Pakistan v Australia | 2nd Test | Day 1: Session 2, 3 | Leeds | 21/07/10

[ZAK]

2 more to Azhar.

 

[uzy99]

I wish this day would just keep going

 

[imshally81]

good drive for nothing

 

[imshally81]

ponting should use smith now

 

[azlotia]

I think play will go till 6:30PM local time....possible to get another 12-13 overs today

 

[mrk]

Seems to Azhar start playing his shoot. I trust more on these 2 than Umar, Akmal and Malik

 

[azlotia]

ponting should use smith now

ponting should think of bowling himself now

 

[ZAK]

139/2

 

[Seen Sheen]

Off the mark,Amin...

 

[imshally81]

ameen off the mark with the single

 

[Friend786]

amin off the mark

 

[imshally81]

azhar goneeeeeeee

 

[ZAK]

Umar Amin is off the mark with a single.

 

[PakPassionate]

Azhar Gone

 

[azlotia]

TWATSON Again....what is wrong with our batsmen....

 

[Seen Sheen]

Gone...Found out again outside the off side.

 

[Strike!]

Collapse time.

 

[Friend786]

watson does it again ! aaaaahhhh

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Azhar out!

 

[Gollum]

Once more iffy play outside off stump by Azhar Ali. Gone........

 

[azlotia]

why to watson....its getting really annoying

 

[Seen Sheen]

Watson again...***..issed:..

 

[uzy99]

Essentially two new batsmen at the crease

 

[Big Mac]

****ing Twatson again, I hate that guy more with each match

 

[Desire]

azhar ali, i am afraid that should be the end of him this tour

 

[ahmed16]

Does Azhar Ali know where his off stump is? No need to play at that and yet another pleasing 30 odd comes to an end.

 

[pak4life]

our tail is exposed

 

[IAJ]

Kamina Watson again! what is wrong with our batsmen?

 

[ZAK]

Azhar

 

[Desi]

Was bound to happen, at least 4-5 balls had threatened to kiss that edge already in this innings.

 

[Strike!]

Twatson to take a 5 wicket haul again.

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Umar to come out.

 

[Gollum]

I hope we make at least 250 or the bowling effort will go wasted. Need a 150+ lead at least.

 

[imshally81]

akmal in

 

[Awesome_Username]

Oh FFS! WATSON!

 

[Liverpool_Faizan]

watson swingin it

 

[nam]

should've sent amir as a night watchmen!

 

[saeed-sohail]

Difference between decent and quality players is ability of scoring big hundreds.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Like ramiz said respect is the word for umar akmal.

 

[ZAK]

Akmal gets off the mark with a single.

 

[azfar wali]

Smith coming into ball now

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

...how many overs we will get before play ends?

 

[Atif]

Akmal better not get carried away with spinner bowling..

 

[FM87]

It seems that not a single batsman is capable of playing a long inning, forget a long inning they cannot not make a 50 although there is hardly any pressure on these batsmen.

 

[Friend786]

six to umar akmal

 

[ads101]

oh come on Umar Akmal, don't do the same thing you did last time.

Though that was a quality shot.

 

[ZAK]

 

[Sir john]

smith a overrated bowler,

 

[Atif]

It is getting really dark out there, umpires should offer the light to batsmen

 

[saeed-sohail]

Please umar hang in there.

 

[FM87]

A good six but it only shows how immature he is.

 

[ZAK]

Single to Akmal.

 

[Atif]

And the umpires offer the light, and the players walk off

 

[ZAK]

148/3

 

[ads101]

It seems that not a single batsman is capable of playing a long inning, forget a long inning they cannot not make a 50 although there is hardly any pressure on these batsmen.

umar is capable of playing a long innings I'd say, he just plays silly shots sometimes.

Azhar doesn't look like he could in difficult conditions, neither does Amin. It's because both of those don't really ease and become secure, they always look cautious throughout the innings. Probably to the fact that they're debutants and they're nervous.

That's one good thing about u.akmal's over confidence. It does make it more likely that he'll get a big innings.

 

[Solid Snake]

Phew!

 

[Sir john]

pak batsman need to play cautionally now on,

 

[Desire]

again batting problems.

 

[ZAK]

Bad light stops play.

 

[Friend786]

that could be the stumps

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Azhar ali is gone for the series i believe

 

[Friend786]

good day for pakistan

 

[ads101]

smith a overrated bowler,

no one rates him much in the first place.

Even Aussies are of the opinion that he is picked in the hope of just transforming into just an average spinner. Australia don't have many spin options really, so it's not surprise that Smith's not that great.

 

[kingusama92]

Umar Akmal is just something else, isn't he?

What confidence and absolute disrespect of Smith.

I can't complain, I love watching him smash bowlers around.

 

[Poison]

What an audacious shot from Akmal )

 

[ads101]

Thank god it's stumps (well probably unless light gets better) before North the destroyer came on and finished us off.

 

[Poison]

What a day for Pakistan, poised on the precipice now, we're miles in front.

 

[bhakkar]

well done boys!

hope robin hood doesnt get a 5fer again!

 

[Cheguvera]

This test has Sydney written all over it...Aussies collapse first innings, Pakistan start well in their first innings...only to see a collapse and with T20 specialist Umar Akmal slogging Smith for the six, the collapse in indeed inevitable...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Umar Akmal. We still have a Six Crazy person in the Test side.

) ) ) )

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

This test has Sydney written all over it...Aussies collapse first innings, Pakistan start well in their first innings...only to see a collapse and with T20 specialist Umar Akmal slogging Smith for the six, the collapse in indeed inevitable...

You might be right .....

 

[hashmist]

60 runs ahead with 7 wickets in hand. What kind of lead do you guys think is realisitic? 100, 150, 200? Do we have enough to stretch it to 300 all out?

 

[sagar]

I'd be happy if Pakistan makes 250 or could get a lead of 200 or so.

 

[Poison]

60 runs ahead with 7 wickets in hand. What kind of lead do you guys think is realisitic? 100, 150, 200? Do we have enough to stretch it to 300 all out?

I think 150 is a mere formality from here, unless the conditions are as good tomorow as they were this morning (for bowling). We should be good for at least a 200 run lead.

 

[hashmist]

What a day for Pakistan, poised on the precipice now, we're miles in front.

A 60 run lead with a long tail about to be exposed is hardly miles in front.

 

[Momo]

Umar Akmal. We still have a Six Crazy person in the Test side.

) ) ) )

He just can't stop hitting sixes. The baton has been passed.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

This test has Sydney written all over it...Aussies collapse first innings, Pakistan start well in their first innings...only to see a collapse and with T20 specialist Umar Akmal slogging Smith for the six, the collapse in indeed inevitable...

*Yawns*

 

[Poison]

A 60 run lead with a long tail about to be exposed is hardly miles in front.

7 wickets in hand, first innings lead of somewhere between 100-150 is priceless. Australia will need to make in excess of 300 in the 2nd innings (where they got 88 in the 1st innings) to even be competitive.

 

[AZ]

Audio Update No. 6​

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[Afridi_Fan]

He just can't stop hitting sixes. The baton has been passed.

And the mentor will be there to look over him in shorter format.