Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st Test | August 6-10, 2014 | Galle | Day 1

[Sunny786]

Slapped for by

 

[Sakss]

Mathews to Younis Khan, FOUR, short and wide, that is brutally crashed through cover point.

 

[Seen Sheen]

A/R Neesham already has half the number of centuries as Man of no consistency in just 6 Tests.

Good luck to Neesh facing us in UAE!

 

[pakistanisgreat]

4 overs left after this

 

[Markhor]

What is a good first innings total here ? Would people take 350-400 ish ?

 

[MarkCooper]

Great batting by the Yorkshireman Younus Khan. Get a Daddy Hundred.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Run rate has touched 3 for the first time in the inns! and

 

[uberkoen]

What is a good first innings total here ? Would people take 350-400 ish ?

I think that should be a good total.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

24 balls to survive

 

[Ikball]

YK most 100+ partnerships record for Pakistan. (51) crossed Minadad (50)

 

[ExplicitAI]

Good luck to Neesh facing us in UAE!

Stumps would get pegged back by a Rehman delivery

 

[Seen Sheen]

What is a good first innings total here ? Would people take 350-400 ish ?

The way these two are batting, the par score is going upwards!Give me 450!

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

24 balls to survive

Survive ?? To pound I guess

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Run rate has touched 3 for the first time in the inns! and

no we were 3.03 before the new ball

 

[Ikball]

YK also surpassed Yousaf's test runs.

 

[MRSN]

How is Shafiq playing right now?

doesn't wash away how he has been for past few games..

 

[ViciousMachine]

What is a good first innings total here ? Would people take 350-400 ish ?

Probably closer to 400; That is a good score and what Pakistan should be aiming for from here. However, our tail is horrible so really depends on these two.

 

[Yatoo]

Neesham scored his hundreds against Indian Attack. So nothing can be said about him yet.

 

[Seen Sheen]

no we were 3.03 before the new ball

Apologies BUT still credit to these two!

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Survive ?? To pound I guess

right they are trying to survive. pound will start tomorrow

 

[Seen Sheen]

Neesham scored his hundreds against Indian Attack. So nothing can be said about him yet.

Scored one against a good West Indian attack away from home as well. He's a nice talent.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

3 overs to go

 

[Markhor]

Look at that lineup of all-time great Pakistan batsmen. We've certainly been blessed.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

hearth is back

 

[Markhor]

Here comes Rangana 'I love to be a thorn in Pakistan's side' Herath.

 

[hadi123]

i woke up at 59-3 but these two have played really well. I will be in Greece for days 2-5 of this match so can only follow when I have wi fi but I want YK to get double century and Shafiq century

 

[aukhan]

Why are people bringing NZ cricketers in this thread.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

4444444444

 

[Markhor]

Lovely shot from Shafiq.

 

[saiyan0312]

bu shafiq.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

2 more to go

 

[Sunny786]

beautiful shot by

 

[pakistanisgreat]

stump dat 1

 

[Fastandfurious]

Well played Younis, well supported by Shafiq and Misbah.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Oh cmon, should have had 2 more overs

 

[ExplicitAI]

But well played Pak

 

[saiyan0312]

STUMPS!! Day belongs to us thanks to some fine recovery work by younis and misbah and fine accumulation by younis and shafiq.

 

[Markhor]

And we're done.

PAK 261-4 | 88 overs

Very pleased with that. Great knock from Younis Khan and an important partnership between Younis and Shafiq. Just need Shafiq to convert this cameo into a 100 and we should be looking at around 370-400.

 

[uberkoen]

Beautiful day of cricket. Love it when our players answer our critics! Wonderful stuff lads

 

[Ahson8]

End of a fantastic first day of test cricket from Pakistan.

 

[Yatoo]

Saqib Yousuf Yatoo said:
Today 12:19

Occupied Kashmir. Heheheh.... Az awa
matches mazai?

Aa maze chu jaan matches...kashere *** district chu??

Chadoora Budgam

 

[hussain.r97]

Great cricket all round. A good day out for Pakistan!

 

[Sunny786]

Loved how asad and younis played the spinners.

 

[Yatoo]

Saqib Yousuf Yatoo said:
Today 12:19

Occupied Kashmir. Heheheh.... Az awa
matches mazai?

Aa maze chu jaan matches...kashere *** district chu??

Urs?

 

[ViciousMachine]

Great day boys!!! Have a good start tomorrow and we can pretty much bat SL out of the game

 

[Big Mac]

What a stupid decision to bat first right?

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Fantastic day of cricket by Pakistan.

 

[imshally81]

Day 1 belongs to Pakistan

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

A good day for us in the end.

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

Now, can we have the posters here who were crying when Misbah batted first? The openers got out due to bad shots.

 

[m.shah]

Pakistans day it is

 

[talha3]

What a stupid decision to bat first right?

