Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Dubai | 12/01/14 | Day 5

[JibranAnsari]

Junaid will take a match winnng 5 fer here.. there is swing in the air and some movememt off thw deck.

 

[Kianig89]

ed

 

[Mr Consistent]

137 target

 

[Justcrazy]

That is all over now

 

[MarkCooper]

137 to win

 

[adilmomin]

Lakmal > Rahat ... Any day of the week, any hour of the day.

 

[mosh101]

Some serious reverse swing !

Can our world class fast bowlers get even half of that swing?

 

[MarkCooper]

England couldn't score 140 2 years ago but the pitch was turning square

 

[Savak]

Easily Pak should have had a lead of 180-190 right now if the mentality was positive.

No no the Misbah selfish career stat boosting approach is always correct even if it comes at the expense of the team.

 

[mon858]

80 overs for 127, SL need Misbah and Shafiq.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lakmal has bowled beautifully , he has utilized what was there offer

 

[hur rizvi]

Srilanka will win easily

 

[iafzal]

I think SL deserves to win unless our bowlers pull out miraculous performance.

Truly our top 3 have cost us this test. Worse than our tail.

 

[HASHAM2]

Stage is Set for Junaid and Co to Destory SL

137 is Fighting Total

Junaid Need to take 5 Wicket Haul here

3 Early Wicket,s plez

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan weakness has been good new ball bowlers.

 

[adilmomin]

137 to win. Imagine Misbah making atleast 15 runs in the first hour yesterday. You can back Misbah all you want. The loss will be on him. The draw mentality cannot start in the 2nd session of the 3rd day. Sorry to say.

 

[iafzal]

ppers were making fun of Lakmal. I would say he bowled much better than Junaid, Rahat, and Bhatti

Much more lucky than Rahat for sure

 

[Mr Consistent]

ajmal should perfrom today with ball

 

[Asif321]

chalo match khatam but Pakistan should try to get early wickets anything can happen

 

[JibranAnsari]

Misbahs batting primarily and the fact posters were chearing him on when he didn't score anything for an hour and defended him that he is playing correctly in accordance with the weather forecast.

That are fans you are talking about and they cheered hin because they are his fans.. this doesnt make it the fact that the team was banking on rain. Without misbahs contribution the match would be over long ago.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan should at least get 5 - 6 wickets here

 

[KB-24]

Poor 1st inning batting cost us this match likely !! Sharjah could be a road and so this could mean losing to SL in UAE 1-0

Whatmore be gone! Mediocre players be gone!

 

[Kianig89]

According to worldweather some showers in afternoon

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Misbahs batting primarily and the fact posters were chearing him on when he didn't score anything for an hour and defended him that he is playing correctly in accordance with the weather forecast.

You are stuck in a blackhole regarding Misbah. Get out of and notice that there were a few other top order batsmen who did not even make double figures. How about being more balanced in your approach rather than repeating the same thing about the highest scorer of the innings a guy who came at 20/3. Had he made a quick 30 and then got out, this match would have been over yesterday.

 

[Mr Consistent]

we a have chance

 

[hur rizvi]

Junaid will take a match winnng 5 fer here.. there is swing in the air and some movememt off thw deck.

That is reverse swing, our bowlers wont have enough time to get reverse swing going, and they are crap at conventional swing

 

[Kianig89]

Hoping for a miracle Raht to get 22/6

 

[Savak]

That are fans you are talking about and they cheered hin because they are his fans.. this doesnt make it the fact that the team was banking on rain. Without misbahs contribution the match would be over long ago.

Why else did Misbah not score for an hour as usual? I will go with the experts who said that had he played with a more positive approach the lead would have been much larger.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why is this thread not a sticky?

 

[mon858]

people who started saying match over, lost, etc, please post in some other forum.

you may not have seen u19 wc final, or hamilton test, or abu dhabi test vs england.

we have done it in the past, anything is possible. swing is there.

first 15 overs and 0 wickets or 3 wickets will decide how match is going.

 

[Savak]

You are stuck in a blackhole regarding Misbah. Get out of and notice that there were a few other top order batsmen who did not even make double figures. How about being more balanced in your approach rather than repeating the same thing about the highest scorer of the innings a guy who came at 20/3. Had he made a quick 30 and then got out, this match would have been over yesterday.

So it is not possible to score at a decent pace without getting out? This guy only plays for his stats and could care less for the team. Stop making excuses for him.

 

[mosh101]

Was always going to be hard to win after that first innings horrendous show !

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why else did Misbah not score for an hour as usual? I will go with the experts who said that had he played with a more positive approach the lead would have been much larger.

Experts say a thousand things and many conradicting each other... thats how misbah plays. Banking on rain hasnt been proved a fact yet.

