Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 2nd Test - Day 1| Lahore | 1/3/09

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Ok so 10 hours till the 2nd day starts, we've been promised that it'll be a fast bolwers track, hope they fuffil that. Younis said that if he wins the toss he'll bat first, can't say anything because i haven't seen the pitch yet so. Both Younis and Akmal have had some really good outings at Qadaffi Staduim, both of 'em averaging above 60. As for Malik and Butt who have an average of 32 and 20. Just can't wait!!!! :yk
 
Oh yeah and Mods, can you change the title and add 1st day to it, thanks.
 
Hope Talha does play, a pakistan win will Insh'Allah make people know that the cornered tigerfs are well and truly back under YK
 
If it is a fast bowlers wicket that would be even better than winning the match. Also hope bhanja has been dropped but that isn't likely, maybe Jawardene can get him for duck this time just to drive the message home with the selectors.
 
Bhanja is gonna play sadly as YK was saying senior plays need to step up and he mentioned Bhanja's name.
 
win toss and bat first. Score a big one and put Lankans under pressure. I just don't want our team to be up against Murali and Mendis in 4th innings. They both are awesome players, and I don't seem them failing twice in a row.
 
ali_ed2006 said:
win toss and bat first. Score a big one and put Lankans under pressure. I just don't want our team to be up against Murali and Mendis in 4th innings. They both are awesome players, and I don't seem them failing twice in a row.
Insh Allah this will happen (bolded one), this is what :yk said he will do
 
iafzal said:
Bhanja is gonna play sadly as YK was saying senior plays need to step up and he mentioned Bhanja's name.
yee he will. Fawad is always rejected even though he is selected in the squad and when he gets a chance to play this guy had always performed. I am really not sure what the selectors are expecting from him
 
pakistanbest said:
Hope Talha does play, a pakistan win will Insh'Allah make people know that the cornered tigerfs are well and truly back under YK
Insh Allah they will
Lets go :yk tigers
 
A good strategy will be to put Srilanka into bat get them out for 160 runs with Talha taking 5-wicket haul and then scoring 360 in our first inning and then getting them out for 250 which leaves us 50 to win on the morning of the 5th day. After that Butt scores 17 and gets out while Younis kHan remains not out on 11 and Khurram Manzoor 25 not out of 100 deliveries. Series to Pakistan
 
Really looking forward to this test. Can't wait tilll it begins InshaALLAH :)
 
Umta said:
A good strategy will be to put Srilanka into bat get them out for 160 runs with Talha taking 5-wicket haul and then scoring 360 in our first inning and then getting them out for 250 which leaves us 50 to win on the morning of the 5th day. After that Butt scores 17 and gets out while Younis kHan remains not out on 11 and Khurram Manzoor 25 not out of 100 deliveries. Series to Pakistan

if only it was that easy.
 
Umta said:
A good strategy will be to put Srilanka into bat get them out for 160 runs with Talha taking 5-wicket haul and then scoring 360 in our first inning and then getting them out for 250 which leaves us 50 to win on the morning of the 5th day. After that Butt scores 17 and gets out while Younis kHan remains not out on 11 and Khurram Manzoor 25 not out of 100 deliveries. Series to Pakistan
You are meticulous in your thinking. :D
 
Asalaam alikum wr wb Brothers;

First of all what is important is whether we will see a sporting wicket not a GREEN WICKET. We have seen in past semi green wickets on first days of a test match in 2004 at lahore & rawalpindi vs india and in 2006 at karachi vs india . Most of the time whenever a lively has been prepared it has'nt lasted more than a day's play. The following days wicket eased out making life easier for batsmen on each occasion in the past in pakistan.

I have yet to see a real sporting wicket constant throught the 5 days or atleast 2/3 days. At best lively wicket has lasted one day and then turn into a typical flat batsmen friendly wicket.

If we lose the toss and bat on a lively wicket we all know what will happen. I am yet to actually see a hard and bouncy wicket in pakistan rather than a semi green wicket. A seaming is more damaging to our batsmen cause they struggle against lateral movement as they don't get to play against it often on home soil at international level.

I know at domestic level lively wickets are prepared regularly but what about hard and bouncy wickets ?. Is it really such a big issue that we can't prepare such wickets ?. A sporting wicket which sees equal contest between bat and ball is ideal. Where batsmen, fast bowlers, spinners and all rounders can demonstrate their skills effectively.

If we see a typical lively wicket (Semi green) which will at best last one day then it is imperative to win the toss and put lankans to bat. But do we have the fast bowlers to take lankans out ? I believe sohail tanvir has now matured enough to play at test level as he has built up his international experience and has grown in stature. Leaving him out is a mistake for sure. Iftikhar anjum has really been consistent in his career even though he does'nt impress vast majority of us cause he's not exciting to watch. He is a typical line and length bowler who relies more on seam than speed and swing. I believe our bowling line up should have been gul, tanvir, iftikhar and afridi. Sohail khan should be persisted for seond test match .

