[VIDEO] New Zealand strongly placed on 286/3 at Stumps on Day 2 of the 2nd Test against Pakistan

[Rana]

Once the 50 partnership comes up, we'll lose control like we always do.

Let’s hope for the best

 

[PakPremi]

Is ghatia Misbah ko kon samjaye.

We have Faheem to contain runs, he does similar job so needed a bowler who can take wickets with different bowl types, and outfox batsman.

 

[Ozeirk]

Gohar is here to offer control.

If we needed a spinner to attack then Yasir Shah would have played.

Teams have figured Yasir out. Everyone comes prepared for him these days

 

[Rana]

Man I’m desperate for Naseem to bowl to Blundell

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Didnt NZL commentators were saying this pitch will cause havoc for 2 days.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Our bowling is shambolic. Even Shaheen just is just good right now, not great.

Abbas is toothless. Naseem has been told to bowl line and length and cut down on his greatest weapon, pace and the short ball.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Should bring on Zafar soon and bring some catchers nearby.

Spinners need to be supported with fielders nearby for them to succeed. Look at Ashwin against Australia.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Naseem's shortened run up is the cause for his recent decline. He needs to go back to his original longer runup wich he clocked 145kph normally with.

He has become an inferior version of Rumman Raes.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

We have Faheem to contain runs, he does similar job so needed a bowler who can take wickets with different bowl types, and outfox batsman.

To be honest even for NZL only Jamie was the xfactor rest looked average.

 

[Ozeirk]

Camera switching to the commentators that's how boring the Pakistani bowlers have made it. Newzealand can easily up the runrate here. They are just being extra cautious.

 

[Rana]

142.5

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Teams have figured Yasir out. Everyone comes prepared for him these days

Gohar can't suck any more than yasir has done recently

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Shaheen should come back and try no point hiding.

 

[Mueez]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

Dilbar is not international grade.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

Jab tak Misbah hai, Kuch out of the box thinking nahi asakti.

 

[Ozeirk]

What's this part of the game is doing is making the players in the dug out comfortable. They are gearing up to a big score here.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Our bowling is shambolic. Even Shaheen just is just good right now, not great.

Abbas is toothless. Naseem has been told to bowl line and length and cut down on his greatest weapon, pace and the short ball.

Whoever told Naseem to bowl line and length needs to get their brain checked. You have Faheem, Shaheen, and Abbas bowling line/lenght, so why have him bowl the same? Such a one dimensional bowling attack.

 

[Mueez]

Dilbar is not international grade.

He has potential, that I know for sure.

Gotta groom him.

 

[Mueez]

Jab tak Misbah hai, Kuch out of the box thinking nahi asakti.

Sigh. Sahi baat hai. I should stop dreaming...

 

[lahoriyah1234]

When ever i see Misbah it boils my

 

[chacha kashmiri]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

Dilbar wouldn't do any better than Faheem, he only knows how to bowl slower slow balls
Haris rauf would do as good as naseem

What we need is ehsan adil on the pitch to these openers

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

He has potential, that I know for sure.

Gotta groom him.

Groom him? He is 27 going on 35.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Almost. Faheem did well to target the pads.

 

[Ozeirk]

Probably not

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

Except for Shaheen most of them are overrated. If even Shaheen is struggling then what could others have done here.

Not sure if senior FC performers like Tabish, Sohail could have done different considering they do swing the ball.

 

[UzmanBeast]

When ever i see Misbah it boils my ��

Feeling is mutual my friend.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

When was the last time Shaheen played FC cricket?

 

[Omer2002]

Rizwan has to come up to stumps to faheem and abbas surely these.kiwis are standing half way down the pitch

 

[Ozeirk]

Except for Shaheen most of them are overrated. If even Shaheen is struggling then what could others have done here.

Not sure if senior FC performers like Tabish, Sohail could have done different considering they do swing the ball.

They should have told Abbas to work on his pace or he doesn't get to play

 

[UzmanBeast]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

That bowling attacj would concede 500+ runs in every innings overseas.

 

[Ozeirk]

That bowling attacj would concede 500+ runs in every innings overseas.

Lol

 

[Deewana Mastana]

They should have told Abbas to work on his pace or he doesn't get to play

He's probably around 33-34 now so it's late for him to do so.

 

[hur rizvi]

How I wish we could see something like this on this pitch:

Haris Rauf
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Dilbar
Naseem Shah

They would all be equally rubbish

Even shaheen as of now is average in tests

 

[UzmanBeast]

Rizwan has to come up to stumps to faheem and abbas surely these.kiwis are standing half way down the pitch

Don't know wht he is so resistant to come up to the stumps. Even if a catch goes down, LBW and bowled comes into play.

 

[hur rizvi]

That bowling attacj would concede 500+ runs in every innings overseas.

True that

 

[Mueez]

Groom him? He is 27 going on 35.

In my opinion, we should give him a go... test him out in T20s and if he does well include him into the ODI and Test setup.

