Sri Lanka A v Pakistan A | 1st U/O Test | Dambulla | 7-10 Aug 09

[pakistanichamp]

The Match is scheduled to start at 10:00 local, 04:30 GMT

Here is the Link:

http://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/current/match/414829.html

Hope they do well

 

[pakistanichamp]

I hope Sheryar Ghani does extremely well

 

[Xoib]

Talha ges Warnapura.

 

[Xoib]

Bhanja drops Bhanja jnr to accomodat himself.

 

[Sheikh]

Strong batting order, but quite remarkably there's no spinner! Unless, of course, Cricindia have got it wrong. Good team nonetheless, Bhanja aside:

1) Khurram Manzoor
2) Ahmed Shehzad
3) Azhar Ali
4) Umar Amin
5) Shehryar Ghani
6) Bhanja (C)
7) Sarfraz Ahmed WK
8) Wahab Riaz
9) Mohammad Talha
10) Fahad Masood
11) Naved Arif

 

[kingusama92]

Inshallah Pakistan will do well in this test. I would love to see Shehryar Ghani and Mohammad Talha do really well in this match.

 

[LionHeart]

SL is stretched thin today... SL v Pak, SL A v Pak A, SLC Dev XI v NZ...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

crapinfo isn't updating the scores.

 

[dblock]

53/1

Ahmed Shehzad is playing.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

53/1

Ahmed Shehzad is playing.

That is the status for the past half hour.

 

[AZ]

72/1 at lunch, Talha got the wicket but has also been a bit expensive

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Naveed Arif gets the break through.

Its 82/2

 

[Afridi_Fan]

109/3

Talha gets another one.

 

[Ali888]

Talha coming back strong

2/43 now

credit to Fahad and Wahab for creating pressure by just going at 1-2 an over

 

[Juggernaut]

211/3

Mubarak on 81

 

[pakistanichamp]

right now Pakistan A are getting whacked around with Sri Lanka A on 232-3, Rupasinghe 71 not out on just 56 balls and Mubarak 91 not out

 

[pakistanichamp]

Naved Arif strikes: Last Bat RGMJM Rupasinghe c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Naved Arif 76 (54b 12x4 1x6) SR: 140.74

Fall of wicket: 232/4 (52.1 ov); Partnership: 123 runs, 16.1 overs, RR: 7.60


but Mubarak gets his hundred

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

272/4 off 64 overs

 

[pakistanichamp]

Sri Lanka A 371/7 (80.2 overs, S Randiv 12 not out)
2 wickets to Naved Arif
2 wickets to Talha
2 wickets to Wahab Riaz
1 wicket to Azhar Ali


and its stumps for day 1

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sri Lanka A scoring at a very rapid rate. Must be a flat wicket i guess.

 

[anakwalajinn]

* Sri Lanka A RR 4.61

 

[Boi]

I really hope Azhar Ali does well on this tour and so does Mohammad Talha.

 

[Extreme Pace]

What's PP's opinion on Naveed Arif? Is he an all rounder or a bowler ?

 

[Juggernaut]

Sri Lanka A scoring at a very rapid rate. Must be a flat wicket i guess.

its Dambulla !!

 

[Inswinger]

its Dambulla !!

It must be the same pitch that was used for the 3rd ODI. A flat track.

 

[shaun3]

4 catches for Sarfraz; well done by him. That too off of some of the quickest bowlers in Pak.

 

[Juggernaut]

It must be the same pitch that was used for the 3rd ODI. A flat track.

quite a strange venue for a test match though ... hardly an tests, official or unofficial, have been played there

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Hmmm must be a really flat track..if Mubarak got 160 odd!..I really hope Pakistan A batting does well..need to score atleast 150 more then them..so wouldn't have that much pressure in the 4th innings..hopefully it would be over by then..we can bowl them out cheaply in the 3rd innings..but who knows..

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Sri Lanka A 403/9

Wahab Riaz with 3 wickets

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Sl 417 All Out.

 

[Wassixpakistani]

If this track is the same track that was used in the 3rd ODI , then it's a great effort in my opinion to get them all-out under 500 .

 

[Wassixpakistani]

I am getting a strange scary feeling right now.............Allah hamare nanne players ki hifazat kare.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

38/0

 

[Wassixpakistani]

Hey where's ahmed shehzad ;/ ? Wasn't he a opener , are they playing him as a middle order batsman here?,

 

[Ryankhan]

Who plays a 2 day test match, thats so funny. you know it wont produce results. good team for pakistan where is the bowler our pakistani murli...

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Bhanja has misread the pitch NO SPINNER selected??? Cannt we choose a decent captain for A sides?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

62/0

 

[Afridi_Fan]

70/0

 

[AZ]

Who plays a 2 day test match, thats so funny. you know it wont produce results. good team for pakistan where is the bowler our pakistani murli...

eh? the match schedule says 7-10 August...that's 4 days

 

[Afridi_Fan]

90/0 after 20 overs.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

100/0 in 25 overs

Good Solid Opening stand

 

[IAJ]

100 up for Pakistan after 25 overs. Well played so far.

