Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 2nd Test | August 14-18, 2014 | Colombo | Day 4

[Sam18696]

Two-Zero!

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Now, what can Misbah do?

The pathetic top order falters again and now he has no other option other than to absorb pressure.

 

[Ahson8]

Send Sarfraz in please.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

#Misbahdidit

Azhar was playing good aggressive cricket, then Misbah telepathically took control of him and started tuk tukking and now he's out. Its all his fault

 

[Aman]

Russell trolling Pakistani fans on twitter

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Hmmm....Could this Test be over today ???,</p>— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) <a href="https://twitter.com/RusselArnold69/statuses/500927007262126082">August 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Hmmm.....What will I do tomorrow ???</p>— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) <a href="https://twitter.com/RusselArnold69/statuses/500943513551241217">August 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Russell has swagger

 

[ExplicitAI]

Herath will roll his arm over Pak now

 

[Aman]

Azhar was playing good aggressive cricket, then Misbah telepathically took control of him and started tuk tukking and now he's out. Its all his fault

Azhar is a limited batsmen who was introduced in Misbah's reign.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

How can Herath spin the ball this much with a new Ball !!! Only OLD balls can get spin.right!!

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Time for Misbah and Younus to show these young 'talunts' how its done.

 

[Kiri]

What these two need to do is hang in there till the end of the day but it will be tough

 

[ammar93]

That ball spun a lot so give the batsman some space.

I'm talking about overall performance. He didn't exactly look comfortable before getting out either. You're just trying to make me feel better .

 

[JibranAnsari]

our first and last recognised pair!!

 

[zains_rulez]

Either Srilanka is playing out of the world or we have lost the hopes

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan will be all out within 200

 

[Pete Rose]

Azhar is a limited batsmen who was introduced in Misbah's reign.

we take the good with the bad....of course we can focus on the bad....to make our point.

 

[Ryankhan]

pathetic batting by pak team again. they will play all defensive now. my only hope is YK and Sarfaraz. if they can bat till the end we may have a chance. hope misbah ets kicked of the captaincy, not of the team but from captaincy

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Pakistan batters are mentally weak .

Not surprised when you have a mentally weak captain.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

This top order has been pathetic all tour.

 

[Justcrazy]

Spineless surrender on again here

 

[Aman]

we take the good with the bad....of course we can focus on the bad....to make our point.

Everything isn't Misbahs fault like some Pakistani's like to think, but he's not squeaky clean either.

 

[shahidrazzaq]

This would be an amazing win for Pakistan.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

The worst Top 3 out of the Top 8 teams.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

Russell trolling Pakistani fans on twitter

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Hmmm....Could this Test be over today ???,</p>— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) <a href="https://twitter.com/RusselArnold69/statuses/500927007262126082">August 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Hmmm.....What will I do tomorrow ???</p>— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) <a href="https://twitter.com/RusselArnold69/statuses/500943513551241217">August 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Its a Fact. Not a Troll

 

[JibranAnsari]

Conditions for pakistani batsmen to score.

It should not spin even an mm
it should not seam
it should not swing
No bowling varieties please
Pitch should be very very flat
No bowlers should be bowling faster than 130 kph

and after all that..luck should favor pakistani batsmen.

 

[Pete Rose]

Not surprised when you have a mentally weak captain.

interested to understand who are these mentally strong captains we are hiding somewhere....who have taken us to number 3 in test rankings in the past.

 

[shahidrazzaq]

Need 80-90 more runs from today.

 

[Madplayer]

Now, what can Misbah do?

The pathetic top order falters again and now he has no other option other than to absorb pressure.

for starters he can score some runs. he has failed in this series and looked worse than ajmal

 

[Aman]

Its a Fact. Not a Troll

He tweeted that first tweet before SL even bowled a ball.

 

[Pete Rose]

Everything isn't Misbahs fault like some Pakistani's like to think, but he's not squeaky clean either.

Sure....but it takes the faults for some folks to come out...
i mean "he selected the players' who are not performing....kinda amateur hour logic there isnt it?

 

[MeanAndGreen]

This has nothing to do with Misbah.

The problem is that these batters are limited.

Manzoor looks almost as elegant as Afridi when he bats.
Shehzad looks like a tail-ender against spin and is always shuffling around at the crease.
Azhar is a night-watchman.

 

[saiyan0312]

Our top three this series.

Ahmed shezad avg 21.50

Azhar 28.20

And khuramm 9.75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how you get whitewashed.

 

[Justcrazy]

This top order has been pathetic all tour.

They do not even try and stay there , wasting the effort of the bowlers.

 

[Shafi]

Looks like the match will be finished today. If we have to white wash by Sri Lanka why not select some new players. The results will not worse than this.

 

[saiyan0312]

Conditions for pakistani batsmen to score.

It should not spin even an mm
it should not seam
it should not swing
No bowling varieties please
Pitch should be very very flat
No bowlers should be bowling faster than 130 kph

and after all that..luck should favor pakistani batsmen.

Captains should be negative and bowl legside.

 

[Pete Rose]

Our top three this series.

Ahmed shezad avg 21.50

Azhar 28.20

And khuramm 9.75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how you get whitewashed.

Moin "Boss" Khan has been a big backer of Khurram...put him ahead of Taufeeq against Zimbabwe, to get him some soft runs.

 

[uberkoen]

Misbah will guide us to victory!

 

[saiyan0312]

Dangerous sweep as the ball bounced in the air.

