Test 3, Day 2 Official Thread [30/11/05]

[Amir]

248/6...can we got collo early and press on the advantage?

Hey is our openers to see off the first 10 overs and then start to open up for the rest of the batting line up. It is extra fragile with Kamal and Raza.

[PapaBear]

Its gonna be a Hassan Raza show today inshallah

[Geordie Ahmed]

should be interesting!

would be brilliant if we can get England for under 300 BUT the longer Collingwood stays the harder it will be! i think they will probably get closer to 350

patient batting is the key for us - its important we dont rely on Inzi to get us all the runs, we need the others to score a big one aswell to release some of the pressure of the big man

[Geordie Ahmed]

Its gonna be a Hassan Raza show today inshallah

yeah i really hope he makes some runs today! he had a rottent test in Multan, hopefully he can fare better this time round!

[whyhkk]

well hopefully he would not have to bat today and asim kamal will get his maiden test century

[mooz]

248/6...can we got collo early and press on the advantage?

Hey is our openers to see off the first 10 overs and then start to open up for the rest of the batting line up. It is extra fragile with Kamal and Raza.

Like thats in our hands.
Its the Rudi/Hair show :12:

[Amir]

if we cannot get him caught or LBW, we just have to bowl his butt down! I do not mean throw poor ole Salman(Butt) into the wicket, I mean knock Mr. Desperate's stumps over.

[mooz]

if we cannot get him caught or LBW, we just have to bowl his butt down! I do not mean throw poor ole Salman(Butt) into the wicket, I mean knock Mr. Desperate's stumps over.

Yaar if we have to throw Salman into the wickets to get him out, I say we do it

[PapaBear]

The problem is Collingwood can not hear the wood! So we have to knock his wood off, use Salaman or anything.

[Amir_rulez]

Lets see how these lousy janitors sweep today.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Yaar if we have to throw Salman into the wickets to get him out, I say we do it

well he was told off in the last match for running on the wicket, i doubt he will get away with it now :9: nope just dont see it :D

[mooz]

Will Pakistan take the new ball as soon as it is due?
And how long will Shoaib's opening burst be?

[Amir]

Danish back!

[His_Excellence_]

Udal gone!
next up, the debutant!
let's get em boys!

[Amir_rulez]

Danish takes the first wicket for the day.

[mooz]

Danish back!

I hope that means someone is out
Damn cricinfo is so slow.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Udal gone!
next up, the debutant!
let's get em boys!

the debutant is a handy batsman so dont expect him to go quickly

[sneekysneeky]

great start!

[mooz]

Good start
Does Inzi hold the new ball and give danish some more overs?

[Amir_rulez]

Shoaib to bowl.

[His_Excellence_]

Shoaib's on now, collingwood takes a single off the first ball.
new ball available in 1.5 overs now!

[His_Excellence_]

the best would be, the debutant's middle stump flying out of the ground, but damnit! the guy has a pretty decent defense.

[His_Excellence_]

ooo! "vicious bouncer", in the words of rameez raja!

[His_Excellence_]

good ball by shoaib to the debutant. going down leg though, probably a thin inside edge as well.

[Nauman]

How did Udal get out?

[Big Mac]

Good start, let's wrap this up quickly boys

[His_Excellence_]

single off the 2nd last ball, the boys edy! these guys need to get him early.

[His_Excellence_]

Udal played a lose defensive shot, asim kamal took a comfortable catch at silly mid on.
Second over of the day finished. 2 runs off it.
danish to continue

[His_Excellence_]

good ball first up by danish. looked like the straight one.

[His_Excellence_]

The debutant looking uncomfortable against danish's variable pace. plays a sweep down thirdman, picks up two runs.

[His_Excellence_]

changes in the field being made. short fine leg in place for the sweep shot

[His_Excellence_]

80 overs completed, new ball due now.

[Amir_rulez]

new ball available now.

[His_Excellence_]

Shoaib on to bowl now, a discussion between inzimam, shoaib, and yousuf. shoaib shook his head coming towards inzi...probably about the new ball. new ball taken straight away.

[Amir]

How did Udal get out?
Big inside edge off pad straigh to Kamal at short leg. Umpire didn't look to move but Udal walked since he knew it was surely out.

