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Strauss's nearly-men have work to do 1:38pm on 11 Mar 2009 I think you are all under the illusion that this England team can do something.
The pitches were ok and I feel that if either side had half decent bowlers then the results would have been different.
Jerome Taylor showed at Sabina Park, which was another very good batting wicket, what could be done if you bowl consistently well on these types of tracks. Unfortunately neither England or the West Indies have bowlers of the calibre of Dale Steyn, Mitchell Johnson, Zaheer Khan or Ishant Sharma. All of whom in the past twelve months have won a number of series' for their respective countries on flat batting tracks!
Jimmy Anderson was the best of the lot and hopefully it won't be a flash in the pan with him, but I can't help feel he is very inconsistent.
England player ratings 00:16am on 11 Mar 2009 I think you are all under the illusion that this England team can do something.
The pitches were ok and I feel that if either side had half decent bowlers then the results would have been different.
Jerome Taylor showed at Sabina Park, which was another very good batting wicket, what could be done if you bowl consistently well on these types of tracks. Unfortunately neither England or the West Indies have bowlers of the calibre of Dale Steyn, Mitchell Johnson, Zaheer Khan or Ishant Sharma. All of whom in the past twelve months have won a number of series' for their respective countries on flat batting tracks!
Jimmy Anderson was the best of the lot and hopefully it won't be a flash in the pan with him, but I can't help feel he is very inconsistent.
England player ratings 11:14pm on 10 Mar 2009 I think the whole player ratings are a mockery.
England are and always will be a mediocre team with no ambition as was shown today.
The ratings should be for the team as a whole and I think they can only be given a 4/10. They are always so over-confident with no actual reason for this. They have been thrashed by India and the West Indies this winter and they are going to get slaughtered by Australia.
England only have one world class player and that is Kevin Pietersen, and he needs to play for the team rather than himself.
Flintoff is extremely over rated and I don't know how he has the tag of an all-rounder as I can never remember him scoring any runs of note. He puts a lot of effort into his bowling but he doesn't win the team matches with it.
This whole England set-up needs to have good look at itself and bring wholesale changes especially to be able to take 20 Australian wickets.
As it is they are ranked number 6 but this is going to go down after the summer. They are no match for Australia, South Africa and India, and after watching this series they are unlikely to be a force in World cricket for a long time.
Should Pakistan be banned from international sport? 4:50pm on 06 Mar 2009 Over the last few days it has become clear that the lessons from this dreadful incidence is not going to be heeded either by the PCB or the Pakistani government.
Chris Broad and the rest of the officials have all made valid comments suggesting that the security they were offered was inadequate.
I agree that 5 poilce officers lost their lives, but in the end none of the perpetrators of this act were caught. Where did the rest of the police disappear to? And why did they leave the officials as 'sitting ducks'?
These are the questions that needed to be answered and not statements made in the media by the PCB and former Pakistani cricketers (Javed Miandad, Aamer Sohail) that Chris Broad is lying. It is plain for everyone to see from the video footage that indeed the security was extremely lax and inadequate, and also the officials had been left to fend for themselves. The honesty and the dignity by which the officials have made their statements can only be applauded, however the converse is true of the Pakistani government and the PCB. They are being made to look extremely petty and stupid with their jibes at Chris Broad and it just goes to show that they cannot be trusted on the security issue ever. It is a sheer miracle that the Chris Broad and the umpires actually survived, and this can only be said that it was written for them to stay and alive and tell of their ordeal.
The one thing that has been made clear by the PCB's and the former Pakistani cricketers comments, is that they cannot be trusted with anyones security let alone players or officials .This just confirms my previous point that international cricket should never return to Pakistan while there are people like this in charge. It is wholly dispicable but typical of the whole official Pakistani attitude to these tragic events.
Lahore attacks shock England players 4:47pm on 06 Mar 2009 Over the last few days it has become clear that the lessons from this dreadful incidence is not going to be heeded either by the PCB or the Pakistani government.
Chris Broad and the rest of the officials have all made valid comments suggesting that the security they were offered was inadequate.
I agree that 5 poilce officers lost their lives, but in the end none of the perpetrators of this act were caught. Where did the rest of the police disappear to? And why did they leave the officials as 'sitting ducks'?
These are the questions that needed to be answered and not statements made in the media by the PCB and former Pakistani cricketers (Javed Miandad, Aamer Sohail) that Chris Broad is lying. It is plain for everyone to see from the video footage that indeed the security was extremely lax and inadequate, and also the officials had been left to fend for themselves. The honesty and the dignity by which the officials have made their statements can only be applauded, however the converse is true of the Pakistani government and the PCB. They are being made to look extremely petty and stupid with their jibes at Chris Broad and it just goes to show that they cannot be trusted on the security issue ever. It is a sheer miracle that the Chris Broad and the umpires actually survived, and this can only be said that it was written for them to stay and alive and tell of their ordeal.
The one thing that has been made clear by the PCB's and the former Pakistani cricketers comments, is that they cannot be trusted with anyones security let alone players or officials .This just confirms my previous point that international cricket should never return to Pakistan while there are people like this in charge. It is wholly dispicable but typical of the whole official Pakistani attitude to these tragic events.
Lahore attacks overshadow Women's World Cup 4:44pm on 06 Mar 2009 Over the last few days it has become clear that the lessons from this dreadful incidence is not going to be heeded either by the PCB or the Pakistani government.
Chris Broad and the rest of the officials have all made valid comments suggesting that the security they were offered was inadequate.
