Day 5: 1st Test, Pak vs Eng - Update thread [17/7/06]

[Easa]

15-1

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

farhat is just swinging and missing

 

[Nauman]

Straight to cover point.

 

[Raz]

Interesting that MoYo's batting average is higher than Inzi's at the moment in both forms of the game.

 

[Nauman]

farhat is just swinging and missing

which match are you watching last two deliveries were left alone by him and next two played defensively.

 

[Nauman]

16/1

 

[Easa]

Interesting that MoYo's batting average is higher than Inzi's at the moment in both forms of the game.

Must be because of that 202

 

[Easa]

which match are you watching last two deliveries were left alone by him and next two played defensively.

Exactly.

 

[Nauman]

down the leg side left alone by Farhat, Harmi back around the wicket.

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

which match are you watching last two deliveries were left alone by him and next two played defensively.

and the 20 odd b4

 

[Nauman]

Another good shot for 4.

 

[inzidabest]

Factor in his awful awful fielding he makes a poor cricketer. We have a problem with youngsters who show promise but fail to improve their game and just fade away rapidly. Butt, Farhat, Taufeeq, Faisal just to name a few.

Faisal has been good. Farhat though poor still hangs on.

Butt,Hameed and Taufeeq dissapointing

 

[Easa]

Beautifully played away for four through covers by Farhat

 

[Nauman]

20/1

 

[Raz]

Lovely shot from Farhat, driven through cover for 4.

 

[Easa]

Left alone by Iqbal

 

[Nauman]

and the 20 odd b4

He has only been beaten once, you call that swing and miss game?

 

[Easa]

Left alone again

 

[ShowStopper]

Harmison to Imran Farhat, FOUR, half-volley on off stump driven away up the hill; well played there, with a hint of aggression.

Come on Boys

 

[Sultan Yusuf]

Good stuff from Farhat. That's what we need - runs are as important as staying in.

If we go for the draw only, we'll lose. If we play naturally, leaving us a chance of a possibly surge to victory at the end, we'll definitely draw.

5th day is always about mentality...

 

[Nauman]

Swing and miss by Faisal Iqbal, what an awefull shot.

 

[Easa]

What the hell was that?

Wild swing across the line

 

[UJ]

lapse of concentration there by Iqbal...

 

[Nauman]

Good stuff from Farhat. That's what we need - runs are as important as staying in.

If we go for the draw only, we'll lose. If we play naturally, leaving us a chance of a possibly surge to victory at the end, we'll definitely draw.

5th day is always about mentality...

Agree with you, if you are going to get bogged down then you will just crack down under pressure and get out eventually.

 

[Easa]

Good post, Naved

 

[Nauman]

20/1 not a single run been taken as yet. Plukett replacing Harmi

 

[Easa]

Plunk into the attack

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

FI trying to aim for denmark with that shot

 

[ShowStopper]

Run rate we need to win is over 5 an over.

 

[Easa]

Carved away for 4 by Farhat

 

[Nauman]

4 by Farhat first up to Plunkett

 

[Raz]

4 first ball from Farhat through the gully area.

 

[Nauman]

24/1

 

[mulan]

Have seen "tough" teams crack under 5th day pressure too many times...

Plunkett replaces Harmy.

 

[Nauman]

First single taken of the innings.

 

[Bailan]

FOUR .... and well played farhat

 

[Nauman]

25/1

 

[Easa]

Single taken to covers, first time the two have changed ends

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

plunkett welcomed by farhat 4

 

[Nauman]

Iqbal squared up by Plunkett

 

[Easa]

Iqbal turned inside out by that delivery

 

[Nauman]

wide

 

[Nauman]

26/1

 

[Easa]

Awful delivery, very WIDE.

 

[Nauman]

bouncer down the leg side

 

[Easa]

Typical Plunk.

One great delivery, one abysmal one

 

[Nauman]

legby by Iqbal

 

[Easa]

Legbye.

27-1

 

[Nauman]

27/1

 

[Easa]

Flicked away for four by Farhat

 

[Nauman]

Played fine by Farhat for another 4, another good flick of his hips.

31/1

 

[Easa]

31-1

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

target is less than 350

 

[Nauman]

31/1 at the end of Plunkett's first over, 9 from the over.

 

[Nauman]

Hoggy continuing and well left by Iqbal.

 

[Easa]

Well wide of the offstump, then well wide of legstump.

All over the shock

 

[Nauman]

next ball down the leg side

 

[Nauman]

next ball played to cover point 32/1

 

[inzidabest]

what a good start had a wicket not fallen

 

[Raz]

Faisal nicely behind that one from Hoggard.

Both players out there looking reasonably comfortable.

 

[ShowStopper]

Plunkett to Faisal Iqbal, 1 wide, from the sublime to … A wildly swinging ball which pitches just inside the paint mark and boomerangs way way past the batsman OOOOOOO

Plunkett to Faisal Iqbal, no run, ooh, well bowled, a good length ball, straight, surprises the batsman, who moves quickly onto his backfoot to defend. A thick outside edge flies to Pietersen who collects cleanly and wings it back in – but no danger, the batsman was staying in his crease all right

 

[wazim87]

Would Pakistan go for it, foresay
we need 200 off 30 overs?
7 wickets in hand.

 

[Easa]

Bowlers not making batsman play

 

[Nauman]

Another one down the leg side by Hoddy end of the over 32/1

 

[Rana]

very bad start by pak but now they have seemd to settle

 

[Nauman]

348 more to win.

 

[Rana]

in the air but safe, 1 run

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Taufeeq should play next match in place of Butt. Butt is too unreliable. Even when Taufeeq is out of form, at least he hangs around and scratches here and there to get runs.

 

[Nauman]

Damn Farhat should stay away from pull shot, two men there for the pull shot on the boundary anyways was in the air but falls safely single taken, 33/1

 

[Rana]

faisal iqbal doing wat he does best at times which is lead pakistan out of a hole

 

[Nauman]

2 men on the boundary for Iqbal as well, looks like time for some short stuff, I hope Farhat stays away from pull shot.

 

[Easa]

Bowling all over the place

 

[Rana]

Guys, has Mo Asif gone back to pakistan? will he play in the next game?

 

[Easa]

Poor shot from Iqbal

 

[Zeenix]

and also take care of the ball pitched up, since farhat was fooled in the first innings

 

[Nauman]

Rana M.Asif has gone back to Pakistan, Rao is his replacement. As I type this a swing and a miss by Iqbal.

 

[bakarashi]

None in the English Ranks found so daring to declare in order to force the decision. It is paksitan who can grant them the match because of their unnecessary mistakes.

 

[Easa]

Guys, has Mo Asif gone back to pakistan? will he play in the next game?

Gone back to PAK.

 

[Nauman]

33/1

 

[Saqib]

Would Pakistan go for it, foresay
we need 200 off 30 overs?
7 wickets in hand.

I say it is possibel, we have a very long batting line up Afridi bats down all the way down the no. 9.

Would be great if we win this game but Inzamam is playing for a draw.