[His_Excellence_]

collingwood to face shoaib, first ball pitched wide of the stumps swung away

[mooz]

so danish takes a wicket and gets taken off straight away!

[His_Excellence_]

ooo! 2nd ball pitched on the middle stump, late swing...collingwood edges it to the boundary. through the gap between gully and slip

[Big Mac]

Unlucky, that was well bowled

[Amir]

Collingwood gets four, Rameez goes "well placed" despite it beign a edge and collignwood smiling

[His_Excellence_]

Shoaib bowling fast, and sticking to the off stump channel. he's been very impressive with his control

[His_Excellence_]

oh!!! effort ball, no ball called, inside edge onto the pads and a run taken.

[His_Excellence_]

the new kid to face shoaib with the new ball

[mooz]

how fast is shoaib bowling?

[His_Excellence_]

good ball to finish off the over. the batsmen fishing for the ball

[His_Excellence_]

he's around 92 - 94 mph consistently

[His_Excellence_]

whoa! rana on to bowl now...starts off with an ugly wide!

[His_Excellence_]

rana bowling well after that odd first wide ball

[mooz]

he's around 92 - 94 mph consistently

Thanx
I know i shouldn't be so obsessed with his bowling speed, but I am.

[His_Excellence_]

that last ball kept low! variable bounce eh! this could be interesting

[Amir_rulez]

Kaneria running after the ball... not a good sight.

[His_Excellence_]

lol it's quite alright. he's an amazing bowler...and he's bowling a very disciplined line and length with great pace

[His_Excellence_]

lol kineria runs as if the ground were flooded!

[His_Excellence_]

great ball by shoaib there. that carried well to the keeper. almost 90 mph but it looked much faster

[His_Excellence_]

2nd ball by shoaib. hint of some late inswing beat the batsman.

[His_Excellence_]

shoaib bowling at a realaly good length, and keeping his line very disciplined. he's getting the batsman to play at every ball...he's thinking!

[His_Excellence_]

another good one from shoaib...! the batsman is in all sorts of confusion

[His_Excellence_]

oh man! what a beautiful delivery! BEAUTIFUL!

[mooz]

yaar lagta nahin hein that this Plunket guy will be able to get bat on ball
Shoaib should try to york him

[His_Excellence_]

91.1 mph to end the over. excellent effort there by the paceman!
he's getting the batsman to go after the deliveries...he's toying with him by keeping it at a very good length, and at the same time keeping his line clean, and his pace right up there in the 90's and beating the batsman

[His_Excellence_]

good bounce by rana to start the over

[Amir]

Collingwood doesnt deserve 100 after that dirty inside edge(how he acted after how he didn't touch it. One thing just to stand there, but he made gestures and stuff).

[His_Excellence_]

rana follows his good bouncer up with a poor delivery, and ends up getting smashed for a boundary.
third ball beat collingwood, didn't carry to the keeper

[mooz]

bring on Sami, Naveed is useless
Also drop Naveed from the ODI squad.

[His_Excellence_]

oh! sweet mother of kookabura bats!
what a beautiful delivery by rana to collingwood...late outswing...beat him all ends up

[Amir_rulez]

only one instruction given to Plunkett : "block every delivery dat comes straight".

[His_Excellence_]

shoaib is jusst...wow...he deserves a wicket with the effort he's putting in

[Nauman]

bring on Sami, Naveed is useless
Also drop Naveed from the ODI squad.

You must be crazy, its Sami who is crap.

[His_Excellence_]

ooo...well bowled again shoaib...late outswing. well played by collingwood in the end

[catwoman]

I can't believe Shoaib didn't get a single wicket so far! :(

[mooz]

You must be crazy, its Sami who is crap.

Mazak tha yaar
I am actually crazy about Rana

[His_Excellence_]

lol mooz...honestly speaking, we'd be better off with sarfaraz nawaz bowling for us in sami's place.
yeah...that's how good he is!

[His_Excellence_]

i know mona...it's sad

[mooz]

Shoaib is bowling too good to get a wicket, Plunkett is going to play and miss all day and never edge the ball.
Maybe some crap bowler can get him while going for a shot, and they don't come much crappier than Sami.

