Pakistan end Day 2 of the 1st Test on 308/8 with a lead of 88

[Deewana Mastana]

Reversing it like Waqar is Ngidi.

He has been taking classes.

 

[Amjid Javed]

New ball due in 10 overs, need to get some runs before it.

 

[PakPremi]

QdK is horrible with reviews.

Funny thing he knows it's not out but does it just to keep his bowlers happy.

 

[JibranAnsari]

great timing and

 

[Ahmed216]

The situation was tailormade for an asad shafiq surrender when Pak came out to bat this morning. But thankfully we have fawad now

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Glad SA have wasted all reviews

10 overs before they get the new lot.

 

[Belawal2014]

Faadi maar raha hai.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

New ball due in 10 overs, need to get some runs before it.

Getting to 200 would be a start I suppose.

 

[shaaik]

the broadcast is wrong.. RSA actually has 1 more left... they used 2/3

No they exhausted all 3 ..

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Fawad man.. how did he miss 10 years of cricket?!!!

 

[Esfahani]

ramiz cursed slips lmao!!!

 

[Ahmed216]

score a few before the new ball , things can wrap up quickly then.

The timing of new ball will also be critical as its gonna be Karachi's evening session

 

[sindhiboy]

Why on earth don't sa have a slip for seamers?

 

[imshally81]

Edged n 444

 

[imshally81]

Fawad man.. how did he miss 10 years of cricket?!!!

Thanks to Misbah

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Thanks to Misbah

Criminal!

 

[JibranAnsari]

lucky alam

 

[shaaik]

Fawad man.. how did he miss 10 years of cricket?!!!

Asad Shafiq was better looking . That’s why !!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Thanks to Misbah

why misbah? we did have inzamam as selector as well and before him others.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

lucky alam

You make your own luck and you need luck to survive on this pitch too

 

[PakPremi]

Fawad man.. how did he miss 10 years of cricket?!!!

Thanks to Misbah and Inzi

 

[shaaik]

The timing of new ball will also be critical as its gonna be Karachi's evening session

Exactly evening session .. the toughest to bat specially against new ball ..

 

[Markhor]

Asad Shafiq was better looking . That’s why !!

Classic case of Pakistani obsession with aesthetics over substance. Our selectors have operated on personal basis of likes and dislikes, not domestic form and numbers.

Yet to the guy's credit, he never complained.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

He was bowling close to 90mph yesterday

I'm talking about his average speed. Even in this test, he hasnt bowled one ball at 90 mph.

 

[Belawal2014]

Broadcast quality on Willow has been top-notch, hope this trend continues for PSL.

 

[PakPremi]

The ball looks wl butchered on one side,no wonder helping with reverse. Tabish would have been useful.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Classic case of Pakistani obsession with aesthetics over substance. Our selectors have operated on personal basis of likes and dislikes, not domestic form and numbers.

Yet to the guy's credit, he never complained.

when asad shafiq was first picked he had scored like
4 hundredss and 1100 runs in a season , 2009-2010 i think.

but yes , over the years he was never held accountable for his failures

 

[shaaik]

Classic case of Pakistani obsession with aesthetics over substance. Our selectors have operated on personal basis of likes and dislikes, not domestic form and numbers.

Yet to the guy's credit, he never complained.

He’s the example for the youngster to follow. The guy didn’t once utter a word against the injustice that he was subjected to.. wd hv easily scored more runs than Azhar Ali by now if we had invested in him rather than Shafiq. Heck even Omar Amin deserved a proper long run over Shafiq ..

 

[PakPremi]

Classic case of Pakistani obsession with aesthetics over substance. Our selectors have operated on personal basis of likes and dislikes, not domestic form and numbers.

Yet to the guy's credit, he never complained.

That surely was not the case just that we rate our seniors too much, and Fawad was not rated by many due to his stance.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Runs starting to flow a little better here.

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[the Great Khan]

Classic case of Pakistani obsession with aesthetics over substance. Our selectors have operated on personal basis of likes and dislikes, not domestic form and numbers.

Yet to the guy's credit, he never complained.

finally articulated what I was thinking. We look at a lovely cover drive and say "zabardast shot yaar kya style hay" without seeing the rest. Hence why useless players like Umar Amin were seen as future stars while nugget players like fawad who just score runs and dont care how they look are overlooked.

Been a big fan of him for years the poor guy..

 

[angrypathan]

That was an awful shot.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rizwan gone

 

[EngrOmair]

Patience Patience Patience....absolutely nothing shot

 

[Ahmed216]

Mashallah what a shot after getting set. Incredible

 

[sindhiboy]

Reverse swing does the trick

Rizwan was looking good

 

[Deewana Mastana]

That was an awful shot.

You can say that again...literally guided it down to slip as practice.

 

[UzmanBeast]

That ball should have been left.

Rizwan was probably the only one who could have batted against the new ball.

Fawad and Faheem need to regroup.

We need to make 250 minimum.

 

[azimiqbal]

Poor shots from Azhar and Rizwan!

We need atleast lead of 100, new ball available soon , batsman just losing concentration at the wrong time

 

[EngrOmair]

Rana sab with the high bat lift stance needs to stick in today

 

[Nikhil_cric]

He has been taking classes.

Or maybe it's just Faf's zipper doing its magic

 

[imshally81]

Two Left handers in action

 

[Deewana Mastana]

All on Fawad and Faheem now to an extent.

