Pakistan v New Zealand | 2nd Test | Nov 17-21, 2014 | Dubai | Day 5

[Sherlock]

It won't happen. Misbah is far to conservative to chase this total.

 

[world cup captain]

Watching another historical chase for Pakistan.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Shot Shaan

 

[world cup captain]

Masood looks like he is standing in the wrong place.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Good shot!

 

[JibranAnsari]

A good chance for shan to shut me up.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Someone shared the lunch with Sarfaraz

 

[Hawkeye]

Way too early. He still has to learn a lot.

Yes, he needs to learn from you how to bat and when to debut.

You have no idea how developed he is, you're not a coach. You can only judge by his runs and performances, and he's a beast at that, a run scoring machine.

Deserves a go.

 

[Arsal_AK]

You have to judge the bowling spell by spell. Shehzad scored it when Southee and Boult hadn't acclimatized. They were charging in this spell with pinpoint accuracy and swinging.

Really??

And here I thought that Lakmal and Rubel Hussain were bowling when Shehzad scored those runs wearing masks of Johnson, Southee and Boult.

 

[Sherlock]

Masood looks like he is standing in the wrong place.

What, you mean in the ground and on the pitch, rather than in the dressing room?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Are pakistan going for it?

 

[Sherlock]

They lose another quick wicket and NO they won't go for it. It'll be shutters down I'm afraid.

 

[Professor]

Shan looks in better shape now.

Really hope he proves me wrong and wins this match for Pakistan.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I hope we are going to be positive here and atleast try and set ourselves to try and chase this total, we can always pull out and play for draw later.

AA and shan need to start rotating strike better and playing with abit more intent.

The way these guys have been just blocking has just lost us all initiative we could have had in this game.

41/1

 

[Amjid Javed]

Are pakistan going for it?

Looks like we are just blocking and going through motions we need to atleast try and set ourselves to have a go here!

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Why does Shaan look so confused

 

[Hasan]

"When did playing cricket became a criteria for criticising mediocre batsmen? "

only a fool passes an opinion on a subject that he/she has limited information. But an intelligent person observes and learns from those who know better. Misbah and co know far more than any one of us!!!

 

[world cup captain]

What, you mean in the ground and on the pitch, rather than in the dressing room?

I meant the delivery before the sweep he looked like he was a pure street cricketer, but that was a good shot.

 

[dhump]

Why does Shaan look so confused

Put a school cricketer to open in a Test match what do you expect then.

 

[Shafi]

Boring tuk tuk!! Why not settle for a draw

 

[dhump]

I think both captains will shake hands in around 2.5 hours and walk home.

 

[world cup captain]

Put a school cricketer to open in a Test match what do you expect then.

Looks like someone has the same idea as me.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Ugly shot. Lucky to get away.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Draw mode it is, really poor stuff from our top 3!

i hope masood and taufeeq never play for pakistan again and AA well hes fallen into bad habits again in this test match.

 

[JibranAnsari]

This partnership should be interesting. . Both scoring at 33 sr.

 

[Bullet Drive]

We will win this.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

What a Tragedy, we are not even trying to go for the target ;(

 

[Bullet Drive]

They are hitting the fielders.

 

[Bullet Drive]

4 an over needed to win this.

Not hard at all.

 

[world cup captain]

Draw mode it is, really poor stuff from our top 3!

i hope masood and taufeeq never play for pakistan again and AA well hes fallen into bad habits again in this test match.

Calm down. It's 53 overs to chase 218.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shaan has been impressive since lunch.

 

[JibranAnsari]

The target is too steep. Pakistan should play safe cricket.

 

[akamaka]

sodhi bowling poor here.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Calm down. It's 53 overs to chase 218.

He's always worried. Never praises us. Just negative.

 

[dhump]

Looks like someone has the same idea as me.

Hardly a difficult deduction after watching him bat.

One fluke edgy inning against SA and some PPers over hyped him, I am quite sure about his quality since 1st inning that gate he opened between his bat and pad reminded me of Shahi Qila Lahore.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Yes, he needs to learn from you how to bat and when to debut.