[sars_pal]

Pretty good start lets get Colly b4 he gets 100

[His_Excellence_]

ahh! gandi ball!
rana gets hit for another boundary...what's with this "a boundary ever over" stuff from him!
come on rana!

[His_Excellence_]

at the moment, rana's filling sami's shoes well!

[mooz]

by hook or crook, this partnership is already becoming worrisome for Pakistan.

[His_Excellence_]

plunkett...interesting name!

[His_Excellence_]

blanket is getting used to the conditions now...he should have been removed earlier...now would be a good time too...another few overs for himthere, and he'll just glue himself to the crease

[His_Excellence_]

oh!! collingwood almost played the ball back onto his stumps!
good ball by shoaib!
come onnnnnnnnnn!

[mooz]

84.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Plunkett, no run
84.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Collingwood, one run
84.4 Shoaib Akhtar to Collingwood, no run
84.3 Shoaib Akhtar to Collingwood, no run
84.2 Shoaib Akhtar to Collingwood, no run
84.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Collingwood, no run

The play by play on cricinfo is going down the gutter

[Cartman]

eng batting sensibly.

[His_Excellence_]

shoaib, round the wicket now...didn't look like a good idea...now he's back over the stumps

[sars_pal]

how many ,lives does coollingwood get that was out as well

[His_Excellence_]

OH MY GOD! THERE WAS A DEFINITE EDGE!
shoaib's probably just steamed out, and didn't appeal at all

[Big Mac]

Very faint nick, can understand why Hair gave it not out especially seeing as Shoaib didn't appeal

[His_Excellence_]

darrel hair ki mein ************************* topi utaar kay phenk doon!

[His_Excellence_]

sami on to bowl now

[His_Excellence_]

pakistan's most talented bowler on to bowl now, with his god given gift of pace, and...erm...spraying skills. is he by any chancce...a spray painting enthusiast? (noddy, you could shed some light)

[whyhkk]

i understand why he gave it not out but it was out plain and simple
commentators are just pushing this under the carpet

[mooz]

sami giving it his 110 percent
Like always
What a guy

[Cartman]

sami is on target for now.. lets see how he fares for the rest of his spell.

[His_Excellence_]

a tidy over by sami...still bowling, more than just a few lines to the batsman

[Oxy]

Just looking at Plunketts avareage...31! Not bad I thought....then I realised it was his bowling!!!

[mooz]

wase big mac, nothing personal but you are always making excuses for the English
I apologize in advance if you take offense to this.

[Raz]

pakistan's most talented bowler on to bowl now, with his god given gift of pace, and...erm...spraying skills. is he by any chancce...a spray painting enthusiast? (noddy, you could shed some light)

:29: ::J

[Schiller]

bm tries to be 'neutral' ;)

[badxhah]

pakistan's most talented bowler on to bowl now, with his god given gift of pace, and...erm...spraying skills. is he by any chancce...a spray painting enthusiast? (noddy, you could shed some light)
I know Noddy bahi is a relative of Sami but i think it might be annoying for him also that every questions directed to Sami also involves him

[His_Excellence_]

blanket hit on the arm by a 90+mph fireball by shoaib

[Oxy]

i understand why he gave it not out but it was out plain and simple
commentators are just pushing this under the carpet

Allot I expect it from; but Waqar telling us that ' buttttt-aaaaa sometimes daa handle make a daa sound!!!!!!!'

[His_Excellence_]

shoaib bowling so well, it's disappointing to see him with no wickets. he certainly deserves some wickets for the way he has bowled

[PapaBear]

Khabees Wood is on 92

[sars_pal]

no need to worry this is the tail one wicket can easily bring 3 now

[His_Excellence_]

who's Khabees Wood?

[Imy]

the pitch is definitely getting easier to bat on

[His_Excellence_]

the tail's wagging innit?
god damn collingwood is on 93 ! what's this world coming to?

[Big Mac]

wase big mac, nothing personal but you are always making excuses for the English
I apologize in advance if you take offense to this.

I make excuses for nobody, I apologise if I don't ***** and moan about racist conspiracies at the drop of a hat though, I'll try to be much more unreasonable in future.

