1st ODI: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi [Updates]

[Straight Bat]

sri lanka ask for the ball to be changed

umar bowling with it now..

 

[tauseefm]

can we bowl 5 overs in 8 mins? .. bowling rate needs to improve

 

[Vegitto1]

4 for ssami over. good bowling by him...

i just realised what filth you have as your signature ) )

are you a mamta kulkarni fan?

 

[Straight Bat]

starts off with a good bouncer

 

[SameerM]

just seen this pic.. a bit wierd.. cud call em twins !!

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/waridcricketseries/content/image/294673.html

 

[Straight Bat]

ooo good yorker. dug out and defended by the batsmen

 

[Straight Bat]

wayward bouncer this time - went wide

 

[snazir6]

Gul has been a poor death bowler in the past

 

[Straight Bat]

well bowled! got him

 

[SameerM]

gul not doin too bad this time thou.. Wasm coaching/tactics come in handy maybe??

 

[Straight Bat]

203/8 Gul bowled bandara

 

[SameerM]

outttttttttttttttttttttttttt

gul got 3 !! 2 bowled and 1 leading edge off the slowerball!!

GUL - the Ultimate DEATH bowler!

"that was quick and straight from Gul, 135kmh, Malinga plonks his front foot down the pitch and tries to smash it over the off side, he gets an inside edge and the ball crashes into off and middle stump "

 

[JammydodgA]

well bowled! got him

 

[snazir6]

gul not doin too bad this time thou.. Wasm coaching/tactics come in handy maybe??

Wasim/Waqar when coach bowlers have positive affect on performance..cut out no-balls more disicpline

 

[SameerM]

lasith Malinga needs a few yorkers .. get hurt and goes off for the rest of the game!

he the main danger man for SL !! hope his slingers dont get us out

 

[iZeeshan]

3-41 for Gul. Nice wicket in the end.

Quite amazing to see THREE run outs by Pakistan; Nazir, Razzaq, and Butt.

 

[snazir6]

Pakistan in the past have done ok against malinga....

 

[iZeeshan]

Today I just want to see the openers put up a decent 50+ run partnership, and Malik to score some runs.

 

[SameerM]

9 extras !!! wowwwwwwww thats another miracle!

usually theres about 30 !!

 

[12thMan]

SL 208-8 after 47 overs

 

[Straight Bat]

iZ - check the new jersey thread. ali wants to talk to you, Il take off the add as soon as he replys

 

[161]

9 extras !!! wowwwwwwww thats another miracle!

usually theres about 30 !!

lol u know why ----> guess who isn't bowling today ?

 

[Straight Bat]

good shot for 4, smacked away

 

[Gunner786]

i bet 10 quid gul will keep bowling length balls

 

[tauseefm]

lol u know why ----> guess who isn't bowling today ?

RANA RANA RANA RANA )

 

[Gunner786]

lol u know why ----> guess who isn't bowling today ?

rao?

 

[161]

rao?

 

[SameerM]

lollll@ guesss


to be fair razzaq has loads.. and gul too..and SAMI! lets just not go there

 

[Vegitto1]

rao?

Rao? Shaakal dekhi hai kabhi apni?

 

[Straight Bat]

maharoof 50, well done i guess.

 

[161]

lollll@ guesss


to be fair razzaq has loads.. and gul too..and SAMI! lets just not go there

ahh but they can never compare to the master.

 

[tauseefm]

what a yorker by sami..... salinga bolwedddddddddddddddddd

 

[SameerM]

sami strikesssssssssssssssss

 

[P4K1 #1]

samiii strikess!! beuty!!!

 

[SameerM]

Sami for CAPTAIN!

 

[iZeeshan]

maharoof has been very, very annoying

but just one to go, with gul to bowl the last over

 

[iZeeshan]

im guessing it was an absolutely amazing delivery?

 

[SameerM]

mahrouf aged 22 ish.. and he dealing with OUR attack

baddddd sign

 

[SameerM]

read it and weap

another yorker and this one bursts through the defences of Malinga, who stood rooted to his crease, and uproots leg stump, Sri Lanka are nine down

 

[iZeeshan]

is this target chasble? easy? doable? hard? impossible?

