Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 1st Test | Abu Dhabi | Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2017 | Day 5

[dauntless]

Asad shafiq should be shown the door now

 

[Madplayer]

Haris is out of breath. Lol

 

[IAJ]

Haris sohail already looking like the best test batsman in Pakistan. Puts all the seniors and veterans to shame.

Easy maddy,nazar na lagain

 

[ExpressPacer]

He did what you'be bee preaching all match. #intent

Of course but there's a time and place for everything. That was the last recognized batting pair!

 

[dauntless]

Haris is going quite nicely

 

[imshally81]

Just Replace Shan with Fawad Alam... Azhar Ali will open with Sami Aslam

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Well, he needs to change the way he plays. There's tons of overs left and there was absolutely no need to take a risk, especially one of jumping down the pitch to Herath of all people.

The guys who 'didn't take a risk' also got out.

Ultimately even blocking has risk. No shot has a 0% chance of getting out.

 

[Abdul]

Now that he is captain, Sarfraz is suddenly going to find himself on the receiving end of a lot more abuse because he is now the senior player.

Yeah, I'm loving this.

Whatever these Sarfraz fangirls used to say, will come back to bite them up their backsides now.

 

[shariqnoor]

Irrespective of what happens, highly impressed with Haris Sohail. He has looked so calm throughout this Test match. Shafiq even with 50+ test matches to his name always looks under pressure.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Sarfraz was the last hope. This match is in SL's control. Unless miracle happen the match is gone!!!!

No offence man but you are one of the most negative posters I have ever seen on the internet.

You need to calm down a bit.It doesn’t kill to be optimistic.

 

[Mocking Bird]

Guy is averaging 52 in Test cricket bro

Lol....with 3 NO in 4 innings

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Har cheez pe appeal karoge kia?

 

[IAJ]

SOmeone give Haris water

 

[ExpressPacer]

These appeals are seriously bringing the umpires under pressure.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Har cheez pe appeal karoge kia?

Review lein lein agar out hai. ICC should also have a rule on too much unnecessary appealing...

 

[ExpressPacer]

The guys who 'didn't take a risk' also got out.

Ultimately even blocking has risk. No shot has a 0% chance of getting out.

Agreed. I was actually asking for more risks throughout the innings but no such risks were required at this stage considering this was the LAST batting pair and both of them could see Pakistan home easily the way they were going.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I wonder how imnportant those cheap runs we gave to dickwella will be now!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hasan Ali needs to be composed here and rushes of blood to the head!

 

[waleedfb23]

Mirza Iqbal Baig approves

 

[shariqnoor]

From yesterday's match thread:

Now that he is captain, Sarfraz is suddenly going to find himself on the receiving end of a lot more abuse because he is now the senior player.

Help me understand what I'm missing here. Did I ever fault his dismissal here?

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Hasan is actually a decent batsman,more than just a slogger.

 

[Slog]

In hindsight dropping Azhar to #3 wasnt a great decision

unnecessarily unsettling your best batsman. its not like we have ATG guys coming in as openers that having azhar drop down is the only option

id much rather have azhar as an opener and either of Usman or Fawad as #5 with Babar as #3

our openers asides from azhar are jokers anyway so why have 2

 

[dauntless]

Haris should not expose hasan to herath.

 

[Slog]

Haris should not expose hasan to herath.

best chance is for hasan to whack a few and score a quickfire 20-25

 

[Zeshan547]

this idiot ramiz trying his best to jinx Harry

 

[Madplayer]

What a blow by hassan

 

[Arham_PakFan]

by Hasan!

 

[ARK Rafay]

Haris should not expose hasan to herath.

Maybe not but I love when he alone has courage in the team to clear herath...

 

[dauntless]

Okay I was wrong.Yeaaaah!!!! Babbar sher way to go

 

[imshally81]

 

[Rayyman]

We got this Insha'Allah

 

[Mocking Bird]

Boyyyy...hasan can tonk a few

 

[Madplayer]

Haris :

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Haris

Takes the review.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good shot from Hasan for 6, using his head!

