Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
Imran Tahir bowled out 4 out of 5 
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
InshaAllah history ll repeat 
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36.4
Steyn to Junaid Khan, OUT, Junaid's been bowled! He stayed back in his crease to a good length ball that pitched around off and came back into the right-hander to hit middle stump. Pakistan have been shot out for 99, the same score they had made in the first innings (against England) the last time they played a Test in Dubai
**Junaid Khan b Steyn 4 (12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33 **
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
so what is needed to repeat history ?? wickets by ajmal, babar and centuries by every batter
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
A win by Pakistan
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
99 All out 
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
Deja vu
Pakistan have effectively handed this test in the first session to South Africa
They HAVE to bat like this once in a while ... uss k begher khana hazam nahin hota
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
And Tahir of all the bowlers who was mighty unimpressive in his first 11 tests (26 wickets at 50.19) Sami would be proud of these stats
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
and A peterson is batting like zakhmi sheerr
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
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10.5
Zulfiqar Babar to Petersen, OUT, a confident appeal for lbw and umpire Tucker raises his finger after a while! Petersen wants a review after having a chat with his captain. The ball pitched outside off and angled into the right-hander. Petersen played down the wrong line and was hit plumb in front. The ball hit pad first before hitting the inside edge. That would have hit middle and leg. Pakistan have their first wicket
**AN Petersen lbw b Zulfiqar Babar 26 (36b 4x4 0x6) SR: 72.22 **
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
I don’t know why Misbah didn’t introduce Zulfi early 
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
As they say in Punjabi:
Jeethay dee khoti oothey aan khlotee.
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
I am unable to understand why Misbah not giving ball to Zulfi (2 overs 2 maiden 1 wkt) 
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
This seems like a big innings defeat (esp. if RSA do go on to post 400+/-)
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
what will be the ranking if they loose
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
This is what happens when you go into a test in a defensive frame of mind, not actually looking for a win
Negative mindset might have did them in
Whatmore was happy with a draw.
"One-nil is just as good as two-nil," is what he said before the start of this test
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
We are back to normal yeah
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
Pakistan has got out under 100 EIGHT times in the last 5 years in test cricket.
Australia and NewZealand have got out thrice under 100.
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
Glad i never get excited on pakistan anymore. I dont appreciate volatility in anything and pakstani cricket is nothing but volatile. They can still go ahead and win this test match but the fact remains that they were bowled under 100 on a good wicket. there was some movement earlier and some spin later on but it is not a <100 wicket. our batting is so weak, that i don see them winning anything outside UAE...dont forget they were 7/3 in the 2nd innings as well.
biggest disappointment for me has been YK...he plays one good innings and then disappears for next 20 without doing anything. azhar will be droped after this match ..go back and get some runs in domestic cricket. the bench is empty, so not sure who will replace him though!
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
Our batting will always be unpredictable and inconsistent no matter who is in the team. Having UA, Fawad, Haris etc. in the team would have made no difference. UA should be in the test team. Fawad deserves another chance but let's not say that we are collapsing because X,Y and Z are not in the team!
We just have to accept that our batting is prone to such pathetic collapses from time to time. All teams do but ours is more unpredictable than others. Batting has always been our bane; was unpredictable even when we had the likes of Miandad, Zaheer, Malik, Saeed Anwar, Inzy, Yousuf etc. in the team
Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Oct 23-27, 2013
The only positive from today was that we did not allow RSA to score runs at a brisk pace (128/3 off 49 overs)