Pakistan finish on 126/5 at Stumps on rain-hit Day 1 of 2nd Test against England

[Mamoon]

We would have folded for 150 if England held onto the catches.

 

[Markhor]

Bye bye Shafiq.

 

[castortroy]

We just better pray that rain saves us

 

[Bigboii]

He seems to be nervous as always

As always Asad "nervous" Ali got out
How can you play if you that nervous, scared of losing your place

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Asad absolute softieees

 

[Dark_Horse]

Asad Shafique with the best technique

 

[Mueez]

Enna nu cricket charao te dangal larwao.

 

[DandyFellow]

Yes and no. His weakness is blatantly clear now. At the same time, looks like an easier one to rectify than some others’.

If he works on it and gets it right, can spend the time and score the runs like he has been doing over his last 2 innings here, then won’t be easy to drop. Let’s see. Age not on his side of course, but let’s see.

Time will tell. We will hopefully see more of him in the SENA conditions. Age is not with him so it would not be easy to rectify his mistakes.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Most ugliest batsman ever. Awful batting stance.

 

[Fahdi]

The man, the myth the legend is here!

 

[sindhiboy]

Time to get shadab back in place of shafiq

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

England well on top. Game over guyss

 

[sweep_shot]

Fawad time finally.

 

[Forum363]

Pakistan are really missing Archer here. Continuous pressure from all four seamers in these conditions is tough.

 

[Third Man]

Wow, what a stance that is. What a sight

 

[Mueez]

As always Asad "nervous" Ali got out
How can you play if you that nervous, scared of losing your place

A waste of a batsman.

We basically play with eight players instead of eleven?

 

[sindhiboy]

Pretty surreal to see fawad Alam after all these years

 

[coy0607]

Really, is that the only batsman they could find in domestics? Beats me.

The best performing batsmen in domestic today (Saad Ali, etc) will debut in 10-11 years when they're in mid-30's

 

[shamaan]

I don't think so. England bat deep.

But, Pakistan probably should've bowled first.

Stil proberly lol

 

[sweep_shot]

Babar is key here. Others are inexperienced.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

LOL he is already dancing. I m loving this.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

was it a good ball?

 

[Third Man]

Would look very stupid if he gets out early after that elaborate dance.

 

[Yk313]

Right now I do not care about age, stance or anything else for that matter. Just show some application for godsakr. Show AS and AA the mirror.

 

[shamaan]

Pitch is good, top order is not.

Pitch stil good for you bro

 

[MMHS]

Fawad’s chance of lifetime- it’s almost like a debut for him. He had a hundred in his first debut.

 

[coy0607]

Really, is that the only batsman they could find in domestics? Beats me.

The best performing batsmen in domestic today (Saad Ali, etc) will debut in 10-11 years when they're in mid-30's

 

[castortroy]

Woakes will get Babar here

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

What a sight to watch that ugliest batsman ever.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Azhar and Shafiq doing exactly what is expected of them. Which is not much.

Best I can hope for is that they both get dumped after this series.

 

[Mueez]

This is the first time I’m watching Fawad bat.

And this is absolutely comedy.

But doesn’t matter as long as he scores.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

he needs to score a 40+ here ...

 

[Amjid Javed]

Asad and Azhar need to go after this series ends.

 

[shariqnoor]

We would have folded for 150 if England held onto the catches.

I would say 150 is still on.

 

[Fahdi]

Look at the amount of swing after 42 overs.... What was the management thinking...

 

[Dark_Horse]

There are lot of issues with azhar ali age catching up, chronic knees, poor hand eye coordination at this part of age but focussing isn't the one.I want him to retire either he scores or not. On the other hand Asad Shafique has mental problem and also faces relatively old ball ie 35-40 overs.Don't know what to do with that

 

[sweep_shot]

This is the first time I’m watching Fawad bat.

And this is absolutely comedy.

But doesn’t matter as long as he scores.

Pakistani Chanderpaul.

 

[Markhor]

English seam attack is relentless in these conditions. Fear Pakistan will get rolled over tonight.

 

[castortroy]

These conditions are tailor made for England bowlers.

Naseem and SSA will have little effect here

 

[hb787]

Lol at Fawad batting stance

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

These ugly stance player and ugly action bowler like that Indian guy shouldn't be allowed to play cricket. Sore sight.people don't want to watch this ugliness.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

we need to get to 180 runs without a fall of wicket now.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan's tail needs to get some runs (Abbas, Shaheen, and Naseem).

 

[DandyFellow]

With Azhar Ali, one can remember some of his match winning performances. But when it comes to Asad, I can not even remember a single notable performance in a Pakistani win. Both have to leave the team sooner now but when we will recall the memories of them in the future, Azhar Ali might get some credit for few of our wins. People will forget Asad.

 

[angrypathan]

English seam attack is relentless in these conditions. Fear Pakistan will get rolled over tonight.

Babar or bust.

 

[Fahdi]

One thing you can trust Fawad to do is put a price on his wicket.

 

[Yk313]

CW to FA. This may get ugly soon lol

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Babar leaving well.

He was getting beaten quite often against Anderson.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Chanderpaul was not this bad.Give him out already.

 

[Yk313]

Lol gone?

 

[Mueez]

Fawad’s comeback is ten years too late.

Well never mind Misbah was made captain when he was 36 )

 

[castortroy]

That looks out

 

[imshally81]

Seems very close

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Fawad looks a goner tbh

 

[Justcrazy]

Fawad should be given 3 - 4 Test Matches irrespective of what happens here

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

He is pure LOLs.

 

[ammar_merry]

Painful batting by fawad ends. avg 56

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

I had a feeling batting first is not a good idea today.

 

[Fahdi]

One thing you can trust Fawad to do is put a price on his wicket.

Today it was on sale

 

[Yk313]

Fawad should be given 3 - 4 Test Matches irrespective of what happens here

Sure, but not easy conditions to “debut” with all that pressure

 

[castortroy]

Time to switch off.

Woakes does the damage once again

 

[shah_1]

Tailender alam

 

[Third Man]

Would look very stupid if he gets out early after that elaborate dance.

Told ya!

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

LOL. Absolutely loved it.He is very very awful batsman.

 

[sweep_shot]

Fawad departs for a duck!

120/5.

 

[Justcrazy]

Review ! Fawad looks gone

 

[shamaan]

This management needs to be sacked for batting first

 

[ManFan]

LOL!

Poor Babar!

 

[Mueez]

Talk about gifting the match.

 

[angrypathan]

Comedy show ends early. Thank you Misbah

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Get England in tonight and get them 20-2 at least

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Ouch ...

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

He scored a big duck.hahahhaha

 

[shariqnoor]

This is why Shadab has been very smart. He's trying to emulate Shoaib Malik and just become a batsman. He's still a rubbish batsman but he understands that to get into this team as a batter, you literally have to score just 30 runs each innings.

 

[Energy]

Well played Fawad. And Asad. Super techniques for both on their own merit.

 

[Mamoon]

Fawad’s technique is a hot mess on seaming pitches. We saw that in 2010 in New Zealand.

 

[Fahdi]

One guy who would be rightfully ****** right now is Shadab Khan.

 

[Yk313]

Hha oh god. Well Babar might soon start playing freely if he survives. Hopefully it will be light vs Steyn in SA.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

There goes the Legend fawad. So much for a test comeback

 

[shah_1]

This management needs to be sacked for batting first

Horrible batting