There wasn't really a deflection, it was just a faint noise and the bowler himself didn't appeal. It's understandable why Hair has said not out

[sars_pal]

the tail's wagging innit?
god damn collingwood is on 93 ! what's this world coming to?


well if the umps gave ne bot out every time i was im sure even i cud get a big un agianst a Test Team

[His_Excellence_]

oh! nasty bouncer by sami...and a million takka stare to follow it up!

[His_Excellence_]

whoa...mac! come on guys...relax!

[Cartman]

not taking many chances these two.. probbaly just waiting to see off the new ball.. this is getting boring.

[Schiller]

its in these little passages that the game slips away

[octavian]

its in these little passages that the game slips away

the oracle has spoken

[Cartman]

that ball did look half in inch away from the blade while passing the bat. I am not sure what that noise was but it didnt look like he nicked it honestly.. maybe 'wood passed gas out of fear or something.. who knows..

[His_Excellence_]

i know cartman...how boring is this getting now...that's it! i was going to ditch the lady for today's session, but i'm left with not much of a choice!
now, if only i could find my cell phone lol

[Cartman]

much wisdom, i see young comma in your post.. difficult it is going to be for pakistan now.

[Cartman]

what lady and what session???


on second thought, dont answer that.

[His_Excellence_]

is botham on some really cheap crack or is he just plain stupid?
"collingwood played superbly" the hell ? the guy's been edging his way to the most undeserving score ever! and wow...

[Hash]

England seem to be playing for the draw

[octavian]

cartman, Botham was hoping for 500. so i guess it will be even difficult even for Pakistan to get them there

[His_Excellence_]

haha yeah...let's not...discuss

[CrickFan]

Is this inablity to take tailenders going to cost us the match ..they are on course to make 300

[Hash]

It is still the first innings and people are already talking about 'costing us the match'

Typical PakPassion. Sums this place up.

[Big Mac]

that ball did look half in inch away from the blade while passing the bat. I am not sure what that noise was but it didnt look like he nicked it honestly.. maybe 'wood passed gas out of fear or something.. who knows..

Stop making excuses for the English, you must be one of those self hating Pakistanis. I demand you retract that statement and join me in burning effigies of the umpires now :12:

[Noddy]

eng could get 325 here, however there hasnt been the moisture as expected in the wicket today...rameez and I were chatting before the start of play and both agreed that if pak get into bat in thet 90 in the morning we could be in trouble....

The wicket still has good carry and some pace in it....there is also some sideways movement

[Hash]

There really is no point in appealing when Darrell Hair is the umpire. Might as well conserve the energy for your next ball. Shoaib knows this which is why he did not appeal for Mr 3-0's blatent second edge.

[sars_pal]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss justice he didnt deervve a 100

[Cartman]

yah thats kewl.. they are all a bunch of vaginas anyways.

[His_Excellence_]

Finally!
Shoaib Gets The Wicket! Burst Collingwood's Bubble

[Big Mac]

Oh man, he was out on 58 but after all that I kinda wanted him to make his hundred before getting out. No idea what he was thinking there.

Oh well, let's take these last two wickets quickly then

[GQ]

MUBARAK HO! collingwood goes centuryless!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amir_rulez]

Colligwood gone. Played good innings w/ of course some luck.

[Hash]

bye bye Collingwood you **** *****

[catwoman]

Shoaib finally gets a wicket! :27:

[Cartman]

eng could get 325 here, however there hasnt been the moisture as expected in the wicket today...rameez and I were chatting before the start of play and both agreed that if pak get into bat in thet 90 in the morning we could be in trouble....

The wicket still has good carry and some pace in it....there is also some sideways movement
did u two go over to a secluded corner and curse out Sami and called him bad names?? I HOPE YOU two did..

I hope Rameez did.. Did he??

[Hash]

It was all Sami's work Mona. Credit has to go to Sami for that wicket.

[Big Mac]

Anybody else start celebrating when the ball was in the air and then crap their pants when they realised Kaneria was the fielder under it?

[PapaBear]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss justice he didnt deervve a 100
Is khabees gone?

[mulan]

Poor Collingwood...

[Hash]

eng could get 325 here, however there hasnt been the moisture as expected in the wicket today...rameez and I were chatting before the start of play and both agreed that if pak get into bat in thet 90 in the morning we could be in trouble....

