5th ODI England v Pakistan - Cardiff

[Beach Hut]

Will it be a 5-0 pounding ?

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

25/0 after 4 overs

 

[Triggaaar]

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

Well at least they got that bit right.

 

[Beach Hut]

37/1 Hales out

 

[Beach Hut]

64/2 Root bowled

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to see this lot beaten 5-0. I dislike them with a passion. Their attitude and behaviour on the cricket field has been appalling for years. There are no depths of gamesmanship to which they won't descend. They have turned intimidation of umpires into an art form. Concerted, controlled and vociferous appealing is commonplace and only part of their bag of tricks. Generations of Pakistani cricketers have grown up believing that this is acceptable behaviour. Relatively new as a country and late into the historical cricketing arena, they caught established cricketers on coir matting wickets, in an attempt to achieve early success. Pakistan bowlers have been credited with the development of reverse swing but we all knew the methods they were using. The subservient cricketing authorities failed to do anything just as they had with the previously innocuous Bob Massie, who 20 years earlier, destroyed England at Lords, with 16 wickets, mainly taken with wildly swinging deliveries.
They have no class or dignity and are the complete opposite of India, who respect the traditions of the game.

 

[joeinbrighton]

I actually think Pakistan were a breath of fresh air to watch in the test series this summer and none of the gamesmanship that Mo mentions was evident in that series. Misbah and Younus Khan in particular have been great ambassadors for their country.

The ODI series has been a bridge too far for them. England's star is in the ascendancy in 50 over cricket at the moment whereas Pakistan are stuck in a rut in that form of cricket. In the long format though, they are a very good team to watch at the moment.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to see this lot beaten 5-0. I dislike them with a passion. Their attitude and behaviour on the cricket field has been appalling for years. There are no depths of gamesmanship to which they won't descend. They have turned intimidation of umpires into an art form. Concerted, controlled and vociferous appealing is commonplace and only part of their bag of tricks. Generations of Pakistani cricketers have grown up believing that this is acceptable behaviour. Relatively new as a country and late into the historical cricketing arena, they caught established cricketers on coir matting wickets, in an attempt to achieve early success. Pakistan bowlers have been credited with the development of reverse swing but we all knew the methods they were using. The subservient cricketing authorities failed to do anything just as they had with the previously innocuous Bob Massie, who 20 years earlier, destroyed England at Lords, with 16 wickets, mainly taken with wildly swinging deliveries.
They have no class or dignity and are the complete opposite of India, who respect the traditions of the game.

Tripe.

 

[Triggaaar]

Get on or get out Ben.