Isn't there a rumour going that Umar Akmal feigned his back injury so he could get his bro (Adnan) to play. He done it before with the ugly one Kamran?

England know Pak's weakness which is chasing but also a poor top order. Khan needs to man up and play at 3 and not leave it to the less experienced ones.

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Samit Patel has just said that they are looking to whitewash Pakistan 4-0

I guess they are.... No harm in aiming high Kash

England fans should be wary about the ease of yesterdays victory.
England's batting relied heavily on a fine performance from Cook, who score in excess of 50% of the total and a half century from Bopara that should have ended LBW before it got going. Pietersen and Morgan continue to look completely out of touch and Kieswetter had a bad time of it. It could be said England were lucky to get over 200.
Finn was outstanding and Patel continues to show,both with bat and ball, what a useful one day player he is.
What tomorrows game offers I've no idea, a lot will depend upon Pakistan batting, can it really be so bad again?
The main interest for me is to see how Pietersen plays, not just scoring runs but the manner in which he gets them.

My team as follows...

1 Alastair Cook (capt)
2 Craig Kieswetter (wk)
3 Jonathan Trott
4 Kevin Pietersen
5 Ravi Bopara
6 Eoin Morgan
7 Samit Patel
8 Tim Bresnan
9 Stuart Broad
10 Graeme Swann
11 Steven Finn

Samit is a confident lad, didnt he hand pick his Ferrari before you guys took on Standfords West Indies in that T20 game?

Hope you are correct in that the only batsman from both teams that looked confertable was Cook but England would do a better job in chasing than Pakistan would. Like Neon said toss is crucial but you still need to put runs on the board and can anyone in our top 4 do a Cook? Will Malik finally get dropped for good? My team for tomorrow:

1) Farhat (sadly as there is no other choice)
2) Ali
3) Khan
4) Hafeez
5) Misbah
6) Umar Akmal
7) Afridi
8) Azam
9) Ajmal
10) Gul
11) Cheema

Time to put Hafeez in middle order as Finn and Broad with new ball make him a walking wicket.

Dernbach there's no way that Pietersen will not open again tomorrow. That's not the way Andy Flower thinks. In ant case, opening is the best position for him. On form he'll get us off to a good start, off form he wont start a middle order collapse.

Kash you know Hafeez will open anyway and who's your sixth bowler?

I know he will Hopefor but that is my team mate.

I like Kieswetter opening

Afrifi is still upset because i deleted his comment. Com'n boy

Yet another thrashing.Kick nepotism and Farhat and Malik out of the game.Until that happens no chance to beat a formidable side like England in ODI's( statement is slightly ironic).

PR that's not irony, it's sarcasm.

No I was not sarcastic.

On paper, England look fairly strong in ODI's as well.I expect their ODI graph to go up under Cook's captaincy.
In batting , they have got Cook who can hold innings like Kirsten used to do for S.A, and Pietersen and Morgan who can score runs quickly.Their fast bowling is best in the business and well supported by a worldclass spinner.On top of that, they are an excellent fielding side..They will be strong contenders for next WC.

Only one change for England is possible, i.e. a place for a fit and ready Bresnan. If he is ready he might replace Jimmy.

Kash you know Hafeez will open anyway and who's your sixth bowler?

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Your right he will open but they need to see that against genuine quick bowling he struggles. The stats do not lie and he does not see the new ball off (he might score a ton tomorrow now). The sixth bowler would be Azam who is medium/fast ala Razzaq.

Cant understand why Misbah insisted on Malik's selection when we Nasir Jamshed and Ahmed Shahzad piling tons in domestic cricket and BPL.

PR has Shehzad improved his technique? He was also vulnerbale to quick bowling.

1 my life is ruined

Atleast he is piling runs in domestic cricket and BPL whereas Shoaib can only be seen in the tennis stands supporting his wife and her mixed double partner.

Must be neon. I voted 5.

Ive gone for 4, before any evil-one thinks it was me.....(ive stopped using the vote buttons as a rule, waste of time!!)

True but BPL? Even I can score runs there?

Players from every country are participating in it.Not as good as IPL but nevertheless the standard is not too bad either.

Neon has fled.He himself wrote a stupid article and had the audacity to give this 1 rating.