England v Pakistan, 3rd Test , The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2010

Toddled off when Engulund were 7-128. That's a darn good fightback by Prior and Broad. The wicket looked to be flattening out though. Maybe MoYo can cash in.

Well done to Wahab Riaz on getting a Michelle on debut.

Jontyh wrote:I'm sure this has already been mentioned, but anyone else think it was a Punteresque decision to bat? Overcast morning, Paksters struggling for batting form, but we'll bat anyway because that's what you do if you win the toss..

Nice to see Drunky doesn't have a complete mortgage on stoopidity.

We only really have two batsmen in form at the moment- Trott and Prior.

Worrying times.

Another failure for KP.

Cook's failures are highlighted on this forum and elsewhere. But what the captain himself? Apart from that half ton in 2nd innings, Strauss too hasn't been too hot with the bat in this series. In fact, he hasn't dome much of note during last year or so. 624 runs in 10 tests @ 39, without a ton to his name.

And when you see 4/10 tests were against B'desh, these numbers look even more ugly.

All this talk of how sh!t the Pom bats are going is heartening.

skully wrote:All this talk of how sh!t the Pom bats are going is heartening.

Phurt ....The North Atlantic Kiwis only bother trying when they play Oz

True enough. And the Aussies are yet to stink up the joint in Bannietown yet.

embee wrote:

skully wrote:All this talk of how sh!t the Pom bats are going is heartening.

Phurt ....The North Atlantic Kiwis only bother trying when they play Oz

Never a truer statement made - as no one else really matters!.

Of course the same could be said of the Southern Oceans Indonesians - turning it on only when playing their ex judge and jurors from Mother England.

skully wrote:All this talk of how sh!t the Pom bats are going is heartening.

Pffft... I don't think any of us have ever described our batting as anything more than 'middling' at the best of times. It's you guys who keep bizarrely worrying about facing Jimmykins & Princess Di down under!

Henry wrote:We only really have two batsmen in form at the moment- Trott and Prior.

Worrying times.

It doesn't help the out of form bats that we're playing a very decent attack in some helpful conditions. They could do with batting on a flattie.

JKLever wrote:

Henry wrote:We only really have two batsmen in form at the moment- Trott and Prior.

Worrying times.

It doesn't help the out of form bats that we're playing a very decent attack in some helpful conditions. They could do with batting on a flattie.

Sounds like us in the 2nd Test v Paksters.

Gawd, Swanny removes Butt with a rank long hop. The Paksters' carpness knows no bounds.

Butt's form has been really crappy in this series.

Yousuf in.

Huge test for him.

Jimmy almost got Yousuf. Peach of a delivery.

Can Eng still take the lead?

A lot depends on how Yousuf bats.

Swanneee! is a ledge.

England need to restrict Pak to a 50 lead max I think...

MoYo looks in pretty fair touch, but you just get the feeling that a Pakster implosion is just around the corner.

Swanny starts the precession.

skully wrote:MoYo looks in pretty fair touch, but you just get the feeling that a Pakster implosion is just around the corner.

Swanny thinks so. 43rd England player to take 100 Test wickets (or more).

Allan D wrote:

skully wrote:MoYo looks in pretty fair touch, but you just get the feeling that a Pakster implosion is just around the corner.

Swanny thinks so. 43rd England player to take 100 Test wickets (or more).

Decent average, too: 28.39 at the moment.

Is that it??

SACK - STRAUSS - NOW



(jk)

Good game, England will want the sun out tomorrow, need to set Pak a minimum 225

JKLever wrote:Good game, England will want the sun out tomorrow, need to set Pak a minimum 225

Just shows how much short we were in the first innings.