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

[adnan yasin]

Pak 77/5

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

2 nice shots by Adnan

Lead is 77

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

Lead by 77

 

[Amjid Javed]

2 more for Adnan

 

[iZeeshan]

This is riveting stuff

Just wish we were 50 more ahead so I could relax a bit

Right now Pakistan are down and out

 

[hur rizvi]

good from adnan


swann getting big turn

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

lol, i wasnt hoping so much out of it

shafiq was not playing positive, was just bloking and kept blocking

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

almost all england bowlers are bowling at good lenght balls.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Azhar, Younis, Misbah, Asad are all blockers and tuk tuk. None of them can rotate the strike at ease. We need Umar Akmal in test team. Pakistan is playing in the 1980 mode. They must move on with modern cricket.

I agree, need someone a bit more aggressive in that lineup

 

[iZeeshan]

7 overs to go till the new ball, 77 lead

Pak 147-5

 

[iZeeshan]

12 overs for 22 runs so far this session

NOT good enough.

 

[hur rizvi]

Would have loved to replace Adnan with kamran or UmAR FOR ONE DAY

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

is this a spin track?

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Akmal bhai 50 lagade

 

[iZeeshan]

Azhar 56 from 171

What a grit-ster

 

[Looney]

Azhar, Younis, Misbah, Asad are all blockers and tuk tuk. None of them can rotate the strike at ease. We need Umar Akmal in test team. Pakistan is playing in the 1980 mode. They must move on with modern cricket.

 

[adnan yasin]

97 ks by monty

 

[W63L35]

From cricinfo...

"Never knew such slow cricket can be so fascinating contest!" That's why Test cricket is the original and the best Sabih...

 

[insaftak]

Uffffffffffffffff lucky Azhar

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Gem of a delivery, beats Azhar

Not looking good

 

[hur rizvi]

Beauty from monty........

 

[SAF]

this is why we NEED UMER AKMAL!!!!!!

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

what a big spin from panesar.

 

[insaftak]

thank god that over ended.

 

[adilmomin]

Lol how many of you would like Kamran Akmal batting right now than Adnan Akmal?? As a batsmen...

 

[adnan yasin]

couple of beauties by monty

super stuff

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

and again

Monty looking very dangerous

 

[Desi]

hang in there fellas

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Azhar going to keep blocking until one turns. Quite literally saw his future when shafiq got out, but he stills goes with it

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

) wah looney wah

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Top over ny Monty.

 

[Love Pakistan]

So who's a better bowler then? Swann or Panesar?

 

[MVP26]

Monty looking like warne out there

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to go after monty here. otherwise they are just waiting till he gets a good ball and get out to him!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

What on earth was Adnan doing?

 

[insaftak]

adnan going for reverse sweep. I like it

 

[ragincajun]

the commentators are always somehow talking while the england players are chirping
cant hear the sledging too clearly

 

[Pak_Jazba]

Monnnnntyyy ko maarooo

 

[adnan yasin]

yeah ... play your shots.. lets the bowler think what to do

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

So who's a better bowler then? Swann or Panesar?

Monty though we are looking average against both

 

[Desi]

that laugh is dangerous

 

[ninjafirstslip]

i dont think adnan understands it.

 

[W63L35]

England players are sledging Adnan...

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

adnan going for reverse sweep. I like it

I don't, he is not set and he is trying such risky shots

 

[adnan yasin]

I think Trott didnt come to field today yet

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Akmal reminds me ever so slightly of

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

naseer hussain " you bowl two or three dot balls and unar akmal will do something silly. true upto some extent

 

[adnan yasin]

Pak 79/5

 

[Amjid Javed]

Single for Adnan.

I like how hes being positive here!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Lead is 79

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Akmal reminds me ever so slightly of

what has ever done to deserve this.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Single for Azhar

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 79/5

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

Will England take the new ball? 5 overs left.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Let's go after Monty, the guy is looking dangerous and in rhythm, need to disrupt that

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

come on guys try to take singles

 

[Strike!]

New ball 5 overs away.

 

[MVP26]

England sledging out there.

 

[Amjid Javed]

That 70 run lead by england has looked so crucial and just goes to show how important 1st inns are in these conditions.

 

[hur rizvi]

mONTY IS AT TOP OF HIS GAME THEY NEED TO TAKE SOME RISK TO DISTURB HIS LINE

 

[adnan yasin]

cut it to point boundary ... single taken

 

[iZeeshan]

Lead is 80 now thanks to a good cut from Azhar

 

[iHammad]

80 lead, yes!

 

[MVP26]

150 up

 

[Amjid Javed]

single again for Azhar

 

[yadunoe]

exactly my point on why asad should be dropped for umar akmal

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

what has ever done to deserve this.

Ever so slightly.

The slight back lift, and the way his head falls slightly over when turning the ball onto the legside.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

150 up.

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

150 up!!! 80 runs lead. InshaAllah 100+ runs to come.

 

[adilmomin]

Damn we are going for less than 2 runs per over...

 

[Rana]

Morning lads, was expecting one of the two to fall early. Afterall, there is always a few hiccups before a famous victory

 

[iZeeshan]

Even a .2 or .3 increase in RR would be huge right now

Think about all those dot balls wasted

Akmal struggling against Panesar...wicket waiting to happen

 

[adnan yasin]

mONTY IS AT TOP OF HIS GAME THEY NEED TO TAKE SOME RISK TO DISTURB HIS LINE

They should have been doing this yesterday as well

 

[insaftak]

Lucky Akmal. Go for the Phainta :adnan

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

Someone holding the banner "We WANT DRAW" HAHA

 

[hur rizvi]

That 70 run lead by england has looked so crucial and just goes to show how important 1st inns are in these conditions.

sHOWS HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE THE RUNS FROM THEIR TAIL IS MAKING...........

 

[adnan yasin]

aaaah .. that was so easy to put away and akmal missed it

 

[Love Pakistan]

No counter attack! Slow much!

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

his shoulders panicking )

 

[adnan yasin]

Pak 80/5