Pakistan v England | 2nd Test | Abu Dhabi | Jan 25th, 2012 | Day 1

[James]

Broad has improved so much, one of the best cricketers in this England team.

 

[DW44]

Thanks guys. I wasn't expecting such a pitch tbh. Little help maybe but this sounds like on of those Indian pitches. Rank turners as Gambhir would say.

Hard as it may be to believe, it's actually worse than a lot of them.

 

[velu]

Brilliant delivery , Pakistan in big trouble.

no worries ..
will be 2-0 in another 3 days

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bijli gai , main chala. bye bye .

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

100 up for Pakistan , can atleast we can ask these two , to take us to tea

 

[Sledger]

Three runs for Azhar and that brings up the hundred.

101/3.

 

[James]

You rarely get a rank turner in India, usually a dead pitch for 3 days, and the ball does a bit for all the bowlers on the last 2 days.

really an interesting wicket they've prepared here. sporting rather than anything filthy.

 

[Saurav]

Thanks guys. I wasn't expecting such a pitch tbh. Little help maybe but this sounds like on of those Indian pitches. Rank turners as Gambhir would say.

not a rank turner imo,but enough spin.more bad batting by Tafeeq n Hafeez

 

[Shahzebayub]

All 3 bowled

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

England won't score much on this pitch either.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Really disappointed with YK. That was a gift. He played the wrong line. He was looking good and throws it away.

 

[Zeeraq]

100 up. but 3 Wickets down .

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Why is ramiz calling it a flat pitch. Its not flat ffs

 

[Areesh]

He did not want to be underestimated

Would have to underestimate again. Baikar player hai.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

hey guys, Well ENG in the zone right now. and won't make much.

 

[James]

Azhar and Misbah batting, where's that hammock gone...

 

[Sledger]

320ish will be a decent score tbh. England to bat last (hopefully) remember.

 

[DW44]

How annoying is that 'Audionic' ad? The sound 'master'. You're not American FFS, you're not even Canadian. Just say it in your native Karachi accent, would sound a lot better than 'mayster'.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

Bijli gai , main chala. bye bye .

see you back soon , till then we keep them togather

 

[deviously~fading~away]

TERRIBLE LEAVE! Use your bats amigos

 

[Sledger]

Run given so no review.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

taufeeq gifted his wicket. Really annoyed with him.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

YK might have just handed England the wicket which could win the game there. If there is one player who could handle the turning pitch it was Younis.

 

[James]

Broad getting some cracking seam movement. Come on lad.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need these two to be there till tea.

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Looked mighty close to me! Should have referred it

 

[NkA]

if we score 260 than england in trouble

 

[Lara400]

Think this might be the perfect time for anyone to catch up on their sleep

 

[Amjid Javed]

All 3 wickets lost have been to pretty poor shots! Also 3 batsmen out were well set! simply not acceptable in these conditions!

 

[deviously~fading~away]

YK might have just handed England the wicket which could win the game there. If there is one player who could handle the turning pitch it was Younis.

One wicket does not win a match.

 

[Sledger]

not a rank turner imo,but enough spin.more bad batting by Tafeeq n Hafeez

True but it looks like a wicket where you need to work for your runs. Azhar doing a decent job here and the top three will need to cash in for England. None of this Pietersen type flashiness.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to battle this out .

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Think this might be the perfect time for anyone to catch up on their sleep

Good one lol

 

[Sledger]

103/3.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

I dont expect much from shafiq. I can't see anyone here does either.

 

[Justcrazy]

103 / 3

 

[Asif321]

scoring rate very lesss :rana

 

[bluffmasterv2]

hey guys, Well ENG in the zone right now. and won't make much.

kyun? aap jochi ho?

 

[Sledger]

Maybe time to bring Anderson on - there's a bit of moisture/seam atm.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

There is long way to go in this match, before we can say who will take the game but this pair will decide they should work on short goals. 1st of all for them they should try to play till tea, if the happens they can look further rather than already aimming for the final goal.

 

[Justcrazy]

Will this game last all 5 days

 

[iemjaved]

Come on misbah bore them to death.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

One wicket does not win a match.

No, but we have only two good players of spin as far as I'm aware, Younis and Misbah and one of them is out relatively cheaply. I haven't seen enough of Asad to know how he'll do.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

its great that they occupy the crease but seriously at least look like your their with some purpose...

 

[Sledger]

Sliding well down.

 

[Bashira_taeli]

I suppose 250 would be a good score in such conditions.

 

[Justcrazy]

I hope Pakistan can fight here and get past 300 at last.

 

[Saurav]

True but it looks like a wicket where you need to work for your runs. Azhar doing a decent job here and the top three will need to cash in for England. None of this Pietersen type flashiness.

yeah slow wicket,ball not coming on the bat.kind of where u need to bowl straight n full as a seamer n quick as a spinner

 

[saeed-sohail]

Blowers in full flow on tms.

 

[Areesh]

Pakistan needs a partnership from these two.

 

[Sledger]

103/3, Panesar looking good again now that Younis is out.

 

[Asif321]

importan partnership needed here if any of them goes early
then shafiq akmal in pressure :umarakmal

 

[GLORY OF '92]

If we get to 300 we can win it. 200-250 and if cook or trott get going then we could be in trouble.

 

[Justcrazy]

Monty has made a big difference with his tight bowling.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Blowers in full flow on tms.

alex winter of cricinfo is as well...

 

[yeh_cheezzz]

another bowled

 

[Looney]

Azhar

 

[saeed-sohail]

300 is a minimum here. When you score 300 here you will take 115 overs out of the game.

 

[Sledger]

Azhar bowled. )

 

[iemjaved]

very poor shot..

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Good wicket for the bowlers, if we had stuck with our usual style of bowling first it would have been a better decision.

But looking at the pitch it does look a bat first pitch and imagine how hard it will be to bat in the last day.

Especially with the Teesra

And another one gone.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

*** is happening here. Another bowled again a player was playing with cross bat no where near where the bowl was.

 

[Osman]

poor cricket...ridiculous stroke

 

[Sledger]

Got nowhere near it, shades of Sehwag this time.

 

[Sledger]

Everyone's been bowled lol.

 

[Pak_Power]

well well well..... flat pitch? what flat pitch??

wrong decision to bat first?

 

[thurkeebaba]

This match is FIXED

 

[Osman]

asad won't be last long either

 

[Justcrazy]

Barbie :AAG

 

[hamzamunir]

And people were laughing at Eng's batting in the last test. )

 

[Asif321]

azhar bowled same has YK

 

[yeh_cheezzz]

Its getting horrible

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Great ball that.

Under 200 and pressure is on our bowling big time

 

[RehanG]

reverse swing ***

 

[James]

Broad is a beauty! I know you lot will blame it on your batsmen, but getting seam movement into right-handers at pace is a very difficult skill.

 

[Sledger]

Pakistan not getting any partnerships thus far.. and have a long tail.

 

[deviously~fading~away]

What blind batsmen we have. The ball is nipping back in from Broad. Cannot they not see that? Poor stuff!

 

[Saurav]

another bowled.Dravid-itis well n truly hit them

 

[Sledger]

Shafiq in - should keep bowling the fast bowlers at him, will be troubled by this movement.

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Hopefully we can get to 250+ insha'Allah , looks a long way away though.

At least there will be help for our bowlers.

Time for Shafiq to score some under pressure.