Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Pallekele | 7/6/12 | Ist Innings

[Fawad2010]

Toss in 3 minutes!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Game may be rained out?

 

[Asif321]

Mausam acha hai

 

[Asif321]

Game may be rained out?

doesnt look that way

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hope not. A lot of website saying there's a huge chance of rain.

 

[LegendAli]

Sri Lanka win toss, batting first.

 

[Fawad2010]

Weather is partly cloudy, game is a go!

 

[Pakistaniboy]

Nothing about rain on cricinfo...

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sri Lanka win toss and bat first.

 

[Asif321]

Srilanka win toss . bat first

 

[Fawad2010]

Will be tough to chase on these conditions :/

 

[Bullet Drive]

Zee Cafe haven't shown any thing so far!

 

[Mobashir]

Mahela and Misbah back as captains! The two M's!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Will be tough to chase on these conditions :/

DL method supports team chasing

 

[talha3]

Our chances of winning now fall dramatically. 250+ and it's game over.

 

[Mobashir]

Zee Cafe haven't shown any thing so far!

They will come just three minutes before the match starts!

 

[Fawad2010]

Our chances of winning now fall dramatically. 250+ and it's game over.

250?

You overestimate our powers, friend.

 

[talha3]

Team news?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Please don't rain!

 

[Asif321]

No Cheema , no farhat ,, sami and azhar in

 

[Mobashir]

Our chances of winning now fall dramatically. 250+ and it's game over.

Not if Umar Akmal bats higher up the order...

 

[Bullet Drive]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/lk/pallekele-kadawidiya/833194/weather-forecast/833194

 

[Fawad2010]

DL method supports team chasing

yeah, but we will figure out a way to lose that advantage.

 

[talha3]

250?

You overestimate our powers, friend.

Being optimistic

 

[Mobashir]

No Cheema , no farhat ,, sami and azhar in

So I guess :

Azhar
Hafeez
Younis
Misbah is our top 4???

 

[Asif321]

Pak Team: Misbah-ul-Haq*,Azhar Ali, M.Hafeez, M.Sami, S.Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, S. Afridi, S.Tanvir, U.Akmal, U.Gul,
Y. Khan

 

[Badsha]

Hnnnnng can't wait. Hope the rain doesn't ruin everything :/

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bat Umar at 4 and we will win. I want SL to make 300 and I wanna chase something big today!

 

[Fawad2010]

No Cheema , no farhat ,, sami and azhar in

Really???

Best news I got today, so far!

 

[A.M.]

Very good team selected bowling looks very strong

 

[Bullet Drive]

Umar Gul comes back to the otherwise retained attack from the Twenty20s. Younis, Misbah, Azhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed are back too

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez, Azhar, Younis, Misbah, Umar, Afridi, Sarfraz, Tanvir, Ajmal, Sami & Gul

 

[MRSN]

Azhar Ali to open with Hafeez.

 

[Mobashir]

Looks like the team is the following :

Hafeez
Azhar Ali
Younis
Misbah
Akmal
Afridi
Ahmed
Tanvir
Gul
Sami
Ajmal

 

[Fawad2010]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/lk/pallekele-kadawidiya/833194/weather-forecast/833194

This seems more accurate: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/v2/weather.aspx?q=Pallekele Kadawidiya, Sri Lanka

As it is not raining at the ground (AccuWeather says so)

 

[Fawad2010]

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Sami


Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene(c), Dinesh Chandimal, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga

 

[Bullet Drive]

22 minutes!

 

[Badsha]

team looks decent

 

[Mobashir]

Akmal will most probably at 4 if we loose early wickets because Misbah is unapt to bat against the new ball and is afraid of it...

 

[talha3]

This seems more accurate: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/v2/weather.aspx?q=Pallekele Kadawidiya, Sri Lanka

As it is not raining at the ground (AccuWeather says so)

Yep, forecast for the ground seems good throughout the day:

http://www.worldweatheronline.com/cricket/pallekele-cricket-stadium-kandy-weather/lk.aspx?day=0

 

[Asif321]

Cant belive misbah has left :cheema out

 

[MRSN]

Aren't we playing an extra bowler?

 

[Hamxa89]

Bad toss to loose

 

[Fawad2010]

Toss Quotes


Misbah: I'm happy with the way the team played in the T20 series. Conditions look good but it rained in the last 2-3 days, the wicket was under cover. We aren't too sure about a par score, it would have been a difficult task had I won the toss.


Mahela: It's a good wicket and runs on the board will be a crucial factor. We haven't played much ODI cricket here, but we think about 160 will be a good score. Herath is the only spinner in the side, we have 7 batsmen. Angelo Mathews makes a huge difference, it's good to see him fit.

 

[Asif321]

looks like rain is about to come

 

[Bullet Drive]

16 mins!

 

[Hamxa89]

Apart from the last over in the final of the Asia Cup, Cheema was pretty ordinary in that game.

Sami has the edge over him. Good team. I'd have gone with the same

 

[Fawad2010]

The average score at this ground is around 200 and the highest score chased in this ground is 193.

 

[Osama_B]

160 is a good score

wth


am happy with team selection apart from gul...y on earth has cheema been dropped after his asia cup final heroics...only in pakistan

 

[Badsha]

No cable! argh

 

[Lara400]

Top 4 for Pak one trick pony's

 

[Bullet Drive]

Akmal will most probably at 4 if we loose early wickets because Misbah is unapt to bat against the new ball and is afraid of it...

Your right, that's the only way he'll be sent at 4.

 

[Fawad2010]

160 is a good score

wth

I know right!

Does he think its a T20?

 

[LegendAli]

Does Sami not know english? why interview in urdu?

 

[Badsha]

160. Tricky pitch then.

 

[Amjid Javed]

MJ thinks 160 will be a good score? ***! are we playing on a mindfield.

Also why have pakistan gone in with just 5 batsmen? Afridi at 6 or 7 is one postion to high atleast!

 

[Watsupdoc]

Good team. Would have preferred Shafiq over Azhar though.

 

[Watsupdoc]

He probably meant 260

 

[Asif321]

:cheema feel bad for him

 

[carbon11]

with hafeez , azhar, younis and misbah as the top four pakistan will most likely struggle in the chase if sri lanka puts a decent score down.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Excited!

 

[Asif321]

here we go !

 

[Bullet Drive]

Teams

 

[Amjid Javed]

300 has been scored twice by team batting 1st on this ground.

Kiwis did it v Pak and SL v Zim.

Other two games here have been won by team chasing less then 200.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Chasing has been very difficult.

 

[Amjid Javed]

2 Wins for team batting 1st and 2 wins for team batting 2nd in 4 games played here!

Doesnt tell us much!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Chasing has been very difficult.

2 out of 4 doesnt really indicate that!

two games lost chasing were where total was 300+

 

[Mobashir]

Forget to say, sri lankan team looks very good in all three departments, and that after a long time...

 

[imshally81]

What about weather for today match ??

 

[Bullet Drive]

Wheres the speedometer?

 

[Badsha]

Bowling gulllyyy

 

[Bhaijaan]

Good toss to win.

 

[A.M.]

Nice line to start with

 

[Bullet Drive]

First run on the board. 1 run.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Is there a review system in place?

 

[carbon11]

well bowled

 

[A.M.]

Nice bowl to end the first over

 

[A.M.]

Nice start by tanvir aswell

 

[imshally81]

Beaten

 

[Bhaijaan]

Any official live stream guys?