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Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Karachi | 19th-23rd December, 2019 | Day 2 Thread

shariqnoor said:
Yasir is done. It's terminal decline. The problem is that we have trouble accepting reality because we live on the fake quote of "form is temporary, class is permanent".

For someone we have sympathy for, we will go lengths to proving how good he is despite evidence clearly pointing to the contrary (cases of Yasir and Amir). And it works the opposite for those we hate, like in the case of Imam, who clearly is someone who can be worked with and groomed as a good Pakistani opener. But the hate is so much for him that despite him being the man of the series in ODIs in SA, we will find ways to slate him.

Until and unless we start treating players on their current ability and see reality, we will be stuck with players like Yasir and Azhar who are clearly on their last legs.
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Yasir will not be dropped any time soon. That fluke century in Australia would probably keep him in the side for another 10 Tests.

He has actually been in decline since the England tour in 2016. His record in UAE has been good in 2017 and 2018 as well, but his peak was 2015-16.
 
Misbah couldn’t have written a worse script for himself.

Gets whitewashed against Sri Lanka in Pakistan in T20s, gets absolutely slaughtered in Australia and then finds himself on the brink of losing a home Test series to his former coach that he ousted.

Complete humiliation.
 
SRL's session, but PAK isn't out of game yet - next session probably will decide the winner here.
 
Mamoon said:
Misbah couldn’t have written a worse script for himself.

Gets whitewashed against Sri Lanka in Pakistan in T20s, gets absolutely slaughtered in Australia and then finds himself on the brink of losing a home Test series to his former coach that he ousted.

Complete humiliation.
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Woah woah !

Pakistan are in driver's seat here. Sri Lanka are not getting 250+ and have to bat last on this wicket. Chasing even 150 will be tough.
 
Mamoon said:
Misbah couldn’t have written a worse script for himself.

Gets whitewashed against Sri Lanka in Pakistan in T20s, gets absolutely slaughtered in Australia and then finds himself on the brink of losing a home Test series to his former coach that he ousted.

Complete humiliation.
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But we have Ben winning odi's now :D
 
Mesozoic said:
Woah woah !

Pakistan are in driver's seat here. Sri Lanka are not getting 250+ and have to bat last on this wicket. Chasing even 150 will be tough.
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Sri Lanka wont lose last 6 wicket for 20 runs
Expect a lead of at least 50 runs if we are lucky or 100 isn't impossible either
 
MMHS said:
SRL's session, but PAK isn't out of game yet - next session probably will decide the winner here.
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Winner of the game or winner of the day's play?

I think teams can still make a comeback even if they lose the next session.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
And has ample time to play the ball. They might try bringing up the keeper. But it will impact the line and length of Abbas.
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In the olden days , if you did this, you would get 6 fast bouncers at your head.
But if abbas bowled a bouncer, it would be an easy 6 ball, cos hes so slow
 
Mamoon said:
Yasir will not be dropped any time soon. That fluke century in Australia would probably keep him in the side for another 10 Tests.

He has actually been in decline since the England tour in 2016. His record in UAE has been good in 2017 and 2018 as well, but his peak was 2015-16.
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And it's going to cost them a lost. Not only has Yasir forgotten how to take a wicket, he has even lost the ability to turn the ball. A new spinner needs to be introduced. Yasir's batting should never be taken into consideration when selecting him irrespective of how many centuries he scores.

We have a history of allowing players to play well beyond the time they should've played and it has taken an event to chuck them out. Wasim and Waqar should never have played 2003 world cup. It took a Sydney debacle to chuck Mohammad Yusuf out when clearly he was done as a batsman. Saeed Ajmal got caught in a bowling action fraud otherwise he would've still been playing at 43 years of age.

Now it'll take another event to chuck Yasir and Azhar out of the time because clearly we feel obliged to them for their once in a million years performance.
 
Mesozoic said:
Woah woah !

Pakistan are in driver's seat here. Sri Lanka are not getting 250+ and have to bat last on this wicket. Chasing even 150 will be tough.
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Mate , if they get up to 250, this game could be over TODAY
If we are going to be 20-2 and 50 in deficit still when Babar comes out to bat, that can easily go south very quickly. ( He is due a low score too:(

I'm hoping we get them for 220 and we actually get an opening partnership going.

