Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | Second Test : Day Three | Dubai | 28 October 2011

[adnan yasin]

akmal not in a mood to expose junaid khan ... to any bowler

early in the over

 

[Areesh]

Adnan is annoying Srilankans now. Very impressive performance by him.

 

[ash 68]

so whats the point of throwing bat at ball rather than tuk tuk?

now unless bowlers do majic we will be batting again on the last day on a wearing pitch

instead of win/draw we now have let the Lankans back in

who wants to argue?

 

[Seen Sheen]

has anybody noticed that herath's armball may well be a throw.

Arm ball or the carrom ball? His arm ball looks perfectly fine.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Adnan needs to smash a fex sixes here!

 

[insaftak]

3 balls for Junaid. not good

 

[adnan yasin]

Akmal misjudged it this time .. he thought it was a 2 there...but only single taken

now junaid have to survive 3 balls

 

[qamar84]

nice job here by :adnan

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lead 163 now...

 

[insaftak]

Junaid survives!

Shabash

 

[qamar84]

great jov he survive just need to shut his mouth

 

[Misbah01]

Pakistan getting bowled out in second session today can be a blessing in disguise for them.

 

[khalil1986]

Hope we can slog our way to 200

 

[insaftak]

1 ball for junaid to survive!

 

[Seen Sheen]

so whats the point of throwing bat at ball rather than tuk tuk?

now unless bowlers do majic we will be batting again on the last day on a wearing pitch

instead of win/draw we now have let the Lankans back in

who wants to argue?

Lanka won't score more than 300. The pitch is breaking up. The spin twins would wreak havoc amongst their ranks. ,

 

[Areesh]

Bjorn: "I see lot of enthusiastic comments from Pakistan fans about these young performers. Please don't rush in. Let them have a tour or two in Australia or South Africa. If we could see them surviving a good Austraian tour, then we can bother about analysing their performance."

Must be an Indian.

 

[insaftak]

 

[the Great Khan]

dont understand why akmal is batting so slowly..wasting time

 

[qamar84]

poor cricket bylanka here very defensive dilshan

 

[Areesh]

Impressive batting by Adnan. :adnan

:kami

 

[Sherlock]

Pleased with the lead, but quiet frustrated by the lack of runs from final 3.

 

[talha3]

dont understand why akmal is batting so slowly..wasting time

All fielders were on the boundary. Unless he got a bad ball it wasn't easy.

 

[Osman]

hmmmmmmm well lead should have been 200 from the position we r in...so am somewhat disappointed.

 

[Hassan0987]

Adnan gone, would have done nice with a fifty, healthy lead, need to bowl well in 2nd inning, restrict SL to under 200, and InshAllah win this match

 

[Sherlock]

Sanga is a huge wicket. Need him early if a chance of victory is possible.

 

[Areesh]

So 164 is the lead we have here.

 

[spoiled]

has anybody noticed that herath's armball may well be a throw.

no doubt about it

 

[talha3]

Good innings from adnan

 

[Areesh]

Not a bad lead though.

 

[spoiled]

All fielders were on the boundary. Unless he got a bad ball it wasn't easy.

true

 

[the Great Khan]

lets see what our bowlers can do now..I fear we will have an awkward chase on our hands!!

 

[Misbah01]

Pakistan to win today

Anyone????

 

[talha3]

I think we're taking this lead for granted. 160 is massive.

 

[Hassan0987]

The wicket of Sangakkara is the key

 

[the Great Khan]

hmmmmmmm well lead should have been 200 from the position we r in...so am somewhat disappointed.

why? did you not enjoy the phasst cricket??

 

[Seen Sheen]

All fielders were on the boundary. Unless he got a bad ball it wasn't easy.

Judging by his posts in this thread, I think he was being sarcastic. No?

 

[Phool]

Salam every one!
Atlast a century from Azhar Ali. lets hope Sirilankans don't get the lead of 150.

 

[Areesh]

Just like Arnold I am also feeling a collapse for Srilanka.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lead off 164 is a handy one! need to make sure we take our catches! we dont want to be chasing above 150 here!

