Figured it was a nice time to follow up the last pessimists roll call
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...lling-all-wrist-slitters-naysayers-pessimists
So here goes:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...lling-all-wrist-slitters-naysayers-pessimists
So here goes:
Few deliveries away from new ball, hard to imagine that they will survive.
If Misbah and Pakistan team fail will he retire or give another excuse to leave on high notes and play more series
Typical pak approach, gift the initiative and match on a plater by playing cowardly and unnecessary defensive batting which always leads to one result which is surely not victory, at least show some intent and put other team under pressure and let them know you are there to win not just to delay or avoid the defeat. It's not even about ability it's about intent and approach.
I only started watching cricket seriously from 2007 so can anyone answer this for me - where does this Pakistan team rank among the most boring teams of all time?
Misbah ul Haq - 17 from 58 deliveries playing at a SR of under 30.
Pakistan well on their way to salvage a draw.
Misbah has no idea what he is doing.
Its a matter of time before Misbah gets out with Gabriel bowling like this. Either that or he'll break a bone. Looking clueless.
look at the way misbah is handling gabriel..embarrassing....
Lool. Its an epic battle. Misbah being schooled by Gabriel and Joseph.
Izzat se retire hojata tou yehi din nahi dekhna parta
Ramiz bashing Misbab and very rightly. He is batting like a pure tailender.
It would be epic if we need 30 more runs to win and we will be short of time.
Can't wait until Misbah leaves. Absolute dud against pace. Abuses the spinners, but also gets out. Mediocre batsman overall.
Misbah has been a Deadwood.
Misbah playing like a tail ender
There is the lead. Time to go all out guns blazing. No holding back now. 1% chance to win might as well take it. Can declare with a lead of 50.
My friend if you have forgotten this pitch is no minefield moreover we have already lost significant time to rain. In case we are looking to win the game which should always be the case this innings of Misbah is bizarre to say the least. We are not playing against a very superior teat team so don't understand the game plan
trust me pitch is dead right now. We aren't getting WI out that cheaply for sure.
Is Pakistan playing for the draw? They need to pick up the scoring rate.
Lo jee.. any hopes of a substantial lead gone.
So its a confirmed draw now. Pakistan will probably add 30/40 more.
he is playing for time. he does not want to bat again. Better teams would bat WI out of this game lookin at the ball doing not much but we are not better team./
we will see at the end of the day. I doubt WI will lose wickets on this phatta.
the expressions at the faces of Mickey Arthur and Grant says everything..
This is what happens when you let a player play 5 years after then when they should have retired.
This is the kind of situation where you can prove you mettle, turn this competitive score into match winning, I feel Misbah is just not upto mark, he was never. At best he can come at 13/3 and play a defensive innings and save team from total embarrasement but he never took opposition by thorne , that 100 against Australia was rarely anomaly
bad luck for Pakistan that Misbah is still there
2 more test and the misery ends
two more tests and thats it
Thanks Misbah for retiring...
Thank God Misbah won't get his undeserved century
Misbah has taken the belief out of this team. When Sarfraz was batting it looked like we were playing to win and now it looks like we are playing for a draw while being in control of the test against a very poor Windies team.
Misbah playing for a draw, it seems.
Just stopped watching the match but I hope Misbah ups the rate a little. The pitch has dried out and with almost a day gone to rain, Pak don't have enough time.
Misbah...once again choked it.)
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it's been very fitting end my friend. Now if WI draw this game it would be even better.
This game had draw written all over it once Misbah scored 150 balls 50 runs. What I want doesn't matter. We have wasted a lot of time. Better teams would have dominated after lunch. Ultimately the loss of time will come back to haunt us. Pakistan will do very well to pull off a win here.

