Pakistan A v South Africans l Sharjah | 09/10/13 | Day 2

[waqar goraya]

Best chance for faisal Iqbal to score some runs here and get into the test team.

 

[Sam18696]

Still no Maqsood?

 

[Munna]

Best chance for faisal Iqbal to score some runs here and get into the test team.

He has 52 overs to play. A fluent century will do him a big favor

 

[srh]

looks like my prediction of Shan Masood, Ahmed Shehzad and Faisal Iqbal as 3 players selected for the squad may come true.

 

[amjad145]

This teams batting looks stronger than our test teams batting

 

[Munna]

Pakistan A 152/2 (53 overs)

Faisal Iqbal on 6 (14 balls)
Azhar Ali on 24 (63 balls)

 

[saiyan0312]

faisal just needs a fluent 40 and i think he will get selected.

 

[Asif321]

i guess now shaan and shahzad both wil be picked

 

[Sherlock]

Azhar Ali just wastes deliveries for the sake of wasting them. Needless.

 

[imran1976]

UAE pitches & Azhar Ali s/r in 30's

 

[saiyan0312]

Azhar rotating the strike with some doubles and singles.

 

[saiyan0312]

iqbal goes.

 

[saiyan0312]

amin you are in the squad so should give asad a chance.

 

[hur rizvi]

The day couldnt have got better

Faisal iqbal

 

[Asif321]

departs , finally he will be dropped

 

[waqar goraya]

He has 52 overs to play. A fluent century will do him a big favor

Could it have been any better?

Pakistan already around 140/1. Ball about 50 overs old. Duminy and Kallis in operation to give him the perfect reception.

But Alas ! He still manages to fail.

 

[Asif321]

Shafiq is in , very very important innings he has to get some 40 odd runs anything less he will be thrown out

 

[imshally81]

Faisal Iqbal GONE.....
Thanks GOD

 

[Sam18696]

He comes the kaptaan :/

 

[shanali]

Azhar Ali is not a batsman, people need to realise that. People call him a glorified tailender are not lying, comparisons with Dravid are shocking to say the least. Players like Dravid worked their way up the ranks, for example Dravid represented U-15, U-17 and U-19 as a batsman. This is where you develop yourself for the rest of your life. This is where you learn to play your strokes, where you learn to pick the gaps. Azhar Ali was a leg spinner for almost his whole life and then decided to become a batsman, hence his limited strokeplay and low strike rate. Batsmanship is an art, not a case of survival.

 

[waqar goraya]

Umar Amin does not need to bat, he only needs to run himself out to get into the Test XI.

But I am happy for Asad that he gets another chance.

 

[Sam18696]

Why isn't Maqsood playing?

 

[bilawal666]

amin you are in the squad so should give asad a chance.

and he does...time for shafiq to score a few runs

 

[imshally81]

Styn and Phillander is Wicketless ......

 

[hur rizvi]

amin you are in the squad so should give asad a chance.

you got your wish...

Credit to amin for promoting shafiq up the order

 

[saiyan0312]

indeed credit for amin. good thinking.

 

[Munna]

Oh well, seems like Faisal Iqbal will have a very sad story to narrate to his grand children.

 

[hussain.r97]

Thank god Asad has been given a chance, now we need him to perform, they should retire Azhar after his 50 and give Maqsood a bat, Amin already in test squad so he should come after Asad Shafiq or Maqsood...

 

[razabbas]

Really impressed with amin No Selfishness

 

[PakistanKnight]

On one hand you could say that Amin is selfish if he promoted himself above Shafiq,though he himself is not sure of a place in the side.Good work,Captain. We need more of this. No selfishness,think about the team. And on the other you could say that Amin did a good job by promoting Shafiq above himself,and people can say that he hid himself because he didn't want to be exposed. I think Amin did a good job. Arugement can go both way but I think Amin took a good step.

 

[yasir]

It just baffle me that PCB gives chances to Faisal Iqbal and not to Umar Akmal to prove himself... Its a completely flat batting track, do you think Umar cannot play here? - Comeon this country has no future, such a ****ing corrupt culture

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar should retire, he's batted long enuff

 

[am0003]

Does it even occur to anyone here that Umar Amin is NOT making any of the decisions regarding the toss or the batting order? It's down to the selectors and the coaches who are there who i'm sure are passing on instructions. no need to blame him for promoting or demoting someone

 

[Amjid Javed]

Faisal Iqbals chance of a recall gone then

 

[Munna]

Pakistan A 187/3 (65 overs)

Asad Shafiq on 14 (32 balls)
Azhar Ali 41 (96 balls)

Robin Peterson 7 overs, 2 maidens, 1 wicket, 21 runs

 

[mr-k]

Just after 1 innings ? I would give him 2 3 series before kick him out

Faisal Iqbals chance of a recall gone then

 

[Statistics375]

Consecutive boundaries bring up Azhar's fifty.

 

[hur rizvi]

50 up for Azhar, should retire out now

 

[smasher1980]

Is this Shan Masood guy any good? Will he make it to the Test XI?

 

[hur rizvi]

Why is Azhar not retiring??

If a youngster like Shan can retire out why not Azhar

 

[Imr4n_Khan]

Any channel showing this match?

 

[imshally81]

50 up for Azhar, should retire out now

should bat till 100 to gain confidence....

 

[hur rizvi]

Is this Shan Masood guy any good? Will he make it to the Test XI?

Like all other opening options, he is not very talented, but he bats with grit and determination and has decent technique....

He will get in to the test side some time soon..

 

[hur rizvi]

should bat till 100 to gain confidence....

We dont have enuff overs to wait for his hundred

 

[imshally81]

Azhar Retired...

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar retires

 

[hur rizvi]

Umar amin is the next man in

 

[saiyan0312]

Well a little bot of aggression from azhar and shafiq and azhar retires with a fine SR and shafiq going smoothly too.... hopefully would reach a 50

 

[Asif321]

looks like asad will get his place back

 

[Red Devil]

I think Asad, Shahzad and Shan will get a place in the squad.

 

[Asif321]

yes looks like Shahzad,Shaan and Asad will be included and may be Maqsood as 16th member if he gets a 50

 

[Asif321]

Stumps

 

[saiyan0312]

stumps... only 22 overs left before our turn is over

 

[Sam18696]

hope Maqsood gets his chance tomorrow Great Batting by Everyone (Except Iqbal)

 

[srh]

looks like somebody other than Umar Amin is deciding the batting order. Is that the Boss?