^^ 
good one, tour is off 
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Sun setting
Good excuse to get out of the mess they are in.
and good evening to you , kahan thay Sobaah say,
and yes Ramadhan Mobarakk to everyone around, we will be fasting from tommorrow 
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Former Test captain and opener Saeed Anwar has said that he would love to serve as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team, provided there was a decent offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
"I think there is much cricket left in me and I want to serve my country with my experience. I will definitely not waste myself by keeping away from the sport through which I gained a lot in my career," The News quoted Saeed, a veteran of more than 56 Tests and 240 one-dayers, as saying.
He hoped that in two to three years' time, Pakistan 's young cricket team would improve and become among the very best in the world.
COOL!!
I think Taufeeq and Farhat (opening batters) combined with S Akhtar and Sami/Shabbir(opening pace attack) could become deadly in the international cricket arena in the future...while the team is still in shaping... :)
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*Originally posted by Maryah: *
Former Test captain and opener Saeed Anwar has said that he would love to serve as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team, provided there was a decent offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
"I think there is much cricket left in me and I want to serve my country with my experience. I will definitely not waste myself by keeping away from the sport through which I gained a lot in my career," The News quoted Saeed, a veteran of more than 56 Tests and 240 one-dayers, as saying.
He hoped that in two to three years' time, Pakistan 's young cricket team would improve and become among the very best in the world.
COOL!!
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Yeah...he can train the batting side while bowlers need coaches like W Akram and Waqar...
The best would be that each player has his individual coach...and physio...though an expensive hobby...but rewarding one... :)
yaar assignment bana raha thaa thats why, good evening to you too, and Ramazan Mubarak to you too 
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Imran another 4.
End of the day…
Pakistan 237/2 (79.0 ov)
With another great opneing partnership, Pakistan is once again in a very strong position.
Awesome batting by Farhat and Taufeeq…:k:
237/2 at end of day 2…
imran 124*
inzi 16*
inzi will face the first ball tomorrow morning…
has been a great support for imran…
i think imran needs to start hitting more aggresively tomorrow…
lets see…
best of luck to our team… :k:
Pakistan 237/2
The day belonged to Imran. Superb batting and he is still there.
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Well...Pakistan 236/2 (79.0 ov) Pakistan RR: 2.99
Still a good day for Pakistan...see you all tomorrow! :)
well played Pakistan:k:
well played BOyz, lovely batting by Imran and Taufiq…
if they will play whole day tomorrow, then we will be in the driving seat :k:
Openers Umar, Farhat put Pakistan in command
By Abdul Waheed
FAISALABAD, Pakistan, Oct 25 , 2003 (Reuters)
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In-form openers Taufeeq Umar and Imran Farhat shared an unbroken stand of 71 to put Pakistan in control at lunch on the second day of the second test against South Africa on Saturday.
The left-handed pair, who produced opening partnerships of 109 and 134 in Pakistan’s eight-wicket victory in the Lahore first test, experienced few problems against South Africa’s attack in the 27 overs they faced before the interval.
Umar hit five fours and a six in his unbeaten 37 while Farhat struck five boundaries in his 62-ball 33 not out as Pakistan replied to South Africa’s first innings of 278 all out.
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Imran Farhat
Both batsmen played and missed a couple of times against the new-ball duo of Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini, but they were generally in control despite the heavy overcast conditions.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith was forced to turn to his orthodox left-arm spinner Robin Peterson, playing his third test, for the 19th over, but the bowler was heavily punished by Umar and conceded 24 runs in just four overs.
Umar, who scored 111 and 63 in Lahore, was particularly strong through the covers and he and Farhat brought up Pakistan’s fifty in 142 balls.
Earlier South Africa, who had resumed on their first innings total of 256 for nine, were bowled out after 8.1 overs of play in the morning, fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed finishing with figures of four for 74.
The last pair of Paul Adams and Makhaya Ntini added 22 runs before Adams fell to leg spinner Danish Kaneria for 14.
Adams edged the ball to slip where Umar took his fourth catch of the innings. Ntini finished 16 not out.
© Reuters Limited.
http://www.cricketnext.com/news1/next/reutersoct03/reuters164.htm
Farhat’s century puts Pakistan on top
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Imran Farhat: displayed great shot selection in an innings of character
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A fiesty 124 not out by Imran Farhat helped Pakistan to a position of strength against South Africa in the second Test, at Faisalabad. At the close of the second day, Pakistan were 237 for 2, just 41 behind with 8 wickets in hand. South Africa, after their last-wicket pair had taken the score to 278 in the morning, had an absolutely awful day.
To begin with, the South African bowlers toiled relentlessly for more than three hours before they could get the first breakthrough. It wasn’t all their fault; Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Jacques Kallis and Paul Adams all bowled good spells, but Taufeeq Umar and Farhat were in an especially determined mood, and applied themselves superbly to the task at hand. They had added 109 and 134 in the two innings of the first Test; they did better here, adding 137.
Both began circumspectly, 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 to start with, 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 limited footwork 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 after lunch, going for 16 in a spell of three. But the two openers were just playing the bowling on its merit, and appeared quite content, after that, to bat through the day.
Until Taufeeq ran out of patience, that is. He tried to pull a short ball from Adams which was very wide of 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 did not display the kind of patience that the openers had shown, and was out for 21, guiding Pollock to Gibbs at gully, shortly after slashing and edging another Pollock delivery just past a diving second slip (178 for 2). Pollock was fired up, and almost snared Inzamam-ul-Haq as well, inducing an edge that Kallis, at slip, could not hold on to. Inzamam made no further mistakes after that.
Farhat almost did, flashing at a ball outside off when he was on 98, and being lucky not to get out. He had entered the 90s with an imperious pull off Ntini, but got just a wee bit jittery as his hundred approached. Once he had crossed it, though, with a glance to fine leg, he opened up a bit, cover-driving Adams and pulling Kallis for four. As the close of play approached, Inzamam and Farhat went back into their shells, and saved themselves for another day.
Earlier in the morning, Adams and 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, his fourth of the innings. South Africa were five balls short of facing 100 overs.
The way Pakistan were placed at the end of the day, it seemed unlikely that they would have similar problems.
© Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
well played guys :k:
i hope we continue to play like this and even more better… so when is india pak match again 
Awesome :k: