Pakistan v England | 3rd Test | DSC | Feb 3-7, 2012 | Day 3

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

can we shift gears now for heaven sake ?

 

[talha3]

Still do-able in six sessions on a flat pitch. The quality is there in that lineup.

No confidence at the moment though, England will lose.

Exactly and Younis showed how as a quality batsman out of form you can score big if you do the basics right and concentrate hard for the first 50 runs.

 

[Sledger]

Rehman in.

 

[ShaunMarshRules]

Comeback on? We'd 'only' be chasing 350 then.

A KP special , maybe? I'm not convinced this is beyond England.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Chances of giving them a target of 400 diminishing .

 

[IMMY69]

Monty to Rehman us crucial.. Let's see how much it turns from the rough.

 

[Osman]

cmon need to see azhar through to 200 that was really disappointing from adnan his batting needs alot of work...hasn't been good since the 1st test...his 2nd test knocks were horrible with all that loose slashing!

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

This is why Misbah and Azahr were batting slow, look how quickly there into our weak tail.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Some ordinary stuff from akmal and asad this innings.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

I am assure you, A.Rehman will throw away his wicket

 

[Poison]

Lol at Monty celebrations, Pakistan have way way too many runs and he's celebrating as if he's won the Test for England

 

[talha3]

The 'Monty vs Swann in Asia' debate continues...

 

[cricfan4ever]

this is what happens when you fail to pressurize the opposition by scoring runs in a bundle to put them on the back foot...although we have more than enough on the board to win the match Inshallah, our batsmen really need to learn to stamp their authority...should get at least 350 now...

 

[JibranAnsari]

cmon need to see azhar through to 200 that was really disappointing from adnan his batting needs alot of work...hasn't been good since the 1st test...his 2nd test knocks were horrible with all that loose slashing!

It is now upto azhar if he could accelerate a bit , tail won't last long.

 

[Poison]

Bit harsh on Adnan here people, that was a jaffa.

 

[Wasim_Waqar]

Poor shot by Asad, good ball to get Adnan.

The ball has started to dry up and turning more: if they bowl us out, we can get 2-3 of them out before the close.

 

[talha3]

Rehman gone

 

[Shahzebayub]

And gone

 

[Watsupdoc]

at least we got 300 runs of lead

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

I told you.

 

[talha3]

Rehman actually won't mind that one bit.

 

[insaftak]

Swann gets Rehman's wicket #rehmanspecialist

 

[Osman]

well this is poor from numbers 6,7 and 8 after being 300 for just 3 down

 

[Poison]

Lol nothing Rehman could do about that either.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Come on get the target to 350 somehow

 

[JibranAnsari]

124/4 runs in 57 overs today,could have done a bit better especially in the position we were in and another one bites dust.

 

[James]

Another one

I don't think it's Monty v Swann, it's Monty and Swann.

Bresnan in for Morgan. A superior test match batsman and an extra quality bowler.

2 seamers (1 who can bat), 2 spinners (1 who can bat), a good all-rounder, a wicket-keeper who can really bat at 6, 5 batters. Also gets rid of a left-hander - we have too many. I think that's the best team available for Sri Lanka.

 

[cricketpassion]

Can we get another 50 runs somehow

 

[Phool]

See my point?

Do people actually think how these sort of posts would look to Joe Person reading PakPassion?

Poor stuff.

: Very well said

 

[thurkeebaba]

Azhar need to play shots now.. this tail not gonna last

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

why the hell tail ender trying such a thing , why cant azhar ali change his gear after playing almost 400 balls :S

 

[cricfan4ever]

This is why Misbah and Azahr were batting slow, look how quickly there into our weak tail.

if actually scored some runs instead of just blocking we'd have 20-30 more runs on the board right now, we are collapsing now!

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

If England have to chase 350 they'll have a chance cos there is more than enough time and the pitch is relatively good if you put your mind to it.

