, but that ball did not deserve anything close to a wicket. good thinking by the bowler though and salman fell for it.

 

[Big Mac]

Nice parry from Banger with his face

 

[Jonty]

its ok.. just as long as everyone else gets 70 odd and a century from the big man would be cool!

 

[Billy]

Another Monty Python moment!

 

[Raz]

MoYo in, can these two do another Kolkota 1st innings?

 

[tahaqureshi]

I really think we're going too slow, I hope Inzi comes in and speeds it up a bit.

 

[Big Daddy]

trescothic was hit on the head and he was wobbling
that was funny

 

[Gasherbrum]

hahaha .. whos was that at slip? trescothick i think. if we get past the frustration of butt's wicket, that was pretty damn funny!

 

[Gasherbrum]

younis still can't find the gap even though he's played some decent looking shots

 

[yk]

Wat The Hell Is Moyo Doing????!!!!!

 

[MIG]

Well....Pak must NOT lose any more wickets tonight....absolute minimum!

 

[zushy_786]

Well....Pak must NOT lose any more wickets tonight....absolute minimum!

Yep, and miggy your'e banned from starting any threads when the batsmen are getting close to 100

 

[tahaqureshi]

3 maiden overs in a row, and one wicket lost in those.

I really think that this slow run rate is not doing pakistan ANY favours. Its probably the reason why Butt fell, trying to force himself to get some runs.

 

[Raz]

What a shot from MoYo! A beatiful cover drive for 4.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Flintoff to YY, this will be interesting

 

[MIG]

Yep, and miggy your'e banned from starting any threads when the batsmen are getting close to 100

Well I was thinking on lines of "Countdown to Mohd Yousafs first century as a Muslim" thread but alas....

 

[Saj]

Pakistani batsmen have a tendency to make average spinners look like world beaters.

Udal is a very average off spinner who they could have attacked a lot more. Nobody has used their feet to him.

Yousaf gone - good yorker from FF.

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

moyo cleaned up by flintoff - just missed a straight ball

we need inzi to lead from the front again

 

[zushy_786]

Well I was thinking on lines of "Countdown to Mohd Yousafs first century as a Muslim" thread but alas....

) ) Only if your 'sauces' can guarantee it

 

[Big Mac]

ffs THE CURSE OF MIG STRIKES AGAIN

 

[Raz]

MoYo gone! A brilliant yorker from Freddie.

 

[Gasherbrum]

youhana gone!
bowled flintoff, straight yorker.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Flintoff gets YY. Not surprising.

 

[Somali Pirate]

now this is something we don't need.A collapse?

 

[nadeem]

Yusuf gone. Great delivery by flintoff. Is there a better cricketer on the planet than freddie right now? I'd say probably not.

 

[Raz]

Well I was thinking on lines of "Countdown to Mohd Yousafs first century as a Muslim" thread but alas....

Miggy strikes again!!!!! MoYo out!!!

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Flintoff to Inzi should also be interesting.

 

[Gasherbrum]

youhana gets 100 points for style. never seen anybody look better when getting bowled.

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

absence of afridi is already showing - we could have been more forceful - saj is pot on in regards to udal - who is a very average bowler

 

[Somali Pirate]

Well....Pak must NOT lose any more wickets tonight....absolute minimum!

 

[Officer Barbrady]

First one well played by Inzi.

 

[zushy_786]

Petition for Miggy to only comment about babu the toilet cleaner for reminder of the innings please.....

 

[Jonty]

dont tell me another classic collapse comin up

 

[MIG]

Miggy strikes again!!!!! MoYo out!!!

My stats now:

1 thread - SB gone
1 Post - Moyo gone

The slitting of the wrists ceremony will now commence...

 

[the true passionist]

yoyo gone....atleast now pak has a chance to win...

 

[zushy_786]

dont tell me another classic collapse comin up

Not of Inzi bhai comes through and delivers as he has always done....

 

[Gasherbrum]

that one swung in late!

 

[Big Daddy]

the ball is dancing around now , beware the reverse

 

[the true passionist]

My stats now:

1 thread - SB gone
1 Post - Moyo gone

The slitting of the wrists ceremony will now commence...

why dont u wait and repeat the same for the english innings

 

[Hash]

166 for 3

Good platform for a big total but we need to keep that scorecard ticking.

 

[WasimG]

Lazy elegance or just plain lazy? Yoyo is class to watch when he's at his best but hardly dependable.

 

[Raz]

My stats now:

1 thread - SB gone
1 Post - Moyo gone

The slitting of the wrists ceremony will now commence...

Might be going a bit to far but if it stops the wickets falling then fair enough.

 

[Gasherbrum]

how long before inzi feels udal should be deposited in the fazal mahmood stand? he likes to attack the spinners early.

 

[nadeem]

FF has the ball by an invisible string now. Its darting around. THis is how u get wkts in the subcon if u're a pacer, talent and ball breaking hard work. JUst makes me think that imran, wasim and waqar were probably the best 3 pacers ever considering the wkts they had to bowl on.

 

[tahaqureshi]

I dont blame MoYo..it was jujst an excellent delivery..atleast it wans't a throw away.

 

[whyhkk]

rameez making good point that younis khan needs to take singles and twos since he is set