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Just about 4 hours remaining until start of play.

This will be the final lineup:

Salman Butt
Khurram Manzoor
Younis Khan (c)
Misbah Ul-Haq
Shoaib Malik
Faisal Iqbal
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Yasir Arafat
Umar Gul
Danish Kaneria
Mohammad Talha/Sohail Khan.

I hope Pakistan win the toss and field first.

Best of luck Pakistan! :)
 
no we need to win toss and bat first...we don't want to face murali and mendis in 4th innings..
 
I wanna see sohail khan bowl already!!!

Umar Gul and Sohail Khan opening bowling would be awesome.
 
Nothing left to see in the team........ heart braking....... those superstars aren't there any more...... :(
 
imagine if they surprise us and have Gul, Khan , Arafat and Talha all play!
 
asifp said:
imagine if they surprise us and have Gul, Khan , Arafat and Talha all play!
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That's very improbable, but would be awesome to see our killer bowling attack then. That would make a good bowling attack, but we will be lacking batting.
 
desi_larka420 said:
Nothing left to see in the team........ heart braking....... those superstars aren't there any more...... :(
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well, we might see a superstar in the making. we just need to wait a watch who would be the lucky one :batman:
 
i wanna see all pacers in action..cant wait, especially talha. i have only heard of him. dont know much about QEA trophy, following it is really difficult as i dont live in pakistan..
 
cricketkashmir said:
i wanna see all pacers in action..cant wait, especially talha. i have only heard of him. dont know much about QEA trophy, following it is really difficult as i dont live in pakistan..
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I hope he is playing. It probably will be a pick b/w him and Sohail Khan. Oh why, can't we see both of them play for a treat!
 
If I was to make a choice between Talha and Sohail Khan.. I would go with Khan... just because he has more international experience. I am sure Younis is going to pick Sohail Khan over Talha... but Talha is really really close to grabbing that elusive spot in the team.
 
kingusama92 said:
If I was to make a choice between Talha and Sohail Khan.. I would go with Khan... just because he has more international experience. I am sure Younis is going to pick Sohail Khan over Talha... but Talha is really really close to grabbing that elusive spot in the team.
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I have a feeling YK might pick Talha just for a surprise....
 
Yep, but nevertheless I'll be very excited to see Talha bowl if he gets selected in the final XI as well. Who knows, he might turn out to run over the SL batting lineup.
 
natalia said:
Just about 4 hours remaining until start of play.

This will be the final lineup:

Salman Butt
Khurram Manzoor
Younis Khan (c)
Misbah Ul-Haq
Shoaib Malik
Faisal Iqbal
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Yasir Arafat
Umar Gul
Danish Kaneria
Mohammad Talha/Sohail Khan.

I hope Pakistan win the toss and field first.

Best of luck Pakistan! :)
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Unless there is something special in the pitch I would bat first. The SL spin duo will be too much to handle on day 5 with the rough.
 
Why did they cut Fawaad Alam from the team. he is a good batsman and was the top scorer in domestis matches
 
I couldnt even sleep... i feel so excited!!! Its been like ive been tortured for 14 months.

I really hope no one else ever has to face a situation like this again Words fall short to describe how passionate fans feel after 14 months of torture... :(
 
Cricinfo says:

"The word around is fast bowler Mohammad Talha might get a look-in"
 
I know it's not really a good decision but I'm really excited to see the new comers bowl and Younis' captaincy.. :)
 
^ nope, I'm watching it on TV.

anyways test cricket is no fun if it's watched on the computer, it's only fun on TV :D
 
has the toss happened
here in singapore they might not show ads during the match
but sometimes they dont even show start of match end of match comments from experts etc
can some one upload the end of day comments
 
Couch Cricketer said:
has the toss happened
here in singapore they might not show ads during the match
but sometimes they dont even show start of match end of match comments from experts etc
can some one upload the end of day comments
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I'm in Singapore as well. I called StarHub and requested them to show the Pak-SL series and they accepted the request. Subscribe to the cricket group, it's on Cricket Extra (Ch 111).

And yeah I know, it's awesome that there are no ads between overs or anything but then sometimes they start when the first ball is just about to happen :S
 
14 minutes left...these 14 minutes are like 14 months of no test cricket
 
natalia said:
I'm in Singapore as well. I called StarHub and requested them to show the Pak-SL series and they accepted the request. Subscribe to the cricket group, it's on Cricket Extra (Ch 111).

And yeah I know, it's awesome that there are no ads between overs or anything but then sometimes they start when the first ball is just about to happen :S
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I already have the package its just that the match starts at 1 and the hubbox is showing the same for its broadcast that means no comments from expets etc
I remeber watching the pak-wi series where there no comment etc and you could hear commentators between overs
And rameez's many takes before he was able to do the correct presantion for the toss and interview :D
 
so no Talha? that's alright, hope to see him in the second test though.
 
Couch Cricketer said:
I remeber watching the pak-wi series where there no comment etc and you could hear commentators between overs
And rameez's many takes before he was able to do the correct presantion for the toss and interview :D
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YEP, i remember that! it was hilarious, i recorded it as well :)
 
HEY couch cricket, it's started on Ch 111! :)

IT'S ON TV, BROADCAST STARTED!!
 
Pitch report: seems like a 5-day track, but it does have some grass on it!
 
ali_ed2006 said:
fawad is not in the 12 man lineup
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12 players were the people younus thought were going to play 12 th man can be anyone even from outside the 15 probables for the home team

Although most team play team choose the 12th man who is that best fielder
 
definately a good speaker this guy, definatley in the mould of imran khan. yups thats it
 
Pak squad:

Butt
Manzoor
Younus
Misbah
Malik
Faisal
Akmal
Arafat
Gul
Sohail
Kaneria
 
Pakistan bowlers should go out all guns blazing (without worrying about conceding runs) and bowl the Lanks out for 135 or thereabouts.
 
Excited boys!!! Great stuff! We gotta make some use of the first hour.
 
So we look forward to seeing this "lively pitch"...:D

Awesome stuff that Pak are playing again, good luck all.

Off to find a stream...
 
The pitch doesn't look entirely friendly for batting as we would've expected. Quite a bit of grass on it and a few cracks as well.
 
ali_ed2006 said:
fawad is not in the 12 man lineup
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bhai meray... will a fast bowler (talha) field for 2.5+ days
 
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TVN keeps freezing up ... anyone else with the same prob, or is it just me?
 
Pakistan: Salman Butt, Khurram Manzoor, Younis Khan (captain), Misba-ul-haq, Shoaib Malik, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Sohail Kham, Danish Kaneria, Umar Gul
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Cricinfo says this. Think they've left out Yasir Arafat.
 
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