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Bowl first against Sri Lanka - Good strategy?

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Positive move based upon last game's result?
 
Yes definitely. Wish azhar was dropped though for Haris. And poor decision to drop Shadab he hasn't done anything wrong
 
Only if they restrict lanka below 280, anything above 280 will be a win for sri lanka imo
 
would have probably dropped imad rather than shadab as shadab is a wicket taking option... but shadab will get his chances...... azhar a big liability ... so is haffez @ 4......
 
the way pakistan is batting, anything over 250 seems impossible for them to chase. they were saved by rain agaisnt SA.

Yeah but lankan bowling isn't great either, so I gave 30 bonus runs to pak batting, malik can chase down 280+ if he gets going but anything above 280 will take a lot of effort
 
the way pakistan is batting, anything over 250 seems impossible for them to chase. they were saved by rain agaisnt SA.

265 is my limit. Even then its tenterhooks. Hoping the quicks can blow away the top order
 
law of averages mean today the side batting first will win since last 5 encounters have been won by side batting 2nd.
 
junaid is a world class bowler they said... junaid is better than wahab riaz they said...

13/0 (2.0)
 
Terrible decision, on a flat deck and four seamers.

No... faheem deserve so to be in Pak team for his batting... SL is good (easy) opposition to debut against... and the Cardiff short boundaries lines.. INSHALLAH he will perform on this flat deck
 
No... faheem deserve so to be in Pak team for his batting... SL is good (easy) opposition to debut against... and the Cardiff short boundaries lines.. INSHALLAH he will perform on this flat deck

I don't trust someone's batting after their 15 average in Domestic.
 
No... faheem deserve so to be in Pak team for his batting... SL is good (easy) opposition to debut against... and the Cardiff short boundaries lines.. INSHALLAH he will perform on this flat deck

Easy you say? Don't be over-confident.
 
I say play to your strength. Pakistan bowling is strong, they can handle pressure but so can Lanka batting.

Now Pak's best option was to make the job a bit more easier for the batting side by restricting the opposition to a lowish total. Now that workds against a not-so-clutch batting lineup like that of BD or SA. But this Lankan batting side which bats till no. 8 and all of them are ferocious batsmen. Even if they lose a few wickets they will keep beating the living daylight out of the bowlers as they did with India recently or BD in the final ODI in march.

Pakistan can't really chase more than 275 because they aren't used to chasing totals. Yes they scored 342 against a team like BD but BD were bowling spinners at the death and 2 inform bowlers(and death bowlers) were in the dugout.

Should have batted first really. Trust me, no way Azhar and co would have struggled against any kind of early morning swing because, well, it doesn't seem to exist.
 
Need wickets!!
I can not for the life of me understand why we are bowling first.

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED FOR QUICKS WHATEVER THE CONDITION and Its not like we were gonna be up against starc and hazelwood.

Aarghh
 
Game over. Moment Pk is chasing.

Too much wrist slitting going on.

Its a good track. If Pakistan are to progress as a side they need to get used to chasing scores of 300 plus. England did not panic when chasing over 300 against Bangladesh.
 
A lose is certain.As I had said a zillion times earlier, Pakistan should always bat first irrespective of pitch or weather conditions.

Another match lost due to garbage strategy of our players and coach.Our cricket is run by a bunch of buffoons.
 
Yup! We cannot set competitive totals. Chasing would allow us to approach whatever total is in front of us with proper timing.
 
Sarfraz should be thrown out because of this bowl first decision in a pressure match. Lost us the game at the toss.
 
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