Pakistan v England | 2nd Test | Abu Dhabi | Jan 26th, 2012 | Day 2

[Desi]

Guys, there's an England v. S. Africa match just like this. We ended up barely drawing after falling quickly to Steyn when we batted.

gul =/= steyn

 

[ninjafirstslip]

It's 257 right now. I hope we can go beyond that. May be 260 all out.

 

[Areesh]

Ok all over now. All hopes from the bowlers. Once again.

 

[Looney]

2nd highest scorer

 

[Amjid Javed]

cheap wickets for anderson, pakistan 257 all out

Pakistans very long tail was knocked over with ease there!

 

[Gobi Da Phul]

Pakistan should take a lead of 90 here

 

[Fawad2010]

I don't think anyone expected this, not even the english fans.

 

[I Believe in the Teesra]

Live and die with the tail.

 

[Areesh]

Huh.

 

[cricketworm]

COme on Junaid!!! He is in my fantasy cricket team

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistans tail is to weak and we cant pratically afford 4 walking wickets per inns!

 

[ninjafirstslip]

2nd highest scorer

His shot started the collapse lollypop.

 

[Hash]

Good performance by the tail :-|

 

[Areesh]

2nd highest scorer

Seriously he all ruined it with that pathetic dismissal.

 

[whyamir]

Time to unleash Gul and Junaid.

 

[hazen_batti]

well this day started as of England's but will end as Pakistan Day Insha Allah.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Cant let england gain any sort of lead here now! really poor batting effort that from pakistan!

 

[Hash]

Pakistans tail is to weak and we cant pratically afford 4 walking wickets per inns!

I agree completely. This should actually be a priority for the new coach. Having a strong tail can make such a big difference.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

ef my life we are so under the pump right now.

 

[Gobi Da Phul]

Cant let england gain any sort of lead here now! really poor batting effort that from pakistan!

i can already see england 177 all out

 

[Fawad2010]

Bold Prediction Time:


England will be ALL-OUT by stumps tonight.

 

[hayat]

what on earth? Pakistan a.o.?!

 

[Desi]

england with no lead? i don't see that happening. i'm just hoping the lead is under 100

 

[Zeeraq]

I hope Whatmore takes note of our Tail.

 

[Robert]

I don't think anyone expected this, not even the english fans.

I got up, had a shower and Pakistan were all out!

I thought Misbah would have clouted a few fours.

 

[Ruri]

ef my life we are so under the pump right now.

Dude, until (read: if) we reach parity, England are very prone to a collapse right now.

 

[Gobi Da Phul]

england with no lead? i don't see that happening. i'm just hoping the lead is under 100

you have one weak mind and body

pk wil crush enland

 

[LethalSami]

time

 

[ragincajun]

didn't trouble the scorers this morning

 

[Imy]

did any one look at the bounce and movement 250+ is a decent score

 

[KA$H]

oh well - well done Eng

lets see now how competitive 250 is on this wkt

personally i think the pacers will be key

 

[hazen_batti]

You can say we don't wag our tail.

 

[Gobi Da Phul]

strauss and cook walking wickets in asia

 

[Amjid Javed]

our bowlers need to make some early strikes otherwise england will be looking to bat big and maybe once in this game.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

I hope Whatmore takes note of our Tail.

I don't think he will be given the job now,"inside sources" want mohsin

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

3wickets for no runs, wow just wow.

 

[Fawad2010]

I would be lying if I said a tiny part of me didn't want this.

Our batting is so slow these days that I find myself waiting for our turn to bowl.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I agree completely. This should actually be a priority for the new coach. Having a strong tail can make such a big difference.

Look at when we had tnvir ahmed and wahab in the side and the tail looked very strong. Todays team pretty much has 6 batsmen and then england will fancy themselves knocking over the rest with ease.

 

[Fawad2010]

3wickets for no runs, wow just wow.

hey, hey!!



They got 1 run!!

 

[Areesh]

3wickets for no runs, wow just wow.

1 run was scored by Misbah.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan should have got 330-50 in these conditions.

 

[Zeeraq]

I don't think he will be given the job now,"inside sources" want mohsin

Oh no so we'll be stuck with MHK who haven't made any improvements yet.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

cant blame the brigadier. The tail was pathetic.

