ICC CT 2017, Group B | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 12th June, 2017 | Cardiff | Sri Lanka innings

[IAJ]

Is average second innings score 249 on this ground? SL well on way to 300 here. Need some quick wickets here.

 

[Lynx]

If these two bat until 35th over, you are looking at 320+

I'd take a phainti anyday as long as it means these pathetic excuses of batsmen get exposed.

 

[yasir]

Very good fielding from fakhar

That was Fakhir, very good effort.

 

[Sohail11]

1-2 wickets and the game will change... Can't let these 2 get a free hand.

 

[BleedGreen]

imad is a useless hack in the team

 

[Stallion__]

Enough of these spinners or should I say slow bowlers.

 

[KhanPredator]

Four!, Imad needs to pull it back

 

[roshanrocks]

:

into the covers......

 

[ExpressPacer]

Bring Amir on the other end but persist with Imad too. I feel both can create a good combo.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Thisara perera needs to channel all the experience he has gained in the IPL, to give a final blow in the death overs today

 

[Sam18696]

Phainty time

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

lol 325 coming up

 

[ExpressPacer]

Dominance..

 

[yasir]

Pakistan has not picked a spinner who spins the ball, they both are mirror version of each other, not very smart move. Shadab is always better option than Immad, specially against Asian side

 

[KhanPredator]

Four more

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

300 in 2017 is what 200 used to be in 1997

 

[BleedGreen]

amir getting smashed today

 

[Stallion__]

Shot

 

[Magyar]

Shot....

 

[JaDed]

Enough of these spinners or should I say slow bowlers.

Harsha was saying the same thing,he said it before Hafeez came in

 

[Markhor]

We should consider upgrsding on Imad in the coming year.

 

[roshanrocks]

: SMASHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMir welcomed with a four

 

[KhanPredator]

Mathews cutting loose here

 

[JibranAnsari]

Srilanka well set for 330 plus.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

amir cant do anything

 

[Usman Chadda]

Has Amir married this ridiculous length? Whats his obsession with this short of good length rubbish? Very disappointing performance.

 

[Lynx]

That's very illogical,just because the batting isn't good you don't want your team to progress,down the years no one will remember who was in form or how was the batting,but only the trophy or whether PCT made it to KOs.

It is for the greater good. If we progress, no one would say anything regarding Hafeez's performance so far, or Amir's. It is only when we'll lose that their would be outrage. Don't get me wrong, if these players CAN prove me wrong by performing, I'd be as happy as anyone else. But I know they're perennial disappointments.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

350 pls

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pitch seems to have eased out. But you guys can chase like Bangla boys did after being 30/4 on this same ground

 

[JibranAnsari]

Poor stuff from amir.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Amir's lack of pace has really hurt him. He also needs to work on making his action more side on. Should work with Waqar after the Champions Trophy.

 

[Lynx]

Amir being shown his place by Mathews. Chappair.

 

[BleedGreen]

300 in 2017 is what 200 used to be in 1997

For Pakistan, that 300 is what 300 used to be in 1997.

 

[roshanrocks]

Well fielded and quick throw as well. Even though he didnt stop the 2, it was nicely done

 

[JaDed]

300 in 2017 is what 200 used to be in 1997

Lol that's so not true,there were tough pitches but it varies,Remember even India reaching 305 insome tournament in 96-97 against PCT

 

[Stallion__]

Harsha was saying the same thing,he said it before Hafeez came in

Yeah, yet to see Imad bowl anything other than 'arm ball'

 

[Magyar]

Mathews is starting to flex his muscles

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amir should be dropped after thia match.

 

[shah_1]

Not picking Shadab is a big mistake.

Really Unfair

 

[Arsalan Pro]

160/3 in 30

 

[roshanrocks]

Bad ball going down leg... AMir spraying the ball...

 

[Mamoon]

Mathews is a legend. Unbelievable how underrated he is.

 

[CricFan2012]

Yaar now I'm starting to think India vs England final :/ what the heck is Pakistan doing here, dropping Shadab, not getting Harris in for hafeez, why doesn't management have brains?

 

[Crafty_Indian]

Lol this is poor stuff from Pak

 

[castortroy]

250 is still a mammoth target for pak let alone 300

SL look pumped after beating India

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

8 runs coming easily per over ..
sad to see amir decline doesnt look like taking a wicket at all.
defensive

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Sri Lanka will make 280

 

[ExpressPacer]

It is for the greater good. If we progress, no one would say anything regarding Hafeez's performance so far, or Amir's. It is only when we'll lose that their would be outrage. Don't get me wrong, if these players CAN prove me wrong by performing, I'd be as happy as anyone else. But I know they're perennial disappointments.

