Pakistan - Please don't mess this up!!

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hahaaa.. optimism!!

This Aussie team is pretty mediocre. Everyone should inflict maximum damage! They have won way too much in the last 15-20 years. Ab humari baari hai. Kangaroos ke upar char ke laate maro!

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haha, that was quite gentlemanly behavior from the little guy! Afridi huddle kerata tu chalo aik captain lagta tha, I missed Salman’s huddle.. it should be amusing! lol..

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It is called being cautious

How many times have we raised our hopes in the last 8-10 months only to see them come crashing down and the team disappointing us the next day

btw forecast is for rain tomorrow which means even if our batters somehow screw it all up, the bowlers will have favourable conditions to bowl tomorrow and the day after

weather

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Asif mitra fikar na kar.. is baar nahin chorenge !! bahut ho gaya..

aur agar ye bhi haar gaye to main kal ke flight pakarke UK jaa raha hoon band bajane inka..

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I hope like every paki here kay Pakistan jeet jaay and players do what they suppose to but Pakistani team have a great potential to screw this quality situation as well ..

hope salman BUTT is lucky captain for Pakistan test squad

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:jhanda:

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I am afraid the match has slipped from our grasp. very disappointed with the batting effort today. Don’t compare it to Australia’s capitulation in the first innings. When Australia were batting on day 1, conditions were vastly different with the ball seaming around too much. Had we been put in by Ponting we would have also been skittled for not many. The pitch had no demons in it today, the conditions were not that difficult to bat as proven by Ponting and Clarke later in the day and this Aussie attack is nothing special - decent but no real world-class bowlers. We had a real chance to bat Australia out of the game. Shoaib Malik (hence I am against playing him in tests) and the two Akmal’s all gifted their wickets to Australia. We simply cannot compete in tests with the current batting line-up

Aussies are well and truly back in this game. I can see them scoring 300-350, even 400+. They will extend the lead to 200 plus and we will crumble again.

It is sydney all over again
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/406200.html

Hence I was being cautious about our chances yesterday

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Boycott has hit the nail on the head...via cricinfo

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Whoever takes charge, Pakistan's batting will remain technically deficient because they play on some of the flattest pitches of all time in Pakistan. The ball bounces about stump-high, and what it does is, it makes average players look brilliant. But as soon as they come to countries like England, where you have overcast conditions and the ball moves around, you can see they are technically all at sea. Their foot goes only about a foot-and-a-half forward - instead of taking a big stride forward, about three feet, to get to the pitch of the ball. This is the problem: the batting isn't good enough, though it is very talented. Also, the whole team doesn't have discipline and concentration
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He's right....we have had this problem since the 90s. Our batsman struggle as soon as they go to England, or South Africa with the seam movement..and with the pace and bounce when they go to Australia.

Also these guys are unable to concentrate and lack discipline. A lot of this has to do with lack of education as well. Talent can only get you so far...after that comes education and hard work both of which are lacking in this team.

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He has a point. this particular batting line-up is crap for sure + inexperienced

but guys like Zaheer (two double hundreds IN England), Miandad, Yousuf, Younus and Saleem Malik were not technically deficient

Both Yousuf and Younus batted beautifully during last tour in 2006, Yousuf notching up two scores of 190+/- in tests

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The reason is that our PCB sucks u cant win a series in england by sending two debutants at 3 n 4
yousaf n younis averages 50 in tests

the day they were not picked

our test team was doomed

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Yousuf infact made a double hundred at Lord’s (match drawn)
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/225255.html

Younus and Yousuf made 173 and 192 respectively @ Headingley **though we lost despite making 538 in the first innings! **
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/225257.html

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man thats pathetic v lost when v bowled aussies for 127 n v lost even when v made 500 in 1st innings

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did you find out when is the next flight to UK ??

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Pakistan is still in the drivers seat in this match, leading by 30 odd runs, the ball still doing a lot. Aus are lucky to be where they are at day's end - if the review system was in place, situation would be a lot different. Pakistan only needs 8 good balls to end the Aus innings, and the way the ball is still moving around, that is going to happen sooner than later.

Reading the posts here or the news on Cricinfo, you would think Aus are on top. I can understand that Pakistani fans would be worried and even afraid of being optimistic, but the bookmakers now rating Aus as favorites?? Based on what?? This is the height of ridiculousness. I hope Aus loses, and real badly.

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[quote="ManiaX, post:3, topic:225269"]

Boycott has hit the nail on the head...via cricinfo

Whoever takes charge, Pakistan's batting will remain technically deficient because they play on some of the flattest pitches of all time in Pakistan. The ball bounces about stump-high, and what it does is, it makes average players look brilliant. But as soon as they come to countries like England, where you have overcast conditions and the ball moves around, you can see they are technically all at sea. Their foot goes only about a foot-and-a-half forward - instead of taking a big stride forward, about three feet, to get to the pitch of the ball. This is the problem: the batting isn't good enough, though it is very talented. Also, the whole team doesn't have discipline and concentration

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So what's Boycott's take on the Aussie batsmen?? How has their superior technique, honed on the bouncy pitches of Aus, helped them so far?

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Guys.. the match is definitely not in the bag anymore.. like it was yesterday.. but it's still advantage pakistan..

I agree that the batting has once again been pathetic except the captain..

Frustrating!

Hopefully Pak can get a couple early wickets tomorrow !

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180 to win!! Come on Pakistan !! This is NOTHING. Forget about Sydney. Get rid of those demons. 180 is NOTHING.

I know the batting isn't the best but COME ON. 180 is nothing!

Dil Dil Pakistaaaaaaaaaaaaan

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The weather looks good..sunny and the swing is still there but minimal. INSHALLAH we can win but wickets is the key...shot selection cannot be reckless like the 1st innings

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Hopefully this time they will negotiate better, :alhamd: Pak already 59/1 and needing 121 runs. Lets see :chai:

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86 to win!