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Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Dambulla | 30/7/09 [SL inns]

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I hope Afridi can do something with the bat today...he's bowled very poor here in his current spell
 
Gets a single to end the over - Murali retains the strike

Punished Afridi in that over

SL 223-8 off 49 overs
 
lol dam muttiah is good agsint pakistan as tail batsmen i seen it b4 loo

i jinx once more :))
 
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And another boundary off Afridi. Has given away 27 runs in last 2 overs. Figures went from 1-23 off 8 overs to 1-50 off 10
 
Murali gone - Aamer quick and full, does the damage

Murali 32 off 15 balls - very good knock from him

SL 223-9
 
Mercenary said:
Why is Afridi bowling at the death??
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Becuase he is supposed to be the best bowler in the pakistan team......

Love Muralis batting, seriously...very devil may care, can get out at any time...which he just has.....but when he is in, the runs dont cease to flow.
 
Murali's gone but the damage is done. I would be surprised if Pakistan win it from here.
 
saadjhussain said:
and we call gul a specialist death bowler
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1 game doesnt change that - you cant expect players to perform 100% of the time

You seriously need to lower your expectations
 
MIG said:
Whats wrong with you chaps? Why do we expect other teams to roll over and play dead when we bowl, just because our batsmen cant chase anything above 150?
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why our tail lays down and gets out quickly. Why not expect the same from the other team? :D
 
Im afraid we lost this, i dread what Kulasekara is gonna do to us on this pitch, forget him....what about Murali, who seems pretty fired up.
 
With this batting lineup we should not loose actually should win in 40-45 overs


Kamran Akmal†,
Shoaib Malik,
Younis Khan*,
Mohammad Yousuf,
Fawad Alam,
Shahid Afridi,
Misbah-ul-Haq,
Abdul Razzaq,
 
Geordie Ahmed said:
1 game doesnt change that - you cant expect players to perform 100% of the time

You seriously need to lower your expectations
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i was being sarcastic as afridi was bowling, i was hoping to see gul bowl
 
Pity Aamer couldn't get a 4fer. Bowled well at the death and the start. Gul is woefully out of form.
 
About 20-30 runs too many we conceded but we still should win if we get a good start
 
If we loose this match, it will be because of the pathetic death overs. Only Aamir was good at the death. The rest,... maybe seeing Murali, they thought it would be easy and paid the price.
 
I agree, if we bat 50 overs, we should really win this one. Similar sort of the T20 World Cup Final. I'm still pretty confident.
 
Good performance in the field. Bar the freakish hitting by the tail and lower-order, I think it was a pretty good session for us. I know the powerplay went horribly wrong, but it was just the case of it being Sri Lanka's day rather than the bowlers bowling badly. Everything Murali swung at, came off. All in all a good performance restricting the Lankans below 250

I don't expect the batsmen to chase this down though. The Sri Lankan bowling attack is just too good atm, and on this pitch it will be even tougher. The batsmen should just go out there and try to not lose many wickets. I would love to be proven wrong, but I dont have any faith in this batting line-up to chase this total down
 
I think the key is to get a good start so i would tell the openers to really go for it

We have plenty of batting to win it so im confident of a win
 
All in all....quite a good outing for Pakistan in terms of bowling, however Younus muffed up his field, especially when you have Yosuf fielding in the outfield during slog overs, where the hell was Malik and Afridi.

Pakistan kept to there lines however the batting powerplay undid them, perhaps enough to get Sri lanka back in the match, but I would still consider Pakistan favourites, but not clear ones, a few early wickets for SL and the Pakistanis will be under the pump.
 
Usman Chadda said:
Good performance in the field. Bar the freakish hitting by the tail and lower-order, I think it was a pretty good session for us. I know the powerplay went horribly wrong, but it was just the case of it being Sri Lanka's day rather than the bowlers bowling badly. Everything Murali swung at, came off. All in all a good performance restricting the Lankans below 250

I don't expect the batsmen to chase this down though. The Sri Lankan bowling attack is just too good atm, and on this pitch it will be even tougher. The batsmen should just go out there and try to not lose many wickets. I would love to be proven wrong, but I dont have any faith in this batting line-up to chase this total down
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I would like to see a pinch hitter. The Sri Lankan tail showed that this is the kind of pitch where you are better off trying to score quickly because a good ball is just around the corner. And the new ball, with the fielers in, is the best time to score quickly. So Akmal should open and look to attack.
 
