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[smilley792]

Hahahahahaha

http://youtu.be/a2MrZPgyEGo

Root polishing the ball on his trousers is now ball tampering. What a joke. Sore losers springs to mind.

[ppccopener]

If you look hard enough on the net(sorry no idea how to post it in here) Anderson is shown cleaning dirt or grass out of the seam.
Far as I know you are allowed to do that so there is no issue...

Nothing doing as far as i can see

[GoodLeave]

He should be polishing it with the power of his mind...

Also, how does one "do ball tampering"? The only tampering going on here is with the English language.

[ProCricketer1982]

A bit desperate from the pak team tbh

[RoCo Da Pixie]

If you look hard enough on the net(sorry no idea how to post it in here) Anderson is shown cleaning dirt or grass out of the seam.
Far as I know you are allowed to do that so there is no issue...

Nothing doing as far as i can see

They are the two instances. I replied to a few on twitter saying they are shining and cleaning the ball. They are adamant Anderson and Root are tampering which is laughable.

[brokenbat]

They are the two instances. I replied to a few on twitter saying they are shining and cleaning the ball. They are adamant Anderson and Root are tampering which is laughable.

Who are "they"? The Pak team, or random keyboard warriors?

[ppccopener]

Who are "they"? The Pak team, or random keyboard warriors?

It's a dude called dr Nauman Niaz described as a TV anchorman....

Who has gone into overdrive and got the fans going. It's a complete storm in a teacup. Not saying we are whiter than white at all times but the players are not doing anything they shouldn't

It's because we got it to reserve a bit and the pak bowlers didn't

[brokenbat]

Hahahahahaha


http://youtu.be/a2MrZPgyEGo


Root polishing the ball on his trousers is now ball tampering. What a joke. Sore losers springs to mind.

is that Andrew Symonds ? ? ? ?

seems more tabloid stuff than anything. would be surprised if anyone part of their team actually believes this.

[RoCo Da Pixie]

Who are "they"? The Pak team, or random keyboard warriors?

@brokenbat They was referring to the two instances that ppc had mentioned. I wasn't using the phrase in regards to individuals. Think you've misread what I posted

[ppccopener]

well the 'ball tampering/bit of a polish' controversy has died down back to the insignificance it was in the first place.

England are unchanged for tomorrow. You can only presume Cook does not rate Rashid as when asked about him said 'we are not 3-0 up'.

The Oval has turned in the past and weather looks fair for the match, I hope it doesn't back fire on us.

You can't imagine Mark Taylor or Allan Border when Warne was just starting being so dismissive of a potential match-winner.Yes, it is only potential but the door seems shut...maybe there's another issue who knows.
Shame....

[Felix Tito]

Rashid is gonna be under big pressure when we rock up in India(assuming the Bangladesh tour is cancelled). His confidence will be pretty low and India will probably go after him...unless Cook sees someone else as the second spinner...

[justnotcricket86]

Rashid is gonna be under big pressure when we rock up in India(assuming the Bangladesh tour is cancelled). His confidence will be pretty low and India will probably go after him...unless Cook sees someone else as the second spinner...

I've heard Batty being mentioned!

[Buzz]

I am expecting a fast bouncy oval 5 day road to be prepared by the Surrey groundsman. In the past few years no groundsman has produced pitches to meet the home team requirements on order like they do at the oval.

So with that in mind (zero chance of a dust bowl like we prepare for the Aussies) my ECB source has said we will have an unchanged team (assuming Vince is ok). So Rashid's recent Yorkshire heroics will go unrewarded by the national team again...

Still going to be interesting to see who will put down a marker for the India tour this winter.

As I said a couple of days ago...
And if you have seen the pictures of the pitch on Twitter, it is almost as green as the Rio diving pool.

[ppccopener]

As I said a couple of days ago...
And if you have seen the pictures of the pitch on Twitter, it is almost as green as the Rio diving pool.

well.....hav'nt seen any pics but I got an  anxious feeling about this match. Pakistan have a very good record at the Oval and my gut tells me there is a twist in store in this terrific series.

 

[ProCricketer1982]

The wicket will be a seamer no doubt about it and England's fragile batting backs itself to out perform the even more fragile Pakistan.