England v Pakistan | Second Test | Day 2 : Session 2 | Edgbaston | 07/08/10

[haizen]

I say if we are to bat all today then start the innings with TWO night watchmen

 

[yadunoe]

seriously PCB needs to hire a fielding coach right away. have them at every domestic side in the country

 

[haizen]

Man Aamer's run up is just beautiful

 

[Batman]

England | 9/251 | 83 Overs | Lead by 179 runs

 

[MoinHaroon]

I say if we are to bat all today then start the innings with TWO night watchmen

Great Idea

 

[Atif]

Ajmal gets 5 wickets well done

 

[sa88]

so a 200 lead say. Pakistan need to score 320+ to have a realistic chance of winning

Only one way that is going to happen. Give Mohammad Yousuf a razor and send him in instead of Malik.

 

[cricketpassion]

Just remember we will be batting with 10 man .No Gul .Well it deosnt matter

 

[haizen]

Outt

 

[KingKhanWC]

Ajmal has a good chacne for 5 and gets it!!!!

Well deserved idone!!

 

[offcutter]

Congratulations ajhmal!!!

 

[WNC]

Ajmal catches off his own bowling, good thinking by him.

 

[Strike!]

Bravo idone.

 

[MoinHaroon]

Pakistan should just go out and play natural cricket, positive

 

[cricketpassion]

5 wicket for Ajmal

 

[Big Mac]

Didn't rate him as a test spinner but fair play to Ajmal, he's looked good this afternoon. Deserved 5 wicket haul.

 

[NorthStar]

Brilliant bowling from Ajmal, for 5fer!!!

 

[imshally81]

all out

 

[MoinHaroon]

Just remember we will be batting with 10 man .No Gul .Well it deosnt matter

He our best batsman

 

[Batman]

England | 251 | 84.1 Overs | Lead by 179 runs

Saeed Ajmal got his fifth wicket.

 

[MoinHaroon]

Brilliant bowling from Ajmal, for 5fer!!!

If we would played him in Aus and first test things would have been different. Lets get rid of Dani forever now please

 

[ZAK]

Ajmal gets his first 5fer in Test Cricket. Well done

 

[pak4life]

ok how long will be last

40-5 by close me thinks

 

[cricketpassion]

He our best batsman

Thats the worry

 

[imshally81]

raza hasan for gully

 

[yadunoe]

the main criteria to be int he team is you should go threw an intense fielding drill in slip cathing and normal catching. if you drop even one catch you should no the side regardless of how well yo u bat and bowl

 

[cricketcrazy]

Well done Mr IDONE.

Now Butt must be thinking why he caught it? now I have to go out for batting ( May be that's y all of these batsmen were dropping these sitters?)

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Now to batting...

 

[haizen]

We should really be only 100 runs behind...damn dropped catches

 

[Garuda]

ENG from 205/3 to 251 All out. )))

 

[Amjid Javed]

So Pakistan 179 behind. Unless a miracle happens with bat its an Inns defeat of a thrashing!

 

[Saurav]

already enuf,only thing is can they make Eng bat again

 

[KingKhanWC]

Didn't rate him as a test spinner but fair play to Ajmal, he's looked good this afternoon. Deserved 5 wicket haul.

He hasn;t had a fair chance to show what he can do at test level. He bamboozled every batsmen today, that proves he is capable of being a wicket taking test spinner.

 

[Mr S Khan]

Like AJmal b/c he is competitive cricketer...I thin if the fielders could have hold on to their catches..eng may have just 50 to 60 runs leed...

 

[t11sk9]

Fasten your seat belts ladies and gentleman, the real fun starts now!

 

[Mr S Khan]

Fasten your seat belts ladies and gentleman, the real fun starts now! ...good

 

[GLORY OF '92]

ENG from 205/3 to 251 All out. )))

Yep even the best batting line ups collapse.

 

[Khabri420]

Salman Butt tried his best to avoid batting today, but Ajmal had other ideas

Shame on you Butt! Nawaz Sharif won't be happy with you!

