Pakistan Vs England 1st Test Day 2 thread [13/11/05]

[Raz]

At the close of Day 1 the score was:

Pakistan 244-6 (87.4 overs)

Inzamam Ul Haq 41*
Mohammad Sami 1*


Still to bat:- Shoaib Akhtar, Shabbir Ahmed, Danish Kaneria

 

[Raz]

Play about to begin, Flintoff to finish bowling his over from yesterday, Inzi on strike. Here we go.

 

[Amjid Javed]

come on pakistan!

 

[Raz]

Flintoff finishes his over. Sami will face the start of the next over.

 

[Amjid Javed]

hoggard to bowl @ sami now.

 

[Raz]

I wonder why Inzi never took a single off the last ball?

 

[Amjid Javed]

good away swing and shape 1st ball up.

 

[Amjid Javed]

good ball, hoggy opens sami up like a tin of beans!

play and miss

 

[Amjid Javed]

sami gone! good ball

nicked and caught behind!

pak 244/7

 

[Raz]

Sami out.

 

[Raz]

Man why didnt Inzi take a single off the last ball? Why did he expose Sami to a relatively new ball?

 

[Pathan007]

Ferrari comes in

 

[Amjid Javed]

Man why didnt Inzi take a single off the last ball? Why did he expose Sami to a relatively new ball?

i dunno, akthar beaten 1st ball!

inzi needs to go into slog mode!

 

[Raz]

Akhtar needs to play the innings of his life and Inzi needs to hog the strike for as much as possible now.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Akhtar needs to play the innings of his life and Inzi needs to hog the strike for as much as possible now.

I agree! wkt maiden from hoggy!

 

[Raz]

End of Hoggards over, Inzi on strike for the next over.

 

[Amjid Javed]

flintoff beats inzi, good ball (away swinger)

 

[Amjid Javed]

Single for inzi, gets leading edge trying to work ball thru leg side.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Akthar off mark with single down to fine leg.

 

[Raz]

Inzi takes a single off the 3rd ball?! What is going on?!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi looking very shake! i got a bad feeling that hes gone get out lbw any minute!

 

[Raz]

Akhtar isnt the bad a batsman. He has all the shots but today he will need to curb his natural instincts.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lovely shot for 4 by inzi!

tennis ball smash forehand for 4.

pak 250/7

 

[Raz]

250 up. Need to get at least another 50.

 

[Amjid Javed]

lovely shot thru legside by akthar for 2.

pak 252/7

 

[Amjid Javed]

250 up. Need to get at least another 50.

inshallah.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Akthar survives till the end of the over.

 

[thebarmyarmy]

another 50 to get them to 300? that will still be a really bad first innings total on this pitch

 

[Raz]

But under the circumstances it still is something.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

my video isn't working
any one else having the problem ?

 

[Amjid Javed]

my video isn't working
any one else having the problem ?

nah my tv, vcr, sky box, lap-top are all working fine

 

[Amjid Javed]

What a shot! inzi flicks ball for 4!

50 for inzi

pak 256/7

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Inzi Reaches 50 With A Well hit 4 Keep It up Inzy Bhai

 

[Amjid Javed]

wow, even better shot next ball! cover drive for 2 slow outfield slows ball up.

pak 258/7

 

[fakhar]

does anyone know the video link for match

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

followed by a good shot for 2

 

[Amjid Javed]

last ball wide off the off-stick and left.

 

[Raz]

Well played Inzi.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Quick leg-bye taken by akthar of hoggy. inzi back on strike.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

shoaib gets off strike first ball as matthew hoggard fires down leg side and jone smisses

 

[Raz]

Good cricket from Akhtar giving Inzi the strike back.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Seems inzis been learning to play tennis, forearm samsh into midwicket for 1.

pak 260/7

1 ball left in over

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Shoaib akthar leaves balla s over ends 260-7 pakistan

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Inzi Is Caught At Slip No!!!

