Pakistan v Australia | First Test | Day 2: Session 1 | Lord's | 14/07/10

[afridi_captain]

Butt not so convincing four.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Farhat and Butt in Australia did tend to bat well for 10/12 overs and then lose concentration.

We cant afford that here at all!

 

[hur rizvi]

Risky shot Butt

 

[deviously~fading~away]

4 to butt but not very comfy one for me

 

[dblock]

Slightly uppish there from Butt, Hilfenhaus gets really close to the stumps.

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

shahbash butt sahib 444444444 !!

 

[ZAK]

to

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

slow and steady wins the race....for our openers..

 

[hashbb]

 

[deviously~fading~away]

good batting day according to warne

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

3.3
Hilfenhaus to Salman Butt, FOUR, 83.8 mph, on the pads, and flicked in the air, through midwicket. There was a fielder hovering, but he placed it well enough

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

excellent shot by butt...

 

[adnan yasin]

I hope he does it for a long time. Make them change their line rather then you go after the wide ball with four slips in place.

yeah .. PAtience is the key

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

They should not get into the shell...keep rotating the strike...

 

[dblock]

You can see what the game plan is from Australia, swing it into Butts pad. There is swing there but perhaps not as much as yesterday.

 

[toyo]

very biased by crapinfo (as u guys call it)

they see a good ball but dont see the good stop batsman offers issed:

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

singles and doubles will also do for them...

 

[Batman]

Pakistan | 0/11 | 4 Overs | Trail by 242 runs

1st four for Salman Butt.

 

[ZAK]

Butt needs to be careful with his running today.

 

[Friend786]

we all are at the edge of our seats ! isn't it ?

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

4 overs gone 11/0

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good to see bad balls been put away and no flashing outside off-stick!

 

[Friend786]

johnson comes on

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

score plz?

 

[ZAK]

11/0

 

[dblock]

This should be interesting. Mitchell Johnsen into the attack.

 

[hur rizvi]

Johnson in to the attack

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

out of interest what is the highest partnerhip between these two in tests.

 

[Dr. Khan]

we all are at the edge of our seats ! isn't it ?

Pretty much!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hilfy is getting some bend into leftys.

I just hope both batsmen continue to play straight and not accross the line!

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

they should go step by step..first 25 run stand then aim for 50..

 

[iZeeshan]

Mitch on

 

[iZeeshan]

out of interest what is the highest partnerhip between these two in tests.

Something in the mid hundreds I believe

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

in comes mitchell, farhat to face.

 

[pak4life]

the aussies are not getting the same movement we did long may it last

 

[IAJ]

Warne is talking more about variety than woman do about clothes variety

 

[adnan yasin]

almost 90 Miles/hour... by johnson...

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

Something in the mid hundreds I believe

Not bad lolz, better then i expected.

 

[ShehryarK]

Interesting move to remove Dougie after just two overs!!

Is Ricky panicking and thus experimenting?

 

[Seen Sheen]

Thank God,no swing for Mitch!

 

[immubhai]

we all are at the edge of our seats ! isn't it ?

I sure am! Plus, I am at work and sneaking into PP! I hate scoreboard at crapinfo!

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

as long as they keep leaving outside off deliveries its fine.....

 

[hashbb]

com'n johnson repeat ashes second test

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

watchful stuff from imran.

 

[Batman]

Pakistan | 0/11 | 5 Overs | Trail by 242 runs

Another maiden.

 

[ShehryarK]

very biased by crapinfo (as u guys call it)

they see a good ball but dont see the good stop batsman offers issed:

Oh, please!

There was no bias.

Calm down

 

[Strike!]

Maiden over.

 

[IAJ]

When does the shine of new ball disappear? After 10-15 overs?

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

I sure am! Plus, I am at work and sneaking into PP! I hate scoreboard at crapinfo!

ensure your boss doesn`t catch you!

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

they should not panic by these maidens...

 

[ZAK]

11/0

Good to see that Farhat and Butt are not groping in dark as they usually do.

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

5 gone 11/0

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

When does the shine of new ball disappear? After 10-15 overs?

atleast 10

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

bolly to continue....butt to face.

 

[hur rizvi]

Wickets are the key if we can preserve the wickets Runs will come...

 

[iZeeshan]

129 is the highest partnership between these two

That was in NZ 09

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

good to see no flashing outside off!

 

[dblock]

Pakistan openers have watched the ball well.

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

129 is the highest partnership between these two

That was in NZ 09

lets hope they can break that record in this innings...

 

[adnan yasin]

yeh ... and i hope they beat that in this innings ...

 

[hur rizvi]

129 is the highest partnership between these two

That was in NZ 09

They also made 120 ought runs partnership against Aussies at sydney

 

[akamaka]

guys, i heard during the last ashes series, that after 10-15 overs if the conditions are right then the duke ball will swing, and certainly jimmy anderson got it to swing around that time. So lets hope that is not the case here.

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

129 is the highest partnership between these two

That was in NZ 09

we could do with a repeat of that!

 

[WasimWaqarInzy]

Someone tell me about the conditions please? Are the Australians getting as much seam/swing as us yet? And are they bowling well?

 

[deviously~fading~away]

openers being very careful here, they know what awaits them in the dressing room if they get out to a silly shot....afridi

 

[Batman]

Pakistan | 0/11 | 6 Overs | Trail by 242 runs

One more maiden.

 

[Sakss]

shabaaa boys...good stuff so far

 

[iZeeshan]

This is the exact approach we needed

Just let yourselves settle down, and do the scoring once the Aussies get annoyed

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

guys, i heard during the last ashes series, that after 10-15 overs if the conditions are right then the duke ball will swing, and certainly jimmy anderson got it to swing around that time. So lets hope that is not the case here.

i think you are refering to reverse swing

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

another maiden...6 gone 11/0

 

[hur rizvi]

Someone tell me about the conditions please? Are the Australians getting as much seam/swing as us yet? And are they bowling well?

Not much swing there

 

[adnan yasin]

11/0 in 6 overs

 

[Sakss]

sun is out....batting conditions should ease as the day goes by

 

[deviously~fading~away]

no early wickets have left to pressure on Ponting

 

[Friend786]

now this is dangerous ! hilfy from nursery end !

 

[MAJID-SHAH]

solid start from the openers here..

 

[adnan yasin]

good ball by hilfenhaus .. farhat gone ...

 

[siccric]

Someone tell me about the conditions please? Are the Australians getting as much seam/swing as us yet? And are they bowling well?

They're clearly putting in more effort in us but they've been quite wide to us. Our batsmen are leaving a lot of balls alone, and rightfully so. There is some lateral movement there for the Aussie bowlers with this new ball

 

[dblock]

Hilfy strikes.. good ball.

 

[Friend786]

thats it ! oh no !