Pakistan v England | 1st Test | Abu Dhabi | Oct 13-17 | Day 2

[Strike Rate]

How dare he? No one should do it because it makes the secular brigade in Pakistan look bad.

now mamoon got a reason to hate malik too )

 

[razabbas]

And now a century from Asad shafiq

 

[RehanG]

Malik should score quickly now

 

[#GreenRoars]

Whattay knock Shafiq. Brlliant hundred

 

[Slog]

Shafiq you beauty

Now time to turn up the pace boys!!

 

[Watsupdoc]

Now it's Shafiq's turn to get a century! Well played boy!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Congrats shafiq and malik!! Beautiful. Most hundreds at number 6

 

[Arsal_AK]

100 for Shafiq .

Well played.

 

[Asif321]

WAH MALIK wah Shafiq

 

[RehanG]

Asad 100 aswell

 

[dashing_man]

Shafiq you beauty, take abow

 

[ExplicitAI]

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan thrashing England
SA thrashing India

What a day it is

Spot on nia

 

[Zahid87]

Should probably bat another 30 overs max, need to up the pace slightly.

 

[adnan yasin]

100 for shafiq

now bang bang should begin

 

[the Great Khan]

yes shafiq..great player...great talunt!!

 

[Barragan]

They should go all out attack now.

 

[Bilal7]

Hope Misbah tells them to start hitting out now. Need to give England an hour to bat today at least.

 

[RehanG]

get 550-600 and let them bat today for one hour

 

[PCP_1]

Should go all guns a blazing now

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[Hawkeye]

sarcasm does not count

The other thread where I predicted it wasn't sarcasm. Check the following post.

 

[RehanG]

Hope Misbah tells them to start hitting out now. Need to give England an hour to bat today at least.

wah same thinking..

 

[adnan yasin]

Should Pakistan declare or wait for adil Rashid 200?

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

So basically we now have the best statistical #6 batsman in the history of the game... Someone Correct me if I am wrong here ??

 

[imshally81]

wow.... Well Played Shafiq

 

[MSaad1237]

Got to admit this is the most boring commentary i've ever heard in a test match.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Axar Patel out )

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Meanwhile Ind Six down

 

[hussain.r97]

Well done Asad! Now beat the record next innings

 

[Hawkeye]

Same. Put that joker stokes in his place

I've fallen in love too. He just looks so innocent, hard-working and humble these days so I'm confused about what went on in his past.

Anyways, let bygones be bygones.

Yes, it's quite peculiar. I'm gonna enjoy his performances for now, though I'm worried if he ends up going to England.

 

[Watsupdoc]

And now they are complaining about the toss

 

[razabbas]

6th down axar gone

India in deep trouble and Pakistan cruising

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ok time for Sarf.

 

[waleed88]

Our 5th bowler has just given himself the excuse to not bowl. In short we are playing with 4 bowlers again.

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[Watsupdoc]

They really should pick up the rate now.

 

[adnan yasin]

just to update about other match .. india 129/6

 

[hussain.r97]

This would be a nice time to start going after them. Get 600 on the board.

 

[Bullet Drive]

India losing yay!!!!

 

[Hawkeye]

Start attacking now boys!!!

Sarfraz is waiting in the pavilion already! And we're at 500.

 

[Slog]

Need to score at 6+ every over for rest of session now

 

[Mamoon]

Bad day at the office for Bilal7, bhais getting owned.

 

[Arsal_AK]

This is gonna be fun.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Great shot by Malik!

 

[Arsal_AK]

more.

Loving it.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Malik is having some fun now )

 

[Nikhil_cric]

What is the point of playing out s maiden at this stage? They should attack and tear apart the English bowling.

Edit: Oh now it's OK )

 

[Red Devil]

Shobby turning it on now.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Malik on fire

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

According to Cricinfo this current Malik and Shafiq Partnership has crossed the highest fifth-wicket partnership for Pakistan against England. The record was previously held by Javed Burki and Nasim-ul-Ghani since 1962.

TAKE A DAMN BOW MAN Unreal Man !!!!!

 

[Pete Rose]

malik looking for a triple....plausible considering Pakistan might bat another 20 overs

 

[Watsupdoc]

Playing one shot too many now

 

[razabbas]

Shabash malik jeeta raho

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Adil Rashid on course to his maiden double ton

 

[Arsal_AK]

Playing one shot too many now

Its all good.

