Rehman (2nd L) is congratulated after dismissing England's Eoin Morgan. -Photo by Reuters
ABU DHABI: Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career best 6-25 to help Pakistan humble England by 72 runs in the second Test here on Saturday, to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The 31-year-old twice took two wickets in successive overs to dent England’s chase after they were set a 145-run target on a weary fourth day Abu Dhabi Stadium pitch, bowling them out for 72 – their lowest against Pakistan in all Tests.
Rehman’s effort overshadowed Monty Panesar’s 6-62, in his first Test for 30 months, which finished Pakistan’s second innings at 214 in the morning.
This is England’s first series defeat after being unbeaten in their previous nine since their loss to the West Indies in early 2009 — a sequence which saw them rise to world number one in the Test rankings in August last year.
Pakistan won the first Test in Dubai by ten wickets. The third Test will also be played in Dubai from February 3.
Skipper Misbah-ul Haq said Pakistan wanted to make a match out of it after setting a tricky target.
“We knew that it would be difficult so we wanted to make a match out of it,” said Misbah, who has now won eight Tests with one defeat since taking over in October 2010.
“Our bowlers led by Rehman responded well and this is a great win.”Strauss showed his disappointment at the woeful effort.
“It’s pretty disappointing,” said Strauss, whose side last lost two Tests in a row against South Africa in July 2008.
“We must acknowledge how well Pakistan bowled and they thoroughly deserved the series win.”Rehman was ably assisted by off-spinners Saeed Ajmal (3-22) and Mohammad Hafeez (1-11) in a match which saw spinners dominate from the first day.
England lost their top four batsmen in the space of just 37 balls after an extra cautious start on a difficult pitch.
England captain Andrew Strauss topscored with 32 before he became one of Rehman’s victims during his maiden five-wicket haul.
In the penultimate over before tea, Rehman trapped Kevin Pietersen (one) and two balls later bowled Eoin Morgan (nought) to raise hopes of an unlikely win for Pakistan.
Sensing they could only upset their rivals through early wickets, Pakistan opened the bowling with off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez who responded well by catching Alastair Cook (seven) off his own bowling after England had edged cautiously to 21 by the 15th over.
Bell, promoted to number three after Jonathan Trott was unwell, was all at sea against master spinner Ajmal and his tentative push went through his legs to hit the stumps. He made only three.
Pietersen, who has been woefully out of form making just 16 runs in the series, managed one before Rehman trapped him and in the same over had the equally out of form Morgan bowled to dent England’s hopes of a victory.
Rehman then accounted for Trott (one) and Stuart Broad (nought) in the same over to leave England 7-68.
Ajmal dismissed Graeme Swann (nought) and Matt Prior (18) to complete his 100 Test wickets in his 19th match before Anderson was caught off Rehman to give Pakistan a sensational win.
England’s previous lowest against Pakistan was 130 — made on two occasions at The Oval in 1954 and Lahore in 1987.
Earlier, Pakistan lost their last six wickets with the addition of 89 runs after resuming at 125-4, with all hopes pinned on Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq.
Panesar took three of those wickets to finish with his eighth five-wicket haul in Tests.
Azhar Ali (68) and Asad Shafiq (43) added 88 for the fifth wicket before Panesar struck.
But England’s decision to take the second new ball as soon as it was due paid rich dividends as Anderson removed the dangerman Ali with a sharp rising delivery which caught the edge and was caught behind by Prior.
Broad then had Adnan Akmal (13) caught by Strauss in the slips off an ambitious drive in the next over as Pakistan wilted.
Rehman (10) and Ajmal (17) added an invaluable 36 for the eighth wicket before Panesar wrapped up the innings by taking the last two wickets.
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A win for the sub-continent. Remember the game of cricket came from England.
Excellent performance by Pakistan. Outstanding Test cricket with the utmost of discipline and precision. Pakistan almost always has had the most talented team and hopefully from now on, they can be a bit more consistent. Watching my Indian team, it will be a long time before we can get our house in order. For now, Pakistan have the right people at the right places and will surely be a force to reckon with.
Congratz fr green shrts fr just being superb but i m actually wsiting for english media to raise some new scandle about the pakistan team… As they r in the habit of doing so!