 

[Aman]

Sure....but it takes the faults for some folks to come out...
i mean "he selected the players' who are not performing....kinda amateur hour logic there isnt it?

He's backed players that aren't good enough for the international level, period. I don't any one would dispute that.

 

[Shafi]

Conditions for pakistani batsmen to score.

It should not spin even an mm
it should not seam
it should not swing
No bowling varieties please
Pitch should be very very flat
No bowlers should be bowling faster than 130 kph

and after all that..luck should favor pakistani batsmen.

Best opinion for our batsmen.

 

[Indiafan]

Ajmal was bowling against masters of spin.

Rangana is bowling against tail-enders.

Ajmal didn't get as much purchase or spin. These bowlers will trouble any batsmen in the world

 

[Donal Cozzie]

On the bright side for Pak Eng just hit 400 and will start bowling soon

 

[Pete Rose]

He's backed players that aren't good enough for the international level, period. I don't any one would dispute that.

I actually dispute that in its entirety tbh. Easy to build an alternatie universe of hypothesis on a two test series.
Some of these players were involved in a victory two test matches ago.
I could argue that Sarfaraz selection is inspired....but that might not fit the alternate universe hypothesis

 

[Fastandfurious]

Pakistan will win this. Insha'Allah.

 

[cricketerB94]

21-2
31-3
41-4??
Anyone?

 

[Aman]

I actually dispute that in its entirety tbh. Easy to build an alternatie universe of hypothesis on a two test series.
Some of these players were involved in a victory two test matches ago.
I could argue that Sarfaraz selection is inspired....but that might not fit the alternate universe hypothesis

Sarfraz was brought in by Moin IIRC or was it Adnan he was backing?

 

[Pete Rose]

Ajmal didn't get as much purchase or spin. These bowlers will trouble any batsmen in the world

This is an interesting theory that Pakistani fans can have sometimes "oh...the other side has better batsmen than ours, so our bowler has harder work to do"....

 

[Pete Rose]

Sarfraz was brought in by Moin IIRC or was it Adnan he was backing?

Conjecture is good....but when it stops being conjecture is when one has already reached a conclusion. You cannot have it both ways...starting with a poor claim that Misbah selects the players and then take away credit when a player performs that "oh so and so was not selected by the captain"
so far the bias seems to be the only constant

 

[uberkoen]

Younis looks in good nick. I wouldn't put it past him to score a decent total here.

 

[Mr Consistent]

misbah

 

[saiyan0312]

misbah gone. Edged and gone. Plz plz dont send these clowns against australia.

 

[Pete Rose]

Younis looks in good nick. I wouldn't put it past him to score a decent total here.

but he has already score once in the series....thats the way he usually operates these days

 

[Mr Consistent]

on your bicycle

 

[Shafi]

Pathetic Misbah gone!!!

 

[saiyan0312]

This has to be the worst series for misbah since his comeback.

 

[Justcrazy]

four down

 

[yasir]

If your best batsmen is wicket keeper... That tells the quality...

Selectors should seriously look into introducing left handers in top 5... Why they keep ignoring Fawad and Haris ??

Leftys would have handled Herrat much better

 

[Pete Rose]

This has to be the worst series for misbah since his comeback.

a rare failure with the bat....it does become hard to get back in to form when you hit 40

 

[Justcrazy]

Can pakistan get 100 ?

 

[Aman]

Man of crisis in.

 

[saiyan0312]

So there is always the one in a millionth chance sarfraz will score a double.

Man of crisis here. If he fails here then throw him out with azhar and khurram.

 

[ExplicitAI]

 

[Shafi]

Pakistan 80/10

 

[MeanAndGreen]

I seriously don't care about winning or losing.

It's about putting up a fight.

Show some guts out there.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Axe Misbah now or what??????

 

[Donal Cozzie]

[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] is loving this I bet

Pretty terrible showing from Pakistan

 

[lilFlip]

Herath is the beast!!

 

[Aman]

29 overs remaining, can Pakistan survive the day?

 

[AZulfi]

39/4 Pak in dire straits

 

[Justcrazy]

Herath 2 wickets already

 

[MeanAndGreen]

The first tour in a while where Misbah hasn't scored a 50.

 

[Energetic]

ha ha Pakistan

 

[saiyan0312]

a rare failure with the bat....it does become hard to get back in to form when you hit 40

Yes but if this is a dip in form then its not coming back as he is over 40. It will be interesting to see misbah in ODI.

 

[MRSN]

Herath having his bunnies again.

 

[Energetic]

Can Pakistan play either pace or spin? team is old and lack any young talent on the horizon.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Misbah gone too.

 

[Ahson8]

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Stop wasting your time on this pathetic team guys.

 

[Shafi]

Defensive captain!!!! Time to be kicked out!!! Knowing PCB this team will prevail in Australia series.

 

[Aman]

[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] is loving this I bet

Pretty terrible showing from Pakistan

Actually I am, but not for the reasons you're probably thinking. I hate this Pakistan side, it's so devoid of character and is missing the flair you associate with Pakistan cricket. As a neutral watcher it will be a god send to have someone like Umar Akmal in the side to watch.

 

[Justcrazy]

40 / 4

15 overs

 

[MeanAndGreen]

First of all, full credit to Herath --> he has been special.

But seriously, he is just your normal left-arm spinner with an arm ball, how have Pak been so pathetic against him? Aren't they supposed to be more confident against spin?