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

[Ozymandiasza]

Looks like that one partnership Pakistan needs came just in time. These two are looking more at home.

 

[Snowflake]

He played only around 40 test matches in Pakistan. He played 9 each in Faisalabad and Lahore, 5 in Rawalpindi and the rest in other stadiums (some of which aren't used anymore).

Thanks! I did not know that

 

[imshally81]

Watching Fawad feels weird. Anyway runs matter..

He is from Chandarpaul's breed..

 

[Buffet]

Looks like that one partnership Pakistan needs came just in time. These two are looking more at home.

Still a small one so far.

 

[dildilpak]

Watching Fawad feels weird. Anyway runs matter..

He is like the next level Chanderpaul, isn’t he?

 

[Buffet]

He is like the next level Chanderpaul, isn’t he?

Yah, Shiv was weird to watch as well, but Fawad is next level in his stance.

 

[aqeelPK]

How come Wasim Akram played only 8 matches at National Stadium? Seems way too less, doesn't it?

We had 12-15 international venues during his playing days. Probably the reason.

 

[Buffet]

He is from Chandarpaul's breed.. ��

Shiv will be proud here. Fawad has taken it to the next level.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Yeah mein v makhaul hi kar reha haan.
But seriously what do you think went wrong normally Karachi is pace and bounce

Desperation to win after drubbing in New Zealand

 

[Buffet]

Pitch is poor but playable.

 

[ahsan17]

Ball is flying over the place at catching heights. They are surviving by luck so far.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Ngidi and Rabada just havent bowled fast enough for reverse swing fo work. Nortje bowled a couple of sharp ones

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Drinks it is... well negotiated by these two so far... have to play until tea for us to have any chance of a lead!

 

[Ab Fan]

Pakistan will win this series comprehensively by 2-0. SA aren't good enough.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Pakistan will win this series comprehensively by 2-0. SA aren't good enough.

We all know they aren't good enough in these conditions. It's a travesty we are 4 down already. We could have smacked them like no tomorrow if we didn't lose Babar yesterday evening

 

[Esfahani]

So is this whining about the pitch gonna stop?

It is shameless that many people keep whining about...

Get over it!!!!!

Dont make excuses.

 

[dildilpak]

We all know they aren't good enough in these conditions. It's a travesty we are 4 down already. We could have smacked them like no tomorrow if we didn't lose Babar yesterday evening

Too much reliance on one guy ! Time for others to step up.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

So is this whining about the pitch gonna stop?

It is shameless that many people keep whining about...

Get over it!!!!!

Dont make excuses.

Who is whining? We're just stating facts. We could have made a normal pitch, smacked South Africa black and blue in both the innings. By making this kind of a pitch, we brought them into the game.

 

[Ab Fan]

We all know they aren't good enough in these conditions. It's a travesty we are 4 down already. We could have smacked them like no tomorrow if we didn't lose Babar yesterday evening

Rizwan for the win!

 

[Esfahani]

I wonder what roller Pak took, if it was a heavy one it could cause the p it tch to start cracking up after hour and half or two hours. So Pak needs to make as many as they can now. Pak just need to be careful against world class bowler Rabada and not give wickets away to Mahraj who can be threatening on his day.

yea your thinking waaaayy to hard

 

[azimiqbal]

Pitch seems like it’s evenin out , these two at the crease are crucial , one of these two need a big hundred, ball is reversing a little. For any chance in third game need a lead of around 120 but that’s miles away at the moment

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Rizwan for the win!

Hope he plays a decent hand when he gets the chance

 

[Buffet]

Even a 50-60 runs lead here will be crucial.

 

[Esfahani]

Who is whining? We're just stating facts. We could have made a normal pitch, smacked South Africa black and blue in both the innings. By making this kind of a pitch, we brought them into the game.

id rather have whatever were playing on

 

[BreadPakoda]

Sad to see SA reduced to a rubbish team. There are no stars left.

 

[Justcrazy]

Solid partnership developing here

 

[Esfahani]

Sad to see SA reduced to a rubbish team. There are no stars left.

they have more stars than us honestly

 

[Justcrazy]

Even a 50-60 runs lead here will be crucial.

For any lead to happen , SA need to get Pakistan all out , they are far away from there

 

[Esfahani]

fawad has an indian batting style

 

[Justcrazy]

SA spinners are key here , they need to get wickets to keep SA in hunt here

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

VERY sensitive topic. They monitor match threads between Pakistan and South Africa for anything about India. They then proudly defend their mistakes in what they see as libelous claim about pitches!

It was a joke, relax.

Mate if you are gonna take thinly veiled pot shots and have some banter for fun then expect some banter in response as well.

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Fawad gets that away ! Partnership growing

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Need a couple of wickets here else it will be tough for SA

 

[Nadeemp]

Please control yourselves or you will be reported. You hav been warned

 

[Napa]

VERY sensitive topic. They monitor match threads between Pakistan and South Africa for anything about India. They then proudly defend their mistakes in what they see as libelous claim about pitches!

It was a joke, relax.

You think you are funny, but your trolling attempts are boring. Get over your India obsession and pay attention to the rather interesting game being played.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Mate if you are gonna take thinly veiled pot shots and have some banter for fun then expect some banter in response as well.

