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

[JibranAnsari]

Series will be in balance after this match , england showing why are they number 1.

 

[AdeelSabih]

Test cricketer of the year looks watchful against Mohammad Hafeez.

 

[Strike!]

Give Junaid an over before lunch.

 

[OZGOD]

Spinners on already?

 

[adnan yasin]

England 48/1

Deficit 209 with 9 wickets in hand

Cook 27 Trott 5

 

[Ruri]

seamers will probably bowl only to give our spinners a break lol

But spinners shouldn't need a break.

 

[OZGOD]

Atherton virtually calling Akmal a cheat for appealing

 

[adnan yasin]

Spinners on already?

yeah they have bowled 17 overs so far

 

[Areesh]

Series will be in balance after this match , england showing why are they number 1.

Lol you have already decided that England will win this match.

 

[OZGOD]

Now Atherton trying to backtrack after seeing Hawkeye showing the ball clipping the stumps.

 

[adnan yasin]

good delivery by rehman

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan cannot let this game drift and England take a lead......

 

[Sharingan]

hawkeye shows it hitting stumps but they said that if the pakaistanis reviewed it, it would be given NOT OUT. how?

 

[Ruri]

Atherton virtually calling Akmal a cheat for appealing

Err no, he's suggesting that Akmal would know best of the players.

 

[Desi]

if it was given out and england reviewed it would have stayed out =/

 

[adnan yasin]

one more wicket come on please

 

[AdeelSabih]

unleash all three spinners before lunch. Good tactic?

 

[OZGOD]

England motoring on at 2rpo

 

[HumorMe]

Atherton virtually calling Akmal a cheat for appealing

Pak shud hav reviewed

 

[Ruri]

hawkeye shows it hitting stumps but they said that if the pakaistanis reviewed it, it would be given NOT OUT. how?

Less than half the ball would be hitting, Umpire's call stays on the marginal decisions.

 

[Justcrazy]

wickets wickets wickets.......... where are the wickets....

 

[HumorMe]

wickets wickets wickets.......... where are the wickets....

They r evading us at the moment

 

[adnan yasin]

good over by rehman

England RR is 2.1

England 48/1

Deficit 209 with 9 wickets in hand

Cook 27 Trott 5

 

[Sharingan]

Less than half the ball would be hitting, Umpire's call stays on the marginal decisions.

wow, that's so arbitrary. i mean like do they decide if the ball is hitting atleast 50% of the wicket? it just seems random.

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Come on Misbah

 

[Desi]

hawkeye shows it hitting stumps but they said that if the pakaistanis reviewed it, it would be given NOT OUT. how?

you need undeniable burden of proof (at least 1/2 the ball has to be hitting) to overturn an umpire's decision

however it's viceversa too, if it was given out and england reviewed it would still be given out because SOME of the ball was clipping

 

[adnan yasin]

short and wide by hafeez .. cook failed to put it away

 

[Robert]

England motoring on at 2rpo

Plenty of time left in this match.

We can't always be facing Indian nopacers!

 

[Abid Z]

boycott on TMS saying Rehman is a really inviting bowler (nothing special)..really?

 

[adnan yasin]

fantastic over by hafeez

LUNCH DAY 2

England 48/1

Deficit 209 with 9 wickets in hand

Cook 27 Trott 5

RR 2.0

 

[Ruri]

wow, that's so arbitrary. i mean like do they decide if the ball is hitting atleast 50% of the wicket? it just seems random.

Preserves the Umpire's authority on non-howlers. A good thing.

 

[AdeelSabih]

England's session without any doubt.

 

[Desi]

boycott on TMS saying Rehman is a really inviting bowler (nothing special)..really?

his strength is his mcgrath line, keeping it really tight. if he errors in line he becomes toothless

 

[Areesh]

Mini collapse is coming after lunch. Be patient please.

 

[Justcrazy]

Trott will not easy to get out.

