Honours even as Australia ends a rain-affected Day 1 of the 2nd Test at 187/3

[160KPH]

Good first over by Mir Hamza.

The issue is we need to do this for the first 10 overs if we want wickets to drop.

 

[Firebat]

Pretty unthreatening start from Pak bowlers as expected

 

[Rana]

Excellent start

 

[Firebat]

Are you kidding me??

 

[7sins]

1 thing is for sure that Shaheen have officially become a medium pace trundler

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

dropping catches again.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

OMG so pathetic. Shafeeq ffs.

 

[Omer2002]

Ermmmm what a drop catch by shafique...he ia normally a good slipped

 

[castortroy]

How can you drop that

Embarrassing

 

[topspin]

Pathetic drop. That was a simple chance.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Warner dropped yet again. I'll say this again - the entire team are mental bunnies when playing against Warner.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Told you. Pakistani fielders have poor slip catching technique

 

[Theo_14]

Some things never change do they? Pakistan (Abdullah Shafique) drops an easy catch at slip. Easiest catch ever.

 

[160KPH]

Perfect over by Shaheen Shah and it was completely ruined by the dropped catch.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Unbelievable we just cannot do anything right in Australia

 

[7sins]

It's Warner again wait for him to make 150 plus score

 

[Nasty Naz]

Warner dropped again on a lollipop.

Give these guys clown makeup because that's what they are, not a cricket team. Absurd drop.

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

What a shame. Warner lucky yet again.

 

[batandballbattle]

well there you go we just love giving second lives to warner
another century loading

 

[kingusama92]

Oh my.

That's an absolute shocker.

Doesn't get easier than that for slip fielders.

 

[AAli98]

Which parchi just dropped the series

 

[RehanG]

what was that and that too of Warner.. goodluck getting him out now.

 

[stani_pak]

Great Christmas gift from Shafique to Warner to drop him
Pak and drop catches the love story still continues

 

[topspin]

He had an age to catch that. Didn’t even go to him quickly. Inexcusable.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

That's one of the easiest slip catches ever. Pathetic to say the least.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Can Pakistan slip fielding match Australian fielding? That is going to be crucial. Pakistan slip fielders are technically not sound.

Some things you can see from a mile away

 

[RehanG]

and ur opening bowler is bowling 125/126..

 

[7sins]

What's the point of bowling first when they can't take a catch

 

[7sins]

and ur opening bowler is bowling 125/126..

Wait for him to get injured after 1 match these bowlers are made of glass

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Never drop Warner, he will punish you.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Movement is consistently there. Warner being a natural stroke player will keep throwing the bat at it. Another chance will come soon. But another drop will also come.

 

[7sins]

Never drop Warner, he will punish you.

We know that very well

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Shafique dropped that catch off warner in the last game too. Dude needs to seriously work on his catching.

 

[Firebat]

Ah here we go. Warner daddy double hundred incoming

 

[heddie19]

No use of bowling first.

 

[Nasty Naz]

You have to wonder if any of these guys are even focused when they show up for these matches. Team knows its an auto loss and they're simply mentally checked out.

How do you not feel disgust getting absolutely annihilated by the Aussies all the time and trying to show up in a big way to stop their dominance. Instead, its more of the same.

It's no wonder no bowlers want to play Tests anymore for Pakistan. Why would you with this calibre of fielding. These are literally catches a 5 year old can take.

 

[AAli98]

Even the biased borderline racist Aussie commentators are willing Pak on that’s how bad the team is.

 

[kingusama92]

It looks worse and worse for Shafique with each new angle.

What a joke of a drop.

Deserves to be removed from the slips for such mediocrity.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They are not comfortable against the swing. They try to kill it by coming down. This Australian side has some technical holes. You have to exploit it early enough.

 

[Markhor]

Even when we bowl well, the fielding lets us down. PAK can rarely if ever put all aspects of the game together.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Although Shaheen is trundling he is maintaining the channel so far.

 

[topspin]

No inswing to the left handers.

 

[jnaveen1980]

No inswing to the left handers.

Yea So far it is all the same type of deliveries from both bowlers.

