Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st Test | Galle | 21/06/12 | Day 1

[Asif321]

lanka ka session hogaya

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good session. 60-40 to SL.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

lanka in good position, pak needs wickets generally pak bowlers take wickets aftr lunch. need to utilise juniad properly give him more overs.

 

[PakPosheeda]

I enjoy watching our spinners bowl more than our pacers.

Thats been the case for a while. Our spinners are very entertaining. Our fast bowlers suck

Might as well have selected 3 front line spinners.

It is amazing to see Pakistan with no great fast bowlers

lol are you saying Sir is not great?

Why does Umar Gul look tired?

Because he's not used to working hard for his money anymore.

I have no hopes with Junaid either btw.

 

[Executioner]

Its a tough ask for the bowlers against such a strong batting lineup. Sanga, Dillu and Jaya, all are masterclass batsman regardless of the format.

The only thing Pakistan can do is to bat well. Otherwise there is no chance of drawing the test, leave alone win it.

Anyways, watching pakistan fielding reminds of inter-school cricket AA missed a sitter

 

[Bullet Drive]

14 mins to go.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Its a tough ask for the bowlers against such a strong batting lineup. Sanga, Dillu and Jaya, all are masterclass batsman regardless of the format.

The only thing Pakistan can do is to bat well. Otherwise there is no chance of drawing the test, leave alone win it.

Anyways, watching pakistan fielding reminds of inter-school cricket AA missed a sitter

What do you mean no chance of drawing the test. Pakistan will at least draw the test. We won't get bowled out more than once. Pakistan has a 60-40 chance of winning the test in my opinion.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Pak to win this test match mark my words...srl will bowled out for 250.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Almost a catch.

 

[spaceshot]

Pak to win this test match mark my words...srl will bowled out for 250.

^ Ye totay waley card reader kahan se aa gaye ?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Would just go to Hafeez for one over against Sangakara.

 

[Bullet Drive]

102-1

 

[Strike!]

I really hate watching Ajmal bowling around the wicket.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good over. Maiden.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal shouldn't bowl round the wicket.

 

[Strike!]

Lack of sustained pressure, These two are actually batting very well.

 

[the Great Khan]

Its a tough ask for the bowlers against such a strong batting lineup. Sanga, Dillu and Jaya, all are masterclass batsman regardless of the format.

The only thing Pakistan can do is to bat well. Otherwise there is no chance of drawing the test, leave alone win it.

Anyways, watching pakistan fielding reminds of inter-school cricket AA missed a sitter

Wait yu have inter school cricket in bangladesh? Your team could have fooled me!!

 

[talha3]

Sanga's the prize wicket.

 

[dhump]

OMG rameez and his comments.

 

[waqar goraya]

only chance of pakistan winning is restricting srilanka around 200....which does not seem to be materialized ....

 

[Strike!]

Ajmal bowling round the wicket to Dilshan is mind boggling.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal must go over the wicket.

 

[Bullet Drive]

A girl came on the screen earlier and Ramiz commented 'now that's a lifter' )

 

[Bullet Drive]

A lot of edges going for four.

 

[Bullet Drive]

123-1

 

[Bullet Drive]

We need about 5-6 wickets before the end of the day for a slight advantage.

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[talha3]

They're both playing Ajmal well.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Pitch is as flat as a road. Will not be easy for us however.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pitch is pretty placid, pakistan need to just keep plugging away here and dry up runs and hopefully a wicket will come.

 

[A.M.]

Gul to bowl

 

[A.M.]

Good start so far

 

[A.M.]

This will be interesting gul vs dilshan

 

[Strike!]

Bowl a yorker Gul.

 

[A.M.]

Left alone

 

[A.M.]

Rehman now

 

[ahamedirshad123]

On Cricinfo: Anees: "Abhishek, we ( Pakistanis ) are ready to export all Misbahs to any cricket playing nation free of cost."

 

[A.M.]

Pitch looks really flat

 

[A.M.]

