Pakistan v England 2nd Test

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England team:
AJ Strauss(c), AN Cook, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, IR Bell, EJG Morgan, MJ Prior(w), SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, MS Panesar

Pakistan team:
Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal(w), Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid
Khan


Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

the question is are england gonna canter over the line or make one massive meal of it.

omg cooks gone lol

Cook gone, AN Cook c & b Mohammad Hafeez 7

Eng 21/1 124 to win.

good timing roakey! haha.

when do eng ever make it easy for themselves?

after the last game, i'd say pakistan are ahead in this match. eng looked feeble with the bat.

double post.

trebellbobaggins wrote:good timing roakey! haha.

when do eng ever make it easy for themselves?

after the last game, i'd say pakistan are ahead in this match. eng looked feeble with the bat.

Ahead


This will be win for Eng, just need to be more positive.

rich1uk wrote:a chase of 150 just needs one half decent partnership tbh and if we cant manage that we dont deserve to win

bingo. won't deserve to be number 1 if we can't win in these conditions either.

it's one thing getting it but you have to keep it. Only Aussie have reall convinced there in recent decades.

Definitely carried, I'm not sure if there was an edge though.

Woahhhh Strauss lucky, it looked to have been taken.

wow that was a dodgy decision.

but in all honesty i think he 100% caught it- but i didnt see a clear edge, even though the commentators did.

was the edge proven

What an odd dismissal!

omg ok- my optimism has taken a massive knock, why do i bother ever getting optimistic- gonna get egg on my face at this rate lol

Bell gone

Right KP, do the business son.

well kp you certainly owe the team something- come on boy- crack a quick 30 and steady the ship

I have been banging on about it, for god sake Straussy, be more positive and rotate the strike.

Otherwise the pressure builds.

Anyone think short chases like these are worth a pinch-hitter? Send in someone like Swann to try to give it a smash. If he comes off he knocks off 30 of the runs and takes all the pressure off your other batsman, if he doesn't you've only lost your number 9 batsman.

robbo277 wrote:Anyone think short chases like these are worth a pinch-hitter? Send in someone like Swann to try to give it a smash. If he comes off he knocks off 30 of the runs and takes all the pressure off your other batsman, if he doesn't you've only lost your number 9 batsman.

Good shout, I was thinking of Broad before Bell was sent out. But I guess you look silly if it fails.

yep i think we need to actually go at them abit in this scenario

Bell has looked clueless this series, not last years batsman.

personally i think broad is a wonderful bat anyway- i reakon he could be a natural no.6

Strauss with the first boundary of the innings.

Funny how they come in an out of form. None look happy in these conditions.

I honestly think pak are favourites at this stage simply because of engs batting frailty which we have seen time after time,

The thing is, if Pakistan get us 100-7 we'll have Swann coming out without a licence to hit, and if the top order haven't managed to bat properly against the attack, why should the lower-order be able to?

Broad is a decent batsman, but Swann is little more than a hitter and can come out without pressure. Ask one of them to come out and whack it around with the fields up. It's a shot-to-nothing in my opinion.

Wow! Went into an appointment in work with no wickets down and come back and they've lost 2, oh dear, nerves are starting a little bit now.

kp got abit unlucky with that one to be fair- abit high- but then he shouldnt play and miss

WTF KP gone, but still no time to panic just yet, but jitters definitely

Eng 33/3 111 to win.

"I honestly think pak are favourites at this stage simply because of engs batting frailty which we have seen time after time"

they still arnt favourites however its certainly getting closer to the balance!

i dont really know what england you have watching in recent years mind, we have been batting resiliantly time and time again- unless you base it on the last test.

4 down- you should have had a bet- you could have got 8/1 on pakistan

Oh dear.

Morgan gone.

Eng 37/4.

robbo277 wrote:The thing is, if Pakistan get us 100-7 we'll have Swann coming out without a licence to hit, and if the top order haven't managed to bat properly against the attack, why should the lower-order be able to?

Broad is a decent batsman, but Swann is little more than a hitter and can come out without pressure. Ask one of them to come out and whack it around with the fields up. It's a shot-to-nothing in my opinion.

Reasoning is sound - the less pressure on the batsmen the better. Ouch - two wickets while I write a post - I shall keep on typing!

What happened to trott? anything serious to deny him the rest of the series? Have only been able to watch the cricket in bits.
England have to be more positive. Strauss has to make his massive luck count here, the captain hasn't been scoring much of late.
With KP gone, its become a massive challenge for England. Will Morgan step up and put all the doubters out of business?

i still dont get the morgan selection in test cricket yet and possibly never will

Ahh come on, this would be a complete joke if we loose from here. Time to bring a replacement in for Morgan, he isn't a test player.

Monty to hit the winning runs. #hearditherefirst

msp83 wrote:What happened to trott? anything serious to deny him the rest of the series? Have only been able to watch the cricket in bits.
England have to be more positive. Strauss has to make his massive luck count here, the captain hasn't been scoring much of late.
With KP gone, its become a massive challenge for England. Will Morgan step up and put all the doubters out of business?

I doubt that my friend

No, he won't Morgan done in by Rehman!.

msp83 wrote:What happened to trott? anything serious to deny him the rest of the series? Have only been able to watch the cricket in bits.
England have to be more positive. Strauss has to make his massive luck count here, the captain hasn't been scoring much of late.
With KP gone, its become a massive challenge for England. Will Morgan step up and put all the doubters out of business?

No msp, just the trots, he needs some runs

msp83 wrote:What happened to trott? anything serious to deny him the rest of the series? Have only been able to watch the cricket in bits.
England have to be more positive. Strauss has to make his massive luck count here, the captain hasn't been scoring much of late.
With KP gone, its become a massive challenge for England. Will Morgan step up and put all the doubters out of business?

Illness. Will probably bat if he has to in this game, will hopefully be back for the third test as well.

good time for tea

Morgan is supposed to be the great player of spin?

Time for a change, but Bopara does not do much for me either.

England are panicking here. Will be terrible if they manage to let it slip. But terrific spirit from Pakistan it has to be said.

there are so many great england players in the A side, we should really be using some of the depth we have to try and fill that position

Well this is going well so far, woke up hangover to watch this?!

Bell was clueless ,Kp was woeful and the less said about Mogs the better!

I think Strauss may just win you this match. Something different about him today.

I feel sorry for England's great bowlers, ffs batsman sought it out.

Beefy calling for a pinch hitter as well....

How about prior at 6, Buttler at 7?

Would get us runs more often than not

BBS, off to the local garage to get some nurofen....

Bob Willis is so difficult to listen to at times.