 

[IAJ]

130/0 after 32 overs. Manzoor and Amin playing quite well here.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

158/1 in 36.2 overs.

Khurram Manzoor gone for 65.

Umar Amin playing on 85.

 

[Extreme Pace]

Pakistan A playing no spinner, seems a strange decision.

 

[IAJ]

From 158/0 to 166/2. After a long partneship wickets starts falling quickly.

 

[IAJ]

190/2 after 50 overs.

Umar Amin on 104 not out, congrats to him for a very nice century

 

[pakcricketfan]

A half century for Khurram Manzoor.. He scored a century in the warm up game.

 

[Juggernaut]

190/2 after 50 overs.

Umar Amin on 104 not out, congrats to him for a very nice century

He opened the innings aswell I think ... not bad at all ... very well done indeed actually ... Congrats Umar .... lets hope he hits a few more tons over the course of the tour and that too at the top of the innings

 

[Afridi_Fan]

205/4

Bhanja Cuptaan makes 2.

Ghani and Amin on crease.

 

[IAJ]

205/4 after 55 overs.

So typical Pakistan. Collapses never end for us!

 

[umarf76]

ghani 10 not out with a four and six. Seems to be a confident guy.

 

[dblock]

100 for Umar Amin, good that decent knock.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Ghani departes for 22

236/5

Umar Amin with Sarfaraz at the crease.

Umar is batting on 126.Who wanys him to be the next opener?

 

[hasanb]

Ghani departes for 22

236/5

Umar Amin with Sarfaraz at the crease.

Umar is batting on 126.Who wanys him to be the next opener?

Im disappointed Ghani didnt make more than 22...while that isnt a huge failure, he needs to make a couple of big scores to be able to knock on the door of the national team. I really hope he manages a big one next innings.

 

[hasanb]

Pak A: 254-5 now

Sarfraz: 15*
Umar A: 128*

Trail by 163 runs

 

[Afridi_Fan]

254/5

Umar Amin 128

Sarfaraz 15

 

[hasanb]

Suraj Randiv...has picked up 3 wickets now, hes an off spinner apparently

fullname: Hewa Kaluhalamullage Suraj Randiv Kaluhalamulla

Now thats short by sri lankan standards

 

[Ayyub]

Azhar Ali And Ahmed Shahzad deserve Test Selection and Umar Amin should be recall for ODI cricket .

 

[Ali888]

Excellent knock from Umar Amin.

Did not have a great Aussie A tour but coming back well his name should be in contention for the opening batting slot again now.

 

[Ayyub]

Excellent knock from Umar Amin.

Did not have a great Aussie A tour but coming back well his name should be in contention for the opening batting slot again now.

Umar Akmal Replacement of Misbah Ul Haq
Fawad Alam replacement of Mohammad Yousuf

And For Short Period

Umar Amin Replacement of Shoaib Malik ...Umar Amin is handy spinner as well

 

[pakistanichamp]

Azhar Ali And Ahmed Shahzad deserve Test Selection and Umar Amin should be recall for ODI cricket .

how come they dont seem to be doing a good job, both Ahmed Shehzad and azhar ali went for 6, only one who has done well so far is umar amin

 

[Ayyub]

how come they dont seem to be doing a good job, both Ahmed Shehzad and azhar ali went for 6, only one who has done well so far is umar amin

Check their Domestic Record ..


1 Inning cant make him useless player .both r match winners

 

[hasanb]

261-6 now sarfraz gone for 20, and this is stumps for day 2. We had a couple of good innings here but overall our situation is not good.

 

[pakistanichamp]

Check their Domestic Record ..


1 Inning cant make him useless player .both r match winners

i never said they were useless players

both are good players players but they shouldnt be dragged into to the test team just by performing in the domestic circuit.

 

[Ayyub]

i never said they were useless players

both are good players players but they shouldnt be dragged into to the test team just by performing in the domestic circuit.

why not if both have performance awesome put in playing 11

no Hafeez no butt sirf azahar and shahzad

 

[pakistanichamp]

why not if both have performance awesome put in playing 11

no Hafeez no butt sirf azahar and shahzad

no hafeez no butt, agreed

but what abt Khalid Latif, Afaq Raheem, Azeem Ghumman they have a great domestic record and are also very capable players.

 

[Ayyub]

no hafeez no butt, agreed

but what abt Khalid Latif, Afaq Raheem, Azeem Ghumman they have a great domestic record and are also very capable players.

Azhar Ali is middle order batsman his batting like Kalis ..i saw his batting in T-20 RBS Cup ..he is way better than any other domestic player

Khalid Latif ,Afaq Raheem And Azeem Ghumman trio of them are openers and opeining slot is filled by Khurram Manzoor ,Imran Nazir ,Nasir Jamshad , Kamran Akmal And Even Ahmed Shahzad And Fawad Alam .

