Pakistan in England, 2010 : test series vs Australia; Test and ODI series vs England

[saneindian]

inki lagnii chahhiiye is baar enough of domination btw, anyway they will go above india in test rankings after this series?

The ICCrankings predictor says Australia will lose a ranking point even if they were to win this series 1-0. They need to win it 2-0 , to remain where they are!! Anyways, all we need to do to remain at the top is to win the series vs SL, Aus and NZ so that we have enough buffer before the SA test series.

[DomainK]

The ICCrankings predictor says Australia will lose a ranking point even if they were to win this series 1-0. They need to win it 2-0 , to remain where they are!! Anyways, all we need to do to remain at the top is to win the series vs SL, Aus and NZ so that we have enough buffer before the SA test series.

Pakistan is ranked very low for Australia to make any progress on the ranking tables by winning this one. But if they draw or lose, they will take some damage.

[King Tendulkar]

Paks will be thrashed! 20/20 no indicaor whats so ever. Test cricket requires real solid technique and good mental skills. Pak as a nation lacks in the latter!

[Chalks]

In these conditions Pak bowlers will be a handful. As ever, it will be their batting and fielding that will let them down.

[saneindian]

In these conditions Pak bowlers will be a handful. As ever, it will be their batting and fielding that will let them down.

Exactly. Swing and seam is something the Aussie batsmen don't like much. But then even if the Pak bowling attack restricts Aussies, their batting and fielding will come apart agaisnt a superior Aussie attack, especially Bollinger and Hilfenhaus.

[imran666]

we are batter in the bowling department then aussies but usual our batting fielding and retard akmals keeping will let us down ..we only have 4 batsmens who can play aussies bowlers well ..umar akmal salman butt afridi(to some extent) and kamran akmal

[CSK Fan]

we are batter in the bowling department then aussies but usual our batting fielding and retard akmals keeping will let us down ..we only have 4 batsmens who can play aussies bowlers well ..umar akmal salman butt afridi(to some extent) and kamran akmal

How are your bowlers better than Aussies in TESTs? Only Asif has done well. look at aamer's test average. When was the last time Gul performed well in tests? as for your spinners, neither Afridi nor Ajmal are test bowlers and Kaneria is average. the Aussies bowlers on the other hand are gun test players. 20/20 != Tests

[DomainK]

we are batter in the bowling department then aussies but usual our batting fielding and retard akmals keeping will let us down ..we only have 4 batsmens who can play aussies bowlers well ..umar akmal salman butt afridi(to some extent) and kamran akmal

Isn't it interesting how all Pakistan's good qualities come with a "but"? Unless you get rid of that but, that quality you imagine is useless. That but is a futile attempt at justifying lack of performance & results and performance & results are all that matter in the end.

[b555]

Afridi takes charge of volatile Pakistanis http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/12072010/2/cricket-afridi-takes-charge-volatile-pakistanis.html

[bhajji]

afridi taking the charge:haha:

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Katich claims Pakistan could struggle Simon Katich insisted the pressure is all on Pakistan heading into day two of the first Test - despite Australia resuming on 229 for nine. More... Wednesday 14th July 2010 Katich claims Pakistan could struggle Simon Katich insisted the pressure is all on Pakistan heading into day two of the first Test - despite Australia resuming on 229 for nine. Katich and Michael Clarke defied the difficult batting conditions at Lord's to build a 120-run stand as Australia initially recovered from a shaky start. Mohammad Asif then sparked a batting collapse by dismissing Clarke, Katich and Marcus North in the space of seven balls. Australia lost seven wickets for just 57 runs before bad light stopped play. But the overcast conditions are expected to continue and Katich would much rather be in Australia's position, with runs already in the bank. "We know what the game is like and we know that if those conditions stay the same then runs on the board are always a big thing in Test cricket because it is pressure," said Katich. "I am sure a couple of our guys will really enjoy bowling in those conditions with the ball swinging around. They have some inexperience in their batting line-up and they still have to get the runs. "It would have been nice to get more but we have nearly 230 runs in the bank and I dare say that if conditions stay similar, which they might do, then Pakistan will certainly find it difficult as well." Mohammad Aamer dismissed Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting early as Australia slipped to 51 for two before Katich hit 80 and Clarke 47 in a century stand for the third wicket. Asif turned the tables with his triple strike either side of tea before Aamer claimed his third wicket, Danish Kaneria picked up two and Umar Gul the other. Salman Butt urged Pakistan's batsmen to pick up where the bowlers left off and hammer home their advantage when play resumes at 10.30am. Butt, who will be hoping to make a mockery of Katich's words, said: "It was a good first day. It is important after winning the toss and putting them in that you follow it up with the wickets. "Australia got away with a very good partnership but I think the bowlers came back really well and the batting now has to follow up to make it a good day. "That spell from Asif had a huge impact on the game now because that was the time we came back, with those three quick wickets that he took."

