Imran Farhat run out 47 (71b 5x4 0x6) SR: 66.19

Was an ugly, edgy and selfish knock. I would say 15 runs came off mi****s or edges. The sad part is the 47 will be enough for his father in-law to select him for another year or two smh

I don't think Salman Butt was close to a good player but he was infinitely better than Farhat in ODI's.

Anwar

If Afridi faces more than 25 balls (unlikely) Pakistan win.

Captain tuk tuk the last hope here.

lol Rahman

1 from 12.

Woeful

Pak need 34 from 18 aka a miracle

England proving once again why they're the GOAT ODI side and the WOAT test side..

England wins! Pakistan crossed 225 but just barely. Pathetic team selection and horrible captaincy by Misbah.

I wish we'd play as well as we do in ODIs in test matches.

For people in the UK there's a documentary about the Afghanistan cricket team on BBC iplayer. It's the latest Storyville and covers Afghanistan's World Cup qualification campaign from 2008 onwards.

So much this^

I've been saying it for ages. More importantly than anything, it's a licence to players to question the umpires, whose decisions should be final. It sets a terrible example to players in lower levels of cricket, where such technologies are not available.



Also, Mystic Meg itt

An on-the-nose bet would have been worth a few quid imo

Don't we get fewer arguments with officials than before though? And less rediculous appeals by bowlers who then look stupid if they subsequently don't appeal?

Re running out of reviews. It can work both ways. Sometimes batters at the top benefit, but at other times they lose because they don't want to waste a review (whereas they would obv take it at the end of the innings). Eg Shane Watson not reviewing an LBW that would have been overturned against SA when they got bowled out for nothing, and Umar Gl yesterday reviewing a plump LBW as there was a review left.

Personally, I like the referal system. It adds another level if interest, and we wouldn't want umpires dithering over any old appeal.

It would be better if the officials weren't set up in opposition to each other with one overruling the decision of the other very publicly. This wouldn't happen if the on-field umpire and third umpire decided on the reviews themselves. Re your argument about running out of reviews if batsmen are given extra lives because the fielders are too scared of using up reviews then that is a bad thing and also suspension of the use of the review system because the reviews have run out is also a bad thing. Both lead to bad decisions which the available technology could have rectified ( which is the point of having the system in the first place). The current DRS rules may add a level of interest and a new set of tactics but it is not cricket.

Sounds good, I'm in. I'm looking forward to some riveting Jacques Kallis discussion whenever he gets picked.

As far as the DRS discussion goes, why not have every LBW decision given out automatically reviewed?

And then, the fielding side could get two reviews on decisions given not out.

The umpire and the third umpire should be able to sort out all the decisions between them including the not outs. The technology is there they just need to get used to communicating with each other efficiently. I don't mind if every decision is a joint one between the on field umpire and the third umpire.

Not that it has any effect on the batting, but Ponting as captain seems to be cursed IMO

The Hashim Amla begins his tour of NZ in 7 minutes time. Can he prove himself in the T20 format as well? Will be interesting to see. Expecting some sixes from him on the smaller Kiwi grounds. Timed beautifully, of course.

Mills to Amla, SIX, that is an extraordinarily flat six over the rope at extra cover, he gave himself some room and got underneath a half-volley outside off and just launched it with the minimum of fuss

next ball however:


Mills to Amla, OUT, goodness me, Martin Guptill has done a Jonty Rhodes to South Africa, Amla had played it down the ground at the bowler, who stuck a foot out. Amla decided to run but it had dribbled close to the stumps where Guptill swooped in and carried the ball along with his body weight right into the stumps with Amla out of his ground


Was looking in sublime form

Jfc that shot from guptill

Mervyn Westfield trial (Essex bowler found guilty of taking a bribe vs Durham a few years ago)

Read from bottom upwards. I'm pretty disgusted tbh. Not a major shock though.

WHo's Kaneria, is this the Pakistani spinner or someone else?.

Yeah. Danish Kaneria

Also, just in:

AS much as people hate the IPL this really shows what an impact IPL has made on the Indian cricketers. A decade ago there were equal amount of cases against Indian and Pakistani players, now it seems they are the clear frontrunners of this ****.

This may sound weird, but I'm also kinda happy that this case involves a county side, because to me it says it's harder for these guys to fix the top level matches these days, so they're resorting to fixing whatever they can get.

I hope Kaneria gets jail time for this, and not just a slap on the wrist..

There's always been fixing in cricket in this country (the UK). I remember open talk of it way back in the days of the John Player League. The team at the top of the JPL would agree to lose to the team at the top of the County Championship and vice versa. And there were some very dodgy goings on in the middle after they introduced a betting tent at Edgbaston.

4 MONTHS?

THATS IT!