Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 1st T20I | Abu Dhabi | October 26, 2017 | Pakistan Innings

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan need 103 to win.

 

[Syed1]

Time for Shehzad to play a 30 ball 20 type of innings to make things interesting

 

[PennOne]

I feel sorry for the state that SL limited overs team is these days, we were able to win 2 games at least on tours like this

 

[Sirris]

If I were in SL dressing room this would have been my pep talk:

"guys cheer up! no worries our fav player is back!

Just get Fakhar and Babar out cheaply while making sure Shehzad gets most of the strike. I repeat, it's crucial Shehzad should get most of the strike.

we got this!"

 

[Syed1]

If I were in SL dressing room this would have been my pep talk:

"guys cheer up! no worries our fav player is back!

Just get Fakhar and Babar out cheaply while making sure Shehzad gets most of the strike. I repeat, it's crucial Shehzad should get most of the strike.

we got this!"

As long as Shehzad is out there Lanka will believe they can win

 

[another drop catch]

Q. How to make this match interesting ?
A. So Simple , Just play like Pakistan before Champions Trophy

 

[Aman]

God this LOI leg has been terrible.

Swear SL have batted first every match and put up a rubbish total every time.

 

[Rana]

Younis Khan doing comedy with the crowed

 

[Boi]

Team man in the house

 

[Rana]

God this LOI leg has been terrible.

Swear SL have batted first every match and put up a rubbish total every time.

PCB Management didnt make things interesting by opting to bowl first either

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Decent effort from Perera

 

[Rana]

To make this match more interesting, Pakistan should have had Sarfaraz open with Shahzad

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Time for Fakhar to get a big score in T20’s

 

[AFM]

If we win this, how many T20 matches would we have won in a row?

Don't think we have lost a single T20 since beating England last year.

 

[another drop catch]

whats Younus doing in crowd

 

[babajee]

If we win this, how many T20 matches would we have won in a row?

Don't think we have lost a single T20 since beating England last year.

Just the 1 vs Windies i think

 

[Markhor]

Fakhar not timing the ball at all so far.

 

[Syed1]

If we win this, how many T20 matches would we have won in a row?

Don't think we have lost a single T20 since beating England last year.

We lost second T20 against World XI in the last series

 

[MRSN]

SL's Hafeez is on.

 

[Abdullah719]

Just the 1 vs Windies i think

And another to World XI... so if we win this, we've won two in a row!

 

[Syed1]

Fakhar not timing the ball at all so far.

Yeah should be dropped and made to retire from all forms of cricket

 

[ammar_merry]

Just the 1 vs Windies i think

lost 1 against v world XI also

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Fakhar having a difficult time timing the ball.

These pitches don't suit his style of play. Hoping to see him work on this issue, and play well in this series and the series against New Zealand.

 

[MRSN]

We lost second T20 against World XI in the last series

so this makes it second in a row? voww

 

[babajee]

Fakhar having a difficult time timing the ball.

These pitches don't suit his style of play. Hoping to see him work on this issue, and play well in this series and the series against New Zealand.

Bad pitches for cricket in general

 

[another drop catch]

If we win this, how many T20 matches would we have won in a row?

Don't think we have lost a single T20 since beating England last year.

lost to west indies where samuels played blinder
away tour of West Indies 4 match t20 series
I am confused between 2nr and 3rd

 

[Syed1]

so this makes it second in a row? voww

We have won 9 ODIs in a row

 

[MoJoJoJo]

shehzad rotating the strike :0

 

[Rana]

Bowling 3 on the pads to shahzad allowing him to rotate the strike, pretty stupid bowling by the off spinner

 

[Abdullah719]

Imrul Kayes batting in the other match, Shehzad batting here.. exciting stuff.

 

[MRSN]

We have won 9 ODIs in a row

6 against this side...)

 

[ExpressPacer]

Had no idea there was a match today. Man.. Pakistan really need to start winning the toss and bat first. Sri Lanka absolutely suck the life out of the game.

 

[babajee]

What a leave by Shehzad

 

[Syed1]

6 against this side...)

Made all the more better because the Akmals weren't involved

 

[Rana]

We have won 9 ODIs in a row

Well if we lost a single one of the last 5 it would have been attrocious

 

[Aman]

Didn't know SA vs Bangladesh was on, it looks like the better option.

You know things are bad when Bangladesh-SA is the more entertaining option.

 

[Syed1]

Well if we lost a single one of the last 5 it would have been attrocious

Well we didn't so

 

[Rana]

Had no idea there was a match today. Man.. Pakistan really need to start winning the toss and bat first. Sri Lanka absolutely suck the life out of the game.

Bro they won the toss today! Our brave captain made a bold decision to bowl first

 

[babajee]

O yaar

 

[Syed1]

Shaba Fakhar... making the match interesting

 

[Markhor]

Awful innings from Fakhar, couldn't get going.

 

[Ellipsism]

Some quality hack-ship there.

 

[MRSN]

can't believe India got blown away by this guy.

 

[another drop catch]

Lankans Fighting back

 

[sadida97]

Some quality hack-ship there.

[MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION]

 

[Rana]

Shaba Fakhar... making the match interesting

i thought your trump card was Shahzad? It would be epic to see him bat with Sarfaraz at the top of the order, trying to chase a run a ball

 

[Sirris]

Q. How to make this match interesting ?
A. So Simple , Just play like Pakistan before Champions Trophy

Rather have boring matches than Pakistan falling back to their old habits.

