Pakistan v Sri Lanka | World T20 | Final | Lords | 21/6/09 [Sri Lanka Inns]

[tauseefm]

well played SL.. match is even now

 

[ItsMeK1]

match on

 

[Lethal]

138-6 after 20 overs.

It will be competitive.

InshaALLAH Pakistan will chase the total.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

139 to win what a knock by sanga and mathews

 

[Momo]

This is almost a big total now, with the pressure of a final. Makes the chase more fun i suppose.

Yes but we will win Inshaallah.

140 was gettable before the game and is gettable now.

 

[purplehaze]

Target for Pak - 139. They would have probably taken it at the start of the match. SL should also be happy considering position they were in at one point.

A great chase on hands.

My money on Pakistan...

 

[spectator]

game on. 50 50 chance at the end of 1st half. great final

 

[darkmoon459]

Great come back by the lankans ,but 139 is reachable all we need a good start and couple of partnerships to reach the total.

 

[FM87]

well it wont be any easy chase..

 

[kasoo10]

Seems like we lost it in last 5 overs. We have to bat well now.

 

[pakistani]

oh oh 139 sound fimiliar

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

match on

u said it...now its paks turn

 

[pak4life]

two mistakes by younis not bowling razzaq out straight off
giving an over to malik when there was no need to

 

[Momo]

From 70/6 it's a great comeback.

But 138/6 is below par anyway.

 

[spectator]

pakistan not good runners between wickets and likes to hit the ball. They could be confused in this situation as what to do

 

[hasanb]

inshallah we can get these runs...all this shows is that this pitch is just a very very good batting wicket against both spin and pace, even if we do lose wickets at any stage we should not panic as SL showed.

 

[mnoman15]

If we dont lose too many wickets in first 6 overs then we should win the match ...

 

[darkmoon459]

Why Younus didn't let Razzak bowl his 4th over .

 

[saqeeb90]

From 70/6 it's a great comeback.

But 138/6 is below par anyway.

yep true, pak need to play sensibly,
if they keep the wickets , play singles, doubles,
no high shots,
its easy

 

[spectator]

From 70/6 it's a great comeback.

But 138/6 is below par anyway.

considering sl spin bowling and pak inability to play quality spin and final pressure total looks fine

 

[Lethal]

As ive said before I'm no confident of pakistan chasing this total

Why not?

InshaALLAH they will chase it.

 

[Legendary_Sage]

This is going to be very difficult to chase 140 on this pitch with SL bowling attack.
Match is 60-40 in SL hands

 

[abcanada]

damnnnnn........... this is gonna be harder than what it could have been!!
Somoene needs to put in a good inningssssss...................... Afridi, Akmal, Younis, Razaq!!

 

[has 786]

There doesn't seem to be any real demons in this wicket, but the pressure of the run chase will get to us. SL to win by 10 runs, unfortunately.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

ok i hope pak makes these runs by the 15th over

 

[Momo]

Razzaq says it's defendable so we should get it easily.
lol

 

[spectator]

Why Younus didn't let Razzak bowl his 4th over .

younas is not a good captain .. WC final, and you dont give the most expeience to finish his overs. its common sense

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

I would say it's 5o.50 from here on. C'mon Pakistan lets do it. Pakistan Zindabad !!

 

[Umta]

Relax guys. This is easy wicket now. Its not a superbad target. We will get it. Its not turning as much as in other matches. As long as we get a decent start we will win it

 

[Khabri420]

They need to play sensibly - this is a very gettable total.

I just hope Shahzaib and Akmal get us off to a good start InshaALLAH

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

We HAVE TO bat sensibly. That is the only way out for us.

 

[Momo]

The wicket is easy. Ball coming on to bat. Not turning that much either.

Should win it. Inshallah.

 

[Lethal]

Before the innings started - Pakistan would've taken 139 to chase.

InshaALLAH they will chase it.

 

[Mo.]

This is gonna be tough. I reckon our players will demoralised after SL ending up getting a decent total despite the awful start

 

[spectator]

damnnnnn........... this is gonna be harder than what it could have been!!
Somoene needs to put in a good inningssssss...................... Afridi, Akmal, Younis, Razaq!!

razaq is out of this game.. he cant play spin of 12 year old let alone murli and mendis, afrdi is a gamble, akmal's techniquie doesnt convince me that he is dependable. Only YK can do it

 

[pacman]

We need a good start by the openers so we can just turn the strike when Mendis and Murali bowl.

 

[karachiite]

Need a good start. 40 off the first 6 overswith no more than 2 wickets lost.

 

[CrickFan]

I notice that the tone of cricinfo is suddenly more enthusiastic after that Mathews knock ..

 

[pak4life]

The wicket is easy. Ball coming on to bat. Not turning that much either.

Should win it. Inshallah.

The kebab mein haadi is 'pressure'

 

[Lethal]

younas is not a good captain .. WC final, and you dont give the most expeience to finish his overs. its common sense

Calm down. YK is a good captain.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

This is not going to be easy BUT inshallah we can do it - the key is to get a good start, if we can knock off a large chunk of the runs early then we can almost crawl to the finish line

Need Shahzaib or Akmal to get a quickfire 30 +

 

[pak_fanatic]

Pakistan will win InshAllah

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

two mistakes by younis not bowling razzaq out straight off
giving an over to malik when there was no need to

I agree. Razzaq has been our best bowler today, so it strange that he wasn't allowed to bowl his full quota of 4 overs.

 

[Legendary_Sage]

The wicket is easy. Ball coming on to bat. Not turning that much either.

Should win it. Inshallah.

Momo i think ball is turning and considering Murali & Mendis is turning big time.

 

[Lethal]

razaq is out of this game.. he cant play spin of 12 year old let alone murli and mendis, afrdi is a gamble, akmal's techniquie doesnt convince me that he is dependable. Only YK can do it

OK hero - What are you doing on here? With your negative thoughts you might as well not support Pakistan. We don't need fans like you.

 

[Momo]

The kebab mein haadi is 'pressure'

120 balls. 139 runs. No pressure.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Pak innings commentary continues here

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=76642

 

[CrickFan]

I think the momentum is with SL now and their disciplined attack will defend this score .. Pakistan does not bat well under pressure ...This is the final and 138 is a very defendable with the attack SL has

 

[Mo.]

120 balls. 139 runs. No pressure.

Against Murali, Mendis, Malinga.

Pressure.

 

[Momo]

Momo i think ball is turning and considering Murali & Mendis is turning big time.

Murali and Mendis will be handled Inshaallah. Let's hope Malinga gets thrashed.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

2 dots by angelo

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

shottttttttttttttt for 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444

 

[cricketpassion]

44444444

 

[saqeeb90]

good

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good 2

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

8 off the first good start by kamran

 

[pak4life]

wonder what role shahzaib has will he slog everything

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

wideeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

3 dots

 

[dino26]

Come on shazaib