2nd Test: Pakistan vs South Africa @ Port Elizabeth (Day 1)

[iZeeshan]

Was that a drop?

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

2 catches, both should have been taken

 

[Gunner786]

2 in 2

and out off 3rd ball!!

 

[Zeenix]

Donald saying Razzaq was quicker than Akhtar in 96!

Donald's got the names mixed up..

 

[arsal_pakfan]

WTFF..oh we got a wicket

 

[karachiite]

Shukar. Gibbs gone

 

[darkmoon459]

akmal drops another.

 

[amerrahman]

They've stopped showing speeds. They just show the odd one which is around 142 ..

Interesting comment by Daryll Cullinan .. He said when South Africa played Pakistan A in Karachi in 1996, the South Africans thought Abdur Razzaq was quicker than Shoaib Akhar ..

 

[iZeeshan]

Akmal soooo lucky! 5 down!

 

[pacman]

beautifull, 5th wicket down.

 

[Zeenix]

Guys whats the score..

 

[pacman]

3 chances, and the on the 3rd attempt he is out.

 

[Sean]

Are you blokes in Canada running around like a headless chicken because you cant watch Pak V RSA? I feel for you.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

lol actually that *** was for Kamran Akmal who dropped a sitter of Gibbs just before he got out!!

 

[Hash]

South Africa ) ) ) ) )

 

[Ahmad]

Knock the stuffings out of Heschelle *********** Gibbs. Really. Son of a gun.

 

[Oxy]

akmal drops another.

Kaneria gets his man - without Akmals help!!

 

[Bailan]

Akmal making up for everyone else's failures

Younis Drops one in slips
Akmal Drops one
Finally LBW in Kaneria's favour

Out goes Gibbs

 

[Pakistani tigers]

ballle balle o shava shava..
come on kaneria boy and come onkami yaar

 

[karachiite]

Neither drop by Akmal has been costly. Hopefully he's got the drops out of his system now.

 

[Oxy]

Gibbs can **** *** back to the pavillion and practice his monkey chants in private!

58-5!

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Gibbs Gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[feather]

People who have been complaining about Kaneria need to see this.

2 drops in two balls and he gets a wicket on the 3rd via lbw with no help...

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Danish strikes, gibbs gone lbw

 

[Zeenix]

HASH you should've asked for more wickets.....

 

[Ahmad]

Where are the Kaneria haters?! And yeah bring the Sami haters along with you! Pakistan ZINDABAD!!

 

[Oxy]

Guys whats the score..

58-5

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

danish to karan: tum soo jao , main khud hi out ker loon ga !

 

[Pakistani tigers]

were they hard chances

 

[arsal_pakfan]

eventhough we r getting wickets but Kamran really needs to tighten up his screws..hee has already dropped 3 catches...just remindin me of his form in UK last year!!

Kamran needs to pickup his catches!..at the moment he looks really poor!

btw an excellent start for Pakistan....get boucher or Kallis here & u r into the SAF tail!

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Donald's got the names mixed up..

He said Akhtar got allot faster since SA played him in a first class game in 96 and RAzzaq slowed down significantly.

 

[Oxy]

People who have been complaining about Kaneria need to see this.

2 drops in two balls and he gets a wicket on the 3rd via lbw with no help...

He has bowled superb - in tandem with Sami

 

[Zeenix]

What is this.. How can this be true..

*Danish Kaneria (lb) 5.4 2 10 2 1.76 (0nb, 0w) 5.4-2-10-2 46 188 32.91
Mohammad Sami (rf) 5.0 1 12 1 2.40 (2nb, 0w) 5-1-12-1 29 74 47.87

 

[mkexpress]

daaaaaaaaaaniiiiiiii Pata nahi kiya khaa keh aiya haa!

 

[12thMan]

Akmal has dropped two catches (luckly next ball or so tha batsman got out) and then one can say maybe missed one of Smith that YK took

 

[karachiite]

Kaneria turning the googly more than the leggie.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Don't relax boys! come on don't drop the josh level!!!

 

[pacman]

Jackman on the LBW is asking if the googly had turned enough to miss legstump. He sees hawkeye and say, no. LOL.

 

[CrickFan]

Akmal - you are a retard ..it is official ..you don't even deserve a place in Pakistan under 13 team

 

[mkexpress]

bring back shoaibee for 1 ovr or so

 

[Amoeba]

Is anyone out there who still believes Akmal is anything but completely useless against spinners?

 

[Pakistani tigers]

exactly do not let us...eat them up below 120 inshallah

 

[arsal_pakfan]

Sami bowling so beautifully(minus his no-balls)!!...really encouraging to see this...may this continue for long atleast throughout this Test atleast

 

[pacman]

Akmal - you are a retard ..it is official ..you don't even deserve a place in Pakistan under 13 team

calm down mate, Pak are in a great possition. Try and enjoy that for a moment.

