Match Thread: Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test @ Headingley

[JohnDoe]

Pakistan on top as Aussies crumble for 88 ao in their first innings

Pakistan 148 for 3 (Amim 1*, Umar Akmal 8*) lead Australia 88 (Aamer 3-20, Asif 3-30) by 60 runs

[_Rafi_]

Very impressive bowling from Pakistan again. Now they need to backup their effort by scoring 300+ runs.

[Dilscoop]

Don't get me wrong. I wanna see Paks win this big time. But a shaitan in Kamran Akmal form to blow it all up. Drop 5 catches. Aus win by 200 runs.

Hairay Pakistan.

[JohnDoe]

their bowling has been strong, its their batting which has let em down big time, its the best chance for pakistan to break the 15 year 14 test match loss curse over aussies lol

i think any lead over 150-200 would be helpful, but they should look for the maximum bat the whole of tomorrow and maybe abit of day 3 as well, after all im sure they dont want a repeat of the sydney test

[Ajfar]

OZ all out for 88? I thought I would never live to see this day.

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[cricket_pagol]

Unlike last time, I predict pakistan will win this one.

[Murad]

Only one team can win this came. That is Pakistan!

[Roni_uk]

Aussie lowest score in 27 years. They should be stripped out of their Test status ..

Australia will bounce back in their second innings. Pak will prob have 200 runs of lead. Aus will score 350 ish, giving pakistan 200 to chase and Pak will fail.

[Murad]

^^^ I don't think OZ will be able to score 350ish in the 2nd innings. Pak bowling is super strong.

[Dilscoop]

Think about last series. Condition will be different, pitch will get flat. Teams that can hold the edges will win. Even though the current OZ is weaker, I expect them to turn around. And also with a little help of Pakistani mess up, this will be another good test to watch.

Paks 1st job would be to get around 300 in 1st inn. All depends on Umar Akmal. Malik has to chip in as a sr player.

And how come there is a huge gap between Ban and Pak, even though the team is full of inexperienced and young players? Their board is even more messed up than BCB. They are even more disorganized. Their domestic - idk anything about that, but couldn't be that better than Ban. And why are we always sending our pacers to freakin Indian academies? They barely know how to spell pace. We should be sending them to Pakistan!

[al-Sagar]

FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN IN CRICKET

- aus allout for 88
- great indian batting follows on agaisnt SL
- bangladesh wins against Ireland amidst of two defeats to ireland and netherland

[deshifan]

Awesome bowling !! Gul had always been my favorite bowler. Aamer seems to be learning fast and Asif also is a naturally-gifted swinger. Pakistan need to sort out their batting problem, perhaps by calling Younis and Yousuf back; and the future is brighter.

[Roni_uk]

Originally Posted by Roni_uk
Aussie lowest score in 27 years. They should be stripped out of their Test status ..

Australia will bounce back in their second innings. Pak will prob have 200 runs of lead. Aus will score 350 ish, giving pakistan 200 to chase and Pak will fail.

Originally Posted by Murad
^^^ I don't think OZ will be able to score 350ish in the 2nd innings. Pak bowling is super strong.

I think I am nearly right. Pak could not take a lead of 200, so Aussie does not need to score 350 runs. The way it is going 300 is possible and might just be sufficient.

[al Furqaan]

certainly pak bowling is among the strongest in the world...but just look at how english conditions affect batting scores.

our boys have performed quite admirably if u look at the scores of test matches this english summer. with another 4 tests to go, we should see another 16 scores to see where we stacked up.

[One World]

This is a very good test going on in neutral venue, good for PAK.

[revolver]

pakistan are gone very good now

[Murad]

Originally Posted by Roni_uk
I think I am nearly right. Pak could not take a lead of 200, so Aussie does not need to score 350 runs. The way it is going 300 is possible and might just be sufficient.

5 more wickets needed for Pakistan to win.

[Tiger444]

Hopefully Pakistan wins this match..they are such a talented team and should be doing better..their bowling is so strong..Aamer is definitely gonna turn in to a superstar..what a player..with that kind of bowling troubling the Aussies I could see Pakistan threatening for the #1 spot if they keep it up..their batting really needs to get better though..thats whats really holding them back..like someone said here if Younis and Yousuf come back then that would do a world of good for the team..that could be a very dangerous team then..

[Roni_uk]

Originally Posted by Murad
5 more wickets needed for Pakistan to win.

Australia 300 up .. should add another 20 if not more by the last two wickets.

[al-Sagar]

Australia 88 & 320/9 (89.5 ov)

Pakistan 258

Australia lead by 150 runs with 1 wicket remaining

[al-Sagar]

smith has to do it all himself now ....

[al-Sagar]

lead 177 ....

consec 6 by smith

[al-Sagar]

PAK needs 180 runs to win

[Roni_uk]

Originally Posted by Roni_uk
Aussie lowest score in 27 years. They should be stripped out of their Test status ..

Australia will bounce back in their second innings. Pak will prob have 200 runs of lead. Aus will score 350 ish, giving pakistan 200 to chase and Pak will fail.

Shall I say spot on for Aussie second innings ?

[lamisa]

pakistan should win this one now.they are a very talented bunch and i have always been supporting them after bd but unfortunately they have been quite disappointing.

seems like the great aussie era is reaching a full stop...