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

[Osama_B]

y r there four fielders in ring when pressure is on

misbah

 

[LegCutter]

Too defensive field, we need to stop the singles :/

 

[violet_may]

Sorry guys, but could someone update me on this match before I leave? I see SL are batting first.

Who took the wickets so far and the quality of bowling, and how has the captaincy been?

 

[Fawad2010]

:4 off hafeez

 

[Asif321]

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

BRING the field in pls

 

[Justcrazy]

SL batting well :4

 

[Fawad2010]

50 partnership up, looks threatening for us

 

[LegendAli]

Sorry guys, but could someone update me on this match before I leave? I see SL are batting first.

Who took the wickets so far and the quality of bowling, and how has the captaincy been?

All 4 wickets were catches, Hammad got 1, Gul got 1, Cheema got 2.

 

[Justcrazy]

SL looking better now.

 

[violet_may]

Which pair is batting at the moment?

 

[Munna]

Being positive, we won't be chasing something more than 300 at least ...
Uhh well..most probably not!

 

[Blade]

Sorry guys, but could someone update me on this match before I leave? I see SL are batting first.

Who took the wickets so far and the quality of bowling, and how has the captaincy been?

Sure

Aizaz took two, Gul one and Hammad one. Captaincy has been okay but fields have been a bit defensive in the past few overs, SL scoring singles freely. Tharanga and Sanga at the crease.
SL 117/4

 

[JibranAnsari]

Easy singles on the offer

 

[taqi]

when will misbah learn to have one more man in the ring

 

[Asif321]

hafeez quota finished

 

[AZulfi]

Which pair is batting at the moment?

Sanga and Tharanga

 

[violet_may]

Wow Hammad Azam got a wicket, nice! So I take it Asad Shafiq is not playing then.

 

[Justcrazy]

done a good job

 

[Fawad2010]

Sorry guys, but could someone update me on this match before I leave? I see SL are batting first.

Who took the wickets so far and the quality of bowling, and how has the captaincy been?

Cheema started off really expensive, but came back to get two wickets, Dilshan and Jayawardene. YK took a brilliant catch to get rid of Chandimal off Gul's bowling. Hammad Azam got Thirimanne out, caught by Umar Akmal

Since then, these two have been slowly putting together a partnership

 

[Asif321]

hammad in

 

[violet_may]

Thanks guys, enjoy the game. Good luck Pakistan. Adios!

 

[LegCutter]

Sorry guys, but could someone update me on this match before I leave? I see SL are batting first.

Who took the wickets so far and the quality of bowling, and how has the captaincy been?

Cheema took two of the main wickets; Dilshan and Jayawardene although he got spanked for a lot of runs. Gul and Hammad took one each, and really dented the top order. Sangakarra and Tharanga are building up now, no pressure thanks to Misbah's extremely defensive field

 

[Fawad2010]

SL's RR is rising again, it went as low as 3.7, now 4.2

 

[JibranAnsari]

need fielders to stop singles.

 

[Fawad2010]

Hafeez went for 40 in his ten overs, with no wickets.

 

[carbon11]

misbah needs to go his defensive captaincy is no good

he has let these 2 get settled in by spreading the field and not applying pressure

 

[Fawad2010]

Not convinced by Hammad's bowling so far

 

[Munna]

They seem to be having a lucky day today..the batsmen!

 

[Fawad2010]

singles are turning in to doubles now

 

[Justcrazy]

This is a good pitch, you should be able to chase 260 - 270 here

 

[JibranAnsari]

defensive field means SL has no problems milking

 

[Asif321]

neeed a wicket here :iq

 

[Osama_B]

poor cricket from pakistan

 

[Fawad2010]

bad signs for PK

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why take wickets when you have to set defensive field after taking 4 wickets? reminds me when england were 69/4 in the 4th odi.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Blade]

does Misbah even understand the game of cricket and what kind of fields to place? Sometimes I really think he doesn't

 

[carbon11]

misbah please bring ajmal on he has 7 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

is looking poor.

 

[Gattuso]

Being positive, we won't be chasing something more than 300 at least ...
Uhh well..most probably not!

Kulasekara will be deadly in the final 10..if these 2 can get them to 200 by the 40th over.

 

[Fawad2010]

SL having no problems whatsoever with our spin

 

[JibranAnsari]

defensive mind costing us once again.

 

[Asif321]

kya baat hai misbah bhai

 

[osee_bhai]

Misbah has been excellent in the field.

 

[DW44]

Why does Misbah keep selecting this clown Afridi. He's never been any good with the bat, was half-decent with the ball for a couple of months and is now back to being absolutely third class with the ball as well.

 

[Lalafied]

Misbah took his foot off the gas pedal when he started allowing this pair easy singles earlier on...

 

[Justcrazy]

needs to be dropped, he is good against the minnows

 

[Fawad2010]

I think Misbah is telling a seamer to warm up

 

[sachin__]

Field placement

 

[Fawad2010]

SL scoring at a comfortable rate now, making up for the slow overs earlier...

 

[Itachi]

130 in 30 overs means 260 by the end of the innings. Watch out pakistan. 260 may become difficult to get.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Poor stuff from pakistan in field here and very poor captaincy! Misbah should have gone for the kill with SL 4 down, we are letting them back into the game here!

 

[JibranAnsari]

270 is very much on the cards

 

[Fawad2010]

 

[Asif321]

hammad bowling wide

 

[Osama_B]

hammad keeps giving width

 

[Fawad2010]

Easy picking for Lankans

 

[JibranAnsari]

short and wide and got what it deserved :4

 

[carbon11]

why is misbah using hammad and afridi

and not bringing the pacers and ajmal back on?

 

[CalculatedRisk]

srilanka well on course to make a good score

 

[Fawad2010]

With Azam's speed, he should focus on accuracy! a lot of garbage width bowling from him

 

[Osama_B]

misbah u r such a loser

 

[Pak_Power]

This is too easy for Lankans,

need a bowling change and get a wicket!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Poor effort here, these two batsmen have proved decisive partnership here

 

[Fawad2010]

why is misbah using hammad and afridi

and not bringing the pacers and ajmal back on?

saving them for PP and last 40 overs.

 

[Osama_B]

if this was us we would no way have been allowed to recover to this kind of score

 

[Asif321]

cheema in

 

[Fawad2010]

8 runs from that last over

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan feeling the pressure now

 

[Fawad2010]

Cheema to bowl, plz get them out

 

[JibranAnsari]

our batting will be tested , can't hide behind the bowling every time.

 

[Osama_B]

filth from cheema

 

[sachin__]

:cheema time !!!

 

[Fawad2010]

and a BEAUTIFUL to start us off

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Sanga will get out once he gets to his 50.

 

[Justcrazy]

Just Imagine what India will do to this bowling .........

 

[CalculatedRisk]

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.

 

[usmiunique]

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.

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

 

[Fawad2010]

Way to lose the advantage guys!