Azhar Ali and Taufeeq Umar steady http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s ship
The youngster Azhar Ali and opener Taufeeq Umar combined together to assemble a resilient partnership of 117 runs to anchor Pakistan to a somewhat reliable position on Day 3 at lunch. As a result, the home team registered a score line of 129/2.
Pakistan fought hard on the third day of the 2nd Test match at Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium as the batsman engineered their way by negating the Styen- Morkel combo effect with the red cherry in the first hour.
Umar resisted the first spell as he showed a decent technique to counter the early movement that was posed by the new ball bowlers. In the process, the left hander’s dismissal on a score of 43 left the door open for the South Africans to come back into the
game.
The highlight of the Pakistan innings was Azhar Ali as he struck a well-made 75 runs at a decent pace, considering the fast bowlers were spitting venom in the first half of the play. Ali combined defense with his full array of stroke play to anchor his team
to a competent position in the first session.
Moreover, the right hand batsman with his consistency has been a prime example for his young countrymen, especially for youngsters like Umar Akmal, who displayed his talent immediately by scoring a century on his debut but lost his touch by playing erratically,
afterwards.
The talented right hander took on the formidable Proteas attack as he resisted the opening burst by Morkel and Styen with attacking stroke play. Morkel did hurt his thumb in the first match and he tried to do so again, but Ali was up-to the task as he stroked
three cracking pull shots in response to rubbish short-pitch bowling.
For South African Bowlers, it has been a worthy morning, though they only managed a single wicket in the process, they certainly posed a few questions to the opposition batsmen.
Jacques Kallis the man with the golden arm proved, once again as he dismissed the left hander to break the resisted 2nd-wicket partnership. Kallis bowled a surprise bouncer, which got big on Taufeeq as he miscued a pull shot, which landed in the
safe hands of Amla at Square-leg.
Previously, Pakistan started off their innings in a poor manner as the opener Mohammad Hafeez fell on the third ball of the first over. The overnight batsmen for Pakistan added 57 runs, until bad light stopped the play.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 with his double century powered his team to a daunting total of 584 runs to put the opposition under pressure. In addition, the right hander’s remarkable 278-run innings is the highest individual score by a South African player.
Pakistan has to bat as long as possible, if they want to save this Test match. Right now, the visitors seem to be in a commanding position as the opposition trail by 455 runs with 8 wickets to play.
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