Pakistan v England | 3rd Test | Sharjah | Nov 1-5, 2015 | Day 4

[dhump]

I think he means overall score, rather than lead...

Wahab not looking too inspiring with the bat.

We will be out to ball in 15 mins top.

 

[dhump]

Prof must have lost concentration or something . But Shafiq and Sarfraz getting out was poor in my opinion. All the work done by Hafeez undone.

Shafiq is still there and Imagine if Hafeez was there with him we would be crossing 300 as of yet.

 

[razabbas]

Miracle miracle by shafiq

 

[Enigma_]

Keep the full tosses coming!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Shafiq is still there and Imagine if Hafeez was there with him we would be crossing 300 as of yet.

Sorry my bad. I meant that Shafiq Sarfraz duo should have batted and put the match out of England's grasp.

 

[Abdullah719]

Masha'Allah.

 

[dhump]

Sorry my bad. I meant that Shafiq Sarfraz duo should have batted and put the match out of England's grasp.

I think Sarfraz got a good ball that can happen end of day 4 wicket is getting tricky...Hafeez just throw it away.

 

[Haroon786]

Good innings and application from Wahab after a series full of wild slogs.

 

[Abdullah719]

Wahab farming the strike.

 

[majiz]

350 which game you are watching ?? and how on earth we get past 350 ??

wow

 

[dhump]

Rashid to raise his in this inning ??

 

[Haroon786]

Masha'Allah.

Probably scoffed that Yasir was promoted ahead of him.

 

[dhump]

wow

You meant total score not lead.. We stopped discussing it since Pakistan started building up the lead. yes 350 total score is possible but not something massive.

 

[Abdullah719]

Rashid to raise his in this inning ??

He really is going great guns, so much so that Cook has to put all the fielders on the boundary even with Wahab batting.

 

[Haroon786]

That was off the boot.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wahab should take most of the strike here and just give Asad one or two balls an over to face.

 

[MMHS]

PAK might win this Test as over all better unit, but boy, in a Test if you have 7 scores between 27 to 39, you probably don't deserve.

 

[Enigma_]

Shooooot!

 

[Haroon786]

He really is going great guns, so much so that Cook has to put all the fielders on the boundary even with Wahab batting.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wahab protecting Asad well by giving him just one ball to see off here.

 

[zabalestmsm]

6 by Shafiq!

 

[Watsupdoc]

Where did that come from? Shafiq hitting a six?

 

[majiz]

apart from the ********* against rashid, paks batsman have made seriously light work of englands' spinners this series

 

[dhump]

He really is going great guns, so much so that Cook has to put all the fielders on the boundary even with Wahab batting.

He play on shorter pitches it seems...Saw him bowling full toss galore way too often.

 

[razabbas]

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wow Asad finally wakes up!

 

[Haroon786]

Wahab making batting look easy.

 

[dhump]

this is getting into interesting zone.

 

[Shafi]

Another 31 runs please!!!

 

[dhump]

Wahab making batting look easy.

Not something I like to see honestly at this point.

 

[Big Mac]

People need to calm down, Shafiq hasn't played brilliantly today but that doesn't suddenly mean that everything he does is useless.

People are so bloody fickle.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lead is 272 another 28 runs please!

 

[Haroon786]

Rashid bhai nearing well earned milestone.

 

[Amjid Javed]

People need to calm down, Shafiq hasn't played brilliantly today but that doesn't suddenly mean that everything he does is useless.

People are so bloody fickle.

Hes an average batsmen who has a lot to work on!

 

[Big Mac]

Wahab protecting Asad well by giving him just one ball to see off here.

Hes an average batsmen who has a lot to work on!

Average makes him better than 90% of our "talented" youngsters with huge fan followings.

 

[Watsupdoc]

What a stupid review by England )

 

[Mamoon]

Some really useful runs these.

 

[Haroon786]

Not something I like to see honestly at this point.

Don't worry we have the guns to cover this target.

 

[dhump]

What a stupid review by England )

Desperation...these are just good signs.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lead 273 - I thought 275 would be enough to win test here.

