Pakistan hit back with 2 wickets after being bowled out for 282 on Day 1 of the 2nd Test

[Big Mac]

OK commentators are wrong

They usually are.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

2 more runs for Yasir.

 

[Something]

Haris Sohail and Asad Shafiq should not be anywhere near the playing XI.

Overrated useless players.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Well bowled by Labuschagne!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Haris Sohail and Asad Shafiq should not be anywhere near the playing XI.

Overrated useless players.

Sohail just scored a ton last match.

 

[Big Mac]

Ouch

 

[RehanG]

Tailender

 

[Big Mac]

Tailender

Better to take a few bruises and stay in than play the pull shot right up in the air

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Wayward delivery

 

[Hasan123]

Need to find a way to get to 300.

 

[theariezman]

Haris Sohail and Asad Shafiq should not be anywhere near the playing XI.

Overrated useless players.

I agree Asad Shafiq is hanging around for about last 8-9 years and still just 11 Hundreds.
He is known as the man in crises but mostly I found himself in crises.

Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan left long ago, he should step-up now and show the responsibility as one of the senior most player in the team.

 

[RehanG]

Better to take a few bruises and stay in than play the pull shot right up in the air

And break ur arm? Just Like Babar did in England

 

[Hasan123]

Labuschagne has bowled decently.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir must be thinking , this guy is better than me.

 

[mak36]

Some big turn.

 

[Hasan123]

Lol Yasir wants to hit Labuschagne out of the attack.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Our batting once again has made Aussies bowlers look like world beaters

hope we can get to 300 somehow.

 

[Hasan123]

Irresponsible shot from the captain.

 

[Big Mac]

ROFL that was embarrassing

 

[JibranAnsari]

What a poor shot.

 

[Hasan123]

Sarfraz spin playing ability is a little bit ovverated. He has struggled a lot against leggies in recent times.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Pathetic way to get out but good innings.

Another wicket for Labbe-shireen

 

[ARK Rafay]

Nothing is better to see your batsman getting out on 90s

 

[Asif321]

Gosh another 100 missed scores same as fakhar 94

 

[angrypathan]

Jee that was brainless

 

[Hasan123]

A part time spinner is ripping us apart. We are awful against spin.

 

[MMHS]

Both batsmen succumbed in pressure under 90s

Should have resisted here, but well played. This was a career saving innings under pressure.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wouldnt be a sarfraz inns without a brain fade

 

[angrypathan]

Marcus North's leg spin reincarnation Marnus

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Sarfraz shouldn't have been so concerned about getting to three figures. Tried to hit a six to get to his hundred. Should've been thinking of the team's needs above personal milestones.

 

[Hasan123]

Both batsmen succumbed in pressure under 90s

Should have resisted here, but well played. This was a career saving innings under pressure.

How long will it save him for ? If we lose the game surely he will be sacked!

 

[GLORY OF '92]

A part time spinner is ripping us apart. We are awful against spin.

This guy is good. Pitch is more difficult than Dubai but 3 ducks is criminal.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Making Labuschagne look like shane warne!

 

[Big Mac]

Yasir will show the captain how to deal with part time bowlers

No need to panic, bowl the Aussies out for under 300, score eight thousand when we bat again and then the Aussies will crumble on the 5th day.

 

[Asif321]

Both should have easily scored 100s

 

[ARK Rafay]

Making Labuschagne look like shane warne!

He's actually pretty good. The pitch is assisting and he's getting some turn and bounce. Better than Holland IMO

 

[Hasan123]

Going to be difficult to win from here.

 

[Big Mac]

This guy is good. Pitch is more difficult than Dubai but 3 ducks is criminal.

He's crap. Wait a year or two and he'll have been long gone from the test side.

 

[Amjid Javed]

wont get near 300 now

 

[Hasan123]

This guy is good. Pitch is more difficult than Dubai but 3 ducks is criminal.

It's his 2nd game. He has been selected because of his all round ability, he wouldn't make the team on his bowling alone.

He has potential but we are making him look better than he is.

 

[shariqnoor]

After Inzamam, I don't think Pakistan has ever found a batsman capable enough to play with the tail. It's definitely an art and none of our batsmen know how to go about it.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Finally some runs.

A boundary by Yasir brings up Pakistan's 250.

And he hits a too!

 

[Mp812]

Wth

I park my car inside the house and 2 more wickets down.

You shouldn't have parked car in the house. Should have in the garage or road outside. Could have saved two wickets

 

[Hasan123]

Good shots from Yasir.

 

[shariqnoor]

They're going to give him a 5fer, wont they?

 

[MMHS]

How long will it save him for ? If we lose the game surely he will be sacked!

