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West Indies dominate Day 2 as they reach Stumps with a 34-run lead over Pakistan in the 1st Test

The West Indies are 5/148 at tea, trailing Pakistan by 69 runs.

Good recovery by Brathwaite (60*) and Holder (30*). In a low-scoring test, this partnership may well prove decisive.
 
When are we going to stop recycling players. What was the criteria to pick yasir shah just unbelievable
 
Captain and ex captain going to be hard ro shift. Did they not cause Pakistan issues last time around too?
 
Dismissing the lower order has long been an Achilles heel for Pakistan bowlers. How many times have number 7's and 8's scored runs against Pakistan for fun. Waqar Younis really needs to be sacked.
 
WI may very well put a lead here. A 50 run lead can really knock us out of the game. We need an express pacer on these wickets... 125kph is really not troubling them.
 
This is where the Pakistan bowling lineup goes blunt.

No reverse for Hasan, no seam for Abbas, no swing for Shaheen, and no spin for Yasir.

You need a Wagner type of bowler in the mix, I keep stressing this. A bowler who comes in and challenges batsmen who are too comfortable on the front foot.
 
Yasir Shah continues to be a liability for Pakistan.
 
WI surely needs to get a decent lead from here. I think pitch has eased up a bit. Pak would do well to keep WI lead under 50 here.
 
Just goes to show we need to change our openers despite Imran being a good fielder it's not enough if you are zilch with the bat.
 
Abbas is trash

He took wickets of two extremely mediocre batsmen with new ball
 
shariqnoor said:
Dismissing the lower order has long been an Achilles heel for Pakistan bowlers. How many times have number 7's and 8's scored runs against Pakistan for fun. Waqar Younis really needs to be sacked.
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Waqar can’t transform into the bodies of our bowlers.. our bowlers just aren’t top test quality.. no bowling coach is going to come in and perform brain surgery on these guys.
 
Atlast a wicket. Good one from Faheem.

I personally think Pak seamers have bowled okay but, these two played really well.
 
offstump said:
Waqar can’t transform into the bodies of our bowlers.. our bowlers just aren’t top test quality.. no bowling coach is going to come in and perform brain surgery on these guys.
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I don't disagree with that opinion either. Pakistani players are rubbish all round. But I at least want to see a plan from our bowlers. Every bowler has just come in and threw the ball hoping to take a wicket. If nothing is working, try bowling short consistently for 6 overs at Holder. If not short, bowl him outside off. Play on his patience. That's where Waqar comes in. He should be the one devising plans when things aren't going your way.
 
Number of no balls by Pak pacers in this innings and close foot calls are inexcusable.
 
So many boundary balls by Yasir in only 7.3 overs.
 
Abbas with bat and in the field is a liability. With ball he needs to do better than what he has done with the older ball to justify place
 
West Indies take the lead with 4 wickets in hand.
 
4 overs to new ball. Pak would like a wicket before that
 
Hassan contributes even if he isn’t getting wickets he tries to do something with the bat or in the field
 
Braithwate deserved a 100, player extremely well against some really decent bowling.
 
shariqnoor said:
I don't disagree with that opinion either. Pakistani players are rubbish all round. But I at least want to see a plan from our bowlers. Every bowler has just come in and threw the ball hoping to take a wicket. If nothing is working, try bowling short consistently for 6 overs at Holder. If not short, bowl him outside off. Play on his patience. That's where Waqar comes in. He should be the one devising plans when things aren't going your way.
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Lol Waqar and planning. The guy himself was a rubbish bowler once he lost his pace.
 
Terrible start with the new ball from Abbas. Wickets needed badly to wrap the tail up.
 
Funda of Abbas is simple. Play him out of crease and attack him, he will falter. Play him defensively and get out
 
Shaheen Afridi has bowled terrible lines throughout this innings!
 
Yasir has been very disappointing. By now in his career he should have a defensive game that is keeping one end tight when the wicket isn't favourable to spinners but he has never had economical game and unfortunately it releases a lot of pressure.
 
Rizwan has been real good with his wicket keeping today, some good saves.

Shaheen has been poor today, if he wants to make up for his poor line then he must wrap this innings up fast.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stumps on Day 2! <br><br>A hard-fought day that ultimately belonged to the West Indies, as they finish with a 34-run lead.<br><br>PAK 217<br>WI 251/8 (87) CRR: 2.89<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WIvPAK</a> <a href="https://t.co/jotXZtCdFg">pic.twitter.com/jotXZtCdFg</a></p>— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPassion/status/1426308276078137346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Ultimately a gulf in class can be seen in this match and the England India match.
Two lower ranked teams playing out a close match with West Indies having more potential than us as we are an ageing team.
 
Our bowling attack really is lacking that penetrative edge

Not sure why Yasir was preferred over Nauman?
 
Cric1234 said:
Ultimately a gulf in class can be seen in this match and the England India match.
Two lower ranked teams playing out a close match with West Indies having more potential than us as we are an ageing team.
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Pakistan is ranked 5th as per ICC test rankings. Not sure if it can be said as lower ranked, kind of mid ranked.
 
Rana said:
Our bowling attack really is lacking that penetrative edge

Not sure why Yasir was preferred over Nauman?
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I said the same thing that numan should be ahead of yasir pluss numan is a better batter
 
Cric1234 said:
Ultimately a gulf in class can be seen in this match and the England India match.
Two lower ranked teams playing out a close match with West Indies having more potential than us as we are an ageing team.
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Ageing team? Yea what did the young guys do?
 
Cric1234 said:
Ultimately a gulf in class can be seen in this match and the England India match.
Two lower ranked teams playing out a close match with West Indies having more potential than us as we are an ageing team.
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The English test team that's currently playing against India is at same level as Pakistan or WI.

England infact lost the series in WI in 2019.
 
What target would Pakistan like to set here for the West Indies ? WI are already 34 runs ahead and most likely will get a lead of 50 which means the target will be around 50 runs less than what Pakistan score in the 2nd innings.

Safe target range for Pakistan ?
 
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