Test 3, Day 2 Official Thread [30/11/05]

[nafajafam]

single taken 53-2

 

[nafajafam]

short ball by harmy to butt.. plays at is awkwardly and single taken

 

[CrickFan]

Yousuf out to prove - that class counts for nothing if it is not backed by application - When was the last time he played a match winning /saving innings for Pakistan ?

 

[Amjid Javed]

pakistans need to just occupy crease and battle thru here! it aint gona be easy.

i dont care if it takes 2/3 days to get 300 runs!

 

[nafajafam]

plunkett onto bowl now

 

[offstump]

plunkett on now

 

[Amjid Javed]

Butt smashes a pull shot for 4

pak 58/2

 

[nafajafam]

short ball, butt hooks for a 4. good shot

 

[nafajafam]

Pak 58-2

 

[CrickFan]

288 looks huge at the moment

 

[MecnunK]

ouch.. butt getting a makeover by flintoff.. short ball, butt ducks with his back against the ball and gets hit. appeal for lbw from flintoff.

I bet botham didnt comment on the stupidity of the appeal against butt as he did previously when pak did teh same..

 

[offstump]

butt really needs to work on his pull shots

 

[Amjid Javed]

lovely shot off his legs for 3 by moyo.

 

[Amjid Javed]

butt really needs to work on his pull shots

Id rather he not play it at all!

 

[MecnunK]

well these two have got a start so I expect them to hopfully get us past 100 atleast unless ofcourse Moyo crumbles and starts slogging..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Butt finally gets a ball to drive and gets 2 runs.

 

[nafajafam]

I bet botham didnt comment on the stupidity of the appeal against butt as he did previously when pak did teh same..

bootha wasnt commentating then..... would have been plumb in his book

 

[Amjid Javed]

well these two have got a start so I expect them to hopfully get us past 100 atleast unless ofcourse Moyo crumbles and starts slogging..

Both these two need to get big runs here i agree!

 

[nafajafam]

another drive, 2 runs taken. 63-2

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 for moyo off leg glance from plunkett.

pak 67/2

 

[CrickFan]

We need a huge partnership ("of mammoth proportions") here ...50 partneship up

 

[Amjid Javed]

quick single taken. very risky.

pak 68/2

 

[nafajafam]

down the leg side, hit for 4... runs coming for pak

 

[offstump]

hahaha theres a random desi partying with the barmy army

 

[MecnunK]

how does plunkett look? any venom or decent bowler?

 

[CrickFan]

Plunkett bhai - keep bowling on the leg side - saarey Pakistani fans aapko duaa mein yaad rakhengay

 

[offstump]

another ugly pull by butt

 

[Amjid Javed]

Butt gone poor shot and is out caught behind!

 

[nafajafam]

butt tries another pull, grounds the ball this time

 

[Amjid Javed]

how does plunkett look? any venom or decent bowler?

He has got butt out!

 

[offstump]

damn you butt damn you, thats the 4th time he's been out the same way

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 68/3

out comes the skipper inzi

 

[nafajafam]

butt gone.. plunkett gets his first test wicket. butt out in similar way yet again
68-3. Inzi in. Drinks break

 

[CrickFan]

hmmm ....same old story bhaiyon - kuch nahee badlaaa

 

[Nauman]

Arghh thats 4/5 times he has gotten out like this.

 

[madaboutlfc]

Butt has a big problem with short ball and balls outside his offstump.. he needs a couple of years in county cricket to improve himself

 

[offstump]

bichara inzi, once again has to come out and save us

 

[offstump]

butt was really bogged down the whole innings, it looked like it was just a matter of time...

 

[nafajafam]

becharay inzi bhai... out of the comfort of the pavilion

 

[Amjid Javed]

single for moyo.

pak 69/3

 

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi off mark with 2

pak 71/3

 

[nafajafam]

picked the gap with ease there

 

[offstump]

288 looks like a big target

 

[Amjid Javed]

what a shot! 4

cover driven by moyo!

 

[irfan]

very tricky time, find it difficult to watch. Can feel a Hair or Koertzen special coming up.

 

[MecnunK]

150 looks big when you regularly lose wickets...

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 more for moyo off pull shot.

moyo has to be careful he doesnt get over confident here!

 

[nafajafam]

another 4

 

[Amjid Javed]

Plunkett looks nervous!

single for moyo now.

 

[Amjid Javed]

inzi sqaured up their gets a single.

pak 81/3

 

[nafajafam]

single taken. inzi on strike

 

[Amjid Javed]

single for moyo now..

pak 82/3

 

[Hash]

82 for 3

These two......come on boys.

 

[nafajafam]

hmmm.. my streaming is slow

 

[nafajafam]

runs are coming off plunketts over.

 

[Amjid Javed]

82 for 3

These two......come on boys.

as per usual are best two batsmen are expected to bail us out here!

pak 83/3

 

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi gets away with a very iffy defensive shot!

lucky!

 

[Hash]

phewwwwwww

thought Inzi was going to be caught there

Lucky. That could have gone anywhere.

 

[offstump]

oh man disaster almost struck

 

[nafajafam]

held my breath for a second.

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 more for moyo. good shott

pak 88/3

 

[nafajafam]

good shot.. great timing

 

[Amjid Javed]

another single for moyo.

pak 89/3 - moyo 42 inzi 4

 

[offstump]

nice flick by yousuf for 4

 

[nafajafam]

field is a lil spread, runs are coming.

 

[offstump]

runs being gifted on the leg side

 

[nafajafam]

89-3

 

[offstump]

lets pray for the gentle medium pace of paul collingwood

 

[nafajafam]

another single for moyo.

pak 89/3 - moyo 42 inzi 4

didnt even realise he was close to his 50.

 

[nafajafam]

lets pray for the gentle medium pace of paul collingwood

... and we get hoggyboy

 

[Amjid Javed]

hoggard back on now

 

[xbox]

how much time left in tea.?

 

[Amjid Javed]

moyo slaps a pull for 4

hoggy then fakes injury!

 

[nafajafam]

handsome shot for 4 by yousuf

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Another 4 by moyo! This is gud stuff, he is removing the pressure off inzi to score. Every run is crucial for Pakistan

 

[Amjid Javed]

how much time left in tea.?

another hour i think. this session is 2.5 hours long.

 

[offstump]

thats how you pull a ball, i hope butt was watching

 

[nafajafam]

moyo slaps a pull for 4

hoggy then fakes injury!

botham ooo aaaaing at the injury )

 

[offstump]

yousuf beaten on the last ball, great delivery

 

[nafajafam]

93-3 pak