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Out of the 5 wicketa from hasan ali 3 were cleaned bowled good job by him ...lets see what pak can do with the bat for second innings
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Disinterested is exactly the right word their body language has been rubbish to say the least from the start of this series. Those were just different days under Graeme Smith
I think it was a poster called castleroy doubting any Pak pacer will take a fifer like Nortje.
Pakistan are 90/2 then at this moment in time. Abid and butt will be out early as usual. So we need to get a 250 lead overall.
Ya... But what happened with spinners.. Why they didn't take the wickets?
Ideally Pakistan should be in a position to declare with a lead over 350 by tomorrow tea and have more than a day to bowl out SA. But Pakistan being Pakistan might get bundled out for 180 with a lead of 250. Anyways don't see them losing from here.
Btw.. What happened to the pitch... Suddenly it support fast bowlers instead of spinners?
There wasnt as much spin currently on the wicket in comparison to Karachi also not much rough currently on the wicket to utilize. So reverse was the most useful option to take wickets, though it can change as the match progresses and spinners possibly can come into game again.
Hassan/Shaheen should not play t20is, and only come into play pre t20 World Cup, and if they dislodge one of the t20 regulars, then so be it.
Even though both Test pitches were dry, this one seems a much harder, less crumbly soil type. So it doesn't spin quite as much so early. More resistant to creating rough since it doesn't scuff as easily. But since it is hard & dry it's allowed the ball to rough for reverse swing quicker than a softer soil would. That dry outfield helps too.
Abid Ali is averaging 18 if you take out the first 2 tests against sri Lanka
2 walking wickets out there
I never really got to know about even one. But I have given you a number of examples and observed a few myself too. His understanding of game is top notch although I understand that being a Pakistani fan, it maybe hard for you guys to make peace with most of his arguments.
Ali Abid shouldn't be on that plane to Zimbabwe. It should be either be a youngster or Shan Masood.
Ali Abid shouldn't be on that plane to Zimbabwe. It should be either be a youngster or Shan Masood.
Abid Ali and Imran Butt - an opening pair made to fail![]()
Thats a valid analysis.
Abid last chance
Make it count
Nauman, Maulder, Mahraj all have been good without much reward. Fawad also did a good job. Match is only half way yet.Smh poor poor cricket from both teams. The only quality was from Hassan, Shaheen, Nortje and Faheem out of the 22 in the middle
Two different pitches but both produced some decent cricket so far. No roads. Although I suspect some bigger scores could be made on this one with top batting lineups. One pitch for spinners, one for reverse- the classic Pakistan bowling combo I guess.
Abid Ali already wafting a fresh Air. Like i said before. Pakistan are 90/2 in reality here.
So shall we get gulam and saud in next and then when they fail bring somebody in next...the fact being we dont have enough talent
So shall we get gulam and saud in next and then when they fail bring somebody in next...the fact being we dont have enough talent
Once imam is injury free shud bring him bak with fakhar
Once imam is injury free shud bring him bak with fakhar
Oh boy.
Going to be a selection decision now whether to stick with openers or take a fresh set to ease into Zimbabwe.
Glad to see hasan ali back in form
As for these 2 openers anyone want to still persist with them ,if they can't score at home where will they score against Zimbabwe .
There may be a a case if there are no valid options , make rizwan and azhar open
Play rohail or sarfraz as the wicketkeeper lower down
And bring in saud shakeel or any other decent middle order prospect
Once imam is injury free shud bring him bak with fakhar
Niether of those are good enough for test cricket either.
I disagree on Imam. However is a big let down in all formats.
Niether of those are good enough for test cricket either.