3rd test commentary thread - pak v india @ karachi

[rayhan]

Kamran and Razzaq doing playing decently here.

 

[Slugger]

84/6

 

[rayhan]

Ganguly on to bowl...hmmmm...interesting ploy there by Dravid.

 

[Nauman]

Moin Khan and Salim Malik doing well.

 

[cinderella]

C'MON AAP LOGGON KI BHURPOOR TAALIYOON KEY SAATH MR.HASH AND MR.NAUMAN UNKEY DEBUT KAROKEE CONTEST KEY LIYEH

haha i went to a friend's house today and sung the song " no easy way to give in " it was nice........even in my ahem ahem voice.

getting back to cricket............85/6

 

[DotCom]

And Salim Malik and Razzaq bowl similar speeds recently as well .. lol

 

[lakha84]

hash,

if nauman wasnts to call certain ppl sifarshis then it is his right.Its called freedom of speech.



nauman,things looking bleak out there but lets be abit positive out there.

No guys please kiss and make up

ITS PAKCRIC U TALKING ABT NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH

 

[Pace]

So it wasn't the Nihari that was making me sick to my stomach even before the match started. Lets hope that by some miracle we get to near 200, otherwise I might as well have another bowl of Nihari!

 

[lakha84]

So it wasn't the Nihari that was making me sick to my stomach even before the match started. Lets hope that by some miracle we get to near 200, otherwise I might as well have another bowl of Nihari!

SAVE SOME FOR MEEEEEEE

 

[cinderella]

is there any room to some of the batsman in the blender that would make some great chuttney

naw this princess isn't in favor of cruel and unusual punishment.

there's room for one......
it can be nauman or hash
if they keep going on

still 85/6........

i think pakistani bowlers will do well too

 

[rayhan]

444.. sloppy work by Zaheer

Pak 90/6

 

[samisback]

finally something to cheer about peeps a 50 runs patnership yayyyyy 90 for 6 now gud recovery work being done by them!

 

[DotCom]

So it wasn't the Nihari that was making me sick to my stomach even before the match started. Lets hope that by some miracle we get to near 200, otherwise I might as well have another bowl of Nihari!

Man I am going to have to book a flight soon .. first NSK ! then concerts, then Nihari ..

I LOVE KARACHI !!

 

[rayhan]

50 partnership up between these two.

Pak 91/6

 

[Pace]

So it wasn't the Nihari that was making me sick to my stomach even before the match started. Lets hope that by some miracle we get to near 200, otherwise I might as well have another bowl of Nihari!

 

[rayhan]

Rameez says: pretty tenacious players (referring to Razzaq and Kamran)

 

[samisback]

the best form of defence is to atack which is demonstrated here by both kami n razi..well done lads 5 more minutes to lunch then u can have ur murgha n charghas another 4444444444444 greets dad with a 4 now 95

 

[rayhan]

great shot for Kamran...amazing timing...What a player.

 

[rayhan]

4 mins to lunch

 

[badxhah]

shurr kaay 10over agar aqal se khel letaay toh ki baat hoti..looks like good batting track now
does it?

 

[samisback]

could they do it again? could they repeat the mohali performance here peeps???that would be unblavle if they could do it again these 2.........i hope they do pitch seems to be easing up a touch now!

 

[rayhan]

Kamran looks to have decent technique.

 

[badxhah]

i lit up a cirgrette n by the time it was finshed most of the team was back in the hut

 

[rayhan]

4444.... for Kamran,

Pak 99/6...correction...no lunch yet....last over.

 

[the true passionist]

the pitch already losing it's magic
99/6

 

[rayhan]

100 up for Pakistan.

100/6

 

[rayhan]

Pak 101/6

Kamran 3o
Razzi 32

 

[Slugger]

oh man the pitch already losing its magic? what are our bowlers gonna do?

 

[Hash]

It was always clear that a green top would be a mistake. Let's hope the pitch does not completely flatten out now and still offers something to our bowlers.

101 for 6 now. These two are doing an absolutely fantastic job. But their job is not even nearly finished. Just keep going!

 

[HAFRIDI]

Lunch

 

[rayhan]

Bails taken off...and lunch called.

101/6

 

[Oxy]

What a session:-

A 1st over hatrick
6 wickets
101 runs
Dodgy umpiring
Pak fight back

 

[rayhan]

It was always clear that a green top would be a mistake. Let's hope the pitch does not completely flatten out now and still offers something to our bowlers.

101 for 6 now. These two are doing an absolutely fantastic job. But their job is not even nearly finished. Just keep going!

