England vs Pakistan in England, 2010

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NASSER HUSSAIN: England's superb fielding really caught out Pakistan When I think back to my England side and others during my era there is really no comparison to the team that Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower are building so impressively.More...

[Clarke]

poyzz' best batsman injured for the second time in the series :giggle: http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/current/story/472375.html for those that do not know, the first one was umar gul

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Injured Zulqarnain Haider ruled out of remainder of England tour Pakistan's reserve wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against England after the doctors have advised him three weeks rest to recover from a finger injury which he sustained during the second match. More... Injured Haider ruled out of remainder of England tour Press Trust Of India Karachi, August 17, 2010 Pakistan's reserve wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against England after the doctors have advised him three weeks rest to recover from a finger injury which he sustained during the second match. The Pakistan Cricket Board said that Haider would return home from England, where he made his Test debut last week in the second match at Edgbaston. "Zulqarnain had sustained a hairline fracture on his finger while playing in the second Test on the ongoing tour of England. The tour management has not requested for a replacement as yet," PCB said in a statement. Earlier in the day, Zulqarnain has ruled himself out of the third Test against England starting Wednesday at The Oval due to the injury. Haider told the Geo super television channel that he would not be playing the third Test on medical advice but insisted he was not out of the tour. "The physiotherapist examined me today and gave me ten days for the injury to heal. But I will be seeing a specialist on Wednesday after which I will know if I can be available for the fourth Test," he said. The young wicket-keeper batsman scored a fighting 88 in the second innings of the second Test against England at the Edgbaston after the tour selection committee decided to drop out-of-form Kamran Akmal from the playing eleven. "It is a big disappointment that this injury has come at this time but I don't want to risk playing with it in the third Test as it could only get worse. I don't want to be out for a long time from the game," Haider said. Kamran is certain to make a return to the playing eleven after sitting out in the second game of the series. Pakistan is also expected to make three other changes in the team with pace bowlers, Tanvir Ahmed or Wahab Riaz set to make their Test debut at The Oval in place of Umar Gul, who has been ruled out of the series due to an hamstring injury. Sources have confirmed that former captain Mohammad Yousuf and Yasir Hameed will also be included in the third Test team. "Yousuf will replace Umar Amin while Yasir will come in place of either Shoaib Malik or Imran Farhat," one source in the team said. He said if Farhat was dropped then the tour selectors would open the innings with Salman Butt and Azhar Ali, who has batted at the number three spot in all four matches he has played in England so far. "Yousuf is certain to replace Umar Amin who has not impressed despite being given a long run in the Asia Cup and in four successive Tests against Australia and England," the source said. In contrast, the buoyant England side have named an unchanged eleven for the third Test, which they need to win to wrap up the series.

[Lord]

the legend will return:fear:

[b555]

the legend will return:fear:

u mean akmal? :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Sachinism]

Akmal is one lucky SOB

[Serani]

Kamran Akmal has to be one of the luckiest people ever born.

[Sachinism]

What will PCB do if Kamran has a super game?

[Lord]

What will PCB do if Kamran has a super game?

make him captain n ask :reddy: to retire assuming ofcourse Pak still loses

[achilles]

Broad threw the ball a bit too hard, is it? Kamran Akmal has gotta one of the luckiest people in Pakistan.

[achilles]

Umar Gul is injured too? One bad day and it might be Curtains... Pakistan.

[SachinTheGr8st]

Breaking News PCB has asked Moin Khan to come out of retirement and play for Pak again apparently Moin said he will score a double century and provide the side with good total in first innings.

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Swann picks up 100th test victim; Yousuf back in action Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf marked his return to international cricket with a well-made 56 before he became Graeme Swann's 100th Test wicket at The Oval on Thursday. Pakistan were 240 for six - seven ahead of England's first innings 233. More... Swann picks up 100th test victim; Yousuf back in action Agence France-Presse London, August 19, 2010 Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf marked his return to international cricket with a well-made 56 before he became Graeme Swann's 100th Test wicket at The Oval on Thursday. Pakistan were 240 for six - seven ahead of England's first innings 233. Former captain Yousuf, playing his first Test since January following the overturning of an "indefinite ban" imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board, produced a well-paced innings. Yousuf's wicket meant Swann had taken his 100th Test wicket in his 23rd match at this level. Among off-spinners, only India's Erapalli Prasanna (20 Tests) and South Africa's Hugh Tayfield (22) had got to the landmark in fewer matches. Yousuf, appearing in his 89th Test, was well supported in a fifth-wicket stand of 69 by Azhar Ali, appearing in only his fifth match at this level. Ali was 49 not out. Finn removed opener Yasir Hameed caught behind for his overnight score of 36. Pakistan had bowled out for record low scores against England of 80 and 72 in crushing defeats by 354 runs and nine wickets at Trent Bridge and Edgbaston respectively. But in this match they at last showed some first innings fight, with Yousuf square-driving tall fast bowler Steven Finn for four and Ali cover-driving the Middlesex quick off the back foot to the boundary.

