Pakistan v England | 29/07/2010 | Trent Bridge | Test 1

[Bartlet4America]

Eng have won the toss and are batting.

1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Eoin Morgan, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Steven Finn.


1 Salman Butt (capt), 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Umar Amin, 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Kamran Akmal (wk), 8 Mohammad Aamer, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Danish Kaneria, 11 Mohammad Asif.

[Inferno]

England have won the toss and chose to Bat. Salman Butt said the decision would have been mutual, as the track is dry and Danish could've exploited the spin on the 5th day.

[Bartlet4America]

Okay i had made the same thread..someone needs to merge these.
Looks cloudy over head but pitch looks so dry.

[Bartlet4America]

O noess..Ashoka is the umpire ...grrrr

[shahrukh619]

hahaha malik isi n the team

[Rizzy]

Bumble on commentary.

[Bartlet4America]

That was pathetic by kamran...easiest catch ever!!

[Qazaa]

Struass looking good now.

[Bartlet4America]

He is gone now..98/2

[attidude.asif]

bowlers seems tired.....too much of partying.... cudn't digest the last nite biryani or wot???

[Bartlet4America]

May be lol but this pitch has no pace..looks so dry..having said that bowlers were erratic al morning especially Danish was very poor.

[cricker]

Originally Posted by Bartlet4America

That was pathetic by kamran...easiest catch ever!!

Not only that... He is standing way back and as slips have placed themselves according to him, so almost everything is falling short of slips.

[cricker]

Good bowling after lunch! England: 118/4

[cricker]

Originally Posted by Bartlet4America

O noess..Ashoka is the umpire ...grrrr

The great blind Asoka De Silva!

[Bartlet4America]

One more wkt here and we are in a great position.

[cricker]

Originally Posted by Bartlet4America

One more wkt here and we are in a great position.

Akmal won't let us have this one more wicket so easily... You see he is playing for England against Pakistan....

Just as I was talking about standing way back in my last post.... You see he missed another chance due to standing back!

[Bartlet4America]

Spot on. That shud ve been taken. I am hating his smile..why are you smiling after every ball!

[cricker]

Originally Posted by Bartlet4America

Spot on. That shud ve been taken. I am hating his smile..why are you smiling after every ball!

Some people will never feel the guilt. But why will he feel guilty, he should be proud of himself, he is doing what he is supposed to do. He is the wise captian and if Butt loses his place as captain, I can imagine who will get captaincy.

[Bartlet4America]

Need another wkt here. Gul has looked so pedestrian so far.

[attidude.asif]

Originally Posted by cricker

Akmal won't let us have this one more wicket so easily... You see he is playing for England against Pakistan....

Just as I was talking about standing way back in my last post.... You see he missed another chance due to standing back!

may be looking for citizenship.....u see gotta look for future as well...

[Disco Lemonade]

230/4, unless aamer or gul have a great spell today or tomorrow morning, i can see England posting 350-400. Well atleast they cant loose then.

Get them 6 wickets in less that 70 runs. C'mmon reverse swing and gul and amer and kaneria.

[Disco Lemonade]

btw how did we bowl, too tired to check anything, seems like akmal dropped some catches. who won the toss, how did aamer and asif bowl with the new ball? who got KP?

[Rizzy]

Originally Posted by Disco Lemonade

btw how did we bowl, too tired to check anything, seems like akmal dropped some catches. who won the toss, how did aamer and asif bowl with the new ball? who got KP?

Dropped a sitter from Strauss. England won the toss and decided to bat first, Butt said he also would have batted.

Aamer bowled great along with Asif. (akmal dropped from Aamer's bowling) Asif got 2 close calls from KP which were both referred so we lost both our reviews and eventually Asif got KP. Spinners have been crap, Malik wasnt too bad but Kaneria needs to be kicked sooner rather than later.

[Mercenary]

Rather than Pakistan gathering themselves for a final charge against England in the final session, the team just look like they just want the day to be over.

This is where Afridi was good at waking the team up and pushing them all to give that little bit extra in the field.

[Rizzy]

I've noticed that if you use both reviews early the umpires tend not to favor your call after you have no reviews left. Maybe its cos they feel you wrongly challenged their decision and want you to pay for it but I noticed it quite a bit in Australia and it has happened on a few occasions today.

[Disco Lemonade]

Originally Posted by rizzy

Dropped a sitter from Strauss. England won the toss and decided to bat first, Butt said he also would have batted.

Aamer bowled great along with Asif. (akmal dropped from Aamer's bowling) Asif got 2 close calls from KP which were both referred so we lost both our reviews and eventually Asif got KP. Spinners have been crap, Malik wasnt too bad but Kaneria needs to be kicked sooner rather than later.

Thanks rizzy. We expect too much from Kaneria, he's no warne. Kaneria should be used in short bursts with close in fielders etc to create pressue. Use Malik otherwise. its more than 60 overs i guess and Gul should be able to reverse swing by now.

[Rizzy]

Seems strange but im sure you only get reverse swing with old ball , Umar Gul hasnt bowled with the old ball and Pakistan have taken the new ball. Butt must be thinking that Gul is not upto the job and wants Asif and Aamer back on.

[shahrukh619]

Originally Posted by rizzy

Seems strange but im sure you only get reverse swing with old ball , Umar Gul hasnt bowled with the old ball and Pakistan have taken the new ball. Butt must be thinking that Gul is not upto the job and wants Asif and Aamer back on.

Man pak should had made some changes atleast, they should had brought ajmal in and tanveer ahamd instead of danish and gul.

[Mercenary]

Imran Farhat bowling with a 9 over old new ball. Has Salman forgotten about golden arm umar Amin?

[Omar]

A brilliant start for Pakistan on Day 2 of the 1st test against England!

England resumed on 331/4 and were all out for 354 losing their last 6 wickets for 23!

Asif was exceptional taking a 5fer and Gul struck with the last wicket to have 1 to his name!

[Omar]

Pakistan 5/0 after 3.4 overs

[Omar]

Butt gone caught behind by Prior

5/1 Pakistan

Anderson takes the wicket

[HuskerFan]

E-mail to Cricinfo commentary just before Kaptaan's dismissal.

"A fishy start to the innings..." giggles Jonny W. "Is it Cod Bottom? No. Is it Perch Buttocks? No. Is it Trout Rear? No. It is Salmon Butt!!" Roffle, as the kids like to say.

[iHammad]

any link to watch online?

loadshedding

[Omar]

Originally Posted by iHammad

any link to watch online?

loadshedding

Refer back to your own thread Hammad! Remember?!

[iHammad]

Originally Posted by Omar

Refer back to your own thread Hammad! Remember?!

Oh yeah! Thanks :P

[HuskerFan]

Farhat and Uman Amin gone in quick succession! Same old, same old batting by Pakistan!

[HuskerFan]

20.1 Anderson to Azhar Ali, OUT, 84.0 mph, gone! Anderson has his third and Pakistan are folding! It was full and swinging away, Ali popped forward to defend but feathered a nick through to Prior. England were not all that confident with their appeal but Ali chose, eventually, not to refer the decision... oh dear.. replays show it came off the pocket. Why didn't Ali refer!? Perhaps it's tricky for the young man to take a team decision like that...

Azhar Ali c †Prior b Anderson 14 (48b 1x4 0x6) SR: 29.16

Way to go Azhar Ali!!! I mean, you could not tell if the ball hit your bat or not?

[Yaser]

Wow. Suprised, I'm not.

And what an apt avvy I have, eh Azhar ?!.

[BALOCH_786]

I hope we all get out for 75 runs so we can choose follow on. Wat stupid batting. Cant watch ball these batsmen.