Sarfraz is yet to come.

 

[Mamoon]

Moeen bhai's average disturbed.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rashid 160 runs at 5 an over. )

 

[Arsal_AK]

Shafiq should get a move on too.

 

[Slog]

Malik can bat at all gears. Perfect number 5 or 6 for me after Misbah/YK retirement

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

let just try to smash our way to 600 in the next 15 odd overs

have a feeling Malik will slog out now, looks physically spent

 

[Mamoon]

Anderson will want to kill Bell. England have paid one hefty price for those two dropped catches.

 

[Watsupdoc]

What does bowling into the pitch mean?

 

[Slog]

Rashid 160 runs at 5 an over. )

This might be a worse a debut than Imtan Tahir and Bryce McGain. Anyone remember McGain?

 

[Hawkeye]

Gotta feel for Adil and Moeen.

And Sarfraz is yet to come!! ) )

 

[#GreenRoars]

Come on need to hit 500 and then declare

 

[Zahid87]

Starting to feel sorry for Rashid now.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

And Shafiq plays in between all that crowded leg side region )

 

[world cup captain]

What does bowling into the pitch mean?

Probably meant into the stumps.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This might be a worse a debut than Imtan Tahir and Bryce McGain. Anyone remember McGain?

As bad as Tahirs atleast. This guy Rashid is not Test class. What the hell were they thinking when they selected him?

 

[Hawkeye]

I felt for that Australian spinner too. Poor guy. Was truly smashed left right.

Lyon? Yeah, him.

 

[run-out]

rashid 162*

 

[Mamoon]

Lyon was poor but still better than bhais.

Still two full Tests and second innings to go for bhais to redeem themselves and breathe some life back into their fan club in Pakistan.

 

[Slog]

As bad as Tahirs atleast. This guy Rashid is not Test class. What the hell were they thinking when they selected him?

He is Asian and they were playing in Asia and prolly thought it would help somehow )

They had selected Zafar Ansari too before injury and have Samit Patel in the squad aswe lol

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Gotta feel for Adil and Moeen.

And Sarfraz is yet to come!! ) )

These sorry blokes ran into probably the best spin playing lineup on the planet, in freaking UAE.

Was expecting something along these lines from the start.

 

[Hawkeye]

As bad as Tahirs atleast. This guy Rashid is not Test class. What the hell were they thinking when they selected him?

How can you say he's not Test class? He has a good googly. On debut. Needs practice.

Pakistanis are just too good against spin.

Lyon was clobbered. Moeen is. Misbah abused Smith and scored the fastest century. What can Adil do?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

He is Asian and they were playing in Asia and prolly thought it would help somehow )

They had selected Zafar Ansari too before injury and have Samit Patel in the squad aswe lol

But he averages 36 in FC cricket. If county batsmen can play him, then there was no way he could've done well here. Atleast when SA selected Tahir be had a domestic record to back up that selection.

 

[Mamoon]

Hafeez, Younis, Misbah, Haji Shafiq, Malik and Haji Sarfraz are all very good against spin.

Haji Azhar isn't that good but he's getting better. Inclusion of Malik has enhanced our spin playing capabilities. Shehzad doesn't fit into our playing XI anymore, Haji Azhar and Hafeez should open.

 

[Hawkeye]

These sorry blokes ran into probably the best spin playing lineup on the planet, in freaking UAE.

Was expecting something along these lines from the start.

Yeah.

I think when these sides tour UAE thinking they're gonna add an extra spinner and go with "horses for courses", it actually backfires. ) )

1. The spinners have to be damn good and wicket-taking
2. If they're not, they'll simply be played with and toyed around by the Pak batsmen. Absolute destruction.

 

[Fahdi]

It's time to up the ante now.

Bring out the shots boys!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

How can you say he's not Test class? He has a good googly. On debut. Needs practice.

Pakistanis are just too good against spin.

Lyon was clobbered. Moeen is. Misbah abused Smith and scored the fastest century. What can Adil do?

Just does not have the speed or the revs to survive in test cricket. He is not And doesn't help that he bowls full tosses .

 

[Arsal_AK]

Malik has looked so good. Both against pace and spin. Some glorious shots.