England vs Pakistan | 2nd Test | Headingley, Leeds | June 1-5, 2018 | Day 1 | Match Thread

[Sirris]

Amir!

Chitrol karo munde di

 

[letme alone]

hassan time

 

[m.shah]

Hasan to score fifty now

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Worst decision ever to bat first

Unbelievably bad considering the history at this ground.

 

[Third Man]

Both Hasan and Shadab now need to go for it.

 

[Sirris]

I hope Hasan uses his brain today and doesn't swing at everything.

 

[babajee]

Love your optism

It’s not optimism. It’s realism.

 

[MMHS]

Why flash at that......

Shot was on, not execution. On such condition, you don't expect bottom half to hang around for 2 hours - loose ball, go after; get whatever available and come to bowl when still some juice left.

 

[Syed1]

Can we all just appreciate Shadab's never say die attitude?

 

[yasir]

Pretty soft from Amir, he was going for wild swing, few times earlier as well

 

[m.shah]

It’s not optimism. It’s realism.

Let's see

 

[Mainul]

Honeymoon at Lord's is over.Playing like a perfect no 7 ranking side now.

 

[idrizzy]

Unbelievably bad considering the history at this ground.

...and last match too. England comfortable favourites and will end up winning this one to tie the series 1-1.

Both times captains won the toss, both times they batted first, both times they lost.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Mickey is furious

 

[Watsupdoc]

Hasan should go into hulk smash mode.

 

[Syed1]

Get to 150 and then this is anybody's game

 

[Third Man]

Why is Hasan Ali trying to defend? Just wack it.

 

[Syed1]

Yaar yeh Jimmy thak ta nahi hai

 

[Syed1]

35 more runs to 150.... ya Allah please

 

[Syed1]

The way Hasan is playing he is not going to hang around for long

 

[Arham_PakFan]

for Hassan

 

[m.shah]

Four

 

[babajee]

Hasan’s bat swing is delicious.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

And more in the same area

 

[m.shah]

And another

 

[idrizzy]

the straight ball will get our tail tbh

 

[Send1983]

Honeymoon at Lord's is over.Playing like a perfect no 7 ranking side now.

Lol. This is how they usually bat when pressure is on. Once in a while they bat well, then some folks here get overexited make statement like haris, azhar etc are best batsmen against swing, etc

 

[Syed1]

Damn Hasan putting cloud boy in his place

 

[Arham_PakFan]

And more,a good shot this

12 off the over

 

[idrizzy]

a checked drive, ends up being a

 

[m.shah]

Shabaash

 

[Syed1]

Lol. This is how they usually bat when pressure is on. Once in a while they bat well, then some folks here get overexited make statement like haris, azhar etc are best batsmen against swing, etc

Your team even lost after Kohli scored 150 odd so before saying anything look at your own batsmen first

 

[Deewana Mastana]

There's no cheers for Pakistan whatsoever by this crowd.

 

[Sirris]

As I said we shall cruise to 150.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Single for Shady on the first ball

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good stuff. Get to 150

 

[idrizzy]

not gonna lie, this is the best time to watch the match. Hasan will try and play his shots and Shadab will steer the ship. Plus there's two beauty youngstas out there

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Find me the guy who said 156 all out .........

 

[letme alone]

22 to 150

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Honestly i dont think with this quality bowling Pak batsmen could have done much, the only thing i can think of is they should have played more shots (especially Azhar) and every batsmen should have tried to scored 20-30 to make a total of 200 which i think is above par.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

3 more runs for Hasan

 

[Send1983]

...and last match too. England comfortable favourites and will end up winning this one to tie the series 1-1.

Both times captains won the toss, both times they batted first, both times they lost.

This one is flatter than lords. Pak batsmen here we are talking about.

 

[idrizzy]

As I said we shall cruise to 150.

Was hoping for double that tbh at the start of play. But if England are rattled for 200 of less then it's game on.

 

[babajee]

What you guys need to realise is that we can score ~500 in 3rd innings.

 

[ManFan]

Some very funny BD and IND comments here.

ENG will get maximum 225 when they bat.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

more by Hasan

 

[babajee]

Loving it

 

[m.shah]

Hasan ali is love

 

[ManFan]

172 SR!!!

 

[idrizzy]

and

 

[Mir jibran]

fortune favours the brain
come on hassan ali and shady
somehow take this score to 200

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Edged for more )

Hasan to 23 in no time

 

[Sirris]

Honestly i dont think with this quality bowling Pak batsmen could have done much, the only thing i can think of is they should have played more shots (especially Azhar) and every batsmen should have tried to scored 20-30 to make a total of 200 which i think is above par.

Stop protecting the likes of Azhar, Shafiq and Sarfraz. After Misbah and Younis's departures they are now the senior players.

They should have shown a better performance.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

At least England made 184. We could still get there if these boundaries keep flowing.

 

[babajee]

If only Rana didn’t get out... England would have surrendered already.

 

[ManFan]

This is the nucleus of the PAK team: Hasan, Shadab, Fakhar.

 

[idrizzy]

What you guys need to realise is that we can score ~500 in 3rd innings.

Hm, drawn test?

 

[Syed1]

Hasan Ali

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Swing and a miss

 

[idrizzy]

Woooooweee, Hasan going for the HEAVE-HO swing chill out, you got a boundary, a couple even, not need to overstep it and give your wicket away.

 

[babajee]

Hasan is the jaan of team Pakistan.

 

[Sirris]

Edged for more )

Hasan to 23 in no time

As I said. Shadab and Hasan are a dream team.

Let's get to 200!

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Curran back into the attack.

 

[Syed1]

Can we all appreciate the fighting spirit of these guys? Pakistan teams of yesteryears would have been all out for less than a 100 after a score of 78/7

 

[Amjid Javed]

This little mini cameo isnt saving face much but giving us a few more peanuts to bowl with.

 

[letme alone]

9 to 150

 

[MMHS]

Jimmy likely to cross Mac this summer - will he continue for one more Ashes?

 

[ManFan]

This little mini cameo isnt saving face much but giving us a few more peanuts to bowl with.

For a guy with 100,000+ posts, you sure are depressed.

 

[Pak_Stars]

We don't play at home but were still above you in the rankings.
Stop mouthing off...come back when you win/achieve something worth talking about...oh i mean achieve anything at all.

 

[Syed1]

Wow wow wow



Ankhoon mein ansoo

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Smashed to the boundary by Shadab

 

[Sirris]

You see now that our main threat is out. Broad and Anderson have gone into hiding.

 

[babajee]

Lool. Easy as that.

 

[ManFan]

Jimmy likely to cross Mac this summer - will he continue for one more Ashes?

How many is he currently sitting on?

 

[m.shah]

Iftar time now hopefully these two are batting after nimaz

 

[Arham_PakFan]

For a guy with 100,000+ posts, you sure are depressed.

That’s because he’s watched too much Pakistan cricket

 

[zn426]

Keep it up boys! of course this is challenging and risky but that's why these guys are tail enders. Wag that tail and chase the bowlers off for a while!

 

[Syed1]

Iftar time now hopefully these two are batting after nimaz

Pray for the team

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Stop protecting the likes of Azhar, Shafiq and Sarfraz. After Misbah and Younis's departures they are now the senior players.

They should have shown a better performance.

Haha nahi not protecting, rather appreciating Broad's and Jimmie's bowling and think 200 would not have been bad.

 

[Syed1]

Keep it up boys! of course this is challenging and risky but that's why these guys are tail enders. Wag that tail and chase the bowlers off for a while!

Shadab and Hasan have proper batting capabilities. Don't insult them by calling them tailenders