 

[adnan yasin]

Its still a decent lead

expecting srilanka to score not more then 300

 

[adnan yasin]

AZhar ali and hafeez wasnt out ... given out

akmal was out .. not given out

so 2-1

anything else i m missing ??

 

[the Great Khan]

lets hope we get sangs out early or we will be chasing a decent lead..

 

[adnan yasin]

Lead off 164 is a handy one! need to make sure we take our catches! we dont want to be chasing above 150 here!

yeah ...we need to take catches now ... and umpires need to put up the index finger ...

 

[Osman]

last 4 wickets fell for 9 runs...not good stuff....should have taken the lead to 200 at least

 

[Seen Sheen]

I think we're taking this lead for granted. 160 is massive.

This. There is a huge between this pitch and the one in Abu Dhabi. This pitch seems to be offering bowlers quite a lot of help and is also breaking up. 160 runs lead on this pitch = 280 runs lead on Abu Dhabi pitch.

 

[Misbah01]

This. There is a huge between this pitch and the one in Abu Dhabi. This pitch seems to be offering bowlers quite a lot of help and is also breaking up. 160 runs lead on this pitch = 280 runs lead on Abu Dhabi pitch.

Also we might have to bat last so anything above 150 asks for trouble

 

[adnan yasin]

Gul starting the proceedings

NEW BALL ... 1st ball wicket ?

 

[adnan yasin]

aaaaaaaah .... beauty by umar gul

almost got a wicket of his first ball once again

 

[Phool]

Our tail is very long.

 

[adnan yasin]

GUL is bang on target ...

Srilanka open their account in 2nd innings

 

[adnan yasin]

Our tail is very long.

rehman is much more capable batsman then what he has shown today

 

[imshally81]

Good bowling by gully !!!!

 

[adnan yasin]

Good over by Gulllaa

 

[Areesh]

I am feeling an early break throw here.

 

[Zeeraq]

Our tail is the worst in the world.

 

[Zeeraq]

Hafeez in the slip .

 

[Bullet Drive]

3-0

 

[Bullet Drive]

Need an early wicket, inshallah.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good ball.

 

[Areesh]

Our tail is the worst in the world.

Leave it guys. You are overdoing it now.

 

[Hassan0987]

Good over, maiden

 

[Strike!]

Good pressure here, Boys. :adnan

 

[Zeeraq]

Leave it guys. You are overdoing it now.

Well results speaks. But we need a good hitter.

 

[the Great Khan]

lankans not playing very phasst..whats wrong with them?

 

[Bullet Drive]

HAHA at the banner

 

[Bullet Drive]

4-0

 

[Bullet Drive]

Gul back on

 

[Bullet Drive]

Danny Morrison & Rusell

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Bjorn: "I see lot of enthusiastic comments from Pakistan fans about these young performers. Please don't rush in. Let them have a tour or two in Australia or South Africa. If we could see them surviving a good Austraian tour, then we can bother about analysing their performance."

Must be an Indian.

reply frm an Indian : Sav: "Bjorn, would you say the same about a young English, Aussie or South African player, let them perform in the sub continent before you judge them? Doubt it."

 

[Zeeraq]

reply frm an Indian : Sav: "Bjorn, would you say the same about a young English, Aussie or South African player, let them perform in the sub continent before you judge them? Doubt it."

Good one.

 

[Strike!]

What an over. Excellent bowling.

 

[Areesh]

reply frm an Indian : Sav: "Bjorn, would you say the same about a young English, Aussie or South African player, let them perform in the sub continent before you judge them? Doubt it."

Reply from an Indian to an Indian.

 

[talha3]

Hafeez surprising

 

[Strike!]

Hafeez, Are you kidding me?

 

[Areesh]

lankans not playing very phasst..whats wrong with them?

They are under pressure.

 

[imshally81]

Good bowling by M Hafeez

 

[TheHK16]

gul 141k

 

[Zeeraq]

Now give an over to Azhar.

 

[talha3]

Actually it makes sense. If they use Junaid and Gul for a long spell, they will be tired and Pak will be forced to use spin from both ends. Now we're more flexible. Also, Hafeez seems to be troubling the batsmen already.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good bowling from Proff