Won't be - PCB is trying to protect him till WC; he has given them a escape route with bat.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Yasir took 12 runs off the last over.

Good stuff this.

 

[Dark_Horse]

They should look for some quick runs else put aus to bat

 

[Something]

I agree Asad Shafiq is hanging around for about last 8-9 years and still just 11 Hundreds.
He is known as the man in crises but mostly I found himself in crises.

Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan left long ago, he should step-up now and show the responsibility as one of the senior most player in the team.

He should've done that ages ago. He's scored in a few games I'll give him that but he's not someone we can consistently rely on and that is a shame considering the experience he's had and how long he's been playing for.

Really should be dumped.

 

[Hasan123]

Won't be - PCB is trying to protect him till WC; he has given them a escape route with bat.

I thought you said he won't last till South Africa tour. Now he will stay till WC?

 

[Big Mac]

Yasir will show the captain how to deal with part time bowlers

No need to panic, bowl the Aussies out for under 300, score eight thousand when we bat again and then the Aussies will crumble on the 5th day.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

You shouldn't have parked car in the house. Should have in the garage or road outside. Could have saved two wickets

Lol.

I'm going to keep it outside in the 2nd innings then.

 

[Something]

Sohail just scored a ton last match.

Almost everyone scored a ton in the last game. Any half decent batsman would've scored a ton in the last game.

 

[Hasan123]

Vital runs. Good hitting by Yasir.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Yasir is treating the Aussies with disdain.

28* now.

 

[Asif321]

At 55/5 to here is very good recovery

 

[Hasan123]

Good bowling from Marsh.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Castled now on a full length delivery.

9 down now.

 

[AAli98]

Woeful batting this is a 550+ pitch should have batted aus out of game..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Yasir gone, at least he played a few shots.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

this is a batting paradise --NOT

 

[Something]

Another one gone.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Woeful batting this is a 550+ pitch should have batted aus out of game..

Lol. Max 350.

Look at the turn. Even some good bounce for the pacers.

 

[Chikkeh]

At 55/5 to here is very good recovery

Exactly. We were on track to being skittled out for under a ton.

Wonderful recovery, now time for the bowlers and fielders to step up.

 

[Markhor]

Yasir has outperformed the entire middle order.

 

[Something]

Can't believe Fakhar and Sarfraz couldn't get to 100

Cricinfo shared this lovely stat

2 batsmen getting out on identical score in the 90s in a Test innings:
99 Majid Khan & Mushtaq Mhd v Eng, Karachi, 1973
96 Mark Taylor & Ricky Ponting, v SL, Perth, 1995
90 VVS Laxman & Irfan Pathan v Pak, Faisalabad, 2006
94 Fakhar Zaman & Sarfraz Ahmed v Aus, Abu Dhabi, Today

 

[Hasan123]

Mir off the mark in test cricket

 

[MMHS]

I thought you said he won't last till South Africa tour. Now he will stay till WC?

I said, "he'll not last till WC (actually after SAF series), if his individual performance remains similar". Still, in threat, but at least he has scored some here, which will keep PCB comfortable, who is not willing to change Captain before WC. If he keeps scoring, at least they won't be forced to do so, regardless of team's performance.

 

[Hasan123]

I said, "he'll not last till WC (actually after SAF series), if his individual performance remains similar". Still, in threat, but at least he has scored some here, which will keep PCB comfortable, who is not willing to change Captain before WC. If he keeps scoring, at least they won't be forced to do so, regardless of team's performance.

So we will see how he does in the next series.

 

[Shafi]

We shouldn't let Australia to score over 350 and score 250 in the 2nd innings and lets hope for the best.

 

[Hasan123]

May as well look to be positive. They won't last long with dead batting.

 

[mak36]

Hit out or get out time.

This will be a very awkward period to bat for the Aussies.

 

[MMHS]

So we will see how he does in the next series.

You understand that had he made it 72-6, and PAK losing this Test, PCB won't have any other way out? Now, at least he has made sure for 3 more Test. Next target is to make sure that this batting effort doesn't hamper his keeping - W/L doesn't matter most regarding Captaincy here, otherwise PCB would have sacked him after Asia Cup.

 

[MMHS]

Have to leave here today - PAK would love to see AUS 2 down by stumps

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Another 30

 

[Hasan123]

Big shot

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Wow Abbas. )

 

[Hasan123]

I don't mind crease occupation but just dead batting everything is not the way to go. You need to look to rotate strike and put the loose balls away.

 

[pak4life]

declare and have a go at the aussies. Wasting 5/6 overs for next to nothing runs.

 

[mak36]

Abbas showing intent than Azhar