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Sri Lanka v Pakistan| 3rd Test - Day 4 | Colombo | 23/07/09

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so Gul is 35 off 42 now...lol


oh now i see the secret of Malik success...lol
 
Gul approaching his 30- I guess in tailending circles, this must be known as "the nervous 29s"
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
bcz the pitch has settled out and become very good for batting...
It doesn't matter how good the pitch is anymore.

We need time to get them out.
 
lalaji said:
i wont be surprise if this match is drawn..

just look at the way UG and DK are playing...no trouble what so ever...

no wonder Malik score a century...lol
and it seems PAk want it too....................
 
lalaji said:
Maybe Gul will beat him ..his has face 39 and score 29 runs....

but credit to Malik..he played some inning...the best from a Pakistani..
I think you have forgotten the Triple hundred of Younis khan at karachi test......people are just over praising Malik......If this century had come in the 2nd test....then it would have been so much special.....
 
I suppose Gul setting himself for something big in the ODIS
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
bounce on the Aussie wickets specially perth will definately help aamir
True. He hits the pitch hard and hurries the batsmen. Quick, bouncy pitches are perfect for him.

I may be wrong, but I don't think we're playing in Perth this time...
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
I think you have forgotten the Triple hundred of Younis khan at karachi test......people are just over praising Malik......If this century had come in the 2nd test....then it would have been so much special.....


u kidding?

Malik saved pakistan from a total humilation.....he had his body on the line for his country....such a fine batsmen...i wonder how in the world will we replace him when he leaves?
 
Sheikh said:
True. He hits the pitch hard and hurries the batsmen. Quick, bouncy pitches are perfect for him.

I may be wrong, but I don't think we're playing in Perth this time...

Looking at Malik make a fool of himself against a slow medium pacer this morning, I am not sure if Pakistan should be playing in Perth
 
Sheikh said:
True. He hits the pitch hard and hurries the batsmen. Quick, bouncy pitches are perfect for him.

I may be wrong, but I don't think we're playing in Perth this time...

Yes you are right.....as per cricinfo we will be playing our 3 test matches in..

Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart.
 
Ok now Gul taking on Vaas. This is getting ridiculour ( or is it sublime)
 
MIG said:
Looking at Malik make a fool of himself against a slow medium pacer this morning, I am not sure if Pakistan should be playing in Perth


wait till Malik face the likes of MJ/Lee/Peter S ...it wont matter where..
 
lalaji said:
u kidding?

Malik saved pakistan from a total humilation.....he had his body on the line for his country....such a fine batsmen...i wonder how in the world will we replace him when he leaves?
Well if Malik scores consistently like Younis and Yousuf for a considerable period of time only then we should be worried that who should replace Malik....at the moment any middle order batsman scoring heavily in the domestic season can replace Malik.........
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
I think he must he eyeing his 50......well deserved for a tailender....


i wonder why people predict so much on this forum and that too from PAKISTAN............................. :13:
 
MIG said:
Looking at Malik make a fool of himself against a slow medium pacer this morning, I am not sure if Pakistan should be playing in Perth
Agreed. I think we all remember (though we try not to) what happened the last time we played at Perth.
 
Lahoria said:
A bowling attack of Asif, Gul, Aamir, and Ajmal would really test Australians hopefully our batting can hold up.

If Aus has any sense they will pick any mediocre left arm spinners and he will run through our batting.

:afridi should now be automatic selection in any game against Oz.

We don't have mediocre spinners we don't even have first class standard spinners.
 
If younis has dreams to become like Imran Khan....
He has to change his casual attitute towards team members.....even Malik made strong decisions during his tenure as captain....Younis should step up and be courageous to make bold decisions regarding team selection playing eleven as afterall he is answerable to all not individual players.....
 
Should have declared and let SL have 1 or 2 uncomfortable overs before lunch...
 
Random Aussie said:
:afridi should now be automatic selection in any game against Oz.

We don't have mediocre spinners we don't even have first class standard spinners.
Yes... off course he merit selection in any team of Pakistan even longly on his bowlling skill.....if he performs as a batsman that a bonus for us we should understand this now....
 
