3rd Test Dubai: Latest

[Philtaz]

Pakistan 53-7 at lunch! Won't gloat too early though, we have to bat yet and after last week anything could happen!

Just a little disappointed that England are unchanged. The series is gone and after all the talk of possible changes last week the management have fudged it when they clould have been blooding and looking at some of the possibles.

Bar that it's all going rather better than we could have hoped.

[jno]

as I recall there was still a reason to win the last match - it would mean they dropped off the number one slot more slowly, I think. And trying out kids who look good in shorter forms of the game brought us Morgan.

[Philtaz]

Agreed, so he couldn't have done any worse than Morgan, could he?!

[Philtaz]

361-8, probably an insurmountable lead given the fragility of the England batting but would be happy to be proved wrong.

[Philtaz]

England set 324 to win after Monty takes another '5 fer'.

Steady start in reply at 12 without loss.

[Philtaz]

Survived a couple of appeals and a drop to make it 36-0 at the close.

Can we hope against hope that the batters can reverse the current trend and knock off 280+?

[Frank97]

We can hope, but I wouldn't put money on it!

[Philtaz]

159-6, looks like it's the capitulation we expected but hoped wouldn't happen.

Looks like they'll be soaking up the rays again come day 5 of the Test!

[Philtaz]

203-8 and a rather cuddly looking female is gargling in preparation......

[Philtaz]

All out for 252 and a series whitewash. I believe that means England lose their ICC No. 1 status.
Some of the batsmen have got to take a long, hard look at themselves and look over their shoulders because they simply didn't turn up, unlike the bowlers who did their utmost.
KP, Bell and Morgan amassed 200 between them at an average of 11 tells its own story.