Now, can we have the posters here who were crying when Misbah batted first? The openers got out due to bad shots.

Just scroll through the first few pages of the thread.

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

Just scroll through the first few pages of the thread.

Pakistanis are so impatient.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Did not watch the match, how was the pitch?

 

[mithun_minhas]

Just went through the scorecard, it looks like the old horses again doing the damage work.

YK has saved Pak many many times before and he did it again.

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

Did not watch the match, how was the pitch?

It had something in it for the pacers in the first session; eased out as the day went on. The ball was spinning, will turn square from day 3.

 

[Adil_94]

Did not watch the match, how was the pitch?

Was seaming around in the first session. After that it got easier for batting but still enough turn and bounce to keep the Spinners interested. Yet again a rescue effort from YK was needed.

 

[Jabo]

How is Shafiq playing right now?

how will he play next innings?

the man is not consistent at all, watch his next few innings and I'll be back

 

[m.shah]

Saqib Yousuf Yatoo said:
Today 12:31
Newa Pulwama

 

[Amjid Javed]

Game is nicely balanced, we need a good 1st session tomorrow and need to get up to 400. SL could still bowl us out for a sub-par total here as we do have a long tail, so these two in need to put on another 100+ runs atleast tomorrow.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Misbah would nail blitz chess. It's these patient types who really surprise you with lightning pace when it's needed. Misbah was always a T20 king.

Interesting.

 

[Fastandfurious]

First we need to get to 300 before we get to 400.

 

[Red Devil]

350 would be a pretty good total IMO

 

[FreeBird]

and whose having the last laugh now?
See what I am saying?

Misbah's dismissal was crucial. It put pressure on Asad Shafiq who in turn stepped up and develop reisitence to fight the situation, and hence ended up with a supreme not out fifty.

It's is proven that the team's batting will improve only and only when Misbah retires.

We will break the tuk tuk shackles and learn to play freely without him.

 

[FreeBird]

Asad Shafiq is the TOP option for future captaincy in every sense of the word.

 

[Aman]

Asad Shafiq is the TOP option for future captaincy in every sense of the word.

Let him turn up for 2 games straight before getting carried away

This is SL's bowling attack after all.

 

[FreeBird]

Let him turn up for 2 games straight before getting carried away

This is SL's bowling attack after all.

Remember it was the same "SL Bowling attack after all" for Shehzad, Khurram and Misbah himself who ate up 100 balls to score 31 runs?

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

Asad Shafiq is the TOP option for future captaincy in every sense of the word.

A timid, scared and mentally weak player who struggles to retain his spot will be captaining us. Nice.

 

[Aman]

A timid, scared and mentally weak player who struggles to retain his spot will be captaining us. Nice.

PP hype machine in overdrive over a 50, 'compact' 55 came in 110 balls

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

PP hype machine in overdrive over a 50, 'compact' 55 came in 110 balls

Yeah. This is laughable.

 

[Pakistani_Legend]

I would expect this site to be down due to overload if Pujara, Rahane, Williamson and Root were Pakistanis.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Lol PP going crazy about Younis right now. Such childish reactions.

 

[Adil_94]

Lol PP going crazy about Younis right now. Such childish reactions.

Younis played a great knock he deserves the applause

 

[Fastandfurious]

Younis played a great knock he deserves the applause

No other team goes as crazy as Paks when their players score a century, just shows how deprived we are of quality batsmen.

 

[Adil_94]

No other team goes as crazy as Paks when their players score a century, just shows how deprived we are of quality batsmen.

That is true but it was a good back to the wall ton when it looked like we were gonna collapse yet again on the first day. Plus YK has broken a lot of records today equalled Moyos 24 100s record is now our 3rd highest run scorer in Tests. Also he now holds the record for most 100 partnerships by a Pak batsman.

 

[the Great Khan]

PP hype machine in overdrive over a 50, 'compact' 55 came in 110 balls

lol coming from a supporter of a team of pretenders I'll take that as a complement.

 

[Cricketrenew]

Misbah needs to up his scoring rate atleast a little bit

His been trying to up his scoring rate for last 10 years............
At least he scores big......................slowly.

Good to see Safraz as wicketkeeper and no Akmals....which is also good. we might win.

 

[Aman]

lol coming from a supporter of a team of pretenders I'll take that as a complement.

Team of pretenders? I've never seen a half century celebrated as half as much as this

 

[Big Mac]

and whose having the last laugh now?
See what I am saying?

Misbah's dismissal was crucial. It put pressure on Asad Shafiq who in turn stepped up and develop reisitence to fight the situation, and hence ended up with a supreme not out fifty.

It's is proven that the team's batting will improve only and only when Misbah retires.

We will break the tuk tuk shackles and learn to play freely without him.

No, what was crucial was Shafiq coming to bat at 150/4 when the pitch was less threatening instead of 60/4 with the ball doing all sorts.