England v Pakistan spoilers

JohnnyG · 10 Jul 2006 at 16:39

Don't fret sports lovers, there's stuff to watch again from Thursday

13-17 July - 1st Test, Lord's
27-31 July - 2nd Test, Old Trafford
4-8 August - 3rd Test, Headingley
17-21 August - 4th Test, The Oval

Hoggard is now only 50/50 to make the 1st Test & whichever way you look at the line-up it doesn't look strong

Tresco
Strauss
Cook
KP
Collingwood
Bell
G. Jones
Plunkett
Hoggard/Monty/Lewis/Mahmood (2 from 4)
Harmison

They've got lots of injuries too, Akhtar & Naved are both out which is handy

JohnnyG · 12 Jul 2006 at 16:35

Hoggard has came through a fitness test & is now just waiting to see how his hand reascts & Mohammad Asif has been ruled out for them too now, blimey.

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:37

50-0

Quite handy winning the toss, that'll give Hoggard's hand a bit longer to recover

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:29

KP gone now too

2 shocking decisions from Taufel, he's usually spot on

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:32

Yep & Strauss's was an inside edge.

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 13:23

The Strauss one was an extremely fine edge indeed & in hindsight you can't blame Taufel for it

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:52

Tomorrow is sold out, as was today but the 300 extra were just a clerical error, but you could try the MCC ticket office on 020 7432 1000 to see if there's any returns

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 20:27

Excellent stuff by Cook & Collingwood both getting centuries

How bad are they in the field, dropped more catches than we do :eek:

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 21:36

Big Kev said:
I'd like too see Geraint cement his place with a good score as well.

I think he needs to as Read is in some serious form & would probably be starting if not for the central contracts

JohnnyG · 14 Jul 2006 at 11:26

Cook's out early for 105

JohnnyG · 14 Jul 2006 at 12:14

Blatant edge as well, he's having a poor game so far.

150 up for Collingwood

JohnnyG · 16 Jul 2006 at 18:41

528-9 dec & 258-7 v Pakistan 445, a lead of 341 going in to the last day.
Strauss got a ton in his first Test as captain

Looks like it's heading for a draw though unless we declare early & Monty can get some spin. He should be able to but they're good players of it...

JohnnyG · 16 Jul 2006 at 20:03

I think losing 3 early is the only way a win for either side is likely:/
Your lad Jones is walking on thinner ice now I'm afraid mate

JohnnyG · 16 Jul 2006 at 20:10

...which is odd as this time last year it was his keeping that let him down. Maybe he's put too much emphasis on that in practice recently, he can certainly do both but not at he same time it seems & the years are catching up on him.

JohnnyG · 26 Jul 2006 at 17:16

Plunkett is our for the next 2 Tests at least, so Mahmood should replace him in the only change. OT is his home ground & it's very quick there at the moment so he should do well, shame we haven't got Freddie, he bowled like lighting there a couple of weeks ago, how unlucky is he?

JohnnyG · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:16

They're 4-1 as Harmison gets Farhat

Some good bowling going on too, Hoggie is swinging it & Harmy is getting some good bounce :cool:

Edit: 9-2 Harmy gets Akmal now

JohnnyG · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:52

Monty get's Yousef just before lunch, very, very handy

90-3

JohnnyG · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:56

Get in, Harmy gets Khan :cool:

JohnnyG · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:45

Excellent stuff

That's the end of Inzis run too...
The pitch has been doing odd things too, Monty & Hoggard have both had balls which bounced about a foot only :eek:

JohnnyG · 27 Jul 2006 at 18:23

168-2 at stumps, that's a far better position than we could have hoped for after bowling 1st.
Another 50+ for Cook, he gets better and better

England v Pakistan **spoilers**

England v Pakistan spoilers