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Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Karachi | 19th-23rd December, 2019 | Day 4 Thread

In his career, Babar will score many 90s - it's clearly evident in his batting here. YK would have taken 6 balls max to reach 100 from 90 ....
 
Twice dismissed in 90s, one 90 not out and 4 centuries.
 
Pakistan needs to score 100 off of 10 overs like t20 style and than declare even if you lose wickets in the process so be it just go ham
 
I see a lot of babar haters on the Pakistani side here as well lol what can I say lol I guess
 
Mean&Green said:
Pakistan needs to score 100 off of 10 overs like t20 style and than declare even if you lose wickets in the process so be it just go ham
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Exactly.
470 can be chased down.

Play 10-15 overs and score very quickly and just take Sri Lanka out of the game completely.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Exactly.
470 can be chased down.

Play 10-15 overs and score very quickly and just take Sri Lanka out of the game completely.
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Talk about being overly defensive. We have to go for a win. No need to bat any longer we have enough on board.
 
Mean&Green said:
Pakistan needs to score 100 off of 10 overs like t20 style and than declare even if you lose wickets in the process so be it just go ham
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LOL, they already have enough. It's about overs to bowl SL out.

Continue to bat with almost 500 on the board would be pointless with 5 sessions left on a pretty good wicket.
 
Kashmirilion said:
Talk about being overly defensive. We have to go for a win. No need to bat any longer we have enough on board.
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SL are not thinking about chasing this lmao, they're thinking about survival and saving this Test.
 
PAK must take the game out of SRL's reach, then go all-out for 10 wickets without bothering for RR. This is old AUS style of Test cricket - in similar cases, they would have batted till 50 minutes to Tea, set a target over 600 with SRL absolutely no chance of chasing that in remaining 130 or so overs, then go with 4 slips, 2 gullies and no one in front of batsman ... bowling it up and asking for drives, or short on body for cut & pull....and spinners flighting it without any man on line.
 
If we can't get 10 wickets in this many overs, then a draw is a fair result!

Come on Yasir, show us that after wicket smile! :D
 
MMHS said:
PAK must take the game out of SRL's reach, then go all-out for 10 wickets without bothering for RR. This is old AUS style of Test cricket - in similar cases, they would have batted till 50 minutes to Tea, set a target over 600 with SRL absolutely no chance of chasing that in remaining 130 or so overs, then go with 4 slips, 2 gullies and no one in front of batsman ... bowling it up and asking for drives, or short on body for cut & pull....and spinners flighting it without any man on line
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Big difference in Aussie day 5 pitches and this pitch
 
MMHS said:
PAK must take the game out of SRL's reach, then go all-out for 10 wickets without bothering for RR. This is old AUS style of Test cricket - in similar cases, they would have batted till 50 minutes to Tea, set a target over 600 with SRL absolutely no chance of chasing that in remaining 130 or so overs, then go with 4 slips, 2 gullies and no one in front of batsman ... bowling it up and asking for drives, or short on body for cut & pull....and spinners flighting it without any man on line.
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Very rarely do we have this kind of advantage.

IMO considering our noob bowling attack, this is an ok declaration.

Aussies used to (and still do) toy with oppositions
 
Kashmirilion said:
Big difference in Aussie day 5 pitches and this pitch
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The pitches in Aus were this dead too but still we managed to lose.
Looking at Sri Lanka's batting if we can get 2-3 wickets early then the rest may not be good enough to resist
 
Score more, then go for attacking options when Fielding.

Looks like this pitch has only gotten better with time. Unlike other Test pitches.

I'm not sure if we can take 10 SL wickets be on this flat track. Hoping for the best.
 
The last time a Test was played here, SL scored 650 declared and Pakistan scored 750 declared. This pitch is absolutely dead and the worst thing Pakistan could do right now is declare.
 
shane said:
The last time a Test was played here, SL scored 650 declared and Pakistan scored 750 declared. This pitch is absolutely dead and the worst thing Pakistan could do right now is declare.
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We going for a draw?
 
Kashmirilion said:
Big difference in Aussie day 5 pitches and this pitch
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But, setting 470 in 150 overs, if SRL reaches like 150/1, both Azhar & Misbah will panic and set T20 field. With 5 bowlers (Haris should bowl lot here), best tactics is to attack relentlessly and buy out wickets, if required.
 
Shazzam said:
We going for a draw?
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As others have said, your best chance of a win is to first make sure Sri Lanka has no chance of winning. So you bat for another half an hour. If you canot bowl them out in 140 overs then you probably wont be able to do it in 150.
 
