Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

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not the present team for sure...lol

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

just saw the drop catch of pieterson how on earth any one can drop it......
The fielders are sooo low in confidence.....

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

Bravo!!! we managed to take the game into a 3rd day

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3rd day was always on cards. Only if we had held catches of Eng team this game we could've seen end of game today :D

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I have a belief that Pakistan have good talents...if they are guided by the right management/strategists/tacticians/good coaching...this present squad can win from any team around the world under all conditions and decisions...this man can guarantee you!

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Delusion.

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Thats my business... :)

PS: This man will beat and destroy anything or any person or any object...around the universe...when it comes to my imagination!

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

After the sitter drop by umar amin i thought cant be easiest then this but butt proved me wrong by dropping a dolly..
Imagine our fielders catching the ball engliand would have been gone for 150 and in our batsman score 20 a piece it is 220 which is enough for the talented bowling line up

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

Once again our bowlers have brought us back in the game. Ajmal was superb and showed exactly the kind of support our fasties were lacking... Kaneria was crap and has been that for a while.

Salman Butt seems to be suffering from captaincy syndrome. He seems too nervous on the crease which was not the case till first test against australia.

Lets hope remaining batsmen save us an innings defeat. I dont expect a win, but I hope for some fight from them rather than a meek surrender.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

just goes to show how one good session can turn a game, if only we had taken our catches for sure England would have been 150 or so all out.

agree with Saby, a defeat still looks on but iA not a crushing one.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

ya indeed a 4 5 wicket win for England will be good than an Innings one

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tsk tsk. Such is the condition of this provincial cricket team that people are happy that it is not defeated at least in the worst imaginable way. Such positive thinking. Way to go.

This reminds me of a match between Pak and Srilanka, when Jayasuriya was hitting 4 to 5 sixes in every over by every Pakistani bowler. One of those bowlers had a couple of overs where only 3 of his balls were hit for sixes, and people were saying ooh, look at Aaqib, he only had 3 sixes in his over, great bowling!
haha.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

my oh my, just saw Butt's dismissal. THAT was unplayable!!! Butt actually did well to even edge it. Anderson is a king in such conditions!

bus kul thori bachat ho jaye....

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

I think its going to be sunny so we might see some good batting.

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^ dil kay khush rakhnay ko ghalib

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True. It is easy to criticize Butt but that was a gem of a delivery. Anderson is bowling better than everyone else.

All we need is a couple of good partnerships tomorrow. It is a matter of regaining confidence now. It will go a long way in the remaining series

20 overs down..if they can survive 20 more then the likes of Malik and Amin can play with the old ball in sunny conditions.

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Please get over this Karachi, Lahore nonsense. It is like sweeping the real issue under the carpet. We are facing a batting crisis right now (see my post below). Fawad Alam or Hassan Raza etc. w’d not have made a huge difference here

And while you are at it can you mention the name of the next emerging batting talent from Karachi…the next ’ Miandad’ or ‘Zaheer.’ In the present desperate times I w’d gladly take someone even 25% as good as them.

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You should tell this to the selectors.

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And while you are at it can you mention the name of the next emerging batting talent from Karachi....the next ' Miandad' or 'Zaheer.' In the present desperate times I w'd gladly take someone even 25% as good as them.
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I don't want to search for any names. But let's say that some lads from Karachi are given a chance and they fail as miserably as current provincial team. In this case it will be proven for sure that we ARE having a batting crisis.
This claim of batting crisis can not be made if almost all the failed batting line-up is from a single CITY, let alone the province or country.

All this proves is that the selection process is very biased. This is the root cause of the problem.

If you don't like Karachi-Lahore talk then make sure there is no reason to raise this issue. If this discussion is bitter then try solving the problem instead of shooting the messenger.

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We need a batting revolution
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We need to first come out of Lahore, and try batsmen from around the country, before talking about revolution and stuff.

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

Chief selector Mohsin Khan is a Karachiite

That being said I know that Ijaz Butt is calling all the shots and meddling in things which are none of his business

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Re: Pakistan v England - 2nd Test - Aug 6-10

I did not accuse anyone. I am only looking at the results.
And if this selection process continues then people like me will disown Pakistan cricket team. Because to me it doesn't represent the country.

To make it better for you Mr. moderator, I won't be coming to this cricket section anymore. Then you can have all nice and dandy discussions all you want. :)