Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 5th ODI | Abu Dhabi | 23/11/11 | Sri Lanka Innings

[Afridi_Fan]

After "The Shahid Afridi Game" in Sharjah Pakistan will aim to win the series convincingly today in Abu Dhabi. Can Pakistan do it or will the Sri Lankan Lions regain their pride by winning this dead rubber.

Toss in less than 25 Minutes.

Go Pakistan, make us proud again. :cheema

 

[Smooth_Operator]

I hear JK and Shafiq may play in place of Farhat & Gul?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

^^

And where you have heard that from?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lets hope we win the series 4-1 and move up the rankings.

Really hope YK and Malik dont play!!

 

[AZ]

toss in 8 minutes or so...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

One of them will play. And probably even both of them if is not fit enough to play.

 

[hamzamunir]

Chalo bhaiyon bismillah paro..

 

[Hassan0987]

Any news on the toss?

 

[Smooth_Operator]

^^

And where you have heard that from?

I think it said on ARY on the little headlines thing. They did say "might", but nothing confirmed. It's a good chance though. but may not happen.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

According to Faizan Lakhani is expected to replace (via twitter.)

 

[Afridi_Fan]

We are live from Abu Dhabi. \o/

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Still smiling Roshan, why? Ramiz Raja.

 

[Smooth_Operator]

Afridi_Fan, I have seen your display pic before, but for some reason, I thought it was a picture of Afridi in a suit with an apple in his mouth. Although that would make sense considering Lala's history with biting. LOL!

Idk why I was just scrolling though and that's what I thought. Although I knew that it wasn't that.

Don't judge me

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Toss: Sri Lanka win the toss and will bat 1st.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Sarfraz is not playing, why?

 

[Hassan0987]

Toss: Sri Lanka win the toss and will bat 1st.

So we're going to bat 2nd :iamlegend interesting

 

[Bullet Drive]

Argh, we have to chase

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Sarfraz, Farhat and Cheema out.

Tanveer, Shafiq and Junaid in.

 

[Paradox]

Yes of course!

Umar keeping. Junaid, Tanvir, Shafiq in. Farhat, Sarfraz, Cheema out.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Come on Pakistan, win this!

 

[*sallu*]

team news boys?

 

[Paradox]

Shafiq opening.

 

[Hassan0987]

Sarfraz, Farhat and Cheema out.

Tanveer, Shafiq and Junaid in.

Who is the WK then?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sarfraz out? Hmm......

YK should have been out.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Umar Akmal will keep.. not good.

 

[Smooth_Operator]

Why is Sarfraz out? Any news?

 

[*sallu*]

What are we going to do with so much bowling?

Junaid, Tanvir, Gul, Afridi, Ajmal, Hafeez and Malik

 

[anakwalajinn]

Misbah tosses the coin with both hands (the man has a style of his own for everything!), but Dilshan calls right and Sri Lanka will bat. "Mahela's absence is a big loss for us, but it is another opportunity for the experienced Chamara Silva," he says.

Misbah lets us in on a huge insight: "The team that bats well is going to win."

lol, how do you do that?

 

[pakcricketfan]

Hain?

Sarfraz not playing?

 

[Osman]

tanvir in ***?! how long do we have to put up with this trash! what has cheema done wrong to be dropped! gul should have been rested not cheema.....cheema has performed but spent most of the time benched...and if gul isn't rested he will be injured before the england tour.....also unfair on sarfaraz!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Come on boooooooys = pressure

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Resting Sarfraz makes no sense at all.

 

[hamzamunir]

Epic management skills by our coaches...They sat out our original WK.

 

[pakcricketfan]

So Abdur Rehman is the only one who doesn't get a single game to play on this tour. Poor fellow.

 

[Mujtaba_Saeed]

M.h.k aaarrggghhh

 

[Bullet Drive]

We have way to many bowlers today when our bowlers have done fine.

Gul, Tanvir, Khan, Afridi, Ajmal, Hafeez & Malik

7 bowlers, come on.

 

[Asif321]

cheema / sarfraz out ?
WTH ! Gul should have been rested , cheema should have played , sarfraz not In side is crazy stuff

Some Times MBA does things wich are out of mind >>>> Yea offcourse

 

[Bullet Drive]

So Abdur Rehman is the only one who doesn't get a single game to play on this tour. Poor fellow.

He's poor in ODI's and his average didn't really help him. Averages 50 in ODI's.

& the last game he played against Sri Lanka he went at 6 an over.

 

[duostyle]

Talk about messing the XI up haha.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

I know I'll be called hater for this. But Misbah doesn't have the balls to drop YK. Dropping Sarfraz makes NO sense at all.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Sarfraz not playing? Interesting.

 

[JellyBro]

of course Sarfaraz was "rested". Can't rest grandpa else he'll throw a tantrum and resign again

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sarfaraz dropped? ***!

yes asad should be playing but why not drop malik or YK?

stupid decision by misbah here!

