Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | Asia Cup | Dhaka | 15/3/12 | 1st Innings

[Osama_B]

last 5 overs rr 7

thanks misbah

 

[carbon11]

cheema 3 of that over, good over

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

The batting powerplay might play into our favor, one can hope at least it does so inshALLAH.

 

[Captain]

Aizaz cheema is am afraid a below average ODI bowler

 

[Justcrazy]

260 can be chased here, the pitch is very good.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Tendulkar was tentative throughout the innings. The rest of the batsmen pretty much dominated Afridi.

 

[DW44]

Afridi can only bowl to right handed batsmen of minnows. That's what he did in the world cup and got cheap wickets. When it came to the semi-final vs Indian, Afridi was treated with disdain.

Afridi can only bowl to Bangladeshi and associate batsmen. Put him against decent right handers from a test playing team and see him get the treatment he deserves.

 

[Itachi]

I guess that explains the 5 dropped catches of tendulkar!
All against afridis bowling they were..

lol epic pwned

 

[Fawad2010]

Oh Sanga, get out plz

 

[Justcrazy]

50 up for Tharanga

 

[AZulfi]

one of the Bangladeshi commentators sounds like Ravi Shastri!

From here on SLA might even get up to 270+

146/4 (33 overs)

 

[saeed-sohail]

I can't watch it on tv. Can you please tell me how SL are able to recover from 66/4. With our best bowler Afridi bowling how are they able to score freely of last 6/7 overs? Are they dropping catches?

 

[Osama_B]

poor garbage from misbah

pathetic

would we have been allowed to let both batsmen get fifty

 

[Fawad2010]

Need Ajmal to contain the damage

 

[carbon11]

misbah needs to bring ajmal into the attack he is one of our best bowlers and wicket taker,

afridi has been rubbish since england series

 

[Osama_B]

why has ajmal been held back! misbah u r so defensive

 

[Fawad2010]

I can't watch it on tv. Can you please tell me how SL are able to recover from 66/4. With our best bowler Afridi bowling how are they able to score freely of last 6/7 overs? Are they dropping catches?

They started off with singles, Sanga and Tharanga, then turned singles in to doubles and now they are pretty much scoring a boundary per over.

 

[JibranAnsari]

275 on the cards.

 

[Fawad2010]

3rd fifty in juty 49 ball, compare to 2nd fifty in 94

 

[DW44]

I can't watch it on tv. Can you please tell me how SL are able to recover from 66/4. With our best bowler Afridi bowling how are they able to score freely of last 6/7 overs? Are they dropping catches?

Our 'best' spinner has been going for 5 and a half over.

 

[Asif321]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh getting frustated now

 

[saeed-sohail]

Afridi can only bowl to Bangladeshi and associate batsmen. Put him against decent right handers from a test playing team and see him get the treatment he deserves.

Please dont insult the much improved bowler. He averages 86 v Ind 61 v Eng 48 v NZ 43 v SA and 40 v WI in last two years. These are impressive numbers.

 

[Fawad2010]

a couple of quick wickets can still peg Lankans back

 

[akamaka]

I can't watch it on tv. Can you please tell me how SL are able to recover from 66/4. With our best bowler Afridi bowling how are they able to score freely of last 6/7 overs? Are they dropping catches?

pitch is very flat, we have gotten lucky, srilankans gifted us wickets early. These two, are playing sensibly unlike some batsmen from our team.

 

[Justcrazy]

151 / 4

 

[Fawad2010]

Last over before PP

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

4 balls till the batting powerplay....

 

[dhump]

Nasir Jamshaid looks really heavy he gained a lot of weight.

 

[DW44]

Please dont insult the much improved bowler. He averages 86 v Ind 61 v Eng 48 v NZ 43 v SA and 40 v WI in last two years. These are impressive numbers.

May the gods of cricket forgive me for this act of blasphemy. Imagine how much better our record in the 90s would have been if we had replaced those second rate talentless hacks Saqlain Mushtaq and Saeed Anwar with the mighty and tall 10 year old Afridi, two in one.

 

[Fawad2010]

Here we go, Batting PP

 

[Asif321]

 

[dhump]

boundaries coming regularly.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need couple of quick wickets here , to tighten things up

 

[deviously~fading~away]

misbah needs to bring ajmal into the attack he is one of our best bowlers and wicket taker,

afridi has been rubbish since england series

This is the 2nd match after that series

 

[Areesh]

With a perfect start Pakistan has lost the match completely.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Quality bowling by Afridi

 

[AZulfi]

158/4 (35 overs)

I w'd say even 275+ is on esp. if these two survive the batting powerplay

 

[DW44]

Nasir Jamshaid looks really heavy he gained a lot of weight.

