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

[ads101]

good fifty by toffee

 

[Love Pakistan]

Congrats Taufeeq bhai!

 

[Fawad2010]

keep going brother!

 

[Azlan Khan]

50 Up For Taufeeq.

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

8 runs so far off Tremlett's over Pak moves on to 98/0..

 

[Zeeraq]

50 for Taufeeq

 

[jattafridi]

Pakistan trail by 94 runs

taufeeq 50*

 

[hazen_batti]

Congrats on 50. keep it up.

 

[*syed59*]

Looking at the response by Taufeeq, I thought he got a century and we're going off after declaration.

 

[adnan yasin]

Pak 98/0

Trail by 94

Hafeez 44 Taufeeq 51

 

[Azlan Khan]

Run Rate Of 3.09.

 

[Desi]

quite the celebration lol...what's he going to do after a 100?!

 

[Usman Chadda]

Authoritative partnership so far. Taufeeq in particular has played some really delightful shots

 

[talha3]

The best thing about Taufeeq is his ability to go on and make big hundreds, let's hope he can do it here.

 

[Azlan Khan]

Pakistan 98-0.

 

[cricfan4ever]

I think this is the 1st time Taufeeq has got to 50 before Hafeez...well played, carry on!

 

[adnan yasin]

2 runs short for 4th 100 run partnership by this pair

 

[talha3]

quite the celebration lol...what's he going to do after a 100?!

True, but give him the benefit of the doubt. Many fans on PP expected him and Hafeez to fail in this series.

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Pak 98/0. Trail by 94 runs

Hafeez 44*
Taufeeq 51*

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

if these stay on .... till lunch ... that would be gr8 ... i want to see Pakistan approach after matching England score ... ? will we attack after that? or stay tuned ? for the rest of the day?

 

[PakPosheeda]

Well played Taufeeq.

 

[Strike!]

100 up for no loss.

 

[talha3]

100 opening partnership!!

 

[adnan yasin]

cut it to point boundary

hafeeez on 48 now

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

boundary to Hafeez.. 100 up for Pakistan..

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

100 in style

 

[hazen_batti]

Well played lads. 100 partnership.

 

[WalkingWiggett]

lol OH MY LORD Toffeee Kumar is going to look like a decent bat here, I knew ENG were poor when the wickets dont help much but not this bad...

Let's not get carried away here: Flower XI massacred the Aussies in Adelaide (with their assistance, indeed) so they can perform on roads or semi-roads. However, was that an aberration? Only time will tell.

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Pak moves on to 102/0.

Hafeez 48*
Taufeeq 51*

 

[jattafridi]

100 partnership

 

[Zeeraq]

& M.Hafeez reaches his 1500 Test runs.

 

[khalil1986]

Taufeeq has played a brilliant innings, been very authorative in his plays and leaves.

 

[Azlan Khan]

Good Run, 103-0.

 

[adnan yasin]

if these stay on .... till lunch ... that would be gr8 ... i want to see Pakistan approach after matching England score ... ? will we attack after that? or stay tuned ? for the rest of the day?

play calmly.... lots if time left

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

This 100 partnership means Damaad will stay out of team for the rest of series. Thats good

 

[Desi]

True, but give him the benefit of the doubt. Many fans on PP expected him and Hafeez to fail in this series.

not this guy ;d

how salman butt ever replaced taufeeq is beyond me lol

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

still a job to do , keep on going boys

 

[talha3]

if these stay on .... till lunch ... that would be gr8 ... i want to see Pakistan approach after matching England score ... ? will we attack after that? or stay tuned ? for the rest of the day?

Stay tuned. Plenty of time left in the test. Pakistan want to bat only once. We can bat till the end of day 3 and give England two days to bat.

 

[Fawad2010]

i like this approach from openers, keep it up!

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Hafeez on 49*

 

[khalil1986]

One of these needs a 100+ score and preferably 150+

 

[NJamal]

Salaam Guys, good opening partnership by our batsmen.

 

[adnan yasin]

Pak 103/0

Trail by 89

Hafeez 49 Taufeeq 51

 

[Fawad2010]

good ball by swann, watch it taufeeq!

 

[adnan yasin]

Two good deliveries by swan

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Pak 103/0, Trail by 89 runs.

Hafeez 49*
Taufeeq 51*

 

[talha3]

Good bowling by Swann. Well survived Taufeeq.

 

[Azlan Khan]

Pakistan 103-0.

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

Salaam Guys, good opening partnership by our batsmen.

WS Jamal bhai why you're not in stadium?

 

[adnan yasin]

50 up for hafeez

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

single to Hafeez.. 50 up for Hafeez..

 

[Strike!]

50 for Hafeez. Job's half done.

 

[bluffmasterv2]

Taufeeq needs to use his feet against Swann

 

[talha3]

50 for Hafeez too. Well played Professor.

 

[Fawad2010]

'I dont think Pakistan will bat as bad as England'

wow! what a thing to hear from an English comm

 

[hazen_batti]

50 for hafeez. Well played.

 

[Fawad2010]

I want 100's from both of you!

 

[jattafridi]

very good innings

hafeez fifty not out

 

[Areesh]

Nice batting by these two. Pakistan looking really good in this match.

 

[adnan yasin]

Well left by taufeeq ... coming in towards the body

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Ajmal Shehzad would have been handy for England

 

[Azlan Khan]

Hafeez 50. Taufeeq 51.

 

[adnan yasin]

Taufeeq needs to use his feet against Swann

absolutely

 

[cricfan4ever]

well played Hafeez, now make a big 100!

 

[Fawad2010]

Bilal: "I'm a Pakistan fan, but admittedly even I was slightly embarrassed to just see Taufeeq take off his helmet and put both his hands (and the bat) in the air after scoring the fifty. That's the sort of thing usually reserved for 100s or a 300 in Michael Clarke's case."

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I think it was a bit OTT but no reason to be 'embarrassed'. It meant a lot to Taufeeq and he showed it.

 

[Rana]

Woke up to a beautiful morning.

morning to all ppers, enjoy the good times while they last. the sun doesnt shine forever.

 

[PakPosheeda]

Well played Hafeez too. Great opening.

 

[Areesh]

Good work Tafeeq and Hafeez keep it going.

 

[Zeeraq]

5o for Prof.

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

at the end of over, Pak 104/0, Trail by 88 runs.

Hafeez 50*
Taufeeq 51*

 

[Azlan Khan]

Pakistan 104-0.

 

[adnan yasin]

Pak 104/0

Trail by 88

Hafeez 50 Taufeeq 51

 

[Pak_Jazba]

Bilal: "I'm a Pakistan fan, but admittedly even I was slightly embarrassed to just see Taufeeq take off his helmet and put both his hands (and the bat) in the air after scoring the fifty. That's the sort of thing usually reserved for 100s or a 300 in Michael Clarke's case."

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

single to Hafeez.. Pak moves on to 105/0.

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

2 runs to Taufeeq.. Pak moves on to 107/0.

 

[adnan yasin]

played through covers by taufeeq

2 more added

and interestingly batsman collided in the middle while running

 

[Strike!]

What the hell?

 

[Syed Ali Imran]

Shot! 4 to Taufeeq.. Strong reply to Swann Pak moves on to triple nelson 111/0.

 

[insaftak]

Lol @ that running!

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[talha3]

Shot from Taufeeq. Playing Swann better than I expected.