But I wouldn't say we are in the driving seat until we are AT least 35 ahead with only 1 or 2 wickets down, and as yesterday proved, even that would be premature
 
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If Pakistan doesn't get Dickwella early, SL will get a lead of 100 or maybe 150 even and that'll be the end of this test match. You had the brainless captaincy of Sarfraz who allowed SA to win an ODI after them being 80-5 and now Azhar following in Sarfraz footsteps in allowing the opposition come back from 80-5.
 
BaankeJi said:
Winner of the game or winner of the day's play?

I think teams can still make a comeback even if they lose the next session.
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Here, the game. This game won't last more than 10-12 sessions, means impact of one big session is much higher. With Chandi well set & Dickwella in mood, SRL can capitalize PAK's limited attack with only Shaheen to handle with care. Yasir & Naseem are leaking runs while Abbas should be tiered. After lunch, Shaheen will bowl 4, max 5 overs spell - if still after that SRL is 6 down, they can end the session at potential winning position.
 
Mamoon said:
Yasir will not be dropped any time soon. That fluke century in Australia would probably keep him in the side for another 10 Tests.

He has actually been in decline since the England tour in 2016. His record in UAE has been good in 2017 and 2018 as well, but his peak was 2015-16.
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Everything is cool mate but fluke cheeses me that century was no fluke it was pure grit surviving over 200 balls and scoring a 100 against that attack is no fluke as he showed he can play and stay at the crease for a long time previously as well.
 
emranabbas said:
Sri Lanka wont lose last 6 wicket for 20 runs
Expect a lead of at least 50 runs if we are lucky or 100 isn't impossible either
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Yes. They won't lose 6 wickets for 20 runs. But they won't score 280 either from here on.
Lead of 60-70 won't be enough unless Pakistan implodes in the second innings.
 
Mesozoic said:
Yes. They won't lose 6 wickets for 20 runs. But they won't score 280 either from here on.
Lead of 60-70 won't be enough unless Pakistan implodes in the second innings.
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You don’t know our amazing Pakistani team we’ve let Stuart broad score 169 against us and dicwella and chandimal are 10x the batsmen compared to broad so even 400 is very possible
 
Mesozoic said:
Yes. They won't lose 6 wickets for 20 runs. But they won't score 280 either from here on.
Lead of 60-70 won't be enough unless Pakistan implodes in the second innings.
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If shaheen and Abbas go wicket less in post lunch spell. I don’t see why they can’t score 350 because Nasim and yasir are completely useless
 
Dickwella has always been a pain for pakistan, we need quick wickets after lunch and then wrap up the tail. SL could get a big lead still here.
 
Mean&Green said:
Everything is cool mate but fluke cheeses me that century was no fluke it was pure grit surviving over 200 balls and scoring a 100 against that attack is no fluke as he showed he can play and stay at the crease for a long time previously as well.
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Yasir has a FC average of 17 with 1 hundred in a career spanning close to 150 matches and 18 years.

That sole hundred came against an attack of Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon in Australian conditions. Of course it was a fluke.

Not to mention Australia shelled several catches.
 
shariqnoor said:
And it's going to cost them a lost. Not only has Yasir forgotten how to take a wicket, he has even lost the ability to turn the ball. A new spinner needs to be introduced. Yasir's batting should never be taken into consideration when selecting him irrespective of how many centuries he scores.

We have a history of allowing players to play well beyond the time they should've played and it has taken an event to chuck them out. Wasim and Waqar should never have played 2003 world cup. It took a Sydney debacle to chuck Mohammad Yusuf out when clearly he was done as a batsman. Saeed Ajmal got caught in a bowling action fraud otherwise he would've still been playing at 43 years of age.

Now it'll take another event to chuck Yasir and Azhar out of the time because clearly we feel obliged to them for their once in a million years performance.
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Our management is obsessed with leg-spinners. The alternative to Yasir is the massively overrated Shadab.
 
Mesozoic said:
Woah woah !

Pakistan are in driver's seat here. Sri Lanka are not getting 250+ and have to bat last on this wicket. Chasing even 150 will be tough.
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Match is 70-30 in Sri Lanka’s favor and considering Yasir’s bowling, they can easily chase 150 in the 4th innings.
 
