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

[Mesozoic]

Elite honesty from Asad Shafiq.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Brilliant Test match.

Young PAK TEAM making us proud. Now go on to win this!

Brilliant test match in which Pakistan won the toss in home conditions and are still trying to claw their way back against this SL side? Are you sure?

 

[emranabbas]

[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

Your wrong

It's been over 5 minutes ago

 

[Hawkeye]

Babar, Rizwan, Shaheen and Naseem are the only youngsters in this team, the rest are all 30+ besides Abbas who is (officially) 29...

What do you mean only youngsters? There's also Shinwari, Abid, half the team is super young, rest inexperienced apart from only 3.

We're the youngest Test team around.

Developing talent is the priority.

 

[Hawkeye]

Brilliant test match in which Pakistan won the toss in home conditions and are still trying to claw their way back against this SL side? Are you sure?

Yep.

SL whitewashed us last time in Tests with a much experienced side n bowlers.

This is a young and inexperienced team

 

[Sunny_majoka]

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.

Talent is there but we don't have system to bring that talent to national team.
People here don't want their children to play in club cricket because either you play cricket or you study in school.
We will not prosper in any sport unless and until we improve our school cricket.

 

[Hitman]

What an excellent Test match!

 

[Shazzam]

Developing talent is the priority.

I guess that is what International team is made for and not domestic.

 

[Shafi]

Naseem seems overhyped for a average bowler.

So far I didn't anything special of him. Just like a bowling machine without any intelligence.

 

[Mamoon]

[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

I was positive. I said 99% of the talent coming through is rubbish, not 100%.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Perrera getting crucial runs here, will give him confidence when he comes out to bowl later.

 

[Shazzam]

So far I didn't anything special of him. Just like a bowling machine without any intelligence.

The only thing that he has got going is his age being 16 and him being fast. Has not got performances to light the world on fire. Even after given all the hype he still feels raw.

 

[Shafi]

What do you mean only youngsters? There's also Shinwari, Abid, half the team is super young, rest inexperienced apart from only 3.

We're the youngest Test team around.

Developing talent is the priority.

Abid Ali is 33 years old and Shinwari is worse than M Sami.
How can you tell a 33 years old as youngsters?
So winning is not a matter for you anymore? Typical Misbah fans

 

[Abdullah719]

What do you mean only youngsters? There's also Shinwari, Abid, half the team is super young, rest inexperienced apart from only 3.

We're the youngest Test team around.

Developing talent is the priority.

Abid is 32.

Both teams' playing XIs have an average age of 28.

 

[Mamoon]

The only thing that he has got going is his age being 16 and him being fast. Has not got performances to light the world on fire. Even after given all the hype he still feels raw.

He is not 16. PCB lied about his age to market him. The only reason why he is hyped is because PCB have made him look a bowling version of Tendulkar with their dishonesty.

He is 19-20, and not a great prospect. Basically just another Hasnain.

 

[emranabbas]

Pakistan getting desperate

What happened to we are going to win at home?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Umpires call

 

[obaidshariq]

I was positive. I said 99% of the talent coming through is rubbish, not 100%.

Haha! See 5 minutes and a negative comment is on its way

 

[Hasan123]

I am worried about this lead.

 

[kingusama92]

He is not 16. PCB lied about his age to market him. The only reason why he is hyped is because PCB have made him look a bowling version of Tendulkar with their dishonesty.

He is 19-20, and not a great prospect. Basically just another Hasnain.

He was the best fast bowler in domestic cricket (QEA Trophy) before getting selected. Naseem is a great prospect whether he's 10 or 25.

 

[Hawkeye]

Abid is 32.

Both teams' playing XIs have an average age of 28.

Abid is a debutant.

He falls in the young and inexperienced category.

80-90% of our team is a combo of promising youngsters and inexperienced/debutants. And they're doing a decent job.

Will become better with time.

 

[Hawkeye]

He is not 16. PCB lied about his age to market him. The only reason why he is hyped is because PCB have made him look a bowling version of Tendulkar with their dishonesty.

He is 19-20, and not a great prospect. Basically just another Hasnain.

He's about 18 at max. Don't stretch it to 20 brother. Still a teenager and a promising one.

 

[Shafi]

He is not 16. PCB lied about his age to market him. The only reason why he is hyped is because PCB have made him look a bowling version of Tendulkar with their dishonesty.

He is 19-20, and not a great prospect. Basically just another Hasnain.

He doesn't look 20 either.
He is around 18 years.
There is definitely lack of talent but both Waqar and Misbah made it look none. Copy and paste Wasim Khan needs to go. So far he didn't deliver anything apart from giving useless and unqualified desi people big jobs for both men and women.

 

[shariqnoor]

Baffling captaincy. It's the last over before tea and he has all the fielders on the boundary for Perera. 1 over won't change the direction of the match even if he went for 3 boundaries but a wicket here would allow Pakistan to remain in the game. Baffling

 

[Savak]

Pakistani bowlers have been pathetic, these are supposed to be helpful bowling conditions and you still can't run through the tail. About time Waqar earns his keep

 

[Shazzam]

Pakistan team currently is a gully moholla team.

