Pakistan Vs England 1st Test Day 2 thread [13/11/05]

[Somali Pirate]

what the hell is inzi doin?look at the body language of the team

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan not making england batsmen play @ all!

niether akthar or sami warming up.

we mite aswell try malik or y khan pies right now!

 

[Amjid Javed]

what the hell is inzi doin?look at the body language of the team

wow inzis asleep! theres a shock

 

[badxhah]

Shabbir bowling in the mid 70s

he shud have played in the mid 70s

 

[Big Mac]

So glad we didn't play Rana, I can't imagine he could possibly be as threatening as Shabbir Ahmed has been so far

 

[Raz]

Pakistan not making england batsmen play @ all!

niether akthar or sami warming up.

we mite aswell try malik or y khan pies right now!

I was going to seriously suggest Y Khan as an option.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Akthar back on, inzi wakes up afta a fly accidently flys into his mouth!

 

[Kashif]

Hello everyone, just started watching. A quick 2 line summary anyone? We officially have the worse tail lineup for batting...before we were spoilt with Wasim, Waqar, Mushy. How's Akhter been bowling? If he gets the ball to reverse (or anyone for that matter), wickets will fall.

 

[Somali Pirate]

So glad we didn't play Rana, I can't imagine he could possibly be as threatening as Shabbir Ahmed has been so far

i know you love rana but these constant why why is getting tiring big mac

 

[Rob H]

Akhtar's 1st ball is hooked for 4

 

[Amjid Javed]

1st ball bouncer and its smashed to boundary for 4.

Eng 94/1

 

[Rob H]

4 more, great cut shot

 

[Big Mac]

i know you love rana but these constant why why is getting tiring big mac

Sorry, I'll go and start 50 threads on Afridi instead

 

[Raz]

1st ball cracked for 4! Nicely pulled away by Tresco.

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 more smashed past point!

fkin BS! dont these bowlers have any brains!

 

[DM]

So glad we didn't play Rana, I can't imagine he could possibly be as threatening as Shabbir Ahmed has been so far

deep irony man, deep

I'd also play Rana, and with Afridi too - both can contribute with bat and ball, in all likelihood Afridi will play the next one with the way things are looking here.

 

[offstump]

who's that guy sitting next to woolmer?

 

[DM]

Come on SHOAIB - go for the throat and the stumps

 

[badxhah]

Multan at its best

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[Amjid Javed]

Hello everyone, just started watching. A quick 2 line summary anyone? We officially have the worse tail lineup for batting...before we were spoilt with Wasim, Waqar, Mushy. How's Akhter been bowling? If he gets the ball to reverse (or anyone for that matter), wickets will fall.

Akthars 1st spell was decent, start of 2nd spell has been bakwas!

apart from west indies, indeed we do have worst tail in world!

 

[Raz]

Akhtar's fastest 94.6mph

 

[badxhah]

there was nothing worth postin so i posted that

 

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 98/1

 

[DM]

ooh, good signs - a lot of reverse in that final delivery by Shoaib - though against a left-hander

 

[Monsee]

Sorry, I'll go and start 50 threads on Afridi instead

BM, accept it 'You make fun of others in every thread, when they repeat something that you have seen before"

I guess this is payback time...BTW, as much as I love seeing Rana play for Pakistan, he has barely set the world on fire in Tests

 

[Somali Pirate]

Sorry, I'll go and start 50 threads on Afridi instead

i do not care about afridi atm.

my fave bowler gul is not playing.But it's too late to talk about it now

 

[Rob H]

Straight drvie 4 for Tres. 103-1.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Tresco plays a superb straight drive of kaneria for 4

eng 103/1

 

[Raz]

Kaneria tosses it up Tresco drives down the ground for 4.

 

[Somali Pirate]

how hard is to bowl a tight line?

 

[Monsee]

there was nothing worth postin so i posted that

Now post the pic of Bob's laptop, especially the desktop area...I wanna see what that [sarcasm]Saala Farangee Ghadaar[/Sarcasm] is up to

I am sure he is sending instructions to Vaghaun and Co.

