If the A330-200 is balanced similarly to the A320, the nose will pitch down upon stall as long as the CoG is not set too far aft (it was well within the limit as I recall). In the A320 sim I had to work quite hard on the sidestick to keep the nose at 15 degrees up both on approach to and during the stall.
Lyman, if they were trying to avoid stalling, they were going about it in a very unusual manner - in fact they were doing precisely the opposite of what they should have been doing. Coupled with the "crazy speed" remarks, I think the PF, at least, was fighting a non-existent overspeed.