Asian Test Championship

What the hell is wrong with this team. I spent the whole night sitting up and watching them give away their wickets like candy and now untill nappy time I will be up for about 44 hours before I get any sleep at all. Even if they loose, I want them to give a good fight atleast. This is really depressing. Mofeez, man, where do you get the motivation to do all this after watching what I saw last night.

India is 26 for 1. Lets hope that Tendi doesn`t go wild with his bat tommorrow. I see him comming in early since the nightwatchman will probably depart soon.

And, why the hell did they drop Waqar. In both T1 and T2 he was bowling on tracks that did not favour him. This one might have.

What about this Wajahatullah Wasti. I have never seen him bat before. Is he supposed to be any good.

Well, Pakistan are all out for 185. Moin out at 70. I get the distinct feeling that the Pakistani batsmen threw away their wickets, and that this wicket is a batting track full of runs. My predictions are the India will score over 300 runs at a minimum. Pakistan will be batting again by about the time of tea break on the third day, and will NOT last till the morning of the fifth days play. Should be an exciting run chase by India if Pakistan can set them a target of about 250 runs, in the fourth innings, which i very much doubt at this stage.

I think dropping Waqar & Inzi (that clumsy Oaf due to injury, he hit his head on the roof of the bus and really needs to get into better shape, Gastric pains at his age and all) may have been a mistake. Wajahatullah Wasti & Azhar Mehmood did not perform with the bat at all, so leaving out a strike bowler like Waqar for an all-rounder (A.M)who didn`t perform with the bat in the first innings is now a questionable choice with 20/20 hindsight ofcourse. Mushtaq ofcourse is injured and back in Pakistan. Pakistan is now 171/7 at the drinks break after tea. I see my prediction about Moin Khan coming good has been on the mark. Hope he gets the (his 4th) century i was predicting early on. Batting at 70 now.

About Salim Malik, the less said the better. A shadow of the player he was long ago. Wasim Akram showed how to get runs on this wicket, as did Moin. Getting out was inevitable, Salim should at least have scored an additional 20-30 runs in style considering the number of deliveries he faced. It never seemed that Salim Malik was comfortable at the crease, Moin kept out scoring him.

Oops, I meant Akrama and Shoaib. Waqar is not playing.

Pakistan is 128 for 7 in 58 overs - Moin is 49 not out. If Akram can stick around then Pakistan has a shot for 250 and this will be a game.

What will Akram, Waqar and Shoaib do on a wicket where Srinath and Prasad are unplayable?

With Pakistan now at 59/6 just after the Lunch break with play in full swing, i get the feeling that the entire team must be praying for Moin Khan to score a century. Despite the fact that Salim Malik & Moin Khan have had about equal strikes so far (played 70+ balls each), Malik is not advancing his total at all, just like he played at Delhi. I wonder when, if at all he will open up and play some shots to ease up the pressure. Must be feeling the whole weight of the team/nation is resting upon his shoulders. If he fails, he won`t be forgiven and will be remembered only as a has been test washout, dropped unceremoniously after this tour ends, although all the younger batsmen have failed as well.

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