Pakistan vs England ~ First Test ~ Updates ~ Day Two

[Easa]

Post updates here.

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Lets hope Pak dismiss Eng within another 100 runs and bat well

[Usman Chadda]

Pakistan need to forget about their fielding debacle yesterday and start the day on a high note. Cook and Collingwood will be vulnerable in the opening overs, that is the best chance to pick up their wickets. Inzi should take the new ball and start with Razzaq instead of Sami, as the latter has hardly done anything of noe with the new ball. Gul should continue from the other end. Our best chance to pick up wicket is with the new ball

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

when does the match start?

[Oxy]

when does the match start?In 11 mins time

[Saqib]

InshAllah we will see a better start today with te bowling and a new ball.

Mohammed Sami and Umar Gul will start, just like yesterday the new ball will do it acording to Waqar. So lets hope sami or gul take 1 or 2 wickets early on with the new ball.

[HAFRIDI]

Better timing Easa : P

Just got home in time from an interview, was pretty good.

Anyway i hope we really get some quick wickets, i saw bell/colly/cook in nets and they are looking very sharp, confident. We gotta be on top of our game from the start or else they will blow us away

[Billy]

England won't get too many more I don't think.

[Imran_The Man!]

Well, a new day and hopefully a fresh start for Pakistan today. Lets hope the boys can pick their heads up after yesterday's disappointments.

They need to go in with a postive attitude today, and hopefully fight their way into the match, because England will try and build on their excellent postion and bat Pak out of the game.

And we're off and running ...

[HAFRIDI]

England won't get too many more I don't think.

nice try at reverse psychology

i think one of these 2 will get out at the most in 30 mins, if they dont, they will stay there for an age

[UJ]

Obviously early wickets will be the key. We simply cannot let these two settle!

[zMario]

I can't believe I got up at 4 AM to watch, but HERE I AM!!!

[Oxy]

You'd be disappointed if your team couldn't get 500-550 from here, esp with the lack of potency about the attack.

[HAFRIDI]

Mario it will be worth it, sami 5fer coming

[shan]

why inzy haven't taken a new ball

[KA$H]

I can't see england getting 500 to be honest - 450 max - infact i'd even say 420

[UJ]

The new ball will be vital in breaking this middle order apart, and getting that long tail in.

Inzi might just want to take one wicket before he takes the new ball

[zMario]

Mario it will be worth it, sami 5fer coming
Next ur gonna tell me Kaneria will open the innings and make a 200

[UJ]

New ball taken

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

4 by cook

[Oxy]

New ball taken

[zMario]

New ball taken

[Oxy]

Perhaps they shouldnt have taken the new ball - old was just doing a few things...

[HAFRIDI]

Next ur gonna tell me Kaneria will open the innings and make a 200

ok im gonna hold u back on that now, u heard it here first.

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

we need a quick 3 wkt burst like yday

[zMario]

Please put a 3rd slip!

[zMario]

How gay. Edged through 3 slips and a gully...

[zMario]

Good ball by Umar!

[Oxy]

Good shout for LBW by Gul.

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

4 by collingwood

[zMario]

HOWZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT


I bet it was out.

[Oxy]

The comms crack me up - Oomar Gool, Salman Bot etc...

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

4 more gull bowling ok

[shan]

Now That Was Close

[James]

Wowzers! Nice ball.

[Oxy]

Cooke Bowled: by Sami

[UJ]

BOWLED...sami gets Cook

[Hache]

FINALLY Sami got one....... THANK GOD...

4/321

[zMario]

Bowled!!!

[ziggy]

sami about to rip through the lower order?

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

smaoi bowled cook

[zMario]

Ah the team huddles comes up

[Saqib]

sami about to rip through the lower order?

