Re: Why do England always do so badly in Pakistan?

by PlanetPakistan Wed 02 Sep 2009, 21:17

Brass Monkey wrote:Tres was in top form, he got chucked out by Shabby Armbent. That cost us the match, let alone another GOJo brain implosion. Tossers.

umm IIRC he got clean bowled while trying to defend the ball

by Guest Wed 02 Sep 2009, 22:09

vilkrang wrote:
Rob I wrote:
Henry wrote:It was the batting that let England down in that first test of 2005. Weren't we bowled out in the last innings for 160 odd chasing about 200? I seem to remember we were cruising at one point as well.

Here you go Trev....

All out 175, chasing 198

Dingdong got some good first-innings runs that series as I recall, averaging over 50.
Without looking at the scorecard I would bet good money that he was totally absent in the 2nd innings when the pressure was on.

Edit: Just looked at the scorecard and whilst you could argue that he wasn't as inept as the rest of them, 31 is still shite.

I'd say first-dig runs are nearly always more important than second-dig runs. This is one more reason why Strausser is so good. Average 48 first up with 15 tons, average 38 in second innings with 3 tons.

by DJ_Smerk Wed 02 Sep 2009, 22:14

PlanetPakistan wrote:
Brass Monkey wrote:Tres was in top form, he got chucked out by Shabby Armbent. That cost us the match, let alone another GOJo brain implosion. Tossers.

umm IIRC he got clean bowled while trying to defend the ball

In the 3rd test? I'm sure he was going for a slog sweep and got toppled by Kaneria, who fell over during a celebration?

Or I could have my events mixed up....

by PlanetPakistan Wed 02 Sep 2009, 22:17

3rd test was an innings defeat so ENG didn't have much of a chance there but in the 1st test GJ was playing really well before being bowled by Shoaib.

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