 

[iZeeshan]

And four more for Maharaoof, has been destructive today...

 

[161]

is this target chasble? easy? doable? hard? impossible?

anyone watching ---> how's the pitch ---> pace, bounce, turn ?

 

[tauseefm]

wow what a short by mahroof..what a six

 

[Straight Bat]

anyone watching ---> how's the pitch ---> pace, bounce, turn ?

commentators saying it will swing under the lights for lankans

 

[Straight Bat]

Gul followed him well with that bouncer

 

[tauseefm]

wow another great short by mahroof.. 4 this time

 

[Sultan Yusuf]

Well, well - this is potentially a winning score! I think Razzak's spell was the turning point.

 

[Straight Bat]

dwon the ground for 4, nearly a six

 

[Gunner786]

Rao? Shaakal dekhi hai kabhi apni?

tujhe mazaak nahi samajh aati?
pehle apni shakal dekh aur phir doosron ko bhol

 

[tauseefm]

Its a two pace pitch. you have to spend some time on it then u can have some runs.. but mahroof has played an amazing inning..

 

[Straight Bat]

maharoog chips it for 4 around midwicket


14 off the over


235-9

game on.

 

[Osman]

poor stuff from Gul . really poor.

 

[Osman]

Well, well - this is potentially a winning score! I think Razzak's spell was the turning point.

read my earlier comment.

 

[tauseefm]

poor stuff from Gul . really poor.

i wouldn't say its poor, mahroof has played some amazing shorts.. he hit six to gul on yorker

 

[161]

baaahh our ODI bowling continues to be poor.

if it wasn;t for those run outs the lankans would have been in the 270-300 range !

 

[iZeeshan]

Aaaah! More destruction from Maharoof!

Amazing stuff in the last over! 6, and 4 and 4! ARGH!

 

[Sultan Yusuf]

read my earlier comment.

You agree? Glad to hear it!

Shabash bete...

 

[12thMan]

15 min break. slow overrate or that was the plan due to late start?

 

[SameerM]

gul took the wickets but gave the runs away !!

YYYYYY do they use him as death bowler!

Save asif ONE over so can bowl the last over.. how hard is that

 

[iZeeshan]

Seems like it will not be a walk in the park for Pakistan...

 

[161]

gul took the wickets but gave the runs away !!

YYYYYY do they use him as death bowler!

Save asif ONE over so can bowl the last over.. how hard is that

asif can't bowl death either...

the only bowler he have that can bowl death is rana .. but he is horribly out of form.

 

[infamous9383]

pakistan let things slip at the end as usual but it does set up an interesting match.

 

[Zaad]

lolz! 235*.......

can we make it!

 

[SameerM]

i mean if we cant get 235 then there is a MAJOR batting problem.

BUT SL openers failed, but the middle order was rampant

 

[Straight Bat]

PPers how long is the innings break?

 

[12thMan]

according to commentators it has cooled down considerably

 

[Bailan]

[sarcasm]May be Rana should take some nanadrolene or something and get back in form[/sarcasm]


we can really use a death bowler ...

 

[SameerM]

rana go bald if he did

 

[12thMan]

players ready to go on the field

 

[12thMan]

some cheif guest is meeting the players. holding the start of the game. now picture time. it is like a valima now. both teams there sitting and standing with some Sheikh and DNA

 

[12thMan]

kodak moment is over and players on the field now
Pakistan needs 236 @ 4.72

 

[Straight Bat]

lets go,,,

 

[Rob H]

first ball a no ball. 1/0

 

[12thMan]

Butt to face the first ball

 

[iZeeshan]

first ball is a no ball

COME ON BUTT! take ur spot!

 

[pak4life]

lets see if butt has improved his footwork

 

[JammydodgA]

Who's the second opener?

 

[12thMan]

Who's the second opener?

Imran Nazir

 

[iZeeshan]

of the mark!

nazir is the second opener

 

[Rob H]

4 and out now for Nazir i bet