He is very good doing that :))

[Hache]

Now get the BELL-BOY early, the guy had been waiting for his turn from ages :D

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

good lad come lets get rid of bell and colly

[b0wld]

cook gone

[HAFRIDI]

HAHAHAH WHAt DID I SAYYYYYYY AHAHAHHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[b0wld]

Bell is out to make atleast 60 runs...& he will take the whole evening to do it

[zMario]

Edged for 4 through slip :(

[HAFRIDI]

Mario it will be worth it, sami 5fer coming

COME ON SAMI MY BROTHER!!!

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

how many runs have goen through slips

[Imran_The Man!]

Sami not exactly celebrating, more like relieved. Need more of the same now !
Well played Cook, rode his luck and battled hard for his team.

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

luck isnt there for pak

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

4 not so good bowling by gul

[HAFRIDI]

come on Sami, he will get some confidence from that !! come on bruva sami

[James]

Cmon Colleh, 150+ is there for the taking

[zMario]

Why didn't we appeal for that?

[shan]

We need to get mr 3-0

[PlanetPakistan]

oh man 3 fours in the over!

[UJ]

Expensive over this by Gul

[Saqib]

i've got collingwood in my fantasy team I expected that he will score a hunderd and he did

[b0wld]

have u guys noticed that all fair-weathered players make huge contributuions to their team when they plya against pakistan... take bell & collingwood for example... bell was included because of injury to vaughn for pakistan tour & yet he made so many runs..i thnk he was their highest scorer, same goes for collingwood... in the past i've seen so many dubious players make huge contributions when their opponenet is pakistan

[PlanetPakistan]

Ian the thorn Bell has given us a few problems in the past too

[zMario]

i've got collingwood in my fantasy team I expected that he will score a hunderd and he did
I had Sami in mine ( I couldn't find anyone cheaper )

[muhammad saad]

Enough now Sami has taken the wicket for this match now he should be gone and Razzaq should come to replace him

[Saqib]

have u guys noticed that all fair-weathered players make huge contributuions to their team when they plya against pakistan... take bell & collingwood for example... bell was included because of injury to vaughn for pakistan tour & yet he made so many runs..i thnk he was their highest scorer, same goes for collingwood... in the past i've seen so many dubious players make huge contributions when their opponenet is pakistan

Yep I have to agree with you on that, lots of players got there place back in the team because of Pakistan :))

[b0wld]

when is the transfer window gonna open for PP fantasy cricket

[zMario]

Thats the ball Sami's gotta bowl 6 times an over

[Easa]

Sami bowling well

[Easa]

Bell not looking good at the crease - have a feeling he's about to get out.

[Saqib]

I had Sami in mine ( I couldn't find anyone cheaper )

I also have sami in my team because of Shoaib...you have to look at the basics

No shoaib till 4th test better leave him out to expensive

Take collingwood who has a good record against Pakistan :P and Mohammed also very cheap.

[majalani]

Razzzak should replace Gul, not Sami, he at least looks getting a wicket compared Gul, who is bowling like a pie thrower.
Waqar told them to bowl full, instead brainless Gul is still bowling too short

[HAFRIDI]

No need to get razzi in attack for Sami, Sami has that confidence now, he knows it, come on boy!

[Nauman]

Provided Gul stops feeding him on his legs.

[Billy]

"The advantage of bowling full is that it's advantageous."

Athers tells it like it is.

[iZeeshan]

Good morning! I see Sami has picked up the wicket of Cook. So what do you say now Sami-hating-Pakistan fans? And I see a lot of you have him on your fantasy team.

[majalani]

21 runs from two overs. Pakistan bowling much too short

[Saqib]

edit

[UJ]

Ball is lost...

[Zeenix]

I've lost all respect for Cook!! Fancy getting out to SAMI..

[Billy]

You'd be disappointed if your team couldn't get 500-550 from here, esp with the lack of potency about the attack.

I'd be extremely happy with about 450 to be honest.

England's 7,8,9 just isn't strong enough to back up the batsman for those kind of scores.

[Easa]

As I say that, he plays a very good shot for 444.

[Oxy]

Pipe stopped play...

