England 2012 Cricket Thread

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Well worth working from home for. Cough.

Looks like omitting Monty won't matter much.

[PaulWinch again]

Well that first session was bloody awful, really poor shot selection.

[Chris Smith]

A lot on these two now.

Quite impressive the way Pakistan have regrouped after all their recent troubles.

[PaulWinch again]

They've done bowled well with use of flight, but the batsmen other than Bell shouldn't be getting out to those deliveries. We definitely should have picked Monty.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Pakistan have played well in Dubai recently and understand how to bowl on that wicket. On the other hand our batting has been poor and/or tentative.

[PaulWinch again]

That's poor from Morgan he was in, and shouldn't be getting out like that.

[PaulWinch again]

This has been a truly inept display, we look rusty and badly undercooked. However England have enough credit in the bank and hopefully will fight back, they've shown a lot of character of the last couple of years. Although the three seamers seems a bit over the top on this pitch.

[PaulWinch again]

Poor from Broad as well.

[Dave Cooper please]

STOP FUCKING SWEEPING!

[PaulWinch again]

They just seem incapable of learning their lessons about playing spin.

[hipkiss92]

This wasn't really worth getting up at 5.30 for, though Swann and Prior are both capable of sticking a few runs on the board. Hopefully we'll have a similar bowling performance.

[Dave Cooper please]

Probably the most ridiculous referral ever there!

[PaulWinch again]

This has been a good stand by Prior and Swann, but it has shown how badly the top order played. If they can cobble together another 50/60 and bowl really well, we might not be out of this. The other batsmen need to look hard at themselves.

[PaulWinch again]

If you'd offered me 192 when we were 46-5 I'd have taken it. Prior did brilliantly and so did Swann. Morgan did ok, but got out to a stupid shot. The batsmen need a hard look at themselves and need to play straight. Bowlers need a performance now.

[hipkiss92]

If we can roll Pakistan for under 300 now we've still got a chance in this game as long as we learn from the first innings. Hopefully this is a wake up call to how difficult it can be in sub-continent (ish) conditions.