 

[Raz]

Akhtar survives, Inzi back on strike now.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi gone! flintoff gets him with a peach!

lovely outswinger. edged and caught 2nd slip.

pakistan 260/8

akthar needs to go into slog mode!

 

[Big Daddy]

inzi , he gone

 

[Amjid Javed]

god knows how we are gona get close to 300 now.. i can see fredy wrapping this up asap!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

gr8 ball from flintoff and all thoughts of pak reaching 350 are now gone lets hope they can atleast get to 300 with shoaib going on the attack

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lets hope against hope shabby ahmed has been practising his batting in his off time

 

[Raz]

Ah man! Just when they were starting to get going. Amjid your're right its Akhtar who needs to take over. Shabbir can bat a little bit but needs to give Akhtar as much strike as possible.

 

[Afzal_K]

Bad Shot, good bowling by Freddie.

Butts hardwork goes down the drain..

Well, time for Aktar to go berserk..*the the bat that is*

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

oh that was unbelievable i cant believe that missed shabby was almost on his way back omg

 

[Amjid Javed]

Shabbir looks like a bunny and kaneria is next!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Shabbir continues to play and miss v flintoff.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

all flintoff needs to do is get the yorker in line and thats it for shabby

 

[Raz]

Shabbir looks like a bunny and kaneria is next!

I can still remember Kaneria's feeble batting in the Caribbean! He didnt even know where his off stump was!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Flintoff bowls shabbir. brilliant yorker!

clueless!

pak 260/9

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

just like that shabby clened up by flintoff t

 

[Raz]

And to think Shabbir was once a batsman!!!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Last 8 wickets lost for 100 runs!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

the hilarious part is the crowd is still going "pakistan zindabad" whilst michael vaughan reads a book! lol

 

[Afzal_K]

Freddie is already proving to be a handful for Pak cricketers

Can't keep this beast quiet

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

cmon shoaib hit out and see wat u can do man!

 

[Afzal_K]

the hilarious part is the crowd is still going "pakistan zindabad" whilst michael vaughan reads a book! lol

What? NO IPODS

 

[Raz]

Akhtar needs to go beserk now. But dont give the strike to Kaneria please!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

shoaib takes a single and danish on stirke *gulp*

 

[Amjid Javed]

Akthar almost run out!

 

[Amir_rulez]

93.6 Flintoff to Shabbir Ahmed, OUT: Gone! lovely yorker, too good for
the the numbder ten batsman, goes right through his defense and
middle stump uprootede!

the commentator looks quite excited.

 

[Raz]

Ah for Pete's sake! What does he do?! Gives Kaneria the strike!!!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

and survives a runout danish ugh...

 

[Amjid Javed]

kaneria looking like bradman compared to shabbir!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

nice defense by kaneria needs to keep it up as shoaib attempts to go berserk

 

[Raz]

'WICKET! Shabbir Ahmed doesn't waste too much time getting a sweat on with his innings as he's clean bowled for a duck after looking like he wouldn't have hit a ball if Freddie had have bowled at him from 30 yards away'.

- SkySports commentator

 

[nedian21]

the match is over now. i cant see Pakistan doing anything in the bowling. seems pessimistic but Pak lost a golden opportunity yesterday. 2day we were asking from a miracle from Inzi and tail and it didnt happen. superb bowling from Eng.

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

the positive here is that the wicket looks better for bowling today lets hope the opener bowlers can exploit this and shoaib hits a shot for 2 as i speak nice running there

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

nedian how can u say the match is over before eng have even started

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

no ball by flintoff as commentators continue to talk of how much better the pitch is today for the bowlers

 

[Amjid Javed]

'WICKET! Shabbir Ahmed doesn't waste too much time getting a sweat on with his innings as he's clean bowled for a duck after looking like he wouldn't have hit a ball if Freddie had have bowled at him from 30 yards away'.

- SkySports commentator

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pak 264/9

 

[Raz]

How come Akhtar isnt slogging?