[Hache]

flurry of boundaries for England in 1st half an hour of 2nd day's play....

Quickly onto 4/346

[Oxy]

I'd be extremely happy with about 450 to be honest.

England's 7,8,9 just isn't strong enough to back up the batsman for those kind of scores.
Surprisingly - great starts seldom lead to huge totals....whereas indifferent starts, with mid/lower order rear guard action can see teams getting 600+. Weird

[Nauman]

Need to control the run rate, when run rate is down wickets automatically come.

[safehands46]

collingwood is going to pass imrans highest score. its sickening the level of cricket that is being played.

[Easa]

Good yorker Gul

348-4

[Easa]

Pipe stopped play...

:91:

[zMario]

Why the hell is Gul bowling on his pads?

[Hache]

350 up for England, Pommies sailing along......

4/351

[Easa]

351-4

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

the bowling been wayward sicne cook departed

[Easa]

Poor bowling, beautiful cover drive.

[Zeenix]

Why the hell is Gul bowling on his pads?

so that England can declare quickly

[Hache]

Another half dolly, another four for Bell, he's quickly onto 21*

4/355

[HAFRIDI]

so that England can declare quickly

:))) :)))

oh yes u make sense

[Easa]

Sami 87.2 MPH, but the line and length is poor.

[zMario]

Sigh...

[Easa]

Why did you change your avatar to Sami, Haf? He's been useless so far.

[zMario]

Put Razzaq on Inzamam!

[Sid100]

we need to create pressure, too many 4 balls, we need to bring back razzaq

[Easa]

P'ship 35 runs of 26 balls.

Sailing along

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

Why did you change your avatar to Sami, Haf? He's been useless so far.

dont say that he took a wkt

[Easa]

357-4

[Zeenix]

Put Razzaq on Inzamam!
I wonder..

[Zeenix]

dont say that he took a wkt

That sums up Sami's calibre. 1 Wicket is enough for the Match.

[Sid100]

we've just let Bell settle nicely and hes raced to 22 in no time

[Easa]

dont say that he took a wkt

He's been expensive, one wicket doesn't change a thing

[ziggy]

I've just had a dream..sami takes the last 6 wickets in his next six overs

[Shayan]

Nasser Hussain thinks Razzaq should've opened with the new ball, i think I'd agree with that.

358-4

[Easa]

I've just had a dream..sami takes the last 6 wickets in his next six overs

:)))

[iZeeshan]

Is that swing for Gul, or just wayward bowling?

My, its hard to tell :20:

[Shayan]

big big appeal, not given

[Easa]

That was OUT!

[Billy]

Looked out live to me..

[Zeenix]

we've just let Bell settle nicely and hes raced to 22 in no time

We've been known to be GENEROUS, its our trait. Don't belittle it.

[UJ]

Apeall turned down....

[Shayan]

BIG outside edge, not given, can't believe taufel didnt give it

[Easa]

Sami extremely UNLUCKY!

[zMario]

WHAT THE ****!

That is out.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

what is wrong wit the pr1ck of an umpire.. datz was a big edge... watz wrong with those ******** ....

[ziggy]

even my grandma thought that was out, and she's not even alive

[Hache]

Huge appeal for a caught behind by Sami, and replay showed that THERE WAS A HUGE EDGE..........

Taufell missed it................... shrewedly dejected Pakistani players are...

[Shayan]

can't believe it, very obvious edge

[Billy]

Pakistan now "lead" 2-1 in the clangers department.

Not what you need at this stage.

[Easa]

Very very unlucky.. good bowling that doesn't go rewarded.

[Sid100]

are you sure there was an edge???

[Sid100]

please dont use the adjective "unlucky" with Sami. Its overused

[IMMY69]

big edge...clear cut....not given...umpre must be blind as well as deaf!!!!

[Saqib]

that was out I could hear the edge in the kitchen :P

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

He's been expensive, one wicket doesn't change a thing

didnt u hear a hin of sarcasm in my voice.