AMEN to that thought Hash. Can't wait for the tongue lashing by Boycs. Hopefully Woolmer will do the same.

 

[hasanahmad]

the pitch is not losing its bite, its the seam which is vanishing. the seam goes inside the skin of the ball as the match goes on, that results in less seam movement and lesser swing

 

[pacman]

What a session:-

A 1st over hatrick
6 wickets
101 runs
Dodgy umpiring
Pak fight back

What was dodgy?

 

[samisback]

What a session:-

A 1st over hatrick
6 wickets
101 runs
Dodgy umpiring
Pak fight back

dodgy umpiring ............come on now lets give where credits due.............gud competetion btw bat n ball so far

 

[whyhkk]

How was it dodgy umpiring?

 

[UJ]

The good news for Pakistan at lunch is that the current partnership is 62 at 4.28 an over. Theres still a chance of a decent total if Kami and Razzaq stay put for a while

 

[rayhan]

Holding making the point that Pakistani batsmen been playing like they were in Lahore and Faisalabad. They should have adapted to the conditions better than that. Says that Akmal and Razzaq have been playing well.

 

[Oxy]

RAZZAK was PLUMB-not given....

 

[Imy]

its not the pitch its the new ball. this is karachi so its near the occean hopefully the ball will reverse by over 30 if we make 200 we are in

 

[Oxy]

dodgy umpiring ............come on now lets give where credits due.............gud competetion btw bat n ball so far

Imean we shoul;d have been 7 down...Raz...plumb in front of mid stump!

 

[Somali Pirate]

the best form of defence is to atack which is demonstrated here by both kami n razi..well done lads 5 more minutes to lunch then u can have ur murgha n charghas another 4444444444444 greets dad with a 4 now 95

is'nt that why we are 6 down

 

[Somali Pirate]

Green top or not,


this match is exciting.

 

[rayhan]

Boycs and his tongue-lashing: I didn't think much of the batting, some of the batting was really poor. Talked about playing carefully and getting to lunch. Razzaq not having elegantly, footwork wasn't right played well as I said. Pak in a mess.

 

[samisback]

Imean we shoul;d have been 7 down...Raz...plumb in front of mid stump!

)))))) that was a bit dodgy

 

[badxhah]

i think indians batsman will play well on this pitch first the pitch will ease out secondliy they are not all stroke players except for dhoni n shewag they will look to graft their innings.all they had to do is is see of shoab off

 

[samisback]

is'nt that why we are 6 down

the only batter who was out attacking was farhat......he showed some guts...but unfortunatly got out he was looking gud thuough i would say even faisal iqbal was looking gud for a beirf period much better then yousaf n younis! atleast the feet were moving!

 

[cinderella]

Green top or not,


this match is exciting.

yes it is
but i dunno if it's a good exciting or a bad exciting....

 

[rayhan]

Boycs: "Pakistanis have got into bad habits. I told the general when I was here, dig the pitches up and make greenish wickets so the batsmen (youngsters and others) work on their technique. Batsmen here have poor technique, footwork and look like falling over." OUCH!!!

 

[rayhan]

Boycs: no technique, sloppy footwork, they think they are great players after playing like that after lahore and Faisalabad. Farhat had been playing well and gets out to a sloppy batting...needs a kick up the backside." to this Manjrekar says "I don't think you would be able to kick Farhat, his uncle Mohd Illyas wouldn't let you, to which Boycs says "I don't care." hahahahahahaha

 

[Slugger]

haha where are you watching this?

 

[samisback]

both waqar n boyccotts giving the credits to the batters for providing them 6 wickets to the bowlers )))

 

[the_game]

Boycs: no technique, sloppy footwork, they think they are great players after playing like that after lahore and Faisalabad. Farhat had been playing well and gets out to a sloppy batting...needs a kick up the backside." to this Manjrekar says "I don't think you would be able to kick Farhat, his uncle Mohd Illyas wouldn't let you, to which Boycs says "I don't care." hahahahahahaha

He actually said "I don't give a toss" ) .

 

[samisback]

Boycs: no technique, sloppy footwork, they think they are great players after playing like that after lahore and Faisalabad. Farhat had been playing well and gets out to a sloppy batting...needs a kick up the backside." to this Manjrekar says "I don't think you would be able to kick Farhat, his uncle Mohd Illyas wouldn't let you, to which Boycs says "I don't care." hahahahahahaha

manjerkar has all the insights )) i think the best decision Ary have ever made to have manjerakor sat in the studio )

 

[rayhan]

haha where are you watching this?

Straight Drive (cricket show) on Ten Sports. Host Manjrekar, guest analysts Boycs and Waqar.

