Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 1st ODI | Dubai | Oct 13, 2017 | Pakistan innings

[Rayyman]

Nah we're taking this to 250 easy.

No one apart from Gamage and this new spinner seem threatening at all.

Thisara will surely be giving us freebies in the last 10.

LOL

Fat Gamage is nothing without the new ball. Yes, he is in rhythm, but Pakistan shouldn't be afraid of him.

 

[Shafi]

Now Team will be in sleepy mode again. Why can't our batsmen simply rotate strike and score at least 3 runs instead of maiden. Pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Usman Chadda]

Dhananjaya is an off-spinner with a leggie's grip. Why are our batsmen not learning and playing for the leg-spinner continuously?!

 

[Doosara]

43 balls for Bobby bhai's 27... Mashallah

Regaining his test form.

Now Babar needs to step up, take the responsibility of a number 3 batsman - but we all know what the script says.

 

[Syed1]

And when have I made a comparison between the two??

You cannot even compare. If Fakhar is Sachin then your beloved Shehzad is Balaji.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Babar needs to get a move on , very slow.

 

[Syed1]

Dhananjaya is an off-spinner with a leggie's grip. Why are our batsmen not learning and playing for the leg-spinner continuously?!

Maybe because he is easier to play from behind the keyboard than on the pitch.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Hafeez in the mood.

Love him when he's in full flow (e.g. vs IND in final).

 

[Rayyman]

by Professer

 

[IAJ]

Looked in 2 minds.

If he keeps thinking like this he will struggle, needs to play his natural game, could have played that but he was confused after playing a big hit. Anyways has done his part.

 

[arehaan]

Shehzad drafted back on what form
Hafeez again back to 4 when he was very good as finisher

What's with the lack of strategy and mindset

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Shehzad drafted back on what form
Hafeez again back to 4 when he was very good as finisher

What's with the lack of strategy and mindset

Malik is a much better finisher tbh.

 

[Rana]

You cannot even compare. If Fakhar is Sachin then your beloved Shehzad is Balaji.

Mate you need to calm down, I have not even mentioned Shahzad today. And just because someone defends a Lahore boy doesn't mean you believe he is a Shahzadian or whatever you call them. Maybe we draft khuram manzoor instead of him don't you think?

 

[Rayyman]

Babar has got a start. Needs to get 50+ today.

 

[Syed1]

Mate you need to calm down, I have not even mentioned Shahzad today. And just because someone defends a Lahore boy doesn't mean you believe he is a Shahzadian or whatever you call them. Maybe we draft khuram manzoor instead of him don't you think?

I'm beginning to think even Manzoor would be better than Shehzad.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Maybe because he is easier to play from behind the keyboard than on the pitch.

Look at Hafeez play him just as an off-spinner. Confident. Fakhar just wasn't picking the lad.

 

[pkwdpassion]

Just looking at the Pakistan XI playing today, minus Imam ul Haq looks as per wishes and desires of Inzamam the destroyer.

No Faheem ashraf or Harris Sohail, only EXPERIENCED PLAYERS like Shehzad, Malik, Hafeez, Azam to make viewers blood boil .With these amazing players scoring rate wont go past 5, needed the pitch is worse than Abu Dhabi.

 

[MMHS]

One option is probably to open with Babar & send Hari at 3. Shehzad needs to learn placement, otherwise he'll need to stay 100 balls, to make an impact.

 

[Boi]

Good to see Bazid back in the comm box.

 

[IAJ]

This is why it’s good to listen to Bazid, he knows about the domestic affairs unlike Ramiz. Never knew Professor was a tape ball beast.

 

[Syed1]

This Dhananjaya isn't that easy to play.

 

[Syed1]

Look at Hafeez play him just as an off-spinner. Confident. Fakhar just wasn't picking the lad.

Sir... offies always trouble lefties more than righties. Just like leggies trouble righties more than lefties. It is basics of cricket.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

One option is probably to open with Babar & send Hari at 3. Shehzad needs to learn placement, otherwise he'll need to stay 100 balls, to make an impact.

