England in Dubai vs Pakistan...Cricket.

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squeaky bum time

[Gargamel]

Ah dammit.

Congrats to Pakistan, great batting from them, and spin still seems a mystery to our Batsmen.

Pakistan have some lovely bats, and I think on "home" ground they are a pretty decent outfit.

We are a team full of bits and pieces, it is Root, Cook, Jimmy A and Broad and the rest just shuffle about making very limited contributions. (though I like Wood and rate him a bit about a bitsa)

[Amirhussain]

Wood has the potential to become a top bowler for England. Handy with the bat too.

Buttler and Bell are massively out of form.

[Countdown]

[Amirhussain]

Jos Buttler dropped for third test, Bairstow taking over the gloves. James Taylor has been called up, and Mark Wood rested because of ankle problems

[hornetrider]

Sounds about right.

[spikeyhead]

Cook needs to spend some time practicing his coin skills, losing three out of three is careless.

[craigdub]

or just unlucky.

[Smollet]

5 down for the hosts. I wonder how our new batting lineup cope if wickets keep falling.

[hornetrider]

spikeyhead said:

Cook needs to spend some time practicing his coin skills, losing three out of three is careless.

Great skills from chef this morning losing the toss. 5 down already.

[Gargamel]

Well this is better, Is Cook the most useless tosser in international cricket?

I have a feeling he might be

Anyway, Five down, wickets for everyone

[spikeyhead]

Stokes off with a possibly dislocated shoulder

[Gargamel]

7 down

See where we are when we have batted 50 overs shall we..

Also - Fair fks to Bairstow, not easy to come in and keep on these pitches when you aren't really training playing all the time, three catches and only 4 extras in 80 odd overs - pretty tidy

[Gargamel]

9 down


Pakistan generously proving England aren't the only side able to collapse in a heap

[dav123a]

9 down

[spikeyhead]

234 all out.

We've got an awkward few overs before close

[spikeyhead]

I'll take that, to bowl any team out on the first day, and not lose a wicket in the reply is ok.

Now we need to bat with some application but without getting bogged down tomorrow.

[hornetrider]

Decent reply so far /mockers

[spikeyhead]

One down at lunch. Pitch doing a little less than yesterday.

[hornetrider]

Anyone listening to TMS?

All I can hear is Geoffrey blathering in the background!!!