Pakistan A vs Sri Lanka A | 1st unofficial Test | Leicester | July 3rd-6th, 2016 | Day 3

[Abdullah719]

Sri Lanka A team
MDUS Jayasundera, MS Warnapura, ML Udawatte, ARS Silva, SMA Priyanjan*, M Bhanuka†, SS Pathirana, NGRP Jayasuriya , PLS Gamage, MVT Fernando, AM Fernando

Pakistan A team
Sharjeel Khan, Jaahid Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam*, Umar Siddiq, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Mohammad Hasan†, Bilawal Bhatti, Hasan Ali, Azizullah, Mir Hamza

Pakistan A won the toss and elected to field.

Starting time: 10:00 GMT (15:00 PST)
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Pakistan A will begin the day at 271/8 with Mohammad Nawaz unbeaten on 62. The all-rounder is the top scorer in the innings so far, with captain Babar Azam earlier contributing with 61.

In their first innings, Sri Lanka A made 299. Hasan Ali impressed with figures of 4-63 while Mir Hamza and Mohammad Nawaz picked up a couple of wickets each.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Let's see if Nawaz can get his century

 

[Amirforpresident]

Pakistan A all Out 277. Mohammad Nawaz unbeaten 68.

 

[Ar7alan]

Pakistan A all Out 277. Mohammad Nawaz unbeaten 68.

Nawaz is out on 68 according to cricinfo

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[Red Devil]

Good to see Nawaz score some runs. Really underrated as a batsman.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Good for Nawaz, let's see if he can bowl good as well.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Nawaz is out on 68 according to cricinfo

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Sorry my bad.

 

[Amirforpresident]

I am not sure what happend, but opener Jayasundera has retired because he is hurt.

 

[Amirforpresident]

OUT!!! Azizullah strikes gets Udawatte.
Good bowling so far by Pakistan.

 

[Square Drive]

Need to make sure we're not chasing more than 250.

 

[enderwillrise]

Can somebody give details regarding azizullah?

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[Amirforpresident]

Can somebody give details regarding azizullah?

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23 years of age and has played 24 First class matches So far and got 97 wickets at an average of 22.15 .

 

[srh]

Look at Mir Hamza's figures: 5 overs, 4 maidens, 3 runs, 0 wickets, 0.60 economy rate

 

[#GreenRoars]

Good to see Azizullah getting wickets.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Nawaz strikes

SL A 6 down.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Excellent bowling by the Pakistani bowlers. SL A 8 down . 4 wickets to Mohammad Nawaz

 

[Ar7alan]

2 more wickets for Nawaz

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[#GreenRoars]

Nawaz on fire with ball now, 4 wickets for him.
SL-A 130/8

 

[Ar7alan]

9th down

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[#GreenRoars]

SL-A 131 all out.

Epic bowling from Azizullah and Mohammad Nawaz, both bagged 4,4 wickets.

 

[badsha001]

Chasing 154 runs... 4 wickets each taken by nawaz and azizullah

 

[Ar7alan]

Chasing Low scores are never easy for Pak team

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[aloo paratha]

Pakistan A has a good attack.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Chasing Low scores are never easy for Pak team

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This is a new generation team, without those genes.

 

[Ar7alan]

This is a new generation team, without those genes.

I am not too optimistic about pak batting future

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[hur rizvi]

Great game for nawaz

 

[aloo paratha]

I am not too optimistic about pak batting future

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Believe bro...

 

[Ar7alan]

Believe bro...

Let's see ... always hope for the best

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[aloo paratha]

Let's see ... always hope for the best

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Yeah.. We know it's a Pakistan team but lets just be hopeful

 

[aloo paratha]

One down already...

 

[Amirforpresident]

Sharjeel bowled

 

[Ar7alan]

One down already...

Lol ... be prepared for a shaky run chase

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[Ar7alan]

Another gone ...

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[Hasan123]

Should be winning this game from here.

