Pakistan v England | 2nd Test | Abu Dhabi | Jan 28th, 2012 | Day 4 - RELIVE THE DAY!

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Hafeez to open, good move.

If any team can do it, Ours can boys.

 

[Fawad2010]

Pakistan will be very disappointed not to have taken the lead above 150 because as Mazher Arshad points out: "Last two times Pakistan set target of 150+ to England, England lost on both occasions - Multan 2005 & Manchester 20'01."

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[kkmix]

hafeezzzzz lets go boii

 

[Saqs]

at JKs shot.

Amazing shot.

 

[insaftak]

Hafeez to start

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

spinner to start

 

[IAJ]

Pitch it up prof

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

calm down guys, we did not play that bad. Panesar has bowled beautifully, apart from the club level defense shown by taufeeq and adnan akmal's shot , england earned everything. It's not a minnow we expect to beat everytime.

+1

England is number one, its not as if they came here for fun.

From -16/4 to reach 145 is a good fight back from Pakistan.

And even if we lose this match, it will be only 1-1 not as if we will lose the series with this game.

 

[James]

Off to chew my fingernails off.

In a bit.

 

[NeVerMind]

nearly got Strauss!

 

[insaftak]

ooooooo lucky strauss

 

[inzy_paratha]

Oh well, you win some you lose some . At the very least we should try to take 4-5 wickets make life very difficult for England, give us some momentum going into the third test.
I think the only chance of winning is if we get their top 3 out cheaply, their Middle order is suspect under pressure.

 

[NeVerMind]

now who will bowl at other end?

 

[NeVerMind]

Gul it seems...

 

[PakPosheeda]

C'mon Hafeez. The lefty assassin.

He must get bowl good length only.

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Good over.

Umar to come on, come on son, bowl ya heart out.

 

[iHammad]

cmon

This is your time.

 

[Looney]

200 would have been better target

We could not score even 150

 

[style_guru]

Pakistan should win this hands down. The ball shall spin viciously in the fourth innings.

 

[SOSami]

Junaid's bowling was double-selfish really. If Gul had a few runs he would have been a lot more upbeat in his bowling too.

 

[NeVerMind]

good bowl from Gul...same line please!

 

[OZGOD]

Wickets...Pakistan need wickets. You would think that England would knock these runs off fairly comfortably, if not quickly.

 

[ss3samzy]

edgeeeeeeee

 

[Sandeep]

hafeez,ajmal will feast on the English today

 

[shakil]

Bring ajmal for God sake our seamers are useless

 

[NeVerMind]

good line and and lots of swing...

 

[JibranAnsari]

new ball is the key and anyway match won't reach 50 over mark.

 

[Asif321]

need to get then 50/5

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

need to get then 50/5

Or 44/6

 

[spoiled]

if gul bowls that same delivery a touch fuller i bet he'll get the lbw

 

[JibranAnsari]

show some faith in junaid if you are playing him.

 

[Looney]

Gul should bowl tight and Hafeez go for wickets

 

[James]

'Trott has the trots'

)

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Bell to come in at 3 it seems

 

[shakil]

Pakistan already given up by not introducing Rehman and Ajmal Upfront. Those two are our only bowlers capable of producing wicket taking deliveries and keep up the pressure required to defend such a small total

 

[iHammad]

Good good good, cmon

 

[PakPosheeda]

Hafeez is line and length is all over the place right now.

Gul is not looking threatening. He must be replaced.

 

[James]

Ian Bell padded up for 3.

Did well at first drop v India, let's see what he can do here.

I thought he played Ajmal a lot better this test, he got a good un from the new ball.

Trott can't bat til 1.40, hopefully won't be required then........

 

[hur rizvi]

0.6
Mohammad Hafeez to Cook, no run, 131.8 kph, defended back up the wicket
0.5
Mohammad Hafeez to Cook, no run, 131.4 kph, pushed into the on side on the front foot
0.4
Mohammad Hafeez to Strauss, 1 run, 132.1 kph, Strauss awkwardly back again and gets a big edge past short leg
0.3
Mohammad Hafeez to Strauss, no run, 129.6 kph, tossed up, forward to block
0.2
Mohammad Hafeez to Strauss, no run, 129.2 kph, very slow off the pitch as Strauss tries cut, gets a bottom edge
0.1
Mohammad Hafeez to Strauss, no run, 124.6 kph, middle and off, pushed to mid on off the back foot


hafeez's speeds

 

[style_guru]

This is the sort of wicket where Ajmal would be licking his lips. He must be looking for a 5fer here.

