Pakistan vs South Africa | 2007 Series | 1st Test | Karachi | 01/10/07 | Day 2

[Pakola]

Lets start thinking about how we're going to level the series.

 

[NeVerMind]

Kallis to Faisal Iqbal, OUT, full on the off, goes on the drive but somehow gets the inside edge into the stumps, looked such an innocent ball, just played down the wrong line and the edge did the rest.

He got out to Kallis. Kallis!!! Serioulsy, Asim Kamal should sue...

 

[Amjid Javed]

shockingly poor stuff from pakistan! we may be forced to follow on here!

 

[Daoud]

Bhanja that useless **** fails again in the first innings

Oh give him a chance? Why? So he does jack all again. How about doing something in the first innings of a test match. A complete disgrace

And no, my reaction is not OTT

 

[ebikhan]

Best chance for pakistan is to be enforced follow-on by SA. Then give SA a 150 to chase to win. Thats the only way the pakistan can win.

 

[xbox]

Can anyone tell these batsmen just to play close to their bodies..a very basic batting technique they should know on these slow flat pitches. Its shame

 

[NeVerMind]

Shoaib Malik and Misbah to the rescue, whether it be 20-20 or test cricket!

 

[ebikhan]

Kallis to Faisal Iqbal, OUT, full on the off, goes on the drive but somehow gets the inside edge into the stumps, looked such an innocent ball, just played down the wrong line and the edge did the rest.

He got out to Kallis. Kallis!!! Serioulsy, Asim Kamal should sue...

Yes, poor Asim Kamal. Definitely deserves a chance.

 

[UJ]

Bhanja that useless **** fails again in the first innings

Oh give him a chance? Why? So he does jack all again. How about doing something in the first innings of a test match. A complete disgrace

And no, my reaction is not OTT

I was always under the impression that you were a fan of his.

 

[Mike Bassett]

y the hell is he in this squad

He's related no miandad the great and he's realated to a big gangster in india now settled in pakistan somewhere ..........pcb get the drift!

 

[ebikhan]

Can anyone tell these batsmen just to play close to their bodies..a very basic batting technique they should know on these slow flat pitches. Its shame

Thats his home ground btw. What a shame way to get out.

 

[AWAN IN A MILLION]

yes I'm 5 stars!

you gand

GOOD ONE!

 

[down4whatever]

how much required to avoid the follow on?

 

[Daoud]

I was always under the impression that you were a fan of his.

My dislike for him exceeds the stuff you call music

 

[AWAN IN A MILLION]

Can anyone tell these batsmen just to play close to their bodies..a very basic batting technique they should know on these slow flat pitches. Its shame

Yaar, the educated cricket followers have been shouting this for years and years. The problem is Pakistani cricketers are all uneducated, unwilling to learn and better themselves MF's......

 

[Asim2Good]

how much required to avoid the follow on?

153

 

[xbox]

I think its time that we try some new players. Forget Taufeeq, Faisal,Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir,Salman Butt,Yassir Hameed

 

[Hash]

Faisal Iqbal is the best batsman in the world

 

[Islamabadi]

100 up...350 to go

 

[Mike Bassett]

GOOD ONE!

Supporting language like that in the holy month is unacceptable

 

[Hash]

good shot

 

[Hash]

107 for 4

need something massive from these two. Malik has done it before on a day 5 pitch in Sri Lanka (against Murali)

 

[xbox]

Misbah again tried to play away from the body..man this is disgusting. Here we are playing on a dead pitch. I hope they watched Kallis and Amla play that innings.

 

[Jedi Knight]

I hope our bowlers have improved their batting...

 

[Safar55]

Playing away from the body ....It's a disease of pakistani batsmen... especially our "openers"...

 

[Hash]

I've noticed the saffie fielders are making it a point to walk over/put their feet on the pitch whenever possible

 

[Safar55]

We need to add another 20-30 runs today... then aim for a total of at least 350 with Butt back tomorrow.... yes...i'm dreaming

 

[AWAN IN A MILLION]

Supporting language like that in the holy month is unacceptable

Still funny though!

And may be you should refrain from winding people up during this Holy Month.

 

[AWAN IN A MILLION]

We need to add another 20-30 runs today... then aim for a total of at least 350 with Butt back tomorrow.... yes...i'm dreaming

I hear Butt may come out wearing a nappy.

 

[Hash]

Supporting language like that in the holy month is unacceptable

yeah you can talk you paindoo

 

[inzidabest]

Harris figures ....he is bowling better than Warne???
I mean wasnt this the pitch malik asked for??

 

[ebikhan]

Misbah again tried to play away from the body..man this is disgusting. Here we are playing on a dead pitch. I hope they watched Kallis and Amla play that innings.

We gave a number of chances to them. I wonder if South Africa will pay such mercy on us.

 

[ebikhan]

I remember when Elahi and Mohammad Yousaf dropped catches of Gibbs in a test in SA. Gibbs offered dinner to them. What happened of that dinner ?

