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Now it doesn't look like a bowler's friendly track, does it naved????
Farhat scored a century and Hasan 75 and Pakistan scored at around 6 an over, do you really think it was possible on greenish pitch against some reasonable indina medium pacers???? Pathan went for 5.5 an over, Zaheer and R P Singh were smashed around as well, it was just a ploy to make Indian batsmen feel comfortable before a shocker :)
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Pathan went for 61 off 13(took 2 wikcets)
Zaheer 43 off 7 overs, R P Singh 33 off 6
Bhajji 44 off 13
Compare that to Gul's performance against MUCH better and stronger batting line up:
19 overs 58 runs and 1 wicket
It doesn't look horrible, does it?????Maybe he bowled well on a FLAT track :)
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Pakistan’s discarded Farhat hits century in India tour match](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/08012006/3/pakistan-s-discarded-farhat-hits-century-india-tour-match.html)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Left-handed opener Imran Farhat hit a brilliant century against India after the tourists declared their first innings closed at a mammoth 414-7.
The 23-year-old Farhat scored 107 to help Pakistan ‘A’ reach 212-4 at close on the second day of the three-day tour match at the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground on Sunday.
Pakistan’s two other Test players Faisal Iqbal (13) and Asim Kamal (four) were at the crease at close when bad light stopped play eight overs before the scheduled end of play.
Farhat, who played the last of his 15 Tests in Australia in December 2004, led a home team recovery with a solid 160-run stand for the third wicket with skipper Hasan Raza who made a 62-ball 75.
Farhat saw his opening partner Bazid Khan and Mohammad Waseem fall with the home team score at 26, but he kept his composure to blunt a combined pace and spin Indian atack.
He got a reprieve at 95, when Yuvraj Singh put him down at mid-wicket off paceman Irfan Pathan, before hitting off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for a couple to reach the three-figure mark off 143 balls with 16 boundaries.
He hit Harbhajan for a six before falling to the same bowler in the next over.
Raza too played some well-timed shots during his breezy knock, flicking Pathan for a six to add to his eleven fours.
Ajit Agarkar provided the tourists with the initial breakthrough when he forced an edge off Bazid before Pathan trapped another Test discard Waseem leg-before in the ninth over.
The tourists resumed at 298-4 and called Venkatsai Laxman (54) and Yuvraj Singh (59) back in the pavilion with declarations after both had good stints with the bat.
Wicket-keeper Mahendra Dhoni hit five boundaries in his rapid 22 before India declared their innings at lunch.
India play Pakistan in the first Test at Gaddafi stadium here from Friday.
SCOREBOARD
India 1st innings:
Gautum Gambhirc Iftikhar b Irshad53
Wasim Jafferc Haider b Gul58
Rahul Dravidc Raza b Farhat63
Sachin Tendulkarc Haider b Arafat74
Venkatsai Laxmanretd out54
Yuvraj Singhretd out59
Mahindra Dhonic sub (Ibrahim) b Irshad22
Irfan Pathannot out8
Ajit Agarkarnot out4
Extrasb5, lb4, nb1019
Totalfor 7 wkts decl414
Fall of wkts1-81, 2-153, 3-220, 4-279, 5-357, 6-390, 7-402
Bowling
Gul 19-3-58-1,
Iftikhar 15-3-62-0,
Arafat 24-3-83-1,
Irshad 19-2-79-2,
Farhat 8-0-36-1,
Amjad 19-1-87-0
Pakistan-A 1st innings:
Imran Farhatc Zaheer b Harbhajan107
Bazid Khanc Laxman b Agarkar6
Mohammad Waseemlbw b Pathan1
Hasan Razac Dhoni b Pathan75
Faisal Iqbalnot out13
Asim Kamalnot out4
Extraslb3, nb3 6
Totalfor 4 wkts212
Fall of wkts1-14, 2-26, 3-186, 4-198
Bowling
Pathan 13-3-61-2,
Agarkar 9-2-28-1,
Pratap 6-0-33-0,
Zaheer 7-0-43-0,
Harbhajan 13-1-44-1
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Given PCB's habit of preparing opposite pitches for warmup and actual games, India should be expecting some very very bowler friendly pitches. More work for pakistani batsmen.
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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excellent batting my farhat and raza! i think Pakistan should try and bat out the entire game! Inshallah!
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"Farhat hundred frustrates Indians" Headline on cricinfo.
What does that suppose to mean?? *******s.
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It means Farhats 100 Frustates The Indians,
why do you have to stoop so low at every opportunity and call us *******s damn you have even started misreading Headlines, Yaar come on if situations were reversed would you not be frustrated:rolleyes:
Some people will never change!!! AFSOOS!!!
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414-7 is some serious spanking, though there was no front-line bowler, but still these guys (Gul, Yasir, Irshad, Iftikhar) are all vying for a spot in the team.... can anyone tell me what the fielding standard was? Was it our 'standard' fielding? compared to that 212-4 doesn't look as great. Why wasn't Asif played? Is he already in playing XI?
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gai bhanz pani mein 
245/6
yeh kiya drama hai :o
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Looks like a draw.
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301/6
Faisal Iqbal not out 64
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Indian bowling really looks like a problem here............ for visitors......
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Pak A is doing well. Go my little tigers Go!! :D
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Good to see both Hasan Raza and Faisal Iqbal performing. PCB should consider these two instead of Imran Farhat. Farhat, I believe, is totally useless, while these two could be the future of Pakistan middle order.
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PCB should (also) drop Akhter as he will not last long on such pitches.
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are the conditions extremely cold .....
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358/8
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Darn, Imran Farhat is already in the Test squad (probables). Asim Kamal has been dropped. Mohammad Sami is still there, Mohammad Asif gets in, but still no Umer Gul. I am pretty sure now Farhat will play the test too.
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isnt the indian score 414/5 rather than 414-7 as lax"ative"man and yuvi retired hurt to let the others come in??
just curious...
the scorecard sez they retired hurt or were they OUT??
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retired (not hurt) .. but counts out as they didn't come back.