Third ODI

[CHAPPERS]

149/2

I dunno, you get up at 6am to watch the boys and they produce one of the least imaginative bowling performances you've ever seen. Have they not learnt that on these pitches you've got to mix it up and not just run in and bowl short of a length to players like Butt and Akmal? You know for a fact that when Pakistan bowl they will bowl slower ball after slower ball and throw the odd yorker in. We're into the 26th over I think and there has been ONE attemtped yorker and that was put away for 4.

Jimmy Anderson needs to f*** off. I know he's not played a lot of cricket but that doesn't excuse the amount of wides he's bowled.

Does it?

Yours,

Grouchy, Brighton.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Anderson should be grabbing this chance with both hands. I mean how difficult is it, for a professional bowler to bowl on the stumps!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Anderson was called up on past glorys which is a shame as i thought the ecb got over doing that sort of thing.

 

[Parson Henry]

Anderson was called up on past glorys which is a shame as i thought the ecb got over doing that sort of thing.

Probably the best we got at the minute. Needs confidence though.

 

[zefarelly]

obviously quite hard judging by the inept display thus far

this tour is obviously a tour too much this year, I get the impression the Ashes players are just treating it as a pre christmas holiday and pay bonus before christmas

 

[Barrel of Fun]

241/4 after 39.3 overs. Afridi 31 runs off 14 balls. Thank the lord he was run out early.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Probably the best we got at the minute. Needs confidence though.

Without watching a great deal of cricket, why has Kirtley fallen so far behind? I know he has had his action pulled up again this season but he was the star in the south aferica series a few years back and had an average close to 11 at test cricket.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

He was mysteriously dropped from England team after a fantastic cameo against SA and won the match for us.

I think it is probably something to do with Vaughan wanting his boys in. Very clique.

 

[Parson Henry]

obviously quite hard judging by the inept display thus far

this tour is obviously a tour too much this year, I get the impression the Ashes players are just treating it as a pre christmas holiday and pay bonus before christmas

Harsh but an element of reality there.

 

[zefarelly]

Harsh but an element of reality there.

well its perfectly understandable, if not acceptable !

 

[Barrel of Fun]

306/5 Razzaq 26 off 9 balls. What has happened to our watertight fielding

 

[Moshe Gariani]

its CARNAGE out there at the moment...

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Razzaq 42 off 13

 

[CHAPPERS]

Anderson is a knobber. Lat over, that went for 23, he bowled one slower ball and didn't concede a run. The rest were normal pace and in the slot and he got creamed.

Kirtley would have done a better job out there, if only he wasn't a chucker.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Kirtley would have done a better job out there, if only he wasn't a chucker.

yeah, those pesky Laws of the Game getting in the way again...

(unbelievably shite performance from Clive Anderson there...)

still a Matty Prior ton will get our reply off to a decent start...

 

[CHAPPERS]

I do hope Anderson doesn't get another contract. Hopefully, with Plunkett coming through we'll finally be shot of him.

 

[Parson Henry]

49.5 Flintoff to Abdul Razzaq, no run, full ball, good yorker, digs it
out back to bowler
49.4 Flintoff to Shoaib Malik, one run, full ball, on target, digs it
out down the ground to long-on
49.3 Flintoff to Inzamam-ul-Haq, OUT: Gone! good yorker, tries to play
it on the off side, he misses the ball hits!

Pakistan 350/6, Partnership of 78
Inzamam-ul-Haq b Flintoff 45 (35b 4x4 1x6)
Abdul Razzaq 49* (20b 5x4 3x6) A Flintoff 9.3-1-54-1 (1w)

Shoaib Malik walks in
49.2 Flintoff to Inzamam-ul-Haq, FOUR, full ball, yorker length, digs it
out to leg side, Harmsion at short fine leg, dives and misfields
ball goes towards fine leg fence for another four
49.1 Flintoff to Inzamam-ul-Haq, FOUR, full toss, outside off, Inzamam
pulls it away to deep midwicket region and Strauss full length
dives in vain



Did Malik know something?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

A Flintoff 5.7 an over....
J M Anderson 7.2
S J Harmison 7.8
L E Plunkett 8.7
P D Collingwood 7.3
I D Blackwell 5
V S Solanki 6

Shocking!

 

[Parson Henry]

354 to win.

Chances?

Banger to bang?

Prior to make it his priority?

Strauss to orchestrate the run chase?

 

[Seasider]

england will be all out for 180 odd i reckon