Just 5.2 overs bowled on Day 3 due to wet outfield and bad light at Rawalpindi

[MenInG]

So a draw looks likely but can something dramatic happen on Day 3?

Sri Lanka 263/6 (86.3) CRR: 3.04

 

[lifecric7]

Dramatic as in doing a rain dance 🌧 ️

 

[aloo paratha]

Why no early start?

 

[Ahmed4472]

Is it raining right now? Today was supposedly all day rain. If not rain then bad light will come into play lol

 

[imshally81]

How is weather....?

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Weather shows no rain till 10 pm apparently

 

[Realromeo]

Hoping to catch atleast 1hr of Pakistani young fast bowling. Indian fans are desperate for competion. I need the old Pakistan where the likes of Wasim, Waqar, Akhtar and Anwar inflict a bit of fear for the Indian fans. Steam rolling every opponent is becoming boring for us.

 

[Indiafan]

Why no early start?

There is water on the covers and field so they are trying to clear that. Good news is no rain predicted till 10pm today

 

[aloo paratha]

There is water on the covers and field so they are trying to clear that. Good news is no rain predicted till 10pm today

Well yes but they wouldn't have known that yesterday. Usually whenever there are overs lost they at least plan to start 30 minutes early the next day.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Hoping to catch atleast 1hr of Pakistani young fast bowling. Indian fans are desperate for competion. I need the old Pakistan where the likes of Wasim, Waqar, Akhtar and Anwar inflict a bit of fear for the Indian fans. Steam rolling every opponent is becoming boring for us.

Lol wot? We haven't stream rolled every opponent. Lost a test series each in SA and England, and last won a World Cup 8 years ago. Fans like you are why people make fun of us.

 

[whyamir]

Abbas is such a disgrace to Pakistan fast bowling.

I have no idea what Misbah sees in him

 

[Square Drive]

Expecting at least a session to be lost.

 

[hur rizvi]

I dont think any play would be possible in session 1

 

[moghul]

Karachi and Multan should have been the test centers in Mid-December. Not Pindi or even Lahore.

 

[aukhan]

What a pathetic city Pindi is. So ****** at PCB for playing in Pindi. Its better to play in front of 10 people in Karachi. Who the heck cares about the empty stadium.

 

[Square Drive]

What a pathetic city Pindi is. So ****** at PCB for playing in Pindi. Its better to play in front of 10 people in Karachi. Who the heck cares about the empty stadium.

Relax.

 

[shah_1]

Apparently very few number of staff working on this ground

 

[ExpressPacer]

No rain today. We're getting a result boys.

 

[hur rizvi]

No rain today. We're getting a result boys.

Wipers are working they can probably wipe all the water by Day 10

 

[shah_1]

We have minnows like faclities hence we are minnows as well

Unless PCB find ways to make money, we will always be lowly ranked. Modern sports is all about $$$$$. This is why squash and hockey declined in Pakistan

 

[Adi_62945]

We have minnows like faclities hence we are minnows as well

Unless PCB find ways to make money, we will always be lowly ranked. Modern sports is all about $$$$$. This is why squash and hockey declined in Pakistan

Thats the mindset of a nation. Where nobody is intersted to fix the roots of problem. All are trying to look good on macro level.

 

[Greenstorm]

Its getting sunnier in Islamabad though dark clouds are visible towards pindi side.

 

[Hawkeye]

Wet outfield.

A disgrace.

 

[Danyaalr01]

Good news. Early Lunch has been taken. The covers are starting to come off, the players have arrived and are warming up. And I'm going to sleep.

 

[MenInG]

Good news. Early Lunch has been taken. The covers are starting to come off, the players have arrived and are warming up. And I'm going to sleep.

And Pakistan players are doing selfies with people behind bars

 

[jnaveen1980]

The guy in the Imam picture looks like Imam

 

[ARK Rafay]

And Pakistan players are doing selfies with people behind bars

Imam and the kid with the glasses almost out halfway.

 

[andy0204]

And Pakistan players are doing selfies with people behind bars

Pakistan players don't have iphones.
That's interesting.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Pakistan players don't have iphones.
That's interesting.

Aren't they fans phone?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rain saving Pakistan from 7th consecutive loss here. # Blessing in disguise

 

[Abdullah476]

Rain saving Pakistan from 7th consecutive loss here. # Blessing in disguise

Weak

 

[emranabbas]

Could have taken an early lunch when the covers were on.