 

[Hasan123]

Also Fakhar hasn't shown anything that suggests he should be selected for the LOI series

 

[srh]

why Pakistan A is not playing Saud Shakeel. Surely he is a better batsman than some of the other batsmen selected in the team

 

[Amirforpresident]

Babar Azam gone LBW

 

[aloo paratha]

why Pakistan A is not playing Saud Shakeel. Surely he is a better batsman than some of the other batsmen selected in the team

Because it's Pakistan

 

[Ahson8]

Also Fakhar hasn't shown anything that suggests he should be selected for the LOI series

He did get 49 in the last game.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Also Fakhar hasn't shown anything that suggests he should be selected for the LOI series

LOIs are different than the longer format, you don't select players for LOIs based on the performances in the longer format.

 

[Syed1]

Mashallah nazar na lagay humaray jawanoon ko..

 

[Hasan123]

LOIs are different than the longer format, you don't select players for LOIs based on the performances in the longer format.

I know but he has been disappointing.

 

[Hasan123]

He did get 49 in the last game.

Other than that he has struggled. Lets see if he can do better in the list A games.

 

[Markhor]

Any indication of what the pitch is like ? SL all out for 130 odd in 60 overs in that 2nd inns and Pakistan losing 3 wickets already in the chase.

 

[Hasan123]

Gonna be a nervous chase it seems.

 

[hur rizvi]

SL A all over Pak A

 

[IAJ]

Once you saw SL all out for 131 you would know Pakistan will struggle here and Pak are 37/5 lols, something will never change.

 

[Muhammad10]

Pakistani batsmen: Experts at making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pathetic by the A team as expected.

 

[hur rizvi]

Stumps

Pak A 37/5

Need 116 with only 5 wkts left.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bilawal bhatti is such a waste of space..can't bowl can't bat and his fielding isn't good either.

 

[Adijazz1706]

This game looks to be out of their hands now, some things never change

 

[Ar7alan]

This is a new generation team, without those genes.

Worst than old generation

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[The Last Of The Stars]

Worst than old generation

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Lol, don't worry brother, we will still win it.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

I hope Basit Ali doesn't hurt the players.

 

[Theo_14]

Babar yet to show anything on the pitch which makes him potentially world class.

 

[b.lesner]

this isn't Yorkshire 2nd xi

 

[MMHS]

I think, PAK A'll still win this match - of the 16 batsmen chosen by Dronacharya, only 2 are actually batsman for FC cricket - one got a single, but the other one is still there. Jaahid should guide the tail to reach that 154 target. However, he is young & inexperience & has Basit Ali to suggest him to night - the MAN who got bowled between his legs on the last ball of a Day in Test.

The 3 "stroke makers",chosen by PAK A in this match actually had been bowled 5 out of possible 6 times, on a Grace Road wicket where the ball actually bounces a bit. When, I learned my 1st cricket lesson long back in my AUS/UK school days, those Coaches used to remind me about "gap between bat & pad" - now we are actually in dynamic era of cricket; so "modern" top order "batsmen" have come out of those old prejudice.

Also, SRL A doesn't deserve to win this match - they took 63 overs to post 131 on Day 3 to add invaluable runs to their small lead of 22; had someone like Sharjeel Khan batted for 63 overs, he is alone capable of posting 311 .........

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

These guys are not used to bat for long. The result is that they all struggle whenever they have to.

 

[gazza619]

Babar yet to show anything on the pitch which makes him potentially world class.

The kid is too young and hasnt had much exposure to challenges unlike other international youngsters. Lets give him time.


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[Square Drive]

Hope we win this.

Disappointed to see the batting effort.

 

[Theo_14]

The kid is too young and hasnt had much exposure to challenges unlike other international youngsters. Lets give him time.


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How old is he?

I'm willing to wait 2 years and then assess him. But truth is the way people are hyping him has backfired because he has performed in any way which would make the hype around him acceptable.

 

[Muhammad10]

How old is he?

I'm willing to wait 2 years and then assess him. But truth is the way people are hyping him has backfired because he has performed in any way which would make the hype around him acceptable.

Babar is 21 years old.