Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 1st Test | Day 1 | Abu Dhabi | 18/10/11

[Watsupdoc]

jayasuria... so boring...

 

[insaftak]

come bk after 5 months is not an easy job..

playing in t20 faysal bank shows nothing

he has a minor case of Zaheer-ism

He did play one match in quaid-e-azam trophy too. his pace is down 15kph.

MINOR with capital letters

 

[SwingNSeam]

He's down to earth.

)

 

[Bullet Drive]

Junaid warming up, imagine wahab instead

 

[Strike!]

Junaid warming up.

 

[Lara400]

Gosh this sounds so exciting, who said test cricket is not dying?!

 

[Zeeraq]

only in one days

That's what I heard but on Cricinfo :

7.2 Mohammad Hafeez to Paranavitana, no run, Close shout. He has no clue about this delivery. Starts to jump out of the crease too early, the ball is full, outside off, goes on with the arm, and he ends up padding up. Huge appeal, but he is too far down the pitch to be sure. They don't review it ???

 

[hur rizvi]

Toothless bowling so far

Wahab should have played his extra pace could have been useful

 

[Bullet Drive]

Argh, need a wicket.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Junaid could be averaging like 200 after this test

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

He did play one match in quaid-e-azam trophy too. his pace is down 15kph.

MINOR with capital letters

only 1 proper match in 5 months and even that in pakistan domestic

says alot then.... umar is a rhythm bowler who needs overs behind him... and many of them..

 

[Strike!]

Wicket is dead. A true pancake.

 

[SwingNSeam]

Toothless bowling so far

Wahab should have played his extra pace could have been useful

Who knew these guys were going to bowl at Zaheer Khan's pace?

 

[JibranAnsari]

I hope no one woke up middle of the night to watch this

 

[SwingNSeam]

 

[Friend786]

That's what I heard but on Cricinfo :

7.2 Mohammad Hafeez to Paranavitana, no run, Close shout. He has no clue about this delivery. Starts to jump out of the crease too early, the ball is full, outside off, goes on with the arm, and he ends up padding up. Huge appeal, but he is too far down the pitch to be sure. They don't review it ???

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/532121.html

 

[insaftak]

126

throw him out

 

[hur rizvi]

Why did they drop Wahab??

He bowled pretty well against S.A on these wickets

 

[Fawad2010]

Keep the pressure up, wickets will come. SL RR is only 1.88 right now. No reason to panic just yet

 

[JibranAnsari]

Speed or not , Gul is and was never a test class.

 

[Love Pakistan]

Lagta hai Misbah nay chawal hi maari hai!

Im going to sleep now!

 

[Strike!]

Rameez taking stabs at jaysuria.

 

[Watsupdoc]

What a pace from the Gulla! Indians would be proud!

 

[Down2Earth]

jayasuriya giving rameez a shaadi.com interview :rameez

 

[Friend786]

sanath loves to read but can't speak !

 

[hur rizvi]

Hafeez bowling before Ajmal ...

 

[Watsupdoc]

never used to read! Me likes it

 

[Fawad2010]

BTW Afridi has just taken back his retirement.

 

[Zeeraq]

Maiden from Hafeez.

 

[SwingNSeam]

yawn

 

[Watsupdoc]

Hafeez bowling before Ajmal ...

Bowls well with the new ball, so why not?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Junaid Khan, please do well.. please well.

 

[talha3]

OK so gul and cheema have failed to make the breakthrough, despite bowling ok.

only one option left, junaid.

And this is just to get the openers...in the first hour.

 

[insaftak]

saanath aik ghantay ke baad jagta hai 2 lafaz bol ke chup ho jaata hai

 

[BoomBoomCricket]

JK on......

 

[hur rizvi]

Who knew these guys were going to bowl at Zaheer Khan's pace?

And why did they drop Wahab??

He has pace

 

[SwingNSeam]

on

 

[talha3]

124 junaid

 

[osee_bhai]

Big moment for Junaid Khan

 

[Bullet Drive]

124 kph?

 

[Fawad2010]

Junaid is on!

good luck!

 

[hur rizvi]

Junaid 124.7kph

 

[Strike!]

Starts with 124 kph.

 

[insaftak]

124 kmp

 

[osee_bhai]

I liked how people said he was brought in for his pace, 124km/h.

 

[SwingNSeam]

Rameez saying not very quick? he bowls 91mph at times.

 

[insaftak]

131 now

 

[JibranAnsari]

Going to be a huge pile of runs for sure.

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

124 kph?

i think these guns are fixed

 

[Down2Earth]

this has to be our worst pace attack for quite some time. tanvir ahmed shoud never have been dropped

 

[hur rizvi]

No swing no Seam why are we bowling 1st

 

[osee_bhai]

Sri Lanka interestingly have played only 1 spinner.

 

[Fawad2010]

His main weapon is accuracy, and we can use it to build pressure up

 

[insaftak]

131 now

I'm clapping for 131

I have gone Indian

 

[Down2Earth]

Rameez saying not very quick? he bowls 91mph at times.

bowling 90mph once in a blue moon doesn't mean you're quick

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rameez saying not very quick? he bowls 91mph at times.

only once, he is usually a trundler.

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

No swing no Seam why are we bowling 1st

misbah ul haq ko fone karo

 

[talha3]

I can't believe I'm saying this.

A Pakistan fast bowling attack struggling to reach 135.

 

[hur rizvi]

Why is JK playing he doesnt have any pace...

How he is ahead of Wahab is beyond me

 

[Strike!]

Seems like a good series for everyone to boost their averages, Both batsmen and bowlers.

 

[insaftak]

132 Balle Balle

 

[hur rizvi]

Bring on Ajmal our last hope

 

[IAJ]

Seems like this is a really slow pitch, bowlers hardly touch 133 kph

 

[Down2Earth]

jayasuriya explaining how an off spinner turns it to the off

 

[JibranAnsari]

Seems like this is a really slow pitch, bowlers hardly touch 133 kph

The speed is measured at the release , nothing to do with the pitch.

 

[MrPakistan786]

any PPers going to this game, or were planning for later?

 

[SwingNSeam]

Bring on

 

[SwingNSeam]

Rajnikanth Jr. in the center fresh add.

 

[hur rizvi]

Seems like this is a really slow pitch, bowlers hardly touch 133 kph

That excuse might work for Indians ...

Our bowlers should be able to bowl fast on any pitch

 

[insaftak]

134

 

[Down2Earth]

there is a female at the ground, a cameraman ermm woman

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

132 Balle Balle

nazar na lago bhai jaaan

 

[insaftak]

good delivery

 

[SwingNSeam]

Well bowled!

 

[Fawad2010]

wicket taking delivery! but need a bit of luck

 

[Watsupdoc]

Did anyone pick any of the Sri Lankan openers in their fantasy team?

 

[Strike!]

Junaid bowling well.

 

[osee_bhai]

the bowlers are gettiing some movement...just no wickets.

 

[Fawad2010]

First Hour of Test is over!

Pretty flat pitch, no demons in it, don't know what Misbah saw in it. We should have gotten at least 1-2 wickets by now, but having said that at least SL aren't running with the score.

SL 20/0 in 13 overs

 

[insaftak]

1 hour 20 runs and I love test cricket