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

[Bullet Drive]

lol absolutely terrible. Serves em right for being so crap.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Asi tay gay hun.:aaqib

 

[Aman]

Don't fall for it.

We have such class batsman which are being blocked.

Look Shehzad is quality at such a young age. Scored a 147 in his last game. Wrongly given out today.

Khurram Manzoor is terrible and shouldn't be in the team. Karachi influence.

Azhar in his last game scored a magnificent innings but I don't know what the hell is wrong with him today.

We have other guys. Umar Akmal is superb. Fawad would surely see this game out. He would have probs scored a double. Haris Sohail another quality act.

Quality and Shehzad

What have you been smoking?

Rahane, Root, Kohli, Williamson and Bravo are the only quality young bats in the world.

There's a big margin between the ability of those players and Shehzad's.

 

[Bullet Drive]

And even Grant Flower who's played with a rubbish Zim side of late is covering his head.

 

[Kianig89]

calamity Disaster

 

[Mr Consistent]

younis

 

[Electron]

Oh no

 

[Fastandfurious]

Here comes our saviour.

 

[hur rizvi]

Don't fall for it.

We have such class batsman which are being blocked.

Look Shehzad is quality at such a young age. Scored a 147 in his last game. Wrongly given out today.

Khurram Manzoor is terrible and shouldn't be in the team. Karachi influence.

Azhar in his last game scored a magnificent innings but I don't know what the hell is wrong with him today.

We have other guys. Umar Akmal is superb. Fawad would surely see this game out. He would have probs scored a double. Haris Sohail another quality act.

Shehzad is a Pathetic test opener

 

[Aman]

I told you Pakistan will be 5-6 down by the time they down the lead.

Shameful approach.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Quality and Shehzad

What have you been smoking?

Rahane, Root, Kohli, Williamson and Bravo are the only quality young bats in the world.

There's a big margin between the ability of those players and Shehzad's.

I'd rather trust the opinion of world wide pundits and legends of the game then you if I'm honest. Thanks.

 

[Zeshan547]

55 in 36 overs and misbah is still to come, i think pak are trying to prove a point to south africa, i think you guys know what the point is,

 

[Kianig89]

This will be a hard defeat to swallow after scoring 450

 

[cricfan967]

Match perfectly poised for Misbah..

 

[Saeed]

Never mind, I thought Azhar was supposed to get out now but its fine anyway.

 

[shahidrazzaq]

This should be an early birthday gift for Misbah!!

Tuk-tuk away Misbah Bhai!

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan -27/4

 

[Mamoon]

Younis has filled his quota of performing once per series.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shehzad is a Pathetic test opener

Please explain how?

1) Scored 147
2) Scored 20 odd after searching for quick runs
3) Pitch was swinging miles. Poor stroke but good bowling
4) Given out wrongly.

 

[Kianig89]

hate to say this but again we're relying on MIsbah

 

[Aman]

I'd rather trust the opinion of world wide pundits and legends of the game then you if I'm honest. Thanks.

Ask them who the best young batsmen in the world today, and Shehzad's name would not pop up.

Those mentioned above are all a class above Shehzad.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Whats the world coming to. Misbah being positive?

 

[Kianig89]

and Younis was suppossed to be in the ODI starting XI #bizarrethreads

 

[Mr Consistent]

positive start by misbah :4 runs

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ask them who the best young batsmen in the world today, and Shehzad's name would not pop up.

Those mentioned above are all a class above Shehzad.

I have always rated Bravo, Root, Williamson, Ballance

 

[Aman]

Younis has filled his quota of performing once per series.

Hope he fills his quota early in the first Test, you're going to win that pretty easy.

The second and third is where the real games will begin

 

[Kianig89]

BY Pakistan;s standard Shehzad is a decent enough player for test ccricket

 

[Saeed]

4 minutes before the lunch. Wasn't it suppose to rain today, please rain come over the stadium.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

This is good stuff, guys we need to score runs here tbh

 

[Kianig89]

lunch apraching any chance of some showers

 

[Mr Consistent]

3 runs more yes

 

[Ryankhan]

this was our crap genious misbah approach to bat like this and the results infront of you. why the hell cant they play positive cricket. why do they just need to block block and block??? they lost four wkts by doing so, wasnt it better if they had played agressive cricket?? atleast our score would have been 150-4. this is where captaincy comes into play when its the decision time to send your team a message to play agressive, positive cricket or defend and defend and go for a draw..........

 

[Kianig89]

7 runs in no time :

 

[cricfan967]

'Hesitation is a result of a hesitant mindset' - Rameez

 

[Bullet Drive]

Waqar Younis on commentary was all for being positive.

I am 10000% sure that if he was commentating today he would be attacking this approach.

When they become coach they change there views and everything.

 

[shahidrazzaq]

Pakistan start playing at a rate of 8 until tea and then bowl Sri Lanka out in 8...

IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I remember Waqar used to say he ALWAYS wants 3 pacers in the team and not 2 pace and 2 spin.

Also was all for positivity etc but how can he defend this approach?

 

[m.shah]

Pak must score runs ..no point in just hanging there

 

[Bullet Drive]

This should have been a walk in the park because I'll tell you the pitch is doing absolutely nothing. We should have gone at a RR of 2.5 at least and we would have been in the lead now of about 30 odd.

 

[Mr Consistent]

good over for pak

 

[saeedhk]

Horrible batting.

 

[Fastandfurious]

16 more!

 

[cricfan967]

Indian posters would be licking their lips right about now

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan trail by 16 runs with 6 wickets remaining


Lunch

 

[Justcrazy]

extremely poor stuff here.

 

[Zeshan547]

And they are trying to become world number 1 in test with this pathetic team, it will be most bizzare event in human history. And biggest joke ever.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I am still confident we will save this test.

