Rob

I think Pakistan and England should officially be declared as the two sides most prone to injury. What a ridiculous injury rate they have.

Mike

I have now lost track of who exactly is injured in the England and Pakistan squads, too much for my little brain

Raymond

At last count, Flintoff has joined Michael Vaughan, Liam Plunkett, Ashley Giles and Simon Jones on the operating table, not to mention the Ashes critical list. Pakistan’s three fast bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, all remain on the sidelines. Shahid Afridi was hit while batting in the nets but is fine now. Bob Woolmer says Akhtar is “still 10 days away from bowling properly in a match and then he’s got to get match-fit before he could get in the team”.

County

At least Monty Panesar is playing, instead of Jamie Dalrymple, in which case a draw would have been certain.

Bob

Apparently, Pakistan are considering a recall of Mushtaq Ahmed. What next?