Australia v Pakistan | 2nd Test - Day 2 | SCG | 4/01/10

[On_the_up]

Bowlers not bowling enough balls consistently in the right channels.

Corridor of Uncertainty

 

[SlowerBall]

These two are batting pretty solid, but saying that they do play the odd rash shot.

 

[insaaniyat]

Farhat batting way out of his crease

to rule out lbw?

yes

 

[KA$H]

blow looked nasty didnt it - i feeling for farhat here

 

[Astro]

aussies cant get a wicket and now there reminising over if they did.. LOL

 

[saj001]

farhat hogging the strike

 

[On_the_up]

Did anyone expect we wouldn't have lost a wkt by now?

Be honest now.

 

[usman303]

59/0

 

[saj001]

one more single

 

[Oxy]

I am missing Waqar in the commentary box

:younis "Buttah I am a prefer to be in the Pak dressing room"

 

[KA$H]

20 over gone - at least new ball hardness is gone

 

[Seen Sheen]

Imran dont miss the straight delivery plz..otherwise you are playing quite well..

 

[Cheguvera]

Not much of a difference....... just that Sami/Asif are not bowling right now.

I don't know about the pitch, but the conditions have definitely changed...sun has peaked through a few times and there is certainly less moisture in the air compared to yesterday...

 

[ShehryarK]

this match reminds me of lahore vs india 2004..farhat made a 100 that day!

Well spotted!!

So did our captain in that match

The first day of that match was Umar Gul's arrival as a top-quality fast bowler - a McGrath-esque spell of bowling to destroy the Indian batting line-up.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

trail by 68

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Misfield. Runs one.

 

[SlowerBall]

Stole a single, misfield not like the Australians.

 

[Astro]

sneaky run from misfielding!

 

[KA$H]

Did anyone expect we wouldn't have lost a wkt by now?

Be honest now.

i thought we'd be 3 down easily

got to say teh openers have really stuck to it - credit to them

 

[abcanada]

Even if it was a straight catch........... imran would have asked for referal!!

 

[Oxy]

20 over gone - at least new ball hardness is gone

My GP warned me about this condition

 

[On_the_up]

IF 35
Butt 19

Pak 61-0

 

[ZAK]

Good batting by the openers.

 

[insaaniyat]

Well spotted!!

So did our captain in that match

The first day of that match was Umar Gul's arrival as a top-quality fast bowler - a McGrath-esque spell of bowling to destroy the Indian batting line-up.

A class batsman to watch

 

[octavian]

:younis "Buttah I am a prefer to be in the Pak dressing room"

. i prefer him there too

 

[Seen Sheen]

20 over gone - at least new ball hardness is gone

Now,its time to cope the reverse swing!!

 

[SlowerBall]

It seems like Watson ain't really trying, just seems to be strolling in not really going through with his action.

 

[ShehryarK]

I don't know about the pitch, but the conditions have definitely changed...sun has peaked through a few times and there is certainly less moisture in the air compared to yesterday...

Oh come on! Let's give credit to our bowlers and batters....please? For once?

The pitch today is almost exactly the same. They did a frame by frame comparison with Greig's commentary earlier.

You're right, there's some sun now, but there wasn't much an hour ago or when the play started 80 minutes ago!

 

[octavian]

they are still discussing Farhats alleged catch that wasnt even caught

 

[Oxy]

Nothing beats a home made midnight Haleem!

 

[On_the_up]

Pitch is definitely easing now. Effect of the sun drying it out?

 

[KA$H]

pitch is too green for reverse isnt it

 

[saeed-sohail]

Guys I went to bed ten hours ago we were 14/0.
Have I overslept? Is it really 61/0 or I am in a dream?

 

[Oxy]

Is lunch still in 1hr 5 mins?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

trail by 66

 

[On_the_up]

another single

 

[saj001]

Nothing beats a home made midnight Haleem!

You are making me hungry now

 

[SlowerBall]

This is good, these two are sticking in well!!

 

[Oxy]

Guys I went to bed ten hours ago we were 14/0.
Have I overslept? Is it really 61/0 or I am in a dream?

If you receive this message in your dream, then I'd get ready for a life in a padded white cell...

