Asia Cup 2016 | Sri Lanka beat UAE by 14 runs

[SunTzu]

Sri Lanka Squad
SL Malinga*, AD Mathews, PVD Chameera, LD Chandimal†, N Dickwella†, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DSNFG Jayasuriya, CK Kapugedera, KMDN Kulasekara, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, MD Shanaka, TAM Siriwardana, JDF Vandersay

United Arab Emirates Squad
Amjad Javed*, Ahmed Raza, Fahad Tariq, Farhan Ahmed, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Shahzad, Muhammad Kaleem, Muhammad Usman, SP Patil†, Qadeer Ahmed, Rohan Mustafa, Saqlain Haider, Shaiman Anwar, Usman Mushtaq, Zaheer Maqsood

 

[#GreenRoars]

Will we see an upset?

 

[#GreenRoars]

Unchanged UAE opt to bowl against SL

 

[#GreenRoars]

[MENTION=135445]Strike Rate[/MENTION] Rohaan and Saqlain both belongs to my locality, my elder brother club team mates

 

[Strike Rate]

[MENTION=135445]Strike Rate[/MENTION] Rohaan and Saqlain both belongs to my locality, my elder brother club team mates

Thats cool heard lot of good things about Rohan lets see.

 

[Sherlock]

Not only is this thread dead, seems like there's barely anyone inside the stadium.

 

[Naim]

PAkistan c team playing against srilanka

 

[Naim]

NAveed is bowling with good pace. around 140 kph . troubling dilshan

 

[Naim]

lol UAE team is speaking in urdu.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Good start by SL.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

This Asia Cup looks boring i dont know why but i find bangladesh a boring place for cricket. It should have been held in India and it would have been good preparation for the Teams.

 

[saeed5646]

Good start by SL.

pitch has extra bounce for bowlers
i wonder what kind of pitch will they prepare for pak indo clash
irfan can be lethal on these kind of pitches
like 2013 ana do series

 

[Markhor]

Not only is this thread dead, seems like there's barely anyone inside the stadium.

Unfortunately Sri Lanka vs UAE was never going to be a big draw.

TBH I'd love to watch cricket in a near-empty stadium, you can even pick up what the players are saying.

 

[saeed5646]

look who is in commentary box coach dino

 

[BaaliSoda]

Awful fielding by UAE team so far.

 

[Boxer]

time for mino basher Chandimal to get a ton

 

[Thivagar]

PAkistan c team playing against srilanka

East India Company vs Sri Lanka

 

[saeed5646]

time for mino basher Chandimal to get a ton

he may be but second best to ahmad shehzad because there is no one better than "selfie"
one of best mino basher

 

[Thivagar]

time for mino basher Chandimal to get a ton

He is not a minnow basher. All his Test centuries have come against Bangladesh and India though

 

[Thivagar]

Dilshan need to retire

 

[BaaliSoda]

Dilshan succeeds in getting himself out, at last

 

[Dios]

Dilshan goes. Looks out of form. Where is Firebreaker?

 

[#GreenRoars]

200 on the cards.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Siriwerdana too gone cheaply

Amjad again among the wickets

 

[Dios]

SL two down now.

This is a better batting wicket but there is still some bounce for the bowlers. Hope they persist with this pitch for the rest of the tournament.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Shanaka, a player to look out for.

Pretty good hitter of the ball who also bowls very decent medium pace.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Chandimal gone after a good knock

 

[Dios]

Sri Lanka looking very ordinary so far. Can't wait until Bangladesh play an ODI series against them. They will join the Banglawash club for sure together with New Zealand, West Indies and Pakistan.

 

[BaaliSoda]

3rd wicket for Amjad

Chandimal gone after scoring 50

 

[Ankit007]

Oh boy.. Just saw the score.. Pretty worse for SL 3 down for 80 odd runs in 13 overs... Boy they can lose this...

 

[Thivagar]

Chandimal gone. British Raj doing well.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

SL win will but they arent too strong in this tournament and WC. Their team is undergoing transition. Ind and Pak are favourites from subcontinent

 

[Dios]

SL win will but they arent too strong in this tournament and WC. Their team is undergoing transition. Ind and Pak are favourites from subcontinent

Pakistan lost to Bangladesh in T20. Can't call them favourites. India is way ahead of all the Asian teams in T20s.

 

[Dios]

Good spell from Javed. 3 - 25. SL under pressure here.

 

[Thivagar]

Amjad is a good bowler. As usual Bhogle credits the pitch. Whenever a pacer picks up a wicket Bhogle and Manjrekar gives credit to the pitch .

 

[Dios]

If they can get Mathews here it will be massive for UAE. This other guy looks like a hack. 5 off 9 so far.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Amjad is a good bowler. As usual Bhogle credits the pitch. Whenever a pacer picks up a wicket Bhogle and Manjrekar gives credit to the pitch .

Where is Gunathalika?

 

[cricfan967]

Ahmed Raza 4 overs for 14 runs.. economy of 3.50

 

[Thivagar]

Where is Gunathalika?

Dropped for Dickwella.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Amjad is a good bowler. As usual Bhogle credits the pitch. Whenever a pacer picks up a wicket Bhogle and Manjrekar gives credit to the pitch .