 

[Abdullah719]

Could have taken an early lunch when the covers were on.

Extended lunch for juma.

Match to start at 1.10pm if no more rain etc.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[FlickedOffHips]

Riveting action this morning. glued to the television.

 

[JibranAnsari]

test cricket after a decade in pakistan and you do not have appropriate equipment of enough manpower to take care of the condition of the stadium. In december why would you schedule a man in rawalpindi where you will only get around 70 overs if lucky , why not prepare hyderabad stadium ? PCB has made sure that this test match is ruined. The unprofessionalism and incompetitiveness continues.

 

[emranabbas]

Reunion

 

[Abdullah719]

test cricket after a decade in pakistan and you do not have appropriate equipment of enough manpower to take care of the condition of the stadium. In december why would you schedule a man in rawalpindi where you will only get around 70 overs if lucky , why not prepare hyderabad stadium ? PCB has made sure that this test match is ruined. The unprofessionalism and incompetitiveness continues.

I think Hyderabad Stadium is far off from being ready to host international cricket. NSK and Multan are the most likely options for this time of the year.

 

[JibranAnsari]

I think Hyderabad Stadium is far off from being ready to host international cricket. NSK and Multan are the most likely options for this time of the year.

Then put some work on it , you get half hour of more cricket in hyderabad than multan. In multan too , you wont get 80 overs. Karachi and hyderabad are our best bets for this part of the year.

 

[AFM]

Reunion

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Who is he with?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Not a single ground in Pakistan is equipped to dealing with anything.

 

[emranabbas]

Who is he with?

Imam babar Shan and Asad

 

[emranabbas]

What's the average score on this ground

 

[JibranAnsari]

the match should be abandoned already , the outfield is still wet.

 

[KingKhanXi]

SL has to declare now if they want to win this match. Enough runs on board now try to bowled out pakistan twice in this score. And score remaining runs on 5th day. SL can't loose this match now.

 

[Savak]

Lol these Pakistani bowlers are clueless when it comes to building pressure and bowling six deliveries on the spot

 

[emranabbas]

Dhananjaya has played pretty well so far

 

[sharmaji]

Bad light again.

 

[emranabbas]

Don't seem too bad on TV

 

[KingKhanXi]

Play again called off. This is not great advertisement of cricket coming after 10 years. It shows every bit of incompetence of PCB. i think they never discuss these things, they just casually agree to do organise matches with no future planning.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Having a Test match after 10 years plus the limited competence of PCB doesn't help.

Hope we get a good game in Karachi

 

[MenInG]

Having a Test match after 10 years plus the limited competence of PCB doesn't help.

Hope we get a good game in Karachi

 

[Shafi]

Good thing is hopefully we are not loosing this match unless Babar, Rizwan and Shafiq fail twice along with incompetent Azhar, out of form Haris, Shan join them

 

[Boi]

At this rate they’re going to have to play day Test matches with the pink ball under lights.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Wasim Khan was a very competent man
He was the man of dignity
But then he joins PCB because of his British Nationality and now he is the icon of the incompetent. Setti could have been a far better choice than these useless due of Mani and Khan.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Wasim Khan was a very competent man
He was the man of dignity
But then he joins PCB because of his British Nationality and now he is the icon of the incompetent. Setti could have been a far better choice than these useless due of Mani and Khan.

*Duo*

 

[ARK Rafay]

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PCB knows this stat now right? Hopefully next time they'll actually take account of the different seasons and also have at least 5-6 grounds ready

 

[topspin]

I think Hyderabad Stadium is far off from being ready to host international cricket. NSK and Multan are the most likely options for this time of the year.

What about Rafi Stadium?

 

[shah_1]

What a poor decision to host the test match in Rawalpindi

 

[Xoib]

Lol these Pakistani bowlers are clueless when it comes to building pressure and bowling six deliveries on the spot

The combined test expierence is 7 tests for these two and age not more then 40 fault lies with management for overbowling them while the work horse shanwari is being wrapped in a cotton wool

 

[Omer Baloch]

10 years should've been enough to get our grounds ready for International cricket. We don't have any ground which is worthy of being called at par with top Intl grounds.

