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

[natalia]

Get Samaraweera and it should be pretty easy for the bowlers to whip up the tail.

 

[Asim2Good]

ground been changed overnight?

 

[natalia]

No, I'm just being optimistic

On a serious note, get Samaraweera early otherwise they're in for another drawn match, SL will pile up yet another 600 and it'll be a tame draw. Restrict them to 400, 420 max otherwise the game is right out of reach.

 

[natalia]

Mods, please sticky

 

[minhasuz]

57 minutes left. Where we will see Talha taking 2-3 wickets Insh Allah

 

[zaid65]

Please change the thread's title. It is in Lahore's Qadafi stadium not in Karachi's national stadium.

 

[salman24]

It will be important to get both samraweera and dilshan early

 

[natalia]

Please change the thread's title. It is in Lahore's Qadafi stadium not in Karachi's national stadium.

ah yes. sorry about that :younis

 

[minhasuz]

It will be important to get both samraweera and dilshan early

Insh Allah we will get them

 

[minhasuz]

26 minutes left

 

[natalia]

25 mins.

 

[161]

Have to target Dilshan.

Bowl real tight to him and force him into risky shots.

 

[lawaz]

YORKERs please!
I'm longing to see one from a Pak bowler. I realize that Gul is more of a line & length bowler, that Talha is going by the same script at this stage in his career, and that Arafat lacks the speed necessary for an effective yorker--but still, it has been way too long since I saw one, and it's worth a try especially when little is working for Pak bowlers at the moment

 

[Indian Pretending to To Be Pakistani]

25 mins.

i am going to bed in 15 mins.

 

[octavian]

any links boys ?

 

[natalia]

12 minutes.
the first session will decide the fate of the match. ATLEAST 2 wickets required, and that of samaraweera and dilshan. more wickets will be a bonus. prasanna and vaas should be easy to get through. hoping talha gets some wickets because i don't want to see sohail khan back into the team.

 

[iafzal]

7 mins to go, Gul to finish his over

 

[minhasuz]

any links boys ?

http://cricpk.com/

 

[minhasuz]

4 minutes to go

 

[minhasuz]

Palyers are out

 

[Indian Pretending to To Be Pakistani]

4 minutes to go

time to go to bed.. good night guys.

 

[iafzal]

Players walking out now

 

[minhasuz]

time to go to bed.. good night guys.

Good Night I think you were waiting for the match to start so you can go to the bed.
Good Night

 

[minhasuz]

Arafat to bowl rather than Talha

 

[iafzal]

not much movement

 

[Legendary_Sage]

No movement today.

 

[iafzal]

like gully's aggression here

 

[minhasuz]

This track seems to be another flat one...no swing whatsoever

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Gu with some rare aggression.

 

[minhasuz]

like gully's aggression here

yeaahh nice one. Would like Talha and Arafat doing it too

 

[minhasuz]

44444444

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Some real inswing through cracks on pitch.pitch is getting dangerous.

 

[Legendary_Sage]

looks like a tough day ahead of pak team.

 

[Cheguvera]

Such an insult and a profound disgrace to have a five foot midget trundler masquerading as a fast bowler and getting whacked on behalf of Pakistan...

 

[Legendary_Sage]

good bouncer from gul

 

[iafzal]

nice bouncer, Gully still shows aggression by walking up to the batsman

 

[minhasuz]

Gul seems really aggresive over here today MAsh Allah good stuff

 

[Legendary_Sage]

I wonder what the cameraman are upto.they missed shoaib cactch yesterday but concentrating on outfield.

 

[minhasuz]

Dani is not wearing a sweater today loll

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Dani is not wearing a sweater today loll

Dani and Kami are the most useless pair in the world.

 

[minhasuz]

Some horrible stats shown by commentators regarding Pakistani bowlers averages in this series Gul leads it with average of 33 or so whereas Arafat has it in low 90's

 

[minhasuz]

Dani and Kami are the most useless pair in the world.

