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

[muhammad.kamran]

Here are Misbah's scores in the last 10 innings, starting from this innings and going back.

27*, 3, 0, 7, 56, 42, 37, 133*, 6, 161*

Thats too inconsistent for you?

well only two good innings in in these 10 innings. remember its a test match record, and you can not claim a score of 30-50 from a specialist middle order batsman as a good score. and i wonder from those two good innings, was any of them a winning one?????

 

[zulfiqar]

I still can't wrap my mind around the umpire's decision to change a new ball a few overs in? Whatever ball they brought in for SL it is working wonders...

 

[Sparhawk]

Id like to see the replay again, i thought it hit him in front of off-stump but im not sure. If thats the case he was not out because the angle would have taken the ball wide of off-stump.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

So who in here really thinks Malik and Misbah shold be given more chances?

I am in favour of Malik but Hell No to Misbah, The Oldie )

 

[Sparhawk]

well only two good innings in in these 10 innings. remember its a test match record, and you can not claim a score of 30-50 from a specialist middle order batsman as a good score.

I think you need to look at the scores again...

 

[Big Mac]

He was according to even Waqar. It looked close and I would've probablt given it.

Close and plumb are two different things and it looked like it was going to miss off stump tbh

 

[insaftak]

another gone, hahahahaha

 

[Fallen King]

Where were you when Afridi was taking soo many wickets and was the highest wicket taker for Pak??

Perhaps, i wasn't even born then. What year you talking about?

His bowling performance started at late 2008. Before that, his bowling has been abysmal. You might wanna his bowling average against big teams.

 

[insaftak]

collapse time

 

[bluffmasterv2]

flooooooodddddgatess

 

[Khabri420]

Umar Gul gone!

Sri Lanka doing the trick with the new ball...

 

[pakcricketfan]

 

[pacman]

Id like to see the replay again, i thought it hit him in front of off-stump but im not sure. If thats the case he was not out because the angle would have taken the ball wide of off-stump.

Yes, I also thought so. I don't get how they can call it plumb.

 

[cornelius]

I still can't wrap my mind around the umpire's decision to change a new ball a few overs in? Whatever ball they brought in for SL it is working wonders...

Yar i know it sucks, but tbh the ball wasnt going through the "rings" they had to change it, the other ball was brand new, so no mistake there really. besides the tushara was getting it to swing in with the other ball quite a bit, even got 4 byes down the leg side.....but now kulasekara is moving this one too..........tough for us, but cant blame anyone.

 

[pakcricketfan]

he was definately watching the videos of Misbah in 2007 T20 WC

 

[Sparhawk]

Kaneria in

 

[insaftak]

we suck, when are we playing 20/20 cricket

 

[Fallen King]

The new ball continues to surprise us. Pakistan batsmen have to learn to adapt the new ball skills very well.

 

[Waseem]

3 wickets in 8 deliveries and the way ball is swinging, i won't be surprised if we lose rest of the wickets for 10 runs.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

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I'm Loving it.

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[Amoeba]

Third new ball does the trick !

 

[pakistani pride]

HAAHAHAH Misbah HAHAHAAH
and because of that i dont know how to call him Fawad has to open !

 

[cornelius]

I dont know whats worse, seeing danish kaneria walk in so early, or seeing danish kaneria walk in.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Good stuff from Pak just tuned in and they are 288 for 7

 

[Saj]

Did they change the new ball after the Lankans complained about it?

 

[muhammad.kamran]

Here are Misbah's scores in the last 10 innings, starting from this innings and going back.

27*, 3, 0, 7, 56, 42, 37, 133*, 6, 161*

Thats too inconsistent for you?

once again Misbah puts Pakistan team under pressure. does he like that?????

 

[zulfiqar]

This is awesome! At least now we can say Pakistan is not unpredictable. We were all praying, but you know, this was inevitable! 300 a.o.

 

[Big Mac]

haha stylish leave from Kaneria

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Kaneria looking to put some of his batting expertise learned from Essex into his batting with Pak!

 

[hasanb]

collapse underway, need to keep up our proud tradition, pakistan zindabad

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Perhaps, i wasn't even born then. What year you talking about?

His bowling performance started at late 2008. Before that, his bowling has been abysmal. You might wanna his bowling average against big teams.

