SL BP XI v Pakistanis | Tour Match | 20/3/2014 | Moratuwa

[GreenKnightRises]

Hafeez gets his third wicket. Another Left hander

 

[nafaiz]

very good opportunity for shehzad, maqsood and fawad to score centuries...

In reality younis khan will come at no.3 and score a 100 to keep his name in the 11 for the rest of the series..

I want maqsood to come at no. 3

if all the batters can bat..then my batting order would be

sharjeel
shehzad
maqsood
u.akmal
fawad

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Hafeez is the world class ODI bowler left in the team. Not sure why they not throwing the ball to Babar to have a bowl??

 

[Amjid Javed]

Seems even in a warm up game our performance has been pretty abject and pathetic so far!

 

[DrSchultz]

Won't even give a chance to Babar in a tour match.

 

[Aman]

4/44 for the Professor

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Won't even give a chance to Babar in a tour match.

They are keeping him as a secret weapon

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Wahab and Lala having a great day with the ball as usual. Still they'll get selected because they are allrounders

 

[Kiri]

321/7 Thisara Perera destroying it. Hafeez bowling well.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Quality stuff from Wahab

 

[The intelligent Supporter]

321/7 Thisara Perera destroying it. Hafeez bowling well.

Is it being showed live...somewhere??

 

[Kiri]

Is it being showed live...somewhere??

Nope, it's just a practice game. I'm only following by Cricinfo

 

[hussain.r97]

Monster total...

 

[iafzal]

Seems we may not even win against a side team. Will be a challenge to score 326 runs but a good opportunity for our batsmen to bat aggressively and freely against a SL side team.

 

[saiyan0312]

Thats a big challenge. we need chasing practice.

 

[nafaiz]

Wahab and Lala having a great day with the ball as usual. Still they'll get selected because they are allrounders

i posted previously as well ... lala's wicketless campaign for this year is extending now for four matches on the trot..

Afridi's bowling avg is now 74.66 for this year 2014

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...an;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings

he should retire gracefully, thanking the team with best wishes...

How on earth ppl want him as captain again.

 

[saiyan0312]

We will give thisara another 50 and a hattrick arent we.

 

[Kiri]

Pretty much most of the SL's batting card got a decent knock in.

 

[cricketerB94]

We have a long batting line up. Almost everyone has a FC 50.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

i posted previously as well ... lala's wicketless campaign for this year is extending now for four matches on the trot..

Afridi's bowling avg is now 74.66 for this year 2014

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...an;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings

he should retire gracefully, thanking the team with best wishes...

How on earth ppl want him as captain again.

BUt isn't he a senior

 

[Haroon786]

Let's just hope that they are taking this warm up as a warm up and not something serious.

 

[hussain.r97]

If you look at it this way, they are playing 11 batsmen, because it's a warm up, so no tail, it's chaseable...

 

[Madplayer]

hafeez proving once again that if pakistan go only with him and ajmal as spinners, its still the best ODI spin attack in the world. afridi is not needed and a batsman can be played in his place.

 

[Madplayer]

if u look at it this way, they are playing 11 batsmen, because it's a warm up, so no tail, it's chaseable...

its not about chasing it. the problem is how they allowed them to score this many runs.

 

[QasimAli]

Glad anwar Ali got selected as mentioned in other posts he has some good features about him. Fielding is very good, batting is more than handy. Waqar must get his bowling on check and we have IMO the missing link in Pak team.

Could opt having keeper up to the stumps ? Anwar bowling

 

[iafzal]

its not about chasing it. the problem is how they allowed them to score this many runs.

exactly, we are pretty much playing our main bowling line up minus Babar (since Ajmal and Junaid may not play the ODI series).

 

[hussain.r97]

its not about chasing it. the problem is how they allowed them to score this many runs.

That's true, but we don't know the reason, poor fielding, poor bowling, or poor bowling conditions. There must be a reason SL chose the bat first. Still too many runs conceded in any case.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Shehzy off the mark

 

[nafaiz]

sharjeel is not opening... which means he will continue to warm the bench for the rest of the series from where he left in T20 WC....

 

[DW44]

its not about chasing it. the problem is how they allowed them to score this many runs.

It's a List A game, not an unofficial side match where you can field your whole touring squad.

 

[Kiri]

Decent start from Pakistanis.

 

[Jabo]

Meh Afridi bowling has been pretty ordinary for a long time now.. With his random batting he could be in trouble after the UAE tour

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Shehzad should learn to rotate strike as well

 

[DrSchultz]

no singles taken?

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Shehzy has done a big Damage to Gamage over

 

[Aman]

Weak bowling attack bully in good form :ahmed

 

[saiyan0312]

Shezad hope you play like this in the series.

 

[Aman]

Shehzad and Hafeez both have pretty poor List A averages.

 

[Hamza_]

Opening back with Hafeez? Is this our world cup preparation? I seriously wanted Sharjeel to open, YK chor do bhai jaan hummari.