 

[Nauman]

how hard is to bowl a tight line?

When it comes to Pakistani bowlers its next to impossible.

 

[badxhah]

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Reverse swing started to take place

 

[Raz]

92.3mph from Shoaib

 

[badxhah]

When it comes to Pakistani bowlers its next to impossible.

Esp if ur last name ends wid sami

 

[Big Mac]

BM, accept it 'You make fun of others in every thread, when they repeat something that you have seen before"

I guess this is payback time...BTW, as much as I love seeing Rana play for Pakistan, he has barely set the world on fire in Tests

He's never been given a proper run in tests has he? He plays a test here and a test there. He's never had a chance to really get used to bowling alongside fully fit pace attack either, instead he's had to try and lead the line on his own.

He's the only bowler we have who can used his brain, he's one of the few that can really swing the new ball and he bowls very good reverse swing and has the heart of a champion. He's exactly the kind of bowler we need on this pitch that offer nothing to the bowler, he's got a big enough bag of tricks to keep the batsman guessing but people can dismiss his test match credentials after a brief stop-start test career while Sami is a constant fixture despite being consistently useless just because he bowls quick and has big floppy hair? Shabbir gets in even though it's the first time he's bowling with his remodelled action?

Those two are good enough for test cricket but Rana isn't? What a farce, Rana's exclusion is a bigger crime than Afridi and Kamal being dropped

 

[badxhah]

Akhtar's fastest 94.6mph

Mere bhallay se woh 3000000000000000000 mph kara de wicket toh le

 

[Big Mac]

Not to mention Arshad Khan gets into the squad but Gul doesn't? I'm tearing my hair out as we speak, I'm going to look like the guy in my avatar soon.

 

[Raz]

104-1 maiden from Danni

 

[Monsee]

Just to give you food for thought, Noddy said "Rana himself doesn't believe he has it in himself to be a really good test bowler"

He might have changed his mind in the last few months but that still is not a good sign 'when you question your own ability'

 

[DM]

What a farce, Rana's exclusion is a bigger crime than Afridi and Kamal being dropped

With Afridi being dropped after his recent contributions with both bat and ball in test matches, I disagree

 

[Big Mac]

Banger flashes hard at a short and wide one and top edges it for four

 

[Raz]

The beast is still smiling!

 

[Aurangzeb]

our bowling is much too hyped...is that shabbir or arshad khan?...anyways, i have heard that we were really bad in the 60's...but i can't imagine it being any worse than this...a test squad that can rarely reach 300 ever and bowlers who can never bowl out a side...

 

[Big Mac]

Just to give you food for thought, Noddy said "Rana himself doesn't believe he has it in himself to be a really good test bowler"

He might have changed his mind in the last few months but that still is not a good sign 'when you question your own ability'

Doesn't help that everybody around him keeps telling him he's not quick enough/good enough/flashy enough/too bald/too boring/too hardworking to play test cricket and is never going to be more than an ODI specialist does it?

Noddy also said that Afridi didn't want to open and seeing as the only realistic spot available in the team for him was as an opener it's not a good sign for his test prospects if you want to pursue that line of logic

 

[alybaba]

I'm already praying for a draw now.

 

[Somali Pirate]

pakistan should first get some maidens .Then attack.

jeez even the fielding looks haggard

 

[DM]

The beast is still smiling!

Hehe i missed that, great to hear it Raz! the Smiling Beast

I wasn't actually aware that violent animals could smile

 

[Aurangzeb]

I'm already praying for a draw now.

i was praying for a draw before this series started...

 

[Big Mac]

With Afridi being dropped after his recent contributions with both bat and ball in test matches, I disagree

Afridi's is a question of balance, I don't think the side looks right with him batting at 6 and the only way he could play at 7 was if we went with 2 seamers which was never going to happen. Therefore the only place he could play was as an opener which is a position that he didn't want to bat in, the moment Malik was chosen as an opener we all knew Afridi was going to miss out.