[HAFRIDI]

Why did you change your avatar to Sami, Haf? He's been useless so far.

look on first page, sami will get a 5fer, an im not gonna run away from that

[Zeenix]

even my grandma thought that was out, and she's not even alive

Probably that's why she aint alive

[iZeeshan]

I SWEAR TO GOD, THE STUPID BLIND *** TAUFEL! CAN'T SEE A WICKET FOR ANYTHING!

Stupid, dishonest Collingwood! Why doesn't he just walk!

GODDANGIT MAN!

[zMario]

Now we gotta bowl bouncers

[Shayan]

361-4

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

thats bordering on the god dman ridculous

[Saqib]

England now have riding on luck in the first 2 days daymn.

[Sid100]

so the 2nd poor umpire decision of the match

[HAFRIDI]

Very very unlucky.. good bowling that doesn't go rewarded.

see, he could have been 3 wickets away from it now

[Easa]

100.1 Mohammad Sami to Collingwood, no run, how’s that? Gone surely, no – huge appeal from Sami and the wicketkeeper. Collingwood edges it behind and, for some reason, Simon Taufel turns it down. That, frankly, was a dreadful decision and Collingwood survives. Inzamam-ul-Haq is currently chewing on his fingernails, and who can blame him?

[Sid100]

FROM CRAPINFO

100.1 Mohammad Sami to Collingwood, no run, how’s that? Gone surely, no – huge appeal from Sami and the wicketkeeper. Collingwood edges it behind and, for some reason, Simon Taufel turns it down. That, frankly, was a dreadful decision and Collingwood survives. Inzamam-ul-Haq is currently chewing on his fingernails, and who can blame him?

[Shayan]

looks like Afridi's coming on.

[UJ]

Surely Razzaq needs to be bought on now...

[IMMY69]

please dont use the adjective "unlucky" with Sami. Its overused

he is unlucky...and it was unlucky...it was clealy out and not given...he also wicket dropped yday...so yes he has been unlucky..even though he hasnt bowled particularly well he should still have 3 wickets to his name...

[Easa]

Afridi on

[Sid100]

You Beat Me To It

[Zeenix]

so the 2nd poor umpire decision of the match

And both in the Pakistan's FAVOR. Wow ICC AINT RACIST

[zMario]

Afridi is on!

[Easa]

He'll get some good bounce with the new ball

[Sid100]

Afridi On,

[Shayan]

bad start, cut away for 1

[HAFRIDI]

im off my player has arrived brb

[IMMY69]

i think inzy bringing on afridi as a protest more then anything else...absolutely atrocious decision by taufel...

[Billy]

so the 2nd poor umpire decision of the match

3rd.

Plus two close decisions that were probably "wrong" but only when viewed several times on replays.

[Shayan]

poor ball, pulled away for 4

[Zeenix]

Need an Afridi Dance now

[Shayan]

same again, 2 fours in a row

[zMario]

Now you see why Afridi isn't used by Inzi

[Shayan]

50 partnership... big appeal for lbw, might've gone down leg

371-4,

[Sid100]

SO afridis bowling beautifully, so i can see why inzamam only bowled him for 6 overs yesterday

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

is this 4 an over tha evrry 1 of our bolwer has to do

[IMMY69]

very close lbw shout once again givne not out

[HAFRIDI]

Punksss!! That Was Aa !!gonaaaa!

[Saqib]

We need an Afridi special now maybe change of spin take him out of his crease and let kamran do the job.

[iZeeshan]

It's actually the 4th... for or against Pak...

Afridi on, now maybe he will get a plumb lbw and Taufel bhai jan will judge that its too fast.

We ppers seriously need to nick name Taufel...

[PlanetPakistan]

oh yaar 50 partnership already!!

[zMario]

WHAT THE FUUCUCK THAT IS OUT

Blind umpires

[Sid100]

Need an Afridi Dance now

:)))

[Billy]

Only caught the fag end of that replay.