Mamoon said:
Yasir has a FC average of 17 with 1 hundred in a career spanning close to 150 matches and 18 years.

That sole hundred came against an attack of Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon in Australian conditions. Of course it was a fluke.

Not to mention Australia shelled several catches.
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Mate it’s a bloody hundred runs it’s not 20-40 runs that came off of edges that’s what a fluke would be he has a very solid technique for a handy lower order batsman but every little positive thing that Pakistan gets is a fluke for you so well be it
 
Mean&Green said:
Mate it’s a bloody hundred runs it’s not 20-40 runs that came off of edges that’s what a fluke would be he has a very solid technique for a handy lower order batsman but every little positive thing that Pakistan gets is a fluke for you so well be it
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If I remember right Yasir had 4-5 lives in the innings,
 
Mesozoic said:
Only in Pakistan or everywhere Pak team goes ?
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I was thinking the same. I think it's a very genuine cause and teams hosting Pakistan should definitely permit an extra 30 minutes during lunch time on Fridays.
 
Rizwan is such a massive upgrade over Sarfraz in the field.

Firstly, Sarfraz would've never come up to the stumps for Abbas. Secondly, would've 100% taken the review for Shaheen appeal against Chandimal.
 
wow what a bouncer..check srilankans techniques compared to us..

we all blame our bowlers and its always our batters who lose us the game
 
Am surprised to see the lack of activity on this thread compared to the Aussie series. Pakistani fans not interested???
 
redmaverik84 said:
Am surprised to see the lack of activity on this thread compared to the Aussie series. Pakistani fans not interested???
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Thats becoz how pak performed in first innings and match is vs SL.
Though this being first test with major team on pak soil after decade i had hope for better response.
 
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Waqar is good for nothing coach even after 6+ years of coaching experience
 
So another defeat on Misbah's coaching career. He has the ability to be the most failure coach in the cricket history.
 
Garbage bowling from naseem and yasir, SL gaining a match winning lead here
 
You don't win Test matches with 2 bowlers. And in Australia it was 1 bowler.
 
As usual Waqar has no contribution as a coaching staff even Azhar has more skill than him.
 
Don’t know why yasir & Young rubbish naseem are in the team.. abbas is a run rate controlling bowler shaheen at best is a 3rd change bowler!!

Both teams are equally pathetic playing for the wooden spoon.
 
naseem needs sarfraz's discipline.
imagine how many tantrums sarfaraz would have thrown at naseem
 
50 partnership. Pakistan will be atleast 2 down before any lead is wiped out.
 
fasihulhaq94 said:
Need these last 3 wickets quickly and we have brought haris on. *** is azhar doing
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Are any if you even watching the match? Both afridi and Abbas finished long spells and Naseem was not effective. Pak only has 4 bowlers. who will bowl?
 
There is no talent left in the country. Pretty much 99% of the talent coming through is rubbish.

This 6 FC sides drama will also yield no results.
 
And with that wicket Haris Sohal has vindicated the team management's decision to play him instead of Fawad and has insured his place for the next few tests, much to the chagrin of PPers
 
Mamoon said:
There is no talent left in the country. Pretty much 99% of the talent coming through is rubbish.

This 6 FC sides drama will also yield no results.
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I would have thought that too but Pakistan may not have the talent to make it to top 2 but outside of that should be very much possible for Pakistan . Shaheen, Naseem, Babar, Zafar - definitely enough potential to work with. With a better FC system and better selections there is no reason why Pakistan can't reach 3 or 4 in test rankings.
 
Brilliant Test match.

Young PAK TEAM making us proud. Now go on to win this!
 
redmaverik84 said:
And with that wicket Haris Sohal has vindicated the team management's decision to play him instead of Fawad and has insured his place for the next few tests, much to the chagrin of PPers
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PPers will charge no matter who we play or drop. :)) You can't make everyone happy.
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] You need to calm down mate. No need to post for the sake of it. Such negativity is not going to help anyone including yourself. Being a critique is absolutely fine and so are we all but all we read from you is negativity. When was the last time you posted something positive? But if I ask you about when was the last time you posted something negative, the answer would be 5 minutes ago
 
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