Pakistan v South Africa l 2nd Test | Dubai | 26/10/13 | Day 4

[Bilal7]

Lol at the sign!! "Please handle me carefully" with a picture of a cricket ball.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Out comes the new ball.

Come on boys!!!!!!!

Shafiq usually gets out to new ball

 

[aukhan]

The new ball is now available.

 

[CrowingRooster]

Second new ball taken. NEED TO SURVIVE!

 

[Sam18696]

New ball taken

 

[Bullet Drive]

Steyn on now

 

[hussain.r97]

Oh god new ball

 

[Bullet Drive]

155 overs to survive.

 

[hur rizvi]

Could be a deadly period with new ball taken

 

[aukhan]

Steyn is back.

 

[Saeed]

Time to play few medians.

 

[hur rizvi]

some swing straight away

 

[Haroon786]

How many overs before lunch?

 

[CrowingRooster]

Crap.

 

[hur rizvi]

JAffa from steyn, Good-luck playing that

 

[Sam18696]

What a delivery

 

[aukhan]

steyn is a monster with the new ball.

 

[Haroon786]

These ten overs are crucial with the new ball.

 

[Bullet Drive]

People talk about Shafiqs great technique. Lets see it on display now

 

[Haroon786]

Steynage

 

[CrowingRooster]

Maiden over

 

[Haroon786]

First over seen off

 

[aukhan]

Need to survive the first 15 overs with the new ball.

 

[battler]

shafiq won't last too long against steyn.
misbah needs to farm the strike when steyn is on.

 

[Sam18696]

Come on. Survive

 

[Haroon786]

How far is lunch?

 

[CrowingRooster]

Single taken

 

[CrowingRooster]

One more

 

[Haroon786]

Need 85 overs to make the defict and then 30-40 overs to get a lead.

 

[battler]

How far is lunch?

9 minutes away.

 

[Haroon786]

220 behind.

 

[Sam18696]

Keep tukking until lunch

 

[Haroon786]

9 minutes away.

Thanks.

 

[battler]

It will be a huge achievement for pak if they avoid the innings defeat.
If misbah and shafiq survive the new ball,then there is a good chance.

 

[Robert]

PAK are putting up more of a fight here that I expected. I thought they would be all out by now.

 

[Bullet Drive]

62 more overs to survive today. Another 80 odd tomorrow. Come on boys.

 

[Haroon786]

Surely the last over before lunch.

 

[battler]

Pakistan basically need to bat 4 more sessions.
Assuming they get 100 runs per session,they would have a lead of say 180.
Don't think the saffers will be able to get 180 in a session.

 

[Haroon786]

Wont even.need to bat all day tommrow if we survive today.

 

[Justcrazy]

Final over before lunch

 

[Saeed]

Pakistan basically need to bat 4 more sessions.
Assuming they get 100 runs per session,they would have a lead of say 180.
Don't think the saffers will be able to get 180 in a session.

Lol lead of 180.

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 128 runs

 

[Haroon786]

Pakistan basically need to bat 4 more sessions.
Assuming they get 100 runs per session,they would have a lead of say 180.
Don't think the saffers will be able to get 180 in a session.

A lead of 100-120 is.enough on a last day pitch for Ajmal and Irfan.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan still trailing by 220 runs , pakistan should have got at least 250 in first innings

 

[Haroon786]

No swing.

 

[CrowingRooster]

It's lunch. Well played.

 

[Bullet Drive]

61 more overs today to go through.

Lunch

Well played.

2 more session

 

[Sam18696]

Yes they survived

Its lunch

 

[Haroon786]

Yep was still unacceptable batting in the 1st innings.

 

[Bilal7]

Played Shafiq, Played Misbah.

 

[CrowingRooster]

198-4 after 84

 

[Haroon786]

Yes brilliant, well played just 2 more left

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan would be happy not to loose a wicket , they need to repeat that next session also

 

[CrowingRooster]

128 run partnership still going...

 

[ammar93]

That was a nice session. If only it could go on until tomorrow afternoon

 

[CrowingRooster]

Still 220 behind

 

[MeanAndGreen]

This is the grit that was missing throughout the match. Now people should realise that cricket isn't all about strike-rates.

 

[Bilal7]

Forget about the lead guys. We just need to keep batting until tea tomorrow. Doesn't matter if we score only 65 runs in a session.

 

[Saeed]

906 balls left now.

 

[Haroon786]

Nice to see Shafiq being aggresive.

 

[battler]

Lol lead of 180.

Assuming they get 100 per session.
Highly unlikely though.
They got only 66 in this session.

 

[Justcrazy]

New Ball due in 4 overs

 

[Haroon786]

906 balls left now.

624 are enough.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

good work. didn't expect Asad to last this long, even though AB gifted him his wicket earlier.

 

[battler]

New Ball due in 4 overs

Haha

 

[Justcrazy]

The problem is Pakistan lower order cannot bat.

 

[Haroon786]

Do we really need to bat 5 sessions.

 

[Saeed]

Assuming they get 100 per session.
Highly unlikely though.
They got only 66 in this session.

Looking at the way things are going either Pakistan will lose this match or its going to be draw.

 

[Saeed]

624 are enough.

For?

 

[Haroon786]

Expecting an Akmal lifetime special today but preferably tommorow.

 

[Haroon786]

For?

Batting,

 

[Justcrazy]

The only thing that can save Pakistan here is Rain

But that is not going to happen.

If Pakistan can bat till Tea tomorrow , they will save the game.

 

[battler]

Do we really need to bat 5 sessions.

Depends at the rate u score ur runs.

 

[Haroon786]

Shafiq for a brain fart.

 

[battler]

The only thing that can save Pakistan here is Rain

But that is not going to happen.

If Pakistan can bat till Tea tomorrow , they will save the game.

Call the rain from cuttack,our match against aussies got abandoned

 

[Haroon786]

Depends at the rate u score ur runs.

2.5-7, if we bump it up, can win.

 

[Pak_Jazba]

I find it difficult to believe Pakistan will bat out the day, and people are calling them to bat till tea tomorrow.
Once Misbah falls, the rest will fall like a pack, within a span of 10 overs.

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Good steady session that was for us, we need another one after lunch, these two need to keep building, push that partnership passed 200 and then look forward.

 

[battler]

2.5-7, if we bump it up, can win.

A win doesn't seem possible right now but u can save the match by batting for 4 sessions at 3.5 per over.

 

[the Great Khan]

Hmnn did the ball stop reversing lol..anyway we will do well to get through today without losing another wicket..akmal is useless and the rest are just tailenders.