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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 3rd Test | Sharjah | 20/01/14 | Day 5

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Asif321 said:
No team has won chasing a target over 150 in Tests in UAE.
The best is Sri Lanka's 137/1 v Pak at Dubai last week!
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SL wont give PAkistan enough time to have a chance anyway..

Game is heading towards a draw unless Pakistan collapse badly and hand over a win to lankans
 
only if sarfaraz and khurram would have held on to the catches yesterday
 
There is an outside chance of a SL victory, which seemed impossible in the last two days...
 
Bowling has been below par and below expectation. Relying on spin has been a big blunder in this series.

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Savak said:
Bowling has been below par and below expectation. Relying on spin has been a big blunder in this series.

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these fast bowlers just cant swing it in the air. Neither conventional nor reverse
 
Asif321 said:
We lost the Series because of Misbah's Team Selection
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I would say the key moments in the series were when we let them off the hook in the first test. The next key moment was that terrible first innings performance where we lost a crucial toss. The third was this blunder that spin was going to work for us this time against a good spin playing side.

Pakistan's strength has always been their bowling, the below par showing by the bowlers and their inability to run through Matthews and the tail tells me that the bowlers as of yet are not fit enough for test cricket where they have to toil and bowl long spells and have to come back at full strength every time.

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Justcrazy said:
Maybe if Pakistan can persuade Lanka to play another Test and make it make it a 4 Match series :)
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and hence the example of a flying pig :D
on a serious note srilanka deserves to win this series.
 
even if lanka set pakistan 320 in 65 overs, I don't think Pakistan will go for it...
 
Savak said:
I would say the key moments in the series were when we let them off the hook in the first test. The next key moment was that terrible first innings performance where we lost a crucial toss. The third was this blunder that spin was going to work for us this time against a good spin playing side.

Pakistan's strength has always been their bowling, the below par showing by the bowlers and their inability to run through Matthews and the tail tells me that the bowlers as of yet are not fit enough for test cricket where they have to toil and bowl long spells and have to come back at full strength every time.

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Playing Talha in place of Rahat would have made such big difference , and we would not have been 1-0 down , Misbah is always poor with selection their are lot of examples of that
 
Madplayer said:
these fast bowlers just cant swing it in the air. Neither conventional nor reverse
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Mohd Akram? What has he been paid for all this while? Big reason why I am against ordinary players being made coaches of potentially gifted youngsters.

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Misbah and many others need to leave this Test team if we want to succeed
 
Kianig89 said:
Azhar Ali Hafeez should be shown the door the hunt for a Test no.3 begins
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Lol. calling back Hafeez and Azhar was the biggest joke. Also Shafiq doesn't deserve a spot if he is planning to hit a ton after 10 innings and single digits for the rest.
 
i know bowlers are out of gas but lets spice things up some chin music or targeting ribcage
 
Savak said:
Mohd Akram? What has he been paid for all this while? Big reason why I am against ordinary players being made coaches of potentially gifted youngsters.

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yes . I was amazed when Yesterday Junaid bowled two balls with a good seam position to karunaratne with the new ball and got amazing swing and was able to make him edge it. Even waqar said he has not seen junaid presenting such seam . But after bowling 3 or four deliveries with that seam position junaid started bowling cross seam and scramble seam. Goes to show m.akram has not worked hard enough with junaid and helped him in being more consistent with that seam position.

You can see right now the seam position is brilliant but how long can he keep it going? And his line too is better for a left handed batsman. These adjustments have not been made in him by akram.
 
Now Sri Lanka has decided to step up. But its too late, they have taken out the option of winning this test since the first day.
 
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