2010- Pakistan to play SIX test matches in England

4 vs England
2 vs AUS

http://jang.com.pk/jang/may2009-daily/15-05-2009/sports.htm

Pakistan should get Yousuf back for these matches, he did really well in ENG in 2006

My team for the 1st test at Lords

1- Butt
2- Shahzad
3- Younis Khan
4- Yousuf
5- Misbah
6- K Akmal
7- Afridi
8- Y Arafat
9- Gul
10- M Aamer
11- Kaneria

We're playing Pakistan in England? That should be interesting. The umpires won't know who to screw over.

Congratulations, PP. Guess that was the only way to go.

Seems a good thing . .and with 6 tests the Paks should feel reasonably well at home by the end of it . . .

Yep! Good news - I love watching them squabble.

i dont know if england is a good 'home' option for pak, at least in terms of cricketing reasons. it will certainly be a whole lot more of an advantage for their opponents as opposed to sub-continental conditions

getting the uae ready would be more advantageous and will also give the pakistanis a lot more control. this may be a 4-5 year situation, so it would make sense to develop uae as a real home base, which they cannot do in england

Its money they're after. The UAE would leave them with a bill to pay.

So nine tests in a summer in England. An equal record.

WTF?


Obviously Maths isn't the boards strong point.


Errrr how about 3 tests each against Aus and Eng.

doesnt england do a 4/3 or 5/2 split every season anyways

DJ_Smerk wrote:WTF?


Obviously Maths isn't the boards strong point.


Errrr how about 3 tests each against Aus and Eng.

People in glass houses and all that . . . you're wide of the mark as well, Smerky.

As far as I can tell, next summer's program of international cricket in England next summer will consist of the following - taking into account these (still tentative) proposals: -

Eng v Ban - 2 Tests, 3 x ODI.
Eng v Pak - 4 Tests, 5 x ODI. 2 x T20.
Eng v Aus - 5 x ODI.

Pak v Aus - 2 Tests, 2 x T20.

Assume that one of the usual 7 England home Test matches is being sacrificed in favour of the additional OD series againt Oz, which in turn is presumably as additional preparation ahead of the 2011 World Cup.

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:WTF?


Obviously Maths isn't the boards strong point.


Errrr how about 3 tests each against Aus and Eng.

People in glass houses and all that . . . you're wide of the mark as well, Smerky.

As far as I can tell, next summer's program of international cricket in England next summer will consist of the following - taking into account these (still tentative) proposals: -

Eng v Ban - 2 Tests, 3 x ODI.
Eng v Pak - 4 Tests, 5 x ODI. 2 x T20.
Eng v Aus - 5 x ODI.

Pak v Aus - 2 Tests, 2 x T20.

Assume that one of the usual 7 England home Test matches is being sacrificed in favour of the additional OD series againt Oz, which in turn is presumably as additional preparation ahead of the 2001 World Cup.

Get in quick and put all you have on Oz . . .

PlanetPakistan wrote:My team for the 1st test at Lords

1- Butt
2- Shahzad
3- Younis Khan
4- Yousuf
5- Misbah
6- K Akmal
7- Afridi
8- Y Arafat
9- Gul
10- M Aamer
11- Kaneria

Senior Umpire - Daz Hair

Fixed.

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

Too quick for me . . .

Any chance of Hair becoming a referee now that he has retired?

tac wrote:

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

Too quick for me . . .

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:WTF?


Obviously Maths isn't the boards strong point.


Errrr how about 3 tests each against Aus and Eng.

People in glass houses and all that . . . you're wide of the mark as well, Smerky.

As far as I can tell, next summer's program of international cricket in England next summer will consist of the following - taking into account these (still tentative) proposals: -

Eng v Ban - 2 Tests, 3 x ODI.
Eng v Pak - 4 Tests, 5 x ODI. 2 x T20.
Eng v Aus - 5 x ODI.

Pak v Aus - 2 Tests, 2 x T20.

Assume that one of the usual 7 England home Test matches is being sacrificed in favour of the additional OD series againt Oz, which in turn is presumably as additional preparation ahead of the 2011 World Cup.

Only 8 tests then. So 9 in a season still stands as a record on its own.

The One wrote:i dont know if england is a good 'home' option for pak, at least in terms of cricketing reasons. it will certainly be a whole lot more of an advantage for their opponents as opposed to sub-continental conditions

getting the uae ready would be more advantageous and will also give the pakistanis a lot more control. this may be a 4-5 year situation, so it would make sense to develop uae as a real home base, which they cannot do in england

yeah i thought UAE was the best option but having said that Pakistan have had a very good record in England since Imran's team won there in 1987

1987- won
1992- won
1996- won
2001- draw
2006- Lost

this is a very different pakistani team and those teams played some weak english teams. playing pakistan in england is certainly better for the likes of australia, new zealand, west indies and south africa rather than playing them in sharjah or dubai. it may even be better for india

I take it we get to play Pak at home first?

PlanetPakistan wrote:

The One wrote:i dont know if england is a good 'home' option for pak, at least in terms of cricketing reasons. it will certainly be a whole lot more of an advantage for their opponents as opposed to sub-continental conditions

getting the uae ready would be more advantageous and will also give the pakistanis a lot more control. this may be a 4-5 year situation, so it would make sense to develop uae as a real home base, which they cannot do in england

yeah i thought UAE was the best option but having said that Pakistan have had a very good record in England since Imran's team won there in 1987
1987- won
1992- won
1996- won
2001- draw
2006- Lost

That would be because you had a decent bowling attack. And now?

bowling attack will get decent once they get a chance to play

Even now the t20 and ODI bowling attack is very good.
In tests Gul and Asif would make a solid opening pair with Arafat as the 1st change along with Afridi and Kaneria/Ajmal. The key is probably the emergence of M Aamer or some other young bowler but they aren't gonna become world beaters by sitting at home.