 

[Boi]

10 years should've been enough to get our grounds ready for International cricket. We don't have any ground which is worthy of being called at par with top Intl grounds.

How can you get grounds ready when there is no cricket being played there to generate money and instead you’re forking out millions on hiring stadiums in the UAE?

 

[Shazzam]

I wanna thank PCB for bring cricket back to Pakistan. No rain can stop the great effort they put in.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Really poor bowling effort in helpful conditions across 3 days so far.

 

[Mainul]

Pakistanis should be furious. Test cricket after 10 years, horrible choice of test venue. Unacceptable. Pak cricket has been in wrong hands for decades together.

 

[emranabbas]

Play called off for the day

 

[Jabo]

Bravo

Lol

Just abandon the series
Probably costs more than hosting it
And now Azhar will get a free pass if he fails

 

[tahir_dj]

PAKISTAN home season should be February to may
Not OCTOBER to January

 

[tahir_dj]

PAKISTAN home season should be February to may
Not OCTOBER to January

 

[Titan24]

PAKISTAN home season should be February to may
Not OCTOBER to January

Feb to March is the window for PSL at the moment. Current home season started a bit late than some of the previous ones (Before 2009) started around Sep, Oct on occasions so PCB can definitely push it back a little.

Its just a coincidence that rain and cloudy days in Rawalpindi exactly fell on test match days and thus causing the issue of light bit earlier than usual along with rain. Days after the test and before the test were decent for cricket.

 

[RehanG]

This match should’ve been played in Multan. Or should’ve been a day nighter.

This is waste of money time and resources.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I’m hoping we get a complete day 4 and 5 with the batting fully tested.

I’m hoping against hope that Fawad plays in Karachi, hoping the media puts pressure on PCB that he plays.

 

[MenInG]

Rawalpindi's inclement weather continued to have the final say, as the third day's play between Sri Lanka and Pakistan ended after less than half an hour of action.

In that time, Sri Lanka moved briskly, from 263/6 to 282/6. Dhananjaya de Silva made 15 of those runs to move within 13 runs of his sixth Test century. But in the larger scheme of things, it meant very little, as time has significantly run out for the Test to produce a result.

Play began belatedly on Friday, 13 December, as it had on the previous day, as the first session was abandoned due to a wet outfield that had taken a significant pounding with all the overnight rain.

It wasn't until past 11:00am that the Sri Lankan team arrived at the ground. Three-quarters of an hour later, the covers were peeled off, and it took an hour and fifteen minutes of painstaking work by the groundstaff to get the pitch and outfield ready for play.

Shaheen Shah Afridi delivered the first ball of the day, continuing his unfinished over from day two, to rousing cheers from the crowd, and de Silva cracked the third ball he faced from him through the covers for four, for the first runs of the morning.

Naseem Shah began proceedings from the other and seemed a lot more potent than Afridi. While the left-arm paceman had largely bowled full and straight without finding much movement in the air or off the deck, Naseem prodigiously swung the ball away from the right-hander and occasionally threatened the outside edge.

None of that, however, stopped de Silva from crunching a boundary in front of square, with an imperious pull. Two balls later, the light meter came out, and the players went in. And it would remain that way for the rest of the day.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1530681

 

[Hyperion66]

Really feel bad for people who showed up.

 

[Markhor]

Lol these Pakistani bowlers are clueless when it comes to building pressure and bowling six deliveries on the spot

It's appalling. I'm sick of fans and ex-players banging on about pace when pace alone is useless if you can't bowl to a plan and hit the right areas.

 

[lifecric7]

What a pathetic advertisement for cricket in Pakistan.. and you guys were so desperate .. fire mani and Wasim ASAP

 

[hadi123]

Why are you people on here moaning so much? Test cricket is back in Pakistan and you guys are moaning that rain is ruining it. Yes it's not ideal, but it's not the end of the world, get over yourselves! Test cricket is back in Pakistan for the first time in TEN years. TEN god damn years!

 

[Professor]

What a pathetic advertisement for cricket in Pakistan.. and you guys were so desperate .. fire mani and Wasim ASAP

Fire them because it rained?

 

[Hasan123]

This weather is so annoying.

 

[Danyaalr01]

My mouth waters when I think about how good this bowling partnership of the 2 Shahs could be. At such a young age both of them are international quality bowlers and are leading the attack in this test match.