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"England vs Pakistan (ODIs)"

Bit late creating this, but what do you reckon about what the result will be? Seems most likely a draw, but I still think it's more than possible for England to get a victory and it doesn't look too likely that Pakistan can win.

Really depends if Harmy can dig into the batting straight away I guess. Also I'm thinking Monty will see a lot of action today: the wicket seems to be favouring spinners a bit more now.

Any thoughts then?

Ul - Haq has been banned for 4 ODI's for bringing the game into disrepute and unsurprisingly has been found not guilty of the ball tampering charge.

If he doesn't contest it he'll miss the Champions Trophy which I think he'll do so he can put it behind him and then get ready for the world cup.

England are looking decidely dodgy at times and seem to go from being great one minute to poor the next.

After a good start yesterday they looked like they might lose it but fortunately came through for the win, however Pakistan aren't playing as well as they could and if they were we would have been trounced in both the test and one day series.

If we play like this in the Ashes and World Cup we've no chance but hopefully we won't get any injuries and assuming the injured players will come back before the Ashes and World Cup if we can pick up our form again we're in with a shout of retaining the Ashes and winning the World Cup - how good would it be if we managed both!

Well, somehow England came out of the series with a draw. They still have a bit to do if they want to win the World Cup.

Well it hasn't exactly gone to plan, but if England hang in there and don't make any foolish choices they can do it: time isn't a problem at the moment.

Going very well this morning, but England still need to remove Khan and Razzaq before they can start to feel even slightly relaxed.

Edit - and there we go, great stuff by Collingwood! :-D

A pretty fine performance all round I think. Well done, England!

Pietersen's having some fun now. :-)

Apart from the expensive end, that was a pretty good bowling performance by England. Hopefully they'll be able to get a victory today.

Can't believe the Ashes are only 2 months away! If only I was able to be there..........

I think Pakistan's fielding is a bit suspect and they'll probably pay for that if they don't improve.

Trescothick is out of ICC trophy next month due to illness so it is a worrying time for England, although he should be back for the Ashes.