Pakistan v England | 3rd Test | Sharjah | Nov 1-5, 2015 | Day 2

[zabalestmsm]

Even without stokes , they have depth in batting.

Yes. Just saw Taylor's name in the line up.

 

[Pakcricket89]

Pitch looks dead today and England set to take a big lead

 

[Pakcricket89]

So the pitch has flattened out? Which makes the decision to bat first very strange.

No one would have known that, Most of the times you dont even think after winning the toss in UAE

 

[Haroon786]

Struggling.

 

[Watsupdoc]

No one would have known that, Most of the times you dont even think after winning the toss in UAE

Though Misbah himself said that on day 1 (morning session) ball will talk a bit after which the pitch will flatten out. Shouldn't je have bowled first in that case?

 

[majiz]

looks like this might be going the way of pakistan v new zealand at this ground.....

 

[#GreenRoars]

Drop catch that was??

 

[Haroon786]

No Stokes means one less wicket to take.

 

[rooster]

One 3rd of Pakistan's total is achieved now England should scratch that and start as 0 for 1.

 

[Indiafan]

Though Misbah himself said that on day 1 (morning session) ball will talk a bit after which the pitch will flatten out. Shouldn't je have bowled first in that case?

But this wicket will take huge spin and turn as the test goes and that was what Misbah was counting on.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Is it turning?

 

[cricketjoshila]

The only way England can win this is if they take huge 1st innings lead.Anything more than 100 to chase in 4th Innings and England will play the Collapso.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Come on bois, just need one wicket

 

[#GreenRoars]

Oooooi, again edge but fell save

 

[#GreenRoars]

Is it turning?

Yep turning sharp, only Yshah is giving tough time to English batsmen

 

[arehaan]

zulfiqar bowling loopy deliveries no venom

 

[arehaan]

I guess Yasir has deteriorated after that feedback from warne.

 

[Logical]

Yep turning sharp, only Yshah is giving tough time to English batsmen

turning sharp? Which match u watching?

 

[Pakcricket89]

Though Misbah himself said that on day 1 (morning session) ball will talk a bit after which the pitch will flatten out. Shouldn't je have bowled first in that case?

No, i dont think any Captain would have decided to bowl first. Just look at Cook's facial expression during toss he was gutted to lose the toss

 

[_Salman_]

I guess Yasir has deteriorated after that feedback from warne.

He drew Cook's edge quite a lot of times.

 

[MarkCooper]

Why is the ball not spinning as much today despite superior quality spinners on display today?

 

[Pakcricket89]

Yep turning sharp, only Yshah is giving tough time to English batsmen

It has been as flat as a pancake in this session

 

[pasha404]

Very flat bowling.Rahat I do not want to see him any more.wat a wast.pak have easily lost this match can't see them coming back in to the match

 

[Pakcricket89]

Why is the ball not spinning as much today despite superior quality spinners on display today?

Bazid was saying yesterday that pitch as watered day before the match and soil will take time to dry up and jell in with the old soil. May be this is the reason

 

[zabalestmsm]

Some deliveries of Yasir spun sharply.

 

[#GreenRoars]

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[Pakcricket89]

Some deliveries of Yasir spun sharply.

That is just normal spin. Moin was getting sharper spin yesterday. Samit got more turn than babar

Pitch has flattened out

 

[Robert]

It has been as flat as a pancake in this session

Very odd! I have never seen a wicket take less spin as the match proceeds.

 

[rooster]

Pitch looks fine today. Pakistan can bat long in second dig. England has to make this a big score.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Babar is absolutely toothless nowadays. Should've played Bilal who's a good off spinner and a good lower order hitter.

 

[#GreenRoars]

That is just normal spin. Moin was getting sharper spin yesterday. Samit got more turn than babar

Pitch has flattened out

No, Moeen was using pace while Zulfi is bowling with slow speed. Still pitch is good for spinners tbf

 

[Pakcricket89]

No, Moeen was using pace while Zulfi is bowling with slow speed. Still pitch is good for spinners tbf

Know pitch is flatter, Moeen and Samit got the ball to tweak a lot more

 

[JibranAnsari]

england can bat two days here. Score 600 and put us in.

We then will go on and score 500

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan face an uphill task as Cook and Root this series have been the hardest to dislodge as they play with a solid technique that works well in the SC and are looking to grind it out.

Root always looks for runs doesn't let any bowler to dictate and is always busy at the crease.