Saddens me to say that after this match Gul of all people
is the Third Highest Six hitter for pakistan this year. In all forms of the game.
Many of you will say sixes dont matter but it just shows how out of form our batsman have been as they all like to hit sixes and in form are quite good at it.
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
If younis has dreams to become like Imran Khan....
He has to change his casual attitute towards team members.....even Malik made strong decisions during his tenure as captain....Younis should step up and be courageous to make bold decisions regarding team selection playing eleven as afterall he is answerable to all not individual players.....


i agree...

you can't have passengers like Malik/Misbah/Kami in the team and talk about wants to be like Imran...
 
MIG said:
Should have declared and let SL have 1 or 2 uncomfortable overs before lunch...
It would be really testing for Sri lanka facing 2 to 3 overs before lunch with the new ball.....but....I think YK want to be safe 1000% safe....
 
lalaji said:
i agree...

you can't have passengers like Malik/Misbah/Kami in the team and talk about wants to be like Imran...
YK have two choices at the moment...\
Either....he should drop these 3 players from the team..
OR.......He should correct the problem in the team and reprimand these 3 players to perform consistently or get out of the team immidiately.....

given the current scenario of the PCB.....I think YK should be exercising the option of seriously reprimanding the trio regarding under performance rather than doing nothing.....
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
YK have two choices at the moment...\
Either....he should drop these 3 players from the team..
OR.......He should correct the problem in the team and reprimand these 3 players to perform consistently or get out of the team immidiately.....

given the current scenario of the PCB.....I think YK should be exercising the option of seriously reprimanding the trio regarding under performance rather than doing nothing.....

The way YK performed with the bat I dont think he can say much to other batsman for not performing in the series
Atleast not to Misbah who scored 2 fifties and Malik who hit a century as they both performed better than him
 
Couch Cricketer said:
The way YK performed with the bat I dont think he can say much to other batsman for not performing in the series
Atleast not to Misbah who scored 2 fifties and Malik who hit a century as they both performed better than him
But you should not forget YK took crucial wickets at curcial times in the whole test series......
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
But you should not forget YK took crucial wickets at curcial times in the whole test series......

I thought we were talking about batsman not performing
thats his job if he wants to play as a bowler than maybe we should play someone else 1 down
 
Couch Cricketer said:
I thought we were talking about batsman not performing
thats his job if he wants to play as a bowler than maybe we should play someone else 1 down
I am not defending his batting failures...but...he somehow surprisingly contributed in the test series.....Misbah Malik and Akmal were total failure in the first 2 tests...
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
I am not defending his batting failures...but...he somehow surprisingly contributed in the test series.....Misbah Malik and Akmal were total failure in the first 2 tests...

yes Malik tried to do nothing just stood there and scored 38 no

where great batsman like YK, MY and the whole team scored a less than fifty
 
Adbul Razzaq should have been given a chance to play in the third match. He is a good all-rounder, much better than many players who failed to perform in all the three test matches. Misbah performs better in one days and T20s.
 
Shakil_pkcricket said:
YK have two choices at the moment...\
Either....he should drop these 3 players from the team..
OR.......He should correct the problem in the team and reprimand these 3 players to perform consistently or get out of the team immidiately.....

given the current scenario of the PCB.....I think YK should be exercising the option of seriously reprimanding the trio regarding under performance rather than doing nothing.....

Ridiculous suggestion. It is a sport, batsmen can't make runs every time they bat. Sometimes the bowler wins. You can't reprimand a batsman for getting out unless it is a foolish shot.
 
Pakistan should come out and bowl after lunch and try to win this game and salvage some pride and a win.
 
Stupid decision by YK to bat on after lunch, how many runs can 10&11 score???
They can only waste some time but that will only help Sri Lanka, very stupid and defensive decision by Younis Khan.

There was no need to continue batting after lunch.
 
We need to keep Lanka in the game by giving them enough overs to chase this! Otherwise they will go into complete turtle mode.
 
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