***Official Thread England vs Pakistan 2nd Test ***

[pasty]

will they make tea?

will they make lunch?

33/5

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Ruddy ell whats their lowest ever test match score.

 

[pasty]

Absolute joke Pakistan

Worse than Bangladesh

Haider out for golden duck.

36/6

 

[Dave the OAP]

bloody hell this lot are poor...not the best preparation for the aussies

 

[pasty]

Ruddy ell whats their lowest ever test match score.

53 against the Aussies in 2002

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

It can't be long before Rana and Yasir are playing in the test sides again.

 

[ROSM]

How on earth did this lot beat australia in a test match. Was it a betting scam?

Should we claim the extra half hour today?

 

[Gwylan]

It can't be long before Rana and Yasir are playing in the test sides again.

NAh, Pakistan have got a decent pace attack, it's the batting that's dreadful

 

[vegster]

Are they batting on a ploughed field ?

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Absolute joke Pakistan

Worse than Bangladesh

Never thought I'd hear that being said.

 

[Pavilionaire]

It can't be long before Rana and Yasir are playing in the test sides again.

Or, to quote The Twelth Man, Hiza Hazbeen and Hi Nevawaz...

 

[Pavilionaire]

Terribly indecisive batting from Pakistan, too much umin' and amin'...

 

[Gully]

This test could be over well inside three days, maybe that is why it started on Friday rather than Thursday, so the bigger weekend crowds could be cashed in on.

Was watching our local (Midlands) news while eating my lunch, there has been criticism about ticket prices being high at Edgebaston...£60 for the cheapest seat...hence the ground has large empty spaces. This is a real pity, surely for a game slap bang in the middle of the summer holidays a sensible pricing structure would have filled the place up...even at £35-40 they would have made a decent profit, even more when you consider extra use of bar/catering facilities.

It just seems to me that people running many sports see them as a licence to print money, pricing many people out of them. Does anyone know of a sport where you can watch top level action and it doesn't cost a King's ransom to get in?

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

63 for 7

 

[pasty]

Think England should declare on 0/0 when they bat their first innings to give Pakistan a chance

 

[Pavilionaire]

If half the ground's being rebuilt why didn't they play the test somewhere else?

 

[Pavilionaire]

That Graeme Swann's having one HECK of a series with the ball...

 

[pasty]

do be do do do

another one bites the dust

Gul out for 0

64/8

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

If half the ground's being rebuilt why didn't they play the test somewhere else?

I thought that as well, is this our home game or Pakistans, perhaps the got the rent half price.

However lots of empty seats.

Lets hope we can play better agaisnt their seamers on this wicket.