Pakistan South Africa | 2nd Test | Cape Town | 17/2/13 | Day 4

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Four to AS. Lead now 159

 

[liaqat]

o no

 

[IMMY69]

Oh no!!!

 

[imshally81]

 

[lahoriyah1234]

misbah gave his wickets, the ball was short n should have been pulled or paddled on the back foot,

besides that i see nothing in the pitch, its generally dead,

Dead or not last day of the match, u will be under presuure SA r chokerss.

 

[liaqat]

big trouble now

 

[IAJ]

losl, why did you not kick the ball

 

[kamz]

ohh flip that was so unlucky

 

[JibranAnsari]

and that's it for pakistan

 

[waqar goraya]

He was looking at the ball but did not react..

Omen for bad luck..

 

[iafzal]

oh well kind of unlucky

 

[IMMY69]

How unlucky is that!!

 

[mosh101]

Thats pretty much for us

 

[talha3]

Tbh he couldn't have done tooo much about that.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

shafiq caught in two minds there

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why didn't you hit the ball.

LOL I don't think we will see the second new ball now.

 

[Asif321]

noooooooooooooooo... shafiq u should have kicked the ball
huge loss for us

 

[IAJ]

azhar's blocking put preassure on asad. he was looking for quick runs before the new ball.

 

[coca-cola]

match lost now

 

[adnan yasin]

unlucky shafiq

:

 

[castortroy]

Game over now!

Pitch still looks flat as a pancake

 

[ekpakistani]

ok boys .. match over .. with such absurd batting we deserve to lose ... now sarfraz will come to the crease .. I can guarantee you that he won't cross even 10 runs ...

 

[mosh101]

Why oh why shafiq

 

[Digital]

Unlucky, he couldn't much there !!!

 

[insaaniyat]

Two wickets gifted to SA.?going to sleep now. Hope we reach 200

 

[battler]

Asad out

 

[JibranAnsari]

Dammit , should have sent tanvir.

 

[supersix]

break or make for Sarfraz?

 

[chacha kashmiri]

the tail starts now, shafiq should have played with more responsibility

 

[iafzal]

azhar's blocking put preassure on asad. he was looking for quick runs before the new ball.

just stop this nonesense, we are playing a test here not some mickey mouse T20

 

[BHM :D]

Unfortunate there, he was looking really good as well. In a spot of bother now.

Safraz has plenty of time to get accustomed to conditions with the old ball now, make or break.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Sarfraz: average 5

 

[IMMY69]

He couldn't have done much with it... Very very unlucky

 

[Digital]

Two wickets gifted to SA.?going to sleep now. Hope we reach 200

Misbah yes, but Asad was unlucky there

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Damn. .

Things looking really bad now. ...

 

[*syed59*]

I doubt he could have kicked it... it dropped on the stumps quickly...only options would have been to hand kick it...which obviously would have been out as well for handling.

 

[ekpakistani]

ok boys .. match over .. with such absurd batting we deserve to lose ... now sarfraz will come to the crease .. I can guarantee you that he won't cross even 10 runs ...

not referring to asad shafiq .. but more towards our 'great' openers !!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Number 11 batsman playing at number 7.

 

[RehanG]

Should have send tanvir

 

[insaaniyat]

Wasn't Shadiq'scfault

 

[mosh101]

Sarfraz needs to dig in now ! Cant afford another wicket here. Not atleast till the new ball arrives

 

[IMMY69]

Do or die for Ahmed...

 

[JibranAnsari]

Almost got him.

 

[imshally81]

unlucky

 

[ViciousMachine]

azhar's blocking put preassure on asad. he was looking for quick runs before the new ball.

Are you joking......???

Unbelievable....

Is global warming now Azhar Ali's fault too? The meteors that hit Russia? Is it his fault Pak lost to India in the 1996 wc quarter final?


Dont panick Azhar bhai !! Just defend still !! Just have to play until tea, and we will still win!!

 

[waqar goraya]

Trundler Philander moving the ball miles...!!

 

[Digital]

the tail starts now, shafiq should have played with more responsibility

What are you talking ??? He was unlucky

 

[khan1992]

this superstar azhar ali needs to make quick runs now
no excuses from azhar ali fans now

 

[castortroy]

Tanveer should have come in, Ahmed Is a walking wicket

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan should ship in adnan for the next match if sarfaraz fails.

 

[mosh101]

break or make for Sarfraz?

No backup keeper so we're going to have to bear with him for the next match too.

 

[uberkoen]

Why?! Why would they do that? I don't understand

 

[JibranAnsari]

The changed ball is moving a lot.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Pakistan should ship in adnan for the next match if sarfaraz fails.

Won't make a difference. ... he can't bat either.

 

[Asif321]

how to get 100 runs more

 

[mosh101]

Pakistan should ship in adnan for the next match if sarfaraz fails.

Dont think zaka can afford a 5 day trip for jr akmal

 

[IMMY69]

Time for Safraz to prove he can cut it

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

this superstar azhar ali needs to make quick runs now
no excuses from azhar ali fans now

No he doesn't.

Strategy has to be the same. ... survival plus 3 runs an over.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Won't make a difference. ... he can't bat either.

Can hit a few mishits to boundary ..better than sarfaraz.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

azhar needs to shephered the strike here and keep whispering into sarfraz's ear between balls

 

[ahmed778]

Very unlucky there Shafiq.

 

[castortroy]

We have not gone anywhere with our scoring rate after 64 overs and now have a new ball around the corner which will wipe out the remaining of the line up if it gets to that.

 

[BHM :D]

this superstar azhar ali needs to make quick runs now
no excuses from azhar ali fans now

Quick runs?! They've just lost a wicket. Its so frustrating the way some of you so called fans are, criticising or giving non sensical suggestions at every opportunity.

 

[IMMY69]

4

 

[mosh101]

Thats fourrrr

 

[Digital]

Four

 

[fight_club]

Guys, No need to raise alarm, we have runs on the board and might get upto 250 lead. SA is no robot and marked chockers if you have one. We just need to be positive here

 

[Digital]

Minimum of 250

 

[ViciousMachine]

this superstar azhar ali needs to make quick runs now
no excuses from azhar ali fans now

No, he DOES not!! Why does he have to score quick?? 159 overs left in the match, the lead is 160!

The longer the game goes, the better for Pakistan. Even if we dont score, we want this game to drag on! Let the pitch crack

 

[ekpakistani]

sarfraz has already scored as per his avg .. no more expectations

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Can hit a few mishits to boundary ..better than sarfaraz.

Not with this bowling.

Sarfaraz has a FC average of 40.

Needs to be persisted with.

I don't even expect him to get to double figures Against this bowling.

He just needs some time to get used to this quality of bowling.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan lead by 164 runs with 5 wickets remaining

 

[mosh101]

Rehman & ajmal would have murdered SA in the fourth innings

 

[chacha kashmiri]

philander looking after his body there

 

[ViciousMachine]

Quick runs?! They've just lost a wicket. Its so frustrating the way some of you so called fans are, criticising or giving non sensical suggestions at every opportunity.

Thank you!!! Good to see some logic sometimes instead of the typical Afridi answer, "what, we lost a wicket? Start slogging right away!!!"

 

[khan1992]

No he doesn't.

Strategy has to be the same. ... survival plus 3 runs an over.

yes he does not long left for new ball and then the ball will be swinging and steyn will start murdering us

he has been defending for 65 overs now loool

 

[ekpakistani]

ABD says one wicket away from tail .. perhaps its keeper to keeper respect? hahahha

 

[imshally81]

haha

 

[IMMY69]

What a twit!!!!

 

[castortroy]

Disgraceful