Official: Pakistan Vs England 1st Test Day 4 [15/11/05]

[Raz]

Pakistan 1st innings 274
England 1st innings 418

Pakistan 125-2 (36 overs) in their 2nd innings trail England by 19 runs

Salman Butt 53*
Mohammad Sami 0*

[Amir]

You guys jsut keep beating AJ to the punch(creating official thread)!!! 2 days in a row! I am in shock, is the world coming to a end? I see a light!

[Raz]

3 days in a row actually :P

[Raz]

Latest news:

'The players and the umpires are walking down in the field, game will start in a couple of minutes. There is a bit of dew on the field and super-soakers have to do some work to keep it ready for play. '

[Amir_rulez]

In the name of God, the most beneficient, the most merciful.
Hope the day goes much better.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

In the name of God, the most beneficient, the most merciful.
Hope the day goes much better.

inshallah we will continue on the gr8 start we had on day 3 batting

[The_Cricket_Devil]

flintoff starting proceedings we will have to see him thru at start cmon guys

[Raz]

Play about to begin here we go

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Wow First Ball Wicket Caught On A No Ball Phew...

[Amjid Javed]

Flintoff to start proceedings. sharp bouncer gets butt on glove and caught!

lucky it was a NO ball! ***!

very lucky!

[Amjid Javed]

salman needs to go on afta that kick in the butt!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

my respect for billy has risen in catching that tight no ball

[Amjid Javed]

Flintoff again bowls back of length and butt looks shaky!

[Amjid Javed]

Butt off mark with single. 18 behind now

[The_Cricket_Devil]

butt of the mark off the day

[Amjid Javed]

sami pokes and misses.

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

it was off the shoulder....phewwwwwwwwww

[Amir]

Why does Sami remind me of Razzaq when he is batting? Full sleeve, kinda skinny...

[The_Cricket_Devil]

127-2 after 36 i believe

[Raz]

Harmison to bowl from the other end.

[Amjid Javed]

Harmison to start @ otha end. expect more short balls @ body or even @ the butt!

[badxhah]

http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/664/upppd7fy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

butt in all sort of trouble against short pitch he was outdone yesterday now again

[The_Cricket_Devil]

harmy on now and starts with a loose delivery left alone by butt sahab

[Amjid Javed]

Why does Sami remind me of Razzaq when he is batting? Full sleeve, kinda skinny...

Both are same quality with bat in tests - 99% useless

[Amjid Javed]

another single for butt. 17 behind now

[The_Cricket_Devil]

another single by butt

[badxhah]

Both are same quality with bat in tests - 99% useless
that means their in full form

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Both are same quality with bat in tests - 99% useless

except razzler has half centuries lol

[Amjid Javed]

sami has a wild slog and gets 2!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

sami goes for a hoik that is miscued into a gap at mid on for 2 runs lol

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 131/2

[The_Cricket_Devil]

welll dug out yorker by sami

[Amjid Javed]

sami gone poking and caught behind!

pak 131/3

[The_Cricket_Devil]

sami is caught behind altho sami seems unhappya bout the decision 131-3 now

[Amjid Javed]

sami is caught behind altho sami seems unhappya bout the decision 131-3 now

He just got a slight edge!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

big man on his way to play a big innings inshallah :D

[Amir]

See Sami, that is how you bowl a "inswinger" you know that thing that comes in

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi come out to bat now...

[Amjid Javed]

See Sami, that is how you bowl a "inswinger" you know that thing that comes in

:)))

[The_Cricket_Devil]

inzi middles it right away nice sound of wood on ball there

[Amir]

By the time Inzi get out we need 100 run lead minimum

[Amjid Javed]

Another single for butt. moves to 56...

[the true passionist]

good move by inzi....holding the bull by the horn....
comes in to face the first few overs of the day...

[Amjid Javed]

Harmison bowling full to inzi. inzi needs to be careful here!