 

[Sharingan]

you need undeniable burden of proof (at least 1/2 the ball has to be hitting) to overturn an umpire's decision

however it's viceversa too, if it was given out and england reviewed it would still be given out because SOME of the ball was clipping

How does THAT make sense? I mean if the ball is <50% hitting the stumps, how does mean that its out?

 

[adnan yasin]

if england remain at this pace only ...it will take them 3 more session to equal the score

 

[JibranAnsari]

Where is all the spin gone. Dropped catched hasn't got matters any better.

 

[OZGOD]

Lunch, England 1/48

 

[adnan yasin]

Mini collapse is coming after lunch. Be patient please.

yeah me also sensing a mini collapse

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Cook dropped. In a low scoring match such as this, you can't drop catches.

 

[HumorMe]

Trott will not easy to get out.

I hav to agree.

 

[Desi]

Where is all the spin gone. Dropped catched hasn't got matters any better.

if it was actually taken it would have been reviewed and called for a no ball so no damage done.

 

[James]

Steve Harmison on punditry and analysis

Willis might be senile but at least he has a knowledge and poise of his own.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to come out with better plans and look to get wickets ..... crucial session.

 

[Desi]

But spinners shouldn't need a break.

just saying how the times have definitely changed for pak fans

 

[ninjafirstslip]

okay, the brigadier and crew have found them selves up the chutney. A very big dark hairy chutney.

 

[Looney]

I would have Gul and Junaid bowl some overs after lunch

 

[icecube4000]

Series will be in balance after this match , england showing why are they number 1.

I have been seeing your few posts lately, are you always this pessimistic ?

 

[Desi]

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How does THAT make sense? I mean if the ball is <50% hitting the stumps, how does mean that its out?

because the umpire was valid in giving the decision out.
udrs is there to remove ridiculous decisions which i'm fine with

 

[Justcrazy]

Lunch : England would be delighted to have lost only one wicket here.

 

[Areesh]

The game after lunch would be interesting. I don't think cook would survive long after lunch.

 

[Justcrazy]

has to get his thinking cap on during lunch.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I have been seeing your few posts lately, are you always this pessimistic ?

yes , tryna be +ve. Need a dose of 4 wickets in the next session.

 

[Love Pakistan]

Just checking right now and we just added 1 run to our overnight score! What the what! This is ridiculous!

 

[Warfare]

Steve Harmison

 

[GLORY OF '92]

These two are the key wickets. Get them out and we will have a good chance of limiting england

 

[JibranAnsari]

if it was actually taken it would have been reviewed and called for a no ball so no damage done.

They only check front noball in replays , not side.

 

[AdeelSabih]

Crucial session coming up. C'mon boys.

 

[Love Pakistan]

Can Hafeez get Cook? What do you guys think?

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Can Hafeez get Cook? What do you guys think?

cook very very cautious against hafeez. I think cook will bat on...

 

[Sledger]

What happened to Pakistan's batting?

Not worried though, good to see an early wicket.. and this partnership doesn't look like going anywhere soon.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

makes that shafiq dismissal all that more devastating.

 

[Osman]

who was dropped?
extremely disappointed at the way we have played so far in this game

 

[Robert]

Steve Harmison

What a lummox.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

who was dropped?
extremely disappointed at the way we have played so far in this game

very tough chance but cook from shafiq. Ball was dying, would have taken something very special.

 

[Sledger]

Time for the session of collapse.

 

[Sherlock]

Englands's game to lose from here. With 3 days to go after today. there's only 1 likely winner.

 

[Sledger]

Gul to bowl.

 

[Justcrazy]

England will show why the are number one !!

 

[Sledger]

Bad ball and four runs.

 

[James]

Steve Harmison

What a lummox.

So bad

 

[Sledger]

Edged, just past the fielder! Four runs.

 

[Pak_Power]

not a good start after lunch

 

[James]

3 more, class

 

[Sledger]

Average over. 59/1.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

lovely start Gul. Test cricket needs consistency brother.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

lol gul did so bad we don't even bother with junaid

 

[*syed59*]

Misbah has decided if anyones' going to take Cooks' wicket it'll be Hafeez.

 

[Sledger]

Hafeez on.