M not pakistani and you guys dont know how much we celebrate last nite… it was like dream. it was like real pakistan… love you all… just one more time do the same just one more time i wanna jump in my room. your victory is a life saving drug for me…
so save me
Congrats to all who contributed towards this remarkable success. Thanks for providing the entertainment.
Fantastic!
Wonderful comments by all. Nothing more I can add. Good to see India and Pak fans having positive exchanges. No one responded to Ali regarding the article heading. Ali its spelt that way to highlight Rehman’s performance. Hence REHMArkable.
Wins like these always have very special meanings for expats like us but more importantly being a sports-lover what I like to say is winning & loosing is part of the game. The encouraging bit is the fact that sincere level of efforts r witnessed in the team. For that, we should be thankful to the judgement of 3 offenders which set now everyone else to focus hard on their core job. The Lesson: Punish every corrupt & crook hard & let the real beauty of the nation emerge shine &bright.
Congrats Green Team…. well played.
Now the hard decision have to make by PCB
whom will be the coach. I think Mohsin Hasan Khan should be given the permanent position as a coach of Pakistan Cricket Team.
Dawn can start polling to get the reviews form the people of Pakistan about the coach.
Little request from PCB chairman Mr. Zaka Ashraf.
Please stick with the current team do not do drastic changes, just for the sake of favoritism.
Rehman-kable indeed!
well done boys…you are the pride of pakistan…pakistan zindabaad
love the way pak team thrashed england. amazing spin bowling. congrats to pak team.
It is a remarkable win. Pak has shown the power of determination & the result is before us. Now it is the duty of the officials of PCB to reward them & keep them encouraging. There shouldn’t be much changes in the team as the present team is promising’
Well never been rased to take REVENGE but this was SWEET REVENGE.. i still remember statement from some player “they been after us(english) for long time “…… take that to Ian bottom, Nassier Hussain and Bob Sore Willies ohhhh more pain coming your way
OUTSTANDING rather more than OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE and VICTORY this is by our SHAHEENS. It has made us raise our heads with proud and glory in the cricketing world rather in whole of the world. Perhaps English media might b in struggle to nullify PAkistan because they have the nature of jealousy. I think they should b shameful of their past efforts to demoralize our glory and vigilance.
Thats a pun on Rehman. Genius
Well done boys. You have given a fantastic boost to the nation’s morale. You really deserve the best.
Pakistan Zindabad. Miisbah for President! Misbah for Prime Minister. Today can be etched in the history of Pakistan cricket. Congratulations Pakistan.
Wonderful victory- I awoke on a Sunday morning to hear the news of this great victory. Well done Pakistan.
Congratulations! Hard work always pays off! Great Team work. Give Mohsin full time job. Mohsin-Misbah chemistry is working well.
Who is number 1?
Ratings are deceptive.
How can quality be quantified?
You made us proud, in this time of desperation when there is nothing good about our country. Let us celebrate and thanks to ALLAH and thanks to all team members.
Pakistan has truly been a soul of this game. In every aspect of Cricket there are Pakistanis who keep the blood running in heart of Cricket. There are some astonishing and mind-boggling world records held by Pakistan. Some of those overwhelming records are :
Bowler
Sayed Ajaml— off Spiner- Inventor of Tesra
Saqlan Mustaq- Off spinner- Inventor of Dusra
Abdual Qader-Leg brake- Inventor of Guglee
Sarfraz Nawaz- Inventor of reverse swing
Great Wasim Akram- King of Swing – Master of Reverse swing- most hat-tricks by any bowler in world, Most “Sixes” by batsman in an innings of a Test
Great Waqar Younas- Fast and furious-Master of Reverse swing Yorker
Shoaib Akhtar- Fast and furious – Broke the 100 mile barrier-Fastest delivery 161.38 km/h (100.3 mph)
Aaqib Javed– Youngest bowler to take hat-trick in ODI Cricket
Bating:
Shahid Afradi — Most “Sixes” in ODIs and International Cricket – 367 SIXES Fastest century in ODI Cricket
Mohammad Yousuf — Nine centuries in a calendar year of Test Cricket
Most runs by batsman in a calendar year of Test Cricket
Javed Miandad– Nine consecutive fifties in ODI Cricket
youngest player to score double-century in Test Cricket
Great Hanif Mohammad’s– Only triple-century in second innings of the team
And list goes on never end for Pakistani Cricket
Great Hanif Mohammad’s– Only triple-century in second innings of the team
And list goes on never end for Pakistani Cricket
What a win……..Congrats to my fellow countrymen………
Congratulation !!