Was it plumb or just "close"?

[Saqib]

holey ****

[Shayan]

hawkeye says the last appeal was just clipping leg

[Easa]

That was out again

[KaSaNoVa_G]

afridi one looked out.. and is just shown that it would have cliped the stump !

[Saqib]

Originally Posted by zeenix
Need an Afridi Dance now
:127: :105:

[Sid100]

WHAT THE FUUCUCK THAT IS OUT

Blind umpires

Please do not swear bro, i know its frustrating with the dropped catches and poor umpiring

[HAFRIDI]

ump been poor..oh well..come on pak..we been v unlucky

[Shayan]

Only caught the fag end of that replay.

Was it plumb or just "close"?


close

[zMario]

You should see my fists squeezing one of those stress cushions

[HAFRIDI]

Please do not swear bro, i know its frustrating with the dropped catches and poor umpiring

says the guy who says sami hasnt been unlucky, or am i mistaken?

[iZeeshan]

That was out too, but it doesn't matter.

Guess the only way we can get out is bowled, like Mr. Sami.

[UJ]

374/4...

runs coming easily now

[Sid100]

You should see my fists squeezing one of those stress cushions

:)))

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

another decision

[whyhkk]

dont the umpires have a stump mike?

[HAFRIDI]

That was out too, but it doesn't matter.

Guess the only way we can get out is bowled, like Mr. Sami.

true!

good comeback by afridi though, them 2 fours from colly were good for afridi..he will remember that when he comes out, dont u worry col mate

[Shayan]

4 to Colly, straight down off Sami, moves on to 148*.

[Saqib]

Is it me or you guys think the same

Sami is always the unlucky one :))

I never seen Sami with some luck

[Sid100]

im just saying im tired of hearing the word unlucky with sami all the time

[Shayan]

premeditated, silly shot from Bell, got away with it

[KaSaNoVa_G]

would just have sooooo loved it right now if we had Shoaib to come on to bowl
and rough up MR 3-0 with some 90 mph + short ones !!

[IMMY69]

right very veyr angry right now....so am gonna talk some ****...

is this the buildup icc/ecb wanted prior to ashes...a good england victory to build up the hype before the ashes.....

i know its not the case but right now all logic has evaded me

[HAFRIDI]

Is it me or you guys think the same

Sami is always the unlucky one :))

I never seen Sami with some luck

InshA'llah kismat will soon be with him

[zMario]

I wonder, will Afridi or Kaneria bowl

[zMario]

Hahahah, nice sweep!

[Shayan]

Afridi bowling a bit better now.

379/4

[Billy]

Well.. spinners aren't always going to get ones that just clip the stumps, I think that's probably fair enough overall.

Nevermind, I'm sure Bell will get out soon to level it all up again.

[Blistering Barnacle]

Seems like whatever can go wrong is going wrong for Pak. They are not even close to being out of the match though and should keep fighting.

[HAFRIDI]

im just saying im tired of hearing the word unlucky with sami all the time

well u should watch his recent games, nearly every match someone drops a catch of his bowling and now look.

he is v unlucky. period

[Saqib]

would just have sooooo loved it right now if we had Shoaib to come on to bowl
and rough up MR 3-0 with some 90 mph + short ones !!

:40:

[zMario]

Yaar, ya humpty dumpty bowling ha per

[PlanetPakistan]

57 partnership at 7 runs/over!!!

[UJ]

Drinks Break!!!

[ShowStopper]

this pairgoing at nearly 7 runs per over.
England playing positively, not sure of how Pak are playing but surely Umpires playing Discriminatively

[iZeeshan]

So its drinks

Collingwood on 148* - Saala should be in the pavillion pishabing

Ian Bell 32*?

[ShowStopper]

England 379/4 (104.0 ov) May be England declare 15 overs after Lunch.

[ShowStopper]

Sami gonna get his 100 in this over.:)

[Shayan]

razzaq on

[zMario]

Wohooo Razzaq!

