England v Pakistan

[Cicjose]

First Test being played in the UAE is at lunch

England having won the toss and elected to bat are 5/52

The spinners doing the job

Mohammad Hafeez   5-3-3-1
Saeed Ajmal        5-3-5-3

[PowerBug]

:o

[TheMailman]

7/106 in the 2nd session and getting destroyed

Its Pakistan though so I doubt it means a lot. Shows England can be dominated though

[PowerBug]

7/106 in the 2nd session and getting destroyed

Its Pakistan though so I doubt it means a lot. Shows England can be dominated though

Well, you can't really read anything into the score until Pakistan bats. As i showed in the Aus vs Ind thread, three of the top 4 bowlers in the world atm are from England.

Strauss, Cook, Trott, Pietersen, Bell, Morgan, Prior, Broad, Swann, Anderson, Tremlett

England side for this test.

[Cicjose]

this is being played in Dubai.....

which means the pitch is a dustbowl

perfect for spinners

[Hawka]

England getting slaughterd..venue plays a part in it tho

[PowerBug]

139/7 at tea, Prior and Swann batting very well.  The two seamers have bowled 24 overs for 1 wicket, the spinners have the rest (30ish overs) for 6 wickets.

[PowerBug]

Damn, Swann (34) and Prior (43*) were lokoing very solid until that peach from Rehmann.

ENG 151/8. Tremlett new man in.

[c4v3m4n]

England all out for 192 and Pakistan have only just lost their first wicket and are 1/119.

Saeed Ajmal's 7/55 did all the damage. :o