I enjoyed the whole match !! really I was feeling pakistan team as our team(India)during watching.
Thanks & thanks again to beat english.. after they down from the no.1 sopt, they will never recovered…their grave will broken..
I want to see white wash.. as 3-0..
Lage raho…
One of your brother from India..
Congratulation. And on the front page it says Series-Leveling victory? Pakistan has WON THE SERIES…..and spellings for leveling are wrong.
Incredible i’d say.firstly i thought pak’s gonna loose when they made only 144 in their second inns but when i came to know about eng. 72/10 i couldn’t believe it for a while.now its historical
This victory has come as a respite to the subcontinent as the world champions are facing severe and humiliating defeats in Aus…the neighbours have paid them in the same coin and to “English” of their old score.. ..dreaming to see this come true
Thank Almighty Allah
unbelievable stuff from #teammisbah !! gr8 !
ps : mr.willis abdurrehman was in halfsleeves boy,, so no worries about his style man atleast !=)
ALHAMDUILLAH IT VERY NICE TO SEE PAK ZINDABAD
jus gr8…
Congratulations to the superb Pakistani team – outstanding fight and effort. At least one team from the sub-continent is playing well.
Congratulation. Remarkable Victory. Yes, why because of Unity &
discipline in the team. I remember during Hafiz Kardar time when
the team travelled to Kenya, the spirit & discipline in the team
was excellent. I Pray Almighty we return back to old days and
carry the Flag of Pakistan High.Keep it up.
@ Ali
I think this is deliberately phrased to emphasise performance of Abdul Rehman.
Well done boys.Keep it up and rise to the top.It is a big reply to pomis for doubting Ajmel’s performance in the 1st.Test.I hope Fletcher will apologise for the remarks in Daily Telegraph about Ajmel’s bowling.
I am eagerly waiting comments from Mr. Bob Willis – is he going to come down heavily this time on bowling partner of Seed Ajmal. Come on, say now Abdur Rahman’s bowling action is also dubious (although he was not in full sleeve). or English batsman LBW decisions are not correct as because the ball touched their trousers and not leg!!!
This victory will help our nation and most probably our those cricketers which are banned due to spot fixing!!!
Stand up 4 the champions.
Pakistan zindabad!!!
YES we have beat you like you have beat us in England just on 72 runs.
Remarkable spelled REHMARKABLE…… true honor to Abdul Rehman. Well done Pakistan team, well done Abdul REHMAN.
Pakistan desrvd a win…thts y we won…heartly congrates to alll Pakistanis…
thank God we won today,150 z enough 4 any team 2 get 10 wickets at asian pitches in 4th inning………..
Truly magnificent. Congrats Pakistan Team and whole Pakistan on this memorable and famous victory. My only concern is that this good work must be continued as Pakistan has almost always lacked consistency.
what a day it was.seeing us losing against the aussie in the early morning and my brothers from across the border humiliating the english in the evening.i was jumping of the seat when each english men taking the long walk back to the pavilion.i love you guys.i have been a huge fan of the green army since my childhood.it is a great pleasure to you being the real tough pakistan again of them i admired since childhood.u have moved from the lords on that dreadful tour. Go on with your flamboyant perfomance.may allah bless you…
Hearty Congratulations to the Pakistan Team for a remarkable performance against the World’s #1 Test Team and for clinching the series. Awesome !!
I also believe that the “calming” effect of Misbah has played a major role in the revival of the Pakistan team – aside from his 80+ score in this Test.
Wish you guys well and hope to see you get back to your prominence in Cricket!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuujjjjjjjjjjjjjeeee…. day for pakistan and our nation…We love you pak team…..Worst ever day for india….feel sorry for you guys…………….
Many congrats to the nation. Seems like cricket fever will be back in Pakistan now after it vanished on the Worldcup semifinal defeat
Many many congratulations to Pak Cricket. They have proven their mettle and that too outside their turf. This is indeed a remarkable achievement by all means. A captain cool performming himself, leading the team from the front and ably supported by youngsters and world class bowlers. This is above all a team effort as an individual can not always make you win games. I wish we support the team in times of crisis when things are not going in their way. I alway believe Pakistan gives a tough compettition to other teams in their own turf. We shoould all pray that criket returns to their country. Furthermore, criket ties between India and Pakistan resume soon so that criket lovers will enjoy the game in its true spirit..
