South African Invitation XI v Pakistanis | Tour Match | East London | 27/1/13 | Day 3

[saiyan0312]

lead at 248... maybe we should declare at 300 lead and then take them down.

 

[hur rizvi]

ODI and T20 .. very bad thinking

Test. good thinking. Its called putting the bad bowl away and waiting for it. Cmon yaar its like people have slowly forgotten test cricket.

Its one thing to be patient but misbah has a clear deficiency in his game i-e to rotate the strike, this is the quality which seperate good players from the best...

When you cant rotate the strike you are more likely to be dismissed

 

[shokz1408]

ODI and T20 .. very bad thinking

Test. good thinking. Its called putting the bad bowl away and waiting for it. Cmon yaar its like people have slowly forgotten test cricket.

Misbah tuk tuks even the bad balls. Its a mindset he gets into.

Its like he is digging himself a hole, keeps getting lower and lower, hits a four/six and climbs back up a bit, then digs himself more and more. He just ends up playing catch up to where he should be, rather then where he could be.

 

[hur rizvi]

lead at 248... maybe we should declare at 300 lead and then take them down.

We should'nt declare until asad gets to bat a little

 

[Seen Sheen]

I can imagine Misbah lifting off spinner over mid wicket in his trademark swing!!

 

[yasir]

Sarfers are very kind host, given a spinner and medium pacer to misbah... Making sure misbah have a good time and feel at home...mazay Karoo!!

Azhar's form is a concern, even in the president cup final he score 61 after playing 260+ balls ( in both innings)... I am not sure SA attack is going to give you that many balls, but even then you are not going have an impact...

 

[shokz1408]

younis khan.
gone.

 

[hur rizvi]

younus

WTH getting out to part timers first hafeez and now younus

 

[saiyan0312]

younis gone.

We should'nt declare until asad gets to bat a little

dont worry i am guessing even junaid will get to bat.

 

[Asif321]

younis failed ... drop him also get faisal iqbal

 

[saiyan0312]

WTH getting out to part timers first hafeez and now younus

Its called pakistan middle order. Remember us getting out to dernbach and jadeja even Kohli in T20.

 

[Jeetu111]

176/4 & yk out .

 

[IAJ]

He will bounce back. before the England series he was bad at domestic too but he scored in international matches. It has happened before. Dont worry i have complete confidence in him.

Don't try to please youself with things happend in the past.

Azhar is totally out of form. He has struggled in domestic this season as well and had a terrible tour of India and has missed out again.

Of course every player can bounce back, but going by current form the management should be worried.

 

[hur rizvi]

We should declare if asad gets out...

 

[saiyan0312]

Don't try to please youself with things happend in the past.

Azhar is totally out of form. He has struggled in domestic this season as well and had a terrible tour of India and has missed out again.

Of course every player can bounce back, but going by current form the management should be worried.

Lets see in the first test. I still have confidence in him. Why oh Why do i get the feeling we will make imran tahir look like shane warne. We made ishant look like Mcgrath and dernbach look like waqar.

 

[saiyan0312]

Vaughn van Jaarsveld (rm) 2.0 overs 2 maidens 0 runs 1 wicket

 

[hur rizvi]

Lets see in the first test. I still have confidence in him. Why oh Why do i get the feeling we will make imran tahir look like shane warne. We made ishant look like Mcgrath and dernbach look like waqar.

If Tahir plays i think our players will do well against him, Most of our players have played against him and he hasnt done anything spectacular even in Pakistan domestic cricket...

 

[saiyan0312]

f Tahir plays i think our players will do well against him, Most of our players have played against him and he hasnt done anything spectacular even in Pakistan domestic cricket...

I hope soo. We are very unpredictable in this. 183/4 57 overs

 

[IAJ]

These two should play out the day today and get valuable practise.

Pakistan bowled out Invitations in what 76 overs in first innings so I am sure they will bowl them out even quicker on the fourth day.

 

[shokz1408]

As of right now; Misbah ul haqs innings;
50 balls - 19 runs - S/R 38
2 fours and 1 six. so thats 14 runs in 3 balls.
so of the remaining 47 balls he has scored 5 runs.

 

[castortroy]

There is never any momentum to misbah style. He can't milk the bowling so his dot balls just rise and rise

 

[mon858]

imran tahir recalled to sa test squad! source - firdouse moonda

 

[Bullet Drive]

Part timers doing damage.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hope Shafiq & Misbah stay at the wicket till the end of the day.

