Pakistan v Australia | First Test - Day 1 | Lords | 13/07/10

[uzy99]

Gul needs to think that he's getting a 4 over T20 spell

 

[hur rizvi]

he is the best. puller and hooker of the ball... we can try out . with a deep square leg or mid wicekt

but dont say he cant play short pitch stufff please ..

Obviously he is one of the best playing pull or hook but short ball as a surprise element can be useful

 

[saeed-sohail]

Need a short leg for gul and as I type Warne says it too.I could make a great captain non playing.

 

[LG]

The pink blouse made it hard for the batsman to see the ball or something

Warne says it would have been real trouble had she been wearing a pink bra underneath.

 

[Free Hit]

Gul needs to think that he's getting a 4 over T20 spell

but batsman are not thinking like they need 10 runs per over

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Afridi will bring him on may before kaneria today

 

[AZ]

Uffff, beaut from Gul! But a no-ball

 

[hur rizvi]

Gul needs to bowl fuller

 

[afridi_captain]

Wat a delivery

 

[Rana]

Gul needs to think that he's getting a 4 over T20 spell

Yorkers wont really do to top order test batsmen, tailenders is fine.

 

[don1990]

no ball but thanks god there is no free hit......

 

[LG]

Good delivery from Gul. But it's a no ball.

 

[Oxy]

Cant be bowling no-balls in test Gul

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good to see Malik on pitch as 12th Man

Just where he belongs!

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Gul pitch full!

 

[ZAK]

32/1 after 11 overs

 

[saeed-sohail]

32/1

 

[IMMY69]

4th seamer would have been handy here!!!!!

 

[Free Hit]

Good to see Malik on pitch as 12th Man

Just where he belongs!

no he doesnt, i dont know why so much hate for him, afterall he is a pakistani player

 

[uzy99]

It's like we're playing 13 people. Even the umpires try to get in our head

 

[Monsee]

Does not play the short ball well?

He's the best player of the short ball in the world.

8.3
Mohammad Aamer to Ponting, FOUR, 86.0 mph, drops short and pays the price, Ponting has had problems with the short ball but that was too easy as he pulls it away down to long

 

[adnan yasin]

No, just tired of reading match threads where half the posts are sooking about the umpires. It's a pretty interesting game so far, not that you would know from reading here....

Afridi should bring himself on soon...

i m watching the match and good to see aussie dance on the pitch

umpiring is pathetic.. KATICH should have been in de dressing room sleeping on the couch .. dreaming of scoring a hundered at lords

 

[Rana]

dont loosen the grip.

 

[don1990]

"I don't think Mohammad Yousuf has ever operated with more than 3 slips at any point while he was captain. Afridi's first Test in charge, he opts for 5 slips. That's the kind of captaincy test cricket needs, good stuff," says Matt.

 

[hur rizvi]

Asif should take a wicket now .... Aussies have handled him quite easily

 

[don1990]

Eight minutes until lunch...

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Gul should ball full and try to swing and seam the ball rather than relying solely on yorkers

 

[LG]

through fine leg for Ponting.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Danish goes off to place his lunch order. Back on now.

First poor ball by Asif, 4 down legside.

 

[AZ]

poor delivery from Asif, tickled to fine leg.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Gul has always been back of a length bowler. He needs to learn to pitch ball up.

 

[Sparhawk]

Australia probably got the better of this session so far losing just one wicket

 

[adnan yasin]

unlucky .. deserve .. 2 to 3 wickets ..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Kaneria should be given last over before lunch just to mix things up!

 

[Da Best]

Afridi should bring himself on just before lunch.

 

[Amjid Javed]

We really need another wicket here!

 

[Rana]

i guess its even stevens after the wicket, aussies building a partnership.

 

[IMMY69]

Kaneria should be given last over before lunch just to mix things up!

Afridi could have done that!! I think we are missing a 4th seamer!

 

[Oxy]

Kaneria should be given last over before lunch just to mix things up!

I think hes off the pitch - Malik on as sub

 

[LG]

High again.

 

[Gulf of Gold]

We really need another wicket here!

We need it badly

 

[hur rizvi]

unlucky .. deserve .. 2 to 3 wickets ..

KAtich should have been sitting in the dressing room

 

[Da Best]

Gul has always been back of a length bowler. He needs to learn to pitch ball up.

If he does do that he ends up bowling an attempted yorker, or a full toss.

 

[ZAK]

36/1 after 12 overs

 

[LG]

I think hes off the pitch - Malik on as sub

He's back on.

 

[IMMY69]

Asif at point!!

 

[saeed-sohail]

Where is beefy Nasser and Athers.Enough of Willis and Alott.

 

[Sakss]

lala warming up

 

[hur rizvi]

Afridi warming up ....might be coming in to bowl

 

[LG]

Looks like Afridi will be bowling soon. He's warming up.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Afridi should bring himself on just before lunch.

Looks as if he will, warming up.

 

[hur rizvi]

Gul is looking harmless

 

[AZ]

Gul getting some bounce off a length, good stuff.

 

[adnan yasin]

KAtich should have been sitting in the dressing room

surely .. he should have ...

good b all. squaring krapich up

 

[hur rizvi]

Australia getting some sledge from asif and Aamer

 

[saeed-sohail]

Apart from ammir we have bowled average.

 

[pakmania]

Good to see that we're sledging here,showing some aggression and energy

 

[Sakss]

good bowling gullah

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Interesting talk among commentator. Afridi has asked the team to be aggressive vs Australia & to target the asutralian captain. Good to see as a pakistani fan. Much better than the defensive mindset of previous captains!

 

[IMMY69]

I dont think there'll be time for another over before lunch!

 

[don1990]

lunch

 

[saeed-sohail]

Katich looks like getting out every ball but he doesn,t.

 

[Oxy]

I dont think there'll be time for another over before lunch!

That womans pink cardigan put pay to that

Lunch

Aus: 36-1 (13)

 

[ZAK]

36/1 after 13 overs.

 

[Amjid Javed]

36/1 - Lunch

Decent bowling start for Pakistan. Idealy we needed 2/3 wickets in 1st session really.

 

[AZ]

and that's lunch.

Good session for Pakistan, bowling beautifully, should have had another wicket.

 

[pakmania]

Lunch

Aus 36-1
13 Overs

 

[don1990]

36/1

 

[Sakss]

a good session....katich shoudve been back in the hut...

 

[Amoeba]

Think the Aussies will be the happier. If we had a bit of luck we could have got 3.

 

[KingKhanWC]

A decent session for us. Should have been 2 down at least but good energy and effort. The next session will be a long one and very important.

Off for a shower, see you guys after breakfast.

 

[hashbb]

I hope Imran Khan visits the boys in the dressing room and give them a few ideas to try out

 

[Sakss]

36/1 - Lunch

Decent bowling start for Pakistan. Idealy we needed 2/3 wickets in 1st session really.

well couldve had 2....thanks to ian gould

 

[hur rizvi]

Bad umpiring from "Ghatia Gould" gives Aussies advantage only ...one wicket down is clear advantage for Australia

 

[fanimw]

Lunch time for Day 1

 

[Da Best]

And that's lunch then. Pakistan bowling not as badly as the last test series.

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Had it been Pak batting first then easily they would have lost 3 to 4 wickets by lunch

 

[uzy99]

Just saw the replay of the Katich LBW. Should have been given

 

[amar1212]

me likes the aggression

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

difference between performance so far today and the performance on Aussies tour is the aggressive captaincy of Afridi to the defensive captaincy of yousuf..