Rehman gone, see how quick our tail is folding? People complain that we bat slowly

Hopefully somehow we can get past a 350 lead, think we'll only get 330 though.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shouldn't ajmal bat before Abdur rehman?

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Panersar 1 short off his 5fer.

 

[qamar84]

Rehman in.

and rehman

 

[talha3]

That was a near perfect delivery

 

[Savak]

This is what happens when you tuk tuk unnecessarily instead of seizing the initative and putting the opposition under real pressure.

 

[kkmix]

lolll not an easy pitch to bat on ... I expect England to be bowled out under 150 once again.

 

[talha3]

9 degrees of turn.

 

[Poison]

What did you guys expect Rehman to do with that? He played it as well as humanly possible lol

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

just swing the bat now. You stop, you edge it simple as that.

 

[Phool]

The good thing is that Azhar is still there.

 

[talha3]

This is what happens when you tuk tuk unnecessarily instead of seizing the initative and putting the opposition under real pressure.

Just watch England bat on this

 

[Sledger]

Azhar will go in full beast mode now. SR to go up to 60.

 

[cricfan4ever]

3 wickets in last 4 overs

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Three wickets have gone in the last 4 overs.

 

[JibranAnsari]

16/4 in last 10 overs.

 

[hamzamunir]

its BOOM BOOM Azhar time.

 

[insaftak]

Ajmal should go for reverse sweep #it'sfuncricket

 

[kkmix]

All the left handers should switch to right handers against swann

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

End of the over, Pakistan lead by 304

 

[Sledger]

LOL @ people worrying.

 

[ManaFan]

Azhar shud play the way he plays best, there is no need for him to try extravagant shots. Saeed can lost a few overs and then we have Gul, who will hit 2 sixes Inshallah in this innings, we shud reach 375-400.

 

[cricfan4ever]

This is what happens when you tuk tuk unnecessarily instead of seizing the initative and putting the opposition under real pressure.

agreed, although we have more than enough to win the match Inshallah however, we have failed to stamp the authority by falling well short of a 400 lead ...

 

[JibranAnsari]

an I was talking about batting till lunch tomorrow

 

[ShaunMarshRules]

Rehman and Ajmal are going to be a handful bowling into this rough.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

single

 

[qamar84]

don't worry our allrounder in da house

 

[Fireworks11]

Pak should look for 50 or so more runs.

 

[Sledger]

Single to Azhar.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Don't take single on the second delivery of the over

 

[deviously~fading~away]

At least score 30 more runs here

 

[insaftak]

LOL @ Ajmal

 

[qamar84]

reach 1500 test runs

 

[Fireworks11]

Nearly bowled lol.

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Ajmal pretends to go for the slog sweep but misses on purpose to get byes

 

[Fireworks11]

Lead 306. Still looking good.

 

[Sledger]

348/7.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Ajmal to survive the whole over.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Ajmal pretends to go for the slog sweep but misses on purpose to get byes

. what a deadly technique

 

[cricfan4ever]

If England have to chase 350 they'll have a chance cos there is more than enough time and the pitch is relatively good if you put your mind to it.

Rehman gone, see how quick our tail is folding? People complain that we bat slowly

Hopefully somehow we can get past a 350 lead, think we'll only get 330 though.

if we had actually looked to score more, we'd already have close to 350...now we are struggling for 310!

our batsmen really need to learn from on how to maneuver the ball instead of constantly blocking...

 

[Impala_KaifTamasha]

Nice sweep by ajmal

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

LOL at the people blaming tuk tuk

I bet if we collapsed trying to up the scoring rate the very same people would have criticised us for playing risky shots even though there is lots of time left

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

Well we need to push the target beyond 350 thats the only way with so much time in the game.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Ajmal opens up his account with a single

 

[Osman]

think ajmal has been told to go out and play some shots

 

[pakcricketfan]

Saeed Ajmal averages 10.25 with the bat in this series. That's higher than Pietersen, Bell and Morgan!

 

[Fireworks11]

Ali gets 1 run.

 

[insaftak]

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