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it's good to see u started likeing the younge talent of pakistan
good going now u on the track2nd Test: England vs Pakistan at Birmingham, Aug 06-10, 2010
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it's good to see u started likeing the younge talent of pakistan
good going now u on the track
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why Pak's test dress is pale yellow white ? It should be Ultra bright white (Safed, Chitta).
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Salman Butt plays down Pietersen ‘wicket’ incident
BIRMINGHAM: Salman Butt played down the latest potential flashpoint between England and Pakistan after Kevin Pietersen was given a controversial reprieve in the second Test at Edgbaston.
Pietersen, who hasn’t made a Test hundred in some 17 months, was on 41 when he backed away as Mohammad Asif ran into bowl, indicating he wasn’t ready to face the delivery.
But, with Asif in delivery stride, the ball was let go and Pietersen, bizarrely, played a casual drive that lobbed gently into the air.
In an innings where the tourists dropped six catches, Pakistan captain Butt held an easy chance at mid-off and appealed.
However, South African umpire Marais Erasmus insisted he had called dead ball, rendering the catch invalid.
Pakistan, in common with many spectators, did not appear to have either heard Erasmus, standing in only his third Test, or seen his signal.
However, if Erasmus had called dead ball before Pietersen played his shot, he could not have been given out.
Butt argued his case with Erasmus and, just briefly, the spectre of the Oval Test of 2006, where Pakistan forfeited the match having been penalised by the umpires for ball-tampering, loomed large over Edgbaston.
Pietersen went on to make 80 – eight more than Pakistan’s meagre first innings 72 – in a total of 251.
At stumps, Pakistan were 19 for one in their second innings, needing a further 160 to make England bat again and avoid an innings defeat that would leave them 2-0 down in this four-match series.
Before the close, Butt was out for a duck but nevertheless was in conciliatory mood when it came to the ‘reprieve’ of Pietersen, who in any event was dropped three times in his innings.
“That’s what I’ve been told by the umpire, that he called it before the actual shot was played so it becomes not out that way. That’s what the umpire told me,” Butt told reporters.
“We had a point and we made it to him but that was the reply.”
Pietersen insisted he’d been distracted by fellow South Africa born batsman Jonathan Trott, the non-striker.
“Trotty walked in from a widish mid-off position. He said he was swatting away flies or bees – there were a lot of them out there today – and he walked in at a brisk pace across the wicket.” Pietersen said.
“I thought he was going to walk straight across, so I pulled away.
“The umpire shouted dead ball, but the ball sort of followed me. Instinctively, I played at it – I probably shouldn’t have, and I apologise if I caused any issues.”
Butt, contrasting his fortunes with those of Pietersen, said: “Batsmen, it’s only a one ball game for us and if you get a good one there’s not much we can do. If we are lucky it might pass without edging, sometimes it doesn’t carry.
“I think all the luck was with KP today,” he added with a smile. —Agencies
BIRMINGHAM: Salman Butt played down the latest potential flashpoint between England and Pakistan after Kevin Pietersen was given a controversial reprieve in the second Test at Edgbaston.
Pietersen, who hasn’t made a Test hundred in some 17 months, was on 41 when he backed away as Mohammad Asif ran into bowl, indicating he wasn’t ready to face the delivery.
But, with Asif in delivery stride, the ball was let go and Pietersen, bizarrely, played a casual drive that lobbed gently into the air.
In an innings where the tourists dropped six catches, Pakistan captain Butt held an easy chance at mid-off and appealed.
However, South African umpire Marais Erasmus insisted he had called dead ball, rendering the catch invalid.
Pakistan, in common with many spectators, did not appear to have either heard Erasmus, standing in only his third Test, or seen his signal.
However, if Erasmus had called dead ball before Pietersen played his shot, he could not have been given out.
Butt argued his case with Erasmus and, just briefly, the spectre of the Oval Test of 2006, where Pakistan forfeited the match having been penalised by the umpires for ball-tampering, loomed large over Edgbaston.
Pietersen went on to make 80 – eight more than Pakistan’s meagre first innings 72 – in a total of 251.
At stumps, Pakistan were 19 for one in their second innings, needing a further 160 to make England bat again and avoid an innings defeat that would leave them 2-0 down in this four-match series.
Before the close, Butt was out for a duck but nevertheless was in conciliatory mood when it came to the ‘reprieve’ of Pietersen, who in any event was dropped three times in his innings.
“That’s what I’ve been told by the umpire, that he called it before the actual shot was played so it becomes not out that way. That’s what the umpire told me,” Butt told reporters.
“We had a point and we made it to him but that was the reply.”
Pietersen insisted he’d been distracted by fellow South Africa born batsman Jonathan Trott, the non-striker.