[Sir john]

good batting by moyo.:haha:

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Pakistan win third Test against England despite nervy run chase • Pakistan win by four wickets • Full third Test scorecard Pakistan reinvigorated their series against England with a nailbiting four-wicket victory on the fourth afternoon of the third Test. Having been set a modest 148 for victory, the captain Salman Butt (48) appeared to have set the tourists up for a comfortable win only for James Anderson and Graeme Swann to take three wickets for eight runs after lunch. But despite some genuine tension and an excitable crowd at The Oval, Umar Akmal and Mohammad Aamer saw Pakistan home to go 2-1 behind with one match to play. England surrendered their final wicket in the meekest of fashions on the fourth ball of the day, Stuart Broad aiming an ugly slap straight to mid-on with just one run added to the overnight total. Aamer was the deserving bowler, ending with figures of five for 52 and ensuring England's innings went from 194 for three to 222 all out. Pakistan's chase started nervily, Yasir Hameed falling for a golden duck in the first over. Anderson, carved for four by Farhat seconds before, was the bowler and a juggling Swann the catcher at slip. Farhat continued to attack, finding two more early boundaries to ease the tourists' nerves as the scoreboard ticked along at an alarming rate. Swann was summoned to bowl just the sixth over and immediately tempted the batsman into a rash stroke down the ground. However runs continued to flow thanks to Farhat's devil-may-care approach - at one point he elected to charge Steven Finn and picked up four off the inside edge. He eventually fell for 33 to a mis-timed sweep, adjudged lbw to a straightening Swann delivery. Butt took 10 off the next over, bowled by Finn, to settle his side again. In an attempt to stem the flow, Andrew Strauss then presented him with an eight-strong offside field, leaving Broad with a solitary mid-on on the other side of the pitch. It was a gamble that failed, Butt twice finding gaps in the crowded cover region and then clipping a boundary through the deserted onside. At the other end Mohammad Yousuf was proving a typically awkward opponent, dabbing singles on both sides of the wicket and feathering Swann to the third-man boundary. The spinner eventually prised out Butt for 48 with a nick to slip, but at 103 for three the bulk of the hard work seemed to have been done. The teams emerged after lunch with Pakistan 33 short of victory and Yousuf, back in the side after reversing his retirement, soon eased Swann to the third-man ropes for his fourth boundary. The score was 124 when Azhar Ali was brilliantly run out by Anderson for five and the Lancastrian then accounted for Yousuf (33) with a glorious away swinging yorker. That left 17 still needed and the crowd were audibly buoyed. Kamran Akmal played and missed at his next two balls, one the subject of an unsuccessful referral. The wicketkeeper fell lbw for nought moments later, padding up to a Swann delivery destined for middle stump – a decision ratified by the television umpire. A runless period of 28 balls ensued, Aamer releasing some of that tension with a boundary through mid-wicket as Swann dropped short. Umar Akmal looked jittery but drew his side level with a sharp two and then turned Swann (three for 50) away for four. The sides reconvene at Lord's next week.

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England recall all-rounder Tim Bresnan to squad for fourth Test at Lord's after slumping to Pakistan defeat England today named a 12-man squad for the fourth npower Test against Pakistan which gets under way on Thursday. Yorkshire pace bowler Tim Bresnan is the only addition to the squad which lost by four wickets at the Brit Insurance Oval.More... England recall all-rounder Tim Bresnan to squad for fourth Test at Lord's after slumping to Pakistan defeat By Sportsmail Reporter 22nd August 2010 England today named a 12-man squad for the fourth npower Test against Pakistan which gets under way on Thursday. Yorkshire pace bowler Tim Bresnan is the only addition to the squad which lost by four wickets at the Brit Insurance Oval. England lead the series 2-1 ahead of the final Test at Lord's. England national selector Geoff Miller said: 'There were some real positives from the last Test, such as Alastair Cook's outstanding century and the way the team fought hard on the final day defending a small total. 'But ultimately the team is looking for an improved performance to finish the series well. 'We have been saying throughout this entire series that consistency is key and that certainly remains the case. 'We know Pakistan are a dangerous side, which they showed in the last Test, so we will be looking for a strong performance across the board in this final Test match of the summer.' England squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Tim Bresnan

[Acim]

It has been a decent tour for us so far, when no one gave Pakistan a chance to win even one match on this tour, mostly because of the politics within the team (which does not seem to be there for the time being), conditions and tough opposition. Pakistan has gone on to win 4 of the 7 matches played so far. It has been good so far and hopfully it will get better.

[Acim]

I haven't seen Ajmal Shehzad bat, but have seen him bowl a bit and he seems like a far better bowling option than Bresnan.