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OMG OMG OMG

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[ahmed16]

Pakistan have to look into this chaging the ball thing. Is it my imagination or does Pakistan always lose wickets when the ball is changed. There has to be a limit on how many times you change the ball. Poor stuff. The ball they just changed had no problem with it, it was going through that contraption quite easily.

Pakistan should also change the ball in there innings when they find themlselves short of wickets. According to Waqar Younis this is a problem that exists due to the ball, so it should happen in Pakistans innings.

 

[insaftak]

atleast kaneria is funny,

 

[cricketpassion]

I think Misbah sould be dropped for ODI .Give him rest .Bring in new talent .

 

[x2zee123]

haahahah lol man...........unbelivable stufff i hope dey lose this test to

 

[insaftak]

haahahah lol man...........unbelivable stufff i hope dey lose this test to

go to hell

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Cricinfo about Kaneria

Not the most attractive player, this guy


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[Sparhawk]

I dont know whats worse, seeing danish kaneria walk in so early, or seeing danish kaneria walk in.

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[pakcricketfan]

I dont know whats worse, seeing danish kaneria walk in so early, or seeing danish kaneria walk in.

hard times for the fans.

 

[insaftak]

kaneria is funny,

 

[cornelius]

Did they change the new ball after the Lankans complained about it?

The SL captain showed it to the Ump, misbah was having a look too, the umps tried to fit it through the rings and it wouldnt go through. to be honest the left arm seamer tushara was getting that ball to swing in quite a bit too. i think it was legit, as in they wouldnt have really wanted to change it.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

haahahah lol man...........unbelivable stufff i hope dey lose this test to

Are you Indian in disguise?

 

[pacman]

Did they change the new ball after the Lankans complained about it?

Yes.

 

[zulfiqar]

Pakistan have to look into this chaging the ball thing. Is it my imagination or does Pakistan always lose wickets when the ball is changed. There has to be a limit on how many times you change the ball. Poor stuff. The ball they just changed had no problem with it, it was going through that contraption quite easily.

Pakistan should also change the ball in there innings when they find themlselves short of wickets. According to Waqar Younis this is a problem that exists due to the ball, so it should happen in Pakistans innings.

I don't understand... so there is a problem with the new balls they have here at this ground? Waqar actually said that Pakistan should also change the new ball... while it's new? Someone want to make sense of this?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

4 overs short and they call it stumps?! Oh come on I wanted to see some more flying stumps around and some funny cricket! LOL!

 

[pakcricketfan]

Here are Misbah's scores in the last 10 innings, starting from this innings and going back.

27*, 3, 0, 7, 56, 42, 37, 133*, 6, 161*

Thats too inconsistent for you?

You need to remove that *

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Man you and Big Mac can be priceless when defending malik, hit in line, swinging in, fernando says its out, the ump says its out, waqar says its out but obviously its malik so it had to be bad luck. cant wait to hear the next one, its because they changed the ball......

You really are a drama queen are'nt you

I disagreed with it being plumb so not sure why your are jibber jabbering about bad luck

 

[jusarrived]

thats some seriously weak tail ? i mean Gul at 8 & you guys wonder why pak batting has been collapsing

 

[Big Mac]

Good job Danish, farming the strike and protecting Akmal the new batsman

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Stumps on Day 1 Pak : 289 for 7 86 overs

 

[bluffmasterv2]

Im expecting a famous 100 from Danish

 

[pacman]

haahahah lol man...........unbelivable stufff i hope dey lose this test to

What a poor attitude you have.

 

[Amoeba]

OMG how bad are Amir & Ajmal that Kaneria bats ahead of them. Must be the poorest tail ever. Anyway at least Kaneria isn't tainted by prior collapses. If he can get a quick 20 and learn to catch he might be able to replace Akmal in the team. Actually he doesn't have to know how to catch to do that.

 

[hasanb]

Are you Indian in disguise?

I dont think he is even is disguise

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Goodness me everyone is getting funny, look at this on cricinfo

85.5
Thushara to Danish Kaneria, no run, just missed the off stump, Kaneria will tell you he knew where those stumps were, but he didn't look all to certain, left it alone as it leapt off the pitch

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[Shahid A]

the flop in lineup has started

 

[muhammad.kamran]

Isn't he the one who took Pakistan to the final of previous WC by himself especially in several matches which he had to perform in under pressure?

