West Indies v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Roseau, Dominica | May 10-14, 2017 | Day 2

[Abdullah719]

West Indies Team
KC Brathwaite, KOA Powell, SO Hetmyer, SD Hope, VA Singh, SO Dowrich†, RL Chase, JO Holder*, D Bishoo, AS Joseph, ST Gabriel

Pakistan Team
Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas

West Indies won the toss and opted to field first.

Pakistan 169/2 (69.0 ov)

 

[Friend786]

How the hell is sun is out when yesterday forecast was showing 90% chances of rain? Hopefully it stays this way through out the match.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Need to score big today.

 

[Rayyman]

West Indies Team
KC Brathwaite, KOA Powell, SO Hetmyer, SD Hope, VA Singh, SO Dowrich†, RL Chase, JO Holder*, D Bishoo, AS Joseph, ST Gabriel

Pakistan Team
Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas

West Indies won the toss and opted to field first.

Pakistan 169/2 (69.0 ov)

Abdullah bhai what is forecast for today?

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Younis should get a century at least.

 

[Rayyman]

In my dream Alzarri got a hat trick and YK, Misbah and Shafiq all out for ducks.

 

[Abdullah719]

Abdullah bhai what is forecast for today?

 

[troodon]

If there is full days play, Pak should look to score around 350 runs today to have enough time to bowl out WI twice on this flat bed.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

77 runs left for Azhar to reach 5000.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

They shouldn't repeat the same mistake by playing slow.

 

[Rayyman]

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I wouldn't trust this, but looks like cricket will be scarce.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

4 overs 4 runs.

 

[Rayyman]

4 overs 4 runs.

Wth play started already? I thought it wasn't for 10 minutes.
#smh

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Second New ball in 6.4 overs, can be troublesome for Pakistan.

 

[Rayyman]

Second New ball in 6.4 overs, can be troublesome for Pakistan.

Yea hopefully Azhar gets out want to see Misbah guard of honor and Younis-Misbah partnership.

Also need Shafiq to score today.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

4 maidens in a row.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Poor batting.

We could be rolled by the new ball and have not made enough progress.

 

[On_the_up]

4 runs in half an hour.

1 scoring shot.

Are Marshall and Holding bowling?

I can't see any method in this madness.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Finally a run.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Partnership 35 runs of 130 balls.

 

[troodon]

I went out for 30 mins and checked back the score. It moved from 169 to 174.

Attritional Cricket

 

[Arsalan Pro]

No run for Azhar up till now.

 

[On_the_up]

They are taking the shine off the old ball.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Bishoo comes and with him runs.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Big turn.

 

[shafkath]

Baffling approach to say the least

LOL [MENTION=13916]On_the_up[/MENTION]

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Would have liked to see Chase from one end.

 

[Shafi]

If Azhar play in CT we will not even score 200. What a boring player!!!!!

 

[Arsalan Pro]

41 minutes of play and Azhar hasn't got a single run today.

 

[Olympian]

LBW review !

 

[Arsalan Pro]

 

[Big Mac]

Don't think this'll be overturned.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Awful innings

 

[Olympian]

Gone !

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Younis reviews.

 

[Farhansk]

I was expecting younis special.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Just an incredibly poor approach to batting. They barely have any runs on the board and the batters aren't even looking to score runs and now there is a wicket + new ball due soon.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Younis gone for 18.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Collapse incoming

 

[Friend786]

going nowhere and it was bound to happen. lol bye bye younis khan

 

[IMMY69]

That was a horrendous decision by the umpire.
Moment I saw it i thought not out missing leg stump.
Extremely surprised Ball Tracker showed the ball even clipping leg stump.

 

[Olympian]

No Younis special today boys

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Wicket just before a New ball, difficult times.

 

[Global Insight]

Now Azhar will go even deeper into his shell

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Misbah comes in.