The wicket still has good carry and some pace in it....there is also some sideways movement

Typical Rameez. Being negative as usual.

[catwoman]

It was all Sami's work Mona. Credit has to go to Sami for that wicket.

Oh whatever :P

[Cartman]

ever saw a mop on the cricket field you guys??

[Hash]

Is khabees gone?

the **** is out

[sars_pal]

Is khabees gone?

Yeah gone for 96

[CrickFan]

It is still the first innings and people are already talking about 'costing us the match'

Typical PakPassion. Sums this place up.

Kia karein Hash bhai ..what else do you expect for an illiterate Cricket fan like me

[Shayan_Sohail]

Shoaib into his 8th over

[Hash]

yaar there is no harm in being a little positive for a change. Back the boys. We have played magnificently and beyond most peoples expectations in this series.

[offstump]

hats off to shoaib, he has proved his fitness to everyone

[Cartman]

im only impressed by shoaib in this test so far.. and rana to some extent..

hey where did the mop go?? i swear I just saw a white mop running up and down the field just a minute ago

[PapaBear]

The only reason I come to PakPassion is to be absolutely 100% biased towards Pakistan and hear and see emotional Pakistani point of view which I dont get anywhere else. Isnt that your vision too?

[His_Excellence_]

lol who's this mop cartman ?
sami by any chance?

[Cartman]

crap.. really.. was that him??? for pete's sake.. !

[nedian21]

just woke up. England still playing :(. cartman what is Mr Potential aka Sami Holding doing ;)

[CrickFan]

yaar there is no harm in being a little positive for a change. Back the boys. We have played magnificently and beyond most peoples expectations in this series.
all the more reason that we want to win ...that last wicket stand in 1 st innings of 2 nd test match still haunts ..but I am very happy with performance of Inzy , Salman , Akhtar and Rana to some extent ..rest all haven't played that well ..which is ok ..bcoz everyone cannot score runs and take wickets unless it is Australia in Australia

[Cartman]

i just come here cuz u can find cheap crack from around hea!

[Cartman]

i dont know about sami but there is this white mop inexplicably appearing on the pitch every other over and running up and down the field.. and whoever owns it better damn clean it cuz the mops all black now..

[sars_pal]

bye bye Plonkett

[Amir_rulez]

Sami finally gets a wicket.

[offstump]

why is sami bowling instead of rana? ronner would have cleaned the tail up by now

[yk]

Sami gets a wicket, David Plunkett goes, clean bowled

[nafajafam]

Anybody else start celebrating when the ball was in the air and then crap their pants when they realised Kaneria was the fielder under it?

u bet

[Hash]

Pakistan have done very well to restrict England to 288 for 8 on a good batting wicket. Botham was talking about 450-500 early on day 1.

[His_Excellence_]

omg! sami bowled him, another series for him! NOOOOO!
*BANGING HEAD ON THE KEYBOARD*

[Cartman]

hey that mop is bowling better than mohammed Sami you guys

[nafajafam]

Sami takes a wicket. England 288-9

[Big Mac]

Well that wicket has extended Sami's test career by another 5 tests

[pacman]

Sami just has just prolonged his career :))

[Cartman]

the mop just bowled liam plunkett

[badxhah]

v critize Danny being not a good feilder but i think Butt is no bettar than him

[Big Mac]

Ha, 2 wickets in 2 balls for Sami. He's got a place in the team for life now

[yk]

Sami on hatrick next Innigs!!!!!!!

woooohooooooooooooooooooooo

Haramson gone 1st ball caught behind

[CrickFan]

Well that wicket has extended Sami's test career by another 5 tests
Well said Mac - you hit the nail on its head ..one more wicket and you can make that 10 tests

[Shayan_Sohail]

Harami gone first ball

[Hash]

And the Hafeez Wasti Award of Excellence goes to Liam Plunkett for his fabulous innings of 9 runs from 51 balls

[Amir_rulez]

ok dats it.

[His_Excellence_]

OMG...ANOTHER ONE
ON HATRICK
NAHIIIIIII YEH NAHI HO SAKTA!
lol all jokes aside...AWESOME STUFF!

[nafajafam]

Sami takes another.
England all out 288

[offstump]

damn sami's career continues for another 10 series

[badxhah]

i cant belive it sami will be on a hatrick next inning

[catwoman]

Sami gets a wicket....an important historical event.

