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Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 1st Test - Day 1 | Karachi | 21/2/09

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Or even why not Yasir Arafat? Who was their best bowler before lunch who was bowling a better line than the rest...
 
Omar Malik said:
And why is Shoaib Malik bowling ahead of Danish Kaneria? Whats YK upto?
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Desperately trying to catch up with the over-rate i'd imagine.
 
Omar Malik said:
Or even why not Yasir Arafat? Who was their best bowler before lunch who was bowling a better line than the rest...
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He needs a break(and a deserved one)..had a long spell before lunch.
 
Of the highlights I have seen Yasir Arafat so far has been the most impressive and got to 140 K aswell if am not mistaken....
 
I just realized that Talha's hero is Waqar Younus who is there in the stadium so hopefully they will meet each other and Waqar might give some tips to Talha Insh Allah
 
This is pak bowlers in 2009....
 

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Commentators really cricizing how Sohail Khan is not even looking close to fit...this is just 6 overs bowled by him. He is getting smashed all over the place...
 
what rubbish bowling is this....waqar is finding lots of faults in his bowling action
 
Infact, he is not getting anything right... wth is going on?
 
Embarrassing really this stuff from Sohail...

Reminds me of Wahab Riaz v India....
 
kablooee87 said:
Awkward run up.
Falling away.
Head not steady.

Trying way to hard.
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Also, VERY expensive for the tests. Not the speed promised that everyone was talking about. He is also struggling with his runup...definitely, doesn't seem fit and we might be one bowler short if he doesn't bowl.
 
checkers.llvllaster said:
Also, VERY expensive for the tests. Not the speed promised that everyone was talking about. He is also struggling with his runup...definitely, doesn't seem fit and we might be one bowler short if he doesn't bowl.
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I think he did an akhter and didn't say he was not 100% fit
when he should have so that he would be selected

has increased his pace in this spell compared to his first spell but
but is not getting any movement
 
This does not look like a test match. Seems like both SL's and Pakistanis are still in the ODI mode.
 
Sohail Khans last delivery - 146.9 km/h..inswing to Jayawardene
 
why has younis not brought back arafat yet he was already getting some reverse where as gul and sohail are bowling to short to get much movement
 
hashman said:
so all of a sudden the speed gun has s khan hitting 146km, can we trust it
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Yeah that one was decent pace. Better over from Sohail that one, even the boundary was not a bad ball.
 
kaneria wasting a lot of time staring at jawardene, they gonna go even further behind the over rate, why bother when you are going to bowl a half tracker every over
 
Couch Cricketer said:
why has younis not brought back arafat yet he was already getting some reverse where as gul and sohail are bowling to short to get much movement
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Would be unfair to Arafat to bring him back right now. The guy just bowled an 8 over spell. You don't want to burn him out or make him injury prone.
 
hashman said:
kaneria wasting a lot of time staring at jawardene, they gonna go even further behind the over rate, why bother when you are going to bowl a half tracker every over
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:))) :)))
 
Plasma said:
He did make a big grunt when he bowled that one.
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He has been grunting all the time, even with his 130k deliveries...
 
Couch Cricketer said:
I think he did an akhter and didn't say he was not 100% fit
when he should have so that he would be selected

has increased his pace in this spell compared to his first spell but
but is not getting any movement
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Well this is a problem created by Pakistan cricket. Selection is so haphazard that a player is going to say he is fit even if he is not because who knows when he is going to get another opportunity? Could be never.

That being said, I don't think Sohail is unfit, just nervous. He has spent his career beating up on Pakistan domestic batsmen who are not the most solid players, now he is bowling on super flat pitch to world class Test batsmen who average around 50 and above. Big step up.
 
maamrut said:
So all of Pak bowlers in the 135-140 kmph now? Sweet..
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so even our "millitary medium" players clock 90mph, sorry kiddo, you boys will have to wait DECADES before you can make pace jokes with us. and if in comparision to shoaibs and wasims and waqars and imrans the best you can cough up in 60 years is ishant, well then, i dont think its very funny form your perspective is it?
 
Random Aussie said:
Well this is a problem created by Pakistan cricket. Selection is so haphazard that a player is going to say he is fit even if he is not because who knows when he is going to get another opportunity? Could be never.

That being said, I don't think Sohail is unfit, just nervous. He has spent his career beating up on Pakistan domestic batsmen who are not the most solid players, now he is bowling on super flat pitch to world class Test batsmen who average around 50 and above. Big step up.
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RA, the commentators were also mentioning that he may be unfit from the expressions...
 
Sohail although still getting spanked looks in better rythm. Over pitching a little but is not getting any movement so quite easy to dispatch for 4s
 
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