Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 1st Test - Day 5 | Karachi | 25/2/09

[iafzal]

i am surprised no yorkers or short balls. mostly wicket to to wicket

 

[HuZi]

Bashar: "These dead pitches are the same on which Imran, Wasim and Waqar used reverse swing and pace to win matches for Pak. The current crop of Pakistani bowlers has lost that vital skill. Waqar should be brought as a bowling coach to teach our bowlers reverse swing."

totally true because wasim trains indians -_-' and then waqar is logical to have as a bowling coach

 

[HuZi]

Gone Bhanjaaaaaaaaaaa GREAT catch

 

[Genghis]

Kaneria ... finally gets his man! Jayawardena goes ... something still in this!!!

 

[iafzal]

great catch by Bhanja he just wrote his parchi for 2nd test.
sady no Alam in next test

 

[Imran_m]

Regardless of the result it is great to see the spirit, unity and dedication of the current team.

 

[Genghis]

Only got an 18 run lead now, so will need to get these wickets pretty quickly.

 

[prince_of_hell]

Get Gul on rite now

 

[Imran_m]

Bring Gulla back!

 

[Muzy]

kanerians doing good job i see lol

 

[Zeenix]

Great a couple of quick wickets and we have a match on our hands

 

[Muzy]

i sense an exciting finish here

 

[HuZi]

what is the fastest ball f thins innings by the pakistani bowlers?

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

what is the fastest ball f thins innings by the pakistani bowlers?

dont ask

 

[pakistani pride]

arafat put some effort in maan

 

[HuZi]

shottt 4 samaraweera noting gone still somehow get a wicket here

 

[HuZi]

arafat put some effort in maan

you're pissing me off with your comments about arafat

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

is arafat getting a slight amount of reverse?

 

[Muzy]

tight spell by arafat

 

[Genghis]

9 run lead now ... c'mon Kaneria get us anothe couple of wickets!

 

[Muzy]

ok spoke 2soon.... waise just woke up awhile ago checked scorecard, was a shame to see yk not get brian lara's record but still this test match will be a memorable one especially for yk....... hope things set off from here

 

[HuZi]

is arafat getting a slight amount of reverse?

yes he's getting it still someone called '' pakistani PRIDE'' thinks he isn't putting much effort...

 

[BoomBoomAfridi]

Just showed a Sohail Khan look-a--like wathcing the circket in the ground!

Brilliant!

 

[HuZi]

ex kuptaan in to bowl

 

[HuZi]

ones again a no ball from malik

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

ball is turning quite sharply, Malik comes on

 

[HuZi]

he was GONE

 

[Genghis]

That looked out .. but Steve Davis hasn't given any LBW all match so I guess that one was never expected either!

 

[iafzal]

malik putting extra effort and hence the no balls

 

[asifp]

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, no run, close shout for lbw, full on middle, gets outside the line to play it towards midwicket, struck the inside half of the pad and seemed to hit him in line with the stumps, close call but Steve Davis says NO

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

That was out.

 

[NeVerMind]

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, no run, close shout for lbw, full on middle, gets outside the line to play it towards midwicket, struck the inside half of the pad and seemed to hit him in line with the stumps, close call but Steve Davis says NO

rameez agrees that was out.

 

[asifp]

rameez agrees that was out.

buddha khay gaya saala

 

[Muzy]

omgggg that was a wicket for malik!!!!!!!! whttttttttttttt i dont believe this

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

We need to get Sangakarra out asap

 

[asifp]

Sanga OUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

 

[iafzal]

Sangakara is one lucky son of gun.
He had 2 chancesin his last inning and 3 in this already. I we had him avail those chances we would have won

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Yessssssssssssssssssss

Kaneria You The Man

Sanga Gone

Get In!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Imran_m]

Kaneria you legend

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

sl 120-5

 

[Genghis]

Lead is only 1 run now and we're into the last hour. Game pretty much over - but well played to the boys for the awesome effort!
AND THATS OUT!!! SANGA GONE ... Kaneria has booked his spot for the next decade!!!