 

[Abdullah719]

Abid is a debutant.

He falls in the young and inexperienced category.

80-90% of our team is a combo of promising youngsters and inexperienced/debutants. And they're doing a decent job.

Will become better with time.

That's not how it works

If 48-year-old Pravin Tambe debuts for India tomorrow, you'll call him young?

 

[Shazzam]

He is not 16. PCB lied about his age to market him. The only reason why he is hyped is because PCB have made him look a bowling version of Tendulkar with their dishonesty.

He is 19-20, and not a great prospect. Basically just another Hasnain.

Yeah I know he is not 16. My point was even though he’s given this tag of a 16 year old. He is still not showing promise as a bowler. Like the dude should be a tearaway bowler with the hype he is getting.

 

[Shafi]

That's not how it works

If 48-year-old Pravin Tambe debuts for India tomorrow, you'll call him young?

According to Misbah's dictionary anyone under 50 is youngster.

 

[Abdullah719]

Can we stop arguing about Naseem's age please? Topic has been discussed to death already and everyone knows he isn't 16, so there's no need to keep discussing it every single day.

 

[sindhiboy]

That's not how it works

If 48-year-old Pravin Tambe debuts for India tomorrow, you'll call him young?

tambe has a solid 10-15 years left in him

 

[Shafi]

Pakistani bowlers have been pathetic, these are supposed to be helpful bowling conditions and you still can't run through the tail. About time Waqar earns his keep

Did Waqar ever did anything significant to any bowler when he was coach? He made Anwar Ali as a opening bowler.
He is there for fat pay cheque at the end of month.

 

[Hawkeye]

That's not how it works

If 48-year-old Pravin Tambe debuts for India tomorrow, you'll call him young?

Not even a comparison. Flawed logic.

Abid is a quality batsman and will serve us well. He has to be backed, will gain experience and flourish even further.

I would invite you to leave the Junaids camp of dropping or not picking anyone above 29.

We have to commend Misbah for giving chances to deserving players who kept getting ignored. Even though the team is skewed too much towards being inexperienced and young, but this is the way forward.

 

[AMSS]

Can we stop arguing about Naseem's age please? Topic has been discussed to death already and everyone knows he isn't 16, so there's no need to keep discussing it every single day.

So he's 23?

 

[Abdullah719]

Not even a comparison. Flawed logic.

Abid is a quality batsman and will serve us well. He has to be backed, will gain experience and flourish even further.

I would invite you to leave the Junaids camp of dropping or not picking anyone above 29.

We have to commend Misbah for giving chances to deserving players who kept getting ignored. Even though the team is skewed too much towards being inexperienced and young, but this is the way forward.

Abid is a good batsman but he is not young. He is inexperienced, sure.

You can't call it a young team when most of the players are 30+ years old.

 

[Abdullah719]

So he's 23?

He is probably between 18-20. It's pointless discussing it because all discussion is based on conjecture.

 

[Shoaib88]

I was positive. I said 99% of the talent coming through is rubbish, not 100%.

) I love your posts man

 

[Usman Chadda]

Can we stop arguing about Naseem's age please? Topic has been discussed to death already and everyone knows he isn't 16, so there's no need to keep discussing it every single day.

I doubt anyone here wants to discuss this issue further, except people who want to further their agendas. Our people have a lovely habit of taking pleasure in putting each other down.

 

[Shafi]

No point to argue with Misbah fans. Their cricketing understanding is totally different than whole cricket World.
They can say 45 of 20 as useless and reckless innings but 50 of 70 balls is mature and team knock chasing 220 in 20 overs

 

[topspin]

Not even a comparison. Flawed logic.

Abid is a quality batsman and will serve us well. He has to be backed, will gain experience and flourish even further.

I would invite you to leave the Junaids camp of dropping or not picking anyone above 29.

We have to commend Misbah for giving chances to deserving players who kept getting ignored. Even though the team is skewed too much towards being inexperienced and young, but this is the way forward.

What do you mean only youngsters? There's also Shinwari, Abid, half the team is super young, rest inexperienced apart from only 3.

We're the youngest Test team around.

Developing talent is the priority.

You should be the last person to cite "flawed logic" because this will always backfire, as it did in the last half an hour by categorising the 32 year old Abid as another youngster in the side

 

[Omer2002]

D perera is a legend in Pakistan ...i think we have got him out may be just twice in his career

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Sri Lanka is already 60 runs ahead. I'm guessing Pakistan's 2nd innings capacity on this pitch is around 250. We can't afford to let this lead grow. If we get them out within a lead of 70, we will be ahead, PROVIDED IF our openers can play the first few overs well. That's a BIGGG IF.

 

[Shafi]

You should be the last person to cite "flawed logic" because this will always backfire, as it did in the last half an hour by categorising the 32 year old Abid as another youngster in the side

Misbah fans' logic are no match with actual cricketing knowledge all around the World.