Pakistan Cricket Team! Take a Bow, you guys did it. Fantastically Awesome.. Yeah
What surprised the most is why English media and former players not criticised A.Rehman over his bowling action
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they must have cried uptill now
Sweet,Sweet Victory!My best moment was when Broad was bowled.That was pure joy.Now for the kill- be ruthless and demolish the English in the next test,no let up!
Spelling of “Rehmarkable” in the heading is wrong. Surprised no one noticed, pretty shabby for an English newspaper.
That is a reference to Abdur Rehman’s performance!
That was most likely intentional if you haven’t realized by now. (Hint: Abdul Rehman)
Actually it’s a play on words: a combination of Rehman and Remarkable!
I think it’s a clever play of words to aacknowldge Abdul Rehman’s match winning performance in the test.
it means Reh—Rehman Markable,bro
It’s a reference to Rehman’s remarkable spell hence the newly coined word.
Good observation Ali! It isn’t expected of a paper of Dawn’s calibre. An editing mistake really.
Rehman is the winning person. They put his name in remarkable.
Rehmarkable is a mix of Rehman and remarlable, everyone knew and noticed that.
Mr. English major, REHMARKABLE was used as a tribute to Abdul Rehman’s 7 wicket haul, not an spelling error. May be you should stick to reading Urdu.
It not wrong. It is done purposefully for Abdur Rehman.
In my fifty years of reading “Dawn” I never came across such a great typographical error , whereas as child I learned English by reading Dawn …….Dawn management please take appropriate action, who may be responsible as we overseas Pakistan see tarnishing of Pakistan image not by Dawn but by the irresponsibly published major news item ,on the web site. Thanks.
its a play on words dude.
Its a play on rehman i.e rehma-rkable
Wow, maybe you should peruse the article better. Abdul “Rehman” was the star in this match, which makes this win eminently “rehmarkable”! Congrats to Pakistan for a well deserved series win. As an Indian supporter, I am as much despondant about India’s decay overseas as much as I am thrilled with this Pak victory. My, my – how fortunes change within a year
Ali,
The writer is trying to say Rehman was remarkable ….Rehmarkable get it…
“REH” is from “Reh”man
Its a tribute to Rehman, hence Rehmarkable…
You don’t seem to be reading the news too much! Once you will, then you will realise what I am saying….
It was Rehman driven victory so fair enough to say Rehmarkable victory….
Of course the spelling is correct! Abdul REHMAn is REHMArkable. I think the heading couldn’t be more apt!
Well, its certainly good samaritan on your part to correct spelling error, this one however i think was intended by Dawn as the word “rehmarkable” was being associated with “rehman”
Good day sir
It is called play on words Mr cleaver think ‘Rehman’. Now you understand why no one made a fuss. Please enjoy the article and a fantastic win for Pakishtaan.
I believe this is intentional taking into account Rehman’s stupendous bowling ‘rehmarkable’ instead of ‘remarkable’.
Its a play on words. ABDUL REHMAN was the match winner, pretty shabby that you couldn’t pick up on that
Since Rehman demolished, thas why its intentional to mis spell as “Rehmarkable”.
‘Rehmarable” is directed towards “Rehman” . ………
You must be kidding right? it not supposed to be spelled correctly. its a play on words saying that Rehman was remarkable.
They are referring to Rehman’s performance, hence ‘Reh’markable.
Rehmarkable, its a play on words because Abdur “REHman” destroyed the English Batsmen.
Its called a pun? Rehman = Rehmarkable ? The writer didn’t miss anything. You did
they modified it after rehman brilliant bowling.
Rehman+Remarkabley
Rehmarkably.
it is a play on words. Rehman = Rehmarkable. Pretty clever.
By “Rehmarkable” the author showed an important role played by Rehman ( Abdul ) in this win. It is just used as a metaphor and not a mistake.
Ali…I think spelling is intentional to go with Abdur “Rehman’s” performance as he is the one who really turned it around.
Yes, I’m surprised they misspelt “Rehmankable.”
Wow you are so smart!! Rehmarkable is intentionally spelled like that to highlight REhman !! Mr einstein.