Open with Hafeez and send Haris at 4.

These pitches can't ever expose Hafeez's weaknesses.

 

[Rana]

I'm beginning to think even Manzoor would be better than Shehzad.

Beginning? You definitely know he is better than him. Obviously he is better than him. The selectors have a thing against him, they want Shahzad instead. That's what you know, not think

 

[Syed1]

Was anybody else cringing when Rambo sahab kept calling Bobby as Babar Zaman???


Get the freaking name right... it is your job

 

[ExpressPacer]

I had no idea there was a match going on...

 

[Usman Chadda]

Azam needs to get a move on.

 

[Rayyman]

Not sure if Hafeez or ABD...

 

[Syed1]

I had no idea there was a match going on...

You are hereby requested to rescind your PP membership.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Was anybody else cringing when Rambo sahab kept calling Bobby as Babar Zaman???


Get the freaking name right... it is your job

I think he has aged.

 

[MMHS]

Open with Hafeez and send Haris at 4.

These pitches can't ever expose Hafeez's weaknesses.

Babar will be fried live by Lankan spinners, even part-timers. Good player, but he has limitation against spin at the start. Opening allows him to settle before spinners come. Hafeez's limit against pace & new ball is UAE & SRL/BD/ZIM - PAK probably don't need his experience & class to master those opponents.

 

[Syed1]

One thing is clear golden boy needs a basher at the other end at all times.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Guys, how good was FZ today?

 

[IAJ]

Hafeez treating dangerous spinner well here, easy going.

 

[Syed1]

Guys, how good was FZ today?

Best batsman so far.. Good dismissed by a peach.

 

[IAJ]

One thing is clear golden boy needs a basher at the other end at all times.

Have you eaten something you shouldn’t have?

 

[Titan24]

Guys, how good was FZ today?

Pretty good till he lasted. Though struggled initiallity to play his shots as wicket seemed slow

 

[ExpressPacer]

Just saw that Azam has played almost 60 deliveries for only 36. Not too bad, but not setting the world alight either. Gosh, he's in seriously poor form.

 

[Rayyman]

Hafeez has totally changed expectations. Get RR up to 6 now. Looking to get 350+. We have plenty of accumulators if a wickets falls.

 

[Titan24]

Just saw that Azam has played almost 60 deliveries for only 36. Not too bad, but not setting the world alight either. Gosh, he's in seriously poor form.

I am hoping he will up the SR once he gets to his 50

 

[ExpressPacer]

Pretty good till he lasted. Though struggled initiallity to play his shots as wicket seemed slow

Best batsman so far.. Good dismissed by a peach.

Thanks guys. So this innings cements the fact that his performances in the CT weren't flukes.

 

[Doosara]

B. Azam, needs to be batting at a higher strike-rate at this stage of his innings, he needs to develop that aspect of his game, the ability to hit cleanly at will. So that he can manage and dictate terms. What ya all say?

 

[Syed1]

Sad thing is Shehzad will get atleast the first three ODIs and if he gets a 30-50 score in any one of those three matches he will play the rest of the matches and possibly the next series too.


Buhat oochi connection hai bhai... then they say there is no provincial bias.

 

[Boi]

Rameez is such an idiot man. Rashid supposedly speaks a cockney accent when he actually is from Yorkshire.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Hafeez is a Sri Lanka bully. Has something like 3 centuries against them.

 

[IAJ]

Wow how many spinners do these guys have!

 

[MMHS]

Babar is passing his most difficult phase - 2 spinners from both ends. Ifhe can survive, should get a hundred.

 

[Titan24]

Hafeez was dearly missed in tests

 

[Hermoine Green]

Legend among worst failed once again

 

[JibranAnsari]

Babar is passing his most difficult phase - 2 spinners from both ends. Ifhe can survive, should get a hundred.

in like 140 deliveries

 

[ExpressPacer]

I am afraid [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] was right. Babar Azam, even in Tests will have splendid stats, average in the 50's and a lot of hundreds but all of them will be soft runs.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Babar will be fried live by Lankan spinners, even part-timers. Good player, but he has limitation against spin at the start. Opening allows him to settle before spinners come. Hafeez's limit against pace & new ball is UAE & SRL/BD/ZIM - PAK probably don't need his experience & class to master those opponents.

