England v Pakistan spoilers

JohnnyG · 10 Jul 2006 at 16:39

Don't fret sports lovers, there's stuff to watch again from Thursday

13-17 July - 1st Test, Lord's
27-31 July - 2nd Test, Old Trafford
4-8 August - 3rd Test, Headingley
17-21 August - 4th Test, The Oval

Hoggard is now only 50/50 to make the 1st Test & whichever way you look at the line-up it doesn't look strong

Tresco
Strauss
Cook
KP
Collingwood
Bell
G. Jones
Plunkett
Hoggard/Monty/Lewis/Mahmood (2 from 4)
Harmison

They've got lots of injuries too, Akhtar & Naved are both out which is handy

JohnnyG · 12 Jul 2006 at 16:35

Hoggard has came through a fitness test & is now just waiting to see how his hand reascts & Mohammad Asif has been ruled out for them too now, blimey.

Mad old tory · 13 Jul 2006 at 10:49

Hoggy's fit, and playing.

England win toss, having a bat. No Freddy

this could be a tough match without him.

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:37

50-0

Quite handy winning the toss, that'll give Hoggard's hand a bit longer to recover

Mikey1280 · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:54

60-1, poor shot from Tressy

Cookie-Monster · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:03

One brings two.

Strauss LBW

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:29

KP gone now too

2 shocking decisions from Taufel, he's usually spot on

Cookie-Monster · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:30

good line, bad decision for height.

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:32

Yep & Strauss's was an inside edge.

Mad old tory · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:39

JohnnyG said:
Yep & Strauss's was an inside edge.

Only listening to the radio, but they seem to think it was a very fine inside edge which may explain it. Agreed about the KP decision and that could really hurt us, he was looking dangerous as usual. 100/3 isn't a great position

platty · 13 Jul 2006 at 12:46

can't believe the KP one. Hes a tall bloke and it hit him at the very top of his pad. Looked like he was on his toes a little bit at the time too. Very unlucky.

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 13:23

The Strauss one was an extremely fine edge indeed & in hindsight you can't blame Taufel for it

e36Adz · 13 Jul 2006 at 14:49

Im not watching this but the Pakistan bowling attack looks very weak on paper. No Akhtar or Naveed which was expected, but also no Asif. Well I hope hes fit and ready for the second test because I can't see us winning this one with such a weak attack.

Collingwood just gone past his 50, England 187/3.

//Mike · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:44

And that's tea on day one, and the end of a good session for England :cool:

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The commentators mentioned that there were unsold tickets this morning; does anyone reckon there are unsold tickets for tomorrows play as well, and if so, how would one go about purchasing said tickets?

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:52

Tomorrow is sold out, as was today but the 300 extra were just a clerical error, but you could try the MCC ticket office on 020 7432 1000 to see if there's any returns

//Mike · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:55

Thanks Johnny

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 20:27

Excellent stuff by Cook & Collingwood both getting centuries

How bad are they in the field, dropped more catches than we do :eek:

Mikey1280 · 13 Jul 2006 at 20:40

Wonderful stuff, just got back and saw the score

, hopefully we can push onto 500+ tomorrow.

Big Kev · 13 Jul 2006 at 21:21

I haven't seen any of the action, but a superb comeback after a shaky start, let's build on that and set them 500+.

I'd like too see Geraint cement his place with a good score as well.

JohnnyG · 13 Jul 2006 at 21:36

Big Kev said:
I'd like too see Geraint cement his place with a good score as well.

I think he needs to as Read is in some serious form & would probably be starting if not for the central contracts

England v Pakistan **spoilers**

England v Pakistan spoilers