 

[pakistanichamp]

Azhar Ali is middle order batsman his batting like Kalis ..i saw his batting in T-20 RBS Cup ..he is way better than any other domestic player

Khalid Latif ,Afaq Raheem And Azeem Ghumman trio of them are openers and opeining slot is filled by Khurram Manzoor ,Imran Nazir ,Nasir Jamshad , Kamran Akmal And Even Ahmed Shahzad And Fawad Alam .

but the opening combination has been our problem since Saeed Anwar and Aamir Sohail retired and Khurram Manzoor, Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed dont seem to be the answer

 

[pakistanichamp]

while in the middle order, we have fawad, Umar Akmal, Misbah, Yousuf, Younis, and Malik, i dont see Azhar Ali coming into the side unless he does something extraordinary or he plays as an opener since we seem to be changing opening combinations regularly

 

[pakistanichamp]

disappointing to see Sheryar Ghani got out early as well

 

[Ayyub]

but the opening combination has been our problem since Saeed Anwar and Aamir Sohail retired and Khurram Manzoor, Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed dont seem to be the answer

u tell me who should open in test cricket , odi cricket and In t-20 cricket then i will u my answer properly

 

[Ayyub]

while in the middle order, we have fawad, Umar Akmal, Misbah, Yousuf, Younis, and Malik, i dont see Azhar Ali coming into the side unless he does something extraordinary or he plays as an opener since we seem to be changing opening combinations regularly

cut Misbah and Malik in test cricket

 

[pakistanichamp]

u tell me who should open in test cricket , odi cricket and In t-20 cricket then i will u my answer properly

i cant really say exactly who should open in test and odi cricket, since i haven't seen most of these youngsters open, if we base it on stats:

Umar Amin: Ave in first class: 42.13

Ahmed Shehzad: Ave in first class: 40.33

Azeem Ghumman: Ave in first class: 51.57

Afaq Raheem: Ave in first class: 39.24

Khalid Latif: Ave in first class: 33.22

Nasir Jamshed: Ave in first class: 48.11

Khurram Manzoor: Ave in first class: 41.40

now Ayyub you can chose the openers you want in ODI and Test Cricket.

For T20 we can have any opener who can make 20-40 quick runs
be it Imran Nazir or any one.

 

[Ayyub]

i cant really say exactly who should open in test and odi cricket, since i haven't seen most of these youngsters open, if we base it on stats:

Umar Amin: Ave in first class: 42.13

Ahmed Shehzad: Ave in first class: 40.33

Azeem Ghumman: Ave in first class: 51.57

Afaq Raheem: Ave in first class: 39.24

Khalid Latif: Ave in first class: 33.22

Nasir Jamshed: Ave in first class: 48.11

Khurram Manzoor: Ave in first class: 41.40

now Ayyub you can chose the openers you want in ODI and Test Cricket.

For T20 we can have any opener who can make 20-40 quick runs
be it Imran Nazir or any one.

T-20 Cricket :- Imran Nazir And Kamran Akmal opening

Back up will be :- Nasir Jamshad and Shahzaib Hassan

ODI Cricket :- Nasir Jamshad And Imran Nazir

Back Up:- Ahmed Shahzad and to balance the team combination Kamran Akmal .

Test Cricket :- Khurram Manzoor And Ahmed Shahzad

Back up :- Fawad Alam And Azeem Ghumman

 

[pakistanichamp]

k if thats wht u think

 

[Ayyub]

k if thats wht u think

meina itni mahnaat se likha ..and ap ka comment ya aya issed: issed:

 

[pakistanichamp]

meina itni mahnaat se likha ..and ap ka comment ya aya issed: issed:

well to make you happy, i would like:

T-20 Cricket :- Imran Nazir And Kamran Akmal opening

Back up will be :- Nasir Jamshad and Shahzaib Hassan

ODI Cricket :- Azeem Ghumman and Umar amin

Back Up:- Ahmed Shahzad and to balance the team combination Kamran Akmal .

Test Cricket :- Khurram Manzoor And Umar Amin

Back up :- Ahmed Shehzad And Azeem Ghumman

 

[Juggernaut]

Its such a shame to see ... openers give us a great start and middle order ''collapses'' ... i mean what is the point of a good opening partnership if you fail to capitalise on it .... we keep talking about openers and when they deliver everyone else crumbles

 

[Ayyub]

well to make you happy, i would like:

T-20 Cricket :- Imran Nazir And Kamran Akmal opening

Back up will be :- Nasir Jamshad and Shahzaib Hassan

ODI Cricket :- Azeem Ghumman and Umar amin

Back Up:- Ahmed Shahzad and to balance the team combination Kamran Akmal .

Test Cricket :- Khurram Manzoor And Umar Amin

Back up :- Ahmed Shehzad And Azeem Ghumman

almost same like me

hamari kitni soch milti hai