Ask not for the hardships to be easy, ask to be stronger.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Good bowling from Sanjaya.

 

[Abdullah719]

Bro they won the toss today! Our brave captain made a bold decision to bowl first

The aim should be to win the match as soon as possible, there's two more matches in the next three days and a flight to Lahore sandwiched between.

Boys need rest So win toss and bowl.

 

[Aman]

Pakistan should try to chase this down quickly to at least provide some entertainment for fans.

I remember when we use to roll sides for low totals and then chase it down within 8-12 overs with McCullum and Ryder/Guptill.

 

[MRSN]

Awful innings from Fakhar, couldn't get going.

as I said in one of my post before he looks an improved version of Awais Zia.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Bro they won the toss today! Our brave captain made a bold decision to bowl first

What a joke... Would have loved for Pakistan to have batted first.

 

[IAJ]

Being bowled like that off a 127 kph Thunderbolt

 

[Syed1]

as I said in one of my post before he looks an improved version of Awais Zia.

Which makes him a super duper improved version of Umar Akmal

 

[babajee]

Fakhar Zaman is a quality player who will score a heap of runs in NZ. Look at Babar struggling on this wicket.

These wickets are slow and bad for free flowing batsmen like Fakhar and Babar.

 

[Syed1]

Pakistan should try to chase this down quickly to at least provide some entertainment for fans.

I remember when we use to roll sides for low totals and then chase it down within 8-12 overs with McCullum and Ryder/Guptill.

Yeah that happened a grand total of two times

 

[ExpressPacer]

Can't believe people are calling Fakhar a hack. The important thing is, he's come good in every single match that we needed him to. Hen the team is winning, you back him to take risks and not change his game according to the situation.

 

[Aman]

FYI Bangladesh are off to a good start against SA.

 

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan should try to chase this down quickly to at least provide some entertainment for fans.

I remember when we use to roll sides for low totals and then chase it down within 8-12 overs with McCullum and Ryder/Guptill.

Yeah but we have Shehzad instead of McCullum which is a slight downgrade.

 

[Rana]

The answer to Pakistan's biggest dilema (Ahmad Shahzad) got bowled out by the 5th choice Sri Lanka Bowler as if he were a tailender. Not every day is a sunday,

 

[MRSN]

Shehzad playing like AB..strike rate almost 50.

 

[Syed1]

Ump saving Lankan hopes by not giving Shezzy out when he was plumb

 

[Watsupdoc]

Shehzad hell bent on making it interesting

 

[Abdullah719]

Good leave, keep the danger man out

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar is a big match player, he is gonna perform when we are gonna need it the most.

Pretty good shape by Sanjaya though

 

[Rana]

What a joke... Would have loved for Pakistan to have batted first.

Im telling you its all about the wins tally instead of entertaining the jam packed crowed here to watch a Pakistan team bat and score runs

 

[Markhor]

Yeah should be dropped and made to retire from all forms of cricket

A friendly reminder that you didn't want Fakhar to be even picked in the Champions Trophy

So somewhere in the Pakistan thick tank they sat down and had a full on strategy discussion with white boards and markers and they came up with the brilliant plan of replacing Shehzad with Fakhar to resolve all our batting woes. Mashallah. The other change is a forced one, I'm pretty sure Mickey would have still played Wahab if he wasn't unavailable.

How do they expect a debutante to walk in and fix our batting which struggled to even reach 200 in the last match? The definition of insanity by Einstein comes to mind.


Yet we still have posters like [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] who think Mickey is the best thing to happen to Pakistan cricket since the 92 WC.

 

[nam]

Ahmed playing the anchor role yet again

 

[Watsupdoc]

Shehzad has no idea what's happening

 

[7sins]

Shehzad is one of the worst player in the history of pakistan cricket. You can see he is playing for his place

 

[Syed1]

Fakhar is a big match player, he is gonna perform when we are gonna need it the most.

Pretty good shape by Sanjaya though

Fakhar is the best opener we have had in YEARS. Let these PP experts who have never played beyond gully mohallah level run their mouths

 

[Boi]

Isuru Udana this is the fellow Lala smashed out of Lords in '09.

 

[MRSN]

The answer to Pakistan's biggest dilema (Ahmad Shahzad) got bowled out by the 5th choice Sri Lanka Bowler as if he were a tailender. Not every day is a sunday,

If he is the answer then Ahmed Shehzad don't need to worry about anything.

 

[Third_Umpire]

Watching Shahzad is very painful.

 

[arehaan]

Ahmed Shehzad with his selfish style as usual

 

[Rana]

A friendly reminder that you didn't want Fakhar to be even picked in the Champions Trophy

Bro this guy is epic!

Reminds me of Smegul in Lord of the Rings

 

[Syed1]

A friendly reminder that you didn't want Fakhar to be even picked in the Champions Trophy

Good that you brought that post up. If you cared to read the context I had said that Fakhar should have been played in the warm ups before the CT and not debut DURING the Champion's Trophy as it turned out.



Good try. Not good enough. Next.

 

[Boi]

Shehzad hasn't tried to play a single attacking shot yet. Just shows how selfish he is.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Babar take a run.

 

[MRSN]

Fakhar is the best opener we have had in YEARS. Let these PP experts who have never played beyond gully mohallah level run their mouths

He's the best hack we have tried so far in recent years.)