No, he looks a lot leaner than he did back in 2009 against Australia, his last international appearance for Pakistan prior to the Asia Cup.

 

[Fawad2010]

RR is still 4.5

which tbh, could have been a lot worse, had Jaya and Dilshan stayed

 

[CalculatedRisk]

May the gods of cricket forgive me for this act of blasphemy. Imagine how much better our record in the 90s would have been if we had replaced those second rate talentless hacks Saqlain Mushtaq and Saeed Anwar with the mighty and tall 10 year old Afridi, two in one.

haha.

 

[carbon11]

raza hasan, yasir shah should be considered for afridi

raza hasan has improved with the bat

 

[Justcrazy]

SL on top now.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Score update plz

 

[Amjid Javed]

I can see SL getting 270+ here now and pakistans skipper will be to blame for allowing SL into the game! really poor stuff!

 

[DW44]

158-4(35)

 

[CalculatedRisk]

against quality teams, the expected performance of Afridi is :

Bowling: 1/58
Batting: quick fire 6 in 2 balls.

I'm sure there are other players in Pakistan who can do as well.

 

[Amjid Javed]

SL 158/4 after 35 overs

We need atleast 2/3 wickets in PP.

 

[Justcrazy]

158 / 4 after 35 overs

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

OUT! finally!

 

[Fawad2010]

Finally!!

 

[DW44]

iDone

 

[carbon11]

out

stupid misbah told him to bring on ajmal earlier

 

[Fawad2010]

Its Tharanga, but i'll take it!!


Ajmal the Legend they will call him!

 

[akamaka]

WHATTA BALLL!!!! IDONE

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Amjid Javed]

Thank god for ajmal. if we can get sanga out aswell then we can really restrict SL.

 

[Fawad2010]

On to the tail Yay

 

[Justcrazy]

Wickets will restrict SL here

 

[Amjid Javed]

SL 158/4 after 35 overs

We need atleast 2/3 wickets in PP.

we got one!

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

kulasekhara and maharoof are seriously dangerous,beware pak!!!

 

[carbon11]

This is the 2nd match after that series

and the four odis and three 20/20s what was afridi doing then firing thunderbolts

 

[RehanG]

out

stupid misbah told him to bring on ajmal earlier

lol

why u no call him

 

[PB]

Dropped.....


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[Osama_B]

expect this lalloo maharoof to get a 50

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Sarfraz dropped it

 

[Justcrazy]

That is it , wickets will slow them down.

 

[PB]

Might as well bring back Kamran


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[MR__KHAN__JI]

Sanga is not just another lefty!

True.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need one more wicket here ...... and SL will be restricted.

 

[Areesh]

sarfaraz. :Facepalm:

Drop him please.

 

[deviously~fading~away]

and the four odis and three 20/20s what was afridi doing then firing thunderbolts

That was the England series in which he was poor.

 

[deviously~fading~away]

against quality teams, the expected performance of Afridi is :

Bowling: 1/58
Batting: quick fire 6 in 2 balls.

I'm sure there are other players in Pakistan who can do as well.

Check out his performance vs Aus in the last series.

 

[ads101]

I can't watch it on tv. Can you please tell me how SL are able to recover from 66/4. With our best bowler Afridi bowling how are they able to score freely of last 6/7 overs? Are they dropping catches?

Afridi does this all the time. But the majority of fans don't care.

The guy can't bowl with the new ball like Hafeez. He can't bowl in the death and powerplay like Ajmal. The guy can just bowl in the middle overs. What's more, he's not that economical with the ball in the middle overs either when scoring is harder. Doesn't excel against left handers or right handers. He's not the most economical spin bowler we have (he comes out third out of all the spin bowlers). He's not the most dangerous spin bowler we have which is ajmal. And against top nations Afridi's the worst (though he's the best out of all three against minnows).

He's the weakest spin bowler out of our trio. And Hafeez is by no means an excellent spin bowler.

 

[carbon11]

thats why its time we try a younger option for afridi

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Another one gone! 2 wickets so far in the batting powerplay.

 

[carbon11]

idone at it again

 

[Asif321]

kya baat hai Aju ..........

 

[akamaka]

haha, love IDONE's celebration

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[QazzarFan]

What a superb bowler this Ajmal....took wickets at the right time...looks like good bye for SL