 

[7sins]

It's sad to see the speed Shaheen bowling

 

[jnaveen1980]

wow. First time i saw Shaheen pitched it short of a length, it took eternity to reach the batsmen.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

If it stays like this for 2 more overs, they are going to demolish Hamza.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was a good ball. But too slow for him to turn this into a dismissal. 126 kph.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hamza is built like a tank. But he bowls at Collin De grahomme speed.

 

[Firebat]

Shaheen far more accurate today. As I say that he fires it down the leg side

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Trundlistan

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shaheen far more accurate today. As I say that he fires it down the leg side

lol Epic jinx. Yea he has been decent and not searching for glory balls. But look where Warner stands. He should treat this as an insult and try to bowl short. But when he bowls short it is very slow.

 

[Rana]

4 byes

Great keeping

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Still bowling a bit too wide. Need to make them play more. The ball is moving.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Life for Warner, easy catch dropped. Can't afford to miss those against Australia.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

How did we get here? We have no 140k+ pacer. Have we become Bangladesh?

 

[JAV12341]

It's sad to see the speed Shaheen bowling

He’s finished won’t last long he’s become chamina Vaas type of bower will get smashed most of the times

 

[topspin]

This is the problem when you’re bowling 125-130. Gives more time to negate the swing.

Need to bowl mid to high 130s in these conditions.

 

[Caved12]

What is great to see is that our bowlers giving it all and bowling as fast as possible, but not surprised to see this as everyone on social media criticized how slow our pacers looked in the previous test. Pakistan will always be the land of fast bowlers where 140kph plus bowlers will be found in our every Gali mohala. As for the drop catch, difficult for our fielders as they might be scared in their minds for a catch coming so fast to them since every Pakistani bowler is on a mission to break the speed gun today. I can now take my family out now and hopefully when I am back Australia will be five down.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think Wasim Akram in one of the senior league looked way nippier than Shaheen now. 3 or 4 year back he cleaned up Steve smith.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hamza lacks pace. But has better variation. Reasonably better accuracy. But need pace to make it lethal.

 

[Rana]

Why is Shaheen fielding at Mid on?

Chasing the ball around?

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Why is Shaheen fielding at Mid on?

Chasing the ball around?

poor captaincy

he must have been placed at deep fine leg

 

[Rana]

It’s like watching Mashrafe Mortaza bowl left handed

 

[160KPH]

Great bowling but no wickets..

 

[160KPH]

The ball is swinging a lot

 

[Rana]

When the ball stops swinging, I really would fancy facing Shaheen in Red ball cricket

 

[Rana]

Warner is finished but is still too good for Pakistan

 

[Theo_14]

How did we get here? We have no 140k+ pacer. Have we become Bangladesh?

Can’t disrespect Bangladesh like that when they have vastly improved their cricket.

The truth is, we have declined as a cricketing nation from grassroot level to international level.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Can’t disrespect Bangladesh like that when they have vastly improved their cricket.

The truth is, we have declined as a cricketing nation from grassroot level to international level.

It is fair to say Shoriful has shown more potential in recent times than Pakistan left arm seamer. He generates movement at good clip.

 

[Rana]

Can’t disrespect Bangladesh like that when they have vastly improved their cricket.

The truth is, we have declined as a cricketing nation from grassroot level to international level.

We have declined as a cricket nation at fans level too.

 

[jnaveen1980]

2.5 degree swing on the offer. Yet to create more chances.

 

[Asad T]

128 / 132 average speeds for hamza and shaheen respectivly haha

 

[SamNJ]

Shaheen allover the place trying too hard

 

[Rana]

The great Shokha of Pakistan cricket

 

[jnaveen1980]

Wasim Akram must be fuming in the com box watching this.

 

[batandballbattle]

hasan ali spraygun is here now to take all the pressure off

 

[jnaveen1980]

Generator on

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Naseem Shah would have been a real handful today.

 

[Rana]

Test cricket

Let’s all laugh and smile with Warner because he’s a big name

 

[Human786]

Playing with 4 bowling options is defensive & poor strategy , easy catch dropped , showers expected in 2nd session & 1st session day 2 , Hassan 1st change starts with a 125 kmph delivery .