 

[Gobi Da Phul]

Pakistan should have got 330-50 in these conditions.

move on dosta

pakistan wil win

 

[I Believe in the Teesra]

Misbah to huddle: Listen guys, stop being bad. We win now okay?

Huddle: Ok

Misbah: If we don't win, I will tuk tuk.

Huddle: ....

 

[Looney]

Seriously he all ruined it with that pathetic dismissal.

His shot started the collapse lollypop.

he is only 11 matches old so cut him some slack

the coaches will be working with him . we will need to keep him to see if he shows any improvement but still you cannot change the fact that he is the 2nd highest scorer and his every run was precious .

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Pakistan should have got 330-50 in these conditions.

you know in your heart that making above 320 is pretty optimistic after younis left.

 

[hazen_batti]

India scored 272 from 95.1 this morning.
Pak scored 257 from 96.4 this morning.

no much difference in terms of RR and blah blah blah

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

Bowl full boys pitch it up

 

[Justcrazy]

Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook will become the fourth pair to open the batting 100 times in Test cricket. They are out in the middle now. .

 

[ninjafirstslip]

he is only 11 matches old so cut him some slack

the coaches will be working with him . we will need to keep him to see if he shows any improvement but still you cannot change the fact that he is the 2nd highest scorer and his every run was precious .

Yes, but which coach MHK not exactly qualified.

 

[Ruri]

I don't want to watch this anymore. Go to bed with happy memories. Read about the collapse rather than watching it happen live...

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to get England out for 200 here........

 

[Amjid Javed]

you know in your heart that making above 320 is pretty optimistic after younis left.

I meant when we won the toss on day 1 and decided to bat!

all our batsmen got starts and apart from misbah threw it away!

 

[ninjafirstslip]

I don't want to watch this anymore. Go to bed with happy memories. Read about the collapse rather than watching it happen live...

i call jinx. Eng will do well here.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Junaid Khan will rock The Englishmen - Just a gut feeling

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need a lead of 40 runs at least.....

 

[ninjafirstslip]

I meant when we won the toss on day 1 and decided to bat!

all our batsmen got starts and apart from misbah threw it away!

true...*sigh* maybe the second innings they might play straight.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

good 1st over by

 

[Zeeraq]

maiden.

 

[Amjid Javed]

gul has got length right now just needs to bowl straight.

 

[Justcrazy]

needs to produce some beauties here

 

[Ruri]

i call jinx. Eng will do well here.

Jinx? I did the same thing last match, and it happened . Went to bed after Trott got out, woke up to a collapse. I get nervous watching them bat when they're in bad form.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

Junaid to strike early

 

[bluffmasterv2]

Here comes our boy !

 

[AdeelSabih]

Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook will become the fourth pair to open the batting 100 times in Test cricket. They are out in the middle now. .

Consistency is the word for them. How many other pair did this in past?

 

[Desi]

neat first over, good to see gul getting close to 140 for a change

 

[Amjid Javed]

Maiden, no alrams caused there by Gul

 

[Justcrazy]

Nevertheless really disappointed with Pakistan Tail here....... there was time when people on PP were calling Pakistan Tail to be one of the best .......... nvir

Its all vain now...... just no intention to fight out.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

junaid aint great with the new ball. Please oh please don't get tonked.

 

[Justcrazy]

needs to work hard with the Tail really , all of them look like number 11

 

[Amjid Javed]

good start by junaid, good length.

 

[Ruri]

Good length first ball, decent length 2nd ball, needs to be fuller and get some movement.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

Bring it in boy bring it in then slightly take it away

 

[Ruri]

Good pace too.

 

[Justcrazy]

I expected to score some runs here, he used to time the ball really well, looks like he will not reach double digit these days.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan fast bowlers must learn from the line and length that broad hit ........

 

[James]

Good start for England this morning. Time to get back in the series.

(Or not)

 

[Desi]

nice movement on junaid's last ball

 

[James]

Fantastic figures for Broad on a pitch like this. got YK, Miz, Az and Ad, four genuine and quality batsmen. Woweee.