Andrew Strauss began England's attempt to reinforce their No. 1 Test ranking by winning the toss and choosing to bat in front of sparsely populated stands in Dubai.
Not a great start. I was listening to TMS on the way to work. Apparently the Pakistani fans hate Misbah because he's safe and successfull, and they would prefer to return to the clown cricket of earlier years because its more "entertaining" and thy want to win in style, though they weren't actually winning.
Pakistan have been in good form recently, and we aren't usually all that in Asia. I thnk England expect to win, but not batting like that. I wonder if Panesar should have played?
Why the hell did he call for a review? What did Trott say to him? Self-centered bunch of prima donnas at the moment. Going down the route of the national Rugby and Football teams sadly.
Yes, England were lucky to be number 1, just like Charlton are lucky to be top. Let's see how they react in the rest of the series before we write them off.
OK LawrieAbrahams, perhaps a touch of over-reaction by me - we'll see what has happened by the end of the test series... but you'll admit that it isn't the best of starts!
So your National team play like a bunch of no hopers, what are you supposed to do? Say it doesn't matter because you don't want to hurt their feelings? KP is a ****, always has been and I for one have always said it. He is only interested in KP. I had a go at Bell for reviewing his decision and Trott for not telling he was plumb. Taking out any iffy decisions all the recognised batsmen who've been dismissed have made poor shot selections in this Test. It's not just 2 days of cricket, it's 2 days of awful batting. Also England have a problem with their rigid policy of how they set their team up. Playing in Dubai is like playing in India, Pakistan etc. It is not like playing in England or Australia. You have to make changes. You need to play 2 spinners. England are playing 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers. Prior is quite capable of batting 6 in Test cricket, you could then play 5 bowlers and have Broad and Swann at 7&8. Leave out KP or Morgan. It's not just me saying this, listen to the experts. Praise when desreved, critcize when necessary.
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Are Pakistan actually West Ham?
and is Curbs Misbah-Ul-Haq?
94-6 at mid way.
5 wickets for Saeed Ajmal the spinner.
Strauss19
Cook 3
Trott 17
Pietersen 2
Bell 0
Morgan 24
Broad 8
Prior 41 no
Swann 34 no
Partnership now 56 (No doubt now soon to end)
Swann 34 out
Knew that would happen. About a minute after my last past, but computer froze :-(
Prior 59no
Ajmal 7 wickets.
Prior 70 no
Trott take a cheeky wicket just before tea.
KP keeps telling everyone how hungry he is. Let's hope he remembers to use his bat today.
Send more money.
Why the hell did he call for a review? What did Trott say to him? Self-centered bunch of prima donnas at the moment. Going down the route of the national Rugby and Football teams sadly.
71 behind........
no wonder half the sportsman in this country aint interested in representing England.
Let's see how they react in the rest of the series before we write them off.
KP is a ****, always has been and I for one have always said it. He is only interested in KP.
I had a go at Bell for reviewing his decision and Trott for not telling he was plumb.
Taking out any iffy decisions all the recognised batsmen who've been dismissed have made poor shot selections in this Test.
It's not just 2 days of cricket, it's 2 days of awful batting. Also England have a problem with their rigid policy of how they set their team up. Playing in Dubai is like playing in India, Pakistan etc. It is not like playing in England or Australia. You have to make changes. You need to play 2 spinners. England are playing 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers. Prior is quite capable of batting 6 in Test cricket, you could then play 5 bowlers and have Broad and Swann at 7&8. Leave out KP or Morgan.
It's not just me saying this, listen to the experts.
Praise when desreved, critcize when necessary.