Pakistan v England | 1st Test : Day 2 | Dubai Sports City | 18 January 2012 |

[talha3]

I had a feeling Shafiq would struggle against the new ball

 

[Swaraj!!]

Broad may be a bit more effective than JA here.........

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

swing for anderson

 

[adnan yasin]

DAMN knew it

new ball .. swinging for anderson

shafiq gone for 16

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

at the end of the over, Pak 231/5, Lead by 39 runs.

Misbah 26*
Adnan 0*

Asad 16
Younis 37
Hafeez 88
Azhar Ali 1
Taufeeq 58

 

[Osman]

and the calls for umar akmal grow

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

out shafiq

 

[Amjid Javed]

Asad gone! new ball does the trick

 

[Zamee]

Shafiq is a liability. Cant even score on a flat pitch

 

[Swaraj!!]

Broad may be a bit more effective than JA here.........

And JA proves me wrong.....why did he have to play with that

 

[Osman]

adnan akmal in for the biggest test of his career with the bat so far

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

well why we are defending .. seems like .. if we keep doing that... we are only gonna lose more wickets cheaply ... don't we should shift gears ... attack now .. before its too late

 

[PakPosheeda]

Umar Akmal better play the next match.

 

[talha3]

Adnan is in. How well can he perform!?

 

[Strike!]

England back in the game now.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

poor stuff from asad - actually pathetically played

 

[Amjid Javed]

Time for Adnan to play a career defining knock.

Moin, Latif and Akmal all played important knocks for Pakistan in the past against england.

 

[adnan yasin]

Golden opportunity now for adnan akmal to show his talent

pakistan need at lest 61 runs lead more

 

[Osman]

adnan akmal will play his shots which could ( or not) be a good thing

 

[Paradox]

Next Test, changes: Shafiq out for Umar Akmal, Gul out for Wahab. Perfect lineup.

 

[Digital]

Well well, are we throwing away a good chance here ??

 

[Zamee]

Pakistan wont even make it to 300 i m sure now

 

[taqi]

well why we are defending .. seems like .. if we keep doing that... we are only gonna lose more wickets cheaply ... don't we should shift gears ... attack now .. before its too late

100% agreed Misbah needs to shift gears

 

[Amjid Javed]

If we lose Misbah as well then we are in deep trouble!

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

single more to misbah, Pak moves onto 232/5.

 

[talha3]

Really hoping Adnan performs here.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

dont understand tuk tuk when you know you would nik one after 100 balls scoring 2 runs

 

[adnan yasin]

mistimed cover drive by misbah

single taken

 

[IAJ]

Poor defensive shot, leave it or go hard at it.

Adnan next man in. Hopefully we can get quick 30-40 runs from him.

 

[PakPosheeda]

Crappy Bangladesh let Asad score a 100 so they couldn't drop him for this.

 

[ads101]

Now not on for 400 . Really poor by Asad, disappointed by him.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

misbah the key

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

dar-mi-yana Akmal on strike...

 

[Asif321]

shafiq fails ... akmal deserves place now

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

adnan pls dont get out

 

[Digital]

Misbah needs to accelerate his innings now

 

[adnan yasin]

beauty by tremlett

beaten all hands up

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

all of the sudden bowlers being made look good heheheheh misbah please take care of that

 

[usman_sheikh]

I hate this tuk tuk tuk

 

[Strike!]

Misbah should protect Adnan from the new ball.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Adnan on strike to tremlett

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

bring broad you idiot strass

 

[cricfan4ever]

and that's why Shafiq is not the answer at no.6...Umar must play next match !!!

 

[JibranAnsari]

shameful display by the middle order , 280 is all we will get. Chasing 300 will be really tough for pakistan.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

can really umar akmal ? can be worst than asad & azhar? togather ? i dont think so .... atleast if he stays .. there is chance ... ... for them .. they stay ... they dont do anything .. otherwise .. they just go lol

 

[adnan yasin]

Akmal off the mark

 

[Amjid Javed]

Misbah needs to do an Inzi and pretty much shepard the lower order and score bulk off the runs!

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

colapse just around the corner

 

[Asif321]

feel adnan will not last longer

 

[Amjid Javed]

Single for Adnan

233/5 - Lead is 41

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

at the end of the over, Pak 233/5, Lead by 41 runs.

Misbah 27*
Adnan 1*

Asad 16
Younis 37
Hafeez 88
Azhar Ali 1
Taufeeq 58

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Misbah please play some shots. You are running out of partners.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

can misbah do th inzi? million $ question

 

[Swaraj!!]

Adnan to face anderson......

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

wicket waiting

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

misbah should consider himself as inzi of multan ... & save the day

 

[adnan yasin]

it was pretty obvious u cant go block block against world number 1 .. they will bounce back at you

they are not srilanka and bangladesh..

it was a treat to watch taufeeq and hafeez playing ther shots and england heads were down

 

[ads101]

Misbah should protect Adnan from the new ball.

Yeah he should really )

Terrible time for Asad to get out. Could not have picked a worst time. First over of new ball.

Now adnan has to face the new ball.

 

[usman_sheikh]

Misbah please play some shots. You are running out of partners.

He is called tuk tuk for a reason. Most boring player to watch

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

oo

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Now the question arises, how much can Pakistan take as a lead?

I was saying a couple of hours ago, 100 runs atleast so it may just well be that anymore would be a bonus!

What say?

 

[ads101]

no review?

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Loud appeal for LBW, appeal dismissed..

 

[adnan yasin]

Lead by 41 runs

with 5 wickets in hand

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

tuk tuk will carry the bat

 

[Amjid Javed]

Adnan just needs to be postive and go for his shots when he can.

 

[ads101]

Thought it was out. Would have reviewed personally. Good decision by england i guess.

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Maiden, at the end of the over, Pak 233/5, Lead by 41 runs.

Misbah 27*
Adnan 1*

Asad 16
Younis 37
Hafeez 88
Azhar Ali 1
Taufeeq 58

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

no scores - what are you doing pakistan?

 

[A.M.]

a lead of 100 would really be handy lets see hw much does PAk get

 

[Paradox]

Waqar: "I know Anderson swings both ways" )

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

have a feeling pakistan wont score 260

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan batsmen need to play straight here, ive lost count how many wickets have fallen on this wicket to shots across the line so far!

 

[Zaz]

Misbah needs to get his finger out and look pro active at the crease before we get shot out

 

[Areesh]

Come on Misbah. Please lead from the front and score a bit aggressively.

 

[A.M.]

did that stay low?

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

Waqar: "I know Anderson swings both ways" )

 

[Asif321]

Misbah 27

 

[adnan yasin]

its useless to boil our blood against misbah tuk tuk

he will come and defend his block block in the media

 

[tauseefm]

Misbah is going to start playing shorts once last batsman is in