Pakistan Vs South Africa | 2nd Test | Day 3| 16/02/2013 | Cape Town

[JibranAnsari]

misfield and 2

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Lead is 86 now.

 

[asif9138]

breaking news!
" ICC annouce Misbah the plyer of Tuk Tuk"

 

[Square Drive]

Misfield allows an extra run. Even SA's fielders are asleep.

 

[alberto]

Misbah looking good when he goes for his shots.

 

[ViciousMachine]

see, misfield!! RSA under pressure!!
They know that Pakistan is about to make them bat on day 5, they are scared!!!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Misbah still has no single in his 22.

 

[shakil]

Pakistan playing for a draw

 

[asif9138]

lead is 86

 

[ekpakistani]

86/3 now .. need 114 to reach a respectable score ..

 

[alberto]

Azhar needs to drop his hands and run!

 

[saiyan0312]

86 lead... if they get like 100 to 120 lead without losing a wicket then i will be happy.

 

[asif9138]

we are depending on 2s

 

[alberto]

Misbah catching up to Azhar!

 

[ekpakistani]

nice shot and then fielding so saffers choking after the six.

indeed bhai .. .. if this partnership continues till end of day .. then choking will be confirmed

 

[asif9138]

short ball comming

 

[Square Drive]

Yorker.

 

[Saudi]

100% agreed!!

Yeah, I agree with the strategy. I know Steyn wasn't all that effective with the old ball in the first innings but he is still the danger man.

 

[asif9138]

azhar stop scoring

 

[alberto]

The surface is getting dryer.Hafeez and Ajmal will be lethal.

 

[Sledger]

Azhar's offside game being shown up here.

 

[Square Drive]

Beaten!

 

[QazzarFan]

Wow 7-2 field setting

 

[asif9138]

what a ball

 

[saiyan0312]

breaking news!
" ICC annouce Misbah the plyer of Tuk Tuk"

Another news azhar filed a case saying he deserved it. PCB seeing this decided to award azhar their own award...

Seriously azhar is looking a a little flushed, i cant believe peterson spin meesed him up like that.. he faced greame swann for crying out loud.

 

[ekpakistani]

kallis looks tired already ... ha ha

 

[alberto]

Scoring rate is 2.2.

 

[Saudi]

Kallis and Shoaib are the only players I have seen that have maintained pace well into their thirties.

 

[Sledger]

Another over ticks by, not long left in the day.

 

[deviously~fading~away]

SA commentator sums it up- problem with Pakistan's slow batting is that you loose a wicket & you are back under pressure.

 

[saiyan0312]

indeed bhai .. .. if this partnership continues till end of day .. then choking will be confirmed

Yep a few more and they will start to lose control themselves. choke button will turn on.

 

[ekpakistani]

commies are frustrated with azhar ali .. Saffers are short of bowlers .. this tuk tuk will help us tomorrow ... be patient today

 

[JibranAnsari]

Azhar has scored 9 in his last 75 deliveries.

 

[alberto]

Why are our batsman poking at the ball?

 

[pak4life]

whether its the 1st ball or the 100th Azhar never looks in

 

[Sledger]

Azhar/Peterson battle to resume.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

There are only two negatives to this approach.

1. If a wicket falls after playing so slow, we have gone absolutely nowhere.

2. If you play too many overs tuk tuk ... the 2nd new ball will be due after lunch tomorrow.

 

[imshally81]

first single from misbah

 

[JibranAnsari]

Azhar against robbie P again

 

[imshally81]

easy azhar easy

 

[saiyan0312]

9.4 overs left.... aggression from azhar but straight to fielder.

 

[ekpakistani]

azhar ali to hit peterson this over

 

[Square Drive]

Azhar playing some lovely shots.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

We are in South Africa not Sri Lanka, they will get the new ball and blow us away

 

[alberto]

Azhar is out of sync that he can't hit through the off side.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Scoring rate is 2.2.

For all the complaining, 1st innings after 35 overs, Pak were: 71/4
This time after 34 overs, we are 74/3

Our RR is FASTER this innings.

it was over 50 - 80 where we cut loose last time.

 

[Sledger]

haha, a complete set of dots again. Man is a collector.

 

[ekpakistani]

azhar ali has scored 4 off peterson from 49 balls .... epic !!

 

[imshally81]

Azhar has scored 9 in his last 75 deliveries.

this is called test cricket

 

[shah_1]

That is the reason I don't want Azhar to play ODI, he just doesn't know how to rotate the strike

 

[saiyan0312]

Azhar/Peterson battle to resume.

I think peterson will quit due to the tuk tuks.......

I think they have approached the no risk strategy since nine overs are left... oh well dont lose wicket fellows if you want to do tuk tuk then do it right and dont lose wicket.

 

[ViciousMachine]

We are South Africa not Sri Lanka, they will get the new ball and blow us away

Before that new ball, we have tomorrow morning's entire session. Why the rush?? We want RSA to bat mostly day 5, not day 4.

 

[IAJ]

Pathetic batting here. That is why we are a rubbish batting side. Peterson who?

 

[Bilal7]

Lets try to get that lead to a hundred by stumps without losing any wickets. If we do that and score about 85 in the morning session, we'll be in front.

Whatmore and Akram need to sort out the bowling quickly, though.

 

[ekpakistani]

probably 7/8 overs can be bowled in remaining time .. can we score 10 runs?

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Azhar playing some lovely shots.

What's the point if its for no runs

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan lead by 87 runs with 7 wickets remaining

 

[shah_1]

I am not talking going about going ballistic but need to rotate the strike

 

[ekpakistani]

I think peterson will quit due to the tuk tuks.......

I think they have approached the no risk strategy since nine overs are left... oh well dont lose wicket fellows if you want to do tuk tuk then do it right and dont lose wicket.

don't be surprised if peterson commits suicide . or decides to retire after this test

 

[imshally81]

good batting tactics

 

[doctordamor]

I think pak batting has been mentally scarred from all the batting collapses of 2009 - 2010

 

[saiyan0312]

they have completely made a circle to choke the singles.

 

[alberto]

Third man is way too productive for our batsman!

 

[doctordamor]

agree with wessler no point if u cant rotate strike

 

[AFM]

Lol

Trust Misbah to take all momentum out of a game. Thank goodness we have him, we need this right now.

 

[IAJ]

Before that new ball, we have tomorrow morning's entire session. Why the rush?? We want RSA to bat mostly day 5, not day 4.

This is SA, not India. The pitch will get slower but not that much. This is simply rubbish batting. Old ball, no movement, no spin and they are blocking, for what?

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need 300 here

 

[saiyan0312]

and peterson has done legendary containment work...

 

[shah_1]

This is some basic which is the reason Azhar is quite bad against spin

 

[ViciousMachine]

Just 8 more overs left today.... just need to survive these 48 balls and we go into day 4 ahead

 

[Dr_Bassim]

For all the complaining, 1st innings after 35 overs, Pak were: 71/4
This time after 34 overs, we are 74/3

Our RR is FASTER this innings.

it was over 50 - 80 where we cut loose last time.

And there was no Misbah and Azhar batting : )

 

[Sledger]

Azhar taking on Robbie again.

 

[Justcrazy]

Runs are crucial here

 

[imshally81]

single for azhar

 

[saiyan0312]

finally azhar runs to drive...

 

[Lara400]

good batting tactics

Explain

 

[ViciousMachine]

What a single!!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Peterson is a bowler who is there because he can bat.

 

[imshally81]

:6

 

[alberto]

Shafiq will be needed.He scores quite quick.