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[Jord030994]

Dont write England off.... Yet

[Burdy]

Dont write England off.... Yet

I agree, dont write off just yet, still first innings of the game.

Without swing at the moment, someone must get after Umar Gul, just for the fact i am not a fan of his 

[mattcoll12491]

I personally can't watch it anymore. Nothing to do with the actual cricket, I cannot stand the screeching Pankistani appeals anymore!

[Jord030994]

Didn't recognise Cheema without the mushroom hair style!

[tbarnfield99]

7 down now! Looking at 120ao

[The_Bird]

Jerusalem followed by Elvis, gotta love the Barmy Army!!!   

[tim2000s]

Looking liek a msitake to not include Monty and swann...

[PedalsMcgrew]

Hahaha.......Bob Willis "suggesting" that Ajmal is a chucker! 

[alba caerulea]

I havent actually seen the tea break show but that new round-arm tripe delivery is certainly a throw and his normal action is at best questionable

[PedalsMcgrew]

The suggestion is that his doosra is a throw, which, based on the replays, it is, but as to whether it's a 'more than 15 degrees' chuck is arguable...

Willis reckons that England should start teaching their young spinners to chuck it as well if everyone else is doing it....

[uknsaunders]

Wouldn't be surprised if Flower has a "quiet word" with the Umpires. Can't see a complaint coming but certainly some slow-mo by the ICC officials. That said, he's been playing a fair amount of test cricket recently and it should've been picked up.

I'm sure Sky will do their best if the ICC don't.

[Cover_Drive]

And here it comes, English Players and Media have already started to cry?!

Oh com'on!! Man up and face the challenges, rather than taking cheap punts!

Good luck and enjoy the series!

[100 not out]

Wasim and Waqar were ball tamperer's until everyone else cottoned on to reverse swing.

[alba caerulea]

Not sure that any of the players have said anything have they?

Its not a cheap punt anyway, its there for all to see. As noted by Mr Mcgrew it is very hard to judge whether the 15 degrees is exceeded with the naked eye but even you Cover_Drive surely can't deny that there is a pronounced kink in Ajmals action. The fact that it is nigh on impossible to bowl a doosra without kinking your elbow is a give-away (unless you have extraordinary fingers, which being a relatively short man Ajmal is unlikely to have)

[Buzz]

Cover_Drive - have you seen his action (and I have not)?
Sky love a story and to discredit a successful bowler is right up their street.

It will be intersting to see how we bowl on the pitch and whether we should have played 2 spinners. I think our batsmen have shown a significant lack of application