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

[adzzy786]

500-1

 

[ZAK]

171/2

 

[hur rizvi]

LALA should go in ODI mode rather than trying too much

 

[Desire]

need a defensive bowler.. asif mujtaba, amir sohail type of bowler

 

[Sakss]

what the hell is afridi bowling.....cant he bowl like he does in odis

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Partnership is now 120.

 

[hur rizvi]

Aussies will declare tomorrow at lunch

 

[insaftak]

pathetic bowling by afridi

 

[Rizwan25]

Looks like Amir need another youngster on the other end to support his superb bowling.

Talha wouldn't be a bad choice or even Anwar Ali.

 

[Batman]

Australia | 2/171 | 42 Overs

Afridi bowls bad bowling here. Afridi struggling here.

 

[hur rizvi]

Asif is too slow to be effective...

 

[Poison]

Can't believe Afridi was stupid enough to bowl first

There's NOTHING in it

We would get murdered on Day 5

lol

Would've been quite comical to see Farhat and Butt facing the amount of swing and seam there was earlier.

 

[Sakss]

asif needs to generate a bit of pace to trouble these batsmen

 

[On_the_up]

wasn't Gul injured last time pakistan toured

 

[IMMY69]

Asif needs to get some more zip from his deliveries...His line, length have been good and he's got movement ..but he's lacking a little in pace...

 

[AZ]

Asif's new action is getting him more swing...the problem is that he isn't bowling with enough consistency.

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Beauty by Asif!

 

[Sakss]

no bloody luck 4 us

 

[Wazeeri]

From what we've seen of Asif, he has still got the ability to make the ball talk, but he's lost the extra pace that made him demon earlier in his career.

When exactly did Asif have pace?

 

[IMMY69]

wasn't Gul injured last time pakistan toured

nope..he played every test match!

 

[1two3]

That was a magical delivery from Asif.. WOW>

 

[Awesome_Username]

This sucks.

 

[hur rizvi]

wasn't Gul injured last time pakistan toured

No he was not injured

 

[Desire]

Asif is too slow to be effective...

mohd asif = irfan pathan/2

 

[Wazeeri]

Asif is too slow to be effective...

Average of 23 and strike rate of 47 says otherwise.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Jaffer from Asif, don't know how that missed. Asif is bowling beautifully.

 

[Sakss]

this swing and pace would only trouble the bengali batsmen

 

[akamaka]

argggghhhhhh missed the stumps , again. issed:

 

[NorthStar]

Its a difficult job for the spinners on Day 1 . This is a Seamer's wicket so Asif & Gul should have done better.

 

[MIG]

Paul the Octopus has picked Asif to fail today

 

[On_the_up]

171-2

 

[Amjid Javed]

68 runs and no wickets in last 13 overs...

Aussies going at 5+ runs an over. No clever stuff!

 

[hur rizvi]

That was a magical delivery from Asif.. WOW>

We dont need magical deliveries we need wkts

 

[IMMY69]

When exactly did Asif have pace?

I dont think its the pace as much as the zip...He's always been low 80's but there seems to be something lacking...The batsmen look to have time to pick up the swing and adjust...

It could just be that the wicket is very slow and in whichcase our batsmen should find it easier too, although the Aussies can move it around too and probably at higher pace...

 

[Sakss]

mohd asif = irfan pathan/2

oh please chill out...

 

[Poison]

this swing and pace would only trouble the bengali batsmen

Idiot.

 

[*syed59*]

When exactly did Asif have pace?

He used to bowl around 85mph when he first came on. And now 78mph.
Thats a BIG difference given his line length type of bowling,

 

[ZAK]

 

[kingusama92]

That is the Asif we know.

What a delivery. Ripper.

 

[IMMY69]

yes!!!!

Asif nips out Clarke!!!!

 

[1two3]

GONE

 

[don1990]

atlast clarke

 

[Big Mac]

Asif :******)

 

[On_the_up]

No he was not injured

maybe we are slow learners

 

[KingKhanWC]

Gone! LBW Asif gets his man.

Last ball before tea.

 

[hur rizvi]

At last Asif baba strikes

 

[talha3]

yesss asif

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Gone!

Asif gets his man.

 

[pakbl10]

 

[NorthStar]

Great stuff from Asif, huge wicket.

 

[kingusama92]

Bad decision - missing leg stump.

Gould gives us one back. Thanks.

 

[AZ]

lol

Would've been quite comical to see Farhat and Butt facing the amount of swing and seam there was earlier.

like they did vs NZ and Australia in the 2nd Test of both series?

for once let's give credit to the BATSMEN for playing well?

 

[*syed59*]

Blame the Umpire now. ??

 

[hashbb]

Finally! thank you asif

 

[Sakss]

in your faces who were critisizing asif......shabash.....
last delivery before tea

 

[Poison]

How is this possible? Asif is too slow to trouble batsmen!!

 

[talha3]

where are the asif haters now?

 

[siccric]

this swing and pace would only trouble the bengali batsmen

and michael clarke

 

[1two3]

Make up decision by Umpire Gould.

 

[ZAK]

Tea

171/3

 

[Batman]

Australia | 2/171 | 43 Overs | Tea been taken now.

Asif strikes Clarke gone.

 

[iZeeshan]

Finally.

LBW played Asif picks it up right before tea

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

171/3

 

[Serendipity]

asif got clark

 

[iRfaN_LA]

GONE ! brilliant from Asif. All you saying he has lost it need to watch a replay of this over.

 

[Boi]

That wasn't out.

Pathetic umpiring.

 

[On_the_up]

Paul the Octopus has picked Asif to fail today

even paul cannot predict pakistan

 

[Rizie]

good decision

 

[ahmed16]

Oooooooo Asif strikes, but was it out, i suppose it cancels out the shocker against Katich.

 

[atif.raza]

like they did vs NZ and Australia in the 2nd Test of both series?

for once let's give credit to the BATSMEN for playing well?

You seem like a very sound and reasonable commentator Ahmed. I wish there were more like minded people around who would understand the game better.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Yes!!!!

Now get hussey early and we are back in.

 

[akamaka]

yessssssssssssss u beauty

 

[iZeeshan]

This is perfect.

Now the team will be all revamped during the tea break and come back with all guns firing and bowl out Australia today

 

[kingusama92]

Absolutely gorgeous bowling.

Intelligent, in fact. 5 went away and then one nipped back. Legend.

 

[Rana]

Thank god for that, Aussiews were walking away!

 

[Wazeeri]

I dont think its the pace as much as the zip...He's always been low 80's but there seems to be something lacking...The batsmen look to have time to pick up the swing and adjust...

That was on grassy tracks, Asif is pretty much the same as he has always been.

He does have the odd action now when bowling the outswinging deliveries.

 

[Poison]

like they did vs NZ and Australia in the 2nd Test of both series?

for once let's give credit to the BATSMEN for playing well?

AZ, I'm just saying it's ridiculous to blame Afridi for bowling first given how conducive the conditions were for swing bowling. We could've had the Aussies 3 or 4 down in the 1st hour if some jaffas were edged and the umpiring was up to standard.

 

[siccric]

like they did vs NZ and Australia in the 2nd Test of both series?

for once let's give credit to the BATSMEN for playing well?

No, they will never do that

Most people's memories seem to blank when anyone besides Afridi does anything good

 

[IMMY69]

Yes where are the Asif haters now???

 

[hashbb]

We just need hussey and we can finish up the tail with aamer