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Looks plumb.

 

[Madplayer]

Thats out. No chance

 

[dauntless]

Ooooohhhh that doesn't look good.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hope Harry survives!

 

[Madplayer]

Game gone more or less.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Mohammad Amir and Hasan Ali to save the day for Pakistan.

 

[waleedfb23]

game over for pakistan i suppose

 

[Amjid Javed]

SL game to lose now from here!

 

[Zeshan547]

Ramiz you have done it you freaking idiot

 

[ARK Rafay]

I hate unpredictability

 

[IAJ]

Hasan shows why he is the best batsman in the the team, what s shot!

 

[Madplayer]

Needed a good ball to get him out. And that was truly a good ball.

 

[Slog]

out? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :-(

 

[Deewana Mastana]

SL supporters dancing and so are they sitting in the pavilion

 

[shariqnoor]

Those runs practically gifted to Dickwella coming to bite us.

 

[Madplayer]

I think they should swing at everything now. Surviving here is impossible.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Only if they showed a little intent in the beginning the score to get could have been under 20 perhaps by now rather than 38.

 

[Madplayer]

100 up

 

[Enigma_]

We'll still win this. Just though.

 

[dauntless]

This is all asad shafiq's fault

 

[Slog]

Time to throw the kitchen sink at them

These 3-4 players certainly wont win with a measured approach of singles and doubles.

keep hitting till you get out

 

[Markhor]

Tailenders need to front up here.

I'm at work but can't get ANYTHING done - feverishly checking the scores.

 

[IAJ]

So now the bowlers have to win you matches with bat as well. Well well

 

[Slog]

Only if they showed a little intent in the beginning the score to get could have been under 20 perhaps by now rather than 38.

if we'd played a 2nd spinner we would have won this by now

no way they would have scored 400+ if we had a 2nd spinner

 

[imshally81]

100 up....

 

[Nasty Naz]

The only Pakistani batsmen who played well this inning is out and so are the hopes of winning this match.

 

[IAJ]

This is all asad shafiq's fault

I would blame Misbah

 

[Madplayer]

These are dickwella's 36 runs which Pakistan have to make now.

 

[Mocking Bird]

Impressed by haris...was a nice innings!

 

[Slog]

So now the bowlers have to win you matches with bat as well. Well well

Hasnt it always been like this though?

 

[Markhor]

Only if they showed a little intent in the beginning the score to get could have been under 20 perhaps by now rather than 38.

162 overs to score only 422. Slow pitch or not its not good enough.

 

[waleedfb23]

Hasan shows why he is the best batsman in the the team, what s shot!

seriously

 

[Madplayer]

Will hassan ali tonk a few more?

 

[Rayyman]

Should i go to class or watch?

 

[ToeCrusher2]

So now the bowlers have to win you matches with bat as well. Well well

Amir didn't do anything with the ball, at least he should contribute with the bat or his contribution in the match will be a big fat ZERO

 

[Madplayer]

Field has spread out for Hassan

 

[Mocking Bird]

I hate unpredictability

That's the only important thing there can be ...be it a cricket or life

 

[Rayyman]

Amir didn't do anything with the ball, at least he should contribute with the bat or his contribution in the match will be a big fat ZERO

India suck

 

[Madplayer]

Hassan bowled :

Pakistan is gone with him now.

 

[waleedfb23]

so we have two tailenders with HS of 29 & 48
i will take that as a positive

 

[Slog]

Field has spread out for Hassan

hope he doesnt take the bait and sky one

he's got enough talent to score along the grounnd

 

[Enigma_]

Nevermind. Well done Sri Lanka. Selection cost us this match.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Hasan

 

[Slog]

Hasan averages 60!

Come on!

 

[Madplayer]

I think apart from haris, all others got out to ordinary balls due to their own mistakes.