They are KD...lndia's KD Karthik is garbage too. I think it works with all KD's

 

[Lightning]

Such an insult and a profound disgrace to have a five foot midget trundler masquerading as a fast bowler and getting whacked on behalf of Pakistan...

Nice name calling - lets see your arm chair **** make it to the Pak team.

 

[minhasuz]

I don't why I think Talha will take few wickets today Insh Allah he will Insh Allah

 

[minhasuz]

4444444444

 

[Lightning]

4444444444

You seem excited.

 

[minhasuz]

Another 4444

 

[minhasuz]

You seem excited.

Off course no it was in frustration that I held the number 4 buttion for a while

 

[Islamabadi]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Islamabadi]

time to sleep i guess

 

[minhasuz]

time to sleep i guess

Good Night

 

[minhasuz]

Another 4

 

[Cheguvera]

Nice name calling - lets see your arm chair **** make it to the Pak team.

I didn't know the midget posted here...

 

[minhasuz]

no ball +4

 

[Legendary_Sage]

Ok.Guys time for office.
ALLAH hafiz

 

[minhasuz]

Ok.Guys time for office.
ALLAH hafiz

Allah Hafiz

 

[ali_ed2006]

Looks like Samarweera will score another 200 + and Dilshan a 100+....hopefully we can draw this match..

 

[Lightning]

Quick wickets required but not coming...

 

[ali_ed2006]

Quick wickets required but not coming...

I know..I was hoping we could get them out for atleast 450-475...but the way these 2 are playing, they will get their themselves by Lunch easily.

 

[Lightning]

Kaneria needs to learn how to release the ball from the side of the hand - otherwise he'll continue to get no real drift or dip.

I didn't know the midget posted here...

Posting from your momma's room.

 

[iZeeshan]

Why didn't we BAT first?

 

[minhasuz]

Talha seems to be getting some swing

 

[Lightning]

Why didn't we BAT first?

Because Imran Khan is "agressive." And we had Wasim n Waqar raring to go...

 

[khanz141]

I dont why the heck are our bowlers not reverse swingin anythin. Fernando was doing it really nicely at Karachi but our bowlers are not evn tryin for it

 

[Lightning]

I can't bare to watch our premier "leg spinner."

 

[IronMan2009]

Kaneria is 5 short of another century.

 

[Lightning]

**** poor bowling...

 

[iafzal]

awfull ball by Talha got the proper treatment

 

[salman24]

who was the guy being molested ,lol
Was that Ahmed Shahzad?

 

[iZeeshan]

This is really sad to watch. It makes me even more mad that we WON THE TOSS.

 

[ali_ed2006]

yeah so it seems like Sri Lanka will bat all day if they keep bowling like this.

 

[Lightning]

Talha has no clue how to take wickets. Yet - there is no one there to give him advice.

 

[khanz141]

these bowlers are not threatening at all. Even i would be able to bowl at least one good ball in the whole over but I see nothin from Tahla. This cricket is disheartning and disappointing

 

[khanz141]

Can somebody tell me when that Aus vs SA game starts. that shud be much betta to watch than this waste of time Pakistan Bowling/match

 

[salman24]

WE have no good bowlers that are proven match winners besides Gul. We have a few that aren't selected:

Akhtar-injured (hope he returns iA)
Asif-Drugs
Saqlain- ICL/ PCB never selected

It's time we bring Saqlain back and include Asif when he is unbanned. Hopefully Shoaib can also return.

We need to unban Saqlain and bring him back. He can still play for 5 more years!!!!!!!! Even Afridi and Razzaq would've bowled better. We need these match winners back in our side.

 

[khanz141]

I cant believe this is the same Sri Lanka team that got beat the sh*t outta them by the Indians. Wat if we Face India at this moment, they would thrash us. I am loosin all my pisitiveness because of this match

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

Congrats everyone, for yet another century by Kaneria.

 

[minhasuz]

A catch but went for 4

 

[saqlain]

I hope younis khan has some kinda plan to deal with SL's batsmen.

 

[tauseefm]

I can't bare to watch our premier "leg spinner."

when he took 2 wickets in Karachi in the second inn some people started a thread about including him in the ODIs. )