 

[Zeenix]

out

 

[asifp]

Imagine Pakistan need 20 runs in 2 overs...hahahha,,that would be awesome

 

[BoomBoomAfridi]

Yesssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get In There!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Can Still Win This!!!!!!!!

 

[Imran_m]

We need to get Sangakarra out asap

Now why couldnt you have said that earlier

 

[iafzal]

Imagine Pakistan need 20 runs in 2 overs...hahahha,,that would be awesome

who will they send as there is no afridi

Afridi lovers will come out in force

 

[asifp]

Lead is only 1 run now and we're into the last hour. Game pretty much over - but well played to the boys for the awesome effort!
AND THATS OUT!!! SANGA GONE ... Kaneria has booked his spot for the next decade!!!

three deadly inswinging yorker..hahah imagine

 

[HuZi]

Pakistan Zindabad

 

[Muzy]

wooooooooooooooo sangers gone!! kanerians is aliveee

 

[NeVerMind]

Kaneria causing all sort of problems another edge

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Now why couldnt you have said that earlier

I was having Tea - sorry guys

Anyways we need to get Samaraweera and Jayawardene quickly

Around 15 overs remain???

 

[Zeenix]

Come on another wicket and we are effectively in the tail.

 

[Genghis]

In all reality we prob got 9 overs to bowl SL out and make something out of this!

 

[siccric]

Even if we don't win this, this is still a great moment- to see this fighting spirit in the team. If only we had declared a bit earlier, we'd have a really good chance right now. Bad cricket from SL

 

[asifp]

yaar............i wish we had 30 more overs. Atleast some fun of Test cirkcet....too bad we had to wait over 4 days for this

 

[NeVerMind]

Gul is back!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

SL 120-5

17 overs remain

Gul onto bowl now

 

[asifp]

Gul where are you bowling yaar....yorker kar ne

 

[Imran_m]

Gull is back.

I would have given Malik 1 more.

 

[Genghis]

These are the last two recognised batsmen, so now we need something magical from Gulli to take us to the unbeleivable!

 

[Oxy]

We probably have about 7-8 overs left in reality.

But YK doesnt have to call it off early if he thinks we can win!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Samaraweere gets a boundary

SL lead by 3 runs

 

[Genghis]

SL now have a lead ... so we will need to bat... Come on Kaneria ... give us another couple!!!

 

[Oxy]

KAneria needs to step up to the plate - if he thinks he is world class, this is the opportunity to prove it

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Another boundary

128-5

Lead of 7

 

[NeVerMind]

Sohail Khan fielding so letargically...he can't even run!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

SL 133-5

Lead by 12 runs

DRINKS

 

[Couch Cricketer]

malik should bowl one or two more overs he looked more dangerous than gul as there is not much reverse

 

[Genghis]

Drinks ... good opportunity for a good team meeting to work out how to get these last 5 wickets! Would need some magic bowling to get anything from this game, but these guys have put in a superlative effort!

 

[Amjid Javed]

2 overs will be lost if any change of inns occur. so we need 5 wickets in about 6/7 overs here!

 

[iafzal]

we have about 8-10 overs to get them out now. Keep in mind we will loose a couple of overs in the change over.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Can extra half-hour be claimed on last day to try and win a game? or is it just last hour been played out now?

 

[HuZi]

finally the gull yourker

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

That was a nice yorker from Gul - needs a few more of those

 

[Imran_m]

how did he keep that out?

 

[iafzal]

how did he keep that out?

with some help from the pads

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

C'mon Kaneria - give us a wicket now please

 

[Oxy]

2 more overs to get some wkts - in reality

 

[Genghis]

2-3 overs to get 5 wickets ... just about over now! Gul can he lift us again?

 

[HuZi]

a hattrick here for gull and everything is possible