You're delusional if you think we can get rid of Hafeez. Amir, maybe. But Hafeez is such a disease, deep infiltrated in our system that even 10 ducks in a row will not stop him from coming back into into the team. His spot in the next World Cup Is guaranteed and a given. We'll be lucky to get rid off him after that.

 

[JaDed]

It is for the greater good. If we progress, no one would say anything regarding Hafeez's performance so far, or Amir's. It is only when we'll lose that their would be outrage. Don't get me wrong, if these players CAN prove me wrong by performing, I'd be as happy as anyone else. But I know they're perennial disappointments.

The greater good is overrated esp when all that matters is the current trophy ICC main event.
In your logic many would had been like can't wait for PCT to lose in 1992 if it means these oldies get out.
It's all about winning and whatever it takes(legally).

 

[ExplicitAI]

How? Asela, De Silva and Perera all are pretty capable of batting.

Yeah but their record isn't all that, De Silva is decent and Perera is a well known hitter. Just saying views based on the idea of momentum, when one wickets falls then we'll smell blood.

 

[castortroy]

Azhar Ali should have been dropped for this game.

Dreadful opener to have in the modern game

 

[KingKhanWC]

Lanka looking good for 300

 

[BleedGreen]

Need a couple of quick wickets here

 

[CricFan2012]

Angelo Matthews batting like an Angel and dickwella batting like... not gonna say it

Need wickets now asap otherwise if these 2 are still there by the 40th over then the game is gone, no chance, sharjeel is off duty

 

[roshanrocks]

They are not pitching the ball up because the straight boundary is short.

 

[Belawal2014]

300+ on.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

SL on top

 

[Madplayer]

320 on the cards.

 

[shah_1]

Shame on Micky Authur for dropping Shadab Khan.

South Africa are chokers, that's why Imad worked otherwise he is rubbish.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Dangerous partnership.

 

[Macho Mann]

dont see sarfraz dont any mistake and yet pakistan is still not picking wickets

already said its not captaincy its bowling

 

[Manager101]

Playing a one dimensional bowling attack won't help Pakistan win anything.

 

[roshanrocks]

Junaid is the last hope here to rein in the Lankans.... Can he spring a wicket ?

 

[Titan24]

They are not pitching the ball up because the straight boundary is short.

Good point

 

[castortroy]

What is with all this hafeez battering

People forget that he is still a very good bowler

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

For Pakistan, that 300 is what 300 used to be in 1997.

Have to adapt now.. every team in the world has now adapted. Can't expect the bowling to set a sub 250 total everytime

 

[MMHS]

Not picking Shadab is a big mistake.

Really Unfair

This is not a ground for leggi, only 65 metres straight boundary. I think, this is the famous ground where Shane was man handled by Cairns & Twose (?) in 1999 WC.

 

[Titan24]

Good delivery by juni

 

[Madplayer]

Good bowling by junaid. Bowl an incutter now

 

[ExpressPacer]

Impeccable from Junaid.

 

[Titan24]

Lol beaten three times in a row by Junaid

 

[BlueAngel]

Anglo seems to be i good touch, distorting bowlers averages in this match.

Pakistan should hope he doesnt bat till 40th over.

 

[JibranAnsari]

If amir cant get wicket on this pitch he cant get wicket anywhere.

 

[darksher]

Game slipping away, anything over 250 will be as good as a win for SL (tbh I'm not even confident of us chasing 200 given that our batting lineup is yet to score that many runs in CT so far) because its highly unlikely that Pakistani batsmen will replicate BD, Eng or SL performance in chasing a decent target underpressure in such a high-voltage knockout game with everything at stake.

 

[Macho Mann]

amir fans must be awestruck by junaid khan

 

[roshanrocks]

strange appeal...

 

[Mamoon]

Someone like Junaid has outperformed Amir in this tournament. That explains how poor Amir has been.

 

[BleedGreen]

hooo ek teri khair mangdi

 

[MMHS]

30 overs double up is around 320, but I think, for 3 wickets, SRL will struggle to reach there. Per is probably 330 here. From 12/3 & 33/4 in 10, we chased 266 with 3 overs at hand. Once set, this is the best batting ground in this tournament.