Zimbabwe vs Pakistan | 1st Test | Harare | 03/09/2013 | Day 1

[Steve Austin]

Ashar ali is better than dravid,laxman,ganguly,gavasker and tandulkar combined.

Agree...top post

 

[Kianig89]

16 overs to new ball can Pakistan survive till then

 

[Kianig89]

Ashar ali is better than dravid,laxman,ganguly,gavasker and tandulkar combined.

Nice joke

 

[Saeed]

Lol at whatmore.

 

[HASHAM2]

Junaid khan,Rahat ali and Ehsan Adil Together in 1 Pic
Pakistan pace bowling future in Pic

 

[Asif321]

Sir Adnan only managed a freakish 18

dont you know he is gutsy player and could hve scored 100 against steyn and philander if given chance

 

[saiyan0312]

outswing.,...

 

[HASHAM2]

Junaid khan or Rahat ali will do well in this match

 

[HASHAM2]

Azhar Missed out

 

[saiyan0312]

inside edge... they are still moving the ball.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Azhar ali and Hafeez as Opener
Haris in Middle order

LOl.. Hafeez should be nowhere near our Test Team..

 

[mithun_minhas]

Mujahid in the commie box. What a bore.

 

[Seen Sheen]

It will be an embarassement to score anything under 300 against Zimbabwe. Someone needs to be hold accountable for this fiasco.

LOL @ the dramatic demands. Have we lost the game?

 

[HASHAM2]

Bowl is Swinging to
So good Bowling Pitch

 

[Red Devil]

Azhar Missed out

What?

 

[Saeed]

IMO these bowlers are better than SA bowlers(stats can go to hell)so good job by selectors to play the full strength team.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Honestly, Rehman looks like Pak's 2nd best batsman. Looks very assured and playing the drives with confidence.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

dont you know he is gutsy player and could hve scored 100 against steyn and philander if given chance

Yeah.. he dont like to score against Minnows.. He performs only against Quality bowling attacks Like SA ,Eng on their own backyard.:adnan

 

[HASHAM2]

Come on yar Play some shorts
Boring match

 

[amlafan79]

IMO these bowlers are better than SA bowlers(stats can go to hell)so good job by selectors to play the full strength team.

Wow...rofl

 

[Sledger]

Rehman survives. Zimbabwe looking world class here.

 

[Bilal7]

Azhar is doing well to keep us alive here but sice he has his eye in, he needs to start rotating the strike atleast so that we get to that 200 run mark quicker and before the new ball.

 

[Amjid Javed]

what a shambles of a batting performance so far. We need to some how get 250 here just to have a slight foothold in the game!

 

[the Great Khan]

Azhar ali and Hafeez as Opener
Haris in Middle order

Haris? really on what basis? he has shown me nothing to deserve to be in the test side. i consider the test side to be the elite side. The other two sides are mediocre compared to it.

 

[Red Devil]

Azhar Ali will probably score 7 more runs by the end of the day .

Which means I'll have to wait till tomorrow for his hundred

 

[HASHAM2]

Full marks to ZIM

 

[Sledger]

2 taken, Azhar will retain strike.

 

[Asif321]

seriously rehman has better technique then adnan

 

[Kianig89]

AJ: "Only if Azhar Ali could learn to rotate the strike a little better, he could have scored 10 centuries in this short span of his career."

from cricnfo very well said

 

[the Great Khan]

what a shambles of a batting performance so far. We need to some how get 250 here just to have a slight foothold in the game!

I had predicted 240-4 by the end of the day. They have rubbished my prediction. One has to question hafeez, shafiw and even misbah.

 

[HASHAM2]

Haris? really on what basis? he has shown me nothing to deserve to be in the test side. i consider the test side to be the elite side. The other two sides are mediocre compared to it.

Haris has 53 FC Ave best among All Pakistan Young UN-25 batsman,s

 

[Bilal7]

The pitch is doing quite a lot isn't it? Hope Junaid and Ajmal blitz these Zimbos.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Dale Chitara is moving the ball better than one sided Styeyn...

