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My, My what a superb display of inept batting this morning chaps. Another collapse on the cards. Oh well, at least Iffys Onion Bhaji will be happy

Full credit to young Amir, he's been brilliant, but the way we're batting it's like we've never batted in difficult conditions before. This is embarrassing.

47 for 5 (16.1 overs)

Superb effort chaps.

97-5. We'll still win

102-7

ouch

Ouch indeed!

trott doing well tho

Trott showing the rest how to play when the ball is swinging around.

broad got his half century, trott needs a few more for his century, looking alot better now :D

They've now put on the highest 8th wicket partnership for England against Pakistan.

And now Trott has reached his 100...

trott was getting some stick from there lot :smugfu:

Some of the stuff you could pick up on the stump mic was pretty funny, i think Trott told Umar Akmal to fuck off after he hit his ton...he's shut up for time being.

Broad on 93.......  :eek:

Shhhhhh....stop being so bloody negative and miserable will you? 

Cracking work from Trott and Broad here, Broad on for his first hundred in First Class cricket, nice circumstances for it.

agree, been a superb days cricket for trott, prior,broad, broad 3 runs to his first test century :beers: :D

broady 1st test century :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :toocool:

Broad gets his 100...

They've been fucking brilliant.  Well done lads.

I would think Broad will be dedicating the 100 to his step-mum, who died a few months ago :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-1306150/STUART-BROAD-EXCLUSIVE.html

Broad refers and survives right before the close, triffic.

346 for 7 at the end of day 2

Trott 149* Broad 125*

Broad is Quality...good bowler,always been a decent bat.........and has a spark about him.
That spark equates to passion about playing for England.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't stand the "new Botham" headlines.

Broad could be the new flintoff

He's not a Botham or a Flintoff. But what I think he is is exactly what we have missed down the years. A number 8/9 bowler who can bat. He's not a powerhouse or a big hitter like Freddy but he's a good technical batsman and with the ball he's been getting better year upon year. Strikes me as a bit of a Dominic Cork type player but obviously a little bit better than Corky was.

New Botham...New Flintoff...New Dominic Cork.

All going downhill here. New Mark Ealham!

Anyone know what time the highlights go onto fiveondemand?

Funny thing is he's probably closer to an Aussie bowler.  They can usually bat a bit, look at all the runs that Warne scored over the years, and you wouldn't have classed him as an all rounder

never got a test ton though did he, not like ower stewie

  I recall the last test that an England number 9 scored a ton...1966...the best bit though was that nos 10 and 11 John Snow and Ken Higgs both got 50's.  We had been drubbed though by the Windies....never seen anything like it since. Yesterday was good  :)

Both are still going. Trott now on 162 and Broad on 144.

Loving it.

Broad not far off beating Ian Smith's all time high score for a No 9

He's also beaten his dad's highest ever test score and he was an opening batsman.

Well, somehow we managed to claw our way to a very decent total. Top stuff from Broad and Trott. Really looking forward to seeing the highlights later. Hopefully it'll inspire the top of the order to value their wickets a bit more in the next innings.

10/3 now, Broad's doing his best go get on the honours board twice in one test.

Jason Gillespie got a double mind, as Night Watchman no less.

Yes, but that was against the Banglas.

Butt's been bowled and refusing to walk, now that is a first.

46 for 4

Swanny with the wicket first ball after tea.

Now 53 for 5...

Make that 57 for 7...

or 70 for 8 - at least we're having a good afternoon in the cricket.

74 for 9 now...

I think the follow-on might be enforced...

All out.

Just might.

Better make that 74 all out !!!

First wicket down in the follow on!!

and the second - 9-2!!

41 for 4 at the close, still 331 behind.

Looks like it'll be over tomorrow.

Easy. Hey Fogster....stop moaning you miserable git  :D

Man arresed on suspicion of match fixing...

Just going to post that:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11122388

Scandal!

It is not match fixing, but some thing to do with "no balls" that will not really effect the outcome.  But still that is pretty shit.

Has no real effect on this game, but if proved I think Pakistan could be in deep, deep trouble. ICC will no doubt come down hard on Pakistan, not least because of the Indian influence there.

Yeah I just thought "match fixing" was a bit much.  But it still is pretty shit and if true they should be punished.

If one team wins/loses by one run it effects the game massively!

I know, but "this game" is going to have a c. 200 run winning margin, plus an innings.

Something's going on here I think, the Pakistanis aren't warming up. This is not going to make it to lunch if it starts at all.

When blatant no balls are bowled on cue I don't think suspicion is the right word. I know you're innocent until proven guilty but in this case those bowlers are guilty. Not sure how Pakistan can take the field, it'll just be a farce if they do.

