Draw at Abu Dhabi anyone?

what a night of cricket.

watch aussies bat through the night hopefully sticking the indians for another 400 runs tomorrow.

then watch england gain some revenge for the first test debacle.

Peter am looking forward to your new Gul thread <thread>

Also I tip 3 figures for your man Azhar Ali albeit it will take him 2 days.

Good old peter, positive on englands chances as ever.... peter, whats with the sideburns man, sort it fella......

You right actually, might stay awake, hopefully sehwag will give yadav abit more overs, he's going at almost 6 an over at the moment, that'll keep me awake

Isn't Peter Ried more of an Everton legend than Man City? He came to Man City when he was at Sachins current age?

I lost all respect for him whilst he was manager of Leeds 7 years ago - clueless isnt the word!!!

Anyone hear his words of wisdom in the FA cup match city vs united at half time...... "City have got no chance now, man u have won this and sir alex may aswell bring on some young players to see the game out"....... City responded by battering them and scoring 2 goals

Flower said you were undercooked due to 4 month lay off and that you'll be ready for this one - i'll give him the benefit of the doubt and expect a much improved performance.

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Pity he decided to come out and say that, sounds like yet another excuse. I even heard Peter Moores say England we not mentally ready. now i may be wrong but isn't being mentally ready and prepared up to the players and coaches, i'd be embarrassed to admit my team was undercooked. Players either want more time off or they are undercooked.

abu dhabi is a seamers wicket.

look, i stand by what i said about wully bully gully. england gave their wickets away to him.

Because England pants were wet with the prospect of facing Ajmal that they hold out to Gul.

Sorry, I crossed the line a bit.

I do accept Flower's reason to an extent because England are not as bad as they were in the 1st test.The positive that they can take from 1st test is that they bowled Pakistan out for relatively modest total by subcontinent standards and Pakistan batting is slightly vulnerable.
As for England forcing a result on this wicket, it is very difficult to score above 3 per over on these tracks.If Pakistan gets beyond 400 in the 1 st innings it will be very difficult for England to force a result.