 

[HASHAM2]

Azhar in 70s now

 

[Sledger]

Azhar doing well with the tail so far, clearly showing more intent.

 

[Asif321]

azhar ali bichara kitni mehnat karta hai runs karne mein, i like this guy ..

 

[HASHAM2]

Azhar ali is Pakistan next Decent test batsman after Younis,Yousaf

 

[Seen Sheen]

Honestly, Rehman looks like Pak's 2nd best batsman. Looks very assured and playing the drives with confidence.

Hope the Zimbabwe bowlers don't start peppering him with the bouncers.

 

[Asif321]

mana goes

 

[Sledger]

Beautiful ball, Rehman was walking for the lbw lol.

 

[Red Devil]

Rahat Ali will be quite handful on this pitch for the Zimbos

 

[HASHAM2]

Rehman Gone hahaha

 

[saiyan0312]

skidding and rehman is gone... the indipper.

 

[Sledger]

That was a good ball, too good for a tailender, swung sharply.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

LOl.. Rehman...... )... Next Lara..

 

[Red Devil]

another gone

 

[Saeed]

Azhar should rotate the strike or 1 good ball from shingi akram will take him out.

 

[Sakss]

WOW 7 down now... can we even get 200?

 

[Seen Sheen]

Plumb in front. Abdur Rehman plays around one straightening from middle stump.

 

[HASHAM2]

Azhar now start playing shorts
so we may get 200 around
Otherwise 190/10

 

[Red Devil]

Saeed Amla walks in

 

[mithun_minhas]

Shingi Massacredza on fire.

What a bowler

 

[saiyan0312]

azhar is really gritting it out but he needs partners. cmon ajju. show us some batting.

 

[Asif321]

should have send rahat ali as night watch man to protect ajmal

 

[Bilal7]

Chishty thinks that we're in deep trouble now. Where were we ever since Asad got out?

 

[the Great Khan]

ok i give up..bekaar batting..7 down for not much to Zim? what a disgrace. Pak cricket going the way of pak hockey.

 

[Kianig89]

Manna gone

 

[saiyan0312]

ajmal avg 11..... masakadza

 

[Saeed]

Ajmal to score his 1st century.

 

[saiyan0312]

single... ajmal man you got 50 against england.... you can do it.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Whatmore.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Azhar Ali should attack now and take more chances.

He should go for his shots.

 

[Bilal7]

Chishty is so awkward to talk to! Lol!! The other guy clearly ignoring him.

 

[Saurav]

so even here all is left to bowlers

 

[HASHAM2]

Pakistan Players looking Nervous

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Azhar should start slogging it once ajmal gets out , junaid and rahat wont last long

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Utesya Muralitharan is clearly chucking like his idol..

 

[iRfaN_LA]

This is why Umar Akmal is a must in our test line-up.

 

[Asif321]

imagine this batting lineup going to england 30 allout or 10?

 

[HASHAM2]

I Want to see Rahat ali And Junaid bowling
I Dont mind if Pakistan get all out Today

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Pakistan Players looking Nervous

happens when everyone is playing for their place and not the team.

 

[saiyan0312]

azhar is coming in attack mode.

 

[Kianig89]

"With the possible exception of Cheteshwar Pujara, Azhar Ali has the best technique among the young subcontinental batsmen. Enjoy him and thank the gods that he isn't another of those flashy strokemakers who feast in home conditions and are feeble away from it."

really Pujara hasn't out of subcontinent yet

 

[HASHAM2]

AZHAR Played good short
Unlucky did not get runs

 

[mithun_minhas]

Is this the same Chisty that said that the commentary standards have fallen down?

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Utesya Muralitharan is clearly chucking like his idol..

lol yeah some of its pretty blatant but who are we to complain

 

[saiyan0312]

nice shot for 2 runs..

 

[HASHAM2]

Hopefully Azhar gets his 5th Century

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

this a good time for azhar to show his odi credentials. While ajmal is around he should not go into slog mode but should defintely tap the ball mor e

 

[Kianig89]

Is this the same Chisty that said that the commentary standards has fallen down?

Yes