Jokes are always welcome.

 

[Mobashir]

Pakistan need to make sure they get runs , if they bat 75 overs also , need to target 300

These kind of slow pitches are very hard to score on. The RR is very low in them. So 75 overs, 300 runs is out of equation.

 

[MenInG]

STICK to this game only

no need to discuss India.

 

[Esfahani]

bazid khan some times goes to in deep

 

[B_Positive]

Except for the openers, this batting lineup looks quite good.

 

[Justcrazy]

57 runs partnership and growing

 

[Justcrazy]

Many experts wrote off Pakistan too early here , a lot of cricket left in the game.

 

[Esfahani]

Except for the openers, this batting lineup looks quite good.

add babar as well

 

[B_Positive]

add babar as well

Babar is fine. He is actually the strength of this lineup

 

[Esfahani]

bad review

 

[B_Positive]

Many experts wrote off Pakistan too early here , a lot of cricket left in the game.

Still its anybody's game.

 

[Justcrazy]

Can Linde be the surprise weapon of SA here

 

[PakPremi]

Make or break period for Pak with two spinners.

 

[ARK Rafay]

You need hotspot for these kind of lbws

 

[Esfahani]

i think that should not be review lost because pad and bat same time

 

[Justcrazy]

Still its anybody's game.

It can be , but people have overestimated SA here , unless your spinners do damage here you will struggle , in second innings SA will struggle to get 150

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan would be pleased with there effort here so far,

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

they have more stars than us honestly

SA have one of the best talent in stock

 

[Esfahani]

azhar ali is playing a very very DANGEROUS game by batting like Pujara... he needs to move his feet more or hell be trapped 100% in front

 

[angrypathan]

You need hotspot for these kind of lbws

Unless there were more frames in the video it probably wouldn't help. There could've been a hotspot on both bat and pad

 

[Justcrazy]

SA spinners lack bite , they would be equally futile in fourth innings unless they flight the ball more

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar needs to stop poking and proding at spin here. Lets hope we can get to lunch and not lose a wicket here.

 

[PakPremi]

add babar as well

Are you real
. The guy scored couple 60s and a 47 in England against top bowling team in home conditions. 100 and 90 in Australia. He is easily one the top 10 batsman in world test cricket, and top 3 or 4 as an all format player.

 

[azimiqbal]

My observation is that the pitch seems to be flattening out and any variable bounce seem to have gone, be interesting to see how the bounce is when the new ball is available if Pakistan makes it that far!

 

[Hitman]

South Africa needs to get quick wickets. And both these two have shown good resilience so far today.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar looks like hes about to get out here against linde

 

[Esfahani]

Are you real
. The guy scored couple 60s and a 47 in England against top bowling team in home conditions. 100 and 90 in Australia. He is easily one the top 10 batsman in world test cricket, and top 3 or 4 as an all format player.

odi or t20 player... test underperforming

 

[Justcrazy]

azhar ali is playing a very very DANGEROUS game by batting like Pujara... he needs to move his feet more or hell be trapped 100% in front

He is doing a very good job here , he is not a stroke maker , he is taking time and getting a partnership going .

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Not sure teams should lose reviews for inconclusive evidence

 

[Justcrazy]

Younis Khan would be happy with the way Pakistan have batted so far here

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Dropped by Elgar.

 

[PakPremi]

odi or t20 player... test underperforming

Even under performing he is scoring runs as per the examples I gave in Sena. He struggled early in his career but now is doing fine, yes we would like more of course.

 

[Ahmed216]

Younis Khan would be happy with the way Pakistan have batted so far here

Yes the intent at the crease has been quite younis like

 

[imshally81]

4444

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

So is this whining about the pitch gonna stop?

It is shameless that many people keep whining about...

Get over it!!!!!

Dont make excuses.

Still looks like a difficult pitch, these two have dug in but looks like a wicket could come any ball. The real damage was done by the openers, we needed one of them to contribute to get the upper hand. Now it's about getting to SA score firstly, then any sort of lead after that.

 

[imshally81]

Linde seems more threatening than Maharaj

 

[Justcrazy]

Four more

AS I said earlier , SA spinners are well below par to take advantage of the situation here

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good sweep for 4 by Azhar

 

[Justcrazy]

I would not be surprised if Pakistan get a good lead here , only Rabada searing pace can do damage here

 

[Esfahani]

Even under performing he is scoring runs as per the examples I gave in Sena. He struggled early in his career but now is doing fine, yes we would like more of course.

Mr 50 and out in Tests... not match winning...

5 hundreds (3 in Pakistan v (BD & 2*SL), 1 in UAE (v NZ), 1 in AUS)....

thats it... 75% of hundred in Home

 

[shah_1]

Hasan Ali woild be the key


Quick 30 to 40 would really be game changing

 

[imshally81]

I love this type of pitches where batsmen struggle.. . .

 

[JibranAnsari]

babar would have again got out on that straighter one

 

[shah_1]

Azhar Ali has scored more difficult runs than Babar since Babar's debut despite not being in form

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hasan Ali woild be the key


Quick 30 to 40 would really be game changing

bhai sa se yeh dono he nahin out hone..