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Australia 5/0 at Stumps on Day 2 of 1st Test after Pakistan declare on 476/4

Doesnt matter about rain ..its all about spin in wicket and i think with us not playing zahid ..sajid and nauman wont get much purchase on here
 
PakEngFan said:
A rarely see Babar dive. It would have saved him here.
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Fielding was immaculate

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There was no need to send in Rizwan ahead of Fawad, the lateris quite capable of scoring at a reasonable rate.
 
this is going to be a draw... lol

usman and smith are going to make a ton
 
150+ overs and just over 400 runs. pathetic go slow effort this. Are batsmen playing for their places or the team here?
 
Fawad would have hit two boundaries by now. I seem to remember the Rizwan Fawad switch was tried in name of quick runs previously as well and was almoat just as ineffective.
 
Wrong player got out,not many times you say that with Azhar,but he was more succeful in hitting the ball than Rizwan.
 
The last thing Riz would want now is Mitchell Starc running in with a ball reversing
 
The most Pakistan can make today is 525.
Will they declare on 525 though? I don't think so.
They would like to bat once and aim for 600+ possibly.
Which means they will use the first session of third day too.

There's no demons in the pitch, so I think this is possibly heading towards a draw, probably a nailbiter.
 
Draw looking most likely.

If there's rain forecast then won't that prevent the pitch from breaking up ? Don't you need hot, dry conditions for a pitch to crack ?
 
Now these two batsmen have to take risk because the cowards before them were selfishly batting for themselves.
 
Fawad Alam is really underrated by his own team. He will score more runs in 20 balls than Ifti, as the later would not last long and just waste dozwn balls he would face.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
The most Pakistan can make today is 525.
Will they declare on 525 though? I don't think so.
They would like to bat once and aim for 600+ possibly.
Which means they will use the first session of third day too.

There's no demons in the pitch, so I think this is possibly heading towards a draw, probably a nailbiter.
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There is no way they will go for 600. 500 at max.
 
PakPremi said:
There is no way they will go for 600. 500 at max.
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Not at all.

If they had 500 in mind, they won't be strolling around at 50 str rate in the last session or so.

They would have attacked if only 500 was on their minds, they're definitely aiming for 600.
 
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Lol they are trying but Aussies are bowling well. This is why they changed batting order too. They just want quick 50 to 70 runs.
 
Rizwan finally finding his touch,he always need 15 to 20 balls before he is able to.
 
Unfortunately a lot of Tests in Pakistan were batathons like this pre-2009. There's a reason why Test crowds were so poor even when we had big name players.

Only way to get out on such surfaces is a batsman's error.
 
Pakistan has made sure that they aren't loosing this test atleast. So have scored a moral victory already.
 
Iftikhar is such a hopeless batsman,he has been promoted for just one reason to tonk few and he cannot do that,not even having a go. Atleast Rizwan is trying. This is whyFawad could had been a much betteroption as he can wek out runs as well as hit regular boundaries.
 
Happy to see Marnus getting turn - great for our spinners this.
 
David Warner will give the verdict about actual pitch condition when he comes out to bat still remembered how he tormented in that dreaded SF
 
Should have batted till 550 a hasty decision if only rain will save us tomorrow
 
Pakistan declare after wasting entire day doing tuk tuk.
 
If the plan was to declare now then why not really go for it in the last 5 or 6 overs and target some quick runs.
 
Very strange, didn't even score 500. Maybe they suspect rain could interrupt the play in coming days.
 
Saj said:
If the plan was to declare now then why not really go for it in the last 5 or 6 overs and target some quick runs.
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I was thinking the same. But this wicket looks very strange, whenever they tried to hit big they mistimed. You need to have your timing intact on this pitch it seems. Let’s se how the Aussie openers fare here.
 
Decent declaration.
Pakistan needs 2 wickets tonight on this pitch. If they do, game on.
It is overcast, Aussies have tired legs.
 
Declaration was cheered like a century :))

Let's see if our guys can get anything out of this pitch.
 
Saj said:
If the plan was to declare now then why not really go for it in the last 5 or 6 overs and target some quick runs.
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Babar probably got a call from Ramiz or imran khan asking him where this games was going and suddenly declared. pretty clueless batting session since tea yesterday.
 
Saj said:
If the plan was to declare now then why not really go for it in the last 5 or 6 overs and target some quick runs.
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Tbh....Riz and Ifti did try to play some shots but were struggling to time it.

Not the easiest pitch to score freely
 
The cricket enthusiast said:
Babar seems really clueless here .
No intent whatsoever.
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It is the intent that is why he went for declaration,cha ged his batting order but Aussies bowled really well, and Iftikhar did not do his task set. The overcast waether also forced earlier than intended declaration but they were only aiming for maximum of 500 in my opinion.
 
ExpressPacer said:
Why is Zampa not in the team?
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Zampa doesn't give it enough rip to succeed in FC/Test level in Oz.

We do have a legspinner called Swepson in the touring squad who has earned his shot imo. Had a good couple of years in Shield, he's ready as he'll ever be.
 