 

[ahaPassion]

Winners always remain positive and must focus on wining the game and InshAllah Pakwill pass through this difficult time.

 

[MIG]

If anything, this batting display is bad news for our England trip....

 

[rayhan]

Waqar as "analyst"...hehehe...agreeing with Boycs in everything.

 

[Somali Pirate]

cavin.

yk tried to drive a ball.

yoyo tried to drive a ball.

afridi tried to drive a ball.

farhat tried to drive a ball.


attacking cricket is the best eh?

 

[rayhan]

He actually said "I don't give a toss" ) .

My bad. I was too busy laughing my @rse off.. BOYCS BOYCS.

 

[samisback]

If anything, this batting display is bad news for our England trip....

nah we have done well whenver we have toured england...we shouldnt get too far ahead of ourselves we still have india in karachi...........n they still have to face the music by our bowlers!!!!!

 

[rayhan]

If anything, this batting display is bad news for our England trip....

yeah MiG, we look like we are gonna do it tough down there.

 

[samisback]

u call all of them drives with no feet movement???i have never seen one driving without moving their feet......they threw bat at the ball leaving a huge gap btw bat n pad.........if u drive straight u never ever leave any gap btw bat n pat.............only farhat played an agressive shot really...apart from that it was the swing of the bowlers that got em!

 

[samisback]

cavin.

yk tried to drive a ball.

yoyo tried to drive a ball.

afridi tried to drive a ball.

farhat tried to drive a ball.


attacking cricket is the best eh?

u call all of them drives with no feet movement???i have never seen one driving without moving their feet......they threw bat at the ball leaving a huge gap btw bat n pad.........if u drive straight u never ever leave any gap btw bat n pat.............only farhat played an agressive shot really...apart from that it was the swing of the bowlers that got em!

 

[Hydro]

sallam everyone

could ask how is the pitch

is it good for bowlers

 

[Somali Pirate]

cavin.driving the ball when it is swinging is just suicide.look at the replays.

 

[samisback]

cavin.driving the ball when it is swinging is just suicide.look at the replays.

i agree with u.......but the shorts they played were no way near being classified as agressive ...freedi even was casstled due to no foot movement n the swing of the ball...their techniques being explored.........i still blv attack is the best form of defence they are going to get all out im sure at some stage why not die fighting n putting some runs on the board!

 

[Slugger]

If the ball is doing dangerous things then why the hell would you play these hasty shots?! Everyone of these young charays wanted to be heroes...

 

[samisback]

sallam everyone

could ask how is the pitch

is it good for bowlers

waslam pitch is easing up a bit now has grass on it ball was swining in the first hour (as it would in any test match......but the intresting thing is that therz a clud cover in karachi that i have rarly seen which added to the swing............their bowlers bowled well n our batters had poor batting technique!

 

[PapaBear]

If anything, this batting display is bad news for our England trip....

Pray MIG Pray!

 

[rayhan]

Boycs prediction is Pakistan 170 all out after the start they've had.

 

[Big Mac]

u call all of them drives with no feet movement???i have never seen one driving without moving their feet......they threw bat at the ball leaving a huge gap btw bat n pad.........if u drive straight u never ever leave any gap btw bat n pat

Tell that to Sehwag.

 

[the true passionist]

yeh...guyz...
nothing to worry about...
this is Pakistan cricket...
and this is how it has been for decades...
these odd pathetic batting failures will appear but then we shouldn't also forget the other side of it...
the types of wins Pakistan have had especially in the recent past...in Bangalore,W.I,Multan and Lahore (against Eng) not many teams have been able to achieve such feats..
so nothing to worry...all to cheer for Pak cricket lives on...it has only improved with Woolmer (though i do not always agree with him)

 

[PapaBear]

yeah MiG, we look like we are gonna do it tough down there.

Time to learn some lessons, BW should sit with them watch these videos over and over and work on techniques. Boycott is right! They can only play on dead pitches.

 

[rayhan]

Deano: "Kamran and Razzaq played beautifully."

 

[samisback]

Tell that to Sehwag.

he still needs to bat on this pitch so lets wait n watch shall we?

 

[INZItheman]

India's bowlers have been bigged up for nothing. 1/2 good deliveries maybe? Butt one and Iqbal? Rest poor technique chucking their wicket typical of Pak! India getting credit for nothing!Could have easily been 100/2 or something?Dismal!

Akmal and Razzaq showing the openers how to bat

 

[samisback]

positve start after lunch 3333 runs to kami

 

[rayhan]

Nice straight shot for Kamran...gets 3 runs...Good hand-eye coordination according to Shiva.