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 132/3

[The_Cricket_Devil]

after harmy's over 132-3 with inzi still on the mark

[Amjid Javed]

4, awful shot off back foot by butt! slashes ball thru slips!

lucky!

pak 136/3

[Daoud]

Harmison bowling full to inzi. inzi needs to be careful here!
He needs to make sure that he only plays at what he needs to and make sure his bat covers his pad to those inswingers that Flintoff and Harmison might try

[The_Cricket_Devil]

edged for 4 by salman phew salman looking very very uncomfortable against flintoff

[Amjid Javed]

again butt looks iffy against short ball!

[Amjid Javed]

No ball total comes down more..

[The_Cricket_Devil]

no ball by flintoff agn

[Amjid Javed]

another no ball!

[the true passionist]

i like the way butt is looking determined....although he needs to remember that a new day means a new start

[Oxy]

Morning Ritchie...morning everybody.

Time to stickify this thread!

[Amjid Javed]

another no ball as flintoff comes round wicket.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

3rd no ball of the over

[Amjid Javed]

Single for butt

pak 140/3 ( 4 behind)

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi plays no shot and is hit on pad! huge shout for lbw!

***! idiot!

lucky to get away with that!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lbw shout turned down by bowden inzi doesnt offer shot

[badxhah]

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/4218/upppd4cr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

not a confident start by pakistanis here

[Amjid Javed]

Harmison continues to prob away @ butt!

[Amjid Javed]

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/4218/upppd4cr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

not a confident start by pakistanis here

good discapline shown by england bowlers with ball today.

[Amjid Javed]

Anotha single for butt.

hasan raza padded up. moyo has slight shoulder injury!

[badxhah]

butt being caught of a no ball
noything wasnt expected of sami anyways that didnt hamper anything
butt bi secting the 1st and 2nd slip
inzy padding up

[The_Cricket_Devil]

over done inzi still not off the mark 141-3

[Amjid Javed]

quick single by butt

pak 142/3

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi looking good at times. still on 0 thou

[Amjid Javed]

intresting not much sledging in the game!

[Amjid Javed]

Lovely shot of his legs by inzi for 4.

pakistan lead by 1... woohoo

[sars_pal]

we lead by 2 runs now the real work starts go guys!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

inzi finaly off mark and in style with 4 pak lead by 2 runs now keep it up boys

[Amjid Javed]

single now for inzi.

pak 147/3

[Amjid Javed]

we lead by 2 runs now the real work starts go guys!

Thats more than enuf runs lead :P we shud win test by 1 run!

[Raz]

We now need to multiply this lead by 100 at least.

[Amjid Javed]

Hoggy onto bowl now

[The_Cricket_Devil]

hoggy on now this will be interesting

[Amjid Javed]

anotha single for inzi

[Amjid Javed]

single for butt

[The_Cricket_Devil]

thts amazing inzi has only been run out 3 times in tests lol commentator saying hwe doesnt get run out but others have to worry :P

[Jonty]

sup fellas, 400 minimum score required me thinks.. Butt needs to stay there, he is the key

[Amjid Javed]

Butt crashes a half volley thru covers for 4.

Pak 153/3

[The_Cricket_Devil]

smashed for 4 by butt! hahah gr8 shot

[Amjid Javed]

good cricket single next ball.

[Amjid Javed]

short balll hits inzi on arm, didnt play that to well.

[Amjid Javed]

Shot of the day

punched straight drive for 4 by butt

[The_Cricket_Devil]

gr8 str8 drive for 4 by butt sahab

[Shayan_Sohail]

Straight drive by 4 Salman butt

[Amjid Javed]

4 more even better shot thru deep cover

[Shayan_Sohail]

Another one this time through covers

[Blistering Barnacle]

That's great - taking pressure off Inzi to score.

[the true passionist]

butt looking a lot more settled now..
he need to beware of the short one!!

[the true passionist]

smart field placing by tresco...puts doubt in butt's mind.

