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

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Mamoon said:
Younis should be more comfortable against Herath. There is bounce but not much turn at the moment.

As long as he doesn't sweep around like a janitor too much, he would be fine. Sweeping here would result in top edges.
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He rarely sweeps against left arm spinners.
 
Mamoon said:
I made a thread some time ago that Manzoor would be very successful at 4 in all formats. He is a but similar to Hafeez.
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Mate manzoor is rubbish no feet movement...no technique. wouldnt even make the Zimbabwe XI
 
FreeBird said:
Yep, bad influence of Misbah has hurt Azhar Ali the most in the entire crop of young Pak batsmen.
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Give it a rest. You're nearly as bad as Savak.

Azhar Ali's test average under different captains:

Afridi: 29.00 (1 test)
Butt: 25.88 (5 tests)
Hafeez: 3.50 (1 test)
Misbah: 44.58 (26 tests)

How exactly do you justify that he's been ruined by Misbah, given that:

A) He's played pretty much his entire career under Misbah

B) All of his test hundreds and almost all of his fifties have been under Misbah
 
Herath is my favorite batsman to watch. His strokes are so pleasing to the eye when he hits four. Absolutely beautiful.
Wish he was a specialist batsman.
 
Tahir Malik: "I will get married when Misbah retires from cricket because both occurrences look impossible in the near future!!. :)" ---- Awww, don't be disheartened

:))
 
Rehman will be very useful here. Likes the extra bounce.
 
Big Mac said:
Give it a rest. You're nearly as bad as Savak.

Azhar Ali's test average under different captains:

Afridi: 29.00 (1 test)
Butt: 25.88 (5 tests)
Hafeez: 3.50 (1 test)
Misbah: 44.58 (26 tests)

How exactly do you justify that he's been ruined by Misbah, given that:

A) He's played pretty much his entire career under Misbah

B) All of his test hundreds and almost all of his fifties have been under Misbah
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Haters going to hate bro. Ignore people who know nothing about cricket and only want fireworks.
 
Waisay amongst the openers manzoors inconsistency makes his place questionable. We really should be patient with shezad. One duck and the knives are out. I am annoyed too but he deserves his place. Chopping and changing wont help.
 
hur rizvi said:
He isnt though i would like him to get a chance if shehzad fails in 2nd innings
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He is coming of a 147 in his last test for goodness sake. How do expect him to develop like this?? Not to mention he is just 22 and our brightest prospect.
 
Big Mac said:
Give it a rest. You're nearly as bad as Savak.

Azhar Ali's test average under different captains:

Afridi: 29.00 (1 test)
Butt: 25.88 (5 tests)
Hafeez: 3.50 (1 test)
Misbah: 44.58 (26 tests)

How exactly do you justify that he's been ruined by Misbah, given that:

A) He's played pretty much his entire career under Misbah

B) All of his test hundreds and almost all of his fifties have been under Misbah
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No point arguing with haters bro...:)
 
Grant 1 up - I can't recall when last I saw PAK batsman standing a foot outside of crease to reduce the movement against bowler not fast enough to surprise with a good length lifter.
 
Mamoon said:
Doesn't play many left arm spinners in the first place. Not many around these days.
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Lol are you for real, has played Herath 16 times in last 4 years alone then Peterson in South Africa, Monty in UAE.. Vettori in NZ.
 
MMHS said:
Grant 1 up - I can't recall when last I saw PAK batsman standing a foot outside of crease to reduce the movement against bowler not fast enough to surprise with a good length lifter.
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Good point ... Many people wont get that here..Instead they would say why is he standing outside
 
After these two we have only three more batsman to come. so somebody has to make a century amongst these two.
 
Fastandfurious said:
Once in a blue moon century allows him to fail 10 times then score one more?
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I said he is inconsistent and I think he should be dropped if he doesnt score but he is a better TEST batsman than Umar .. Umar better in ODIs
 
Arsal_AK said:
He is coming of a 147 in his last test for goodness sake. How do expect him to develop like this?? Not to mention he is just 22 and our brightest prospect.
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Brightest prospect!! give it a rest :facepalm:

That was an ultimate flat pancake on which he scored 147, if he doesnt get a decent score in next innings shan should get a chance even he was dropped after 1 bad match when he scord 70+ against best attack in the world
 
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Sakss said:
I said he is inconsistent and I think he should be dropped if he doesnt score but he is a better TEST batsman than Umar .. Umar better in ODIs
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which is why the have pratically the same average despite umar playing one game in asia, right ?
 