Since gul's the only experienced bowler in the playing eleven we should really not have dropped tanvir. There is no point playing iftikhar anjum on a flat wicket as he relies on seam mainly and with no assistance from the wicket he would have been useless. You need three dimensional bowlers who can make the bowl talk if when the tough gets going.

Please don't get too excited about talha even if he his promising, all depends on his mental strength and bowling discipline on the field. Kaneria has fared slightly better than both mendis and murali in karachi test so i guess he can be trusted again. I have to say we need a real match winning spinner to challenge kaneria for his place. There should be strong pool of back up players challenging each player in the playing eleven so the team is never depleted in terms of healthy options.

Some people have been calling for butt's head already !. Was'nt he the pakistani batsman with more runs in the one day series( 100 & 83 in first two one dayers !) . okay they are playing a different format but guys give him a break he failed in one test innings !. I am not convinved with khurram manzoor, of what i have watched of him he did'nt look to have solid technique and his mental strength too is'nt upto mark. in terms of mental strength and talent nasir jamshed is one opener who can cut it out very successfully at international level provided he does'nt play the frequent rash stroke he plays. I have already said previously that nasir jamshed is pakistan's mathew hayden. MARK MY words nasir jamshed is here to stay, alongwith butt pakistan will have the next best opening pair since the days of the legendary opening pair of saeed anwar and aamir sohail.
 
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Inshallah we will have a very positive 1st day...let's hope the openers can get some runs, and if we bowl 1st, that we unearth the next great Pakistani fast bowler!
 
AhmedZulfiqar said:
Inshallah we will have a very positive 1st day...let's hope the openers can get some runs, and if we bowl 1st, that we unearth the next great Pakistani fast bowler!


Hope so ...INSHALLAH...can we get a live stream from somewhere for this match ? by the way what time is this match starting ?
 
Bilsher007 said:
Hope so ...INSHALLAH...can we get a live stream from somewhere for this match ? by the way what time is this match starting ?

In around 4 hours time. :)
 
ali_ed2006 said:
win toss and bat first. Score a big one and put Lankans under pressure. I just don't want our team to be up against Murali and Mendis in 4th innings.

Repost from another thread:

If the pitch isn't TOO different for bowling than the Karachi pitch, then obviously playing Murali and Mendis will be as easy as Pakistan played them in the first test (even Arafat didn't struggle against them). If the pitch is TOTALLY different and helps spinners each and every day, then you've got a point.
 
i would really like to see nasir jamshed or ahmed shehzad open but thats not going to happen.not impressed by manzoor at all. it would be unfair to drop sohail, he bowled on a flat track and catches were dropped off his bowling. on the other side would be good to see how talha performs. i have only heard of him, never seen him bowl. expect some runs from salman butt too. whatever guys, i want to see pak win.....
 
Another Test for Pakistan to play? So soon?

Awesome

Good luck to Talha if he makes his debut, he is in the fortunate position that the bowler he would be replacing did absolutely nothing in the last game so he just has to improve on that.
 
Knowing the Pakistan team, they'll persist with Sohail for the next 2 or 3 matches and he'll fail in those matches as well, THEN ONLY they'll realize their mistake and replace him :))
 
natalia said:
Knowing the Pakistan team, they'll persist with Sohail for the next 2 or 3 matches and he'll fail in those matches as well, THEN ONLY they'll realize their mistake and replace him :))

You have to give debutants time but Sohail's debut was pretty bad. If anyone was going to get dropped after one Test it would be him unfortunately.
 
No RA, it's not only with debutants - even non-debutants only get dropped due to their poor form after the team persisting with them for atleast 2 or 3 matches or so.
 
e.g. Kamran Akmal. He's in form now but they persisted with him for so many matches UNTIL the Asia Cup when they realized it was time to drop him and played with Sarfraz Ahmed for the whole series.
 
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Is PP TV working for this test match?
48 minutes left till Talha makes his debut Insh Allah he will make it!
 
Talha debut. just the one change according to cricinfo..cant wait.
 
pak fielding first so we can see talha speed now..i hope he's sharp
 
Pakistan team
Khurram Manzoor, Salman Butt, captainYounis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, wicketkeeperKamran Akmal, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Talha, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria

According to Cricinfo!!
 
Sweet - I hope Talha gets the early jitters out of the way and bowls with good pace and in the right areas.
 
Pakistan win the toss and bowl .. well well well .. that says somt'n about the pitch !
 
Interesting - Malik, a great admirer and supporter of Talha, handed him his test cap as sopposed to Younis Khan. Good sport.
 
Sohail Khan doesn't seem sad by not being selected for this match
 
kashif77 said:
omg steve davis .. plumb lbw not given !

It was so not plumb mate. Could have gone either way.

Looked close on the replay but did not look out to the naked eye.

Good first over from Gul.
 
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carry through to the keeper isn't that good .. maybe a mistake bowling first ?
 
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