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***Official*** Pakistan in England

superkingdave

superkingdave

Hall of Fame Member
not looking good really is it?

going to the first days of the OT and Headingly tests, so at least the days will start of evenly.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
superkingdave said:
not looking good really is it?

going to the first days of the OT and Headingly tests, so at least the days will start of evenly.
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I'm at the second day at OT myself. Seems as there is a fair chance of no Fred, harmison is off form etc, I hope we're batting, so I can watch Pietersen
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Preferred teams for the 1st test:

ENGLAND:

Trescothick *
Strauss
Cook
Pietersen
Collingwood
Flintoff
Jones - even though i obviously prefer Read
Plunkett
Hoggard
Harmison
Panesar

If Flintoff can't play at all i'd pick a 4th seamer in Lewis ahead of Panesar & play Bell as the extra batsman.

PAKISTAN:

Shoaib Malik
Salmab Butt
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Inzamam UL-Haq
Shaid Afridi/Abdur Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Mohammad Sami
Umar Gul
Mohammad Asif
Danish Kaneria
 
steds

steds

Hall of Fame Member
aussie said:
Preferred teams for the 1st test:

ENGLAND:

Trescothick *
Strauss
Cook
Pietersen
Collingwood
Flintoff
Jones - even though i obviously prefer Read
Plunkett
Hoggard
Harmison
Panesar
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It isn't your bloody preferred team then, is it?!!
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
steds said:
It isn't your bloody preferred team then, is it?!!
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LOL, a typical day at Cricketweb goes like this:

Aussie slips up

steds/marc belittle him for it

Aussie soldiers on

:)
 
TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
aussie said:
PAKISTAN:

Shoaib Malik
Salmab Butt
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Inzamam UL-Haq
Shaid Afridi/Abdur Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Mohammad Sami
Umar Gul
Mohammad Asif
Danish Kaneria
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Terribly weak lower order there, none of the last four can affectively hold a bat let alone use it.
 
T

tooextracool

International Coach
wpdavid said:
Less than 2 weeks to go, and I'm trying to work out how England will lineup sans Fred and given the "form" of our young quicks. I certainly can't imagine another allrounder at 6, so we're probably looking at 6-1-4.

Maybe:
Tres, Strauss, Cook, KP, Bell, Collingwood, Jones, Plunkett, Hoggard, Harmison & Panesar.
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That side is even worse than the one that ended up drawing the series 1-1 with Sl given that it lacks Flintoff. I dont see any reason why Butcher should not be given a go in the side when we clearly need some experience in the middle order. Bell hasnt exactly been setting the world alight in domestic cricket either.
 
T

tooextracool

International Coach
aussie said:
PAKISTAN:

Shoaib Malik
Salmab Butt
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Inzamam UL-Haq
Shaid Afridi/Abdur Razzaq
Kamran Akmal
Mohammad Sami
Umar Gul
Mohammad Asif
Danish Kaneria
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Pakistan need a specialist opener, and shoaib malik is not the answer. nor is his technique good enough considering that hes always playing away from his body. and Mohammad Sami is for all uses and purposes rubbish,
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
TT Boy said:
Terribly weak lower order there, none of the last four can affectively hold a bat let alone use it.
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well with the absesne of Shoaib & Naved that will be the case for them & its not as it Sami is garbage with the bat.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
tooextracool said:
Pakistan need a specialist opener, and shoaib malik is not the answer. nor is his technique good enough considering that hes always playing away from his body. and Mohammad Sami is for all uses and purposes rubbish,
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Thats tre about Malik but Woolmer seems determined to make an opner out of him & so far Malik really hasn't disappointed. Sami yea he is trash but with Shoaib & Naved & he may will play at the start.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
tooextracool said:
How in the world anyone other than Graveney can have Plunkett in their preferred team i'll never know.
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Plunks has been garbage in the ODI vs SRI thus far but he impressed in the test series vs SRI form the second innnings at lord's onwards so i am willing to give him another chance for at least the 1st test.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
tooextracool said:
That side is even worse than the one that ended up drawing the series 1-1 with Sl given that it lacks Flintoff. I dont see any reason why Butcher should not be given a go in the side when we clearly need some experience in the middle order. Bell hasnt exactly been setting the world alight in domestic cricket either.
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I agree Butcher should be given another shot but he himself needs to put runs on the board for Surrey so that the selectors can pick him.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
GeraintIsMyHero said:
LOL, a typical day at Cricketweb goes like this:

Aussie slips up

steds/marc belittle him for it

Aussie soldiers on

:)
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thats right i am on this site to talk about cricket not to run behind those two girls..
 
T

tooextracool

International Coach
aussie said:
I agree Butcher should be given another shot but he himself needs to put runs on the board for Surrey so that the selectors can pick him.
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he has 712 runs @ 50.85 already this season.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
aussie said:
Plunks has been garbage in the ODI vs SRI thus far but he impressed in the test series vs SRI form the second innnings at lord's onwards so i am willing to give him another chance for at least the 1st test.
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Is this proper impressive or Shaun Tait impressive?
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
tooextracool said:
he has 712 runs @ 50.85 already this season.
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well all good, all he needs to do is keep it up & if the middle-order doesn't do well vs Pakistan the selectors will have to look at him.
 
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