 

[anakwalajinn]

I think they wan't to give :umarakmal more match practice as a keeper because 2 T20 matches coming in the next week... But still a surprising move...

 

[Amjid Javed]

I know I'll be called hater for this. But Misbah doesn't have the balls to drop YK. Dropping Sarfraz makes NO sense at all.

Agreed 100%

 

[Watsupdoc]

What's the team is Malik playing?

 

[osee_bhai]

Don't liek the decisions at all, why is tanvir back in for cheema who did well? Why is Junaid replacing the keeper and giving us 5 specialist bowlers? Why is Umar keeping? Anyway, hope Shafiq and Umar don't bat too low, and hope we can get some early wickets!

 

[Blitz]

I sense a Malik century today............





))

I couldn't even type that without laughing!

 

[pakcricketfan]

I still can't believe they rested Sarfraz... the main and the ONLY wicket keeper!

 

[*sallu*]

I know I'll be called hater for this. But Misbah doesn't have the balls to drop YK. Dropping Sarfraz makes NO sense at all.

We are playing Tanvir, Gul, Junaid, Afridi, Ajmal, Hafeez, Malik

Why so many bowlers?

Batting it thin today so no point dropping YK, not today.

If you wanted to drop someone to accommodate Sarfraz it should have been Gul or Ajmal who could've been rested todya

 

[ads101]

What are we going to do with so much bowling?

Junaid, Tanvir, Gul, Afridi, Ajmal, Hafeez and Malik

Would have done this for the T20 match. Not for this ODI. They want to put the two against each other, Tanvir and Junaid to compete for the 2nd fast bowler slot in the ODI team. Which isn't a bad idea, as we really need to stick with one option rather than switch every game.

Hopefully Riaz comes back, and that's the end of it. But if he doesn't, we need to try out new options.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

What's the team is Malik playing?

Yes.

 

[anakwalajinn]

A good keeper can be the difference in a match winning performance though... I hope we still win 4-1

 

[Osman]

why does it say Razzaq on the bench when he has gone home?

 

[Watsupdoc]

1. Farhat 2. Hafeez 3. YK 4. Misbah 5. Malik 6. U. Akmal 7. Afridi 8. Tanvir 9. Gul 10. Ajmal 11. Junaid

In whose place is Shafiq playing?

 

[osee_bhai]

I think they wan't to give :umarakmal more match practice as a keeper because 2 T20 matches coming in the next week... But still a surprising move...

I was thinking about this as well, but then we could have easily dropped tanvir and played sarfraz, even as a specialist batsman just to get a good idea of him. We would still have Gul, JK, AJmal, Afridi, and Hafeez/Malik.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

MHK interview.

 

[anakwalajinn]

I still can't believe they rested Sarfraz... the main and the ONLY wicket keeper!

It's fun cricket

 

[Watsupdoc]

Oh Farhat also not playing

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good luck anyways PAK. Keep them under 200, we'll chase it.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

We could have done even better. : MHK

 

[anakwalajinn]

I was thinking about this as well, but then we could have easily dropped tanvir and played sarfraz, even as a specialist batsman just to get a good idea of him. We would still have Gul, JK, AJmal, Afridi, and Hafeez/Malik.

should have definatley played. I was actually hoping for him ti bat up the order... I don't like that we discard wk's without knowing their batting strenght properly

let :umarakmal keep in a few games earlier also because of ":adnan can not bat". bechare :adnan ko proper batting ka chance hi nahin milla yosalf!

 

[duostyle]

In midst of this madness, I forgot that they actually dropped Farhat Nice move for once!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Is Farhat playing?

 

[osee_bhai]

Farhat is on the bench.

 

[AZ]

just in case you missed it -

 

[pakcricketfan]

1. Farhat 2. Hafeez 3. YK 4. Misbah 5. Malik 6. U. Akmal 7. Afridi 8. Tanvir 9. Gul 10. Ajmal 11. Junaid

In whose place is Shafiq playing?

Farhat is NOT playing today.

 

[anakwalajinn]

russel arnold

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Emotional speech by MHK. *Tears rolling down the cheek.*

 

[anakwalajinn]

 

[anakwalajinn]

Emotional speech by MHK. *Tears rolling down the cheek.*

lol, what did he say? I am watching the coverage on PTV Home...

 

[Afridiologist]

Why not rehman in place of ajmal or afridi

 

[Paradox]

What an AMAZING interview by Mohsin. He's such a great guy. Mohsin for permanent coach.

Somebody record and save that interview.

 

[Afridiologist]

Emotional speech by MHK. *Tears rolling down the cheek.*

What did he said?

 

[duostyle]

*grabs a cuppa*

 

[hamzamunir]

Wah MHK what a interview yaar.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hoping for a unbeaten century by one of our batsmen. Umar Akmal or Shafiq preferabbly.

 

[Afridiologist]

Koi bataooo yar kia kaha MHK ne

 

[Bullet Drive]

What did MHK say anyone please?

 

[anakwalajinn]

looks like some random desi uncle from Norway... showing his interview now