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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Dubai | Oct 6-10, 2017 | Day 3

Wow, truly living upto his hype and potential, I am done with babar the test player Atleast till he average 50 plus in Domestic FC. He is not ready for this level, And not dropping him from test for now will not only ruin pak batting but will also shatter babar confidence and he may even lose it in LOIs.
 
drop BABar and SHAN and get IMAM and USMAN in..that should be the strategy for next tour..
 
Mickey Arthur has ruined our Test team. Yes it wasn't going to be easy ride after MisYou retired but he hasn't helped by making an absolute mess of the batting order and team combination. If we didn't win the CT he would've been sacked after this series.
 
That's what happen when you select same players for all the formats plus some favoritism and nepotism
 
Boi said:
Mickey Arthur has ruined our Test team. Yes it wasn't going to be easy ride after MisYou retired but he hasn't helped by making an absolute mess of the batting order and team combination. If we didn't win the CT he would've been sacked after this series.
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There's a reason why he has been fired from all of his previous jobs.
 
Azhar holding our batting together just like Misbah did in ODIs when he was captain.
 
abhayjj said:
Two batsmen on the crease are supposedly better than Virat Kohli in tests, so we can expect a good partnership between them
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Test Batsmen better than virat Kohli are getting out easily by this Sri Lankan team because as Pakistani fans say, the runs against this Sri Lankan team do not count, so why make an effort to score runs against a team which won't even be acknowledged or counted.
 
So the only thing making this match interesting is: can we avoid an innings defeat?
 
Well I called 62/2 at the start of the play. It's 64/4 for the first session. Close enough. Neither have they preserved wickets nor have scored runs at a faster clip. Lost on both ends.
 
what a shot from haris.. Stamping authority against the premium bowler Herath... What a way to announce ur arrival at the crease... Like it from him, will be shocked if he is benched in LOIs for shehzad or hafeez ... Hopefully a big and maiden century from him today inshallah..
 
herath is a god. That action is just so classical and efficient. Proper cricketer
 
this test series loss isn’t one bit surprising really Sri Lanka are a bogey team for both England and Pakistan
 
Boi said:
Mickey Arthur has ruined our Test team. Yes it wasn't going to be easy ride after MisYou retired but he hasn't helped by making an absolute mess of the batting order and team combination. If we didn't win the CT he would've been sacked after this series.
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The failure to select a second spinner was a terrible decision - both Arthur and Sarfraz must share the responsibility equally.

The players however have failed to repay the management's faith in them - Babar Azam who's been hyped to the moon on here had a big opportunity to cash in on these flat tracks. Yet keeps getting out softly.

Asad Shafiq has been given a chance to shine after Younis and Misbah's retirements at #4 but has failed with the added responsibility.

PCB also must take responsibility for a summer of inactivity. We sat on our backsides for three months after the CT doing nothing. They foolishly cancelled the Bangladesh tour without a replacement series then shortened this Sri Lanka series to 2 Tests, leaving NO margin for error.

We badly needed some extra Test cricket just to help this new team settle and find the right combination but Sethi was more interested in his World XI vanity project than focusing on the national team which is the biggest priority.
 
Markhor said:
The failure to select a second spinner was a terrible decision - both Arthur and Sarfraz must share the responsibility equally.

The players however have failed to repay the management's faith in them - Babar Azam who's been hyped to the moon on here had a big opportunity to cash in on these flat tracks. Yet keeps getting out softly.

Asad Shafiq has been given a chance to shine after Younis and Misbah's retirements at #4 but has failed with the added responsibility.

PCB also must take responsibility for a summer of inactivity. We sat on our backsides for three months after the CT doing nothing. They foolishly cancelled the Bangladesh tour without a replacement series then shortened this Sri Lanka series to 2 Tests, leaving NO margin for error.

We badly needed some extra Test cricket just to help this new team settle and find the right combination but Sethi was more interested in his World XI vanity project than focusing on the national team which is the biggest priority.
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There should be an investigation on whose adamant decision was it which cost them a series and eventually points in the ranking table....
 
ask_analyse_act said:
There should be an investigation on whose adamant decision was it which cost them a series and eventually points in the ranking table....
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One of those committees, where they sit around eating mithai and sipping tea?
 
Can't believe what I'm seeing. We're being demolished by Lanka in the Fortress.

Feel worse than losing to India on June 4th.

Not even proud to be Pakistani.
 
Batsmen better than Virat Kohli under a board better than BCCI demonstrating how to deal with a rubbish team like Sri Lanka.:najam
 
ask_analyse_act said:
what a shot from haris.. Stamping authority against the premium bowler Herath... What a way to announce ur arrival at the crease... Like it from him, will be shocked if he is benched in LOIs for shehzad or hafeez ... Hopefully a big and maiden century from him today inshallah..
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Do runs against SL count?
 
All it will take is one good ball for Azhar to perish. It's important that other batsmen start taking more responsibility as we're too dependent on him.
 
Rayyman said:
Can't believe what I'm seeing. We're being demolished by Lanka in the Fortress.

Feel worse than losing to India on June 4th.

Not even proud to be Pakistani.
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It was NEVER a fortress. I have been saying this for ages. The "unbeaten" record was a combination of luck, favourable scheduling (short series against SA) and not playing India. We have dropped tests to teams like WI, SL, NZ before... this loss should not be a surprise
 
Shami & Kumar, Yadav showing how its done in Asia.
 
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And I don't care what they do in the next innings. They already lost the series.
 
Babar Azam isn't cut out for Test cricket.

Played against, Aus/NZ/SL/WI/Eng, failed against them all.

Just leave him for ODI/T20s and give someone else a chance.

No surprise we are down, we were always going to lose or draw from the position SL were in and the chance of a draw is 10%
 
This is what is killing test cricket. Pakistan's tests should be of 10 days even then it'll be too less.
 
Haris Sohail is honestly such a good batsman. Hadn't played First Class Cricket for such a long time before the 1st test match and he is not showing any signs of that. Playing like a proper batsman; if it wasn't for his injuries he could have had a great career.
 
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