Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Great come back led by who else but Ajmal. Well done Mr iDone! :D
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
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Pakistan wasted both their referrals on Trott and failed to refer an lbw against him which looked straightforward
Can we please make it mandatory for Pakistani players & captain to take deep breath and count upto 10 before making any decision on appealing for review? Seems like we get carried away more than any other team 
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
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For wicket greater than or equal to 7
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** Team
**
Partners
Inns
NO
Runs
High
Ave
Overs
RR
100
50
England
19
25
3
1192
162*
54.18
236
5.05
5
4
India
46
74
2
1773
224
24.62
451.4
3.92
2
7
South Africa
17
32
0
731
103
22.84
210
3.48
1
4
Australia
40
61
2
1204
86
20.4
339.4
3.54
0
6
New Zealand
25
39
1
707
138
18.6
217
3.25
1
2
Pakistan
26
37
1
666
78
18.5
236.4
2.81
0
4
West Indies
30
70
1
1165
65
16.88
377.4
3.08
0
3
Sri Lanka
37
70
2
1127
75
16.57
329.3
3.42
0
7
Bangladesh
23
35
1
482
52
14.17
164.2
2.93
0
2
Zimbabwe
13
20
0
228
66
11.4
83.4
2.72
0
1
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
A bit of disappointment by our team in the morning. Last 3 wickets couldn't even add 25 runs??? Breaking Eng run to 207/5 is good, but they will have to get them before 300 otherwise we will be struggling next 3 days.
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Match is in our hands.....Eng wont survive the last innings on this spinning track
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Good Morning and Good fight back by Pakistan.
To tie down England from 165/1 to 207/5 is a good achievement. When I wake up and took a quick look, Eng were 153/1 and I was like "gaee bhains pani main" and couple of hours later they are 207/5. I'll take it any day. We have to make sure we dont give out lead of more than 30-50 runs. England's tail is one of the strongest tail around.
i was very disappointed when Pakistan only made 1 run today and lost all 3 remaining wickets :(
Another positive is that we did not let them score freely. If nothing else we should eat more and more time tomorrow :D
Exactly my thoughts...maybe not quite with thebuffalo and water thoughts, however very si ilar feelings, and then a big yes when i came into work ...now they just need to not let them get back in....need some morning hostility from gul, junaid as well, abso.utely cannot afford a broad and prior onslaught. In anycase Misbah can go conservative by all means and make it a no result...
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Even a lead of 50 runs could be too much on this track.
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
There is nothing wrong with this pitch guys..pakistan just needs to apply themselves...
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Thanks to Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan are still in the game
It is clear that Pakistan can’t rely on their tail end batting to get them out of tricky situations. #8 to #11 are actually batting like tail-enders!!
Regardless of what England get in their 1st innings (hopefully < 300), Pakistan's top 7 batsmen incl. wicket-keeper Adnan must find a way to score 300-350 runs in the second innings
In the 1st innings Pak went from 103/4 >> recovery: 100-run partnership betwen Misbah and Asad >> 203/4 >> 257 all out!! This is something they must guard against. Although Asad batted well, he contributed to his own downfall. Hafeez and Azhar also played lazy shots. A repeat of such complacency or lapse of concentration and England would level the series 1-1 on day 4
Actually the English innings is also following a similar pattern
27/1 >> recovery >> 166/1 >> 207/5
We did not make the toss count..
Pakistan just did not make enough runs in their 1st innings - 257 was a pathetic score, this was probably a 350-400 pitch - and this may yet prove decisive in the outcome of this match
This game is probably 60-40 in England's favour at this stage.
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
I am tense about tomorrow's play.
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
dont be tense they can stil tie it if not win it.
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
2 Drop catches already Pakistan back to its old tricks or perhaps because I decided to follow it 
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87.6
Abdur Rehman to Bell, 1 run, 95.8 kph, cut hard to cover and a misfield allows England through for a run
87.5
Abdur Rehman to Bell, no run, 93.2 kph, flat once more and Bell played from the crease to push back up the wicket
87.4
Abdur Rehman to Bell, no run, 95.4 kph, flatter and blocked again back to the bowler
87.3
Abdur Rehman to Bell, no run, 95.0 kph, well forward to defend on off stump
87.2
Abdur Rehman to Bell, FOUR, now Bell waits and rocks back, cutting hard to the cover rope. Good batting from England
87.1
Abdur Rehman to Bell, FOUR, 91.4 kph, Bell smashes down the ground and dropped again this time by the bowler but this was a very stiff chance. Bell nailed the lofted drive and it burst through the bowler’s fingers and through to the straight boundary
That is some let off for England, what a missed chance for Pakistan…
End of over 87 (5 runs) England 215/5[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD=“class: bbover”]MJ Prior
3* (9b)
Saeed Ajmal
31-6-72-3
IR Bell
9* (33b 1x4)
Abdur Rehman
21-7-42-1
[/TD]
[/TR]
86.6
Saeed Ajmal to Prior, no run, 90.4 kph, down the leg side, taken by Akmal
86.5
Saeed Ajmal to Prior, no run, 88.2 kph, strikes the the back pad outside the off stump
86.4
Saeed Ajmal to Bell, 1 run, 88.6 kph, Bell now pushes into the off side for a run to point
86.3
Saeed Ajmal to Prior, 1 run, 87.8 kph, oh goodness dropped at deep backward square. An absolute dolly - straight down his throat. Prior swept hard against the doosra but it came off a huge top edge and straight to the fielder in the deep who shelled a straightforward chance
86.2
Saeed Ajmal to Prior, no run, 89.3 kph, flicked into the leg side but it hits short leg
86.1
Saeed Ajmal to Bell, 3 runs, 89.6 kph, lovely stroke, Bell well forward and driving with good timing for three past a lumbering Younis Khan at mid off, who puts in a curious dive after a his chase
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
I feel your pain (channeling Clinton)
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
227/6 ager Bell ka catch lai laitey tu mujaan ho jateen 
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90.2
Saeed Ajmal to Prior, OUT, 92.5 kph, gone Prior was caught on the back foot again and this time given out. It’s referred but replays have that hitting leg stump so Prior goes
MJ Prior lbw b Saeed Ajmal 3 (16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 18.75
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Broad 
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
A. Rehman
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
Pakistan should try their seamer if they can do some trick early in the morning else 
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
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94.4
Saeed Ajmal to Broad, FOUR
94.3
Saeed Ajmal to Broad, FOUR, 94.0 kph, Broad finally gets the lofted drive up and over the in-field, it's well struck and controlled to the long off boundary
Re: Pakistan v England 2nd Test - 25-29 January 2012
96.3
Saeed Ajmal to Broad, FOUR
Ajmal needs some rest 