Poor tactics that.

Made the declaration and then only get 1 over at the opposition and that too from a spinner.
 
Saj said:
Poor tactics that.

Made the declaration and then only get 1 over at the opposition and that too from a spinner.
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Poor captaincy and team batting all day. A shambles really.
 
Better Pakistan had batted 1 hour into day 3 and then declare. No thought about the light. Placid pitch with nothing for the bowlers. A high scoring draw seems likely.
 
The plan to pick up a few wickets before the end of the play failed . Hoping for a better start tomorrow morning.
 
3 days left ...i am telling you that was daft this had draw all over it but i expect aussies to make 500 plus and declare will give us nightmare final day
 
PAK 476/4 d
AUS 5/0 (1) CRR: 5
Day 2: Stumps - Australia trail by 471 runs
 
Ashmal said:
Tbh....Riz and Ifti did try to play some shots but were struggling to time it.

Not the easiest pitch to score freely
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You will see how freely Aus will score in this pitch tomorrow..

Got to bowl really well to get wickets from this flat pitch..

Keeping yasir out for home tests but play him in SENA tests :facepalm:
 
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I don't think apart from his batting, Babar Azam knows how to make intelligent decisions. When you compare to shaheen, shaheen makes more intelligent decisions
 
pathetic play

draw incoming
aus will have fun, maybe lose 2 early but after that they'll be flowing
even cummins will hit a 50
 
I wouldn't mind seeing Australia score 600+ and go on to win the test.

Imam, Azhar and Babar with their tuk tuk need to be taught a harsh lesson.

This is the legacy that Misbah has left for Pakistan cricket ever since he played in Mohali. Play slow and ensure you retain your place in the side for the next game.
 
topspin said:
I wouldn't mind seeing Australia score 600+ and go on to win the test.

Imam, Azhar and Babar with their tuk tuk need to be taught a harsh lesson.

This is the legacy that Misbah has left for Pakistan cricket ever since he played in Mohali. Play slow and ensure you retain your place in the side for the next game.
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And should Pakistan win this Test, would you like to comeback and apologize in person to each of the players you have mentioned?
 
Scores of 150+ from Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali helped Pakistan post a huge first-innings total on day two against Australia in Rawalpindi.

There was no respite for Australia on day two of the first Test as the toil continued. Continuing from an overnight score of 245/1, Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali continued to pile on the visitors' misery.

Despite wickets in hand, the batters were cautious in their approach and made the Australia bowlers work hard under the sun in Rawalpindi. The first session of the day saw just 57 runs in 25 overs, with only four boundaries coming off the bat. Imam got to his 150 as Pakistan went to lunch at 302/1.

Azhar Ali too got to his triple figures but he had his heart in his mouth as the ball just cleared the fielder at mid-on for a four.

There was finally some cause for celebration for Australia as Pat Cummins finally brought an end to Imam's innings, trapping him in front of the stumps for 157. The wicket ended a massive 208-run partnership between the third wicket pair.

Babar Azam and Ali inserted some urgency in the scoring, finding the boundaries with a lot more regularity to get the scoreboard ticking. A six-over phase between overs 127-132 saw Pakistan go at over six runs an over.

Ali soon brought up his 150 for the sixth time in Test cricket as the hosts went to tea in a dominant position, having added 92 runs in the second session.

Having brought up yet another milestone, Ali went on the attack, smashing three fours in the first over after the break. Soon, Australia got their second wicket of the day, thanks to some brilliant work in the field from Marnus Labuschagne. A direct hit saw Babar short of the crease, ending the 101-run partnership between the duo.

Ali looked set for a double hundred but a rush-of-blood moment saw him attempt a reverse sweep against the part-time spin of Labuschagne. He only managed to top-edge and Cameron Green completed a good catch at short third. Pakistan finally declared the innings at 476/4, giving a tricky period to tackle ahead of stumps.

Thankfully for Australia, they had to contend with only one over as bad light forced the players to go off the field early.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2515020
 
Pakistan have taken an iron grip of the first Test after veteran Azhar Ali once again tormented Australia's bowlers and his team put themselves in a position from where history suggests they cannot lose.

On a day when Australia mourned the death of their greatest-ever Test bowler Shane Warne, the pace-heavy attack deployed at Rawalpindi was blunted by the home team's unhurried and impassable batting and a pitch that offered little other than runs and exhaustion.

At the close of day two, Australia were 0-5 after just one over at the crease in pursuit of Pakistan's 4(dec)-476.

That hefty total was built on the back of towering knocks from Azhar (185) and opener Imam-ul-Haq (157) with record books showing in their 70 years at international level Pakistan have never lost a Test after scoring 475 or more in the first innings of a match.

Indeed, only 12 teams in the game's almost 150-year history have posted a total of 475 or more in the first innings of a match and lost.

And just two of those – India's defeat of England at Chennai in 2016 and their triumph over Australia at Bengaluru six years earlier – took place on the sub continent.