 

[Robert]

ENG from 205/3 to 251 All out. )))

It's like the Anglo-Pak series of 1992.

Anyway, now to see if Pakistan can make England bat again.

 

[Mr S Khan]

fun is going to start ..so be ready

 

[cricketcrazy]

England score should have been 150 instead they scored atleast 100 more because of our spectacular fielding

 

[Strike!]

Now to witness the horror show with the bat.

 

[James]

I think this could be Swann's time. he hasn't bowled in this series yet.

 

[yadunoe]

the PP administrators need to recommend my idea to the selection commity . the main criteria for selection should be fielding

 

[t11sk9]

Geoff Boycott on TMS: "I've just worked out that the catches Pakistan dropped cost them 129 runs - without that, they'd have had England out for 122 and they'd still be in the game."

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Be positive please!!! Hit the bad ones for 4.

 

[yadunoe]

ok pak dont get out please please please butt and farhat

 

[Bilsher007]

Anderson was about review that decision of LBW, finally common sense prevailed that why should he waste his time batting when he can get ready to bowl and pick pakistani wickets ! great ball by aamer to dismiss anderson.


I hope butt and farhat bat aggressively rather than trying to play defensively.


Ajmal takes final wicket by catching it off his own bowling and picking up his first 5 wicket haul in tests ! good thing he did'nt trust any of the other fielders to catch it !


Atherton just said umar gul is ruled out of the series due to injury ...! that is terrible if true. Gul has bowled really well in the 3 tests , i hope recovers swiftly cause he's a top quality fast bowler and in his absence our workload will burden other bowlers.


Atherton saying that had 6 catches not been dropped then england would have been bowled out for 130 or 140.


Here we go again butt and farhat to start the 2nd innings, this is where the real tension begins !



Bright sunshine out now !

 

[NJamal]

Farhat is so afraid of touching the ball.

 

[pakbl10]

I know, please just don't get out...runs will come! iA.

 

[KingKhanWC]

These are the best batting conditions of the match, that looked plumb

 

[NorthStar]

Farhat gone ??? under review.

 

[yadunoe]

common man *** you doing farhat

 

[Big Mac]

Man that looked really close

 

[James]

agggggh. nearly a great start. good review though, keeps the pressure up.

 

[NorthStar]

Farhat survives for another few balls!

 

[pakbl10]

Wow that was close!

 

[pak4life]

hawk eye says over but to the naked eye looked close! farhat needs to stop shuffling

 

[KingKhanWC]

Good start, one review done for England, they will thin twice before reviewing again. Farhat still on a pair.

 

[yadunoe]

allah please humpar koi rahmat kar

 

[Phuzz]

These boys need to stop playing like a bunch of girls and take the attack to England. Farhat shouldn't be looking for another 30 balls zilch.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Need a captains knock butt.

 

[NJamal]

come on hit that fu***** ball

 

[Strike!]

Phattuness setting in.

 

[Desi]

IDK how he survived that over

 

[imshally81]

survive

 

[Desire]

butt's face looks resigned to the fact that its over already.

 

[NorthStar]

Butt not reached double figures in the series, leading from the front?

 

[NJamal]

there is no intent from our batsmen

 

[Desire]

absolutely no confidence shown there by butt.

 

[pak4life]

where did butt learn his technique its definate not cricket

 

[NJamal]

Wicket round the corner

 

[KingKhanWC]

Butt all over the shop. Broad needs to target the stumps and Salman needs to get his feet moving.

 

[Desire]

missed a half wolly butt.

 

[Decipher]

same story again ... phuss phuss.. tukk tukk approach by our batsmen.

Trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity

 

[yadunoe]

yaar i predict 100 all out
if wwere lucky

 

[NJamal]

Farhat is trying to get to his pair

 

[Phuzz]

bunch of losers the lot of them, take the attack to England.. i can guarantee we'll be less than 100 all out if we continue to play defensive like this.

 

[Wiji]

Was this the last time we came back from a huge deficit?
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63881.html

Mind you, we didn't win.

 

[NJamal]

oh almost