Pakistan (299/5) secure a narrow 6-run victory over Sri Lanka (293/9) in the series opener

[Asif321]

Things not looking good outside the field . Fear this tour might be halted

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Amazing comeback by the lower order.

Agha is solid in Odi format.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Things not looking good outside the field . Fear this tour might be halted

Whats happened?

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Amazing comeback by the lower order.

Agha is solid in Odi format.

He has been amazing

 

[sweep_shot]

Agha is much better in ODI and Test. He showed it today.

 

[NeVerMind]

He has been amazing

Should be replacing Shaan as Test Kuptaan..we have it all wrong...Agha should eb the Test/ODI kuptaan and Shaheen can do T20s...

 

[adi_62941]

Took a review so confidently that he has hit the ball

 

[Rana]

Beautiful cut

 

[Human786]

240/5 - 6 to go

 

[jamie smith fan]

Beautiful cut

Agha getting 100 will be a nightmare for many sanghi posters here

 

[imshally81]

Saud shakeel should play on number 4.... Rizwan should come on no 7

 

[Rana]

Agha getting 100 will be a nightmare for many sanghi posters here

Lots of Freshies too.

@gazza619 @Kianig89 @Raja Ishtiaq

 

[jamie smith fan]

Lots of Freshies too.

@gazza619 @Kianig89 @Raja Ishtiaq

@RizwanT20Champ @BouncerGuy
These guys are also crying in the corner

 

[jamie smith fan]

54 needed off 5 overs

 

[Rana]

Sri Lanka have had some rubbish decisions

That wasn’t a no ball IMO

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Poor choice by Sri Lanka. I'm not sure why you need a second spinner in Theekshana in these conditions. You need Eshan Malinga.

Proving to be an absolute nightmare of a decision.

 

[jamie smith fan]

Good from agha.
Playing for team not for his 100

 

[jnaveen1980]

Theekshana is a T20 bowler. NOt ODI bowler

 

[sweep_shot]

PAK - 251/5 (45.4 overs).

Good foundation. 300 is possible.

 

[Snowflake]

Why isn't Pathirana playing? I heard he was good

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Guy is bowling 102 kph. Roshan be like he's taking pace off

 

[Human786]

253/5 - 4 to go

 

[Rana]

Come on Nawaz get on with it!!!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Theekshana is a T20 bowler. NOt ODI bowler

Completely useless on flat pitches. Can't bat either. SL were playing with Liyanage as 3rd seamer. Talking about shooting yourself in the shoot

 

[Rana]

Rubbish by Nawaz

3 dots and then a full toss not put away!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Srilanka is ranked 4 in ODI and Pakistan 5. But Srilanka is playing like no.8 ranked team.

 

[Rana]

Give Pakistan a free licence every ball, they will score 7-8 in the over

Ask them to make a bit of an effort but be cautious, they might make 9-10 in the over in a good one.


Weird, weird team!

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Low IQ posters think performing in ODIs means a player should also play T20s

@Rana

 

[Human786]

257/5 - 3 to go

 

[Rana]

One of the worst performances I’ve seen from this Pakistani umpire

He’s had a horrendous day!

 

[hamzie]

is the umpire ok

 

[zahid01]

Slowed down they needed to put foot down not take foot of if it was riz or bab posts will be really negative on salman slowing down for his century

 

[Nikhil_cric]

One of the worst performances I’ve seen from this Pakistani umpire

He’s had a horrendous day!

Clear no ball not given.

 

[imshally81]

Good comeback by Pakistan

 

[jamie smith fan]

Slowed down they needed to put foot down not take foot of if it was riz or bab posts will be really negative on salman slowing down for his century

He has not slowed down.
His hits are not connecting

 

[Rana]

Low IQ posters think performing in ODIs means a player should also play T20s

@Rana

No, that’s hypocrites like you who think Rizwan should be in T20s because he keeps well in Test

 

[Rana]

You need Faheem Ashraf out there trying to launch them.

Guy is being wasted.

 

[Sachin fan]

Slowed down they needed to put foot down not take foot of if it was riz or bab posts will be really negative on salman slowing down for his century

Dude, he is going at 120 strike rate, Babar hit at 56 strike rate today.

 

[Rana]

Some good hits

 

[imshally81]

Back to back boundaries at same spot

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Brilliant century!!! Well done Agha!!