“Trotty walked in from a widish mid-off position. He said he was swatting away flies or bees – there were a lot of them out there today – and he walked in at a brisk pace across the wicket.” Pietersen said.
“I thought he was going to walk straight across, so I pulled away.
“The umpire shouted dead ball, but the ball sort of followed me. Instinctively, I played at it – I probably shouldn’t have, and I apologise if I caused any issues.”
Butt, contrasting his fortunes with those of Pietersen, said: “Batsmen, it’s only a one ball game for us and if you get a good one there’s not much we can do. If we are lucky it might pass without edging, sometimes it doesn’t carry.
“I think all the luck was with KP today,” he added with a smile. —Agencies
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Good luck Pakistan for today. Bowl well. Youngsters did well. Slap in the face for the English who were boasting to win in 3 days. It would have been a lot easier without the dropped catches and kp scored 80 when he should've been out for 3 or something
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Inspiring Zulqarnain gives Pakistan belief
He was on a king pair and without technology would have gone down in the record books for the wrong reasons, but Pakistan's debutant keeper turned into a hero
Nagraj Gollapudi at Edgbaston
August 8, 2010
Belief. Goddamn belief. Where have you been hiding all this while? Pakistan might well ask that question after a day in which Zulqarnain Haider, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Amir played like the most cocksure men in the world. They showed the necessary arrogance to stand up to England, and coupled that with a self-confidence that irritated, frustrated and exhausted in equal measure. By the close Pakistan had done the unthinkable: they had batted a whole day for the first time this summer.
It would have been ridiculous to entertain such a notion in the morning. The other prediction - that Graeme Swann would bowl rather more than his series quota of two overs - came to fruition fast and quick as the best offspinner of the moment deceived Pakistan's specialist batsmen with stunning flight and turn. By lunch, Salman Butt was already pondering what new reasons he could offer for another shameful fold-up. Once again the young and old in the Pakistan top- and middle-order had played aimlessly, flopping into a discarded heap like dirty laundry.
But then came Zulqarnain and Co. who refused to be hung out to dry on the line. After technology spared him the ignominy of a king pair on debut, Zulqarnain steeled himself for whatever England could threw at him for the rest of the afternoon. And let's not fool ourselves. The real story wasn't about how he rose above his debutant nerves. The real story was of how he lorded it over England's bowling. Along with Amir for the 90-odd minutes after lunch, and the next couple of hours in the company of Ajmal, he forced Strauss into a complete re-think of his tactics.
Remember England had one foot squarely on Pakistan's throat already. So something extraordinary was needed to get them off the canvas. But Zulqarnain did something clever. He sensed the bowlers were attacking him but he needed to get back on top. Against Swann he took guard slightly outside leg stump to take lbw out of the equation, as Swann attacked his pads from around the stumps. At other times he was seen walking up the pitch a few yards to face down James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Nothing dents a fast bowler's ego more than a batsman charging him with such impudence. Both gave him a 'don't-you-dare-do-that' stare immediately. He out-stared them.
Even Strauss, at first slip, was rattled. What helped Zulqarnain was Amir's dead-batted defiance at the other end. And whenever Zulqarnain tried to do something silly, it was the 18-year-old Amir who slapped him on his wrists. Ajmal did the same later. Like a nagging pair of parents, the duo protected the newcomer from getting carried away. The three amigos understood patience was key and the only way to push back the enemy.
The other aim was to tire the opposition and make them do things that they would not normally attempt. Like placing two fielders in the deep behind square as Steve Finn mechanically tried to knock Ajmal's block off with bouncers but ended up wasting them. It proved to be a futile tactic as Ajmal grew confident and even notched his own maiden half-century.
Zulqarnian said later he was playing with the psyche of his opponents. It was working. Naively Broad threw back a ball in disgust at him, and earned himself a date with the match referee. Anderson was chirping constantly at the Pakistan wicketkeeper from mid-on, but was just wasting his breath. At times when the situation got out of hand, the Pakistanis were not afraid to have a go at the hosts. Ajmal was seen walking up towards Strauss, asking the England captain to mind his own business. Strauss walked, head down, towards the other end.
Situations such as today's are when a cricketer reveals his character. Zulqarnain, who was picked ahead of Kamran Akmal, could not properly celebrate his debut because his father was in a coma in hospital after contracting Hepatitis C. Syed Raza Haider only regained consciousness on the day the tour selectors picked his son in the team for the second Test. But today the senior Haider watched his son's stoic battle with the English from the hospital bed on TV. He would've been proud of Zulqarnain keeping his head high throughout.
It was double joy for Zulqarnain as the four that got him his maiden fifty also took Pakistan past England and put them into the lead. A more important stat came at the end of the day. In their last 15 Tests over the last two years, Pakistan have batted for 100-plus overs in an innings only five times. It is a damning indictment of their ever-failing top-order. But by the end of the day Pakistan had batted for more overs than in any other Test in 2010.