Australia's interim coach Andrew McDonald observed at the close of day one – on which his bowlers claimed a solitary wicket – that if Pakistan were still batting a day later then it would become increasingly apparent only two results (Pakistan win and a draw) effectively remained in play.

As events transpired, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam called his batters in with an hour to play on day two by which time cloud cover had thickened and the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium floodlights were at full lux.

Consequently, Babar's hopes of unleashing his pace weapon Shaheen Shah Afridi at Australia's openers was thwarted as umpires instructed him to deploy only spinners which meant the new ball was taken by off-spinner Sajid Khan.

But after a solitary over, from which Khawaja took five runs, umpires deemed it was too dark and players left the field.

While ambient conditions might have offered the tourists a rare reprieve in a match where they've been squarely on the back foot since captain Pat Cummins lost the coin toss yesterday, it's likely to prove short-lived when the quicks roar back into action tomorrow.

McDonald had also flagged reverse swing will invariably become a factor as the Test plays out, given the dry, abrasive nature of the wicket block and as the lush outfield begins to dry and cause further wear and tear to the ball.

However, the four quicks (including all-rounder Cameron Green) the tourists opted to play in the opening game of the three-Test Qantas Tour could only find marginal movement despite their disciplined efforts across almost two days.

Cummins was the only quick to take a wicket in that time when he trapped Imam in front soon after lunch today, but after that it was part-time spinner Marnus Labuschagne who claimed the sporadic breakthroughs, one with a direct-hit run-out and another with his leg breaks.

The first of those ended Babar's innings just as the Pakistan skipper was finding his stride, and the second came when Azhar attempted an ambitious reverse sweep as the home team looked to increase its scoring rate after a ponderous first five sessions.

Australia's cause wasn't helped by a couple of missed review opportunities, and a dropped catch from keeper Alex Carey off the spin of Nathan Lyon before Pakistan's rival gloveman Mohammad Rizwan (who finished 29 not out) had scored.

If Australia are to emerge from the series opener without going 0-1 down in the series, their batters will need to exhibit the same patience and diligent shot selection that was a feature of the stoic 208-run second-wicket stand between Imam and Azhar.

In assessing the game's first day which the Pakistan pair ended 132no and 64 no respectively, McDonald flagged the two-phase plan his team would bring for day two.

The first element – to control the game's tempo – was successfully implemented in today's opening hour when set batters Imam and Azhar added just 27 runs from 13 overs.

However, the second stage of that pincer movement – to "make inroads in terms of the wicket tally" – proved no more incisive than it had been a day earlier.

Its ambition was not aided by Australia's wretched record of DRS challenges, with Imam surviving an appeal 143 after the umpire's not out call was not referred to the video referee.

Imam had flashed loosely at a ball from Lyon that pitched outside the left-hander's off stump from around the wicket and passed beneath the opener's bat prompting an immediate appeal from Carey which he soon downgraded to understandable excitement that ball had beaten bat.

Discussion ensued with Cummins urgently inquiring from his fielding position at mid-wicket whether it required closer examination, but the non-stop buzz of noise from the joyful Rawalpindi crowd seemingly led the Australians to doubt what they might have heard and the case was closed.

When television replays confirmed the ball had indeed grazed the under-side of Imam's bat, Cummins offered a rueful smile that effectively hid the frustration that surely fumed within.

That discontent doubtless led to the decision 11 overs later to initiate a review when Azhar aimed a rare pull shot at one of the countless short balls Cummins fired his way in his six-hour occupation to that point, and which appeared to fly harmlessly through to Carey.

But the Australia captain was convinced he'd heard something above the constant drone from the plastic trumpets, and burned the second of his team's three reviews in ascertaining he was mistaken.

By that time Azhar had cruised to his 19th Test century – his fourth in 10 appearances against Australia – and Australia's barren run without a wicket had stretched to almost 90 overs.

The 37-year-old now boasts 1185 runs against Australia at an average of almost 56, with today's effort only surpassed by the unbeaten 205 the right-hander scored as an opener in the 2016 Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

The breakthrough came three balls after the squandered review when Cummins got a delivery to shape marginally into Imam having pitched on middle and leg and – with the weary opener pinned on the crease – plumb in front of his stumps.

It almost seemed an attempt at a bit of fun when Imam decided to review the call which showed the ball slamming into middle two-thirds of the way up, but the confirmation triggered an annoyed response from the left-hander who slammed his bat into his pad and shouted to the heavens.

Perhaps his anger was triggered by realisation he had fallen 20 runs shy of equalling the highest Test score posted by his revered uncle Inzamam-ul-Haq at Rawalpindi, a benchmark of which Imam was reminded during day one's post-match media conference.

And if the 26-year-old looked to be mollified by the crowd's rousing recognition of his career-high tally that had lifted his team to a position of near invincibility, he might have been further aggrieved when the local fans began chanting for Pakistan skipper Babar who was on his way to the wicket.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...-scores-highlights-scorecard-video/2022-03-05
 
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