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

rizwan needs to come up against abbas. also no idea why they keep bowling everything miles outside off, just bowl on 5th stump and let the pitch, ball, swing do a little bit.

I haven't seen a lot of bouncers here. Push them back the backfoot
 
Zafar gohar should start stretching it looks like its gonna be a long day
 
They should bowl short balls to see what happens. No one has a brain to try something different, they are like robots.
 
NZ playing mind games here. He shouldn't get discouraged from bowling the bouncers.
 
What young Pakistani batsmen are they talking about ?

Short ball dealt with decisively.
 
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Blundell, FOUR runs
What a way to get off the mark, finally! Rocks back as he picks the length early and hammers this pull behind square. Glorious
 
Abbas is more of a middle of the innings bowler to give rest to the strike bowlers as his bowling action doesn't take a lot of effort.
 
Where is the jamieson bounce i was hoping for ....its absolute flat wicket no wonder we scored the runs we did
 
SSA needs to be more aggressive. He bowls inswinger so he needs to put 2 men back and attack the stumps. Whats the point of inswing if it doesn't threaten the stumps or pads. Confused tactics
 
I believe this is a pitch where you need to bang the pitch hard on a length to get something out. Like what Jamieson did.

I see Naseem to trouble NZ more than Shaheen and Abbas
 
Even NZL didn’t get much wickets from first session. It was our batsmen faulty technique gave them 3 wickets.
 
There's too much romanticism about reverse swing in Pakistan. Art of new ball bowling completely gone to the dogs since Asif, made worse by playing in UAE.
 
even junaid khan when he initially played for Pakistan had more impacts in test matches than shaheen on flatter pitches.
 
I bowl faster than Abbas :facepalm:

He’s been pathetic since his shoulder injury.
 
Was Rizwan asked in pressers why he had not come up to Abbas in the First Test? Anyone know any reason?

Right now this has Old Trafford 2016 vibes. We may think we are keeping the RR down but on this square and on this pitch runs come quick. Abbas with the keeper back is useless.
 
Abbas looks demotivated and tired. Our management is clueless about these things it seems.
 
even junaid khan when he initially played for Pakistan had more impacts in test matches than shaheen on flatter pitches.

Junaid was a good test bowler but went missing a lot of times. We should have had Junaid and Amir leading the pace attack here.
 
Was Rizwan asked in pressers why he had not come up to Abbas in the First Test? Anyone know any reason?

Right now this has Old Trafford 2016 vibes. We may think we are keeping the RR down but on this square and on this pitch runs come quick. Abbas with the keeper back is useless.

Coming up to pies wont make them stop being pies
 
Misbah you are leech and we know it. So many domestic performers waiting but no Misbah wants experience bowler. Waqas and Rahat would have been a good bet .
 
Abbas looks demotivated and tired. Our management is clueless about these things it seems.
Well when your bowling 120 K and don’t even seem like troubling a tail ender then of course you would be demotivated.
 
Misbah you are leech and we know it. So many domestic performers waiting but no Misbah wants experience bowler. Waqas and Rahat would have been a good bet .

Not sure about Waqas but Rahat is a good one.

Should have had this pace attack

Amir
Junaid
Rahat
 
Lol, has everyone seen that very obvious graphic about batting against Abbas? I am 100% certain Waqar bhai will be blissfully unaware of it.
 
Its a perfect day to bat, conditions have improved since yesterday and its ideal for batting. Pakistan will need to produce something special to take wickets
 
Lol, has everyone seen that very obvious graphic about batting against Abbas? I am 100% certain Waqar bhai will be blissfully unaware of it.
I am surprised Abbas hasn't been able to adjust his bowling to counter that.
 
Naseem generating good pace here. The batsman didn't expect that lol
 
Whats up with naseems short run up i am really annoyed about that he will.turn into a sami
 
Leta face the longer a run up the more doubt in a batsman how fast he will be
 
Seriously had enough of this toothless negative minded team. Manage to scrape to 297 and think its a good score. The kiwis will tell you at the end of this session how good a score it is. Toothless bowling no pressure what so ever. Where has the Pakistan of old gone
 
Seriously had enough of this toothless negative minded team. Manage to scrape to 297 and think its a good score. The kiwis will tell you at the end of this session how good a score it is. Toothless bowling no pressure what so ever. Where has the Pakistan of old gone

297 is indeed a decent score. This is rubbish bowling
 
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