England in Dubai vs Pakistan...Cricket.
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..... but for you Mr Pedant, it'll be 4-0, better?This one day series really couldn't be going any better for England. Cook and Finn and world class at the moment. KP back in form and even the likes of Bopara, and Patel are chipping in well with runs and wickets. Get Morgan back in form and sort out the wicket keeping problem (don't rate Keiswetter) and its a very very good team.
Pakistan have been terrible though. They seem to lack the batsmen up the order to set a platform and score quickly. And for the first time in ages, their seamers are just terrible.
Pakistan have been terrible though. They seem to lack the batsmen up the order to set a platform and score quickly. And for the first time in ages, their seamers are just terrible.
Victor McDade said:
This one day series really couldn't be going any better for England. Cook and Finn and world class at the moment. KP back in form and even the likes of Bopara, and Patel are chipping in well with runs and wickets. Get Morgan back in form and sort out the wicket keeping problem (don't rate Keiswetter) and its a very very good team.
Pakistan have been terrible though. They seem to lack the batsmen up the order to set a platform and score quickly. And for the first time in ages, their seamers are just terrible.
The seamers have been terrible for a while now. They've relied on the spinners to take wickets over the past few months. It is a sad day when an average 31 year old bowler is called up, instead of the many young bowlers who have much talent. It was a mistake to drop Junaid Khan, who can actually do a bit with the ball and can bowl at the death, it was a huge mistake to drop Abdul Razzaq and Naved-ul-Hasan Rana who can bat and bowl line and length on slow pitches. Moreover the youngsters like Mohammed Talha should have been given a chance. There's much too much pressure on Gul, who is a decent bowler but not a true destroyer, and he can lose control as he did yesterday. My other issue is with the coaching of these players. They made too many elementary mistakes. If they appoint Dav Whatmore as their coach, it'll be interesting to see if he can make them play with more discipline, as he did with the Sri Lankans.Pakistan have been terrible though. They seem to lack the batsmen up the order to set a platform and score quickly. And for the first time in ages, their seamers are just terrible.
968 is right, and indeed every Pakistan follower knows it.
I sat close to the boundary at the last game and enjoyed listening to a group of Pakistan supporters next to me barracking a series of Pak fielders. The general gist was get Imran Farhat out of the side, and more than one Pak fielder turned round to give the supporters an embarrassed nod or a smile.
It is an open secret that Farhat is in because his father in law is the chief selector. The entire selection process is a farce.
I sat close to the boundary at the last game and enjoyed listening to a group of Pakistan supporters next to me barracking a series of Pak fielders. The general gist was get Imran Farhat out of the side, and more than one Pak fielder turned round to give the supporters an embarrassed nod or a smile.
It is an open secret that Farhat is in because his father in law is the chief selector. The entire selection process is a farce.
Harris_I said:
968 is right, and indeed every Pakistan follower knows it.
I sat close to the boundary at the last game and enjoyed listening to a group of Pakistan supporters next to me barracking a series of Pak fielders. The general gist was get Imran Farhat out of the side, and more than one Pak fielder turned round to give the supporters an embarrassed nod or a smile.
It is an open secret that Farhat is in because his father in law is the chief selector. The entire selection process is a farce.
He's out today, but actually he hasn't been that bad this series. The worst offenders with the bat, in my view have been Misbah and Younis who have given their wickets away needlessly. They are the key men who need to hang around for the whole innings to create a decent score. I sat close to the boundary at the last game and enjoyed listening to a group of Pakistan supporters next to me barracking a series of Pak fielders. The general gist was get Imran Farhat out of the side, and more than one Pak fielder turned round to give the supporters an embarrassed nod or a smile.
It is an open secret that Farhat is in because his father in law is the chief selector. The entire selection process is a farce.
Added to that, the bowling is woeful. No discipline and like England of the past, too boring and stereotypical, with no variation, though now it's 4 spinners instead of Englands 4 medium pace line and length bowlers. Today, to highlight the problems with the squad sees Junaid Khan back as the ONLY seamer in the team (he's young and inexperienced) and the once again inexplicable selection of Shoaib Malik, the worst and most useless cricketer in the world today, who can't bat and can barely bowl.
They have made a good start so far, but it won't be enough as they won't dismiss Cook, before he's made 50 at least.
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