Let's hope Taufeeq and Farhat can give us a decent start at least. There's going to be a lot of pressure on Yoyo with him being the only experienced batsman in the side. We'll do well to get 300 I reckon.
Everyone execpt Mushy bowled well. Ths pick of the day has to be Shoaib Malik's 4/42.
Hope our batsmen put up a decent score tomorrow. Looking at our inexperienced batting line up 320 is a big ask. But then ours is the most unpredictable team, so who knows what will happen next?
match schuroo bhi hogaya aur mere faristoan ko bhi pata nahi 
so i know the scores wagaira.. is the match still onn ?? how many days are left?
it was first day and we bowled out SA at 320, tomorrow we start our batting.
Aap kay farishtey baseball dekh rahey thay? 
Today was the first day.
I agree with Xtreme, we should be happy if we get around 300. I hope the youngsters can make a mark. Imran Farhat and Taufeeq are both talented, they need to provide Pakistan with a decent start. I was just wondering why Imran Farhat didnt bowl. The pitch was obviously favoring the spinners and Imran can bowl too and I think it would have been useful to use him not just to try and get a wicket but also to see if he can fill in the ODI's as well if needed. Basically Hafeez was in the team because he gave the captain a bowling option, if Imran can do that as well I guess he is a much better choice as his batting skills are a lot better.
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thanks for the info changez… but i thought we will play few overs today
if not oneday.. we should beat em in test :S
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subah ho geyi aap ki…
Good bowling by Pakisan at the end of the day else fielding was far lower than average. Pakistan was missing Rashid and Younus. Rashid being the best keeper (Ehsan’s 
Moin dropped Kallis 
) and Younus being good slip fielder (2 catches were dropped in slip 
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Yes that was poor by Moin’s standard. He should have held that catch, but overall he did well.
most of u lashed out at amer sohail when he made a comment abt musthaq. amer was of the view that county cricket is not of that high standard and that he is not sure if mushi is really that good or good enuf for international cricket. and every one start cursin amer for saying that...
well wut now.... mushi bowled horribly..... i doubt if he had any impact on any sa batsman... he gave away 80 runs in 18 overs....he was a flop in one day match also but then many of us suggested that he shud have been selected for test match not for one day match... alrite amer listened to u people i guess and mushi did not play for any other one day match ( may be h e was unfit or "misfit" or wut ever) but wut now.....he is a total flop again.... wicket is helping spinners from first day so i expected mushi get a wicket a two.....so i guess amer aohail knows cricket a little better than us and we shud not be so harsh.....even though i dont like him personally...
^ Agree
Good thing is that we restricted SA to 320 runs only. Good bowling. Hope Pakistan can put up a decent score, may be some lead too.
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South Africa scored 320 on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan.
**Gary Kirsten needed 10 stitches and suffered two minor fractures, one on the nose and the other just below the left eye, as he missed the line of one of Shoaib Akhtar’s lightning bouncers.
Kirsten remained conscious and walked off the field in Lahore with blood gushing from a deep wound under his left eye** 
after scoring 53, including eight fours, in two hours.
Taufeeq Umer got his fingers onto a head-high catch in the slips when Kirsten was on four, but couldn’t hold onto it :mad: . Yasir Hameed then floored a slip catch :mad: just before the lunch break to let Kirsten off the hook again on 45.
South African media manager Gerald de Kock said Kirsten was positive after receiving medical care.
“The next 24 hours are critical,” he said. “His left eye is badly bruised, but Kirsten is confident to play in the Test match.” :k:
Akhtar had Neil McKenzie leg before off the next delivery after Kirsten retired hurt. But Mark Boucher then played Pakistan spinners with command and hit 11 boundaries in his 96-ball knock of 72.
Boucher was involved in two productive partnerships. He added 70 runs with Boeta Dippenaar (24) and then contributed a further 53 runs with Shaun Pollock (28) before off-spinner Shoaib Malik dismissed all three of them.
Dippenaar and Boucher were both caught by Imran Farhat in the leg slip while Pollock was bowled as he failed to read a sharp off-spin delivery. Malik finished with career-best figures of four for 42.
Captain Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs gave South Africa a confident start of 52 within the first hour of the match after South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first.
Mushtaq Ahmad, who took 105 wickets in this season’s English county championship, to force his way back into the team, had a disappointing return to test cricket after 2 1/2 years.
