England concede v Pakistan after pitch invasion

England conceded their triangular one-day series match against Pakistan due to a pitch invasion with Pakistan two runs away from victory on Sunday.

Scores: England 156 all out in 45.2 overs; Pakistan 155-4 in 39.5 overs


The behaviour of some idiots at the end of the match was very disappointing as it took the gloss away from a brilliant performance by Pakistan and especially by Waqar and Razzaq. Everyone will be talking about the behaviour of these mindless gits rather than the brilliance of Pakistan. I think they should be arrested and prosecuted.

agree with u 100%


*If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
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How pathetic can these stupid hooligans get?
I am sorry to say but at that stage in time I was embarassed to be Pakistani.

I was at the match today and I am too very much saddened by the events that occurred today. We left the cricket ground with our head bowed low and our long journey home was in silence. When the Pakistani cricket team plays poorly we crucify them and today they played superbly and we have let them down.

My heart goes out to the steward who got injured and his family. This steward was specially appointed to protect the players, suffered broken ribs and damaged spleen. Insha Allah I will find out what hospital he is in and send him some flowers. I don’t know what else to do, I too feel so ashamed to call myself a Pakistani.

Agreed it was one bad episode.
But for Kajoor and Catwoman, I am confused at your statements; ashamed to be a Pakistani...what the hell? What does it mean?
Ready to give up your nationality so very easily?

Yeh great performance by the team–esp. Waqar (even though he is well past his peak he is still devastating

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) but pity some stupid hooligans let us down

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They should SHOOT anyone who runs onto the pitch…

Yeah you know I shouldnt have done that. But I WAS ON TV and Im flashing the stump I nicked form the ground. YooHoo.
I didnt mean to hit that steward but I couldnt help stepping on him twice (or may be thrice).

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–I know I’ll be a King One day, When Im Dead, They Gonna take me on their shoulders, Just like a King–

Please tell me your’re joking

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Scratch, I didn’t know our own people could be so bloody jaahil.

It's time to put measures in place which will deal with pitch invasions. Transgressors should be jailed and fined like in Australia. They had similar problems a few years ago and that's how they dealt with it.

ok, i’m totally disgusted by the performance and the attitude of Pakistani supporters! i mean wat fools, most of them sadly r young but obviously not matured or sensible. they shoudn’t be allowed in the stadium to be supporting the team at all, i mean one was enough but another one and now this sumbody gets injured, how appalling.

i was very happy wid Pakistani teams performance but this whole thing totally overshadowed that all. i agree that there shud be punishments and fines to teach them a lesson, it gives us Pakistanies a bad reputation. but i’m surprised wid ppl’s comments such as “ashamed to be Pakistani”
just because sum idiots act repulsively that shouldn’t mean that we shud become ashamed of being Pakistanies.

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[This message has been edited by Bismah (edited June 18, 2001).]

Cat you have a very fragile Pak-Pride .. the good comes with the ugly the mob mentality is not unique to us .. this kind of events happen during sports when male-Harmon is out of control it has nothing to do with nationality or ethnicity … How many British people have you met who are ashamed for their being cause of the soccer riots . which resulted in fatalities and got exported to other countries as well … put into perspective of sports related riots this was a minor accident (but not for the poor steward) .. ECB .. actually had said on record that its part of a English Cricket Tradition that the crowd is on the field .. now that does not apply to pitch invasion but it does encourage some hooligans to take advantage of it … any how it is a matter of some bad eggs .. no need to let pride and nationalism be egged by some fools..
On the lighter side .. I had a heated argument this morning with one of my cricket buddies who was ready to put his lunch money on bet claiming that Alec Stewart got injured not a steward!!!


Hey one more thing
These things are hard to explain
For some it seems strange... to swallow
The frontier of our minds
Is the last place we find
But maybe the first place we should go

Nearly 500 stewards and police will be on duty for Tuesday's one-day triangular series match between Australia and Pakistan at Trent Bridge in an attempt to prevent a pitch invasion.

The decision to double the number of stewards to more than 350 follows mayhem at Headingley on Sunday.

"We are looking to have over 350 stewards plus all the police so we are talking about a total number of nearly 500," Nottinghamshire chief executive David Collier told Reuters on Monday.

"We have been working with independent consultants to eliminate pitch invasions at Trent Bridge if it is at all possible.

"We are also erecting plastic barrier fencing right around the ground over part of the advertising hoardings. The barrier fencing will be in place for the whole game and it can be raised at any time when we feel there is a safety issue."

"It's nice to know that something is being done about it for this game and hopefully for the future," Waugh said at a news conference.

When asked if Australia had considered refusing to fulfil the fixture on Tuesday, Waugh replied: "No, not from that point of view. No."

Collier said they had decided against using dogs to control supporters. "The police advice is that they would not wish to have dogs on the ground," he said.

Collier said the club had also contacted the Home Office (Interior Ministry) on Monday seeking emergency legislation to introduce fines for pitch invaders.

"We've asked if there is any short term, as well as long term, legislation that can bring in fines for people coming on to the field of play," he explained.

"However, this is not something we have the power to evoke at this present time.

POSTERS IN URDU

"We have posters in Urdu and English around the ground asking spectators to cooperate with the authorities for the safety of all players, spectators, staff and our stewards."

One such poster at Trent Bridge read: "Any spectator entering the field of play, creating a nuisance to either a person or to any property, such as stumps, will be liable to arrest."