 

[JibranAnsari]

just before tea.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Or maybe it's just Faf's zipper doing its magic

Kuch bhi ho sakta hai upamkher

 

[Darkness]

Rizwan with that chapstick reminds me of golden days of umar akmal

 

[naseem]

No nono....Rizzy

 

[Omer2002]

Awful shot by Rizwan seriously...we will never learn ...just keep grinding whats wrong with that. Look at his feet stuck and puts the bat there..

 

[the Great Khan]

those three wickets last night killed us..a bit of tuk tuk and we would have been well placed this afternoon..bakwaas Abid "plastic" Ali..

 

[Mujtaba2900]

Broadcast quality on Willow has been top-notch, hope this trend continues for PSL.

Exactly .Camera Work And Quality is Way above then it was on previous occasions. Looks like Cameras have been replaced
Nice Bokeh and No Weird Noise Artifacts now.

 

[EngrOmair]

Rizwan with that chapstick reminds me of golden days of umar akmal

Algae flavor

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Can Pakistan muster at least 100 from these last 4 wickets is the big question now.

 

[EngrOmair]

Exactly .Camera Work And Quality is Way above then it was on previous occasions. Looks like Cameras have been replaced
Nice Bokeh and No Weird Noise Artifacts now.

Highlights were decent as well, unlike the NZ cricket channel

 

[Last Monetarist]

Rizwan will never be a world-class cricketer with his concentration issues.

 

[imshally81]

Not a bad session for Pakistan again...

 

[Ahmed216]

Really 30's and 40's is what our batsmen are capable of. We fans expect way too much

 

[Deewana Mastana]

clicks matter lol..they wanna see us lose soooo bad

That's why I said so

 

[Amjid Javed]

Poor shot by rizwan that makes the session even.

 

[Ahmed216]

Rizwan will never be a world-class cricketer with his concentration issues.

Today's dismissal is so so disappointing because one could see it coming. So edgy at the crease.

 

[MenInG]

 

[imshally81]

Can Pakistan muster at least 100 from these last 4 wickets is the big question now.

We have Hasan, Yasir & Nauman... They can bat so hopefully we could pass the 250 mark or maybe 300 (if lucky)

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lets hope faheem, hasan and yasir can get some runs. We need one really big partnership atleast.

 

[the Great Khan]

Poor shot by rizwan that makes the session even.

Saffers wont make the same mistakes in the second innings..we will be facing real pressure in the final innings and I cant see this lot holding out..unless fawad can bat through the innings and give us something..

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Fawad man.. how did he miss 10 years of cricket?!!!

You need to be patient with certain players and half the keyboard warriors and age brigade army don’t wanna give him a chance.

InshAllah 100 is on.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

The situation was tailormade for an asad shafiq surrender when Pak came out to bat this morning. But thankfully we have fawad now

beautiful said... Asad Loser shafiq is the worst batsmen to play these many matches ever.. and to top it up, he played them consistently without getting dropped...

 

[PakPremi]

Rizwan will never be a world-class cricketer with his concentration issues.

He already is.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

forget Sarfraz... he has no future... garbage

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Rizwan what a useless shot right at the stroke of tea! Seriously expect better from him. We could have nailed Saffers very hard here had he stayed for another 1hr. He was well set and scoring at a decent clip. Hopefully Rana and Hasan can provide some ate impetus and take us over 270 here!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Saffers wont make the same mistakes in the second innings..we will be facing real pressure in the final innings and I cant see this lot holding out..unless fawad can bat through the innings and give us something..

Agreed i can see SA scoring heavy in 2nd inns and our batting wont chase to many last. Therefore we need to score heavily in this 1st inns some how.

 

[Energy]

Need a 20-30 run cameo each from Faheem, Yasir and Hassan. If we can get a lead of even 50 that will be handy.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Agreed i can see SA scoring heavy in 2nd inns and our batting wont chase to many last. Therefore we need to score heavily in this 1st inns some how.

Nauman and Yasir will be unplayable owing to that rough. Fawad is making it look very easy whereas it is not. I predict a South African collapse for about 120-150 runs.

 

[imshally81]

forget Sarfraz... he has no future... garbage

Waqar's mentality...

 

[PakPremi]

Very entertaining and interesting match so far for both sides of fans.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Nauman and Yasir will be unplayable owing to that rough. Fawad is making it look very easy whereas it is not. I predict a South African collapse for about 120-150 runs.

120-150 on this pitch might be enough. This pitch ain’t gonna be good on Day 4 & 5, also expect wickets to tumble in this last session.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Lead of 50 somehow and SA 3 down at the end of the day. Beautiful cricket

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Waqar's mentality...

explain me what has sarfraz done in last 2 years to earn a test re-call ... or anything serious in domestic

some numbers rather than Pink Fairy magic wish sand

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Fahim must play his natural game here, there is no demons in this wicket except for spinners. He should go and have a whack of quick 40 runs here. Fawad playing a key role here, i hope he continues scoring like this, wasted his golden years shame on Misbah chawal.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

120-150 on this pitch might be enough. This pitch ain’t gonna be good on Day 4 & 5, also expect wickets to tumble in this last session.

I don't think day 5 will come into play in this test.

 

[PakPremi]

Elgar played very good inning on this pitch to give SA chance in this Test match. Poor captaincy though allowed Rabada to score runs at the end. Shaheen Afridi should have bowled earlier when Hasan was getting tonked.