 

[the Great Khan]

kya baat hay banjay kee..damn mullahs its all there fault for killing woolmer....

banja talks a good game but is one of the most useless batsmen ive seen in pak colours sinze rizwan uz zaman!!....how we have loved to have an inform inzi and yusuf right now...
pathetic from banja and yk!!

 

[P4K1 #1]

misbah and malik need a big partnership.. otherwise were going to crumble

 

[inzidabest]

bwahahhhaa...what a matka 4 by Malik

 

[jackal786]

Waqar younis has improved his diction and control over English which is a real bad news. He was providing lot of entertainment with his unique cliches.

 

[shan2026]

Waqar younis has improved his diction and control over English which is a real bad news. He was providing lot of entertainment with his unique cliches.

See the Waqar thread, anyway he surly is better then Zaheer.

 

[Hash]

Zaheer....

'they are hoping to take the wicket of a Pakistani batsman'


OH REALLY!!!!

 

[Nice-N-Fresh]

"They are hoping to take a wicket from a PAKISTANI batsman" - Mr Abbas

 

[shan2026]

"They are hoping to take a wicket from a PAKISTANI batsman" - Mr Abbas

) ) )

 

[Easa]

**** man, I just came home and this is the score. Well done Faisal.

 

[Hash]

4 overs left

these two need to bat until lunch tomorrow

 

[Pathan007]

they are treating harris like shane warne. that's what i hate about pakistanis batsmen. making an ordinary bowler like a great. just like how they treated panesar in england.

 

[shan2026]

4 overs left

these two need to bat until lunch tomorrow

Its not possible.

 

[Nice-N-Fresh]

wide and gone!!!!!!!!

 

[shan2026]

Misbha out

 

[Hash]

misbah gone

game, set and match....SA.

 

[Pathan007]

haha. misbah fishes

 

[Jedi Knight]

a 20:20 shot....

We've shot ourselves in our own foot.

 

[Easa]

Misbah gone too..

 

[Phuzz]

what a complete joke.. misbah gone too..

 

[jackal786]

they are treating harris like shane warne. that's what i hate about pakistanis batsmen. making an ordinary bowler like a great. just like how they treated panesar in england.

You guys are better than how Tendulkar treated Harris on debut.

 

[Pathan007]

ohh well we gonna lose now by an inning. on patta track Pakistan batting is in shambles.

 

[shan2026]

Only first day was good enough for batting. We lost the toss and with it the match.

 

[Jedi Knight]

This looks as though its going to be drubbing. Unless skipper and his vice pull something out of the hat.

 

[Pathan007]

a 20:20 shot....

We've shot ourselves in our own foot.

yes, 1st by creating this pathetic pitch and now with poor batting.

 

[Phuzz]

effectively 120-6 with Butt in hospital , follow on, on the cards

 

[shan2026]

Butty gona come?

 

[Phuzz]

damm we miss yousuf and inzy today!

 

[inzidabest]

well done Pakistan..wpould have been better if it supported pace, the track..atleast Pakistan batsmen would have had some excuse..now??

 

[Phuzz]

so much for our 20/20 star Misbah, back to his normal test match form

 

[shan2026]

well done Pakistan..wpould have been better if it supported pace, the track..atleast Pakistan batsmen would have had some excuse..now??

Now the bounce is to low.

 

[Jedi Knight]

The highest scorer so far is our keeper with 42 off 35 balls...

 

[down4whatever]

gah ! just forfeit the game. This is pathetic.

 

[inzidabest]

cric bus saya..night watchman rehman comes out to bat..ha ha...kyun koi batsman baaki hai kya pavilion mein?

 

[inzidabest]

Now the bounce is to low.

thats what Malik asked for ..right?

 

[dirk diggler]

i've just poppd home for lunch from work so hvn't seen the game. From the performance of our batsmen, I take it that this pitch has remarkably transformed into the most hostile batting conditions known to man. either that or we're pathetic

 

[xbox]

Somewhere Inzi is smiling

 

[Easa]

Harris has bowled his 11 overs for only 18 runs - why are we getting bogged down by an average SLA?

 

[Pathan007]

malik didn't want to play to their strength but he ended up shooting himself in the foot.

 

[xbox]

I don't think pitch is that bad. All the batsmen were out because of their own fault. Maybe Younis was little unlucky but still if you see the replay you will see that there was huge gap between bat and pad.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Follow on likely or S.A likely to bat again and set us about 600+ to win.

Either way were gona lose!

 

[Uzi]

So is Butt going to bat in this innings?

 

[Osman]

hopefully yes.

 

[Pathan007]

need centuries from gastroniteris(butt) and malik

 

[Amjid Javed]

Well malik and Butt both need to score tons here!

 

[inzidabest]

Well malik and Butt both need to score tons here!

Butt on a turner ) ten runs will be an achievement

 

[champion_pak]

no matter what pakistan has no chance

 

[Easa]

From 71/0 in 14 overs to 127/5 in 40 overs.. that is shocking. We had such a good start for once but couldn't do anything to follow it up.

For some reason, I still don't think we're out of this game. We'll need a miracle though.