 

[MMHS]

When ever i see Misbah it boils my

But Misbah has installed a batting discipline in Test side. They might not be eye catching but resilient. I can bet Arthur’s team won’t have saved Southampton Test, neither would have taken the first Test to 25 minuets of saving.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

But Misbah has installed a batting discipline in Test side. They might not be eye catching but resilient. I can bet Arthur’s team won’t have saved Southampton Test, neither would have taken the first Test to 25 minuets of saving.

In Misbah era we only knew how to save test but never knew how to win it.

 

[Darkrai]

never seen such harmless bowling, barely crossing 120

 

[PakPremi]

To be honest even for NZL only Jamie was the xfactor rest looked average.

I agree but I am certain Sohail with his experience and more variety than Abbas would have been more useful, providing he is match fit

 

[UzmanBeast]

He's probably around 33-34 now so it's late for him to do so.

Yep H3 needs to be dropped. I'd take Hussain Talat over Abbas as a bowler.

 

[batandballbattle]

Nothing really happening for us. Really sad to see Shah's action neutered so early in his career.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Its sad to see a young bowlers like Shaheen should have said give me the ball captain. That burning desire is missing here, Amir Asif and Even Sami they were brilliant when it comes to the attitude.

 

[Yk313]

We struggled quite a lot in Australia where bounce was the variable that needed to be exploited instead of movement. The squares are hard and scoring rates high.

Struggling here and likely to do so unless one or more gets some movement. Most of the movement in the air has been after the ball has gone past the stumps.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Yep H3 needs to be dropped. I'd take Hussain Talat over Abbas as a bowler.

He's a batsman who can bowl.

 

[Mueez]

Have a bad feeling about today.

Think we will get murdered by NZ batsmen.

 

[Darkrai]

These bowlers are supposed to become world beaters by the end of 2021?

 

[Omer2002]

Is it me or has Faheem been more threatening than abbas?

 

[MMHS]

In Misbah era we only knew how to save test but never knew how to win it.

He won 26 Tests as Captain though. He new how to play attritional cricket and picked players for that, which suited UAE tracks.... but credit should be given where is due. Misbah’s team (under his coaching) might not win many Tests, main reason is bowling, not batting.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Faheem quicker than Abbas

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Have a bad feeling about today.

Think we will get murdered by NZ batsmen.

What u expected us to win here. being pessimistic is fine.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Faheem is threatening Blundell. 50 partnership up. Game is slipping away.

 

[Yk313]

These bowlers are supposed to become world beaters by the end of 2021?

Yes. And the leader of the attack, Waqar Younis, is away on holiday or by now the NZD side would have folded for 50.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Even the nz openers didn't expect to still be there

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Let’s go

 

[Rana]

Stay patient and the reward will come

Gaffney lol

 

[Ellipsism]

Shukr hai

 

[UzmanBeast]

Yes. Finally, rana bhai you beauty.

 

[Darkrai]

Rana....

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Umpiring lol

 

[Omer2002]

Umpire shud have given that

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Rana....

Told u rana will get first wk.

 

[MMHS]

Before lunch, PAK should give Shaheen 3 overs spell - he spurred the new ball and this ball is getting older. First wicket down.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Rana Faheem Ashraf, the special one?

 

[Omer2002]

Enter.williamson...

 

[Yk313]

If this had gone above the stumps, it would have been Rizwan’s poor captaincy that would have cost us. He should have come up the stumps for Faheem and Abbas to avoid them from pulling their lengths back.

 

[Caved12]

Faheem Stokes!

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Let's see if Williamson is as good with the old ball

 

[Ozeirk]

We need a quick wicket of Williamson here lol

 

[ManFan]

Rana carrying this hopeless side on his back.

 

[Kroll]

Faheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem!

Breaks the shackles. Dude was called mediocre, the worst cricketer since time immemorial, a disgrace to the Pakistan jersey, a no hoper that was well out of his depth and lot lot worse.

 

[hitthestump]

Pretty damning that our fast bowlers flopped in England and now in NZ.

What does Waqar do exactly? Because Shaheen only looks good with the new ball, Abbas has gone backwards and Naseem has lost yards of the pace he had before he got into the side.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

We need a quick wicket of Williamson here lol

Bring Gohar here, Williamson is wanted against spin early on, no harm in trying.

 

[PakPremi]

Why was Waqar allowed to go on holiday before the final match.

 

[ManFan]

Pretty damning that our fast bowlers flopped in England and now in NZ.

What does Waqar do exactly? Because Shaheen only looks good with the new ball, Abbas has gone backwards and Naseem has lost yards of the pace he had before he got into the side.

When someone gets hired, they want people they can trust by them so it lowers their chances of getting fired.

Hence, the Misbah/Waqar combo being so prevelant over the last decade in PAK cricket.

 

[Yk313]

Pretty damning that our fast bowlers flopped in England and now in NZ.

What does Waqar do exactly? Because Shaheen only looks good with the new ball, Abbas has gone backwards and Naseem has lost yards of the pace he had before he got into the side.

Australia too... I think Waqar was in charge.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Why was Waqar allowed to go on holiday before the final match.

Only PCB can explain that, you are on a national duty.

 

[Rana]

Another one

 

[Ellipsism]

Thank God he held on.