I think they meant to merge ‘Rehman’ and ‘remarkable’.
@Ali
Strange that you did not understand tje jesding. This is as a tribute to Abdul Rehman – hence Rehmarkable
It was a pun, a play on words to illustrate Rehman’s exceptional performance. No one is surprised about that. Pun has prevalent usage in today’s newspapers, especially the tabloids.
It is just a word play — combination of Rehman with remarkable.
they probably combined rehman and remarkable into the title since rehman helped us win
I think ‘rehmarkable’ is actually a reference to Rehman’s 6-25 being the match-winning performance…
The spelling are okay, the editor like to point out to the share of victory toward the lion’s share done by Rehman, and that is why Rehmarkable.
it is a tribute to Abdul Rehman
This is intentional: Rehman + remarkable = rehmarkable
@ali ‘reh’markable
This is done on purpose to use Rehman together with the actual word my friend! Get it
It is intentional to show that Rehman did it.
The spelling is correct. You missed the point.
Let me spell it out for you
Rehman + Remarkable = Rehmarkable
Get it !
awake up bro, it is purposely written “rehmarkable” since Rehman took 6 wickets, remarkable show, it is combined word such as “rehmanable” “rehmarkable”, got it?
How is “rehmarkable” meant to be spelt? Loo
Rehmarkable honours Rehman’s six wickets, I suppose.
ali rehmarkable as in rehman & remarkable. its a clever play on the words.
Obviously you missed the pun. Rehma–rkable.
It is suppose to me Rehmarkable as in rehman’s remarkable. Very shabby from your end.
I guess “Rehmarkable” is for Rehman’s outstanding spell of bowling that embarrassed England
@ Ali I am sorry to say, you lack appreciation of innovation and creativity. The fusion of the word ‘remarkable’ with ‘Rehman’, no doubt explain a lot!!!
I think they tried to combine rehman with remarkable to come up with rehmarkable. Or maybe I am giving them too much credit and it was just a typo?
“Rehmarkable” is a tribute to REHMAN hence the REH MARKABLE. You need to educate your self there buddy
Bro the headline is a deliberate attempt to make it catchy to make it sync with Abdul Rehman as he was the chief architect of Pakistan’s win
Cheers.
You are right but I assume that they might have blended the names of “Rehman” and “Remarkable” together as “Rehmarkable”.
I don’t think it was typo, the writer did it for fun since Rehman destroyed the English side, any way be happy.
Judge Cook should be remembered at this moment I will say he helped us a great deal to reach these goals thrashing England was a sweet revenge I thank those Indian friends who liked Pakistan performance I also sincerily hope that our cricket relations will be revived with India.
A remarkable feet by Pakistan Cricket as sometime before the team did not stand anywhere in the nest cricket and now beating the top slotters. Pakistan was popular for pace bowlers now they have world class spinners.It is laudable Pakistan has tried youngsters over a period of time now and the results are infront of you unlike Indian Criket team who are contuing with old guns. All the best for future games to Pakistan
sensational win by pak..well done misbha and his brigade..m proud to be hard dying fan of pakn team…
Great work Pak We are proud of you guys
What a surprise-Mazaa aa giya. Pakistan win will make india-no-1, even though they have lost all the tests on their outing. I apologize my english is not good.
Actually, if England were to lose this series 3-0 to Pakistan, South Africa will take over the number one test position in test rankings.
Congrats Pakistan …Yes you are the winner…England has a history of moaning when they can’t win. Saeed your spin is amazing …dont listen to anyone, do what you do best.Well done Pakistan.. you made me jump today !!!
Well done green shirts! After a long time they have shown true spirits. Now it seems true”beware of the green shirts, they can turn around anytime”. The whole nation should be proud of you. And good luck for the next events!
If a word can define today’s performance I think it would ‘mesmerizing’. Pakistan took nothing for granted and took their heart out to perform. Although Pakistan don’t have a good tail but my words; were not they different in second innings? there was certainly a game plan, yes we witnessed some rash shots but in the end it was sheer guts and pride of lads which took pass them, they not played well but read the script to near perfection 10 17 12 doesn’t look big scores but were certainly better than 0 0 0 in first innings, I hope it is just a shine of bright side. Do I want to witness whole bright side? Oh definitely yes. Remember Rome was not build in a day, please do not expect them to beat everyone straight out there will be days when Pakistan team will require supporters to support them in their difficult times. Cherish the moment and may Mohsin Khan get permanent nod.