Rana's was a straight swap, like for like and as such there's no way you can say he doesn't deserve to be in the side if you compare on a man to man basis

 

[Raz]

Hehe i missed that, great to hear it Raz! the Smiling Beast

I wasn't actually aware that violent animals could smile

They do but it is an evil smile most of the time.

 

[Big Mac]

that looked plumb to me

 

[Rob H]

That looked very close

 

[Raz]

That was out! Bowden again!!!!!

 

[alybaba]

Can someone get bowden some glasses?

 

[Somali Pirate]

sigh.It's hard to compete when we got bowden at the other end

 

[Rob H]

666666666666666666666666666666666666666
50 for Tres
GREAT KNOCK SKIPPER!

 

[Raz]

Pitched just outside off stump, hit him in line and would have gone on to hit! It was plumb!

 

[badxhah]

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if that wasnt out billy is blind

 

[offstump]

that was purely out...bowden screws us again

 

[Big Mac]

Malik into the attack

 

[MIG]

Tresco will lose his wicket very soon gents - hold on to your seats.....very soon....

 

[Big Mac]

Turn for Malik immediately

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

wat the hell iz wrong with bowden.. that looked plum first time
not sure what he thought happend or was going to happen...

 

[choor]

Damn I am supporting England and still find the negativity in here is a bit shocking. Maybe I post on the Indian board too much but I would have expected a dozen threads on cheating umpiring etc... Pakistan were in a much better position than this before they collapsed, and it only requires one good spell from say Akthar or Sami and things can change very quickly. England dont have a thorpe or a hussain in the middle-order to steady things if a collapse in on - so they can go down blazing too......I hope they don't.....but it can happen.

 

[MIG]

Malik will deliver us from the Evil Umpire !!

 

[Raz]

Tresco will lose his wicket very soon gents - hold on to your seats.....very soon....

Bell was meant have been out about 6 million overs ago? What happened to that?

 

[Rob H]

Tresco will lose his wicket very soon gents - hold on to your seats.....very soon....

Well judging from yesterday the reverse will happen.

 

[Raz]

Malik will deliver us from the Evil Umpire !!

Miggy Bowden has to be the subject of the next TSN report!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 120/1 now

malik getting turn

 

[alybaba]

We will probably lose this one by an innings. Mark my words.

 

[Rob H]

4 runs for Bell

 

[Raz]

Malik swept for 4 by Tinkerbell

 

[Rob H]

The pepsi can is out now. Drinks taken

 

[DM]

Afridi's is a question of balance, I don't think the side looks right with him batting at 6 and the only way he could play at 7 was if we went with 2 seamers which was never going to happen. Therefore the only place he could play was as an opener which is a position that he didn't want to bat in, the moment Malik was chosen as an opener we all knew Afridi was going to miss out.

Rana's was a straight swap, like for like and as such there's no way you can say he doesn't deserve to be in the side if you compare on a man to man basis

Agreed that Rana should play (i was always selecting him in my final XI) but I believe that the team does look right with Afridi at 6 or 7 - imo he definitely has the batting capability to hold a number six spot - so far in his test career of 19 tests and 3 centuries (flintoff has 5 centuries off 53 tests) he's looking good, not to mention his absolutely crucial contributions with the ball 11 overs 3 for 17 is amazing considering that the wickets were Tendulkar, Laxman and Ganguly

 

[DM]

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if that wasnt out billy is blind

very unlucky Kaneria

 

[Romali_rotti]

Looks like Danish may have to bowl his usual 70 overs in an innings to get his 4fer or 5.. I seriously dont get it, why is Pak bowlers looking so inpenetrative?....I was hoping to see a good match but kinda getting one sided...

 

[choor]

that pepsi can with the people inside (feet clearly visible) is damn funny. Reminds me of the Flintstones. :-D

 

[Bilal_Kureshi]

Pakistan will lose by an innings.. lets hope the game goes to the 5th day

 

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 129/1 now i can see them getting 500 here..