 

[yasir]

Once again LBW, these (MisYou) have hard time against seamers for some time now, too many LBWs and nicks even with older ball at 125 clicks pace, sums up why they need to retire...At the same time Asad has not shown any improvement in his ability to handle second new ball in last 6 years

 

[Mamoon]

Don't expect any specials from UAE Khan against any sort of lateral movement. Entirely predictable.

 

[On_the_up]

Shabash shabash guys, very well played.

Those 18 runs could be crucial in saving this test.

 

[Zahid87]

Need to get things moving. Lot of time been taken out, and at the moment we are never going to be in a position to force a win if we don't get a move on.

Azhar has been at the crease for a long time....has to push on now.

 

[idrizzy]

Not sure what's going through the managements minds. I can see wanting to score around 400, 450 but at this rate we'll get there at the end of Day 3 where the result will be a draw.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

First runs for Azhar today.

 

[On_the_up]

9 runs in 50 mins

 

[Mamoon]

For 17 years and 118 Tests, he has failed against swing/seam every single time.

 

[Friend786]

Although , i m sad that these two are retiring but i really want some new blood in this team to take forward our in to modern era.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Pretty poor farewell series for Younis up till now.

 

[Big Mac]

 

[shane]

This is unacceptable from Azhar Ali. He and Pakistan are playing to lose.

 

[Zeshan547]

Can anybody in this world explain pak batting strategy right now??? What they wanna achieve with this approach???

 

[Friend786]

Need to get things moving. Lot of time been taken out, and at the moment we are never going to be in a position to force a win if we don't get a move on.

Azhar has been at the crease for a long time....has to push on now.

That's not his game

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Full toss gets Azhar the double of what he had score today.

 

[Big Mac]

Not sure what's going through the managements minds. I can see wanting to score around 400, 450 but at this rate we'll get there at the end of Day 3 where the result will be a draw.

Relax, this Pakistan team has never scored that slowly when scoring 400. If we can get past the new ball then we'll accelerate in the second half of the day when the bowlers start to tire and get to 400+ relatively comfortably.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

New ball 2 balls away.

 

[idrizzy]

9 runs in 50 mins

At this rate we'll end up with 80 runs at the end of play, cracking stuff lads

 

[Olympian]

LOL that keeper

 

[On_the_up]

I think Younis Khan misunderstood the phrase "Always leave them wanting more" when it comes to retiring.

 

[Friend786]

Looks as if younis has lost interest after reaching 10,000 runs milestone

 

[Zahid87]

That's not his game

I know he is never going to be a free flowing batsmen, but come on....just a bit of intent to rotate the strike and get the board moving would not go amiss.

 

[shaz619]

Nice one, at uni so can't watch the game. Tearing up just looking at the gif

 

[Zahid87]

Well, lucky boy Misbah

 

[On_the_up]

Dow!-rich

 

[Mamoon]

It really is a dark era for Pakistan cricket when one-dimensional batsmen like Younis and Misbah are supposedly your stalwarts. Thankfully, Azhar is stepping up to the plate. One-dimensional yes, but he is reaching an elite level within his dimension. The best player of swing/seam to come out of Pakistan in decades.

 

[Friend786]

Younis Khan averages just 21 in WI. Damn

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Not long before Azhar breaks into the Top 5 of the test batsmen rankings.

 

[On_the_up]

11 runs in 11 overs in an hour's play.

WI's over rate just as pathetic.

 

[Big Mac]

Nice one, at uni so can't watch the game. Tearing up just looking at the gif

I've got a Land Law exam tomorrow morning so I'm probably done with gifs for the rest of the day but I couldn't pass up the chance to immortalise that moment.

 

[Kianig89]

Dodgy day cison :billyd

 

[Kianig89]

Asad has to perform now

 

[Kianig89]

Its good PCB refused tests vs Bangla an inexperience side will fall against Bangla

 

[Kianig89]

Need to get 350 to be in front

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pathetic batting so far today, are we playing for a draw here already, the way we are playing makes no sense! we need to be looking to get a big 1st inns total and get a move on with scoring even more so with bad weather forecast for the match.