 

[spoiled]

see cook havin a nibble

if that was fuller would have been edge

gul please bowl full

 

[spoiled]

theres the fuller one but he has to do consistently

 

[inzy_paratha]

Gul bowling pretty well here, nice line and length

 

[Looney]

Quick get a wicket so Ajmal can come

 

[hur rizvi]

Gul should be taken off we need to go with all-out spin

 

[Zamee]

Take Gul out of attack please!!
He is horrible

 

[spoiled]

gul bowling on the pads

always goes for runs, hardly ever gets lbw

 

[Random Aussie]

All of PP's knee jerk glory can be found in the match thread for this.

Usual even handed observations and knowledge goes out the window when Pakistan is playing, one bad ball, drop him, one tuk, he is coward, one wicket OMG we have lost.

England in the box seat but Pakistan have enough runs if they can take some wickets.

 

[insaftak]

easy runs

 

[hur rizvi]

take gul off plzzzzzzz

 

[Random Aussie]

Ian Bell padded up for 3.

Did well at first drop v India, let's see what he can do here.

I thought he played Ajmal a lot better this test, he got a good un from the new ball.

Trott can't bat til 1.40, hopefully won't be required then........

Heaven forbid you have to play an Englishman in the most important batting position eh

 

[Zamee]

Gul the trundler
Take him offffff

 

[Sandeep]

all of pp's knee jerk glory can be found in the match thread for this.

Usual even handed observations and knowledge goes out the window when pakistan is playing, one bad ball, drop him, one tuk, he is coward, one wicket omg we have lost.

England in the box seat but pakistan have enough runs if they can take some wickets.

+10000

 

[Asif321]

wahab should come in nxt game

 

[Pak_Jazba]

One more over of Hafeez and bring on The Saeed Ajmal

 

[PakPosheeda]

Gul bowling pretty well here, nice line and length

What're you watching?

 

[iHammad]

11/0

 

[rooster]

It will be hardwork for engage, but they should hang in there, scrach aroung and put your whose aside and score some cheap runs.

 

[Arcturus]

Heaven forbid you have to play an Englishman in the most important batting position eh

)

 

[style_guru]

All of PP's knee jerk glory can be found in the match thread for this.

Usual even handed observations and knowledge goes out the window when Pakistan is playing, one bad ball, drop him, one tuk, he is coward, one wicket OMG we have lost.

England in the box seat but Pakistan have enough runs if they can take some wickets.

You look to be completely Sane.

 

[hur rizvi]

Gul continues

 

[DonJee]

Yorkers please!!!! only have 145 to defend, go all out attack, 4 yorkers per over, preferably by Junaid KHAN!!!!!!

 

[inzy_paratha]

All of PP's knee jerk glory can be found in the match thread for this.

Usual even handed observations and knowledge goes out the window when Pakistan is playing, one bad ball, drop him, one tuk, he is coward, one wicket OMG we have lost.

England in the box seat but Pakistan have enough runs if they can take some wickets.

lol exactly, I mean one bad performance and people are already calling for comebacks from the likes of Imran Farhat and Mohammad Sami . As bad as we played in this test every team will have some bad days , happened to England in the first test. You also have to give some credit to the opposition, England bowled very consistent lines and lengths in this match and made it hard for our batsmen, while Cook and Broad played excellent innings that handed the momentum to their sides.

Like I said odds are about 90-10 in Englands favour right now, however if we can get their top 3 cheapy I dont fancy their middle order under pressure...

 

[insaftak]

amir has already given up

 

[IAJ]

Gul bowling with good speed, but not threatning.

 

[Random Aussie]

Probably have to have Ajmal on by the tenth over to have a shot

 

[Pak_Jazba]

Take off Gul for FFS

 

[the Great Khan]

Drop this useless team..bring in sohail khan and mo irshad

 

[iZeeshan]

Drop this useless team..bring in sohail khan and mo irshad

sarcasm?

 

[Pak_Jazba]

Thank god they didn't review that one.

 

[Looney]

Where is Ajmal ?

 

[Random Aussie]

And Shoaib Malik, TGK

 

[Safar55]

Im in the minority here... but why not give Junaid at least a little go..... afterall he did get 5 in his last match here in the 2nd innings.... why did they choose him if they dont want to give him a try at least.

 

[JibranAnsari]

problem with gul is he still bowls like a third seamer when we are playing only two.

 

[iZeeshan]

bring on the Ajmal

 

[hur rizvi]

bring on Ajmal or RehmN??????

 

[insaftak]

bring back fawad alam

 

[PakPosheeda]

Hafeez is bowling too full.

 

[IAJ]

AJmal on

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Bring back wajahtullah wasti in place of Taufeeq