Sri Lanka v Pakistan| 2nd Test - Day 2 | Colombo | 13/07/09

[iafzal]

Gul making in impact in Test as well.
Keep it up Gul

 

[insaftak]

need one more wicket before lunch

 

[ice5968]

11 minutes before lunch.

goddammit they should have no lunch.......getting excited.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Sri Lanka lead by 130 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

A bridge too far, I am afraid.

Well were you thinking that we might be at this position at lunch?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

need one more wicket before lunch

Yep

 

[MIG]

Well were you thinking that we might be at this position at lunch?

True - but our batting form does not inspire confidence.

 

[insaftak]

ajmal bowling well again

 

[insaftak]

True - but our batting form does not inspire confidence.

we will score 400 plus

 

[siccric]

We're still barely in it. We need our openers to bat out the whole day after we bowl Sri Lanka out..

 

[Ryankhan]

mashallah great stuff from gulli and ajmal hope we get rid of these 2 batsmen asap and under 10runs.........

 

[insaftak]

we will score 400 plus

smoke what i'm smoking,

 

[MIG]

need one more wicket before lunch

2 more to be safe and they should all go to Gul - he needs that confidence.

 

[Imy]

i hope i a wrong bu he 13 lead may be match winning lead

 

[Afridi_Fan]

True - but our batting form does not inspire confidence.

Well and I dont wanna sound too optimistic but our batsmen are also capablle of making 300+

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

One thing is for sure, we are not losing with an innings defeat now.

 

[ice5968]

wasn't the last ball by saeed a wide?

 

[MIG]

Well and I dont wanna sound too optimistic but our batsmen are also capablle of making 300+

Inshallah.

 

[iafzal]

Now the big question is if we can make 400+ runs in 2nd innings?

 

[iafzal]

We will need 200 to 250 runs in the last innings to have a chance.

 

[adarsh_bang]

indeed if sri lanka is given a target of 250 odd on day 5 then it might not be easy... particularly saeed ajmal will look to make it his first 5 for performance at international level

 

[muzher]

wasn't the last ball by saeed a wide?

Test match yaar. You're allowed some space leg side, unlike limited overs cricket where a ball 1mm from clipping leg stump is called wide.

 

[siccric]

Broadcast back on

 

[ice5968]

when will the lunch end?????

 

[ice5968]

i was wondoring why didn't people ran into the ground when pakistan won the final. it would have been great to see people rushing onto the ground when afridi made the last run.

 

[dblock]

Basically these two need to be knocked over asap.

Definitely before 250 is up.

But again, it all depends on Pakistan batting, doesn't inspire much confidence at the moment, but they need to give the bowlers something decent to defend.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

hmmm next goal is wicket No. 9.

 

[insaftak]

9 gone, one more to go

 

[Khabri420]

Rauf takes one!

 

[azfar wali]

First wicket for Adur Rauf.

 

[ice5968]

mission accomplished

 

[insaftak]

what a comeback by men in green (pakis)

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Next target will be the last wicket.

 

[SAM'S]

gul should be given a chance for 5-for

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lets hope Pakistan can bat with some decency in 2nd inns and try and get back into this game.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Lets hope Pakistan can bat with some decency in 2nd inns and try and get back into this game.

That is surely what is needed.

 

[insaftak]

where is gul, need some yorkers

 

[pak4life]

We really need this wicket asap cant give the sri lankans any momentum

 

[insaftak]

get mendis out in this over, bring in gull

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Gul should've been given the ball

Hope now Ajmal can knock over Mendis this over - InshahAllah

 

[Afridi_Fan]

get mendis out in this over, bring in gull

can do the job

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan are going to have to probably score 350-400 atleast in 2nd inns to stay in this match!

 

[insaftak]

gul's yorkers please

 

[Afridi_Fan]

gul's yorkers please

Probably you are right. :

 

[insaftak]

everyone's on boundary

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Come on YK, bring on GUL!!!

 

[cricketpassion]

150 runs lead is huge on this wicket especially with Pkaistan batting , but lets hope two batsman make centuries

 

[Deewana Mastana]

SL lead by 145

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Single taken and Rauf gets 1 ball to have a go at Mendis

 

[MIG]

Now we need some help from the local weather - a day lost here and there would help out immensely !

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Shout for LBW - Taufel says not out

 

[insaftak]

mendis survives

 

[insaftak]

bring in gul

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Umar Gul stretching in the field

 

[Alam_dar]

Malik should learn from Methews how to play with tail-enders.

Shame on Malik.

 

[MIG]

mendis survives

How close was that?

236/9

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Some Pak flags in the crowd

 

[MIG]

Malik should learn from Methews how to play with tail-enders.

Shame on Malik.

Yaar - lay off Malik - he is the only one who contributed 39 to our 90 runs !

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Is YK going to take the new ball, that will be a terrible idea.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Matthews sweeps it hard for a 4

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Lead now 150

Matthews OUT!!!

240 AO

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

out

 

[insaftak]

444444444444, lead of 150

 

[ItsMeK1]

gone ...150 lead

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Malik should learn from Methews how to play with tail-enders.

Shame on Malik.

Name the batsman who gone past 15 please

 

[azfar wali]

SL all out with a lead of 150

 

[insaftak]

out, time to score big

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

pitch is easier for batting in last two sessions. Therefore we should play with a run rate of around 3.9 and wipe out this lead today.

 

[insaftak]

no more fawad opening please

 

[Afridi_Fan]

chalo now we got to score only 400

 

[ice5968]

i want pakistan to bat now, they just ate lunch and they don't need freakin goddamm rest!!!!

 

[cricketpassion]

Good bowling by Ajmal in this match

 

[Afridi_Fan]

I surely would have settled for this at the start of day2.

 

[iZeeshan]

Not impossible to save. Great bowling by Pakistan.

Need a 100 opening partnership.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I think they should be out in 15 mins right?!

 

[cricketpassion]

common pakistani batsmen get 400 and we will win this match inshallah .

 

[iafzal]

Ajmal has done well considering when you compare him to highly rated Mendis

 

[Afridi_Fan]

i want pakistan to bat now, they just ate lunch and they don't need freakin goddamm rest!!!!

) laws are laws kid.

Take a chill pill.

 

[cricketpassion]

I think they should be out in 15 mins right?!

10 minutes

 

[siccric]

Who do you guys think we should open with?

 

[Usman Chadda]

Malik should be sent in to open with the tail-ender Manzoor. Fawad is more suited to the middle order where his technique won't get exposed as much as it did in the first innings (i.e. if we don't end up collapsing again)

Very good bowling performance from the bowlers. The pitch is doing nothing, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary for the bowlers. So its a huge achievement bowling out Sri Lanka for under 250 in this innings, if only we had gotten 150 somehow we would have been in a better position. Still a LOT of time to go in this test, I hope our batsmen think about that