 

[Astro]

getting a little boring..

 

[Random Aussie]

We need wickets bad.

Nice work by North to drop that catch. Siddle been the best this morning but without luck.

And we need luck, big time luck.

 

[ShehryarK]

A class batsman to watch

Absolutely! My favourite (after Miandad) A very good captain too... and a gentleman!

 

[ZAK]

Nothing beats a home made midnight Haleem!

And the subsequent Aatish fishan in the stomach.

 

[octavian]

ahahahahah Mark Nicholas.. what a nutcase

 

[saeed-sohail]

Did mark nicholas captain Eng in test cricket?

 

[On_the_up]

Will be interesting to see is Hauritz gets any spin.

 

[On_the_up]

Did mark nicholas captain Eng in test cricket?

Only played a handful of games, I doubt it.

 

[octavian]

We need wickets bad.

Nice work by North to drop that catch. Siddle been the best this morning but without luck.

And we need luck, big time luck.

now you know how it feels

 

[Oxy]

getting a little boring..

T20 game is in 2 weeks time...

 

[KA$H]

Guys I went to bed ten hours ago we were 14/0.
Have I overslept? Is it really 61/0 or I am in a dream?

maybe you're in a coma?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Pakistan Openers continue to fight :Cricinfo.

what fight they are reffering to?

That is their main headline, we are 65 runs away with 10 wickets in hand. You call that a fight?

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

yaar aap loug sab shaant hojain aur countdown dekhain - -65

 

[don1990]

62/0

 

[ShehryarK]

Is lunch still in 1hr 5 mins?

Yep, AFAIK.
Just a 2.5 hour session because of the start 30 minutes early to make up for lost time...

 

[KA$H]

Did mark nicholas captain Eng in test cricket?

Nowhere near

 

[dblock]

This is very good by the openers.

I don't mind if they don't score quickly, they need to bat as much as possible for the day and more maybe.

 

[Oxy]

Did mark nicholas captain Eng in test cricket?

I dont think he played a single game for Eng.

Nearly did - but they went for Chris Cowdrey - might have been when GAtting was sacked

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Thes two should silently push towards Australia's total and then go berserk. We still have plenty of batting to come.

 

[KA$H]

driving on the walk - stop it

 

[On_the_up]

Watto beats Farhat

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Beauty by Watson.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Trail by 65

 

[octavian]

Farhat extremely lucky there

 

[insaaniyat]

yaar aap loug sab shaant hojain aur countdown dekhain - -65

needs to move to positive with these two still on the crease Insha Allah

 

[KA$H]

getting a little boring..

love it - i wanna see us bore them into submission

 

[ShehryarK]

Did mark nicholas captain Eng in test cricket?

LOL! He never played a single Test or ODI! Was an average county pro, no more.

Which makes his commentary all the more annoying....!

 

[the Great Khan]

heres the link to that match:http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64082.html

very similar in some ways..

farhat playing well here!!

 

[Oxy]

62-0

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

needs to move to positive with these two still on the crease Insha Allah

iA

 

[On_the_up]

Guys I went to bed ten hours ago we were 14/0.
Have I overslept? Is it really 61/0 or I am in a dream?

If you have only just woken up, I would call that oversleeping for sure.

 

[KA$H]

Farhat extremely lucky there

you know on this pitch I'd say you need your luck

better to have a lucky player than an unlucky one

(jeez at my justification)

 

[saeed-sohail]

If you receive this message in your dream, then I'd get ready for a life in a padded white cell...

Nahiiinn I want to go back I don't want to miss our first test win in aus for long time.

 

[UP]

Good solid going.

 

[On_the_up]

Watson bowling a consistent line. A game of patience going on here

 

[On_the_up]

62-0 (24)

 

[KA$H]

24 overs mastered

keep it up lads

 

[Afridi_Fan]

farhat, faisal,Misbah and Sami made their debut in one game.

Well that had to be some game where Pakistan found so many gems at once.

 

[KA$H]

My GP warned me about this condition

good one - was it also via a PCB media leak?

 

[octavian]

That field change indicates that Butt has to face some chin music from MJ

 

[On_the_up]

Batsmen dropping to neutral I am fearing. Keep looking for the singles at least