 

[Sakss]

YK another failure after a ton. Typical YK.

That's a bit harsh...Cant be scoring runs every time...Others should be accountable too

 

[Aman]

SL need to remove Misbah and Azhar within 10-15 overs after lunch to have any chance.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Wish PAK would introduce some stroke players into the team e.g. Amin, Haris & Akmal. These are REAL batsman.

 

[Bullet Drive]

This team is full of grafters and no real stroke makers. Stroke makers are the real batsman because they can play both types of innings. Compare the amount of grafters in our team to every other team in the world.

 

[Asif321]

what a disaster if we lose match after scoring 450

 

[Bullet Drive]

And before people jump on my case about Amin.

I'll tell you he is more suited to test cricket and don't even think about bringing those tests in England. You only have to see the way Kohli is playing in England to understand Amin was hard done by.

 

[Bullet Drive]

If we keep up this approach, then PAK deserve to lose.

 

[Zeshan547]

Misbah strike rate over 100, Am i drunk? Plz help me

 

[cricfan967]

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

He's been in this situation tons of times, usually just launches one in the air and heads back

 

[Aman]

This team is full of grafters and no real stroke makers. Stroke makers are the real batsman because they can play both types of innings. Compare the amount of grafters in our team to every other team in the world.

You need a mixture, Pakistan ideally should bring in two.

 

[saiyan0312]

This approach never works unless you have 6 dravids in the team. You cant block all overs without scoring runs. It will get your wickets. should have played like usual. We will find it hard to survive the next session and frankly if we dont add a 100 runs here we will be in trouble.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Don't expect any exciting players coming in as long as Sir is there.

 

[hur rizvi]

SL need to remove Misbah and Azhar within 10-15 overs after lunch to have any chance.

Azhar will get out, Shafiq and Sarfraz wont survive the pressure surely SL have more chance of winning than a Draw now

 

[MRSN]

..Cant be scoring runs when it really matters.

Corrected..

 

[uberkoen]

What the hell is going on? Can someone please help me understand?

Are we actually on the verge of losing this pathetic match?

 

[hur rizvi]

Floodgate has been opened, SL need to dismiss just one batsman and others will crumble

 

[FreeBird]

Definitely need Afridi in the test team.

He may fail 99.99% of the times BUT at least he understands the concept of counter attack and showing some bravery.

Getting into a hard shell of super defensive tuk tuk was never gonna get us across the line anyway. Why not play normally and play freely instead?

What's the point of putting this self imposed pressure on ourselves from the first delivery?

 

[FreeBird]

I expect this game to be over before the tea break.

 

[Kianig89]

Definitely need Afridi in the test team.

He may fail 99.99% of the times BUT at least he understands the concept of counter attack and showing some bravery.

Getting into a hard shell of super defensive tuk tuk was never gonna get us across the line anyway. Why not play normally and play freely instead?

What's the point of putting this self imposed pressure on ourselves from the first delivery?

What a statement

 

[Bullet Drive]

Guys I've been telling you since 3 years now, we are missing out on Umar Akmal and things would have been so so different.

But if they lose it'll be good in a way too. They should hopefully learn this is a shocking approach.

 

[Sakss]

Corrected..

He has scored runs when its mattered..DO your home work first please

 

[Sakss]

Definitely need Afridi in the test team.

He may fail 99.99% of the times BUT at least he understands the concept of counter attack and showing some bravery.

Getting into a hard shell of super defensive tuk tuk was never gonna get us across the line anyway. Why not play normally and play freely instead?

What's the point of putting this self imposed pressure on ourselves from the first delivery?

Yes we need some one to retire half way through the series.. A coward

 

[m.shah]

Nisar: "What an irony. Pakitan must be cursing
themselves over not taking review for Sanga
and now for Shehazad....On a lighter note, I
advise Pak to at least join India in opposing
DRS because its not proving any help to
them "

from crinifo

 

[saiyan0312]

The batsmen must click and TBH if these to get out. Sarfraz must be told to make quick runs.

 

[MRSN]

He has scored runs when its mattered..DO your home work first please

I am talking about last few years..

 

[Aman]

Pakistan need Afridi as much as I need cancer

 

[cricketerB94]

No change in Misbah's captaincy.
Clarke and Baz are going to eat Misbah alive in UAE. [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION], [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] congrats in advance.

 

[hur rizvi]

The batsmen must click and TBH if these to get out. Sarfraz must be told to make quick runs.

If a quick wicket falls post lunch there is no way out from this situation

 

[FreeBird]

This will be a hard defeat to swallow after scoring 450

what a disaster if we lose match after scoring 450

We are a low standard "batting ki tarsi hui" team.
For us, Yes 451 was a HHUUUUGGGGGEEEEEE run total, but fact of the matter is, this was a 700 runs wicket in the first innings. We simply under performed.

 

[Ryankhan]

this is why i hate dumb defensive misbah captaincy. who in the hell plays like this???? its last day show some intent to win atleast. had they played positive , they wouldnt have been on 50-4. azar who was playing really well and with a better strike rate in 1st innings is now playing hell slow, why? because he has been asked to do so by his pathetic captain....
such defensive pathetic captains can never become a No.1 Side...

 

[Aman]

No change in Misbah's captaincy.
Clarke and Baz are going to eat Misbah alive in UAE. [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION], [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] congrats in advance.

McCullum is the only reason I think we have a chance.

 

[FreeBird]

I think the word "attack" means to Misbah as "heart attack", so he never thinks about it.

 

[saiyan0312]

If a quick wicket falls post lunch there is no way out from this situation

apart from attack and try to make runs. That will the best hope for us then. Our lower order couldnt bat to save their lives and million others . They must attack to make sure the last session we have a good lead. This defensive approach is always pathetic.