The leg-spinner bowled 18 overs but ended wicketless after conceding 80 runs.
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Yes that was poor by Moin's standard. He should have held that catch, but overall he did well.
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i guess it was upto moin's standard.............
Hey he’ll need time to settle into an international level cricket, just like mushi found it difficult to settle in the first odi
Pakistan v South Africa, 1st Test, Lahore, 1st day
The two Shoaibs restrict South Africa to 320
The two Shoaib’s – Malik and Akhtar – revived Pakistan and restricted South Africa to 320 on the opening day of the first Test at Lahore. Gary Kirsten (53) showed all the virtues necessary to tackle spin bowling until he was hit by a thundering bouncer by Akhtar. Mark Boucher made a plucky 72 and prevented a batting collapse when Akhtar was running red hot. The other Shoaib, Malik, showed all the subtleties involved in offspin bowling and picked up four wickets on a truly absorbing day of cricket.
Yousuf Youhana made his captaincy debut, but lost both the toss and the morning session. His counterpart, Graeme Smith, literally bullied the inconsistent Akhtar in his first four overs when he clattered him with bludgeoning venom. Mohammad Sami was the antithesis of his partner. He bowled a teasing spell, restricting the flow of runs and occasionally flirting with batsmen’s edge. He was rewarded when he pitched a rare one short and wide, and Smith got a top edge while trying to pull him over midwicket (52 for 1).
Kirsten then joined Herschelle Gibbs, and the pair continued the swift pace of scoring until Gibbs edged a full ball from Danish Kaneria to Taufeeq Umar at first slip (84 for 2). Kirsten showed his experience, forcing the bowlers to pitch it up as he paddle-swept everything in sight. But as soon as the ball was tossed up, he came down the track and lofted it over the infield, disturbing the bowlers’ rhythm and ensured that his side’s runaway start didn’t fritter away.
Kallis began as if performing for a sweeping circus, and he survived a huge appeal for lbw from Kaneria, which was very adjacent. But he gradually showed that there were more shots in his book, rocking back to punch the ball through the covers. However both Kirsten and Kallis had Lady Luck on their side as both escaped regulation catches. Apart from Sami, Pakistan’s bowling in the morning session was pedestrian and the fielding was very close to horrific. Just as a massive total was looming large South Africa were hit by an Akhtar whirlwind of gut-wrenching pace and bulls-eye accuracy.
First Kallis faced the bombardment and was beaten three time in one over. He was glued to his crease and his lack of footwork cost him in the next over when he was given out caught behind off Danish Kaneria to a dubious decision. Kirsten reached his fifty with an elegant cover-drive and was all set to pitch tent for the whole day. But all such hopes were literally dashed in the seventh over after lunch, when Akhtar unleashed a well-directed short ball on Kirsten’s off stump. Kirsten tried to pull him away with a swift swing of the bat, but the ball was just too fast and sneaked in through the visor onto his left cheekbone. He was covered in blood within a few minutes and was hurried to the hospital for safety.
McKenzie came in to face the death-metal music and received an incisive yorker that started outside off and swung and got him lbw (159 for 4).
Boucher walked in amid blood and swing, and played a truly memorable innings. He kept out the yorkers and swept all the spinners. He was aided by some large gaps left in the field and hurried South Africa along to safety. Along with Boetta Dippenaar, and then Shaun Pollock , he rebuilt the innings which was threatening to collapse.
And when the game was drifting away from Pakistan, they found the other Shoaib revitalizing them and picking up the crucial wickets of Dippenaar – who was in good touch – and Boucher, both caught at leg-slip. Shoaib then tantalized the tail with looping variation – they were clueless against the `doosra’ – and wrapped up the innings for 320.
When Smith was blazing away he might have envisaged a batting mauling, but the two Shoaibs had other ideas – one brutal and the other subtle.
Could SA bat again tomorrow?. Gary Kirsten and Adams can come back and continue south african innings?. No?
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Mark Boucher played a plucky rebuilding knock
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Gary Kirsten cops one in the face from Shoaib Akhtar
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Could SA bat again tomorrow?. Gary Kirsten and Adams can come back and continue south african innings?. No?
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No. As Kirsten was unable to make it to the crease at the fall of the 9th wicket the innings is closed.
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No. As Kirsten was unable to make it to the crease at the fall of the 9th wicket the innings is closed.
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did he go to the hospital?