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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Dubai | Oct 6-10, 2017 | Day 1

Amir and Abbas struggling with left-right combination. Very flat beginning besides first few overs from Amir.
 
Shafi said:
Tell me who is better fast bowler in the current team than Abbas?
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All of them are better than him. Mir Hamza is a serious trundler very similar to Abbas and I NEVER want him to make the team but even he promises more than him.

A lot of fast bowling "experts" are going to question my cricketing knowledge because of these comments but the fact is, other than getting a couple of tailenders (and that too of teams like BD, WI and Lanka), Abbas will do nothing much else.
 
ExpressPacer said:
All of them are better than him. Mir Hamza is a serious trundler very similar to Abbas and I NEVER want him to make the team but even he promises more than him.

A lot of fast bowling "experts" are going to question my cricketing knowledge because of these comments but the fact is, other than getting a couple of tailenders (and that too of teams like BD, WI and Lanka), Abbas will do nothing much else.
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Last match Abbas got 5 wickets compare to Amir in less economy rate. Both Amir and Mustafiz are not test material. Doing couple of good overs are not enough. PCB should select players base on their skill which suits the format
 
Shafi said:
Last match Abbas got 5 wickets compare to Amir in less economy rate. Both Amir and Mustafiz are not test material. Doing couple of good overs are not enough. PCB should select players base on their skill which suits the format
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Of course but I'm not going to start rating Abbas over Amir because of just 1 match where Amir was unsuccessful AND because Abbas got the wickets of a few tailenders. There's no question about the fact that Abbas doesn't deserve to be in the team.
 
I think the streak is over boyz.

Sometimes you need a disaster to rebuild eg. The 444 game in ODI's.
 
Pakistan deserve to lose for playing "fast" bowling trundlers like Abbas.
 
Spinners took wickets last time there was that PAK-Windies day night test here. This might hurt Pakistan as they are only playing Yasir.
 
400 is not enough on this deck. More like 600 if they want to be safe. Not sure this batting lineup can score that much.
 
Why PCB curators cant make a green track pitches in Dubai. If its our home then we need to produce pitches like this in order to take the advantage of Amir, Abbas seam bowlers. We are wasting them in UAE by playing them there, because without spinners u cant get teams out in UAE. Then why play 3 seamers should have gone with asghar or left arm spinners. People are crying here about Amir even the best bowlers of SA and Aus coudnt do anything on these tracks. Playing Amir in Test in UAE is a waste and injury risk.
 
lahoriyah1234 said:
Why PCB curators cant make a green track pitches in Dubai. If its our home then we need to produce pitches like this in order to take the advantage of Amir, Abbas seam bowlers. We are wasting them in UAE by playing them there, because without spinners u cant get teams out in UAE. Then why play 3 seamers should have gone with asghar or left arm spinners. People are crying here about Amir even the best bowlers of SA and Aus coudnt do anything on these tracks. Playing Amir in Test in UAE is a waste and injury risk.
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Cdnt agree more with u on this but I think the UAE although being a virtual home for Pakistan the pitches are still taken care of by the local curators. Correct me if I’m wrong.
 
Yasir is looking dangerous in the first hour of the first day and only 1 spinner is selected Mickey this is UAE.
 
Pakistan always get wickets in lumps - should become interesting later on
 
I dont know but maybe I was too arrogant or overconfident but I had expected a cleanswep with atleast one innings win.

Really disappointing for us
 
Sr Lanka looks far more solid than last test. Considering we are batting last Herath may give us an innings defeat.
 
Slog said:
I dont know but maybe I was too arrogant or overconfident but I had expected a cleanswep with atleast one innings win.

Really disappointing for us
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Nothing surprise. Team selection is the biggest culprit.
Don't think we will do any better in ODI and T20 either
 
Wth 10 runs from Yasir :facepalm:

These two always kill us with their partnerships.
 
lahoriyah1234 said:
Why PCB curators cant make a green track pitches in Dubai. If its our home then we need to produce pitches like this in order to take the advantage of Amir, Abbas seam bowlers. We are wasting them in UAE by playing them there, because without spinners u cant get teams out in UAE. Then why play 3 seamers should have gone with asghar or left arm spinners. People are crying here about Amir even the best bowlers of SA and Aus coudnt do anything on these tracks. Playing Amir in Test in UAE is a waste and injury risk.
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Because we are equally weak in fast bowling. At the moment Herath is our threat. On the fast bowling it will be Lakmal, Pradeep will join Herath. Plus our think tank may include 3 spinners and a fast bowler.
 
Slog said:
I dont know but maybe I was too arrogant or overconfident but I had expected a cleanswep with atleast one innings win.

Really disappointing for us
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Not your fault if you believed that. This is a below-par Sri Lanka side. You probably overestimated Pakistan. Pakistans' batting is probably worse than SLs' and though Pakistan has far better fast bowlers, these pitches negate that advantage. Not much difference apart from that in the two teams.
 
good from SRL to have Sadeera in at no.3 instead of Kusal Mendis who is struggling to get in touch in test cricket. new talent with an excellent FC record tried at the top..

Pak should do the same and put Haris at no.4...

This is one of the major issue with pak think tank not judging batsmen by their talent and where they should bat.
 
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Amir being carted around for fun. This is what you get for being arrogant and not learning from your mistake of playing fast bowlers on a spinning pitch.
 
When Inzi and Micki will understand Amir is not a test material?
 
Sri Lanka batsmen are light years ahead of their Pakistani counterparts right now. I don't expect any current Pakistan batsman to dominate a session like Karunaratne has. Credit where its due.
 
Pakistan lost this test match with the toss, and now the series, boys time to move on to ODI cricket, test cricket is a dying sport anyways
 
CricFan2012 said:
Pakistan lost this test match with the toss, and now the series, boys time to move on to ODI cricket, test cricket is a dying sport anyways
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Haha true.

Test matches are for old people to watch.

It's the format where tuk tuks and one-dimensional bowlers survive.
 
CricFan2012 said:
Pakistan lost this test match with the toss, and now the series, boys time to move on to ODI cricket, test cricket is a dying sport anyways
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Have Faith Boi. Its only day 1 same was said last test match. And we should have won that match had we played one day cricket.

If you find its dying sport then why are you watching it...just asking..👍
 
Thank you Mickey... but it's not your fault though, its never your fault

Selecting three pacers again. Wowwwww


:salute
 
Big blow to lose the toss.

Baffling team selection once again - play two spinners in the UAE ! Going to run our three seamers into the ground on these dead tracks.

Streak is in serious peril.
 
I think Yasir is going to start cursing out Mickey and Sarfraz at this rate. They are going to end up bowling this guy into the ground.
 
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