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WI to chase 377 in their Ist innings…some 15 overs still to go for the day… 
Pakistan played 146.3 overs making 376 runs( RR 2.56) to get all out…what a waste overs and time…lol
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I am not watching…just following cricinfo commentary…but I posted it late too… 
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Just watched the fall of wickets highlights. Every single Pakistani batsman threw his wicket except younus and Amir. It means that WI can reach a similar score. Though holder and Bishoo were getting a lot of turn.
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Now, now - that is not very nice.
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This needs to be framed.
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You mean all the folks who showed up
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His “better” record was 1* off 51 balls sigh
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Its been good so far for Pak. WI 97/3 at lunch. But their middle and lower-middle order has been giving tough time to Pak so they better be careful.
The worrying part is that only Yasir is the wicket-taker. He needs help from other end as well.
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Keep trying Azhar Ali and Asad Shafique for wickets
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192/5
Windies batsmen (RR 2.17) telling Pak players “If u think you can play boring cricket, we can certainly do better!”
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199/5 (RR 2.09)
If Windies don’t lose any more wickets today and if Chase (retired hurt) bats well tomorrow with the tail, the draw will be a strong favourite
The closer they get to the Pak 1st innings total the harder it will become for Pakistan to win this game plus there is always the possibility of Pak batting folding miserably under pressure in the second innings
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Both teams are trying to play for a draw since day 1…lol
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I think by tea tomorrow we will have a fair idea of whether there is going to be a result in this game
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200 up
203/5
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WI is playing for draw, so their run rate does not matter. With present WI team, where no player has average over 40 and team consist of young and weak batsmen, draw is achievement, especially when Pakistan already made 376 runs in first inning. So, what they did, playing slow, was acceptable, as they just needed to bat on without loosing wickets.
As for Pakistan, there are 5 batsmen in team with batting test average over 40 (Azhar, Misbah, Younis, Shafiq and Sarfraz), something Pakistan rarely had in past (actually, in past, only few Pakistani batsmen had average over 40 because until recently, average of 40 was rare and average of 45 was exceptional (today, average of 50 plus is exceptional). All happened, because ODI, T20I, development of super bats and batting friendly pitches … all have contributed in making batsmen to score freely and get high batting averages.
Here are past (retired) Pakistani batsmen with batting average over 40 (who played 10 or more test innings).
Tasleem Arif (62.62)
Miandad (52.57).
M Yousuf (52.29),
Inzamam (49.6).
Saeed Anwer (45.52).
Zaheer (44.79).
Shoaib Mohammed (44.34).
Hanif Mohammed (43.98).
Saleem Malik (43.69).
Saeed Ahmed (40.41).
So, until recently, only 10 Pakistani batsmen had average over 40. Anyhow, there are 6 more in present team (5 mentioned above plus Shahzad).
So, for Pakistan to start the inning so slow, it seems, Pakistan was playing with fear and was going for a draw from first ball. Younis 18 runs in 75 balls (12.5 overs) followed by Misbah who made 1 run in first 51 balls he faced, show the mindset.
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Also remember WI’s best batsman Holder is yet to come 
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WI 2nd inn all out for 247
Mohammad Abbas 5 for 46 :k:
Pakistan lead by 129 runs…
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Pakistan should play their 2nd innings in an ODI mode to hope for a victory…
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