Pakistan v West Indies | 3rd Test | Sharjah | Oct 30-Nov 3, 2016 | Day 2

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan 255/8 at the end of Day 1.

 

[MenInG]

350+ is what we need to aim for today

 

[Square Drive]

350+ is what we need to aim for today

Lol with Yasir and Amir?

Even I'm not that optimistic!

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

350+ is what we need to aim for today

Are you at the ground MIG bhai ??

 

[MenInG]

Are you at the ground MIG bhai ??

Nope - not there

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Pakistan should declare after 9 wickets.

 

[MenInG]

New ball taken ; Amir and Yasir can play; just need to hold out

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amir should be batting at 8. Out of all the bowlers he is easily the best bat followed by Yasir

 

[angrypathan]

Well that didn't take too long

 

[LegendAli]

Don't want to call this a collapse but surely 281 is nothing to write home about.

 

[Anwar]

How much can Pakistan restrict WI to?

 

[Jabo]

Excellent move bringing school children to the game

At least there is someone in the staduim
Otherwise it's 3-5 people

 

[MenInG]

Don't want to call this a collapse but surely 281 is nothing to write home about.

Agreed

 

[JibranAnsari]

and out

 

[Xoib]

Wahab has overtaken Amir as our best pacer Rahat is also close to doing it.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

gone

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Wahab has overtaken Amir as our best pacer Rahat is also close to doing it.

Amir has bowled really well today

 

[JibranAnsari]

It swings only for two overs , such a depressing place for a fast bowler.

 

[Xoib]

Amir gets bullied by opposition best batsman Root in England Bavo over here.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amir should stick to bowling full..let wahab do the dirty work.

 

[Suleiman]

Wahab the cwack back at it again, this time with the new ball lol.

Will give a mountain of runs away for 2 maybe 3 wickets, unless it's his day.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rubbish from wahab.

 

[Suleiman]

Don't want to call this a collapse but surely 281 is nothing to write home about.

It was a collapse from the word go. Whole innings was incredibly scratchy.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Excellent move bringing school children to the game

At least there is someone in the staduim
Otherwise it's 3-5 people

3-5 on a good day

 

[JibranAnsari]

Ahh almost. Could not reach the ball.

 

[JibranAnsari]

3-5 on a good day

Yah its really hard for players to go back to these barren stadiums after playing in england for more than two months.

 

[JibranAnsari]

What amir hasn't taken a single catch in 20 test matches?

 

[Xoib]

What amir hasn't taken a single catch in 20 test matches?

he dropped Ponting at Hobart of asif on 0 he went on to make 210.

 

[JibranAnsari]

he dropped Ponting at Hobart of asif on 0 he went on to make 210.

209 to be exact.

 

[angrypathan]

What amir hasn't taken a single catch in 20 test matches?

Let's hope they stay away from him

 

[shariqnoor]

Ever since Amir has come back into the Test team, I've noticed two things about his bowling and both of them have hindered his ability to take wickets. Firstly he's now bowling most of his deliveries short of good length and secondly he's lost his away going seam delivery to the right-hander.

 

[JibranAnsari]

So we are gonna watch next 40 overs of spin.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan should try to play one of their home series in england , Australia , south Africa or srilanka.

Srilanka at least makes lively tracks these days , uae is such a dull package. Poor pitches with no crowd at all.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hope Yasir gets like 4/50 instead of 5/150.

 

[shariqnoor]

What a way to get your first catch in Test cricket. Bravo Amir.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Unbelievable catch from Amir! That is phenomenal. First of his career

 

[shaaik]

That's got to be the best catch in the history of paksitan test cricket..

 

[JibranAnsari]

And zulfi takes a top order wicket for a change.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir needs to reduce his pace , bowling too quick

 

[shaaik]

Pakistan should try to play one of their home series in england , Australia , south Africa or srilanka.

Srilanka at least makes lively tracks these days , uae is such a dull package. Poor pitches with no crowd at all.

Sri Lanka would be more or the less th same story regarding crowd and playing your home tests in UK, Aus or SA would be mighty expensive for PCB though you will get a lot of crowd in UK.

 

[cricket_cfa]

electrifying catch
and another lbw?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Plumb

 

[JibranAnsari]

Excellent by pakistan.

Need to get them under 200.

 

[shaaik]

In terms of crowds Sri Lanka won't provide much but they are making good tracks these days.

So that would mean loosing the home advantage. Mind you we get better conditions in UAE than we used to get in pakistan and the results are there to show. We currently enjoy the longest winning streak at home from all test playing nations which is remarkable considering we ain't playing in front of our home crowd.

 

[MenInG]

Friendly warning post sensibly or be prepared to be banned

 

[MRSN]

WI had a best chance to win a test after restricting Pakistan to a low total but looks like they have blown it away.

 

[MRSN]

finally Amir picks up a wicket too.

 

[Commander]

Amir with a HUGE no ball. Unfortunately, something like this always reminds you of 'that' no ball.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

WI had a best chance to win a test after restricting Pakistan to a low total but looks like they have blown it away.

They never had a chance

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Amir with a HUGE no ball. Unfortunately, something like this always reminds you of 'that' no ball.

Not really.

 

[Justcrazy]

100 up for WI

 

[Justcrazy]

Amir with a HUGE no ball. Unfortunately, something like this always reminds you of 'that' no ball.

When a bowler tries to put in more effort there can be no ball.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan needs to blood in couple of more fast bowlers in Test . That will help in rotation of fast bowlers.

 

[Justcrazy]

WI trail by 170 runs now.

 

[Justcrazy]

63 runs partnership already.

 

[Justcrazy]

Both batsmen looking comfortable here

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Bring Amir back on. He was testing these guys.

Btw Amir and Yasir is our best pair for building pressure.

 

[MRSN]

They never had a chance

they did and I think this partnership may have brought them back. Pakistan's batting is as good in 2nd innings as in first so I do think WI if they can put up 300 odd runs they will have decent chance to win this game.

 

[MRSN]

match changing partnership going on so far.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

match changing partnership going on so far.

Only day 2, even if they get a 100+ lead(which they won't), we're still winning this.

 

[Markhor]

Sharp catch by YK.

 

[MenInG]

Don't see where next wicket coming from probably silly error rather than good bowling

 

[angrypathan]

 

[MenInG]

Don't see where next wicket coming from probably silly error rather than good bowling

Whoops! Sorry guys

 

[Mr. Imperfect]

Amir is slowly finding his feet in International cricket.

 

[shaz619]

Sharp catch by YK.

A fish never forgets how to swim, A fisherman always gets his prey.

 

[shaz619]

Amir is slowly finding his feet in International cricket.

But he can't swing it

 

[Mr. Imperfect]

But he can't swing it

That's why I said, he is slowly finding his feet in International cricket, may revive his swing bowling as well with time.

 

[NauV]

But he can't swing it

Neither can James Anderson in the UAE.
Also, did you happen to see his spells with the new ball in Dubai?

 

[Rayyman]

That's why I said, he is slowly finding his feet in International cricket, may revive his swing bowling as well with time.

He never swung it both ways anyway.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

He never swung it both ways anyway.

He did, during the eng tour 2010. Outswingers to right-handers. Wasim even discussed it during our recent visit.

 

[Mr. Imperfect]

Yasir Shah should control his economy rate.

 

[shaz619]

That's why I said, he is slowly finding his feet in International cricket, may revive his swing bowling as well with time.

Neither can James Anderson in the UAE.
Also, did you happen to see his spells with the new ball in Dubai?

 

[Rayyman]

He did, during the eng tour 2010. Outswingers to right-handers. Wasim even discussed it during our recent visit.

That was an angled across delivery. His inswinger swung so much on that tour that it made his angled one look like an outswinger.

 

[Rayyman]

Yasir getting tired, bring on cobra.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

That was an angled across delivery. His inswinger swung so much on that tour that it made his angled one look like an outswinger.

Nope, he was bowling round the wicket to right-handers. You can look it up.

 

[Markhor]

Seriously, I'm dropping Wahab for this no ball issue alone.

This is intolerable.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Good job Wahab

 

[Rayyman]

Nope, he was bowling round the wicket to right-handers. You can look it up.

Can't find one outswinger.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Can't find one outswinger.

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