Cricket

I bet they're talking about little else round the watercooler in US offices today

Obama in Test uniform = photo op of the century

Obama's just released the following statement:

"Once I threw a wobbly for 5/0/i/2220 for after my first chugger caused a Pollyanna; imagine my face when the three tits went up on scoreboard! Lawks, what a shocker!"

too soon but lol

if Pakistan play a Test series against Australia in England, who wants to come watch?

Long way to go for the Aussies, Dubai a better bet

er, Tom, they'll be here already. It'll be like some kind of all-summer Ashes Of Pakistani Cricket spectacular!

Oh right, I see! Too good an idea for the cricket authorities to think of it.

Pretty shitty for the Pakistani folk that wont be able to watch their team now thanks to these extremist fuckwits

I doubt Pakistan will be able to go to Sri Lanka or India incase of revenge attacks either.

It's just not cricket etc etc

Pretty shitty for the Pakistani folk that wont be able to watch their team now thanks to these extremist fuckwits

Not that there was anyone at the Karachi Test by the looks of things. But yes, Pakistani international cricket is fucked. Dubai is no sort of place to be playing cricket.

HYSers same all over the world:

why people dont think of indian hands in it? they are the one's behind all this.it never happened before, why after bombay attacks?. people in Pakistan love cricket, even the extremists love cricket as well.

ajmal, swat pashtunistan

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Pakistani High Commissioner on Sky right now is the very definition of complacency - 'Inshallah we shall nab the culprits', 'people continue to visit Pakistan, only today I had many emails from investors', etc etc

E-mails from Nigerian investors, I'll bet.

What's that name all about? Don't tell me Kate's a gay icon now

NZ have pulled their tour for later in the year. It's going to be a long long long time til Pakistan gets test cricket in Pakistan again.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7921384.stm

I think England will def go with Shah @ 3. KP wont move up. So Bopara will be left out and Prior at 6. Sidebottom will be left out definitely and I think Harmison might be too depending on the pitch. They will try the new fast bowler and hope for the best tactic.
so
Strauss
Cook
Shah
Pietersen
Collingwood
Prior
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Khan
Monty? Or Harmison? <--- will depend on pitch.

http://www.cc.utah.edu/~joseph/genealogy/Danish_flag.gif

denmark?

Amjad Khan is in the team, and is apparently Danish-born.

Monty's a bit of a surprise.

But 2 spinners might be a good pick.

I'd have gone with Rashid instead of Monty, otherwise it's the right team IMO

It might, but then it sort of looks like they are playing the last couple of pitches, rather than this one, which, as everyone has been saying, is a result pitch. Furthermore, apparently spin hasn't really taken in recent history. Even Strauss at the toss was saying, 'It may deteriorate' which seemed more hope than expectation.

At least he won the toss though.

I predict...

...James Anderson's first Test duck

I suppose the thinking is that Collingwood can bowl some extra seam if necessary.

^^ That's an amazing stat, especially for one who was considered for so long a complete rabbit. I only heard it a few weeks ago.

west indies with an extra batsman and defensive field and a batters paradise. Think they're playing for a draw? LJ would go crazy if england did that.

Maybe there's a west indian lj doing the same right now.

How many wickets will england throwaway trying to score quickly to try win the match?

WI's selection makes perfect sense, right up until the moment they lose.

like thats gonna happen on this pitch. only way wickets will be lost will be by trying to force the score along and playing silly shots

Trinidad traditionally does a bit, but it's possible to underestimate quite how flat a pitch can be if the groundsman so desires.

with 5 bowlers and prior @ 6, you cant afford any failures from the batsmen.

Plus monty needs to have bowled overs. He was undercooked in the 1st test after the sri lankan games fell through. So nothing has changed. All this is going to do is give LJ more anti-monty ammo.

Cook out

what was that about slogging

Wow Herman, we're 10 overs in and already with the pessimism!

anyway, big day for owais

who's batting like a guilty man

fucks sake shah, its not your fucking call, run you prick. Lucky escape. Twice in this innings hes nearly ran out Strauss.

He induces panic at the crease, doesn't he? This is not the first time.

Shah in not improving his average non-shock.

actually, i think you'll find he has improved his average

provided he doesn't return to the crease, and even if (when) he does he won't need many more runs to improve it

retired hurt now (cramp in his hand)

KP gets a shocker of an LBW appeal against him but he refers it. Not out.

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Actually, Shah needs just 1 more run upon resumption to improve upon his average of 29.37, even if he is dismissed.