Sri Lanka v Pakistan| 3rd Test - Day 1 | Colombo | 20/07/09

[Oxy]

Manzoor out for 93 - was inevitable. Seems distraught

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Pakistan are doing well..

Time for a collapse?

You called for it.

 

[MIG]

Challo - shroo....

 

[MIG]

Manzoor out for 93 - was inevitable. Seems distraught

Well played though.

 

[dblock]

Rameez owns up to not knowing anything about the up & coming youngsters in Pak cricket

I'm sure he has memorised all the sponsors names from the IPL though, along with names of their CEO's etc...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

floodgates are open watch out

You do talk like the person in your avatar

 

[pakistanbest]

Lol, those kids bunking off school is funny, brings back some memories when i used to do that, remember making a deal back in 04 that if i can stay home when Pak played against India i promise not to mis-behave as long as for the matches and i was allowed to stay home..lol

 

[pakistanbest]

Misbah's Last chance!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Manzoor misses out on 100!

Sri Lanka should be batting in 30 mins or so!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

LoLz Misbah walked down the pitch to play that defensive push agaionst Vaas.

 

[pakistanbest]

Manzoor out for 93 - was inevitable. Seems distraught

Really upset is Manzoor, sad sight but a very good innings, am starting to like this guy

 

[Hasan]

Vaas to Khurram Manzoor, OUT, gone!

must have brought a smile to a few faces on this board.

 

[Genghis]

Are we going to see yet another collapse???

 

[Hasan]

must have brought a smile to a few faces on this board.....

a duck from Malik will compete their day!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Were Pollock and McGrath Express?

Well if they were I never saw them bowl at express pace.

And ye Ramiz got this right those 2 were right arms bowlers and vaas is a left Arm bowler.

)

 

[Afridi_Fan]

MoYo passes past the Great Donald Bradman and now only 2 runs away from 7000.

 

[z2_daredevil]

2 runs left for Moyos 7000
inshallah he ll do it

 

[MIG]

I'm sure he has memorised all the sponsors names from the IPL though, along with names of their CEO's etc...

So true!

 

[Oxy]

I'd like to stay - but the lure of the Ashes comes calling...

 

[pakistani pride]

so our tail is in i hope moyo can socre some quick runs now and protect the tail !

 

[muhammad.kamran]

this should be the last match of Misbah

 

[pakcricketfan]

Manzoor missed out on his 100
He looked dejected

 

[Afridi_Fan]

OMG Misbah gets off the mark with a couple

 

[Oxy]

I'd like to stay - but the lure of the Ashes comes calling...

And theres a wkt...you'll have to tune in though

 

[z2_daredevil]

haddin gone

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Damn now once again we will hear that Flintoff is the greatest thing ever happened on the field of cricket.

 

[spectator]

hahahah... again

 

[Khabri420]

oh boy....

 

[z2_daredevil]

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issed: issed: issed: issed: issed:


why are we even watching this

 

[pakcricketfan]

Funny running!!!!!!!!

 

[spectator]

all out for 50 more????

 

[muhammad.kamran]

moyo gone

 

[spectator]

malik was half gone too..

 

[Big Mac]

Great shot there.

Still in shock over Yousuf's runout, too ridiculous for me to even get angry about it

 

[saeed-sohail]

expect big hundreds from shakti and grover

 

[cricketpassion]

Please pakistan no collapse again other wise I am gonna collapse

 

[Muddaser]

Great shot there.

Still in shock over Yousuf's runout, too ridiculous for me to even get angry about it

Sorry.

 

[pakistani pride]

So the circus has started again ?
and the 2 biggest jokers are out now. they will entertain the public like only the know

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

The Collapse Version 4 is happening

 

[muhammad.kamran]

who will go first... malik or misbah??

 

[Hasan]

the two devils are batting together, they are pure evil!

 

[Big Mac]

The Collapse Version 4 is happening

I bet there's more than a few on here praying for a collapse

 

[pakcricketfan]

Great shot there.

Still in shock over Yousuf's runout, too ridiculous for me to even get angry about it

same here.. !
Stupid and funny running by Moyo!

 

[pakcricketfan]

who will go first... malik or misbah??

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

the two devils are batting together, they are pure evil!

Give it a rest - the collapse doesnt start with them BUT they get the most stick

 

[pakistanbest]

good shot by Malik

 

[muhammad.kamran]

oops malik goes into double figures....but i think Misbah wont.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pathetic run out and once again pakistan shooting themselves in foot when dominating a match!

 

[pakcricketfan]

I'm expecting fifties from and

 

[Hasan]

Give it a rest - the collapse doesnt start with them BUT they get the most stick

but these two are the cause of all that is wrong with Pakistan. Infact they were causing batting collapses even before they started playing for Pakistan. it is all because of them, take them out of the team and we will be the best side in test cricket by a country mile.

 

[the Great Khan]

lo and behold... lets see what the two angels can do now..im sure they will hit big 30's to seal their place in the side!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 225/4 - Two players in who are fighting for their places in side!