Pakistan (well, the two batsmen anyway) are coming out. You've got to think there'll be a bit of tension between the 7 who are supposedly involved and the rest.

send them home. The ones that the Police let leave that is. No point in this ODI series whatsoever.

Weve put them up this summer, hosting their test matches. Not much of a reward for the ECB.

Pretty obvious a lot of shit has been going on for years. Pretty obvious the ICC has been intent on sweeping it under the carpet (as with the ball tampering forfeit). This time they need to be outcast.

I can see Pakistan getting banned from international cricket if i'm being honest. They can't even play home test matches as it is.

That's not the cricket team's fault though and the selfish actions of two individuals (if proved to be true blah blah blah) shouldn't impact on the whole side.

Those found guilty, however, ought to be thrown out of the game for life.

Problem is that the NOTW story doesn't implicate two individuals, it implicates seven, including the Captain and both opening bowlers. That's a big chunk of the side.

Really? I'd read that only Amir and Asif were implicated... my mistake.

Even so it would punish the young Pakistani players who aren't involved

There has been speculation about Pakistani cricket for years, in terms of match fixing.

I still say their World Cup game in '99 against Bangladesh was fixed. In fact, before the game I said to one of my work colleagues at the time that we should go down to the bookies and put money on Bangladesh, despite them not winning a game, and Pakistan unbeaten, because it was a 'dead' game as Pakistan was through to the 'Super Eights' and Bangladesh was out. Bangladesh made 100 more runs than any other time in the tournament, and they won by 50 odd runs

Due to that result, Bangladesh won Test status, which they still don't deserve.

Is the fixer one of the dudes that used to run Crawley? The name sounds familiar

Apparently he owns Croydon, and launders the money through them.

Do they have no shame, utter fucking disgrace. >:(

That fixer rekons 7 of the squad are involved.

But they didnt know that when bowling no balls did they!

I think one of the no balls was right at the turning point of the game, when Broad and Trott went on to make their record partnership.

All of which is totally irrelevant anyway. Any deliberate manipulation of play for money that is proven should be an immediate life ban.

I'm actually wondering If something wasn't "fixed" when we were 100 odd for 7, what were the odds on an England win? Must have been massive.

Yep, and that fixer as good as admitted the remarkable 'jaws of victory' defeat to Australia in Sydney was a fix, they received £1.3 million to lose.

He said they were planning to lose 2 ODI internationals. Ive no doubt that if the News of the World had put up £1m they could have got Pakistan to throw one of the upcomming 1 day international.

This sort of thing is very difficult to prove. Its the best proof weve ever had, and these 7 players need to banned for life. I will never ever pay to watch Pakistan play again myself.

I agree Spencer. I think Mikey Holding's response on Sky thinks they are banged to rights. I think the pictures are pretty damning, with the 'fixer' saying the balls which will be no-balls, and the fact that the bowlers were way over, making sure they were no-balls, especially with the commentators comments at the time.

Pakistan's batting performances during the Test series were woeful. England have bowled them out for 72,72 and 80 during this Test series, and without Akmal's innings yesterday, they would've had another sub-100 innings, which is woeful for a senior Test playing nation.

If I was the ICC, I would also look into the Pakistan v Aussie test match a few months ago also. They were serenely 100-2 chasing around 400, and they collapsed due to the might of Marcus North's part time bowling, who Anderson and Panesar easily faced at Cardiff last year.

To be honest I should say I was at the Oval test match when Pakistan forfeited that game. And the subsequent farce involving changing the result really put me off paying to watch Pakistan.

Test match tickets are extremely expensive now and the British public deserve better than this.

People have said this could destroy cricket in Pakistan for 2 generations and we cant afford to lose another test playing nation. I dont give a shit.

Remmember their loss to Ireland in the world cup? hmmmmm!

Bad timing as well given a vast majority of people have just lost everything in the floods.
Anyone who plays test cricket for Pakistan will end up very rich...........why give up everything for a few dodgy quid..........Greed.

North bowled two overs against Anderson and Panesar.

It's a shame that this will drag the whole game into disrepute, mistrust and suspicion

I don't think the game in '07 against the Irish was thrown, as the game was played on a seamer friendly pitch, which levelled the playing field, but as I said previously, there is no doubt in my mind that the games against Bangladesh in '99 was thrown.

There is no doubt that this will affect attendances at any matches involving Pakistan. Who in their right mind will pay upwards of £100 if they think the game is fixed. Counties are already counting the cost this summer due to the low attendances, as they now have to bid for international matches with the ECB, and the counties have to get that money back somehow. Who is in their right mind going to bid to hold a game against Pakistan?