[Jonty]

the man!

[ali kc]

so what do you guyz think would be a good lead?

anything 275+?

[Jonty]

yep 275 minimum

[Amjid Javed]

so what do you guyz think would be a good lead?

anything 275+?

i think realistically if we get anything around 220 from here we have a chance.

[Amjid Javed]

Glorious cover drive by inzi for 4

[The_Cricket_Devil]

inzi goes for a pull but doesnt middle it against super freddie however follows up by imo the shot of the day thru covers

[Shayan_Sohail]

Inzi smashes Flintoff for four

[Shayan_Sohail]

What a shot

[ali kc]

Inzi with a backfoot drive for 4

[nedian21]

shot of the match by Inzi

[ali kc]

did i see that correct ..Inzi avgs 98 at Multan or was it 58

[The_Cricket_Devil]

wat a york by flintoff almost got thru inzi

[Raz]

The lead now 23.

[ali kc]

good bowling by freddie!

[Shayan_Sohail]

Top edge four

[The_Cricket_Devil]

top edged for 4 by inzi lucky..

[Amjid Javed]

top edge hook for 4 by inzi. we need to bat till tea and beyond atleast here

[Amjid Javed]

The lead now 23.

27 :P

[ali kc]

top edge for 4....Inzi wants to go after freddie

[ali kc]

Good over for pakistan ..9 coming of it

[Amjid Javed]

single for butt.

[Raz]

27 :P

28 :P :P

[Oxy]

re: a suitable lead, i would add 25 runs onto the target to take into account Pak's on-going no ball problems

[Somali Pirate]

good morning everyone.

just woke up.

go pak go!

[Oxy]

Does anyone else think Inzi is 'falling over' a bit?

[WasimG]

When eng was in this situation yesterday, the headline was "England aims to pile on runs" now when Pak is in this position it says "England target quick wickets"
They might as well call it enginfo.com

[Schiller]

everything is a wkt away

[Amjid Javed]

Does anyone else think Inzi is 'falling over' a bit?

yeah, hopefully he doesnt flatten pitch out to much.

[Daoud]

Does anyone else think Inzi is 'falling over' a bit?
Not watching, but Inzi tends to do that at the start of his innings. Hopefully he'll stop once hes completely settled

[Amjid Javed]

Giles on to bowl now.

[ali kc]

Giles on now :27:

[Amjid Javed]

giles smashed for 4.

top shot by inzi!

[Daoud]

yeah, hopefully he doesnt flatten pitch out to much.
Conversely, we can hope he puts a khada in the pitch at a good length on about legstump :D

[Amjid Javed]

single down ground.

[Amjid Javed]

Conversely, we can hope he puts a khada in the pitch at a good length on about legstump :D

:)))

[Schiller]

i don't really mind the english players but giles and petersen really irritate me

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 178/3 (lead 34)

[Oxy]

i don't really mind the english players but giles and petersen really irritate me
Well I am more English than Pieterson!

[Raz]

i don't really mind the english players but giles and petersen really irritate me

You're just jealous of Pieterson's hair :P

[Daoud]

i don't really mind the english players but giles and petersen really irritate me
Pietersen isnt REALLY english ;-)

[Amjid Javed]

single for inzi

[Amjid Javed]

slash thru gulley for one for butt... dodgy shot

[Amjid Javed]

single for inzi... hoggy been milked

50 partnership up.

[Amjid Javed]

Single for butt now 4 singles off last 4 balls for pak

[Raz]

51 from 72 balls the partnership. Inzi 21 Salman 80

[Amjid Javed]

single for butt off giles.. moves to 81

lead 39

[Amjid Javed]

inzi gets fine sweep for 2.. not ideal shot to play!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

weird **** bottom edge by inzi for 2 lol

[Amjid Javed]

single down ground now for inzi.

