Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Pakistan vs Australia 2nd Test 2010: Time and Live Score

Pakistan and Australia are taking on each other on 21 July at the Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds in England in the final test match of the two-match series with both sides looking to win the match. Pakistan needs a victory to level the series, while Australia would look to take their winning streak over Pakistan to 14, and thus, ensuring another series win over the South Asian competitions.

Time

The match kicks off at 09:30 GMT and 10:30 local time. According to Pakistan time, the match begins at 14:30, while Cricket fans in Australia can watch the match from 19:30 (Melbourne and Sydney time), 19:00 (Adelaide time) and 17:30 (Perth time). In the US, the match begins in New York time at 05:30 and in California time at 02:30.

Live Score

To get the live score of the match, visit the following link:

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/scores/live.html

Pakistan is under huge pressure after losing the Lord’s test. The retirement of captain Shahid Afridi following their 150-run defeat did not help them in this cause either. Salman Butt, the new captain, is now left with a huge task to carry on, and so with a young inexperienced side.

In the absence of Afridi, Shoaib Malik is going to come in, while there is a possibility off spinner Saeed Ajmal could replace experienced leg spinner Danish Kaneria. Kaneria’s performance was not up to the mark at Lord’s, but he is the most experienced member of the squad with 59 test matches to his credit. Ajmal, on the other hand, is severely inexperienced with only 5 test matches to his name.

Moreover, Kaneria’s leg spin along with Shoaib Malik’s off spin could provide much-needed variety to their spin attack. So, playing Kaneria seems to be more justifiable.

Australia, on the other hand, is worried about two injury problems. Pacer Ben Hilfenhaus and batsman Marcus North are currently racing against time to recover from shoulder injury and illness respectively. However, Ponting indicated that both of them would be fit in time to take part in the match. Pacer Peter George and batsman Usman Khawaja could be their probable replacement, if they fail to get over their physical problems in time.

Overall, Pakistan has an inexperienced batting line up, but their pace attack featuring Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif is their main hope. Australia has a balanced squad, but their batsmen could face some tough challenges from the Pakistani bowlers.

2 comments:

  1. Come on Pakis have a go!

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  2. gr8 job pakistan. our hopes r high .lets just do it this time .
    goodluck

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