Australia v Pakistan | 1st Test - Day 3 | MCG | 28/12/09

[iafzal]

Misbah 50, painful initially but well played in the end

 

[saqlain]

Congrats...good and deserving 50. But the job is not anywhere near finished. He has to score more runs to get Pakistan to a good total

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

partnership 22 and counting

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Pointing, Bring on Hauritz the Destroyer.

 

[Khabri420]

Just go nuts now

 

[insaaniyat]

Misbah keep going man.

 

[adiabbasi]

finally well plyed misbah

 

[saqlain]

Good effort by Ajmal. He is staying at the wicket.

 

[saj001]

Mitchell johnson on

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Mitchell on now.

 

[abdulqadir786]

yar ab itna bhi hame misbah ka peche nahi parna chaya!

 

[iZeeshan]

12 runs to go.

 

[insaaniyat]

Misbah 50, painful initiall but well played in the end

always criticism fist and then the praise. You could have just said well played, really

 

[luvthegame]

50...

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

C'mon Misbah we need a few fours and sixes..

 

[saqlain]

Ponting is telling Misbah to hit Johnson out of the ground

 

[Dare2Dream]

Misbah's 50 runs are very critical, now Umar Akmal wicket would have made a huge difference.

 

[octavian]

Mitch into the attack, 13 to avoid follow on.

Lets hope he bowls couple of loose ones, before nailing either of the batsman.

 

[Cheguvera]

12 runs to go.

Don't matter none...Aus will be batting again...Pakistan's only hope in this match was have played through today...making Aus bat good part of tomorrow and then only having to survive 4 sessions...now Pak will have to survive 6 sessions and that ain't happening...

 

[strongman123]

so misbah has a fifty...now he is never gettin dropped

 

[saj001]

single taken

 

[octavian]

so far bang on target MJ

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Don't matter none...Aus will be batting again...Pakistan's only hope in this match was have played through today...making Aus bat good part of tomorrow and then only having to survive 4 sessions...now Pak will have to survive 6 session and that ain't happening...

Well, what if we bowl out Australia cheaply?

 

[saqlain]

Well lets see what Aussies gonna do to Ajmal now

 

[kingusama92]

Misbah has been better today. At least he can say that he stayed out there while others were falling around him.

Sadly, his batting is extremely boring barring the times he decides to smash the spinners silly.

 

[luvthegame]

go for 100..misbah...Aussies are under pressure now...

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

partnership 23 and counting

 

[Alibhai]

I must praise the consistent objectivity shown by the broadcasters.

It's not the contrived variety where they only shower obviously warranted praise on the visiting team. They are also highlighting incidences when the Aussies are out of line either appealing/ time-wasting/ or sledging.

I'm happy and impressed.

 

[Cheguvera]

Well, what if we bowl out Australia cheaply?

If only pigs could fly...

 

[Rana]

first innings of this series, not bad, weve had a sighter. Dw guys, expect the mean greens to be back next innings.

 

[saj001]

ajmal survives

 

[saqlain]

Good bowling by Johnson. He has done a good job for Australia in this match.

 

[insaaniyat]

He sure acts like one sometimes.

of all the people here, i didn't expect that from you you hurt my feeling. Afzal I can understand,

 

[PapaBear]

Run rate has crept upto a mammoth 2.61 last 10 overs 2.8

 

[iZeeshan]

Honestly, I'd rather bat again. But that's obviously not happening.

 

[Rana]

bring bracken next game, i sniff 111 metres!

 

[adzzy786]

Misbah doesnt have the skills to keep tail enders off strike.

Proved You Wrong So Far

 

[Chuffed]

Well, what if we bowl out Australia cheaply?

We could do with some reverse swing for sure.

 

[luvthegame]

good fight back by pak...

 

[PapaBear]

Proved You Wrong So Far

And I am happy for that

 

[tauseefm]

of all the people here, i didn't expect that from you you hurt my feeling. Afzal I can understand,

Oyee kon insaaniyat ko tang ker raha hay? Baz aa jao warna main uncle ko baton ga

 

[octavian]

I must praise the consistent objectivity shown by the broadcasters.

It's not the contrived variety where they only shower obviously warranted praise on the visiting team. They are also highlighting incidences when the Aussies are out of line either appealing/ time-wasting/ or sledging.

I'm happy and impressed.

i second that. commentary has been very good throughout.

 

[saj001]

4 more to misbah

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Four to Misbah.

 

[Rana]

i will declare myself to my bed as soon as misbah gets out, or the other one.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

four !!

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

27 the partnership and counting

 

[adzzy786]

Shot

 

[saqlain]

Good shot.

 

[saj001]

2 more to misbah

 

[insaaniyat]

Oyee kon insaaniyat ko tang ker raha hay? Baz aa jao warna main uncle ko baton ga

thank you Tauseef,

 

[iZeeshan]

Misbah has actually played really, really well this innings.

Lets hope he finds form now

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

2 more..

 

[saqlain]

I dont understand when you can hit the ball so well under pressure why not play this kinda game on most days.

 

[saj001]

ajmal has one ball to survive

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

single..

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

250 up.

 

[PapaBear]

Misbah throws kitchen sink at cricket bal, may be a dish washer and fridge as well,

 

[JeeraBlade]

I'm not sure that applies in misbahs case

Like it or not, he is the highest scorer in this innings.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

250 up..

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

30 and counting

 

[Bailan]

I know many are not happy with Misbah, but unlike Bhanja & farhat .... he is definetly international quality material.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Misbah we love is back! MIA for 2 years, now back and needs to play with this intent consistently.

 

[Rana]

i second that. commentary has been very good throughout.

they have praised the team a lot, Paul Alott was worried that pakistan might make 600 lool

 

[smoothcriminal]

Misbah plays well with the tail-enders eh...


Btw, Love Aussie commentary... Make the series so worth it to watch, even if we don't do so well.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Misbah ki century hui?

 

[iZeeshan]

250 up. Let's see how long this goes on

 

[saj001]

ajmal dropped

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Dropped?

 

[Rana]

I know many are not happy with Misbah, but unlike Bhanja & farhat .... he is definetly international quality material.

agreed, i am better than bhanji.

 

[insaaniyat]

good

 

[saqlain]

Ajmal survived...again

 

[luvthegame]

dropped....

 

[Cheguvera]

Goes to show how pathetic this Pakistan team is...even windies were taking this bowling apart...if only they had a good bowler or two in their lineup they would have beaten aussies...

 

[Random Aussie]

Katich you hack.

 

[Rana]

fortunetly,m the aussis dont need to worry about drops like we do!

 

[luvthegame]

pak is not the only one dropping catches,,,,

 

[Khabri420]

Come on Ajmal make this count. Make a hundred!

 

[daghetto]

what does it mean by 5 more runs to avoid a follow-on? whats a follow-on?

 

[adzzy786]

Ufff