Younis needs to spend time to get rid of the rust. This was expected as they are playing international cricket after such a long break. Only ajmal played the FC county. There should have been a practice match before.
 
hur rizvi said:
Brightest prospect!! give it a rest :facepalm:

That was an ultimate flat pancake on which he scored 147, if he doesnt get a decent score in next innings shan should get a chance even he was dropped after 1 bad match when he scord 70+ against attack in the world
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TBH shans 70+ which was very useful was full of edginess and chances against an attack that had no idea what it was doing however i wont mind if he comes back but in the place of manzoor who has been very inconsistent. You say shan was mishandled, well you are doing the same to shezad right now for shan.

Shan and shezad with their left and right handed combo may come good.
 
Lol you could easily see sweep coming, he gives it away by staying low but still bowler could do nothing to stop our premier sweeper..
 
hur rizvi said:
Brightest prospect!! give it a rest :facepalm:

That was an ultimate flat pancake on which he scored 147, if he doesnt get a decent score in next innings shan should get a chance even he was dropped after 1 bad match when he scord 70+ against attack in the world
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Yes, Shan was unfairly dropped.But two wrongs don't make a right.Shehzad should get at-least till the Australia series.

And yes he is.Not many 22 years old have seven tons to their name across different conditions.
 
Manzoor is more of a concern than Shehzad.He has been horrid since that 100 vs SA.
 
hur rizvi said:
Sifarish or no sifarish Shan is in the squad so if an opener fails to deliver he should get a chance..
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name a young opener that has shown more potential than Shezhad and actually delivered a decent amount this last decade for pakistan?
 
Beware of Dilruwan's arm ball Azhar! Got you out in the first inns of Sharjah test.
 
Seen Sheen said:
Too early to say but by the looks of it, it's a flat track, yes some spin is on offer but thats probably due to some moisture in the pitch.
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It is taking some turn though.Day 5 looks to a nightmare if this keeps up.
 
Big Mac said:
Give it a rest. You're nearly as bad as Savak.

Azhar Ali's test average under different captains:

Afridi: 29.00 (1 test)
Butt: 25.88 (5 tests)
Hafeez: 3.50 (1 test)
Misbah: 44.58 (26 tests)

How exactly do you justify that he's been ruined by Misbah, given that:

A) He's played pretty much his entire career under Misbah

B) All of his test hundreds and almost all of his fifties have been under Misbah
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Savak is nothing in front of me when it comes to opinionating on Misbah's batting with a critical streak.

Nothing personal against Misbah but his leadership role and his cowardice approach to batting has choked the life out young emerging Pak batsman.
He also miserably failed to first identifying NO TALENT in Hafeez, then being unable to have a spine to resist against PCB when they thought to select Hafeez for future captaincy and finally he totally failed to groom Hafeez.
A LOT of time and resources where wasted on Hafeez. That's an irrecoverable loss due to Misbah - the captain.

And look at your sample size of tests played by Azhar under other captains.
 
If shezad scores a century next innings it will be written off saying it was a flat track. Seriously give the guy a break. He deserves his spot.
 
Arsal_AK said:
Yes, Shan was unfairly dropped.But two wrongs don't make a right.Shehzad should get at-least till the Australia series.

And yes he is.Not many 22 years old have seven tons to their name across different conditions.
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He is a decent ODI/T20 prospect but with his inept technique he is not a good prospect for tests
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
name a young opener that has shown more potential than Shezhad and actually delivered a decent amount this last decade for pakistan?
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Exactly.The point is not a single country will discard him after the way he played over the last few months.

To cap it all off, he is still 22 and learning.
 
Dangerous sweep but sweep is a dangerous shot in itself. 3 runs for younis there. 50 for pakistan.
 
Seen Sheen said:
Lol are you for real, has played Herath 16 times in last 4 years alone then Peterson in South Africa, Monty in UAE.. Vettori in NZ.
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When was the last time Vettori played against us?

Peterson is not a big turner of the ball and its been 2.5 years since he last played Monty.

Herath is the only world class left arm spinner around and sweeping against on this pitch is not a good option.
 
hur rizvi said:
He is a decent ODI/T20 prospect but with his inept technique he is not a good prospect for tests
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If he is not good enough for test then no opener is in Pak at the moment.ODI or not, you need technique to score tons in SA and NZ.
 
Ball is gripping and turning on day 1 ,

Good toss to win for Pakistan tbh
 
Technique is seriously most abused word on PP and the way couch pundits declare players not fit with there techniques with 0 experience of any high-class cricket is amazing.
 
just turned on tv. Seems like we already lost our openers for poor score. How have Younis Khan and Azher Ali looked so far. I am very surprised to see so much turn for Herath on the first day of the test. Should be a spinner paradise by third day of the test.
 
dhump said:
Technique is seriously most abused word on PP and the way couch pundits declare players not fit with there techniques with 0 experience of any high-class cricket is amazing.
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Its right up there with talent. :P :P :P
 
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