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

Fawad definitely should have been selected when he was at his peak in domestic cricket. But expecting him to solve our batting problems at age 34 was unfair. But he isn't good enough anymore.

This dismissal was absolutely embarrassing.
 
What a moment. Karachi media should stay quiet now after Fawad's ugly stay. Shadab is twice the batsman
 
Holding the moan machine crying again. Cannot wait for the day he retires.
 
Mueez said:
I’m starting to think that Misbah wants everyone to become like Misbah himself.

That’s why he chooses players who are like Misbah :)
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He probably shows clips of the Mohali knock to the squad and tells them this is the brand of cricket he expects from the team lol.
 
Babar needs better batsmen in the team to support him.
 
Btw those hoping for rain, this pathetic and average team doesn't deserve rain to save them.
 
Fawad alam has always been a poor tailender. since the time immemorial.He wouldn't have averaged 50 in international cricket had he played all those matches.
 
Fawad can only score when team already has scored 300 and the opposition has college bowlers on the NSK pitch
 
England have been poor in the field otherwise we could have been all out by now. Babar and Rizwan should counter attack and score runs now. If they defend, they will edge one soon too without any runs.
 
Misbah is like well how can I drop Azhar and Asad now with Fawad failing.
 
Babar needs to perform if he wants to be in the fab 4.

Kohli or Smith would battle it out and score a matchwinning century here.
 
Really have to hand it to the Pakistan selectors

A batsman who’s totally reliant on hand eye coordination is given a comeback at the age of 35 on a seaming wicket.
 
The blame will go to Alam but why was he picked when there were possibilities of deficiency on seaming wickets? Everything eventually points back at Misbah and his policies.

Meanwhile Rizwan continues to do his hit and run gimmicks.
 
Like the answer was ever going to be “replace a 21 year old with someone who is 35 in seven weeks.”

This dumb fetish for seniority is reaping precisely what it deserves.

Pakistan deserve to be massacred.
 
Poor Fawad. Hope he gets a 40 not out in second inns to maintain his career avg
 
A serious problem in Pakistan's Test batting lineup is that there is not a single batsman in the team that is capable of coming in at 6 or 7 and counter-attacking. Great teams will change the momentum of the match in 1 hour simply by counter-attacking. You need a Buttler or Woakes type of batsman in the team who can do that. Gilchrist used to do that for Australia. Mccullum for NZ. QDK for South Africa.

Kamran Akmal used to do that for Pakistan but we haven't had an Akmal type batsman since he left. Let's see what Rizwan does here. I hope he counter attacks.
 
Not seen fawad for a long time but what the hell was that.

People in pak actually wanted him in the team?
 
Fawad Alam played all his cricket in Karachi

This is not Karachi flat bed
 
topspin said:
He probably shows clips of the Mohali knock to the squad and tells them this is the brand of cricket he expects from the team lol.
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We were on the right track with Mickey as coach.

At least we had youngsters in our team. And we were doing ok in LO’s.
 
This is a crunch partnership. If either one gets out we might bowled for 160. This wicket is a poor test wicket, far too much going on.
 
Not seen fawad for a long time but what the hell was that.

People in pak actually wanted him in the team?
 
Holding really does speak some nonsense, trying to somehow call a decision to give an LBW not out that was pitching in line, impacting in line and hitting the stumps an 'excellent decision'...
 
I Can't believe that ugly tailender fawad had average of 72 I guess in recently concluded domestic tournament.he was never good enough
 
Gotta feel for Fawad Alam, all that hard work and you get a four ball duck on returning. Poor technique, thats all it is, that was the reason why he was dropped before and the reason why he'll fail again. You can score all the runs in domestic cricket but fatal flaws will get found out every time in test cricket. Age is not on his side either and this is the last we'll probably see of him.
 
HitWicket said:
Holding really does speak some nonsense, trying to somehow call a decision to give an LBW not out that was pitching in line, impacting in line and hitting the stumps an 'excellent decision'...
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Think he wants West Indies and Pakistan to be the powerhouses which they used to be...
 
Not only is it swinging there's variable bounce as well. The variable bounce may not be there tomorrow. Quite the blunder to bat first.
 
HitWicket said:
Holding really does speak some nonsense, trying to somehow call a decision to give an LBW not out that was pitching in line, impacting in line and hitting the stumps an 'excellent decision'...
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And saying that if the umpire gave it out in the first place, it would’ve been wrong
 
One has to feel for fawad alam after ten years coming back to the test team and to come In a pressure situation were everyone is getting out on overcast conditons he was meant to fail if you ask me. I am not a die hard fan of fawad but I think he should be back he should have played the first game IMO

One think is for sure Asad and Azhar need to go they played enough games I don't mind losing but would rather see new faces and lose than see the same old faces and lose matches
 
castortroy said:
Batting letting us down once again.

How many years has it been.
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It will as long as Azhar, Asad and Fawad type of players are selected. Sick of this bunch Misbah , waqar , Azhar, Asad for a decade now.

I’m sure Imam at 3 would have done a lot better and a chance for Haider Ali would have done wonders for Pakistan.

Imam in Azhar out
Haider in Asad out
Shadab in Fawad out
 
Bewal Express said:
This is a crunch partnership. If either one gets out we might bowled for 160. This wicket is a poor test wicket, far too much going on.
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We might get a low scoring nail biter ..... and frankly at this stage we should hope this is actually a difficult pitch to bat on. What is the highest score in Southampton?
 
Rizwan plays too much away from body

Will never do well in seaming conditions
 
Umpires trying their level best to give Eng an opportunity here. Its raining heavily
 
This pitch is very green.

A score of 220 will be a winning one. Babar will score a big hundred.
 
Rizwan plays too much away from body

Will never do well in seaming conditions
 
shariqnoor said:
A serious problem in Pakistan's Test batting lineup is that there is not a single batsman in the team that is capable of coming in at 6 or 7 and counter-attacking. Great teams will change the momentum of the match in 1 hour simply by counter-attacking. You need a Buttler or Woakes type of batsman in the team who can do that. Gilchrist used to do that for Australia. Mccullum for NZ. QDK for South Africa.

Kamran Akmal used to do that for Pakistan but we haven't had an Akmal type batsman since he left. Let's see what Rizwan does here. I hope he counter attacks.
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Yes, Kamran Gilchrist Akmal used to often come out and score runs at a brisk pace. It's a mystery his career numbers dont back up this claim but I'm sure his fans are correct when they remember his brilliant batting over the years.

Afridi and Sarfaraz are probably better examples.
 
tauseef_mahmood said:
I am just worried ... how much our bowlers will get from this wicket? I hope a lot.
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Nothing.

It’s a nice batting track for anyone with hand-eye coordination.

But the batsmen out so far are all the wrong side of 30:

30.10
35.6
32.10
34.6
35.10

It’s not a bowling day or a bowling wicket.

It’s just a day for batsmen under 30 who have quick reflexes.

But Misbah has systematically replaced every batsman apart from Babar Azam with an older model.
 
After more than 10 years of break, Fawad Alam was given chance against ENG in seam condition, he should be given chances in subcontinent first, PCB admin salute to you
 
Azhar the Terrible.

For our team and it’s chances, not the opposition.
 
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