Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 2nd T20 | Hambantota | Jun 3 2012

[Shayan]

Not long to go till what will hopefully be Hafeez's first victory as Pakistan captain

 

[Shayan]

Cricinfo: Sri Lanka were reckless (not that Twenty20 dictionary identifies that word), but they did enough with late runs and with the ball.

Meanwhile Pakistan seem to have the bowlers to kill for but batsmen (right now, at least) to kill because of. Wonder how Dav Whatmore - he is not known for his patience - would have taken the chase the other night.

 

[Maher96]

If selected i hope Khalid Latif doesn't make same mistakes he made in First game.

Hope we play hammad he can be very helpful.

Hafeez should open the bowling along with Sohail, keep gul for death overs.

 

[Shayan]

The players that are only part of the T20 squad (Hammad, Arafat) MUST play today.

 

[ozzy_07]

Really hope we can sort our batting out today after a pathetic display in the last match.

Umar Akmal needs to bat higher up and Hammad Azam deserves a spot in the team ahead of tried and tested failures like Latif and Malik.

 

[MRSN]

Pakistan won the toss

 

[MRSN]

only one change,,Yasir Arafat in for Umer Gul I gues

 

[Badsha]

No Gulldozer!

 

[Asif321]

hahah unexpected change ...

 

[Pakistaniboy]

No Hammad?!

Khalid Latif and Malik need to deliver or else they will be out.

 

[Shayan]

6.35pm Angelo Mathews at the toss. That means Mahela Jayawardene is not playing

 

[Asif321]

No Lasith Malinga and Mahela ... easy for pakistan

 

[Shayan]

We're batting

 

[Amar786]

Umar akmal is playing pak are batting first

 

[Badsha]

Amir Sohail annoys me.

 

[Badsha]

No Hammad. Again...

 

[Sherlock]

Lol at Gul being dropped.

He deserves it.

 

[Bullet Drive]

So we bat first!

 

[12cavalry]

Gul sits out.

wow...that Ramiz Mobilink ad is terrible

 

[carbon11]

gul out for arafat

 

[Bullet Drive]

Can't believe we aren't playing Sohail, Hammad or Raza

 

[dadvoc]

good choice, I believe that the same batting with a change in order can do it...
although Malik should have been dropped making way for Haris

 

[Asif321]

No Hammad, Haris sohail , and Raza hasan they had a good vacation

While Mahela and Malinga are dropped just to give new guyz the change .. See the mentality of both teams

 

[Sherlock]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 2nd T20 | Hambantota | Pak Batting

Gul dropped, Arafat in, no other changes.

Jayawardene and Malinga rested, Chamara Kapudegedara and Isuru Udana replace them.

Sri Lanka team

TM Dilshan, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara†, CK Kapugedera, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews*, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, KS Lokuarachchi, KMDN Kulasekara, I Udana

Pakistan

Mohammad Hafeez*, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Khalid Latif, Shakeel Ansar†, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Sami, Yasir Arafat

Pakistan has won the toss and will bat first

 

[qamar84]

in another game djokovic is loosing his match vs an italian player 6/4 7/6

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

ARAFAT????/

u gotta be kidding me??

 

[Bullet Drive]

Raza Hasan should have played. Khalid shouldn't have.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

No Hammad, Haris sohail , and Raza hasan they had a good vacation

While Mahela and Malinga are dropped just to give new guyz the change .. See the mentality of both teams

mahela and malinga both had consistant appearance, but many players in pakistan have not consistant appearance

i think the previous team which is very new needs to be given second chance, confidence needs to be built up

 

[dadvoc]

Arafat is a good choice, he can bat and is a good limited over bowler.
We have to give the credit where due, its a good choice.
Far better than playing the overrated Hammad Azam

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

Raza Hasan should have played. Khalid shouldn't have.

khalid is a batsman and hasan is a bowler

 

[Pakistaniboy]

Idiotic selections like always!

 

[qamar84]

ARAFAT????/

u gotta be kidding me??

is 100 time better than mmad

 

[Asif321]

arafat and sami are our bowlers ... didnt knew 2012 will give us this

 

[saeedhk]

Dumb selection.Hammad should have played.After being selected only in the T20 squad,he would head home after warming the bench for two matches.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Absolutely ridiculous....

I would just like to know whos decision this was?

Whatmore or Hafeez?


Gul out? )

7 bowlers.... )

 

[IM NOT YOU]

shocking selection that of arafat...

he would not even make the zimbabwe squad .... pathetic player and it is a disgrace to our international cricketing reputation and standards that he is playing

 

[qamar84]

Raza Hasan should have played. Khalid shouldn't have.

you don't know cricket or what ????????

let me explain to you you have bowlers and batsmen so is a bowler and khalid is a batsmen??????????????????

did you understand?????????? )

 

[12cavalry]

Raza Hasan should have played. Khalid shouldn't have.

