England v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Chester-le-Street, Sep 10, 2010

I know there is a real dearth of international cricket at the moment, but this really is "Meh" material.

No. That would be "Lord Tac's Goats XI" vs "Sheep Wanderers".

Bah.

Is this one of the 2 games they've been paid to throw?

Forking heil, Durham in close to mid-september at £40 a pop?

That'll be a 3,000 attendance then - remember the ICCCCCT trophy attendance in the SF against Aus.

Has this one been fixed, done-and-dusted yet?

Hafeez is suppose to be back as the opener

There was no need to send Hameed and Farhat back to Pakistan because BOTH of them are far better openers than Hafeez.

Sky are showing highlights of an ODI Eng v Pak ODI in 2006. Broad's action hasn't changed much, but he has filled out a bit.

skully wrote:Has this one been fixed, done-and-dusted yet?

PlanetPakistan wrote:Hafeez is suppose to be back as the opener

There was no need to send Hameed and Farhat back to Pakistan because BOTH of them are far better openers than Hafeez.

So, yes?

Would be too obvious.

12.30 start, 41 overs per side. England put in.

Wright is finally dropped, Bopara comes in.

Bopara hasn't been bowling for Essex recently. Do you know why, JKL?

A niggly back I think.

Henry wrote:Bopara hasn't been bowling for Essex recently. Do you know why, JKL?

Coz he's sh!t ....

Next question .............

He's no Gareth Berg...

Looks a decent pitch, but enough in it if you bowl a consistent line & length