Hawkeye said:
Score more, then go for attacking options when Fielding.

Looks like this pitch has only gotten better with time. Unlike other Test pitches.

I'm not sure if we can take 10 SL wickets be on this flat track. Hoping for the best.
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NSK wicket is always like this - unique in Subcontinent. Somehow, it bonds better by day and it's actually not a bad thing to chase here. PAK could have chased 450 on last day against that AUS side in 1998 barring bad light!!!
 
shane said:
As others have said, your best chance of a win is to first make sure Sri Lanka has no chance of winning. So you bat for another half an hour. If you canot bowl them out in 140 overs then you probably wont be able to do it in 150.
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Pakistan has to aim for a win. A draw here will be awful. I think they are in a great position to declare.
 
I would have batted for another half hour but it will be interesting now and sri lanka will lose wickets going for the target
 
As an aside, Bazid Khan (?) is Pakistan's latest cringe factor in the commentary box. It's embarrassig listening to him. Earlier he made the point that if Pakkistan waited until 10 minutes before lunch to declare then they may as well just wait until lunch to declare. And his fellow commentator was just like......what?
 
Bold call, but I don't like it - another 35 minutes ob batting won't have harmed much. 476 in 149 overs are quite possible if SRL bats out full over, though they might panic and get blown away, as there is not much experience in that batting line-up.

One thing for sure - draw is out of question now without weather interventions; if they bat out the time, they'll chase it down.
 
Shazzam said:
Pakistan has to aim for a win. A draw here will be awful. I think they are in a great position to declare.
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Time will tell. If they were Australia or India or some other team used to winning then I would agree. But Pakistan is not a team who knows how to win. And now they have almost made sure that one team or other will win. It may be Pakistan, but I reckon Sri Lanka has a great chance.
 
All Sl needs to do is score just above 3 RPO, which can be done easily on this pitch

3.11 to be precise

This might backfire big time
 
I find it hilarious that Sri Lanka who are at odds of 80/1 to win are being given a "chance".

When Pakistan's in a similar situation people don't even think of them winning

Are we that insecure now?
 
shane said:
Time will tell. If they were Australia or India or some other team used to winning then I would agree. But Pakistan is not a team who knows how to win. And now they have almost made sure that one team or other will win. It may be Pakistan, but I reckon Sri Lanka has a great chance.
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It really depends on how well do the Pakistan bowlers do on flat track. Naseem will need to do tearaway bowling if they are to pick up wickets here. Don’t think Abbas’s pace will be a threat.
 
It would've been ideal if Pakistan scored 100 runs more in next 20 overs and then declared.
 
Remember the lankans have spent two days in field they are mentally and physically tired so wont be easy.
 
I repeat srilanka will chase this down...and everybody will blame ghe bowling

Should never have declared on this wicket
 
We declare this match too early. SL has good batting line up and may win this match.
 
Mean&Green said:
Yeah well you need a Wild Gujjar from sheikhupura to repeat that unfortunately there isn’t one in the world like him atm let alone the country
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Breaks my heart. What a legend he was. I dont think we will ever produce bowler like him again 80Mph spinners
 
Ohhhh nooo.

I'm nervous.

Not brave and aggressive like Misbah!
 
If Pakistan can't defend 450 runs, they deserve to lose.

Still expecting Pakistan to roll SL over for ~350.
 
Kashmirilion said:
Breaks my heart. What a legend he was. I dont think we will ever produce bowler like him again 80Mph spinners
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Broo trust seeing that guy bowl was a different site cricket doesn’t make me emotional like that but what he did to Pakistan forget himself hurts a lot
 
Uhhh

We might just have overestimated the caliber of our bowlers.

Sooo bold move, even I'm nervous.
 
Btw don’t worry we still know the art of reverse and there aren’t enough cameras to pick us up that’s how good we are 20 overs later wickets will start falling very quickly
 
I feel Pakistan should have batted for another 1 hour and then put Sri Lanka in as it would have shut the door and would still be enough time to bowl them out with continuous aggressive fields. I am sure with this score once they go past 100 we will disperse all aggressive fields and start with negative tactics
 
Aman said:
If Pakistan can't defend 450 runs, they deserve to lose.

Still expecting Pakistan to roll SL over for ~350.
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Yeah but this pitch is a highway right now. Nothing for the bowlers.
 
These are perfect conditions for naseem to show his skill today the pitch is flat as a road and he has raw brute pace and that’s the only thing that will work in this pitch
 
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