I dont agree with some of the selection but khalid and sami should get more than one chance to prove themselves. But you are right about Raza..he should have been there in place of Arafat.

 

[Maher96]

Lol Sami playing instead of Gul.

Let's get ready for some extreme painty today.

 

[Bullet Drive]

khalid is a batsman and hasan is a bowler

you don't know cricket or what ????????

let me explain to you you have bowlers and batsmen so is a bowler and khalid is a batsmen??????????????????

did you understand?????????? )

Not saying they should have swapped. I'm saying they should have played and others should have made way.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

Lol Sami playing instead of Gul.

Let's get ready for some extreme painty today.

actually arafat is playing in place of gul

 

[Rizie]

Lol Sami playing instead of Gul.

Let's get ready for some extreme painty today.

Arafat comes in for Gul

and its not that Gul was bowling economically

 

[Asif321]

waqar not happy with old players makng comebacks

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

khalid latif needs to be sent as an opener

 

[aliyafis]

Gul is not in good form so not a bad idea to drop him. I would have added Hammad Azam though.

What I am angry about is why SL rested Jayawardne and Malinga! I find that disrespectful to Pakistan to be honest. These guys can play every match for IPL and have been rested now?!? Pakistan should rest their main players in the ODIs and lets see how the SLs react!

 

[PakFan2010]

Can somebody send me a river via a inbox message.
My house doesn't have any water left and my kids want to have a shower.

Thanks.

 

[speed]

sri lanka will win barring a special performance from someone

 

[qamar84]

Dumb selection.Hammad should have played.After being selected only in the T20 squad,he would head home after warming the bench for two matches.

mmad is overrated

1. can't field for a youngster its a minimum

2.can't bowl no control on his line and lenght and don't talk about the pace afridi has better than him)

3.batting doesn't seen anything spectacular from him so far

 

[Sandeep]

pak win on the cards...expecting revenge

 

[qamar84]

Not saying they should have swapped. I'm saying they should have played and others should have made way.

ok bro my bad

 

[asif9138]

wow..

 

[Asif321]

Tony reminded Hafeez at Toss that u have got 3 consective Ducks )

 

[KingKhanWC]

Malinga and Jayawardne rested. Never tired for the IPL but when it comes to their country.

Pak batting first, no Malinga, must be a win today.

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Professor already making his presence felt....

now he is going to micro manage how the team should bat...

from cricinfo
Meanwhile Hafeez says the pitch - which didn't misbehave much, and only offered decent bounce - is not conducive to fancy shots, and they will need to be more careful.

 

[asif9138]

play positive and score 160 runs!!

 

[Sandeep]

good to see hafeez not dropping the newbies just after one failure...

 

[Bullet Drive]

Batting first.

 

[chui_kadoo]

Pak got a great chance now since we won the toss. 130+ then we win

 

[chui_kadoo]

We won the toss thats great news. We got a great chance now to win. 130+ and we are favourites

 

[Rizwan25]

So Mahela and Malinga can play every game for their IPL franchise as long as their fit but cant play 2 games for their own country? and in front of their own fans...wow!!" Din is livid, and not sure I can fault him. Cricinfo

 

[King_Rizzy]

I think a score between 140-150 will be a winning total.

 

[dadvoc]

what a delivery first up!!!

 

[cricketpassion]

what was that

 

[12cavalry]

woah! epic delivery first up

 

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Absolutely ridiculous....

I would just like to know whos decision this was?

Whatmore or Hafeez?


Gul out? )

7 bowlers.... )

 

[cricketpassion]

:4

 

[asif9138]

what a delivery!

 

[Rizwan25]

Wow... Wht a first delivery

 

[Badsha]

Waah. Shehzada

 

[asif9138]

4444444444444

 

[Maher96]

Hafeez using Boom Boom bat?

 

[12cavalry]

Ball swinging around.

 

[Rizwan25]

We need a swing bowler like klu.

 

[shah_1]

why the point of haris shoail in the squad

 

[Badsha]

Just looking at Shehzad turns me on.

 

[Maher96]

Hafeez extremely out of touch.

 

[Badsha]

Hafeez needs a boundary. Even if it's a lucky one. Has to get out of this mess.

 

[Maher96]

Just looking at Shehzad turns me on.

Hahaha

 

[12cavalry]

Captaan struggling against the swinging ball

 

[Sherlock]

6-0 1.0 overs.