I agree that 5 poilce officers lost their lives, but in the end none of the perpetrators of this act were caught. Where did the rest of the police disappear to? And why did they leave the officials as 'sitting ducks'?
These are the questions that needed to be answered and not statements made in the media by the PCB and former Pakistani cricketers (Javed Miandad, Aamer Sohail) that Chris Broad is lying. It is plain for everyone to see from the video footage that indeed the security was extremely lax and inadequate, and also the officials had been left to fend for themselves. The honesty and the dignity by which the officials have made their statements can only be applauded, however the converse is true of the Pakistani government and the PCB. They are being made to look extremely petty and stupid with their jibes at Chris Broad and it just goes to show that they cannot be trusted on the security issue ever. It is a sheer miracle that the Chris Broad and the umpires actually survived, and this can only be said that it was written for them to stay and alive and tell of their ordeal.
The one thing that has been made clear by the PCB's and the former Pakistani cricketers comments, is that they cannot be trusted with anyones security let alone players or officials .This just confirms my previous point that international cricket should never return to Pakistan while there are people like this in charge. It is wholly dispicable but typical of the whole official Pakistani attitude to these tragic events.

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What now for cricket? 4:39pm on 06 Mar 2009 Over the last few days it has become clear that the lessons from this dreadful incidence is not going to be heeded either by the PCB or the Pakistani government.
Chris Broad and the rest of the officials have all made valid comments suggesting that the security they were provided was inadequate.
I agree that 5 poilce officers lost their lives, but in the end none of the perpetrators of this act were caught. Where did the rest of the police disappear to? And why did they leave the officials as 'sitting ducks'?
These are the questions that needed to be answered and not statements made in the media by the PCB and former Pakistani cricketers (Javed Miandad, Aamer Sohail) that Chris Broad is lying. It is plain for everyone to see from the video footage that indeed the security was extremely lax and inadequate, and also the officials had been left to fend for themselves. The honesty and the dignity by which the officials have made their statements can only be applauded, however the converse is true of the Pakistani government and the PCB. They are being made to look extremely petty and stupid with their jibes at Chris Broad and it just goes to show that they cannot be trusted on the security issue ever. It is a sheer miracle that the Chris Broad and the umpires actually survived, and it can only be said that it was written by the gods for them to stay and alive and tell of their ordeal.
The one thing that has been made clear by the PCB's and the former Pakistani cricketers comments, is that they cannot be trusted with anyones security let alone players or officials.
This just confirms my previous point that international cricket should never return to Pakistan while there are people like this in charge. It is wholly despicable but typical of the whole official Pakistani attitude to these tragic events.
Chris Broad on Lahore. 10:13am on 05 Mar 2009 The blame has to be directed towards the PCB and the Pakistani government for this tragic event.
For many years the government has been training and supplying arms to these terrorists for their own benefits and now they are unfortunately suffering the consequences now.
The security promised was meant to be presidential style but this was no way the case in this dreadful event and after hearing the account of Chris Broad and watching the video footage of the attack, one can only conclude that the security wasn't even fit for a lay person let alone the president.
India can only be proud of the professional and wholly adequate presidential style security it offered all players and match officials when the Test series with England was resumed. Nobody felt unsafe and what the Indian government and BCCI had promised to offer they delivered.
In this case in Pakistan what was promised by the government and PCB was not delivered and they should all be ashamed of this. No country or player can ever trust any assurances made by the Pakistani government and the PCB on security, they blatantly lied about what they would offer. International cricket should NEVER return to country of Pakistan again.
What now for cricket? 02:41am on 05 Mar 2009 The blame has to be directed towards the PCB and the Pakistani government for this tragic event.
For many years the government has been training and supplying arms to these terrorists for their own benefits and now they are unfortunately suffering the consequences now.
The security promised was meant to be presidential style but this was no way the case in this dreadful event and after hearing the account of Chris Broad and watching the video footage of the attack, one can only conclude that the security wasn't even fit for a lay person let alone the president.
India can only be proud of the professional and wholly adequate presidential style security it offered all players and match officials when the Test series with England was resumed. Nobody felt unsafe and what the Indian government and BCCI had promised to offer they delivered.
In this case in Pakistan what was promised by the government and PCB was not delivered and they should all be ashamed of this. No country or player can ever trust any assurances made by the Pakistani government and the PCB on security, they blatantly lied about what they would offer. International cricket should NEVER return to country of Pakistan again.
What now for cricket? 11:11pm on 04 Mar 2009 I think this piece by Mihir is truly to the point. I would just like to say that I was hearing Andrew Caddick on BBC radio 5 Live where he commented ' the security anywhere on the subcontinent is inadequate'. I felt this to be a very racist comment especially coming from somebody who has not ever toured in the subcontinent. Actually as a cricketer who has only toured in the 'Western World' it is a comment that I guess can only be expected. This maybe the end of international cricket in Pakistan for a longtime but one has to remember that this can happen anywhere. In 1997 there was an IRA bomb scare at the Grand National one of the premier world sporting events but that survived. In Munich athletes were killed but the Olympics survived. So I think everyone especially Andrew Caddick should realise this can happen anywhere in the world and with even the most stringent of security measures if the terrorist has the will then nothing can stop them. Even in the UK. The FA cup final, Test Matches etc all these events could be targeted in the UK and nobody could stop them.
I refer readers to the comments made by Simon Barnes in the Times which is a very eye-opening article.
This is a sad day for world sport.

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