Look forward to seeing more of the same in ODIs and Tests

 

[imshally81]

loo for Salman

 

[Rana]

Take that Hundred BadSuurat Kumar Yadav!

 

[Snowflake]

Agha boy!

Sad he was so rubbish in the T20s. Clearly, ODIs are where he belongs.

 

[Rana]

Brilliant century!!! Well done Agha!!

Look forward to seeing more of the same in ODIs and Tests

Chup Kar hypocrite!!

 

[Human786]

2 to go - 277/5

 

[AZulfi]

Another brilliant knock by Agha under pressure.

But can he at least find gloves that fit him well? Just kidding! ? The ritual brings him luck!

 

[imshally81]

Agha boy!

Sad he was so rubbish in the T20s. Clearly, ODIs are where he belongs.

And test too

 

[Rana]

Hope that SOB Sky is watching.

Disrespecting a proper gentleman like Agha!!

 

[AZulfi]

Should look for 290-300 in order to compensate for

Haris ‘hit me anywhere man’ Rauf’s bowling

 

[jnaveen1980]

Full toss after full toss. SL is bowling filth

 

[Rana]

good hits by Nawaz

Why can’t we just drop Babar and Rizwan to see if we are a modern 50 over team too?

 

[imshally81]

20 runs in last over

 

[Ali Active]

salman ali agha is good in odis and test he is not suited for t20s

 

[adi_62941]

I dont think pak will be able to defend any total less than 300 here. The pitch looks absolutely roads now

 

[Human786]

284/5

 

[Ball Blazer]

Salman Ali Agha completes his 2nd century in ODI. He completed his ton in 83 balls with 9 classic 4s.

 

[Rana]

oh yes Nawaz!!

 

[imshally81]

Flat Six

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

Say whatever you want agha is now a better player than babar hard work of agha makes him pakistan best player across all formats and he can be good in t20 as well get those tough runs brilliant player.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Nawaz is a much better natural hitter than Agha. Should field the strike more.

 

[Human786]

PK will win this ...

 

[jnaveen1980]

In ODIs you cannot go with only 4 frontline seamers. 5th bowling option has to be better than this.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

PK will win this ...

Naa, this is a 320-330 pitch. If SL don't any thing silly, 300 is very chaseable.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Atleast dozen full tosses

 

[AZulfi]

Salman Ali Agha is Pakistan’s most dependable batsman in test and ODIs right now.

 

[AZulfi]

299/5 is a brilliant recovery from 95/4

 

[imshally81]

Good finish by Pakistan

 

[NeVerMind]

Loving Nawaz V2.0!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

A very good total from Pakistan. 104 runs in the last 10 overs is probably the record at Rawalpindi in that phase

 

[NeVerMind]

Loving Nawaz V2.0!

wonder if he has taken up golf...

 

[zaidihusain]

From Cricinfo

 

[AZulfi]

Hope Rauf does not undo all the good work of Agha and co.

 

[Energy]

Hats off to Agha in pacing this century. Remembered the times if Inzi and MoYo.

 

[zaidihusain]

Pakistan need Sahibzada, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Nawaz in ODIs in place of Fakhar, Babar

 

[Mohraheem]

Salman Agha will always be better than Misbah ul haq

 

[AZulfi]

View attachment 159330From Cricinfo

This is gross generalisation

Agha’s position is only dubious in T20s lately because of lack of any batting performance (poor average and SR in the last 15-20 T20Is which is not a small sample size!). If he improves and bats like this in T20Is he will surely gain respect from everyone.

Nawaz does well in bilaterals and against weaker teams in general but is a mental midget esp. in big or pressure games esp. games vs India. Remains to be seen if there is an improvement.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is gross generalisation

Agha’s position is only dubious in T20s lately because of lack of any batting performance (poor average and SR in the last 15-20 T20Is which is not a small sample size!). If he improves and bats like this in T20Is he will surely gain respect from everyone.

Nawaz does well in bilaterals and against weaker teams in general but is a mental midget esp. in big or pressure games esp. games vs India. Remains to be seen if there is an improvement.

You don't bant like this in T20s. 9 fours in a century. Batted for 30 overs to make a 100. Not the same you do in T20.

 

[AZulfi]

You don't bant like this in T20s. 9 fours in a century. Batted for 30 overs to make a 100. Not the same you do in T20.

I meant according to the demands of T20 batting

 

[JibranAnsari]

Saud shakeel should play on number 4.... Rizwan should come on no 7

Lol 80s is it?