Pak 186/3

[the true passionist]

giles on his usual stuff...
aiming to pull Inzi out of his crease to hit over the top...
and spin the ball for a stumping chance

[Amjid Javed]

Time for breakfast.

[Amjid Javed]

single for inzi.

[Raz]

15 overs bowled so far today 61 runs scored

[catwoman]

Can't wait for Butt's century! :P

[Raz]

Can't wait for Butt's century! :P

Chup oi! Dont jinx the lad :P

[Raz]

Inzi has got a start and need to go, century at the very least.

[catwoman]

Chup oi! Dont jinx the lad :P

I'm blessing him. :P

[Amjid Javed]

single for butt

pak 188/3

[Raz]

I'm blessing him. :P

For your sake lets hope so :16:

[Amjid Javed]

Not jumping to far ahead in day but 2nd new ball mid way thru 2nd session could be crucial.

[Amjid Javed]

Single down ground for butt.

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi looking very dodgy v giles.

[Amjid Javed]

quick single for butt off hoggy

[ali kc]

Not jumping to far ahead in day but 2nd new ball mid way thru 2nd session could be crucial.


Aj,
hopefully by then the lead would be 125+ and will play it more confidently

1 more run for inzi and 1000 runs for inzi against england

[The_Cricket_Devil]

inzi on 999 vs england gr8 avg of near 50 too agnst them

[Jonty]

what a mix.. one of the most experienced Paksters and a young future star

[Amjid Javed]

single for butt

pak 191/3

[The_Cricket_Devil]

single by butt to get him to 85

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi still looks dodgy v giles.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

inzi looking edget against giles

[The_Cricket_Devil]

this 999 is like a jinx ugh

[Jonty]

by the way why has yousuf gone down the order?

[Daoud]

this 999 is like a jinx ugh
He was like that when on 9999 ODI runs too

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lol the du of waqar and rameez together now this should be a fun half hour

[The_Cricket_Devil]

by the way why has yousuf gone down the order?

moyo is supposedly tending to his slight shoulder injury atm he should be fine tho

[Raz]

lol the du of waqar and rameez together now this should be a fun half hour

Still cant beat the Rameez/Sanjay combination :9:

[Amjid Javed]

butt gets another single.

[Amjid Javed]

single for inzi

and 1000 runs v england (ave 50.0)

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Still cant beat the Rameez/Sanjay combination :9:

no i suppose not but it is cool to have an all pakistani commentary INZI REACHES 1000 vs Eng finally

[The_Cricket_Devil]

good ball by hoggy to beat butt

[nedian21]

congrats Inzi for reaching a milestone. MASHALLAH carry on skipper

[Raz]

Salman beaten outside the off stump

[Amjid Javed]

another single for butt

[Amjid Javed]

woahhhhhhhh

lashed by inzi for 4 thru covers

[ali kc]

I just want to see Inzi score 10000 runs in test Cricket...what a sight that would be!

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 199/3 (55 lead)

[Amjid Javed]

single for inzi and 200 up for pakistan

[catwoman]

Fourrr by Inzi!!!

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan 200/3 @ drinks.

[Raz]

Inzi smashes Giles for 4! Good clean hit.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

200 comes up as drinks called on pak going well here

[Raz]

Fourrr by Inzi!!!

Fourrr?? Thats somthing new! Perhaps you could tell us what that is? :P

[The_Cricket_Devil]

I just want to see Inzi score 10000 runs in test Cricket...what a sight that would be!

i dont think inzi has enuff time left in his career to reach that milestone but hey u never know right?