 

[adilmomin]

Why else did Misbah not score for an hour as usual? I will go with the experts who said that had he played with a more positive approach the lead would have been much larger.

I don't think anyone was asking for Misbah to score at 4 runs an over. Just a positive approach would have been better. He was batting with batsmen, it was not like he was batting with Ajmal and the tail enders.

 

[Asif321]

Khurram and Hafeez should leave test cricket , Asad should take break
Fawad needed badly

 

[Haripotter]

Shame puppy Shame ! Giving away 4 wickets to Ishant Lakmal

Sums up the poor batting effort apart from the really

 

[KB-24]

people who started saying match over, lost, etc, please post in some other forum.

you may not have seen u19 wc final, or hamilton test, or abu dhabi test vs england.

we have done it in the past, anything is possible. swing is there.

first 15 overs and 0 wickets or 3 wickets will decide how match is going.

We are down to 3 bowlers only and now Ajmal is hobbled as well. Lets be realistic here. Sri Lanka is well on top and on their way to win unless rain intervenes!

 

[JibranAnsari]

So it is not possible to score at a decent pace without getting out? This guy only plays for his stats and could care less for the team. Stop making excuses for him.

If all batsmen in the team play for the stats we would win most of the test matches.

 

[saeedhk]

No chance for us.

 

[hur rizvi]

ajmal should perfrom today with ball

There is no way a spinner can save 140 on this pitch against Sanga and Jaya, we are atleast 100 run short

 

[Savak]

I don't think anyone was asking for Misbah to score at 4 runs an over. Just a positive approach would have been better. He was batting with batsmen, it was not like he was batting with Ajmal and the tail enders.

A positive approach is blasphemy with Misbah. His main goal is always his slow useless 50 and his useless average of 48 which has done nothing useful for Pakistan.

 

[saeedhk]

Well played SL.

 

[Asif321]

Bhatti's unlucky dismissal was not good for Pakistan , he and Sarfraz would have scored much more

 

[Kianig89]

open with Half fees

 

[mosh101]

Lets see what the best bowling attack in the world can do

 

[Kianig89]

There is no way a spinner can save 140 on this pitch against Sanga and Jaya, we are atleast 100 run short

if there was 1000 more it would be a draw

 

[MarkCooper]

Ajmal injured

 

[mosh101]

Prof opening

 

[Kianig89]

n misbah listened to me

 

[Kianig89]

Hafeez agar jaga bachani hai to 3 wickets lo idar

 

[MarkCooper]

Ajmal and Bhatti off the pitch injured

 

[Kianig89]

137 @ RR 2 will need 68 overs

 

[hur rizvi]

Ajmal has not taken the field

 

[mosh101]

Big pressure? Sure

 

[Kianig89]

Prissure :ahmed shouting

 

[Kianig89]

C'mon

 

[Mr Consistent]

good move by misbah to give ball hafee

 

[Kianig89]

hopefull ajmal will be ok!

 

[Mr Consistent]

junni from other end

 

[Bilal7]

England couldn't score 140 2 years ago but the pitch was turning square

No, it wasn't. Looks like some English fans still don't realize that the demons were in the head, not the pitch.

 

[Kianig89]

left arm fast

 

[hur rizvi]

No swing on 1st ball from Junaid

 

[KB-24]

Same field setting as England match in Abu Dabi and same opening bowler Professor, good stuff from Misbah. Unfortunately no Mano today to apply the choke hold alongside Professor & Ajmal. Need 2-3 wickets immediately.

 

[Kianig89]

2 wickets min. in first 10 overs needed

 

[Kianig89]

Same field setting as England match in Abu Dabi and same opening bowler Professor, good stuff from Misbah. Unfortunately no Mano today to apply the choke hold alongside Professor & Ajmal. Need 2-3 wickets immediately.

if cricket had allowed substitutes

 

[Square Drive]

Will Ajmal be able to bowl at all?

 

[hur rizvi]

Junaid just slanting across right hander

 

[Kianig89]

Silva the grinder

 

[mosh101]

Clear skies

 

[Kianig89]

new ball should not be wasted

 

[CalculatedRisk]

junaid looks less threatening than a trundler.

 

[Kianig89]

1st run

 

[Mr Consistent]

1 run for si

 

[Mr Consistent]

waqar 5-22

 

[Bilal7]

Will Ajmal be able to bowl at all?

Don't know yet.

 

[hur rizvi]

Srilankans openers have been really good in this series

 

[Mr Consistent]

waqar>>>>>>>>waseem

 

[Sunny786]

I ajmal will come out later on. He is a fighter

 

[MarkCooper]

Ajmal external injury so can bowl without delay when is fit

 

[mon858]

we are on target for win:

Sri Lanka RR 0.35
Min overs remaining 77.1

sl playing for draw and hoping for rain to save them from our bowling