I am really happy to see English team devastated by the same who were badly humiliated in their country.
I think dawn did this intentionally, as a nod to Rehman’s performance.
Congratulations to Pakistan and the Team….
Guys you made our day. Keep up the hard work.
Heartiest Congrats to the Pakistani Team…brilliant performance…Feel so happy to see a sub-continent team thrashing the English…hope they don’t have any problem with Abdul’s bowling action now…I always believe Pakistan has the potential to beat any team anywhere in the world on their day…wish we could see a better performance by Team India. Congrats once again guys.
I watched this beautiful match with some of my friends. Although we are all fans of Indian team, we loved to see Pakistan win this match. A splendid win! Congratulations!
Very well done, my pakistan…
long live pakistan and long live pak people. Today our team has shown the world that they are truly a great team.proud to be a pakistani
Well done ‘green shirts’ for the historic and
now famous victory against England at the
Sheikh Zayed International Cricket Stadium
in Abu Dhabi – U.A.E.
Maybe, Andrew Strauss and party has to
hire the services of Pakistan’s cricket legend
Javed Miandad a master of spin bowling, in
order to coach them how to play spinners?
At least Mushtaq Ahmad did his job in a befitting
manner since he coached England and its spinners
so well that Monty Panesar took six wickets in the
second inning of the test match.
The global cricket fraternity is just wondering
if England is really the top ICC ranked team
in the world? Let’s wait and see them in the
up-coming ODI and Twenty20 matches.
No body talks about the intensive heat coupled
with high humidity amid salty and windy weather
conditions of UAE which take its toll on everybody in
the Middle East especially those operating in the
G.C.C. countries and the current England team
is no exception to it.
I will not be surprised if England would eventually
face a complete and absolute ‘white-wash’ in UAE
against Misbah-ul-Haq and associates during their
current series.
Fans of England cricket team must be grossly
disappointed whereas Pakistani fans led by their
global green-Pakistani flag cladding King of
cheerleaders ‘Sufi Jaleel’ must be very happy.
My friend you are wrong about the current weather in the UAE. The temperatire in UAE has been hovering from lower single digits up to a maximum of 22 degree celcius. The weather in fact has been supporting to the English side, who are used to living in similar conditions in their home country
Just World Class…..
Just no World for thsi team Allah Bless All
A historical moment for Pakistan and shame for England
Great work Team Pakistan. You showed the world formulae for success against english and aussie teams -Trust youngsters, play your strengths-spinners and have a local coach and good captain. As an Indian , I applaud you. I want you to be Number 1 team. Your youngsters are also humble. Keep it that way.
Congratulations Pakistan Cricket Team on a wonderful win. You are quite capable of defeating any team in the world… just have little unity among yourselves and be thankful to Almighty Allah for His Mercy and Kindness. Don’t beg any country to play in Pakistan just defeat them in their own backyards. Soon they will beg to play against you in a ground you will choose, Insha’Allah. Pakistan Zindabad.
Lesson for England that they MUST need a full time batting coach particularly from sub-continent to learn how to play ‘quality’ spin bowling.
What a bowling performance by spin trio, mind blowing. Simply immaculate. Every team would have wished to have a bowling attack like this. This win is even more surprising than the previous one, as it required more efforts under pressure when you know only 144 is the odd total to defend. It is really a team effort as Every player of PAK team played his role in this emphatic win, both openers, asad, azhar, misbah, younis played well with bat, adnan impressive behind wickets and with bat as well, spin trio worth mentioning…
Gul was all time great. the duo of Khan (Younis & Junaid) were a bit off-colour, now its their turn to shine in 3rd game and handover a whitewash to “Veteran” English team. Congratulations Pakistan. Also Paying tribute to demolished Indians
congrates to whole pakistan &its team for thumping win against england i pray to allmighty to give them persistent success
AbdurRahman……. u are our hero…we love U…
I am a die hard fan of Abdul Rehman. I always wanted to see his fireworks with batting specially with Afridi on the other end. Alas, could not see the magic even against India for the world cup. Mr. Rehman, pls. get up also with yr bat and show us some 4′s and 6′s, yr strokes cannot be stopped by any fielder. Indian commentators are scared of yr batting power and U and Afridi can hit any team in the world. Congratulations on yr magnificent bowling, U made Green team proud. Stay cool baby. IH.