[Sooda]

Good read... http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/24/the-spin-england-pakistan OVERLOOKING THE OBVIOUS Occam's razor would be as blunt as a pair of plastic scissors by the time we were done cutting through the morass of theories about what is wrong with England's batsmen. Technique or temperament? Is Alastair Cook's front leg too straight? Does Kevin Pietersen play too loose too soon? Is the captaincy getting to Andrew Strauss? Does Stuart Broad need more batting practice? "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem" was how Occam put it, but in the age of Sky Sports News that seems just a touch too fancy-dan, so in keeping with the original principle we'll just say that the simplest explanation is the best. The razor cuts through a lot things, but mustard is not among them. At least not so long as there are editors, producers and pundits who need to fill the airwaves, print pages and computer screens with opinion and analysis. If you want a reason why England have mustered more than 300 runs in an innings only once in so far in this series, try this one РPakistan have the best bowling attack in Test cricket. In fact if Pakistan's fielders had caught the ball as well at Trent Bridge and Edgbaston as they did at the Oval, then England would not have passed 300 at all, and could very easily be losing the series. Perhaps the England team and their fans grew fat on the home and away series against Bangladesh and became obsessed with watching their own waistlines. They forgot that not every error in cricket is self-induced, nor every defeat due only to the loser's ineptitude. Pakistan out-played England from start to finish in the third Test. Their excellence has been overlooked. Given the circumstances, it must rank as one of the most remarkable team performances of the year. Forget about the Ashes. The wider context of this tour is the awful fact that while Pakistan have been in this country one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history has been developing in their homeland, "the slow-motion tsunami" as Ban Ki-moon described it, leaving 14 million people in urgently in need of aid. Just as in 2004, when West Indies were galvanised by the hurricanes which killed almost 2,000 across the Caribbean, Pakistan seem to have been pushed on to greater deeds by the plight of the population they represent. The team have now won two of their last four Tests, both away from home and against excellent opposition. That is as many victories as they managed in their last 20 Tests, between the start of 2007 and their three-wicket win over Australia at Headingley. In that time they had five different Test captains and five different head coaches. It was only five weeks ago, remember, that Shahid Afridi walked out on the team. After being routed by England by 354 runs and then nine wickets in the first two Tests of this series, how easy it would have been for the team to turn in on itself as it did in Australia last winter. How easy to self-destruct, to collapse into a sorry rabble and lose and lose again before flying home. Instead, despite playing only 30 overs of first-class cricket between the second and third Tests, the Pakistanis regrouped and came back stronger. Kamran Akmal held his catches, eight of them in the match. His brother Umar bit his lip and resisted the temptation to play a stupid shot as the pressure grew in that tense final innings (belying Matt Prior's earlier sledge to Azhar Ali "come on lads, let's get the Akmals in!"). Despite him not having played first-class cricket in six months, Mohammad Yousuf made his mark not just as a batsman, but as a mentor, guiding Azhar through a 20-over partnership. And Azhar himself made 92, an innings that proved he had the mettle for Test cricket. With the openers each hitting a tempo-setting 30-something, every single player from one to 11 made a contribution. It was a consummate team performance. Overnight then, the batting became adequate and the catching almost exemplary. The bowling, of course, has simply been brilliant all series long. The only Test attack that can match them is South Africa's, and they have no spinners to equal the devilish Saeed Ajmal. And effective as the brute force and slingy swing of Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn may be, I'd sooner watch the art and craft of the two Mohammads, Amir and Asif. Amir, only 18, seems almost nerveless. He makes Eoin Morgan look a flibbertigibbet. With the ball he has made Strauss his bunny, dismissing him four times in the series so far (Strauss's other dismissal was to Wahab Riaz, and he was caught behind on all five occasions Рthe man needs some practice against left-armers), and has just become the youngest man ever to take five wickets in a Test innings in England. For a real sign of his relish for the battle though, look at his batting stats. He has faced 314 balls in this series, second only to Azhar among his team-mates, and he was there at the finish last Saturday, nervelessly grinding out the 16 runs they need to complete the win. And then there is Asif. This time last year he was fined one million rupees as punishment for being caught in possession of opium in Dubai, though he insisted the drugs were medicine given to him by a doctor. Still, opium seems a suitably recherch̩ intoxicant for Asif to be accused of using. His languid approach and languorous bowling hypnotises the batsmen into submission, each ball curling and drifting through the air like wafts of thin blue smoke from a pipe. In the Confessions of an Opium Eater, Thomas De Quincey tells how he was chased through his nightmares by a cursed crocodile. "I was compelled to live with him for centuries ... the abominable head of the crocodile and his leering eyes looked out at me, multiplied into 10,000 repetitions." I like to imagine batsmen will come to have similar nightmares of Asif, the snapping of the crocodile's jaws replaced by the dull thud-thud-thud of the ball snaking past the inside edge and hitting the pad in front of middle stump. Win the last Test and they will be the first team in Test cricket to come back from 2-0 down to win or draw a four- or five-match series since South Africa did it against England in 1956-57 (thanks to Rob Smyth for the stat). Now there is an achievement to put the Ashes in perspective, for a few weeks at least.

[Pioneer]

The Pakistan ODI Squad : Squad: Shahid Afridi (capt), Salman Butt, Shahzaib Hasan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar Ali, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Wahab Riaz.