An old but still relevant article on non-stop verbal nonsense aka Harsha bhogle

http://www.no-sacred-cows.com/2012/05/harsha-bhogle-is-indias-thomas-friedman/

 

[#GreenRoars]

Lol, Sri Lanka doing crap.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Shanaka too goes out cheaply

Naveed strikes

 

[Dios]

No boundaries in 44 balls! UAE has done very well here.

And gone!

 

[Thivagar]

So tell me why PP Asia Cup banner at the top has a picture of Thisara Perera ? At the front tooo

 

[Thivagar]

Shanaka is gone. UAE bowling well so far. Associates can realistically only maximize their bowling standard. In order to be a good bowler, you can do that by yourself, as a batsmen you must face top quality bowlers to become that.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Mohammad Naveed looks in better shape. Was bowling like a fat uncle in the WC.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Superb over this from Naveed.

 

[desi_launda]

poor batting by SL,UAE can restrict them to 140

 

[Dios]

M Naveed 141 kph

 

[Thivagar]

[MENTION=137262]Firebreaker[/MENTION]

 

[desi_launda]

how is UAE batting? [MENTION=137262]Firebreaker[/MENTION]

 

[BaaliSoda]

Angelo too gone

UAE bowlers are on fire

 

[Thivagar]

An old but still relevant article on non-stop verbal nonsense aka Harsha bhogle

http://www.no-sacred-cows.com/2012/05/harsha-bhogle-is-indias-thomas-friedman/

He is better than most of the commies when it comes to being entertaining. Says some dumb stuff here and there.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Lol UAE can actually win this.

 

[Thivagar]

Firebreaker wasn't joking when he said his team is good lol.

 

[#GreenRoars]

UAE batting is in good form, anything below 140 would be chase able.

 

[BaaliSoda]

He is better than most of the commies when it comes to being entertaining. Says some dumb stuff here and there.

Somehow, I never liked listening to him. Especially, during IPL games, a combo of him and LSRK (a match made in hell for my ears/senses)

 

[#GreenRoars]

how is UAE batting? [MENTION=137262]Firebreaker[/MENTION]

Good form, their opener Rohaan is a solid hitter.

 

[carrom_ball]

Sri Lanka v UAE | Asia Cup 2016 | Dhaka | Feb 25, 2016 | Match Thread

Holy s h i t , just saw the scorecard,the silver storm is real :AAG

 

[Thivagar]

Lol UAE can actually win this.

I doubt it. Maling and Chameera will probably bounce them out.

 

[Dios]

How good is UAE's batting? I have a feeling Malinga, Chameera and Herath will be too good for them on this pitch.

 

[Thivagar]

Somehow, I never liked listening to him. Especially, during IPL games, a combo of him and LSRK (a match made in hell for my ears/senses)

LSRK is annoying. i find Sunny very adorable.

 

[carrom_ball]

How good is UAE's batting? I have a feeling Malinga, Chameera and Herath will be too good for them on this pitch.

Bangladesh should be nervous of uae

 

[BaaliSoda]

I doubt it. Maling and Chameera will probably bounce them out.

Also add Shanaka to the list. His military medium pace could be more handy on this track.

Naveed gets another wicket. Jayasuriya Jr gone.

 

[desi_launda]

6 down!

 

[ChachaCricket]

113-6

 

[Thivagar]

The previous shot has used all of his existing brain cells

 

[BaaliSoda]

LSRK is annoying. i find Sunny very adorable.

How I wish we had the likes of Jackers, Jeremey cooney in the comm box (very genuine in their comments and so good for ears)

 

[Thivagar]

People have always doubted firebreaker, he ended up proving everyone wrong. Remember when he made a thread about going to England, everyone made fun of him and then BAM he posts a picture of him standing inside the lords and shuts up everyone.

 

[Lords]

What what what...... What is going on. SL is really sucking here

 

[zn426]

UPSET ALERT!

Sri Lanka has just completely dropped off. This is shockingly bad cricket. 113/6 to the UAE? That said, UAE is putting lots of pressure on the Sri Lankans. Is Naveed an expat type that might be able to make it into Pakistan or India side or is he actually an emirati?

 

[#GreenRoars]

Crap batting by Sri Lanka

 

[Ankit007]

Why are they not slogging. Send malinga in, he will smash 2 sixes at least!

 

[Naim]

wow what a come backk from pakistan C team

 

[BaaliSoda]

19th over of the inning and a spinner is bowling, Kapu n co should make full use of it.

 

[Dios]

Bangladesh should be nervous of uae

It's T20s so anything can happen. Just like Nehrah and Bumrah who would otherwise be beaten black and blue can feel like they are the new Wasim and Waqar.

 

[Thivagar]

back to back yorkers.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Kapugedera should've been sent at 4 after the start they got. SL management is just as stupid as Pakistan's.

 

[Thivagar]

LOL I knew he was going to drop that

 

[carrom_ball]

It's T20s so anything can happen. Just like Nehrah and Bumrah who would otherwise be beaten black and blue can feel like they are the new Wasim and Waqar.

Bumrahh had never been beaten black and blue in international cricket, bumrrah isn't your average bowler but whatever i am sure you would like to believe otherwise