Pakistan and England, in the UAE

[brod]

Ajmal needs just one more wicket for 100, in just his 19th test (only four players have done it faster...Lohmann, Turner, Barnes, Grimmett)

[Brucetiki]

England 9/72 now

[brod]

Well there is number 100

Prior GONE

England 9/72

[brod]

England have lost 4/4 in 10 balls

[brod]

No 5/4 in 11 balls...

ENGLAND ALLOUT 72...Pakistan win by 72 runs

[brod]

Number 1 nation in the world has lost by 10 wickets and now bowled out for 72 chasing 145

[Brucetiki]

Number 1 nation in the world has lost by 10 wickets and now bowled out for 72 chasing 145

Even ZImbabwe managed 143 in their second innings today

[stan]

Number 1 nation in the world has lost by 10 wickets and now bowled out for 72 chasing 145

Must have been land mine on that pitch. I tell you what the English still dont like the spin.

[stan]

Also how many chances is Morgan going to get for them?

do they have a massive depth problem that we dont know about?

[Jim05]

Sucked in Poms, great to see them getting a touch up

[jackpot jim]

Number 1 nation in the world has lost by 10 wickets and now bowled out for 72 chasing 145

Must have been land mine on that pitch. I tell you what the English still dont like the spin.

Nothing wrong with the pitch at all.
U R right tho in that the Poms simply played the spinners very poorly, Little or no intent to attack them and kept playing back instead of forward and also a lot of them got out playing across the line.
As much as i like Lyon as a spinner, i dont think he'll cause them the problems as the Pakistani spinners did.

[dedja]

Sucked in Poms, great to see them getting a touch up

Jim is without doubt the most gracious poster on this site ... well done

[brod]

England v Pakistan
2nd Test
Abu Dhabi

PAKISTAN WON BY 72 RUNS

Pakistan 257
Misbah-ul-Haq 84
Asad Shafiq 58
SCJ Broad 4/47
GP Swann 3/52
England 327
AN Cook 94
IJL Trott 74
SCJ Braod 58*
Saeed Ajmal 4/108
Mohammed Hafeez 3/54
Abdur Rehman 2/67
Pakistan 214
Azhar Ali 68
Asad Shafiq 43
MS Panesar 6/62 (38.2 overs)
GP Swann 2/66
England 72
AJ Strauss 32
Abdur Rehman 6/25 MAN OF THE MATCH
Saeed Ajmal 3/22

Pakistan lead 3 match series 2-0

[brod]

It is a struggle to think of a loss that has hurt more than this," Strauss said. "It's bitterly disappointing to lose a game you should have won. These are the games that hurt the most, because you feel like you've done everything you can to win the game - and then you aren't able to nail the final nail in the coffin.

[brod]

Also how many chances is Morgan going to get for them?

do they have a massive depth problem that we dont know about?

Last 5 Test matches
0, 70 v Ind
104 v Ind
1 v Ind
24,14 v Pak
3,0 v Pak

In the two FC warm up games he scored 1,3,11

[locky801]

One ponders why we are getting all these low test scores, Australia 47, Zimbabwe 51, England 52

[The Dark Knight]

One ponders why we are getting all these low test scores, Australia 47, Zimbabwe 51, England 52

Aswell as some good bowling, we're starting to see more and more bowler friendly pictches, which is great for the game. I know I'm sick of seeing roads where teams bat for 2-3 days which decreases a result in the game greatly, it's crap, boring and ruins the enjoyment of watching cricket, I love watching batsman having to fight for every run.

[locky801]

One ponders why we are getting all these low test scores, Australia 47, Zimbabwe 51, England 52

Aswell as some good bowling, we're starting to see more and more bowler friendly pictches, which is great for the game. I know I'm sick of seeing roads where teams bat for 2-3 days which decreases a result in the game greatly, it's crap, boring and ruins the enjoyment of watching cricket, I love watching batsman having to fight for every run.

Agree to a point re bowler friendly pitches but scores around 50 for sides that are supposed to have class batters, onbviously the roads we have seen for years brings out lack of technique i guess, plus the wham bam thankyou mam cricket we see as well these days, when it gets tough there appears to be alot lacking from the batting side

[The Dark Knight]

One ponders why we are getting all these low test scores, Australia 47, Zimbabwe 51, England 52

Aswell as some good bowling, we're starting to see more and more bowler friendly pictches, which is great for the game. I know I'm sick of seeing roads where teams bat for 2-3 days which decreases a result in the game greatly, it's crap, boring and ruins the enjoyment of watching cricket, I love watching batsman having to fight for every run.

Agree to a point re bowler friendly pitches but scores around 50 for sides that are supposed to have class batters, onbviously the roads we have seen for years brings out lack of technique i guess, plus the wham bam thankyou mam cricket we see as well these days, when it gets tough there appears to be alot lacking from the batting side

Agreed, 20/20 cricket have influeneced techniques quite heavily since it's creation, almost forcing batsman into a state of mind where they have to score quicker and quicker.

Going on with what said Locky the roads we've seen over the years may have made up for a lack of technique by a batsman and it seems when bowler friendly wickets are introduced and the going does gets tough, batsman are failing. So yes a lack technique in combination with a lack of exposure to bowler friendly wickets is possibly the big reason for some of these the low scores.

[brod]

3rd Test starts TODAY

Pakistan have won the toss and will bat..England to bat last

England - Morgan keeps his spot as they are unchanged
Pakistan - Aizaz Cheema back in for Junaid Khan