 

[SL_Fan]

Thiri out for another duck eh. Must be a minefield out there.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Shehzad is best when he is in attacking mode

 

[Aman]

Shehzad is only good at scoring runs when the bowlers at the other end are average.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Shehzad and Hafeez both have pretty poor List A averages.

Pretty decent Average for a bowling allrounder

 

[Aman]

The hack bites the dust

 

[Mr Consistent]

ahmed shahzad

 

[GreenKnightRises]

MYK comes in. Hopefully he won't last long

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Shehzad gave a splendid start for the team. Rest of the job to be done by the middle order

 

[nafaiz]

THE GREAT YK RETURNS TO HIS FAVORITE NO.3 POSITION... Let me remind u guys we are chasing 326 and will get to see how yk takes it...

My guess says that he will face 34 balls score 22 runs and then play an attacking shot and get out...

 

[nafaiz]

Opening back with Hafeez? Is this our world cup preparation? I seriously wanted Sharjeel to open, YK chor do bhai jaan hummari.

exactly... this is why many of them fancy misbah to be sacked...

dunno why misbah let lose with the seniors and not giving opportunities to the youngsters...

Afridi is wicketless for the last 4 matches he played yet he will play all three matches and babar will sit out and warm the bench..

 

[Mir jibran]

exactly... this is why many of them fancy misbah to be sacked...

dunno why misbah let lose with the seniors and not giving opportunities to the youngsters...

Afridi is wicketless for the last 4 matches he played yet he will play all three matches and babar will sit out and warm the bench..

may be u have forgotten afridis batting performance in Asia cup

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Chameera should be the Bowler we should be afraid of

 

[Aman]

Why are Pakistan trying players who are on their last legs at such a crucial position?

 

[nafaiz]

may be u have forgotten afridis batting performance in Asia cup

then play him as a batsman ... back to his good old days as an opener............

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why are we playing younis in ODIs? TTFs are our first resort !

 

[nafaiz]

THE GREAT YK RETURNS TO HIS FAVORITE NO.3 POSITION... Let me remind u guys we are chasing 326 and will get to see how yk takes it...

My guess says that he will face 34 balls score 22 runs and then play an attacking shot and get out...

I think my guess will not come true... Amazed at YK playing at a S/R of 70+

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Hafeez and his love for flat pitches

 

[Aman]

Umar in at 4! Marking out

 

[Mr Consistent]

its time

 

[Gigii]

So 300+ will be a par score this series right? Why can I just imagine that JK, Ajmal, Hafeez and Afridi all going for between 4 and 5 rpo, but Talha and Riaz going for 7/8rpo and taking SL's totals to 330+?

 

[Hamza_]

YK can't score against half decent pace bowling. And captain is operating spinners

 

[Aman]

Younis killing Pakistan's chase here.

 

[Hamza_]

Younis killing Pakistan's chase here.

Cancer to PAK Cricket, He truly is.

 

[JibranAnsari]

younis 23 on 29...

 

[Mir jibran]

then play him as a batsman ... back to his good old days as an opener............

look mate u can't drop coz he just scored a match winning 50 in his last odi

 

[Hamza_]

younis 23 on 29...

Mostly scored against poor spinners.

 

[speed]

Talha should not be playing odi cricket, pure trash and loses his rader with that stop, start run up

My pace bowlers would be Irfan,Wahab,Anwar with the spinners bowling 30 overs of spin with 10 overs for Irfan and 10 between wahab and ali to limit the damage as much as possible.

 

[JibranAnsari]

umar akmal killing the chase

 

[Mir jibran]

if hafeez scores 40+ everymatch at a strike rate of 75+ then its very good for us

 

[Hamza_]

if hafeez scores 40+ everymatch at a strike rate of 75+ then its very good for us

For that you have to pray that every team hires pacers from Sri Lanka

 

[Bullet Drive]

YK will haunt is till the wc now.

 

[Aman]

umar akmal killing the chase

Oh quiet down, the man has a second and third gear.

You're nothing more than a hater, had he tried to up the rr by playing a big shot and gotten out you wouldn't have spared him.

Now that he's taking his time to get set you're still having a go

Use some common sense.

 

[Hamza_]

YK will haunt is till the wc now.

Bhai kuch acha bolo.

 

[Mir jibran]

For that you have to pray that every team hires pacers from Sri Lanka

hmmm hehe kar b kya sakte ha yaar
this guy will play atleast till world cup so hum pray karege ki ye consistent bnjaye

 

[Bullet Drive]

Umar out?

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[Bullet Drive]

LBW. Huge inside edge.

 

[JibranAnsari]

and the future of our batting gets out

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Umar

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Junior Out can't believe some people want him as captain

 

[Aman]

And he's out

Umar has trouble against the spinners, I don't know why people here say he plays spin well.

Because he's always struggled against them whenever I've seen him.