[Amir_rulez]

omg! sami bowled him, another series for him! NOOOOO!
*BANGING HEAD ON THE KEYBOARD*

u r not the only one. I can see Gul, Asif, Najaf, Yasir, Irshad and many others banging their heads.

[nafajafam]

I suppose this means Sami's career has been extended. He did look relieved.

[Cartman]

i feel like crap right now.. shoaib deserved those wickets.. and here is this mop coming around and taking two.. thats just injustice

[catwoman]

damn sami's career continues for another 10 series


:6: :6:

[Raz]

2 in 2 for Sami. All thanks goes to Allah.

[Big Mac]

Bloody hell, when was the last time Shoaib bowled more overs than anybody else in the team?

[His_Excellence_]

No, raz...all thanks to that mop on his head...it's distracting for the batsmen!

[Shayan_Sohail]

Bloody hell, when was the last time Shoaib bowled more overs than anybody else in the team?

2nd test?

[Raz]

i feel like crap right now.. shoaib deserved those wickets.. and here is this mop coming around and taking two.. thats just injustice

You just cant please some people can you?! When he doesnt take wicket you complain when he does you complain!!

[Amir_rulez]

is it lunch?

[sars_pal]

ok well we got to get through that session before lunch we have to face 20 mins or so we need to get through that for no loss

[Cartman]

he is an idiot.. im not happy because this means he will stick around for a few more tests. ..

lucky tailenders should not count while doing performance appraisal..

[His_Excellence_]

dude! raz...it's all jokes man...well not really but jeez stop taking anything about sami so personally...it can't be good for your health!

[Raz]

No, raz...all thanks to that mop on his head...it's distracting for the batsmen!

Can you please show some respect?!

[nedian21]

Sami Holding will now tell Bob n Inzi see I took more wickets than Shoaib :21:

[nafajafam]

A good session for Pakistan so far. Managed to get England out under 300.
Danish held onto a catch, Sami took wickets... eventful to say the least.

[Big Mac]

2nd test?


If you ignore the guys that bowled more overs then yes, Shoaib bowled more overs than anybody else ;0

[Hash]

we need to get through to lunch without losing a wicket

[MIG]

Sami Holding will now tell Bob n Inzi see I took more wickets than Shoaib :21:

Would he be wrong ? He removed irritating tail enders who could have hung around - credit where due bhaiyo!

[zushy_786]

Would he be wrong ? He removed irritating tail enders who could have hung around - credit where due bhaiyo!

I think Sami to his credit played well to get tailenders out as fast as possible.....Maybe it's time AJ sends the flowers :23:

[pacman]

Well, this isn't that bad at all, actually very good. Pakistan are not going to face the new ball in early morning conditions, even not tomorrow. And they only allowed England to score 40 runs for those 2 wickets today. I think they will be very satisfied. Now they need to get a good start, just play untill lunch for no wicket.

[CrickFan]

Now starts the real battle - Will Pakistani batsmen (without Afridi and Younus ) be able to stand up to English pace attack .. how many times will Inzy come to the rescue ..

[His_Excellence_]

respect? what has he done lately to deserve my respect? or anyone else's except for yours.
admit it...the BIG secret's out Raz, sami is...undeserving of his spot in the test squad. it doesn't matter how many undeserving wickets he picks up...he's one of the worst test bowlers around today...and his existence in the team is keeping promising, and talented youngsters out of the team...so yeah...he's not worthy of anything...he's a waste of space really, and that doesn't deserve respect...that deserves the axe!

[CrickFan]

Pakpassionwalon ..muhjey bahut darr lag rahaa hai

[His_Excellence_]

having said that, those were two very good balls by sami. good job!

[mulan]

Can you please show some respect?! Uhhh...here? You're kidding yourself, right?

[badxhah]

agaonizing 20 mins of play bef4 lunch for pakistan

[Hash]

fikar naa karo crickfan bhai

Pakistan will win this match

[Cartman]

im back guys.. i was just paying respect to sami in the toilet.. so what did i miss?