Four

 

[talha3]

Sanga looking ominous.

 

[speed]

good turn for rehman not much for ajmal

 

[speed]

gul needs to bring the ball back into dilshan.

 

[Poison]

My god this is flat. Quickies are not going to get anything from this wicket. Sanga will score a 200.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I really hate Sanga when he plays against us! always seems to score runs! grrr!

 

[Strike!]

Sheep jokes.

 

[talha3]

Bad start for Pakistan in the series.

Compare this to the first day in our last series against England (Bowled out on first day) and the first day in our last series against SL (Junaid 5 wickets).

 

[Ironcat]

The plan here should be to match any SL score in the first inning. If the pitch does its tricks on the 4th day/5th day, it will be a game of second innings. Otherwise, go for a draw.

 

[NeVerMind]

Just started watching the match. How's the fielding been? and the captainancy?

 

[Strike!]

Where's the guy who was saying we would bowl them for 250?

 

[imshally81]

What a flat track

 

[Amjid Javed]

Still time for a SL collapse

 

[Watsupdoc]

Some swing for Gul there!

 

[speed]

better from gul getting upto 140 now

 

[NeVerMind]

Just need one more wicket and hope it leads to a few...

 

[amlafan79]

how is this flat track ?
ur strength is spin.. and this track clearly has enough turn for day 1 track
give these to batters some credit also over dependence on ajmal was going to hurt sooner or later
if gr8 players can have off series why cant he and last thing sri lanka will play him better then england last time junaid did damage i think

 

[czarkeen]

ye cheez chahta hoon main

adnan akmal on good fielding

character

 

[NeVerMind]

dilshan living dangerously...dry up the runs and he will get himself out...

 

[Watsupdoc]

Good decision by the umpire.

 

[waqar goraya]

there is some turn ...srilanka have two spinners specially herath..so exclude any taufeeq impact...nothing to talk about hafeez...one debutant ..and one half batsman in shafiq...so prospects not looking great if srilanka post above 300...

 

[Poison]

Pitch is turning but turn does nothing when its so slow the batsmen have time to adjust, have a cup of tea and then make a decision about what shot to play.

 

[waqar goraya]

looking at the proceedings pakistan batting might come in 3rd day ...by then spin will sharpen up because of intense heat.

 

[James]

Early days gents. It's been a good partnership, but a couple of quick wickets would see Pak right back in this.

 

[Strike!]

This is why i would have liked Sami, At least he had his pace as something extra.

 

[speed]

slow turn rehman needs to bowl 90-100 kph

 

[NeVerMind]

Juniad offering the odd bad ball being punished which is releasing the pressure. not good...

 

[speed]

too short

 

[talha3]

Junaid should be taken off now. Not getting anything out of this pitch.

 

[farazaidi]

Junaid is giving that boundary ball per over

 

[Ironcat]

Rehman seems to have lost the plot

 

[farazaidi]

too short from Rehman now, we'll have to bowl long spells with patience on this wicket.

Tough task ahead

 

[NeVerMind]

Boundary every over. Not good. Need to slow them down...

 

[NeVerMind]

And another boundary

 

[farazaidi]

Hafeez should've stopped that

 

[waqar goraya]

they are not batting like pakistani turtles who for no reason fail to rotate and cash on loose balls..
i can see batting becoming difficult aganst spin as match goes on...any time collapse can haappen...but by then they will have enough runs

 

[Executioner]

only 231 posts on this test match which is halfway through the one half of the first day, maybe test cricket really doesnt have the intensity fans want.

Nevertheless, a very boring cricket match its turning out to be. @ the track

 

[farazaidi]

need to stem the run flow. Too much bowling down the leg side here, is that a plan?

 

[waqar goraya]

thats better from rehman hurry on this slow track

 

[farazaidi]

100 up for Dilshan, well played !

 

[talha3]

Dilshan gets to 100. I don't see why Sanga can't get 200 here.

 

[farazaidi]

Gone, Ajmal gets his man

Dilshan gone