Maybe we don't but it'll open up a slot in the middle order to groom a youngster no matter the opposition

 

[Titan24]

in like 140 deliveries

He will up the SR like most of his hundreds

 

[Rana]

Sri Lanka losing the plot here, some poor bowling now by the spinners

 

[ExpressPacer]

Hafeez is a good batsman when on song and when confident. Don't understand why he starts playing selfishly sometimes. He's such a good bat

 

[Syed1]

Wow Professor is ready for the start of the semester

 

[IAJ]

Hafeez you beauty. Loving this new approach.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Sad thing is Shehzad will get atleast the first three ODIs and if he gets a 30-50 score in any one of those three matches he will play the rest of the matches and possibly the next series too.


Buhat oochi connection hai bhai... then they say there is no provincial bias.

)

The reasons for me loving your comments keep increasing

 

[Doosara]

M. Hafeez, is a key-wicket, he is holding the innings together, but then again this SL team is very weak, does not bode well for the future.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Hafeez is a good batsman when on song and when confident. Don't understand why he starts playing selfishly sometimes. He's such a good bat

100% agreed.

Don't get the hate for Hafeez. He's a proper all-rounder.

 

[MMHS]

in like 140 deliveries

Around 120 I guess, his last 60 should come at better than a ball. You have to criticize players constructively - his 50/90 stats isn't possible if he takes 140 balls to reach 100, it's maths. But, he has his weakness against spin, better to open

 

[Syed1]

When on song Hafeez is the classiest Pakistani batsman since Moyo.


#Unpopular opinion

 

[Rayyman]

Wow Professor is ready for the start of the semester

Semester started June 18th

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Hafeez very well set for a run-a-ball 50

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Around 120 I guess, his last 60 should come at better than a ball. You have to criticize players constructively - his 50/90 stats isn't possible if he takes 140 balls to reach 100, it's maths. But, he has his weakness against spin, better to open

Wouldn't more exposure to spin help rectify these defeciencies?

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

When on song Hafeez is the classiest Pakistani batsman since Moyo.


#Unpopular opinion

Agreed.

Haris Sohail close behind.

 

[Rana]

what a shot!

 

[Markhor]

If only Mohammad Hafeez could play like this more often.

When on form, he is genuinely a lovely batsman to watch.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Damn that drive

So easy on the eyes

 

[Napa]

Listening to the players voices being picked up by the mikes on the field, I realized the difference between Tamils and Sinhalese?

Tamils say "Aiee aiee yo"
Sinhalese say "Aiee yo"

 

[Doosara]

In how many more balls will Babar get his fifty - hedge your bets ?

 

[Rana]

Babar struggling to time a short ball out of the park. Especially considering he is in the 40s. Looks very much out of touch

 

[Markhor]

Hafeez is a good batsman when on song and when confident. Don't understand why he starts playing selfishly sometimes. He's such a good bat

He hasn't done justice to his ability in his career mainly because of a congenital weakness against the outswinger outside off-stump.

But yeah, he's great to watch when in his comfort zone against mid-level opposition in Asia.

 

[MMHS]

Wouldn't more exposure to spin help rectify these defeciencies?

Not in Internationals - for that, there should be nets & domestics ......

 

[Syed1]

Listening to the players voices being picked up by the mikes on the field, I realized the difference between Tamils and Sinhalese?

Tamils say "Aiee aiee yo"
Sinhalese say "Aiee yo"

And what does it mean?

 

[Shafi]

Babar's strike rate is so poor!!!!

 

[msb314]

Seems like Bobby is nervous - his Test form is affecting him and it being extra cautious in not losing his wicket.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Sri Lanka have an endless amount of spinners

 

[Rayyman]

In how many more balls will Babar get his fifty - hedge your bets ?

81

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Pakistan should keep Babar away from test for now as it looks like his confidence has taken a hit