Pakistan v South Africa, 2nd Test, Lahore, Oct 8-12

Inzi's average dips below 50. He needs 23* or 73 in the second dig to end up with the 50 average.

Boucher gets his 400th dismissal.

206 ao.

SA off to a flier, 0/11 in 2 overs.

Their total lead goes upto 162. I think any score of 250+ would be hard to chase on this pitch.

If SA wins this series 2-0, Pak would fall below NZ at no.7 in test rankings and SA will join Ind and SL at joint 3rd slot.

Jebus! Hoped for a better match than this. ATM Saf are running away with it. Why's Asif not picking up loads?

Batfink Begins wrote:Why's Asif not picking up loads?

Because the drugs don't work, they just make him worse, but I know I'll sit on your face again.

Dello wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:Why's Asif not picking up loads?

Because the drugs don't work, they just make him worse, but I know I'll sit on your face again.

Sa looking good for 2-0 in pakistan, wonder what the odds were like for that pre series?

Pak has taken 2 SA wickets till tea, SA leads by 217 runs, with 8 wickets in hand.

119/2 at drinks. 270 lead. That's plenty. Will probably just bat for quite a while.

I think SA will bat atleast till lunch tomorrow.

SG wrote:I think SA will bat atleast till lunch tomorrow.

Yeah, possible 420 lead. 5 sessions to bowl out Pak.

As they are 1-0 up i think they will bat past lunch on day 4 if they can.

probably half an hour before tea on day 4 if they can.

please don't yell wrote:As they are 1-0 up i think they will bat past lunch on day 4 if they can.

probably half an hour before tea on day 4 if they can.

That's a good point I suppose. I was going to say get out attacking, but that would make SA unlike the snoozies which is preposterous.

They'll go for as many as they can get . . . average building for Kallis.

Didn't Bgrade claim Pakistan was the best team in the world a few months back?

Salman Butt now says that Pak spinners and umpires are responsible for Pak's state in this series.

Remind me how many has Pak scored in their first innings of this test?

But they've got to be aggressive and attacking, you see? (Butt's words, and not mine )

SG wrote:Salman Butt now says that Pak spinners and umpires are responsible for Pak's state in this series.

Pakistani player in complaining about umpires shock.

How are the umpires to blame for Pak's state in this series? SA has copped more bad decisions than Pak have. Unless he thinks the rules have been changed so that batsmen absolutely must be given out when Kamran Akmal appeals, in which case SA should've been dismissed 54 times in this series already.

12th test ton for Smith, SA's lead swells upto 362.

This ton has come after 2.5 years and 33 innings of drought for Smith.

Here is what Butt has to say,

Surprisingly, perhaps, given just how much Pakistan have been dominated, Butt chose to criticise umpiring decisions as one of the reasons for the situation. "There have been a few decisions where I feel we were unlucky. I think [Mohammad] Yousuf was not out yesterday and when you get one such decision against your premier batsman it does affect you."

A recurrence of an elbow injury to Mohammad Asif compounded a miserable day for Pakistan. Already burdened with a light, unbalanced attack, Asif left the field after bowling only four overs leaving Pakistan with three frontline bowlers, two of whom are spinners.

"We're missing Asif now, but the plan was to prepare spinning wickets," Butt said. "Maybe our spinners didn't bowl to expectations.

Was Yousuf unlucky in his 1st innings?

SG wrote:This ton has come after 2.5 years and 33 innings of drought for Smith.

Shows how crap the 'stanis are.