Re: Pak V England - First test Match
Realistically, there is only one innings left to save the game. Unless you think we can get a lead of 300 odd and bowl England out.
First objective is to avoid the follow on.
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
Faisal got a peach of a delivery and than a brilliant catch. Butt did what he is so good at doing, giving catch to slips. Butt is world class in this aspect. No one in the world comes close to him, he is a legend in this respect. 
I am sure Farhat must have seen Collingwood’s catch and if he had any sharam he should have doob maring in choloo bur pani.
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
9.5 Harmison to Faisal Iqbal, OUT, screamer of a catch, absolute belter. Harmison found some extra bounce and his fearsome rearing delivery is fended to third slip where Collingwood plucks a stunner out of the air. Brilliant. Harmison is on a roll now. Mohammad Yousuf comes in for the last delivery of the over.
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Faisal Iqbal c Collingwood b Harmison 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) sr: 0.00 **
9.4 Harmison to Faisal Iqbal, no run, quicker ball, low and full, but strays down the legside.
9.3 Harmison to Salman Butt, OUT, loose drive results in a thick edge which flies to second slip. Excellent catch by Strauss. Harmison has found his line at last – and got the reward. Faisal Iqbal strides in.
Salman Butt c Strauss b Harmison 10 (28b 1x4 0x6) sr: 35.71
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
thoRaa ziadah paani daY diyaa aap naY uss baY chaaraY, kuch kamm kijiye :D
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
sigh....pak off to a dream start again :(
i wonder if evr our oppening issues will be resolved ...
also Collingwood is amazing catcher ..phenomenal!
as they say catches win matches .
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I hope he was paying attention. His batting is beyond hope, but maybe he can still improve his slip catching.
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
I said this before the series started and will say again Butt should never have been selected for the English tour. He just cannot handle the swinging delivery outside the off stump and it is oging to be a long and hard summer for him.
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
Exactly … some trust in Allah and the ability of our Players would do good to everyones own nerves 
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11.1 Harmison to Imran Farhat, no run, loose swish outside off, leaves his bat dangling, but the ball bounced high. No need for Farhat to go after that sort of stuff at this time of the day
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Poori baalti dey dein, woh bhi kum paray gee.
Re: Pak V England - First test Match
skhan: It might be very difficult to win the match from here, but remember, this is also what many people said when Irfan Pathan got a hattrick against us earlier this year.
More than that, it certainly is possible to 'save' the match even if we lose this innings. Be positive, and support the team (all you guys). We have Razzaq, and we have Akmal, and they know how to save a match or two ;-)
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Farhat beaten again. when he leave it, its again .. TOO CLOSE to the stumps ... koi isko paani pilaey. he still can't digest Colli's catch :D
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I can hear it now: "Boyz is not experience, some boyz is injured........."
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Salman Butt will get at least one more innings to show us what he can do. Let's be positive.
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Cover drive for FOUR by Yousuf
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4 by Yousaf ..... glorious stroke this through covers ..... lazy elegance
and followed by another one through mid-wicket
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Oh by the way, just as in the case of England, a 100+ partnership, and all of a sudden we have a platform for others to build on. Don't remember, England lost three wickets in one session, and we certainly are better than them (you do believe that, right).
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^ I think we certainly have the batting to save the match but it is our opening slot which is in crisis.
With Inzi still to come, Fikr not