You have no idea how developed he is, you're not a coach. You can only judge by his runs and performances, and he's a beast at that, a run scoring machine.

Deserves a go.

Loads of Rubbish.

He needs to work on his games and improve before he plays in the internationals which a lot different than scoring at U19 level. There is a reason he keeps failing when he comes up against good bowlers and why Babar Azam is ahead of him in the pecking order.

 

[JibranAnsari]

The hero of more than 5 rpo chase is still here :aa

 

[Sam18696]

whatta shot by Azhar

 

[world cup captain]

On drive is not the toughest shot in cricket.

 

[Sam18696]

Cmon both of you. Prove me wrong.

 

[Sam18696]

Baz is an awesome fielder

 

[shehzadd]

What a shame. What a shame, u r one down for 44 and still scoring 2 run an over.
Why not u go for a kill until 3-4 wickets r down.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Azhar is timing the nuts off it. Fielders doing well. Shoulda had extra 20 runs by now.

 

[Bullet Drive]

We are going for the chase. Chill.

 

[Ikball]

if during this session Pak score 70-80 with no wicket falls, Then we shall have a good chance if sarfraz is sent at no.4

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Are we chasing this or not

 

[Arsal_AK]

This alone is the reason why I say Shan is better than the likes of Amin, Hafeez etc.

Look at the improvement in the space of just two days. He has learned from his mistake and is making it count.

 

[Asif321]

we can chase it just go for it boys

 

[world cup captain]

Misbah will be in Beast mode today (hopefully)

 

[Arsal_AK]

YK should have been in instead of Azhar in this situation.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

What is Azhar doing here edit: Hitting a four

 

[Bullet Drive]

Azhar is a crunch clutch player. If he chases this he should go to Australia for ODI's and I think he will.

 

[Bullet Drive]

We are going for the chase. Chill out PP'ers.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Azhar is a magnificent batsman. One of the best in the world.

 

[JilaWatan]

Relax we have 50 overs to chase this. We'll get there

 

[Asif321]

Shaan pathetic against spinners but its also turning alot

 

[Arsal_AK]

What a shot

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Six hahahahahahaaha

 

[Professor]

by Masood.

 

[akamaka]

that was a beautiful shot by shan

 

[Asif321]

first six for shaan.in international.cricket

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shannnnn!!!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shan has an unbelievable temperament/technique. He will go far in international cricket.

 

[Asif321]

please go for chase it will be awesome to win this

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Chase is on boys. THE CHASE IS ON

 

[fumaster]

Good shot by Shan. Bullet must be extemely happy

 

[hamzie]

im so confused
are we going for the win or what

 

[Arsal_AK]

Azhar is a magnificent batsman. One of the best in the world.

No he is not.

You can't help it, hyping everyone to the moon, can you??

 

[Bullet Drive]

Come on Shaan keep going.

 

[Bullet Drive]

202 to win. We can win this if we use our heads. Lot of firepower to come. This is ours. Shaan has to anchor and take us through.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

im so confused
are we going for the win or what

I have been asking this for quite some time now, Are we doing this

 

[saiyan0312]

Well if we are not out by tea then we should go for chase

 

[Bullet Drive]

Love Bazid's confidence.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I have been asking this for quite some time now, Are we doing this

yes

 

[Mamoon]

No chance of winning this game.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Going for the chase doesnt mean hitting sixes and slogging. Its a hard game. NZ are bowling well. It is very tough out their, especially for Shan as a leftie.

Secondly, we are going well.

 

[Ikball]

Even with singles, we can chase it down.

200 runs required on 288 balls (48 overs)

 

[Mamoon]

Masood is a very inferior version of Butt.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Need to get to tea 1 wicket down or 2 at worst and maybe need 120 to win from 30 overs etc... then we can have a go after tea without the risk of losing the match

 

[akamaka]

im so confused
are we going for the win or what

not even the pak team can answer that