 

[JibranAnsari]

We can't even blame pitch for our batting performance , yes the spinners were difficult to get away but instead of scoring against pace we were just totally stagnant against them and on top of it gave 6 wickets to them. I won't blame the pitch. Look at how azhar , malik , younis , hafeez , misbah and sarfraz got out. Asad was tuk tukking too much and one of the good deliveries took his edge. Hafeez and younis were worst of the all , they both were playing well. Malik was bound to fail 3 feet outside off.

 

[Indiafan]

england can bat two days here. Score 600 and put us in.

We then will go on and score 500

Pitch will definitely break day 4-5. No question about it. Will be lots of fast turn

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pitch will definitely break day 4-5. No question about it. Will be lots of fast turn

or probably will flatten even more.

 

[Indiafan]

or probably will flatten even more.

UAE wicket. Not gonna happen.

 

[majiz]

UAE wicket. Not gonna happen.

sri lanka, same ground.....


sharjah is actually just a really weird pitch

 

[Asif321]

should have fielded first

 

[JibranAnsari]

UAE wicket. Not gonna happen.

It has happened before on a few occasions so not unlikely.

 

[Hawkeye]

It's the repeat of NZ match it seems.

They're gonna post a mammoth total and win this match.

 

[JibranAnsari]

If Pakistan lose this test match I will consider pakistan's fortress effectively breached.

NZ and SA to were the better teams than us in UAE. They beat us by an innings margin.

 

[Pakcricket89]

Starting with Rahat.

Have the lost their minds?

 

[Justcrazy]

Toothless bowling here , just shocking.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Very odd! I have never seen a wicket take less spin as the match proceeds.

It does happen occasionally in Asia. I've no clue why . Actually not the spin as such but the turn does become slow after a while and batsmen can cope with it easily.

 

[dhump]

Nothing going Pakistans way...it is combination of bad batting and inability of reading the wicket...

Everything seems pretty flat.

 

[dhump]

Starting with Rahat.

Have the lost their minds?

Workload is needed to be shared.

 

[Pakcricket89]

Workload is needed to be shared.

best bowlers need to start the session

 

[JibranAnsari]

Poor stuff by rahat

 

[Pakcricket89]

Poor stuff by rahat

Should have started with Zulfi or Wahab from one end

 

[dhump]

best bowlers need to start the session

No one is creating any trouble and Malik is the one to take the wicket...Misbah needs to try all his bowlers I am sure England is willing to bat once in this test now and seems like super hard work for bowlers.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Playing in UAE has given false boost to our batters averages.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Should have started with Zulfi or Wahab from one end

So far Zulfi didn't show any spark and same with Rahat, strategy was good by kaptaan. But in 2nd session, we need to get quick wickets.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Yas strikes.

 

[razabbas]

Finally Yasir strikes

Cook the danger man down

Get root and bell and we are into tail

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir gets the chef

 

[Haroon786]

Yasir gets his bunny again.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Cook turning out to be Yas's bunny. A high class bunny [emoji14]

 

[zabalestmsm]

Big wicket this. Bell has confidence issues so he may fall soon.

 

[Haroon786]

Get Root early and Pakistan will have a lead going into the third innings.

 

[parwezzkhan]

Yasir strike good

 

[#GreenRoars]

Yasir Shah you beauty, cook

 

[#GreenRoars]

Other bowlers need to help Yshah

 

[Slog]

Ian Bell must be in dreamworld to have survived this long in Asia

 

[Justcrazy]

cook gone

 

[hussain.r97]

New bunny for Yasir?

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need a good spell , some more quick wickets here.

 

[Pakcricket89]

Beauty from Yasir

 

[hussain.r97]

Ian Bell must be in dreamworld to have survived this long in Asia

Can't believe he's stayed in for as long as he has in every single inning.

 

[in_cutter]

Big wicket. Get ready for a collapse!

 

[razabbas]

Two right handers are here

Zulfi should partner yasir here

 

[Pakcricket89]

Take of Rahat plz

 

[m.shah]

Rahat looking toothless

 

[razabbas]

Wow that was an awesome delivery by rahat

 

[#GreenRoars]

Some reverse swing, good sign for Wahab and Rahat.

 

[dhump]

Pakistan need a collapse for the sake of interest in this test match...Get Root here and England will feel the heat.

 

[#GreenRoars]

I hope Rahat has learned something from Vicky

 

[rooster]

Oh Cookieee

 

[hussain.r97]

Wahab should be brought on soon. Rahat getting some nice reverse.