i have doubt now over rehmans bowling action..lol)))))))))
Me bowl good, u bat bad….. learn from Asad and Azhar
Great preserverance,tenacity and commitment shown by pakistan team.Believe u me pakistan has always been full of talentBut after Imran’s retirement every thing went for six because of some greedy,selfish and corrupt cricketers.I can bet no team in the world play cricket with more passion & zeal then a honest and devoted Pakistan team under a great polite,intelligent and quiet cricketer Misbah.No big names but see the professionalism & discipline and a self believe plus the results. I would also suggest Misbah to get in Umar Akmal in place of Tauseef Umar by asking Azhar to open the inning for Pakistan.This will give more variety to their batting as Tauseef seems to have become Swann bunny.May god bless misbah to bring more glory for the Pakistani and Its people.
many many many many Congratulations pakistan
A really good performance by Pakistan. Hope they don’t lose the focus and go for the kill – white wash.
May be Aizaz Cheema should be back to replace Junaid Khan.
M & M (Misbah & Mohsin) was a bitter candy for the English team.And who said that Pakistan lacks talent? These youngsters rule the cricket world. Australia you are next, come on up to Dubai and let us dance.
GEO PAKISTAN
Congrats team Pakistan. May Allah Almighty continue to shower His Countless Blessings onto u and us in times 2 come (Ameeen)
Magical Bowling….
GREAT TEAM GREAT WIN
PAKISTAN WELL DONE
Congratulations to Misbah & Pakistan team on being world beater now.Not only England no team can handle this best spinning trio who are magical in their department.I don’t think any wise head would ever consider thinking of removing Mohsin Khan as Coach.Pakistan had the courage to drop Mohammad Yousuf which not many team would have dared to do.I have always maintained Misbah understands cricket better than most of us.His record speaks for itself.
congrts to all nation.
Oh! World we r back.
It is really a red letter day in history PAKISTAN CRICKET.
We’ll rock the world.
Cha gya Pakistan
This IS being cool and determinedly focussed. Well done! Congarulations to the team!
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE BY THRASHING THE NUMBER ONE TEAM
i saw the entire match. .with every English wicket falling i was jumping in the joy as if its india playing..many ,many congrats to pakistan
thanks aj. Wonderful performance-Team Pakisan.
Really very nice to see that….thanks Buddy…
Thanks aj.
thanks, But what has happened to indian team? May be young blood is required
all of us in india believe that we need batsman to score run everytime if India has to win ..In recent matches we ve just played badly in all departments and deserve to be at the losing side. .but i still don’t see Australia winning on sub continent pitches..
India need bowlers. Well done Pakistan you needed this great win after all the things going wrong. Hope you will play India soon.
Jaffar,you know Pakistan selector has courage to drop Mohammad Yousuf but in India team selectors stick to old players irrespective to their dismal performance,selectors in India more interested in Promotional Advertisement and 100 century of Tendulkar is more important than winning of the nation.So I am not sure whether they walking on similar track with Pakistan selector.So you can see the difference between results of two countries from sub continent.Good thing is that despite the political division of the 2 countries for Politicians who wish to exploit the country,we still follow Pakistan cricket and there are many supporters who cheer the cricket team irrespective of which side of border they belong.Congratulations to Pakistan team !!!!!!
Now, there IS an imperative need for India and Pakistan to play against each other to help them to be the best in the world.
I agree with you lets see whose is the best?
Thanks aj.
Thanks ja for your thoughtful comment! Pakistan needed this victory as very few good news come out of our troubled country. It is such a morale booster as we the populace watch in horror what’s becoming of our dear homeland just as any patriot would if their country was in doldrums. I thank you for your words, sincerely. As for team India I believe losing one series doesn’t mean the end of the world nears. Look at what Australia came out of. Their bowlers were mostly unknown and all of a sudden the team clicked. Anything can happen with any team. Still on paper the Indian team hands down has the best batting line up. Whether a shuffle,change or retirings are needed remains to be seen. Whoever takes over will surely have big shoes to fill.
I meant aj. Sorry iPad auto correct.
aj: Thanks buddy for you good comments
this shows a really good spirit from a cricket fan. Good luck to Team India !!!