 

[Abdullah719]

What a stupid review by England )

Beefy trying to argue he wasn't playing a shot... Bumble brings him back down to earth.

 

[dhump]

Lead 273 - I thought 275 would be enough to win test here.

I would be happy with 300 and some useful time wasted.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Ideal batting by Wahab! Impressive! Good positive attitude!

 

[Enigma_]

Lol worst tail? what are you talking about?

 

[MMHS]

Partnership of 27 so far - this is exactly what should be the strategy; pick bowlers on bowling merit & work on their batting.

 

[akamaka]

England desperate now.

 

[Abdullah719]

Wahab changing his gloves.

 

[hussain.r97]

Just tuned it. Great going by Pakistan. This partnership is proving to be very useful.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

England have lost the plot. This game is Pakistan's to lose now.

 

[Big Mac]

Wahab changing his gloves.

In for the long haul, that's what I want to see.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Broad keeping it wide to Asad.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Botham HATES Pakistan so much lol.

 

[razabbas]

shabash wahab

 

[Watsupdoc]

Some useful runs from Wahab here.

 

[Enigma_]

Don Riaz out there.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Wahab playing a blinder.

But it also shows you how good this pitch still is.

We need 300+ now.

 

[The_KING]

Much better batting from Wahab today.

 

[Watsupdoc]

It seriously looks like Wahab is protecting Shafiq here

 

[MMHS]

Asad is very good, but the more I see, he looks to be more of a No. 3/4 player than 6. His game is all-round against pace/spin, but he is not a good player with tail. May be, PAK should plan to bat MoHa at 6 for long term (or Haris to start career with).

 

[Haroon786]

Wahab middling almost every aggressive stroke he's playing, might make a new highest score for himself.

 

[Big Mac]

Wahab playing a blinder.

But it also shows you how good this pitch still is.

We need 300+ now.

Nah, we've got enough now that the pressure is off. Focus now is just to grind them into the dust and break them down even more.

 

[Snow]

need to bat 6 more overs.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Thank god wahab is taking control of things here.

 

[Haroon786]

Asad is very good, but the more I see, he looks to be more of a No. 3/4 player than 6. His game is all-round against pace/spin, but he is not a good player with tail. May be, PAK should plan to bat MoHa at 6 for long term (or Haris to start career with).

It would be a masterstroke considering the tough tours next year and that Shafiq has a better technique than Hafeez.

 

[Bullet Drive]

281

 

[Amjid Javed]

It seriously looks like Wahab is protecting Shafiq here

He is and doing a great job )

 

[ahanank]

Wahab playing a blinder.

But it also shows you how good this pitch still is.

We need 300+ now.

And the expectations just keep rising.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Samit missed that because he is fat.

 

[MMHS]

Lagta hai, PAK tail 200-5 se 230-10 nahin, 319-8 se 370-9 ke taraf za raha hai; wazai kia ho sakta - Wahab learned his batting in 2 days time?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Asad is very good, but the more I see, he looks to be more of a No. 3/4 player than 6. His game is all-round against pace/spin, but he is not a good player with tail. May be, PAK should plan to bat MoHa at 6 for long term (or Haris to start career with).

I mentioned this somewhere earlier. He has a good technique and should come up the order where I feel he is better suited. Would be a much better batsman laying a platform at 3 than as a counterattacking bat at 6 which is not his strength as far as I can see.

 

[Watsupdoc]

What a bowl to Shafiq!

 

[desi_launda]

Broad u beauty!

 

[razabbas]

what a pathetic knock by shafiq

 

[Bullet Drive]

Well played Asad.

 

[Enigma_]

Tail Ender goes

 

[Big Mac]

Oof, great ball.

 

[Watsupdoc]

He is and doing a great job )

Not good enough though. Shafiq just got out to a jaffa

 

[dhump]

Pakistan slowly entering safety zone....to my delight and surprise.

 

[The_KING]

Great ball

 

[dhump]

come on last wicket get these 18 runs somehow.