Pakistan v South Africa | 1st Test | Dubai | 12/11/10 | Day 1: Session 3

[Deewana Mastana]

I've closed the stream....disappointing!

 

[Newton_fan]

May be give the ball to Azhar Ali he is a part time leg spinner

I think we all forgot that Hafeez is playing .

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Gul's gone over 4 an over - Disappointing stuff

Rehman over 3 and a half!


It was always going to be something and now when we have a decent batting line up we dont have the bowling to match it!

What a travesty is Pakistan Cricket!

 

[cricketkhan88]

none of the bowlers in todays team are of test match quality..........These fools are bowling the length as If they are bowling in Austrailia.

 

[AZ]

short and pulled over straightish midwicket, great shot

 

[Deewana Mastana]

none of the bowlers in todays team are of test match quality..........these fools are bowling the length as if they are bowling in austrailia.

lol

 

[AZ]

Mo Akram talking some absolute rubbish

 

[786warrior]

none of the bowlers in todays team are of test match quality..........These fools are bowling the length as If they are bowling in Austrailia.

some people got to learn the hard way..........hit 'em hard boys, so they stay down

 

[Newton_fan]

Which player Pcb will call to replace Yousuf for second Test ?

 

[MRSN]

Mo Akram talking some absolute rubbish

Energy ,where is Energy

 

[Ali Raja]

South Africa's biggest threat right now is boredom. Pakistan are not bowling with much intent

From Cricinfo.

 

[AZ]

overthrows, again!

 

[cricketkhan88]

This is what happens when you select bowlers on basis of performance in "fun cricket ie t20" .......All the bowlers including spinners are bowling with negative mindset.

 

[PakPassionate]

maybe taufeeq will take sum wkts

 

[Schickelgruber]

EPIC face by Gul

 

[Ali Raja]

70.1
Umar Gul to Amla, no run, Gul continues to land it too short for it to reverse. What is the strategy here? Amla punches into the covers.

What are you doing Gul???

 

[cricketindiafan]

Have patience PPers. You guys have got spoilt by watching your team play on better balanced wickets of NZ, Aus and England where things always keep happening.

These types of surfaces like the one in this test and other asian wickets require a lot of patience as a fan. Have faith in your team and wait for the batsmen to make mistakes. There have been a few umpiring howlers early in the day else things could have been different. So don't throw in the towel again.

Looking at the wicket , this will surely break up on the last 2 days. Should get interesting as the days go by.

 

[ZAK]

264/2

 

[Schickelgruber]

Mo Akram

 

[Ali Raja]

Amla looking well set for a double-century.

 

[ZAK]

have patience ppers. You guys have got spoilt by watching your team play on better balanced wickets of nz, aus and england where things always keep happening.

These types of surfaces like the one in this test and other asian wickets require a lot of patience as a fan. Have faith in your team and wait for the batsmen to make mistakes. There have been a few umpiring howlers early in the day else things could have been different. So don;t throw in the towl again.

Looking at the wicket , this will surely break up on the last 2 days. Should get interesting as the days go by.

+1

 

[oracleg]

What are you doing Gul???

Doesn't matter what he does, even the yorkers he bowls is comfortably kept out by Amla.

In fact he smashed the last yorker he bowled to the covers.

 

[oracleg]

Have patience PPers. You guys have got spoilt by watching your team play on better balanced wickets of NZ, Aus and England where things always keep happening.

These types of surfaces like the one in this test and other asian wickets require a lot of patience as a fan. Have faith in your team and wait for the batsmen to make mistakes. There have been a few umpiring howlers early in the day else things could have been different. So don't throw in the towel again.

Looking at the wicket , this will surely break up on the last 2 days. Should get interesting as the days go by.

We're batting last. Things will get very interesting indeed.

 

[Ali Raja]

Have patience PPers. You guys have got spoilt by watching your team play on better balanced wickets of NZ, Aus and England where things always keep happening.

These types of surfaces like the one in this test and other asian wickets require a lot of patience as a fan. Have faith in your team and wait for the batsmen to make mistakes. There have been a few umpiring howlers early in the day else things could have been different. So don;t throw in the towl again.

Looking at the wicket , this will surely break up on the last 2 days. SHould get interesting as the days go by.

There was only one howler. The other decisions were right because you have to give the batsman the benefit of the doubt. None of them were plumb lbws.

Thing is that we lack wickettakers. Gul has always been a first-change bowler, running in and giving his best. An honest trier at Test-level. Wahab is more of a limited-overs bowlers, he doesn't swing it back in to the right-hander so he will always struggle at this level. Rehman and Ajmal are also more suited to T20 and ODI.