Usman Chadda said:
Good performance in the field. Bar the freakish hitting by the tail and lower-order, I think it was a pretty good session for us. I know the powerplay went horribly wrong, but it was just the case of it being Sri Lanka's day rather than the bowlers bowling badly. Everything Murali swung at, came off. All in all a good performance restricting the Lankans below 250

I don't expect the batsmen to chase this down though. The Sri Lankan bowling attack is just too good atm, and on this pitch it will be even tougher. The batsmen should just go out there and try to not lose many wickets. I would love to be proven wrong, but I dont have any faith in this batting line-up to chase this total down
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I agree with that assessment, I think even 200 - 210 would probably have been too much for us as well in all honesty. However I really really hope that Im proven to be talking out of my backside here :P

Aamer bowled well but SL were 160-6 after 43 overs...that damn powerplay and murali just swinging the bat like a deranged mental freak...ah lets just see what happens.
 
shane said:
I would like to see a pinch hitter. The Sri Lankan tail showed that this is the kind of pitch where you are better off trying to score quickly because a good ball is just around the corner. And the new ball, with the fielers in, is the best time to score quickly. So Akmal should open and look to attack.
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Or Afridi...even Razzaq.
 
The highest total is 282 on the ground and 117 lowest.

"The conditions for batting usually improve as the day progress in Dambulla.and though 175 is the average score batting first in day games at this ground, I think it's still an even game at the halfway stage"
 
If they keep their wickets intact, they can win this one. There is no need to play extravagant shots.
 
what a third rate fielding standards, dropping three catches.

this yusuf should be kicked out in the field.

lets see how they bat

over all bad fielding conceding too much runs in the finishing 2, 3 overs

really bad performance, again their hard work goes in vain

i dunno why the skipper takes the match too easy while they are in leading in the match.
 
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Usman Chadda said:
Good performance in the field. Bar the freakish hitting by the tail and lower-order, I think it was a pretty good session for us. I know the powerplay went horribly wrong, but it was just the case of it being Sri Lanka's day rather than the bowlers bowling badly. Everything Murali swung at, came off. All in all a good performance restricting the Lankans below 250

I don't expect the batsmen to chase this down though. The Sri Lankan bowling attack is just too good atm, and on this pitch it will be even tougher. The batsmen should just go out there and try to not lose many wickets. I would love to be proven wrong, but I dont have any faith in this batting line-up to chase this total down
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Dont worry, you wont be proven wrong, this is a mammoth total considering this pitch, and there is no way Pakistan will make it, lets see 46/3 , 86/5, 105/8, 110 all out
 
The plan has backfired today. Pakistan should have wrapped the tailenders by now. Disappointing performance from death specialist fast bowler, Gul. I guess he is having bad day at the moment. More than 200 runs is impossible to chase given the understanding of the pitch condition.

Anyways, by looking at the team squad today that means Malik and Kamran are to open? We can't afford too many try out openers all the times. That is gonna mess up the whole team line.
 
we are just stuck with shoaib malik and misbah for the rest of our lives arent we? the damn annoying 'how can i drop the vice/ex captain' mentality will follow us to the grave...i expect misbah to be walking out to bat for pakistan in a zimmerframe 3 or 4 decades from now.
 
what the ****ing performance really, 230, my god, what a bad end performance, giving away too many runs by the tail enders. murali has scored 32 runs in 15 bowls ***??????????
 
hasanb said:
we are just stuck with shoaib malik and misbah for the rest of our lives arent we? the damn annoying 'how can i drop the vice/ex captain' mentality will follow us to the grave...i expect misbah to be walking out to bat for pakistan in a zimmerframe 3 or 4 decades from now.
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Malik is a very good ODI batsman - has been one of our better batsman the last few years, has more than proved he is good enough in this format
 
srilanka has so much good bowling line-up, its very hard now to win, i predict we lose the match. 230 is fcuking good score

thushara
kulesekra
murali
malinga

even mathews

fcuked up really
 
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I want Afridi and Akmal to open and quickfire atleast get 40-70 run 1st wicket partnership.
 
HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
what the ****ing performance really, 230, my god, what a bad end performance, giving away too many runs by the tail enders. murali has scored 32 runs in 15 bowls ***??????????
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All defeats begin with a poor team selection, we have selected a test team to play an ODI.
 
ahmed16 said:
Or Afridi...even Razzaq.
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They tend to struggle against the new, moving ball. Akmal's technique is more compact and he is the most likely to succeed. Besides, Pakistan should keep the "Afridi" factor in the game as long as possible - it would be a big blow if he was dismissed in the first over.
 
Geordie Ahmed said:
Malik is a very good ODI batsman - has been one of our better batsman the last few years, has more than proved he is good enough in this format
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Yeah fair enough my rant was more directed at misbah although im not a huge fan of malik either. I really believe misbah could have and should have been dropped to accomodate either umar akmal or a specialist opening batsman ie Nasir.
 
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HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR said:
what the ****ing performance really, 230, my god, what a bad end performance, giving away too many runs by the tail enders. murali has scored 32 runs in 15 bowls ***??????????
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shut up
 
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