All three of their lower-order batsmen showed a distinct quality which was sorely missing from the specialists: Zulqarnain, Amir and Ajmal showed the hunger to stay at the crease. They took the blows, the opposition taunts, and battled the pitch and the conditions with a poker face permanently in place. England hated being dominated in such a manner.
"Frustrations arise from the fact that all through the series we have taken wickets at regular intervals and very quick and very easily almost. So when two guys apply themselves that is when our standards drop. But all credit to Pakistan," Swann said of Pakistan's fightback. He even admitted that watching his opposite number Ajmal get his half-century gave "perverse pleasure".
Butt, grim faced on the previous evening, was all smiles today and said he and the other batsmen has a lot to learn from the lower-order today. "It is remarkable the way he played," he said of Zulqarnain. "And he has shown us all that if you are willing to stay there and take the pain there is surely gain."
For the first time this series, Pakistan played proper Test cricket today. They tested England's patience and came out on top. Pakistan might not win the Test, but this particular battle belonged entirely to them.
Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo
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He was on a king pair and without technology would have gone down in the record books for the wrong reasons, but Pakistan's debutant keeper turned into a hero
Nagraj Gollapudi at Edgbaston
August 8, 2010
Belief. Goddamn belief. Where have you been hiding all this while? Pakistan might well ask that question after a day in which Zulqarnain Haider, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Amir played like the most cocksure men in the world. They showed the necessary arrogance to stand up to England, and coupled that with a self-confidence that irritated, frustrated and exhausted in equal measure. By the close Pakistan had done the unthinkable: they had batted a whole day for the first time this summer.
It would have been ridiculous to entertain such a notion in the morning. The other prediction - that Graeme Swann would bowl rather more than his series quota of two overs - came to fruition fast and quick as the best offspinner of the moment deceived Pakistan's specialist batsmen with stunning flight and turn. By lunch, Salman Butt was already pondering what new reasons he could offer for another shameful fold-up. Once again the young and old in the Pakistan top- and middle-order had played aimlessly, flopping into a discarded heap like dirty laundry.
But then came Zulqarnain and Co. who refused to be hung out to dry on the line. After technology spared him the ignominy of a king pair on debut, Zulqarnain steeled himself for whatever England could threw at him for the rest of the afternoon. And let's not fool ourselves. The real story wasn't about how he rose above his debutant nerves. The real story was of how he lorded it over England's bowling. Along with Amir for the 90-odd minutes after lunch, and the next couple of hours in the company of Ajmal, he forced Strauss into a complete re-think of his tactics.
Remember England had one foot squarely on Pakistan's throat already. So something extraordinary was needed to get them off the canvas. But Zulqarnain did something clever. He sensed the bowlers were attacking him but he needed to get back on top. Against Swann he took guard slightly outside leg stump to take lbw out of the equation, as Swann attacked his pads from around the stumps. At other times he was seen walking up the pitch a few yards to face down James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Nothing dents a fast bowler's ego more than a batsman charging him with such impudence. Both gave him a 'don't-you-dare-do-that' stare immediately. He out-stared them.
Even Strauss, at first slip, was rattled. What helped Zulqarnain was Amir's dead-batted defiance at the other end. And whenever Zulqarnain tried to do something silly, it was the 18-year-old Amir who slapped him on his wrists. Ajmal did the same later. Like a nagging pair of parents, the duo protected the newcomer from getting carried away. The three amigos understood patience was key and the only way to push back the enemy.
The other aim was to tire the opposition and make them do things that they would not normally attempt. Like placing two fielders in the deep behind square as Steve Finn mechanically tried to knock Ajmal's block off with bouncers but ended up wasting them. It proved to be a futile tactic as Ajmal grew confident and even notched his own maiden half-century.
Zulqarnian said later he was playing with the psyche of his opponents. It was working. Naively Broad threw back a ball in disgust at him, and earned himself a date with the match referee. Anderson was chirping constantly at the Pakistan wicketkeeper from mid-on, but was just wasting his breath. At times when the situation got out of hand, the Pakistanis were not afraid to have a go at the hosts. Ajmal was seen walking up towards Strauss, asking the England captain to mind his own business. Strauss walked, head down, towards the other end.
Situations such as today's are when a cricketer reveals his character. Zulqarnain, who was picked ahead of Kamran Akmal, could not properly celebrate his debut because his father was in a coma in hospital after contracting Hepatitis C. Syed Raza Haider only regained consciousness on the day the tour selectors picked his son in the team for the second Test. But today the senior Haider watched his son's stoic battle with the English from the hospital bed on TV. He would've been proud of Zulqarnain keeping his head high throughout.