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

we should have taken mohammed irshad

if shoaib was availabe at least he amy have roughen them up a little

[Sid100]

Well.. spinners aren't always going to get ones that just clip the stumps, I think that's probably fair enough overall.

Nevermind, I'm sure Bell will get out soon to level it all up again.

Well I think Nasser Hussein said afridi was quite unlucky

[iZeeshan]

Razzaq to bowl some medium pace...

[Shayan]

England 379/4 (104.0 ov) May be England declare 15 overs after Lunch.


doubt it

[Shayan]

we should have taken mohammed irshad

if shoaib was availabe at least he amy have roughen them up a little

sami should be used like that. Instead of trying to get him to bowl line and length, we should tell him to bowl aggressively, bouncers and yorkers etc, and set a field accordingly

[Shayan]

razzaq will get Bell out i reckon

[Shayan]

382-4

[iZeeshan]

Exactly, Sami needs to fill the shoes of Akhtar as much as possible, however little it maybe. He needs to bowl fast, come roaring in.

[Shayan]

good ball from Razzaq, jagged back into Bell

[Nauman]

Oh well a bit too high luck isnt going are way today :(

[Shayan]

Collingwood on to 150, lucky inside edge to 3rd man. well batted.

[Sid100]

ooohhh close by razzaq

[iZeeshan]

Howazzzzzzzat!!!!!???? nope, too much in the middle

[Shayan]

excellent bowling from Razzaq

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

another lbw
turned down

[Sid100]

well played by collingwood for his 150

[Shayan]

the run rate has been far too high in this session, over 4.

[HAFRIDI]

go razzler

[iZeeshan]

Efforts? What efforts? Oh they mean the fact that he wasn't given out and then moved on...

[zMario]

well played by collingwood for his 150
He's just been... lucky.

[Shayan]

383-4

[Shayan]

good, testing bowling from Afridi, very straight, looking for the lbw

[zMario]

I have a question for you guys. Do you think we will bat today?

[shan]

another bad day ahead for us

[PlanetPakistan]

I have a question for you guys. Do you think we will bat today?
yes

[Shayan]

385/4

Collingwood 150*
Bell 30*

[Sid100]

we might bat in the last hour before close

[HAFRIDI]

I have a question for you guys. Do you think we will bat today?

yes for 5 overs

[Shayan]

razzaq getting some good inswing

[PlanetPakistan]

bring Kaneria on!

[UJ]

of course we'll bat today...as soon as Panesar gets his 100, England will declare

[b0wld]

TMS on BBC sports started the first thread of this Test Series as "Lords Test: A Complete DRAW"

i think they were absolutely spot on, untill & unless pakistani batsman makes a fool out of themselves

[Muyazzim Khan]

bring Kaneria on!

Yep I echo that thought. I think we need to start boring cricket now. Kaneria at one end and the rest should bowl short spells with men on the offside wide outside off.

[whyhkk]

with our luck the umpires will help us out

[Nauman]

TMS on BBC sports started the first thread of this Test Series as "Lords Test: A Complete DRAW"

i think they were absolutely spot on, untill & unless pakistani batsman makes a fool out of themselves
Dont forget we are more than capable of doing that.

[Easa]

Well bowled Afridi

[Shayan]

Dont forget we are more than capable of doing that.


:))

[b0wld]

taufell should be stripped of his 2 best umpire of the year awards... he's becoming more & more like the shitty david shepard as he gets more awards...

[iZeeshan]

For those who applaud Collingwood, please stop.

For those who think Pak is going to bat today, please stop.

For those who think Afridi is going get a wicket today, please stop.

For those who think cricket umpiring is ever gonna get better and unbiased, please stop.

[Muhammad]

Pitch and conditions have provided plenty of assistance for the bowlers, but if you bowl rubbish helpful conditions or not you'll get punished and that's what's happened at the start of both days.

Of course catching needs no further mention!