Sometimes, you can not connect the ball. No one is perfect but he tries his best to get the job done.

so Misbah puts Pakistan under pressure yet again...now what you say? should he be given more chances???? Yasir Hameed is a better choice than him. Even any of these can replace him

Yasir Hameed
Muhammad Hafeez
Imran Nazir
Imran Farhat
Salman Butt
Abdul Razzaq
Rana Naveed
......

 

[Wasim_Waqar]

surely if they couldn't complete 90 overs, conditions poor for new ball? we don't know how to play the game...ie look up, tell umpires etc

 

[insaftak]

amir is way better than kaneria, stupid move or maybe he was just a nightwatchman, i don't know

 

[Waseem]

Aamir Sohail has resigned as the director of game development............
What's next for Pakistan??

 

[Sparhawk]

You need to remove that *

If i keep it in there maybe they'l let him continue batting tomorrow?

 

[dblock]

300 all out looks likely.

 

[hasanb]

well i know we're all focussing on the collapse etc, but after seeing the ball dart around a bit towards the end there...perhaps around 320 - 330 wouldnt be too bad a score after all?

 

[pakistani pride]

Guys be positive atleast we are consistent

 

[Afridi_Fan]

That's the best response.

I have seen so many Afridi haters here over the years and now I do know whats the best response to them.

But on a serious note Misbah The undeniable talent has failed again.

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[Fallen King]

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OMG OMG OMG

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I guess he has never duck or gone in first ball either?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Once again pakistan middle/late order make a pigs ear of a solid foundation being set.

Malik and Misbah throwing it away again when well set! Criminal stuff!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Aamir Sohail has resigned as the director of game developmnt............
What's next for Pakistan??

Mr Zardari taking over as PCB chairman aswell

 

[Khabri420]

Danish definitely seems a lot more confident about his off stump than a particular opener of ours....

 

[Sparhawk]

so Misbah puts Pakistan under pressure yet again...now what you say? should he be given more chances???? Yasir Hameed is a better choice than him.

Please stop being a hypocrite!!!

Yasir's highest score in his last 11 innings is 39.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Once again pakistan middle/late order make a pigs ear of a solid foundation being set.

Malik and Misbah throwing it away again when well set! Criminal stuff!

You can add Manzoor and Moyo's name to that list aswell! Both doing the hard wark made a partnership got into their 90's then threw it away!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Danish definitely seems a lot more confident about his off stump than a particular opener of ours....

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Gosh I love PP after a Pakistani collapse.

 

[Fallen King]

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You are one serious gem, and just for your sake I will give Misbah chances till he is unable to walk.But the truth is the undeniable talent has once again pushed us to a collapse, Do you agree or should I once again......... ) )

His record in T20 has been fantastic. But in ODI, his bowling has started to improve lately just right after the WC 2007.

I am not backing Misbah. If Afridi was given many chances, then why not Misbah? He is also talented cricketer.

 

[Khabri420]

I dont know why you guys are worrying...so what we lost a few quick wickets - we have the in-form Kaneria at the crease and he's looking rock-solid

 

[zulfiqar]

There are no words for what just happened. I just posted how Malik was nearing his 50 and looked set to make more... when suddenly this happened. I think Pakistan need to approach test cricket completely differently all together.

-Surive the new ball (10 overs, or in SL's case, they take multiple new balls so maybe 20 overs)

-Go ODI style; score quickly aim to make maximum amount of runs in remaining overs until next new ball is due, because surely a collapse is inevitable once it is taken

 

[insaftak]

the more i read these posts the more angry i get, i'm taking a break from all this, i hope i could resist and not comeback for another 10 hours

 

[pakcricketfan]

hey pakCricketFan you are really enjoying this, arent you?

I'm loving it. )

 

[Fallen King]

Ok Now I am serious, wasn't Afridi ever got dropped?

He was dropped but the media and the public screamed and the next day, he was back in the squad. Technically, he never got dropped. He was really lucky. If it was an Australian cricket board, both Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar would have been dropped a long time ago, and of course, Malik and Misbah too.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I knew it once Manzoor fell that the rest will be gone soon as the collapse had started! 1 wicket falls and the rest follow the trend!

 

[pakcricketfan]

His record in T20 has been fantastic. But in ODI, his bowling has started to improve lately just right after the WC 2007.

I am not backing Misbah. If Afridi was given many chances, then why not Misbah? He is also talented cricketer.

..what exactly is your problem?? Afridi?? or Misbah not getting chances (which in fact he is getting)??