 

[amvbfm]

Critical passage of play this. The time after the first hour and before tea is best for batting in Khi. If the Lankan batsmen don't throw away their wickets here they can easily get to around 250-270 by then. Pakistan must try to control the flow of runs here and hope to get a couple more in the next hour.

As predicted. Looks like Pakistan will have to bat out a tough 25 overs tonight. Expecting us to wipe off the lead for a couple of wickets by end of play which will make the first session tomorrow the most decisive one of this match.

 

[topspin]

He is not 16. PCB lied about his age to market him. The only reason why he is hyped is because PCB have made him look a bowling version of Tendulkar with their dishonesty.

He is 19-20, and not a great prospect. Basically just another Hasnain.

I agree.

What's your opinion of Shaheen? How many test wickets do you see him getting for Pakistan? Reason I ask is because Pakistan have failed to produce a 200+ wicket taking pacer since the debut of Waqar Younis (in 1989).

 

[Shafi]

We will loose at least 4-5 wickets to waive the lead.

 

[topspin]

Weather permitting, 300 should be enough for Sri Lanka to seal this win.

This is a tough phase now for the batsmen with the new ball to negotiate.

 

[Hasan123]

I wasn't against Azhar Ali being made captain for the test championship but this just isn't working. He needs to be dropped .


Babar or Asad can take over.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

The lead already is bit too much for Pakistan and if that reaches 100 or 80+ it will be even more for them.

 

[Mainul]

I am really enjoying SRL taking a sizeable lead here. Oh Fawad....you should curse this side...

 

[Hasan123]

Dilruwan and Herath should have got more games earlier in their career. No reason why they could not have played alongside Murali in Sri Lanka more .

 

[Shafi]

Fernando has far better defense than Azhar for sure.

 

[Hasan123]

100 run lead makes it difficult for us.

 

[Shafi]

Shafiq should learn from Perera how to bat under pressure.

 

[transparent opacity]

azhar ali's captaincy is painful to watch

 

[Sir-fraz]

Lazy effort from azhar... shouldve been taken.

Cant even put energy into the fielding... how is he suppose to inspire anyone?

 

[Mercurial]

Azhar should have taken that catch. HE is a poor fielder. And Shaheen is being over bowled. Bring back Naseem Shah into the attack and tell him to attack the stumps.

 

[Amjid Javed]

This should be Azhars last test ever! Shameful stuff

 

[Amjid Javed]

SL will win test from here.

 

[kingusama92]

Wow this is horrible stuff from PAK.

 

[Green Patriot]

I dont think we can win this unless Babar does something miraculous in the 2nd innings.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

As always has been Pakistan's issue to remove the tail cheaply they yet again suffer at the hands of them and missed opportunities do not help.

They will probably end up with 100+ lead this way.

 

[transparent opacity]

from 80-5 to 270-8 , pathetic

 

[Shafi]

This should be Azhars last test ever! Shameful stuff

Not under Misbah for sure.PCB doesn't care if we loose another test.

 

[Sir-fraz]

"This defensive approach is breaking me as a fan of this team.. we are afraid of a number 8 batsman and want him to get off strike so that we can take wicket of a number 9 ? this tells about our bowling strength" Poor captaincy

Some dude on cricinfo

 

[Mesozoic]

What's the use of having Naseem if he isn't used to get rid of a no.10 ?

 

[Sir-fraz]

Azhar is a terrible captain... this guy talks about experiance. Bro no matter how much you get ur still gonna be trash...

 

[Shoaib88]

from 80-5 to 270-8 , pathetic

Meanwhile Pakistan went from 167-4 to 191 ALL OUT

 

[Sir-fraz]

Easily cost 20 runs by not bring in naseem an dnow hes over bowling shaheen

 

[Shafi]

Azhar is waiting for SL to declare the innings which will not happen today for sure.

 

[topspin]

Shaheen needs to come off now. He's been bowled to the ground here.

 

[TamiL_GarvaM!]

just logged in first time for this match....can't believe pak selectors got Fawad Alam in, after he'd almost become a meme online...and not select him.....good fight by SL...but disappointing to see empty stands....u'd think tC returning after so long-stands would be packed...massive prob for tc in my country india as well......i think only in SA,aus, nz and eng u get to see full capacity.....
coming back to this match....yassir is a major disappointment....dude looks low on confidence....
on another front...in Mohd rizwan a pasthu speaker? heard him on stump mike call yasir 'shahji' and mumble something in his language that didnt sound like urdu...

 

[Ronaldo7]

If we get to bat today, I think we'll be two down by the end. SMH

 

[Sir-fraz]

Why hasnt he taken the new ball...

This guy has zero cricket iq... waiting for daddy misbahs signal..

 

[Mercurial]

Finally, lol.

 

[sindhiboy]

really good innings from perera

 

[emranabbas]

Damage is already done

 

[Sir-fraz]

Shaheen covering up azhars mistakes.

 

[Boi]

5fer for Shaheen. Well deserved.

 

[Titan24]

Shaheen learning to bring the ball back into the right handers is probably the biggest plus in last couple of months along with obviously Babar’s class.