[nedian21]

he is an idiot.. im not happy because this means he will stick around for a few more tests. ..

lucky tailenders should not count while doing performance appraisal..


exactly. Sami fans who are now relieved that their wonder boy has taken 2 wkts in 2 ball are proving they dont know anything abt test cricket. going through scorecard Sami has taken 1 more wkt than Shaoib which doesnt mean he has bowled better than Shoaib.

[Officer Barbrady]

Do they have enough on the board?

[deviously~fading~away]

Anybody else start celebrating when the ball was in the air and then crap their pants when they realised Kaneria was the fielder under it?

same here BG, :D

[nedian21]

Pakpassionwalon ..muhjey bahut darr lag rahaa hai


jo darr gaya samjhoo marr gaya :19:

[CrickFan]

fikar naa karo crickfan bhai

Pakistan will win this match

Inshallah ..if that does happen .. I will send you sweets wherever you are .

[Hash]

gulab jaman plz

[Farah]

Malik out!

Farah

[Amir_rulez]

damn it.

[sars_pal]

what a stupid shot from Malik!!! we didnt need to lose a wicket right before lunch

[Big Mac]

I am a massive fan of Kamal but he's being wasted at number 3, this could all end in tears

[Amir_rulez]

awfully played.

[badxhah]

Maik pagal hai kia

[nafajafam]

Malik gives an easy catch. bad shot. 1-1 Pakistan

[deviously~fading~away]

And malik leaves

[Invictus]

Fellas relax. Just be happy that those pesky tailenders did'nt hang around it does'nt matter who picked the wickets. Like I said before stats dont mean jack. Shoaib bowled much better then Sami all day today and yesterday. No one who saw the game can argue otherwise but the stats dont say that right. Just be balanced in your views stats are just that stats they dont paint the whole picture and more often then not they are misleading.

[Cartman]

hey farah. we know ur name is farah.. why do u have to keep putting it at the end of every post?

****.. mallik is gone!

[nafajafam]

Yousuf should come at 3

[offstump]

what a crappy shot by malik he looked like he was goona cry

[Officer Barbrady]

Kamal walks in, not the sort you'd want in this situation. Things not looking very good here.

[catwoman]

What the f??!?! :12: :12: :12: :12: :12:

[Raz]

Whats with playing uppishly against a new ball?!

[sars_pal]

phew we off and running

[zushy_786]

Whats with playing uppishly against a new ball?!

He was trying to hit it over the fielders but stupid shot...

[His_Excellence_]

"Malik out!
Farah"

is she typing her posts to herself?

[Invictus]

Come on Asim time to play one of your patent long ugly inning.

[Farah]

hey farah. we know ur name is farah.. why do u have to keep putting it at the end of every post?

****.. mallik is gone!


Will try not to :22:

[Cartman]

asim is not out


Farah



butt scored a couple



Farah




I am typing like Farah



Farah












yawn

[Cartman]

i was just kidding babe.. its all good

Farah

[sars_pal]

ok doesnt matter if we dont acore another run b4 lunch lets just not lose any more poles

[nafajafam]

Pakistan 1-1.

[nedian21]

Yusuf shd be at number 3. As Rameez said Pakistan have exposed 3 young and inexperienced players at top 3 position.

koi ab isay chup karayay yar. now he is saying it will be huge interesting to see what Pakistan young batting line up will do when Inzi fails

[Farah]

Nice four by Salman

[CrickFan]

Asim "scapegoat" Kamal being forced to face the new bowl - while Inzy and Yousuf choose to stay back - that is called leading from the front .. In my book .. Inzy the great batsman will always remain an avg captain who always lacked courage

[Officer Barbrady]

rameez wants Asim as opener.

[nafajafam]

good shot by butt for 4

[nafajafam]

Asim "scapegoat" Kamal being forced to face the new bowl - while Inzy and Yousuf choose to stay back - that is called leading from the front .. In my book .. Inzy the great batsman will always remain an avg captain who always lacked courage

he wont be losing much sleep.

[mulan]

and once again Malik's bowling will get him a place in the next test series...

if he passes his test, that is...

[nafajafam]

ramiz and waqar wearing matching clothes.

[deviously~fading~away]

and we are off, good thing is Eng scored 288 not 400

[Cartman]

man that guy ramiz is wearing a nice tie and shirt..