well played :k:
Is it my fault? You guys think I am influencing the match sitting thousands of miles away…lol
just kidding dear…
waissay manhoos is a manhoos, no matter how far he is ..
dont mind 
Anyways, after a long time, Pakistan have found some promising openers...at least it looks that way... :)
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*Originally posted by Zabardast: *
Anyways, after a long time, Pakistan have found some promising openers...at least it looks that way... :)
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agreed...
I am not a superstitious person…so I don’t believe in any ‘manhoos’ thingys… 
Pakistan : 158/1(54)1stInn.
Batsman Runs Balls
I Farhat 80 138
Y Hameed 8 15
PAK 158/1 at tean on day 2…
taufiq out for 68 c gibbs b adams…
“5 sessions played so far in the test and pakistan has won all of them” says the commentator…
imran farhat seems well set for his maiden century…
and i wud surely like to see a big score from hameed…
have high hopes with him…
well played lads :k:
Ditto :k: This is first time in my life I have watched a test match for so long…Pakistan is really playing well :k:
Some strategy for this match...I think we should make runs as many as we can while still improving our RR...a lead of 200-230 would be very helpful while giving the SA enough time to be bowled out...more thinking needed... :)
will malik n razzaq be able to bat? or is their injury not serious?
latest scores plz
First ball after tea despatched to the boundary for 4 by Yasir.
Pakistan 162/1
is tht link working....???teaser's??
Pakistan : 166/1(55)
yasir hameed hits 2 fours
54.2 Ntini to Yasir Hameed, FOUR, super shot! overpitched on the front
foot and stylsihly driven through cover for four
54.6 Ntini to Yasir Hameed, legbye: FOUR, on les, off the pads and races
away to fine leg boundary
wonderfull to see these guys kiccking butts of SA's
Pakistan : 167/1(56)
Farhat leads the way
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Makhaya Ntini: was a bit of a nuisance early in the morning © AFP :hehe:
A determined 137-run partnership between Taufeeq Umar and Imran Farhat gave Pakistan the upper hand on the second day of their second Test against South Africa, as they went into tea on 158 for 1, just 120 runs behind. Taufeeq and Farhat had added 109 and 134 in their two innings in the last Test, and they batted with an application that indicated that Pakistan has finally found an opening pair for the long haul.
Both were circumspect in the morning, to begin with. But once they settled down, they opened out in their own distinctive styles, taking full toll of all the loose bowling that came their way. Taufeeq was nimble-footed and techincally correct, and cut and drove with classical grace. Farhat was relatively leaden-footed, and relied more on his hand-eye co-ordination for the big strokes. He flashed at a couple of wide balls early in the innings, but settled down to display fine shot selection, a quality that a batsman with his limitations needs to develop.
At one point, it seemed that Taufeeq and Farhat had decided to play out the faster bowlers and punish the spinners. Robin Peterson had a bad over before lunch when Farhat thrashed him for ten runs, and was smashed down the ground for a straight six by Taufeeq a couple of overs after that. Graeme Smith was also tonked around by both batsmen, going for 16 in his three. But the two openers were just playing the bowling on its merit, and appeared quite content to bat through the day.
Until Taufeeq ran out of patience, that is. He tried to pull a short ball from Paul Adams which was very wide off off stump, and only succeeded in dragging it across to Herschelle Gibbs at midwicket (137 for 1). Taufeeq was out 68, in a soft dismissal that went against the run of play.
Yasir Hameed came out to join Farhat, who looked unrattled by the loss of his partner, and batted positively in the time remaining until tea. Farhat was on 80, and Hameed on 8, when Pakistan went in for the break.
Earlier in the morning, Adams and Makhaya Ntini, who added 28 runs for the last wicket, saw off early spells from Abdul Razzaq and Shabbir Ahmed. But Danish Kaneria struck as soon as he was brought into the attack. Adams tried to cut a short legbreak outside off and only succeeded in edging it on to first slip, where Taufeeq balanced himself to take a good sharp catch. South Africa were five balls short of facing 100 overs. The way Pakistan applied themselves after that, it seemed unlikely that they would have similar problems.
Pakistan trail by 111 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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