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Pakistan v England Tests
« on: October 16, 2015, 01:49:54 PM »
Apparently, Alastair Cook has batted longer than the combined total match time of England at the rugby and football world cups!
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2015, 05:54:01 PM »
Quote from: Hope on October 16, 2015, 01:49:54 PM
Apparently, Alastair Cook has batted longer than the combined total match time of England at the rugby and football world cups!
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2015, 07:25:20 PM »
Quote from: Hope on October 16, 2015, 01:49:54 PM
Apparently, Alastair Cook has batted longer than the combined total match time of England at the rugby and football world cups!
Same applies to Wales.

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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2015, 11:33:59 AM »
Cook batted so long, that I've trimmed my beard twice since he started. 
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2015, 07:27:33 PM »
Radio 4 first day of the test, the reporter said he counted 59 spectators?

Why is it being played in Abu Dhabi?
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2015, 07:28:14 PM »
Quote from: JP on October 17, 2015, 07:27:33 PM
Radio 4 first day of the test, the reporter said he counted 59 spectators?

Why is it being played in Abu Dhabi?
Because Pakistan is considered to be too dangerous.
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2015, 07:47:05 PM »
Ahhh right. I remember now, was there some shots fired at the team bus a few years back?

Perhaps they could have played in a country where people might have actually gone to watch it.

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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2016, 11:05:06 AM »
Just been listening to the morning session of the England/South Africa game.

Just awesome batting from Stokes. Have we finally found our new Ian Botham?
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2016, 07:15:50 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on January 03, 2016, 11:05:06 AM
Just been listening to the morning session of the England/South Africa game.

Just awesome batting from Stokes. Have we finally found our new Ian Botham?
It was truly awesome.
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Re: South Africa v England Tests
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2016, 07:26:05 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on January 03, 2016, 11:05:06 AM
Just been listening to the morning session of the England/South Africa game.

Just awesome batting from Stokes. Have we finally found our new Ian Botham?
He needs to do it a few more times, well, not exactly that but certainly play a few more crucial and spectacular innings. Plus he needs to take crucial wickets.
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Re: South Africa v England Tests
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2016, 07:28:41 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on January 03, 2016, 07:26:05 PM
He needs to do it a few more times, well, not exactly that but certainly play a few more crucial and spectacular innings. Plus he needs to take crucial wickets.
He's done the latter several times - as well as making some stunning catches.
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Re: South Africa v England Tests
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2016, 10:33:08 AM »
Quote from: jeremyp on January 03, 2016, 07:26:05 PM
He needs to do it a few more times, well, not exactly that but certainly play a few more crucial and spectacular innings. Plus he needs to take crucial wickets.
Yes I think that's right. He certainly has the talent with both bat and ball - he needs to deliver regularly with both.

The first thing being to get his bowling average to be lower than his batting average, which is the hall-mark of a good all rounder. Currently it isn't.
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Re: South Africa v England Tests
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2016, 11:20:31 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on January 04, 2016, 10:33:08 AM
Yes I think that's right. He certainly has the talent with both bat and ball - he needs to deliver regularly with both.
He also needs to keep out of health-related problems!!
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2016, 03:08:52 PM »
He also needs to learn from this guy!!   ;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35230388
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2016, 04:01:32 PM »
We often get more than one single hundred in a Test match.  I wonder when the last time we had 2 double hundreds scored in the same match?
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Re: Pakistan v England Tests
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2016, 03:19:39 PM »
With the growing number of tidy English swing bowlers, could we be seeing the end of Jimmy Anderson's international career?
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