Pakistan v South Africa l 1st Test | Abu Dhabi | 10/15/13 | Day 2

[PakistanKnight]

seems to be our man for ODIs. Very good runner and athlete.

 

[KA$H]

good thing is that this is a flat pitch

puts the great bowlin from the Pak youngsta beauties into perspective!

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan trail by 127 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[mosh101]

JP into the attack

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Duminy in now.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

spinner ko lootna nahi chaye, if they are liking him just spank him for 1 boundary per over otherwise captain will change the bowler.. Something I heard from Inzamam.

And that is exactly what Manzoor has been doing

 

[mosh101]

Khurram really needs to work on that hideous batting technique

 

[KA$H]

dont get sucker punched by DUminy here by underestimating him

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan trail by 126 runs.

 

[DW44]

So that's more than 50% of RSA's total accounted for. Let's see how much longer these two go on.

 

[Bilal7]

Just woke up to see this and was surprisingly happy. Amazing performance by Pakistan in these couple of days.

Nice to see the Saffers under pressure for a change and ABCD being quiet.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan should make full use of this low standard spin from SA here

 

[Bilal7]

The SR is a big surprise as well, 50+ for both these guys.

 

[saiyan0312]

very good performance by these two.. very good.

 

[mosh101]

Read this hilarious piece hahahah

Aakhri baar jab Pakistani openers nay test cricket mein 50 ki partnership ki thee tab; Dollar 83 ka, petrol 86 ka, aur Misbah 36 ka thaa.

 

[Justcrazy]

to bowl again

 

[Bilal7]

The other batsmen better contribute.

 

[saiyan0312]

UAE is soo happy right now.

 

[Nuekboi]

Amla must be having a less than spectacular Eid

 

[Justcrazy]

12 short of 300 test Wickets.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Rahil Hindustani: "As a neutral cricket lover, I would say this is some superb batting effort by the young openers. Yesterday at the toss when I heard the line up, I was again pitching in for some Steyn-mayhem of the Pak top order but this has blown away my prediction. Really want Pakistan to go on and win this one."

A few drops of tears fell off my eyes when I read this touching post from an Indian fan.

 

[Bilal7]

Read this hilarious piece hahahah

Aakhri baar jab Pakistani openers nay test cricket mein 50 ki partnership ki thee tab; Dollar 83 ka, petrol 86 ka, aur Misbah 36 ka thaa.

Lol! What a difference from the days of Hafeez. We might miss his bowling but are way better off without his batting.

 

[razabbas]

Ohhh droped :-/

 

[Asif321]

ooh lucky shaan here

 

[Red Devil]

Risky shot

 

[saiyan0312]

loud call for catch but just passed him .... masood lost concentration for a moment.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

in the air again. but fell short of the fielder

 

[kamz]

spinner ko lootna nahi chaye, if they are liking him just spank him for 1 boundary per over otherwise captain will change the bowler.. Something I heard from Inzamam.

that is soo true, it was our first lesson that if you take a spinner for your liking, milk him for singles, dont go for the boundaries, unless he is the specialist bowler in the team.

 

[Justcrazy]

3 more runs

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan gets lucky again.

 

[Justcrazy]

less than 30 mins to Tea.

 

[mosh101]

These two need to keep digging

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pak at least must score 350

 

[MRSN]

another edge

 

[Red Devil]

 

[razabbas]

by youngsta debutant beauty

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan Trail by 119 runs now.

 

[Asif321]

shaan has scored lot of runs in edges what a man !

 

[JibranAnsari]

Half if masood boundaries are edges.

 

[saiyan0312]

edged and yep no chance for a catch.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[mosh101]

Edge and four

 

[hur rizvi]

Another edge from shan, he has been lucky...

 

[Justcrazy]

Any lead of over 100 would be great , specially when ball starts turning.

 

[sunnykhan]

Shan Masood living dangerously! Edging it every now and then!

 

[mosh101]

Smashed for 1

 

[mosh101]

And I make my T20I Debut

 

[razabbas]

 

[Amjid Javed]

Masood is chancing his luck, hope he gets a 100 here!

135/0

 

[Red Devil]

Masood gone

 

[JibranAnsari]

And shan departs. Plumb.

 

[mosh101]

Goneee ! Plumb ! Dammnnn masood

 

[Asif321]

anyways very well played

 

[mosh101]

Asked for a review but umpire wisely sending him back

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hafeezsesque wicket.

 

[saiyan0312]

masood goes... what a debut for the kid.

 

[hur rizvi]

End of masood, Good debut for him...

Rest of the batsman need to contribute

 

[JibranAnsari]

Nap time

 

[mosh101]

In Walks Azhar !

 

[Nuekboi]

Big opening partnership comes to an end. Hopefully top order can build on it

 

[Bilal7]

The real test is now. All eyes on Azhar to get a big one here or atleast a fifty.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

well done lad. good body language shown by a Pakistani opener after a long time.

 

[mosh101]

Cant get complacent here ! We need to work on those partnerships !

 

[Amjid Javed]

wicket gifted to a part-timer

 

[Pak_Lover]

Well played Shan.

 

[saiyan0312]

Azhar comes out... play positively and keep the run rate moving.

 

[Mamoon]

Lets not undo the good work now.

 

[akheR]

Our RR under 2 now.

 

[Red Devil]

Azhar walks in now

 

[Ahson8]

Damn, I was hoping for a ton on debut from Shaan.
Still, well played

 

[Amjid Javed]

AA needs to be postive here, we cant afford to go into our shells and be defensive

 

[TalhaSyed]

Thank god it was too late to review that!

 

[Pak_Lover]

Azhar on the crease, time to sleep for few hours

 

[Ahson8]

Damn, I was hoping for a ton on debut from Shaan.
Still, well played

 

[talha3]

Khurram must concentrate now.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Great knock by Shan Masood! Lets hope he can keep this going though out the season and InshALlah Paksitan dont undo the good work!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Openers go in pairs after big partnership

 

[Osman]

in comes the pathetic azhar ali to kill all the momentum....expect him to treat duminy like an ATG bowler....if i was SA i would bring back robin peterson on, he will love bowling to this coward

 

[Nuekboi]

Its a dead pitch and a deathly batsman

 

[Red Devil]

What a shot