It was double joy for Zulqarnain as the four that got him his maiden fifty also took Pakistan past England and put them into the lead. A more important stat came at the end of the day. In their last 15 Tests over the last two years, Pakistan have batted for 100-plus overs in an innings only five times. It is a damning indictment of their ever-failing top-order. But by the end of the day Pakistan had batted for more overs than in any other Test in 2010.
All three of their lower-order batsmen showed a distinct quality which was sorely missing from the specialists: Zulqarnain, Amir and Ajmal showed the hunger to stay at the crease. They took the blows, the opposition taunts, and battled the pitch and the conditions with a poker face permanently in place. England hated being dominated in such a manner.
"Frustrations arise from the fact that all through the series we have taken wickets at regular intervals and very quick and very easily almost. So when two guys apply themselves that is when our standards drop. But all credit to Pakistan," Swann said of Pakistan's fightback. He even admitted that watching his opposite number Ajmal get his half-century gave "perverse pleasure".
Butt, grim faced on the previous evening, was all smiles today and said he and the other batsmen has a lot to learn from the lower-order today. "It is remarkable the way he played," he said of Zulqarnain. "And he has shown us all that if you are willing to stay there and take the pain there is surely gain."
For the first time this series, Pakistan played proper Test cricket today. They tested England's patience and came out on top. Pakistan might not win the Test, but this particular battle belonged entirely to them.
Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo
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Look at Haider face... yummy yummy come here u lil ball....... lol
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Moin bhai lagata hai meri baat sach honay ke marahil se guzar rahi hai........we are winning definitely and winning the series as well
Dekhte hain jee.... abhi bhi England strong position mein hy... Waise Zulqarnain aur Ajmal ne hamein innings defeat se bacha lia... Credit goes to them...
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Pakistan can hope for a quick fire 50 from Gul, lead of atleast 150 is required to make a match out of it, otherwise will be a case of just falling short. What is the weather conditions today? anyone knows the forcast? i heard it was going to be overcast and rainy, if its true it gives Asif and Amir a chance to strike few early blows.
Broad fined for throw at Haider
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been fined 50% of his match fee for throwing the ball at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the Edgbaston Test. Broad pleaded guilty to a Level 2 offence and was fined for breaching the section of the ICC Code of Conduct relating to "throwing the ball at or near a player, umpire or official in an inappropriate/and or dangerous manner".
The incident occurred during a defiant seventh-wicket stand between Haider, who made 88, and Mohammad Amir, whose gutsy 16 spanned 117 deliveries. Broad fielded a drive in his followthrough, and petulantly hurled the ball at Haider, striking the player on the shoulder in an incident reminiscent of Simon Jones' misjudged shy at Matthew Hayden during the NatWest one-day series in 2005.
"The actions of Stuart Broad were unacceptable," Ranjan Madugalle, the match referee who imposed the fine, said. "I understand the frustrations of a bowler in the heat of the moment but as an international sportsman one needs to control these emotions whatever may be the situation and always respect the opponent. Stuart, by pleading guilty, realised his mistake and I'm sure he will not repeat the same again."
Apart from a reprimand for sporting excessive logos, Broad - whose father Chris is an ICC match referee - had not been found guilty of a breach of the Code of Conduct until now, despite numerous moments in his three-year Test career when he has sailed close to the wind.
England v Pakistan: Stuart Broad fined for throw at Zulqarnain Haider | Cricket News | England v Pakistan 2010 | Cricinfo.com
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been fined 50% of his match fee for throwing the ball at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the Edgbaston Test. Broad pleaded guilty to a Level 2 offence and was fined for breaching the section of the ICC Code of Conduct relating to "throwing the ball at or near a player, umpire or official in an inappropriate/and or dangerous manner".
The incident occurred during a defiant seventh-wicket stand between Haider, who made 88, and Mohammad Amir, whose gutsy 16 spanned 117 deliveries. Broad fielded a drive in his followthrough, and petulantly hurled the ball at Haider, striking the player on the shoulder in an incident reminiscent of Simon Jones' misjudged shy at Matthew Hayden during the NatWest one-day series in 2005.
"The actions of Stuart Broad were unacceptable," Ranjan Madugalle, the match referee who imposed the fine, said. "I understand the frustrations of a bowler in the heat of the moment but as an international sportsman one needs to control these emotions whatever may be the situation and always respect the opponent. Stuart, by pleading guilty, realised his mistake and I'm sure he will not repeat the same again."
Apart from a reprimand for sporting excessive logos, Broad - whose father Chris is an ICC match referee - had not been found guilty of a breach of the Code of Conduct until now, despite numerous moments in his three-year Test career when he has sailed close to the wind.
England v Pakistan: Stuart Broad fined for throw at Zulqarnain Haider | Cricket News | England v Pakistan 2010 | Cricinfo.com
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Pak bowlers can make it.....
