He is an awsom battsman wish he was english :) think the session after lunch is crutial to our chances for the game and therefore the seriese. Sadly can't watch it (can't afford sky sports and 24hr pubs not open yet)
josh fg wrote:I know I am the only person on the board who cairs about crickett but god dam it we just took a wicket in the second over YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS
I care about cricket, more than boxing in fact, as it was my forst sport my dad introduced me to (being asian there was no choice really). I got into boxing because M Ali was big news when I was young, I still remember hearing about his loss to Leon Spinks on the tv news, how times have changed.
josh fg wrote:Pakistan declair leaving england needing 285 to win.
21-4, WTF! England need to survive, backs to the wall type of play needed now. Pierterson & Flintoff last recognised batsmen in now. Come on England!
I went from quite enthusiastic at the start of play to a slow state of dissbeliefe as we pissed the game up more and more, Dont thik I have seen us collaps like that in years.
Well the pitches in Asia tend to crumble more, thus batting last is always tricky, especially when Afridi did his gay dance on the pitch. England collpases used to be the norm, and in fact quite recently in the first test against Pak, and also the first test against Australia.
Looks like Peterson and Flintoff are getting into a bit of a rythem now which can only be a positive thing, Im not sure if its the most sencible thing to do in terms of the searies but its better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
josh fg wrote:Looks like Peterson and Flintoff are getting into a bit of a rythem now which can only be a positive thing, Im not sure if its the most sencible thing to do in terms of the searies but its better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
A draw is what we should go for, you have to remember that a drawn series in Pakistan is considered a good performance, and at least we have one more test match to even things up. Freddie and Pieterson should play their natural game, it would give us the momentum of the game back.
ALthough Peterson certainly can play a defencive game aswell which he is not doing, I imagen because he fears the pitch will further deterierate anyhow.
Made it to tea, we could do it if Hoggard can stay in for about 8hrs which has been known, don't know what happened to the top order at all, hope its sorted by the final test though.
Jones is not too bad, he can stick around for a bit. They have only been getting about 15 overs in after tea so fingers crossed they can save the game.
