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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | Dubai | Oct 6-10, 2017 | Day 4

I have a feeling he is batting according to management advice. They don't want another 115 all out .
 
When even Azhar Ali is batting faster than you, you clearly are slower than a turtle.
 
Masood clearly playing for the draw.

Either that or he doesn't have the ability to attack Pradeep. :facepalm:
 
Syed1 said:
If and it is a big IF... Pakistan go onto win this match would it rank as one of the top ten comebacks in test cricket? Its not common that you concede 200+ lead after first innings and still win


[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION]
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too early to be thinking about that
 
Rayyman said:
Masood clearly playing for the draw.

Either that or he doesn't have the ability to attack Pradeep. :facepalm:
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He is aiming for the slowest Test 100 in fourth innings it seems.
 
Syed1 said:
If and it is a big IF... Pakistan go onto win this match would it rank as one of the top ten comebacks in test cricket? Its not common that you concede 200+ lead after first innings and still win


[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION]
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It will surely be remembered.
 
shan should play safely and stick around for atleast another 25 overs that will give azhar ali full confidence that he is not playing with tail
 
IAJ said:
When even Azhar Ali is batting faster than you, you clearly are slower than a turtle.
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he's seeing off the new ball :shh

reminds me of Azhar and Sami seeing off the new ball in NZ last year. They saw it off for 90 overs and eventualy the new one was due :))
 
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this approach has literally never worked for Pakistan, still they keep trying it... bunch of high IQ players we have
 
Not sure why Sri Lankans have loudspeakers in their mouths. Especially this Dickwella.
 
By playing like that even whole day tomorrow we will be run out of overs. Pathetic
 
Shan needs to take one for the team and go hell to leather against Herath.


Herath is getting settled... ominous signs for Pakistan
 
Am following the game via the live scorecard and keep thinking it's the interval break :yk

Sarfraz or Harris should come in next, Shafiq will unnecessarily put the team under even more pressure and quit eventually
 
I am ok with this interminable blocking.

It is one of the reasons why Test match is easier. No scoreboard pressure. After 100 overs or soeven the best bowling attacks get tired out so it's not a problem.

Anyway, Shan is getting low scores so if he scores 30 (190) that's still better than 30 (60). And who knows, maybe these two do get set and Srilanka get a little frustrated if they bat a whole session in this manner.
 
Tomorrow should be A Public holiday because His Majesty Shan Masood has scored a single.
 
Syed1 said:
Woow HD quality... and free too.

Imma use this all the time

Thank you India :salute
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Yep, it's the official one for Sony LIV. It obviously won't work all the time if they don't have the broadcasting rights and stuff.
 
usually the broadcasters show a clip of your good shots
not fro shan tho
showing a clip how he is struggling big time
 
We should've taken advantage of batting in daylight and scored about 100 runs. Under lights the ball is going to seam around and our batters would be sitting ducks.
 
Good use of the feet, lovely stroke, more of this please.
 
These Lankans are appealing for everything... calm down lads you still have 280 to play for.
 
It’s incredible how gutless we are. Both Mickey and Sarfraz are talkers. Mickey will come up with some philosophical rubbish and the “brand” we are trying to implement, while Sarfraz will spout some incoherent rubbish in Urdu at the speed of light.

All talk, no action.
 
Not sure why these Sri Lankans are so desperate for Shan Masood's wicket. If I were them, I would want him to stay there for as long as possible.
 
The pitch is playing perfectly. There isn't massive spin from Herath. The seamers aren't getting invariable bounce. Any decent batting side would've score 80+ runs by now.
 
Abdul said:
Not sure why these Sri Lankans are so desperate for Shan Masood's wicket. If I were them, I would want him to stay there for as long as possible.
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Too true, at the rate he is scoring it'll take Pak 2 days to score 300 :facepalm:
 
[MENTION=135134]CricketAnalyst[/MENTION] but bro problem with that strategy is A) the longer we bat the pitch will get worse and not better B) shan isn't Faf who can pull such blockathon. C) when you don't even put bad balls away and let bowlers dictate terms fully than even pardeep can turn into steyn. you have to put some kind of pressure back on bowler and it will also not hurt that those attacking shot will spread the field.
 
JaDed said:
Not happening,Lankans don't have fire in them and momentum is somewhat with PCT
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You are right. That's why I have decided to switch my loyalty to Pakistan now. Backing Azhar Ali to score a century and demolish the Lankans.
 
Zeshan547 said:
[MENTION=135134]CricketAnalyst[/MENTION] but bro problem with that strategy is A) the longer we bat the pitch will get worse and not better B) shan isn't Faf who can pull such blockathon. C) when you don't even put bad balls away and let bowlers dictate terms fully than even pardeep can turn into steyn. you have to put some kind of pressure back on bowler and it will also not hurt that those attacking shot will spread the field.
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I don't think they'll keep scoring at 1 run per over. This is a very Pakistani approach. To take insane amount of time to get set, and then when totally set suddenly start upping the rate, boundary shots, force field back and then also rotate strike.

If the score gets to 50 or 60/1 I think runs would start coming and Lankans would start coming under a little pressure.

The good news is clearly the pitch is not unplayable now.
 
LastManstanding said:
You are right. That's why I have decided to switch my loyalty to Pakistan now. Backing Azhar Ali to score a century and demolish the Lankans.
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Still mad at Indians for the demolition that got Lanka fired up for Abu Dhabi Test. :sanga
 
R0H1T said:
Too true, at the rate he is scoring it'll take Pak 2 days to score 300 :facepalm:
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Even Shan Masood will one day get set. Perhaps today. Perhaps tomorrow. This is a big chase under any circumstances, we don't have MisYou to anchor the middle order anymore, this is a good test of the new team's capabilities.
 
Rambo and Russell has to be the worst commentary duo in world cricket
 
Big Mac said:
Good thing there were nearly two days left when we started batting then isn't it? :broad
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Depends on the number of wickets you lose at the end of the day, if you still have the majority of the top order then RR doesn;t matter. If you lose too many under lights then this strategy will be criticized just like the last test.
 
Masood is channeling his inner Dravid. Rest of the batsmen need to play around him and it will turn out to be an easy chase
 
Flying to Dubai tomorrow. May actually go and watch a few sessions if I'm not jet lagged. That is IF Pakistan is still playing by tomorrow. You never know with Pakistan.. :)))
 
The point of this partnership was?

Score nothing and get out

Awful batting
 
Azhar Ali has never performed in the 4th innings. Averages 26.
 
Poor, poor shot selection. He should've known there was a change of field.
 
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