3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@homer_j_simpson

come on taufeeq umar hit some boundaries… 7 runs in 44 balls.. shake off some pressure…i’ll be very pissed off if he goes now after missing so many balls…

its not ODI

[homer_j_simpson]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

finally he hits one boundary

[Sir_Dig_A_Lot]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

I have a feeling (since yesterday) that we are going to win. Desipte what everyone else here has been 'feeling."

Note, this is not a prediction, but a mere hunch. Maybe even wishful thinking :D

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

pakistan 50 up **
**Pakistan 52/1 (16.0 )

[homer_j_simpson]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@Innocent_Smile

its not ODI

i still believe in winning the match ,wasting so many balls is ok if u r playing for a draw…moreover it piles up pressure…a few boundaries here and there help relieving pressure, especially off the other batsman

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

Panesar to Taufeeq Umar, no run, got that one to go over the batsman’s top edge, very close indeed, and that flies behind Read, where the first slip picks it up

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

Panesar to Taufeeq Umar, no run, played defensively into the rough area and that just dropped short of Ian Bell at short leg

[ehsan]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

52/1

First 50 achieved. I am counting down the target in 50's. :D

[Zabardast]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

It appears to be that Taufeeq is more interested in holding the ground than making runs… :k:

[homer_j_simpson]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@ehsan

52/1

First 50 achieved. I am counting down the target in 50’s.

me too ehsan bhai…bahut tension hai yahaaan

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@homer_j_simpson

i still believe in winning the match ,wasting so many balls is ok if u r playing for a draw...moreover it piles up pressure...a few boundaries here and there help relieving pressure, especially off the other batsman

Pakistan Can Win **
**only one gud big partnership required

[ehsan]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@homer_j_simpson

i still believe in winning the match ,wasting so many balls is ok if u r playing for a draw...moreover it piles up pressure...a few boundaries here and there help relieving pressure, especially off the other batsman

Someone has to play the anchor role and I think taufeeq has been asked to do that today. Not a bad idea.

[skhan]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

I'll take 105-1 at lunch.

[Sir_Dig_A_Lot]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@ehsan

If possible we should go with Hafeez and Malik. Two reasonably good openers and spinners. Gives our bowling added depth.

Yeah, I sorta agree, though it's going to dent Salman Butt heavily. Oh well, he should go back to domestic cricket and work on his driving.

But with Hafeez and Malik opening, we are going to have a total of 4 all rounders in our team, Hafeez, Malik, Razzaq, Afridi, a wicketkeeper batsman, and I would almost count Shoaib Akhtar (version 2.0) as an all rounder too.

This makes for a VERY VERY strong ODI team, and the results have shown that too. (I'd put the ODI series against **INDIA **as an abberration, partly due to injuries and experimentation with Akmal).

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@homer_j_simpson

me too ehsan bhai....bahut tension hai yahaaan

:-D

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@ehsan

Someone has to play the anchor role and I think taufeeq has been asked to do that today. Not a bad idea.

mera b yahi khayal hay

[skhan]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

Taufeeq gone :(

[Lucid_Chaotic]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

fuzzzz... Taufeeq gone! fittey moonh

[IS]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@Sir Dig A Lot

Yeah, I sorta agree, though it’s going to dent Salman Butt heavily. Oh well, he should go back to domestic cricket and work on his driving.

But with Hafeez and Malik opening, we are going to have a total of 4 all rounders in our team, Hafeez, Malik, Razzaq, Afridi, a wicketkeeper batsman, and I would almost count Shoaib Akhtar (version 2.0) as an all rounder too.

This makes for a VERY VERY strong ODI team, and the results have shown that too. (I’d put the series against England an abberration, partly due to injuries and experimentation with Akmal).

First think team for 4th Test match

[Rock_Express]

Re: 3rd Test - Eng vs Pak - Leeds, 4th-8th Aug.

@ehsan

If possible we should go with Hafeez and Malik. Two reasonably good openers and spinners. Gives our bowling added depth.

Not a bad choice considering the fact that the test openers have done nothing. Both Malik and Hafeez also very good fielders, however only concern about Hafeez is that he can be slow in the ODI.