Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st Test | August 6-10, 2014 | Galle | Day 5

[Dr_Bassim]

Well at least Azhar is being positive.

Good to see.

Shehzad is just.....

 

[hur rizvi]

Rehman is done. So I would play Wahab, Rahat, Junaid and Ajmal. Shehzad and Ali can chip in some overs.

Agree, that should be last chance for Rahat to impress and May be Waqar can instill some confidence in him

 

[Dr_Bassim]

A little bit of rotation of strike...

Good to see.

They can't just block everything.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan trail by 63 runs

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar really struggling

 

[Sakss]

Blame the captain...Lame logicc

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Azhar struggled in that over.

We are lucky Sri Lanka arent' attacking more.

They could easily have more fielders around the bat.

 

[m.shah]

Trail by 61

 

[Saeed]

How many overs does Pakistan have to play before the is called off?

 

[Justcrazy]

This kind of approach is bad , even in test cricket , this would get carried into shorter formats as well.

 

[Justcrazy]

How many overs does Pakistan have to play before the is called off?

I think 75 overs

 

[Arsal_AK]

Azhar being pro-active.

Good to see.

 

[hur rizvi]

PAkistanis are making 70+ lead look like 200 lead

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I can understand why Pakistan struggle in ODIs.

They are even struggling to find a RR in tests.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Azhar teaching Shehzad.

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar got squared up there

 

[Sunny786]

Not convinced with how Shehzad is playing Herath. He is gonna miss one and get stumped.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Not convinced with how Shehzad is playing Herath. He is gonna miss one and get stumped.

Its better than what he was doing before.You need to be forward here.If you go back, you are likely to get in trouble.

 

[Justcrazy]

31 / 2

 

[hur rizvi]

Not convinced with how Shehzad is playing Herath. He is gonna miss one and get stumped.

Both of them are Tailenders against spin

 

[Saeed]

These guys need to keep runs same as the overs. I am pretty sure we will end the trail by the end of today then.

 

[Saeed]

Don't you guys think SriLanka appeals too much?

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar against spin

 

[hur rizvi]

Almost out there Shehzad

 

[Sunny786]

Both batsmen living dangerously.

 

[Mamoon]

Extremely ordinary display of batting.

 

[Mamoon]

Rubbish Shehzad gone.

 

[Mamoon]

What poor technique.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

SC batsmen can't play spin anymore with the exception of Sang a,Mathews and Younis.

 

[hur rizvi]

Shehzad

 

[battler]

Shehzad

 

[imranraf]

He was not out. Azher sold him out

 

[hur rizvi]

Shehzad why you didnt review it

 

[Saeed]

Both Shahzad and Manzoor should be thrown out.

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

lol inexperience there

 

[Arsal_AK]

Younus is just all class.

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar Ali WTH was that

Even Waqar is ****** off at them not taking the review

 

[Sunny786]

showing how to play spin

 

[Mamoon]

Azhar isn't the umpire, Shehzad should know where his leg stump is better. Anyhow, that was dreadful technique there. Looked like a tailender.

 

[Arsal_AK]

WTH did Azhar do there??

Shehzad I think wanted to go for it.

 

[battler]

Misbah needs to do a proper misbah today

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan trail by 39 runs with 7 wickets remaining

 

[Saeed]

Azhar did the right thing, Shahzad sucks anyway.

 

[Mamoon]

Get to the pitch, Azhar.

 

[imranraf]

Horrible and scared batting so far. Phattu batting so far. That's why this line up needs Umer Akmal.

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar Ali is so consumed and Nervous that he has sold his Partner out

 

[Mamoon]

Younis should look to score runs. He's at his best when he tries to attack spin.

 

[Aman]

Pakistan may lose this

 

[hur rizvi]

Azhar did the right thing, Shahzad sucks anyway.

WTH, It was a clear iffy decision

 

[Justcrazy]

has chance here to improve his average further

 

[Aman]

For god sakes, play your natural game, forget the situation.

 

[Mamoon]

Azhar will perish soon at this rate. Clueless.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Yaar Azhar just said your are dead out. What would you do as a striker??

 

[Aman]

What's world class Shehzad's average now?

 

[Arsal_AK]

Azhar did the right thing, Shahzad sucks anyway.

Please.

 

[MRSN]

For god sakes, play your natural game, forget the situation.

The captain wouldn't be happy..

 

[m.shah]

Pak r digging a hole for themselves

 

[Aman]

The captain wouldn't be happy..

Pakistan are digging their own grave.

 

[Aman]

Pak r digging a hole for themselves

Just beat me to it lol

 

[imranraf]

Azher Ali, Manzoor and Shehzad are just not good enough. Up to Misbah and Younis to save this game

 

[Aman]

If Pakistan continue like this, by the time they take the lead they'll be 5-6 down.

 

[Arsal_AK]

What's world class Shehzad's average now?

For the love of God, man its his fourth test.

Give it a rest.

 

[Saeed]

For god sakes, play your natural game, forget the situation.

If you had any knowledge of cricket, you would knew that great wall is in china.

 

[Justcrazy]

Nuwas: "While many were whining about the pitch SL spinners are silently doing their business showing some examples as how to do it a pitch like this. Its all about set of skills your possess & using it effectively."

 

[hur rizvi]

We are a Pathetic test side we deserve to be ranked at no. 7 or 8 ..

There is just no hope from this line up, Only decent batsman are Misbah and YK rest are PAthetic Even Bangla and Zimbabwe have better test batsman

 

[shahidrazzaq]

What do you guys say about Azhar's telling Shehzad he was out?

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan future in test is bleak. batsmen have no skills for the longer version.

 

[Aman]

If you had any knowledge of cricket, you would knew that great wall is in china.

If you knew anything about cricket, you'd know I'm right, just blocking it out isn't going to save you this Test.

Pakistan aren't good enough to dead bat Tests.

 

[Mamoon]

Azhar has no future as an umpire.

 

[hur rizvi]

Poor shehzad

 

[Aman]

We are a Pathetic test side we deserve to be ranked at no. 7 or 8 ..

There is just no hope from this line up, Only decent batsman are Misbah and YK rest are PAthetic Even Bangla and Zimbabwe have better test batsman

What a troll

That's what you get called when you stand up and tell it how it is.

 

[imranraf]

Nuwas: "While many were whining about the pitch SL spinners are silently doing their business showing some examples as how to do it a pitch like this. Its all about set of skills your possess & using it effectively."

They are bowling against Pakistan, you know.

 

[Bullet Drive]

One terrible plan and approach

 

[Arsal_AK]

Azhar has no future as an umpire.

You got that right.Horrible call.

I knew from here that at best it was umps call.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Meanwhile, YK is batting on another pitch.

 

[Aman]

I thought this wicket was flat as a pancake?

When Pakistan were bowling and Sanga was batting that is...

 

[Mamoon]

For the love of good, man its his fourth test.

Give it a rest.

If you had any foresight, you would realize that he is not good enough. It's Junaid all over again.

Every mediocre player has played 4 Tests 'only' at one point in time.

 

[Aman]

One terrible plan and approach

One of the rare times I agree with you.

 

[hur rizvi]

For the love of good, man its his fourth test.

Give it a rest.

He is a poor batsman, Average technique against spin, Suspect against Pace, I dare say Taufeeq umar and Imran farhat were better than this Guy and that is saying a lot

 

[Saeed]

If you knew anything about cricket, you'd know I'm right, just blocking it out isn't going to save you this Test.

Pakistan aren't good enough to dead bat Tests.

The plan is to give everybody a chance to practice for the next test and they are doing it. Now azhar should get out around the 37th over so misbah could practice too and so on.