[bhanu]

I hope not :two_thumbs_up:

[TheWall]

forget it guys, must have been a slip of the tongue....

[Manny_Pacquiao]

we are batter in the bowling department then aussies

didn't australia declare on pakistan in 4 out of 6 innings during the last test series ? :haha: some bowling attack eh, can't even take 20 wickets. wouldn't surprise me if australia declared tomorrow as well.

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Pakistan face record chase at Lords as Australia press for 13th win This match drifted out of Pakistan's control today; to win it now they will need to score 440 in the fourth innings. More... Tall order for Pakistan after Simon Katich stirs Australia's resistance • Australia 253 & 334, Pakistan 148 & 114-1 • Pakistan need 327 to win with nine wickets remaining Andy Bull at Lord's guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 July 2010 This match drifted out of Pakistan's control today; to win it now they will need to score 440 in the fourth innings. By the close they had trimmed 114 from that, and for the loss of only a single batsman. Wickets had been cheap currency on the first two days, but the pitch has started to flatten out and when the clouds disappeared this afternoon any hint of swing went with them. Bowling became hard enough work to give hope to dreamers everywhere. Still, no team has ever made as many to win a Test batting last. And at this ground only once has a team reached a target of more than 300. Of the two captains, Ricky Ponting will surely sleep better tonight. His team's first task tomorrow will be to get through Salman Butt, who was 58 not out at stumps. Butt's average against Australia is touching fifty now. Against the rest of the world it drops to 27. He tucked into Doug Bollinger, but was far cagier against Ben Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Johnson. If the weather is fair again the onus will fall on the debutant leg-spinner Steve Smith, and not all the Pakistan batsmen will be as unlucky as Imran Farhat. He slapped a fierce pull straight to Shane Watson at midwicket to gift the New South Wales player his first Test wicket. Pakistan's task could have been so much easier. At the start of play they trailed by 205 and needed to take another six wickets. But in those first two hours they managed to bag only one, and that was the nightwatchman Johnson. After lunch their fortunes flickered into life again as Simon Katich (83) and Marcus North (20) fell in the space of three deliveries. With Smith being diddled out lbw by Danish Kaneria for 12 soon after, three wickets had fallen for 20 runs. Australia had a lead of 313 at the time. Two quick wickets and the Test could have become a classic. No such luck for the neutrals. Australia's tail wagged and whatever Pakistan pluck had mustered in that brief burst evaporated as the sun came out for the first time in three days. Their struggles to contain Tim Paine were one thing, but the way in which the attack wilted against Hilfenhaus was quite another. The two Tasmanians shared 74 for the ninth wicket, the second-highest stand in the Test so far. In all his 112 innings as a professional – across Twenty20, 50‑over and first‑class cricket – Hilfenhaus had a top score of only 50. Today he made 56 not out. When Shahid Afridi finally removed Paine, who contrived to york himself, he hardly bothered to celebrate. Hilfenhaus then went on to add another 52 for the 10th wicket with Bollinger, whose 21 was also a Test best. Oh, the ignominy of it all for Afridi. He has had a poor three days in his first Test as Pakistan's captain. The backdrop to today's play was an ugly allegation that one of his team had cursed at the match referee Chris Broad on the first day. Broad had arrived at the Pakistan dressing room after play to have a quiet word with Mohammad Aamer about a mid-pitch collision with Ponting, and the story goes that Pakistan were understandably incensed that Broad had not spoken to Ponting as well. Broad himself denied that anyone swore, and the brouhaha blew over. Katich proved to be a far-less-fleeting part of the tale of the match. He batted through yesterday morning, bedding in as Johnson hit out at the other end. The loose drive that cost the opener his wicket just after lunch was all the more surprising given the patience he had displayed in getting to 83 from 174 balls, an innings which stretched over more than four hours. Still, he has scored 163 in the Test, more than Pakistan managed in their first innings. His has been the defining contribution. It will take a special innings from Butt to change that.

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Part-timer North proves fatal for Pakistan LONDON (AFP) – Part-time spinner Marcus North stunned record-chasing Pakistan with a maiden six-wicket haul as Australia won the first Test by 150 runs here on Friday. North took six wickets for 55 runs in 18.1 overs as Australia, in the first neutral Test played in England since 1912, won with more than a day to spare. Pakistan chasing a target of 440 that would have surpassed the highest Test fourth innings victory total of 418 for seven made by the West Indies against More...