 

[RehanG]

ah guys

they will score some think around 630-4 dec.

pak will be 159 all out
and then again 290 all out

 

[Ali Raja]

Doesn't matter what he does, even the yorkers he bowls is comfortably kept out by Amla.

In fact he smashed the last yorker he bowled to the covers.

Yes, because he doesn't have the pace to trouble Amla. Amla was comfortable even against Akhtar. He will need to find swing from somewhere.

 

[Khabri420]

Moyo giving the stare to the camera. Legend!

 

[Ali Raja]

Another gem from Cricinfo.

Abdullah is not pleased with the captaincy or the bowling changes. "Is Misbah aware that Hafeez can bowl? Or that he is on the field? Or that he has bowled only one over?"

 

[786warrior]

ah guys

they will score some think around 630-4 dec.

pak will be 159 all out
and then again 290 all out

you've read the script already!!

 

[AZ]

time for a ring field, and hope the batsmen make a mistake.

this wicket is as dead as a dodo on Doomsday.

 

[ZAK]

264/2

 

[Ali Raja]

"Mohammad Yousuf will not play this series" -

 

[jattafridi]

ah guys

they will score some think around 630-4 dec.

pak will be 159 all out
and then again 290 all out

 

[NJamal]

266/2

 

[cricketindiafan]

Yousuf ruled out of the test series.

Massive blow for Pakistan.

 

[Ali Raja]

Yousuf ruled out of the test series.

Massive blow for Pakistan.

More like a blessing in disguise. :aali

 

[ZAK]

266/2

 

[ZAK]

267/2

 

[theglitterconspiracy]

Yousuf ruled out of the test series.

Massive blow for Pakistan.

ooh what happened to him :/

 

[cricketindiafan]

ooh what happened to him :/

Some problem with his groin.

 

[ZAK]

to

 

[akbarc1]

Well fielded by the captain

 

[FreePalestine]

boooooooooooooring

 

[Azlan Khan]

Get Have A Bowl !

He Might Cause Some Destruction, Remembering Marcus North In England.

 

[NJamal]

276/2

 

[cricketindiafan]

boooooooooooooring

Welcome to test cricket

 

[Pak_Jazba]

On a positive note things seem to be going good for my Fantasy cricket team.

 

[akbarc1]

4

 

[ZAK]

Ajmal comes into the attack.

 

[ZAK]

283/2

 

[akbarc1]

Shocker by Asoka

 

[Sledger]

Kallis out.

Not given. )

 

[Sledger]

LOL @ this game.

 

[Tapori]

Asokaaaaaaaaa!

 

[Tapori]

/boredom for umpires = bad decision.

 

[hur rizvi]

I think that touched the back of the bat

 

[Sledger]

Also, LOL @ Gul's test bowling.

 

[Schickelgruber]

 

[jattafridi]

I want centurys from and

 

[ZAK]

Maiden over by Rehman.

283/2

 

[akbarc1]

284/2

 

[IMMY69]

Clearly out!!!

What's the point??

 

[akbarc1]

4

 

[oracleg]

Nothing going our way today

How is Ashoka still umpiring?!

 

[cricketindiafan]

Not clear if that touched the bat. Haysman says out, Rameez is not sure, Pommie says it was not out.

 

[ZAK]

284/2

 

[Newton_fan]

I want to kill Misbah. Why he is not bowling Hafeez ? can anybody go to him to tell that Hafeez is playing.

 

[hur rizvi]

Our test bowling is worse than Bangladesh without Aamer and asif

 

[akbarc1]

100 partnership

 

[ZAK]

I have been impressed by Adnan Akmal's wicket-keeping plus his voice is not as annoying as Kami.

 

[taq12345]

We desperately need UDRS but sadly not gonna happen. Why isn't the board aware that umpires are and will always be against us!

 

[hur rizvi]

Really disappointing performance by Gul and Ajmal today they have let the team down

 

[ZAK]

I cant believe Lawson said that Misbah had best cricketing brain in Pakistan.

 

[Newton_fan]

The new ball is now due atleast get a wicket

 

[akamaka]

So how many mistakes have the umpires made?

 

[hur rizvi]

I cant believe Lawson said that Misbah had best cricketing brain in Pakistan.

I dont think he has good enuf resources in bowling

 

[saj001]

Collapse on the way. SA will score less than 400

 

[hur rizvi]

Ajmal is such a rubbish test match bowler ... no flight , no turn

 

[cricketkhan88]

adnan khatthmal is rubbish like his brother behind the stumps. How the hell he got selected I still don't understand.

 

[hur rizvi]

Collapse on the way. SA will score less than 400

Stop dreaming we dont have Aamer and asif now to trigger the collapse