[Big Mac]

Only just woke up and I'm pleasantly surprised. I heard something about an LBW shout against Inzi, please tell me that it was out and Billy gave a wrong decision in our favour ;0

[catwoman]

Fourrr?? Thats somthing new! Perhaps you could tell us what that is? :P

A fourrr is a more powerful "four" :P.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

nah it wasnt out just a bad leave by inzi however the ball didnt nip back enuff thankfully

[Jonty]

go Pakistan

[Jonty]

butt on that unlucky 87 number

[The_Cricket_Devil]

single to end over 201-3 pak

[The_Cricket_Devil]

risky sweeps being attempted by inzi lucky there

[Amjid Javed]

pak 202/3 now

kwik single by inzi

[Amjid Javed]

Only just woke up and I'm pleasantly surprised. I heard something about an LBW shout against Inzi, please tell me that it was out and Billy gave a wrong decision in our favour ;0

it was 50/50

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/4218/upppd4cr.jpg

[the true passionist]

not trying to jinx him or anything....
butt has not scored a run for a while

[Big Mac]

Damn, was kind hoping it was plumb and he gave it not out so I could see the rage from the media if Inzi goes on and makes a big score

[Big Mac]

not trying to jinx him or anything....
butt has not scored a run for a while

Well don't say it then :12:

[Big Mac]

bloody hell Salman

[Amjid Javed]

Butt nearly runs himself out!

[the true passionist]

Well don't say it then :12:

haha...u seem to be very superstitious :9:

[Daoud]

Im hoping Inzi does a bette job getting Butt across to triple figures than Kamal did. FOr that to happen though, they need to rotate the strike more often

[Amjid Javed]

single now for butt

pak 204/3 (lead 60)

[Big Mac]

Tha's true passionist's fault :@

[Amjid Javed]

Single for inzi. 205/3

[the true passionist]

Tha's true passionist's fault :@

atleast u didn't say it's Sami's fault....

But just reconsider...and analyze again....isn't it really sami's fault :27:

[Big Mac]

England's fielding must have saved them about 30 runs at least so far in this test match

[Amjid Javed]

another single for inzi this time of giles.

[whyhkk]

inzi's batting against giles is scaring me

[Amjid Javed]

Harmison returns (no udal tried today...??)

[w4s1m786]

they are batting abit to slow, if we want to get a 250+ lead we need to kick on

[zushy_786]

they are batting abit to slow, if we want to get a 250+ lead we need to kick on

I don't think so, I think they are going at the right pace....

[Amjid Javed]

they are batting abit to slow, if we want to get a 250+ lead we need to kick on

:9: we are picking runs off with ease. when england have men out on cover boundary its hard 2 hit 4s. show some realism plz!

a few wkts lost now due to agressiveness and it cud be game over.

[Amjid Javed]

udal on and he gets a flase stroke from inzi 1st up.

[Amjid Javed]

inzi almost gets top edge of a sweep. inzi doesnt look comfy at times.

[w4s1m786]

:9: we are picking runs off with ease. when england have men out on cover boundary its hard 2 hit 4s. show some realism plz!

a few wkts lost now due to agressiveness and it cud be game over.

well i just woke about 10 mins ago so since then i havnt seen much action in the runs department. im following todays action through pp.

[catwoman]

Butt finally scores a run...

[Amjid Javed]

well i just woke about 10 mins ago so since then i havnt seen much action in the runs department. im following todays action through pp.

weve milked most of the bowlers pretty well and scoring rate is fine. Both these batsmen need to score big hundreds.

[Amjid Javed]

cover drive for inzi for 1 out to man on boundary.

[Blistering Barnacle]

I think the first priority will be to get enough runs so as not to lose the match. After that, they can think about pressuring England. That means getting thru to lunch without losing another wicket and then picking up the pace later in the afternoon.

[zushy_786]

I think the first priority will be to get enough runs so as not to lose the match. After that, they can think about pressuring England. That means getting thru to lunch without losing another wicket and then picking up the pace later in the afternoon.

Excellent point....They do need to pick up some pace in the afternoon session.....