 

[karachiite]

Sami is bowling beautifully. Pace and movement with good control and stamina.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

this maybe the last over before tea!

 

[Pakistani tigers]

come on we gotta back akmal and sami...they have talent and need application...come on sami yaar hit back hard today allyour critiocs

 

[Ahmad]

daaaaaaaaaaniiiiiiii Pata nahi kiya khaa keh aiya haa!

Dani khaa keh nahe, Dani pani pee keh aaya hai

 

[Saqib]

Brink Akhtar or Asif back for 2 overs, hope they get a wicket. btw is inzi still in the field ?

 

[Oxy]

Now Kami is dropping balls at random - edge or no edge.

Serious technical flaws.

 

[pacman]

There is nothing in the pitch to suggest why Pak have got 5 SA wickets. It looks a pretty good deck. Just good bowling and poor strokes from SA.

 

[Hash]

this maybe the last over before tea!

no mate. i doubt it very much.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

Boucher is the real fighter in this South African side...if we get him we will surely bowl them out under 120...but if he stays(God forbid) then they can make a comeback!

 

[MIG]

Kaneria to Gibbs, out Lbw!! Kaneria deceives the right hander with the wrong un, spins back in from outside off, Gibbs kneels down and looks to sweep it away, misses it, rapped on the pads and the finger goes up, he is plumb infront, this is something very mysterious!!! Akmal drops one again and in the very same over, that batsman perishes!!! H Gibbs lbw b D Kaneria 2(7) 4s-0 6s-0

 

[shan]

thank god, pig gibbs is back to zoo room.

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

guys, do u think akmal has an eye vision problem , may b its his ego thats not letting his see an optician

 

[SUPERSAMI]

KAmi is just terrible

 

[iZeeshan]

Whoever said it was right! It was a great toss to lose!

Dream start for us!

 

[Oxy]

Good appeal - off Danish. Not out. Off the arm/elbow.

 

[pak4life]

this maybe the last over before tea!

im sure they would like some lunch first!

 

[shan]

pick another wicket. bowl them out before 100.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

can't believe that just 6 months ago many raved about Kami as the best WK in the world.....now he is one of the worst!

 

[Oxy]

guys, do u think akmal has an eye vision problem , may b its his ego thats not letting his see an optician

We dicussed this last year when hios problems started. He doesnt seem to get in line with the ball quick enough.

 

[Daoud]

guys, do u think akmal has an eye vision problem , may b its his ego thats not letting his see an optician

That what I think actually. Even in the last test where he stumped Prince, he missed the stumps the first time.

 

[Zeenix]

Another wicket and Well.. Ahem...

 

[shan]

good session. 64/5 i expected better

 

[Oxy]

At Lunch.

SA: 64-5 off 25 overs.

Stunning session for Pak.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

terrific session for Pakistan!!!

need to carry on this excellent work in the 2nd session!!

 

[feather]

I think there is something seriously wrong with him as Oxy has mentioned. He is dropping random balls here and there all the time. I don't think it has anything to do with who is bowling because you should see kami keeping to kaneria in Pak vs Eng series and he took some amazing catches.

 

[Zeenix]

im sure they would like some lunch first!

 

[mkexpress]

Lunch... and this session goes tooooooooo ......... any guesses or would u use ur lifelines??

 

[CrickFan]

Cricinfo correcting - that it was Hafeez and not Farhat who took the catch

 

[Oxy]

Boucher & Pollock are the 'old guard' - they are superb players and have got SA out of many holes over the years.

Removing them is the key.

 

[Zeenix]

An outstanding session for Pakistan. Haven't seen this for quite some time now..

 

[Zeenix]

Lunch... and this session goes tooooooooo ......... any guesses or would u use ur lifelines??

HERSCHILLE GIBBS

 

[Oxy]

Donald is saying:-

"We are 5 down here - bloody hell. I cant believe it. We looked a bit tired."

He is talking off mic, and could say something he regrets!

 

[CrickFan]

Lunch... and this session goes tooooooooo ......... any guesses or would u use ur lifelines??

Gibbs for learning a big lesson in life - don't hunt something that you can't kill

 

[the_game]

Sami bowling well; now that's a good sign. We have no loose bowlers giving away easy runs so far.

 

[cricket_fan194]

What is this.. How can this be true..

*Danish Kaneria (lb) 5.4 2 10 2 1.76 (0nb, 0w) 5.4-2-10-2 46 188 32.91
Mohammad Sami (rf) 5.0 1 12 1 2.40 (2nb, 0w) 5-1-12-1 29 74 47.87

Cricinfo:

"Are we dreaming?" wonders Osman Samiuddin, our Pakistan editor, rubbing his eyes. "Kaneria's taken a wicket before his 25th over, Sami has taken a wicket full stop. And Imran Farhat has held onto a catch."

 

[shan]

big fish named kallis is still there.