I actually don't care how many runs they make.

They just need to get acclimatised to conditions.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Asad gone

 

[786pk]

Shafiq gone!

 

[Seen Sheen]

Shafiq gone, middle order form a worry. Hope they bounce back.

 

[liaqat]

pak should play out today and get the valuable practise and then bowl tomorrow after lunch or just before lunch and get gul and irfan especially to bowl allow as both are rhythm bowlers i feel especially gul

and irfan only bowled 11 overs in the first innings,

get more over under him before the 1st test, or he won;t last more then 2 days

 

[hur rizvi]

Shafiq

Middle order has collapsed 2nd time in the match so a big worry ...

 

[liaqat]

toffee umar might be a good option as opener and send jamsed 1 down,

and resting the likes of asad or azhar who look out of form,

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shafiq out again.

Poor form continues.

 

[hur rizvi]

pak should play out today and get the valuable practise and then bowl tomorrow after lunch or just before lunch and get gul and irfan especially to bowl allow as both are rhythm bowlers i feel especially gul

and irfan only bowled 11 overs in the first innings,

get more over under him before the 1st test, or he won;t last more then 2 days

We should declare at stumps today...

Since our main batsman are out now , no need for practice...

 

[Asif321]

sir shafiq also returns to pavillion

 

[Dr_Bassim]

We should declare at stumps today...

Since our main batsman are out now , no need for practice...

What does Misbah constitute ? A tail-ender?

and what about Sarfraz?

 

[Seen Sheen]

^^Misbah is not a main batsman!?

 

[IAJ]

We should declare at stumps today...

Since our main batsman are out now , no need for practice...

Calm down, tumhey patta nahi kio jaldi hai. If Sarfraz scored fifty in the first innings doesn't mean he has had enough practice. Let them bat. You have plenty of overs to bowl out this team tomorrow InshaAllah.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Don't know why posters are worried so much about forcing the victory. Our batsmen need as much time in the middle as possible to get a feel of the conditions.

 

[Asif321]

misbah and sir-fraz perfect combination

 

[Bullet Drive]

Impressed with Sarfraz.

 

[yasir]

Well oh well... U Akmal would have being very useful at Shafiq's position, for me he should be between mishap and younis... But Pakistanis and PCB don't understand you also need an aggressive batsman in the middle order, all same style of batsmen is not a good strategy. kp makes a big difference for ENG, Warner, Sewag has impact in respective sides...

Aggressive nature of Amla and Clark makes a big difference for both side... Pakistan can never be a good batting unit without an Aggressive batsman... U Akmal was our best bet, but whole Pakistan is after him for his style of play... When you are Aggressive you, it does not look pretty when you get out... At time people complains about KPs dismissals as well, but English press knows (and express as well), the kind of innings KP plays no body else in their team can play... U Akmal should have being develop to be more of KP style batsman, rather than try to get mishab out of him... This culture of tuk tuk is not good... You need a variety and aggression is as important in batting as in fast bowling department... This I is the major disagreement I have with Pakistan team strategy, we are not Aggressive but more depressingly we are not looking to be Aggressive... We need to nurture aggressive player in test... this just makes me so MAD!!!

 

[Asif321]

misbah scorced 30 so good sign _old

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

I suspect haris sohail will be playing by the third test

 

[Alamgeer]

Re: South African Invitation XI v Pakistanis | Tour Match | East London | 27/1/13 | D

Well oh well... U Akmal would have being very useful at Shafiq's position, for me he should be between mishap and younis... But Pakistanis and PCB don't understand you also need an aggressive batsman in the middle order, all same style of batsmen is not a good strategy. kp makes a big difference for ENG, Warner, Sewag has impact in respective sides...

Aggressive nature of Amla and Clark makes a big difference for both side... Pakistan can never be a good batting unit without an Aggressive batsman... U Akmal was our best bet, but whole Pakistan is after him for his style of play... When you are Aggressive you, it does not look pretty when you get out... At time people complains about KPs dismissals as well, but English press knows (and express as well), the kind of innings KP plays no body else in their team can play... U Akmal should have being develop to be more of KP style batsman, rather than try to get mishab out of him... This culture of tuk tuk is not good... You need a variety and aggression is as important in batting as in fast bowling department... This I is the major disagreement I have with Pakistan team strategy, we are not Aggressive but more depressingly we are not looking to be Aggressive... We need to nurture aggressive player in test... this just makes me so MAD!!!

