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wont be surprised if this goes to 350-3

kp on

kp smacked for six

games heading for a draw. Dunno why KP is bowling and Broad isn't. Why?

a wicket or 2 now and games changed. KP isn't going to take wickets, he's just easy runs for 2 good batsmen.

cant see where a wicket is going to come and you know who is still to bat

well well. fred gets the edge. Hinds out. But sarwan looks in awesome form and guess who is in next.

If we can get Chanderpaul out now, we should bundle them out for under 300 I think.

and if we dont 500+

and he doesnt fail wo innings in a row very often. crucial period this

*two

Puttin' money on another 700+

Oh my!!!

We need Freddie to give him a bit of the old chin music, a la that over to Ponting at Trent Bridge, 2005:

no need. broad got him before you posted that hence my oh my!!

Yeah great stuff!

haha the crowd have had some strange outfits on this test match and I just spotted Spongebob Squarepants

That Flintoff over above still sends a shiver down my spine.

broad just dropped a C&b

Good height too. Sarwan wouldve been a great wicket. He's playing very well. Will probably be made to regret that.

Sarwan out on 94. He had a touch of the KP disease there. Tried to bring up his century with a 6 and hits straight to fred. He looks utterly disgusted with himself.

He smashed his bat into the ground

well well swann on a hattrick!

Aggers will be smug I bet

new ball in 4 overs .

Fred takes a few wkts to bowl WI out but clearly isnt fit. Really struggling so a remarkable effort by the big man. Harmison is clearly quite ill but bowled manfully too with decent pace (and making himself more sick in the process) was unlucky not to get a few wickets.
Not enforcing follow in since the bowlers arent fit. Botham and co are moaning like fuck but you cant blame strauss. Im sure they know more about how ill/injured they are than botham and willis in their comfy chairs.
Now lets hope england dont give away cheap wkts chasing quick runs. Add a quick 150 by lunch tomorrow is i assume the plan. Lets see what happens. Lose a couple tonight and batting again will have been the wrong decision.

time for that first duck!

Recent posting partnerships:
Pfunkboy-Neil S . 14-2
Pfunkboy-Tom D . 1-1
Pfunkboy-Neil S . 10-3

Hogging the strike a bit there.

not time for that first duck!

lol good luck with the 20 million challenge this year englanders

Umpires consistent with their (wrong) decisions. Shah hit on the foot infront of the stumps and given not out.

Pitch doesn't appear to have deteriorated

Shah out for 14. Eng 97-3. Things going slowly and I dont think England will have enough time to bowl out WI the way things are going. Pitch seems fine maybe a lil slow.

Hope KP is in better form. Need a lot of runs from him quickly.

I dont think England will have enough time to bowl out WI the way things are going.

dude, this is the most volatile and liable-to-crack team in world cricket* we're talking about here

*since Pakistan basically retired from the game

Herman, you're the most pessimistic cricket fan I've ever conversed with, and by the standards of English cricket fans that is really saying something!

I genuinely think this phase of play is the worst Test cricket I've ever seen :D

Freddie underlining my point beautifully there :D

:D

(just thought you needed some support)

when kp is on bowling the only thing you know is going to happen is that he gets hit around the ground. 10 off that over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/2009/02/ecb_hit_for_six_by_stanford.html

Anyone finding the sanctimony coming from the massed ranks of the British press over Stanford a little hard to take?

I always find Mihir Bose very hard to take, whatever he's talking about

He also has a way of stating the bleeding obvious whilst coming across as if he's stating facts of earth-shattering importance.

Draw it seems.

England seem incapable of winning these kind of matches at the moment. We seem to be better in low-scoring games, for whatever reason.

Plenty of time to go, surely?

25 overs lost, apparently light might be a factor later. Still, you'd think we'd be able to take 7 wickets in 70-odd overs.

Flintoff still crocked tho?

Only if you get shiv or sarwan out early. And that's not looking likely. Shiv doesnt fail 3 innings in a row. This is the kind of innings hes made for.
Fred is injured