[Amjid Javed]

inzi plays udal down ground for 1.

pak 212/3

[Daoud]

weve milked most of the bowlers pretty well and scoring rate is fine. Both these batsmen need to score big hundreds.
Agreed. In a situation where the opposition still has the advantage, a partnership where the scoring rate is over 3 is perfectly acceptable

[Amjid Javed]

I think the first priority will be to get enough runs so as not to lose the match. After that, they can think about pressuring England. That means getting thru to lunch without losing another wicket and then picking up the pace later in the afternoon.

some people want us to score fast now. afta these two we have moyo/hasan raza who look dodgy, akmal and the long tail!

[Amjid Javed]

Single for butt moves into 90s

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi smashes a sweep off udal for 4.

pak 217/3

[WasimG]

Pak's RR is 3.30 . Why do they have to slow down that much? Where's the attacking approach set by Malik and Younis.

[w4s1m786]

AJ, how is the pitch going? any turn ?

[xbox]

we need these two to be in the middle when england take their second new ball.

[tahaqureshi]

salam ppl....very glad to see the score after coming back from school!!!

Butt sahib averaging 82 with the bat this series....

waiting for his century....

[Amjid Javed]

AJ, how is the pitch going? any turn ?

wickets still good for batting, but there is alot more turn and some signs of uneven bounce.

[zulfiqar]

the last ball that hit salman's pad actually did NOt pitch in line unlike what the commentator said. Richie the other day said that even if part of the ball is out of line it out of line (when its on the leg side)

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 219/3 (inzi 47 butt 91)

[Amjid Javed]

England trying to play short-ball trap here!

[w4s1m786]

wickets still good for batting, but there is alot more turn and some signs of uneven bounce.

thanks bro

[tahaqureshi]

Pak's RR is 3.30 . Why do they have to slow down that much? Where's the attacking approach set by Malik and Younis.

It went as they went. But mind you, YK wasn't really what I would term as "attacking" in the latter half of his innings. He was good uptil 30 balls faced when he had 28 runs, but then he went into a shell.

[Amjid Javed]

kwik single by butt.. now on 92

[Amjid Javed]

Kwik single by butt agen

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 221/2

2/3 overs left b4 lunch here...

[Daoud]

Kwik single by butt agen
Are they playing kwik kriket?

[Amjid Javed]

butt akwardly plays harmison short ball

[Pathan007]

Pak 221/2

2/3 overs left b4 lunch here...
1over i believe. bcz 4mins left.

[Amjid Javed]

Are they playing kwik kriket?

yeah :P

[Ace Base]

There are around 150 overs left in the match and Pakistan must bat for at least 60 of them to try and save the match. If they bat for anything longer than 75 overs, Pakistan has a good chance of winning.

[Pathan007]

Are they playing kwik kriket?
kirket :))) :P

[Amjid Javed]

late cut from salman for one... goes to 94.

[tahaqureshi]

I think Butt is an EXCELLENT player of short bowling...
everytime flintoff or harmison banged it in short and fast, Butt was always quick to either jump up and defend or move away.

Even now cricbuzz says he had "no trouble moving away." shows he has a good eye and isnt scared of the ball.

I think there was just this one time that he sort of half lobbed it to leg slip area, very close to Jones.

[Amjid Javed]

There are around 150 overs left in the match and Pakistan must bat for at least 60 of them to try and save the match. If they bat for anything longer than 75 overs, Pakistan has a good chance of winning.

spot on :14:

[Amjid Javed]

I think Butt is an EXCELLENT :13: player of short bowling...
everytime flintoff or harmison banged it in short and fast, Butt was always quick to either jump up and defend or move away.

Even now cricbuzz says he had "no trouble moving away." shows he has a good eye and isnt scared of the ball.

I think there was just this one time that he sort of half lobbed it to leg slip area, very close to Jones.

Hes good, not excellent. hes been out numerous times to short jab pull in short career. also hes been lucky twice when 1st he spooned shortball just away from keeper and then was lucky 1st ball of today.

also remember wicket is very flat.

hes done good thou.

[Amjid Javed]

slog sweep for 4 by butt.. onto 98 and then gets a single to go to 99.

pak 227/3