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England Cricket vs Pakistan (in UAE)
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Don't know anything about this company (they are based in Croydon) but they are advertising tickets:se9addick said:I'm in the UAE in a few weeks and there's a ODI on whilst I'm there, can't find anything on the internet about tickets - any ideas ?
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I would simply go along to the ground on the day - will not be sold out or anywhere near! If you want confirmation, buy tickets locally on arrival in UAE.0
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Last time we played there the stadiums were empty. IIRC.0
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Was definitely empty for the Tests. T20s were a lot fuller but you could still rock up on the day and get a very cheap ticket on the gate. By chance I needed to go to Abu Dhabi for a business meeting (Sunday morning, aaarrrgh), so decided to cut my losses and get there a bit early to catch the T20 in Dubai on the Saturday evening. Commandeered a local taxi driver to do the 90 minute desert crossing between the two cities (and back), who ended up watching the match rather than wait around in his car. Stadium was still empty 30 mins before the start but suddenly transformed itself into an enormous family BBQ for the Pakistani population of Dubai, so was jammed to the rafters by the start. Fantastic atmosphere with a spicy aroma, KP was imperious, a pre-wobble Finn magnificent, local hero Afridi feted loudly (but failed) - nothing better than an England win abroad.2
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216-5 at close. Match drawn. Anderson with the final wicket.0
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A typical modern warm up match, no wonder away teams seem to struggle so much nowadays!Addick Addict said:216-5 at close. Match drawn. Anderson with the final wicket.
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Pakistan A batting first are 154-6 from 73-6
Finn's figures 14-7-16-40 -
They finished on 192 - 12!!! As each day allows one side to bat (or field) they carried on after they had taken the 10th wicket...5
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Interesting figures - especially considering UAE is meant to be pace bowlers graveyard.Addick Addict said:Pakistan A batting first are 154-6 from 73-6
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I think the team picks itself:
Cook
Ali
Root
Bell
Bairstow
Stokes
Buttler
Rashid
Broad
Finn
Anderson
Taylor will push for Bairstow/Buttler's place also leaving Hales, Wood, Plunkett and Patel out too.1 - Sponsored links:
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I guess that means that the game doesn't count as first class for stat purposes?Pedro45 said:They finished on 192 - 12!!! As each day allows one side to bat (or field) they carried on after they had taken the 10th wicket...
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England 77-2 in reply. Ali (7) and Hales (9) both out.
Bell 32*
Taylor 25*0 -
Middle order looking sketchy as hell. Can they really pick Jos Buttler in the form he's in? Can Stokes learn how to play spin at all? O dear me0
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Yep for those that haven't seen it - Bell (53) and Taylor (45) both retired to allow Stokes (0), Buttler (8) and Bairstow (0) all to get out.Leuth said:Middle order looking sketchy as hell. Can they really pick Jos Buttler in the form he's in? Can Stokes learn how to play spin at all? O dear me
It is possible that they will leave Buttler out for the first game but it would probably mean dropping Bairstow down to 7 and there is an argument that this would almost be a punishment for Buttler's failings.
One last chance I suspect for Buttler.0 -
I'm just as worried about Stokes. Gun player of quick bowling but he's never looked at ease against spin1
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The case for Taylor just grew stronger as well0
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Rashid has just been stumped for 2 too.
132-6
None of them want it!
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Leuth said:
I'm just as worried about Stokes. Gun player of quick bowling but he's never looked at ease against spin
Agreed on both counts. Of course there is an argument to include Patel as well as Ali and Rashid in which case you could leave out both Buttler and Stokes especially as he won't do anything on those wickets that Anderson, Broad and Finn can't.Leuth said:The case for Taylor just grew stronger as well
In which case the team could look like:
Cook
Ali
Root
Bell
Taylor
Bairstow
Patel
Rashid
Broad
Finn
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Would take something extraordinary for Stokes to be dropped0
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Moeen facing Junaid Khan again. Bet there's some quality chat going on0
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Again agreed but they have to get some balance to the team and Stokes simply won't bowl many overs unless they only go in with just Anderson and Broad as quickies.Leuth said:Would take something extraordinary for Stokes to be dropped
I don't think it will have escaped the selectors that Stokes is actually averaging less than 15 in his last 10 innings for England. Compare that to Taylor's scores of 49, 43, 101, 41, 12 and 45* this year and they really shouldn't have to think twice about this.
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Plunkett (1) out stumped too. Patel hanging in there on 6 off 36.0
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Probably not. One of their players became the first player ever to get a pair in the same innings!killerandflash said:
I guess that means that the game doesn't count as first class for stat purposes?Pedro45 said:They finished on 192 - 12!!! As each day allows one side to bat (or field) they carried on after they had taken the 10th wicket...
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Patel now gone for 8 (41)
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Buttler's come back in to join Ali
Cricinfo don't have the ability to show more than one innings for a batsman so are just adding the runs onto their first score!1 -
Ali out for a second time - total of 20 in his two innings. Taylor comes back.
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What a joke of a match, it's like a schoolboy fixture, with some players retiring, and others batting twice!1
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Taylor out for 61
198-9
Buttler 31 not out to add to the 8 he got in his first innings0 -
Match drawn as Pakistan A failed to take all 36 of our wickets10