 

[spectator]

same here.. !
Stupid and funny running by Moyo!

so its accepted that pakistan team will never change so wots the point in getting angry. pak team is exploring new lows these days. comeone guys lets set a world class example of collapse which no one can follow.

why i am watching this... i am going people.. this team is most disappointing team of my life.

 

[Khabri420]

so its accepted that pakistan team will never change so wots the point in getting angry. pak team is exploring new lows these days. comeone guys lets set a world class example of collapse which no one can follow.

why i am watching this... i am going people.. this team is most disappointing team of my life.

you're a bad spectator

 

[z2_daredevil]

Give it a rest - the collapse doesnt start with them BUT they get the most stick

there is a reason for that these 2 are supposed to hold us together
they have been failing to do this for a long time now

 

[pakcricketfan]

Pak 225/4 - Two players in who are fighting for their places in side!

Let's see if they can succeed or not.

I'm 85% sure that they will.

 

[pakcricketfan]

so its accepted that pakistan team will never change so wots the point in getting angry. pak team is exploring new lows these days. comeone guys lets set a world class example of collapse which no one can follow.

why i am watching this... i am going people.. this team is most disappointing team of my life.

Bye.

 

[bluffmasterv2]

so its accepted that pakistan team will never change so wots the point in getting angry. pak team is exploring new lows these days. comeone guys lets set a world class example of collapse which no one can follow.

why i am watching this... i am going people.. this team is most disappointing team of my life.

no1 is forcing you to

 

[z2_daredevil]

so its accepted that pakistan team will never change so wots the point in getting angry. pak team is exploring new lows these days. comeone guys lets set a world class example of collapse which no one can follow.

why i am watching this... i am going people.. this team is most disappointing team of my life.

ok even im disappointed but u need to think b4 u say anything u must be jumping with happiness wen this team won u the T20 WC so dun BS that its the most disappointing team !!!

always back ur team

 

[dblock]

Pak 225/4 - Two players in who are fighting for their places in side!

So they should be .. no passengers really.

Especially with guys like Umar Akmal knocking on the door.

 

[hasanb]

Remember all the people predicting these two will score big in this game, which means nothing, so as to secure their futures for the foreseeable future....well lets see if that happens then.

 

[Genghis]

At least Malik is trying to play his shots to get himself out of this poor rot. Misbah thinks he can block himself back into form. He needs to look for singles and keep the runs ticking.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Remember all the people predicting these two will score big in this game, which means nothing, so as to secure their futures for the foreseeable future....well lets see if that happens then.

damned if they do and damned if they dont

 

[pakcricketfan]

I think Manzoor will fluke his way to a 50 today..

good prediction.

 

[pakcricketfan]

Remember all the people predicting these two will score big in this game, which means nothing, so as to secure their futures for the foreseeable future....well lets see if that happens then.

I'm one of those people

 

[cricketpassion]

ok even im disappointed but u need to think b4 u say anything u must be jumping with happiness wen this team won u the T20 WC so dun BS that its the most disappointing team !!!

always back ur team

Exactly :younis

 

[Genghis]

Mathews in ... now is a chance to take on the bowlers a bit more if these two are serious about getting a good score.

 

[hasanb]

I think malik might go for it a bit, as he already is...but misbah is just hopelessly stuck out there. I know this is a test match but 8 from 26 balls? strike rate of 30? well still too early to damn him i guess...but he really needs to at least rotate the strike more often.

 

[hasanb]

just as i talk about misbah being too pedestrian, he hits a boundary...i should whine more often.

 

[Genghis]

misbah gets a boundary between slips and gully. If he keeps trying these sorts of shots, he wont last.

 

[cricketpassion]

I think malik might go for it a bit, as he already is...but misbah is just hopelessly stuck out there. I know this is a test match but 8 from 26 balls? strike rate of 30? well still too early to damn him i guess...but he really needs to at least rotate the strike more often.

May be because he is out if form , hopefully if he get settled and get his confidence back then his strike rate will go up .

 

[Sparhawk]

Malik and Misbah seem to be settling down, hopefully we can get another big partnership.

 

[bluffmasterv2]

Malik needs to chill

 

[Genghis]

Misbah's career strike rate is 38. I can understand that if your new to international cricket and you are trying to establish yourself in the team, but this is Misbah's 15th test match and he's gotta be more confident with himself.

 

[z2_daredevil]

Malik and Misbah seem to be settling down, hopefully we can get another big partnership.

inshallah

 

[hasanb]

two boundaries for malik, first one through the slips and gully region but the second one was hit through the covers, good shot that. 10 runs taken from that over. 243-4 and the partnership is now at 33 runs.

 

[pakcricketfan]

Malik needs to chill

He was chilling while he was in the pavilion with his pads on..he was reading some novel..i guess..

 

[Oxy]

244-4

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Pak 244-4 of 74.2 overs

Malik 21*
Misbah 14*

 

[muhammad.kamran]

Malik and Misbah seem to be settling down, hopefully we can get another big partnership.

they are getting a partnership because they are playing for themselves not for the country, especially Misbah. in the last two matches the country needed them and they did not perform well. Misbah has done it (letting the team down from a good position) every so often that he should not be included in the team even if he gets a double hundred (200) in this match.......he has proved that he just plays for himself.