comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 21 minutes ago
Pakistan A players lost recently v England Lions about a week ago!
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We beat them in the test match but the openers were rubbish.

ODI series was 2-2, we beat them on Sunday.

Mohammad Hafeez in his last 7 Test innings: 17, 4, 6, 20, 10, 9, 0 Total of 66 runs Average of 9.40 .

Cant fathom how he played this test.

Rizwan seems the most consistent from the Pak A team but we all know Shan Masood will get a recall.

Danger of losing this home series unless middle order can do what Haris and Babar did in previous test.

RR 2.38 abysmal, batsmen have gone too defensive.

Yeah gone into block mode. Azhar will be okay with it but Shafiq is more free flowing so this could go either way.

Not a great spectacle, both teams scored at such a terrible rate.

I haven't seen any of the game but I'm guessing there can't be too many demons from the pitch to be batting at such a slow rate.

Hoping to be 150-3 at the close of play, please don't lose any more wickets today!

These wickets have been used a lot recently. 3rd test since October plus a load of T20s and one dayers so the ball is not coming on the bat especially when the ball gets old.

comment by (Kash) I'm the Mane (U1108)
posted 10 minutes ago
These wickets have been used a lot recently. 3rd test since October plus a load of T20s and one dayers so the ball is not coming on the bat especially when the ball gets old.
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thats should be the reason. if Pakistan do not beyond nzl total in first innings , series is gone. Thanks to our openers.

1 run a over

Shafiq 7 off 46, it can't be that hard to bat on this pitch surely!

Hafeez has announced his retirement, should have done before this test.

This was quite an underwhelming day with Pakistan too slow!

comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 29 seconds ago
This was quite an underwhelming day with Pakistan too slow!
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Thats the way the usually play in UAE and with openors gone without doing much, safety first was the policy.

less than 190 runs in a day is a disgrace really

Why 10 people rated this Article 1. decent thread.

Man I wish Pakistan haf an aggressive middle order batsman who could change the course of an innings by scoring quickly and beautiful shot making.Sadly we don't have someone like Rahul Dravid or Younis Khan in our team.

comment by Pakistan till I die (U10140)
posted 45 minutes ago
Hafeez has announced his retirement, should have done before this test.
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best news I’ve head d all day

Our openers are useless 95% of the time.

Dravid was an aggressive batsman?

comment by Pakistan till I die (U10140)
posted about an hour ago
Why 10 people rated this Article 1. decent thread.
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Our good friends next door love to greet us with one starts

T L L L he was great at manouvering the ball for singles,twos and threes and he was a wonderful hitter of square cuts and could drive the ball beautifully again and again.

comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 12 minutes ago
T L L L he was great at manouvering the ball for singles,twos and threes and he was a wonderful hitter of square cuts and could drive the ball beautifully again and again.
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He had a strike rate of 40, hardly an aggressive batsman. His nickname was 'the wall' for a reason.

Yes TJ but he was much more aggressive than you thinj as statistics can mislead you.You can gauge Hafi's ridiculous opinion regarding stats and football.