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Pakistan v England - 1st Test, Dubai

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Dexter said:
Some of the things the Pakistanis appeal for are absolutely ridiculous.

Morgan, playing a shot gets hit on the pad a yard outside the line of off stump and they all go up. :lol:
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After seeing the Ajmal and Strauss dismissals I don't think any appeal is ridiculous. If these two put on 100 then we might just have a chance.......
 

England are batting so shoddily that I'm starting to think this could be fixed. They're not doing much to persuade me otherwise. The batting is child-like :-o
 
Willis nailed it with Pietersen's dismissal. An arrogant shot from a man who got impatient looking for a single.
 
brandon said:
England are batting so shoddily that I'm starting to think this could be fixed. They're not doing much to persuade me otherwise. The batting is child-like :-o
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Or the alternative view, we are now seeing England in their true colours, a decent team but nowt special and the worlds best bowling attack now rid of corruption showing their class
 
essex boy said:
Or the alternative view, we are now seeing England in their true colours, a decent team but nowt special and the worlds best bowling attack now rid of corruption showing their class
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Hang on, I thought South Africa had the world's best bowling attack. Make up your mind. Alternatively, what we are really seeing is England's decent batting line up playing badly against Pakistan's decent bowling attack playing well. That's cricket and we'll need to pick ourselves up from this for next week. Fuck the IPL, it's a load of shite and would teach our batsmen nothing. I'm glad we're treating it with the contempt it deserves and playing real cricket while it's on.
 
chelt_mackem said:
Hang on, I thought South Africa had the world's best bowling attack. Make up your mind. Alternatively, what we are really seeing is England's decent batting line up playing badly against Pakistan's decent bowling attack playing well. That's cricket and we'll need to pick ourselves up from this for next week. Fuck the IPL, it's a load of shite and would teach our batsmen nothing. I'm glad we're treating it with the contempt it deserves and playing real cricket while it's on.
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At least we wont have to listen to the Windies captain bemoaning the fact he has to play in England in May this time round when the IPL is being played.

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Batting performance is disgraceful and Flower should consider standing down as coach. Our performances against spin have been piss poor since he took over and he should carry the can.
 
essex boy said:
At least we wont have to listen to the Windies captain bemoaning the fact he has to play in England in May this time round when the IPL is being played.

Prior gone.

Batting performance is disgraceful and Flower should consider standing down as coach. Our performances against spin have been piss poor since he took over and he should carry the can.
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:lol::lol: Ha'way man, you're starting to sound like Steve30000 on PF
 
chelt_mackem said:
:lol::lol: Ha'way man, you're starting to sound like Steve30000 on PF
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we beat a load of crap under laden skies over the last year, Flower has benefited from Duncan Fletcher almost begging the ECB to get the central contracts off the ground years ago so our quicks are well rested for test matches. Combined with this, he has inherited a few decent saffers to bolster the ranks and yet when push comes to shove we still have no clue against spin which is down to Flower.

The question stands what has Andy Flower done to turn England into a formidable test side. Sweet FA

He needs to resign
 
essex boy said:
we beat a load of crap under laden skies over the last year, Flower has benefited from Duncan Fletcher almost begging the ECB to get the central contracts off the ground years ago so our quicks are well rested for test matches. Combined with this, he has inherited a few decent saffers to bolster the ranks and yet when push comes to shove we still have no clue against spin which is down to Flower.

The question stands what has Andy Flower done to turn England into a formidable test side. Sweet FA

He needs to resign
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Yep, India are a load of crap, I blame their shoddy domestic game. The IPL is totally sub standard cricket.
 
Mainze said:
Yep, India are a load of crap, I blame their shoddy domestic game. The IPL is totally sub standard cricket.
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Playing against the Indians in their own back yard is exatly what we need. Any fool can see that after this latest shambolic effort in Asia
 
Wow could our batsmen play any worse clearly they weren't prepared unlike the bowlers who had been in practise three weeks before them
 
eddyfinn said:
Wow could our batsmen play any worse clearly they weren't prepared unlike the bowlers who had been in practise three weeks before them
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Did 5 ODI in India when the batsman barely put up a whimper not count as practice in these conditions?

Or is one day cricket and test cricket so vastly different that nothing could possibly be gained
 
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