Its all King of tuk tuk effect. As long misbah is there we will see the same defensive tuk tuk strategy.nghead:

 

[Hassan Berry]

Vaughn van Jaarsveld ki econonomy to dekho........0.75 Ma Sha Allah

 

[Asif321]

misbah

 

[Bullet Drive]

Respect to Misbah for rotating well.

 

[Asif321]

maiden given by mard e haq

 

[shokz1408]

70.6
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.5
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.4
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.3
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.2
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.1
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run

 

[Asif321]

sarfraz takes singles and doubles more which is good i like it

 

[shokz1408]

There has been 17 maiden overs in this pakistani innings so far.

 

[Asif321]

No run No Run No Run and haha _old

 

[GladiatorsInBlue]

And Granny Maibah hits a SIX

 

[Hassan Berry]

Misbah On 43 now......

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Misbah such a great striker of the ball, it still baffles me why doesn't do it more in Odis

 

[Alamgeer]

Re: South African Invitation XI v Pakistanis | Tour Match | East London | 27/1/13 | D

No run No Run No Run and haha _old

Man has two gears...none or all.

 

[hur rizvi]

What does Misbah constitute ? A tail-ender?

and what about Sarfraz?

Misbah has already played more than 100 balls.

So thats enough to get a feel of the pitch and Sarfraz batted well in 1st innings, we should declare at stumps all our batsman have batted enuff

 

[Asif321]

from sarfraz now 300 lead is up

 

[Asif321]

i really like sarfraz keeps taking doubles ... thats a good sign

 

[khan1992]

Misbah such a great striker of the ball, it still baffles me why doesn't do it more in Odis

he needs time to settle before he starts hitting big

 

[Bullet Drive]

235-5

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sarfraz finally gained some confidence!`

 

[shah_1]

Sarfraz showing the value of proper batsman at no 7 then a hack at no 7

 

[the Great Khan]

Bring back akmal..bring back anwar..bring back miandad..bring back hanif..
Tuk tuk misbah blah blah blah..quality of posters gets worse every year

 

[Asif321]

3 more overs for the day remain

 

[Bullet Drive]

50 to the Pakistan captain. Congrats

 

[hur rizvi]

Sarfraz finally gained some confidence!`

Hopefully this confidence turns around his career...

 

[ahmed778]

A sigh of relief, At least Shafiq got out to a spinner instead of a Fast Bowler.
Good show by Misbah and Sarfraz.

 

[Asif321]

Half century from CAPTAAAAN _old

 

[hur rizvi]

Good that misbah has got some runs before the 1st test.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Brilliant to see that Misbah has got time in the middle.

YK, Asad & Azhar form is worrying. Asad in particular.

 

[Hassan Berry]

50 up for Misbah....an important innings for him

 

[Bullet Drive]

3 overs left.

 

[Hassan Berry]

Does anyone see any changes in the playing 11 for the first test?

 

[TalhaSyed]

Good to see some stability by Misbah & Sarfraz MashAllah.

I was one of the ones who was not too happy with Sarfraz's inclusion over Adnan Akmal but if Sarfraz performs with the bat like he has in this game so far MashAllah and holds on to catches behind the stumps - I hope he can prove me wrong

Im guessing Pak will look to declare at the end of today giving the bowlers a full day tomorrow to get one last chance of match practice before the 1st test and knock over SAf Inv,

 

[srh]

sarfraz looks like a better test batsman than asad

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

he needs time to settle before he starts hitting big

He's getting plenty of time in Odis

 

[shokz1408]

but if pakistan are planning to declare at the end of the day, then why dont they just go out full guns blazing in these final few overs before the end of the day?? I think they will bat for about an hour tomorrow and then declare.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Bring back akmal..bring back anwar..bring back miandad..bring back hanif..
Tuk tuk misbah blah blah blah..quality of posters gets worse every year

Exactly, disgusting to see certain posters whining about Misbah's strike rate in almost every thread. It's becoming really annoying.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Misbah such a great striker of the ball, it still baffles me why doesn't do it more in Odis

Yeah he Does.. But Like This .......

70.6
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.5
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq,
70.4
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.3
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.2
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run
70.1
van Jaarsveld to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run

which is unfortunately USELESS In ODI's where we need to rotate the strike....

 

[Asif321]

Does anyone see any changes in the playing 11 for the first test?

i think asad will b left out for tuafeeq or haris