Sri Lanka v Pakistan| 3rd Test - Day 5 | Colombo | 24/07/09

[sheikhys]

^^^Yeah the pitch really seems pathetic.....once again a bowlers graveyard ala. Pakistani wickets

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Good just switched it on and wicket falling!

 

[insaftak]

bring in kaneria for mathews

 

[insaftak]

Good just switched it on and wicket falling!

switch it off and then switch it on again

 

[muhammad.kamran]

Good just switched it on and wicket falling!

that was due to his injury not due to Pak bowling....sory but i have to say.....

 

[MIG]

And cramp to samaraweera comes to Pakistans aid - could this be the turning point?

Cramps and Ajmals Doosra - lethal combo....

 

[Khabri420]

Aamir needs to be taken off. Poor bowling

 

[muhammad.kamran]

Cramps and Ajmals Doosra - lethal combo....

that was due to his injury not due to Pak bowling....sory but i have to say.....he already faced a lot of doosras and teesras.....but they did not harm him until he was in pain.....

 

[slix10]

Why the hell are we still wasting time with pacers?

Alam and Malik- go!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Dani boy on now

 

[MIG]

SL showing no signs of shutting shop....

 

[HuZi]

Why the hell are we still wasting time with pacers?

Alam and Malik- go!

finally I was thinking that too give the ball to fawad try it

 

[HuZi]

that was due to his injury not due to Pak bowling....sory but i have to say.....he already faced a lot of doosras and teesras.....but they did not harm him until he was in pain.....

no he didn't face them cause only saqlain miushtaw can bowl the doosra aka the jalebi

 

[Deewana Mastana]

that was due to his injury not due to Pak bowling....sory but i have to say.....

Out toh huwa na that's the main thing!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

That was really close

 

[Deewana Mastana]

A good over by Ajmal had Sanga in trouble

 

[HuZi]

is this on pp tv? my zee cinema turned off

 

[MIG]

SL showing no signs of letting go...so when does YK go in defensive mode. Surely a 3-0 is not acceptable.

 

[Rudi hater]

One wicket and this will all change.

 

[Oxy]

No chance of any rain then

 

[Amir]

180 off 47 needed. Very possible from here on in. We need to get Sanga.

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

SL showing no signs of letting go...so when does YK go in defensive mode. Surely a 3-0 is not acceptable.

may be 2-0 is better than 3-0

 

[Big Harvey]

^^^Yeah the pitch really seems pathetic.....once again a bowlers graveyard ala. Pakistani wickets

The SSC is notorious for its flat pitches. Last time England played there the game could have easily lasted 8 days with no result.

There were virtually no Sri Lankans in the ground for that game, only English. Nice to see that there are a lot more present for this one.

 

[Oxy]

Forget the cricket - Asian TV coverage of cricket sucks!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Draw followed by Sri lankan victory most likely results at moment!

 

[x2zee123]

i have a feeling dat sri lanka is bout to collapes..

 

[sheikhys]

i have a feeling dat sri lanka is bout to collapes..

Tumhare munh mai ghee shakkar

 

[Osman]

when is the new ball due?

 

[FM87]

i have a feeling dat sri lanka is bout to collapes..

Because of hot humid weather?

 

[Big Mac]

when is the new ball due?

Already taken the new ball and we don't have time to be eligible for another one.

 

[Osman]

Already taken the new ball and we don't have time to be eligible for another one.

oh ... when was it taken? :S was it thrown to the spinners 1st up?

 

[Big Mac]

oh ... when was it taken? :S was it thrown to the spinners 1st up?

Almost 30 overs ago and Aamer and Gul bowled with it for a short while.

 

[Serendipity]

pak look resigned to fate!!!!!!!! Younus seem a little too inactive for my liking, bring some one else from end may be...let them have a go.......

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Draw followed by Sri lankan victory most likely results at moment!

If Srilanka looses then also its hats off to them....they will loose with dignity. Certainly not the way we lost the first two matches....with out a fight...

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

I think Gul not at his best in Test Cricket.....with Asif coming back......so should seriously reconsider Gul as a Test Bowler

 

[slix10]

Sanga will not fall in this session.

(it didn't work last time)

 

[Khabri420]

Kaneria back to his normal-self

2 for 101

 

[TaZ]

You know the wicket is flat when Malik hits a ton and even Gul managed 46

 

[CoverDrive]

No matter how spoilt Asif is, we need him back badly, Gul has badly struggled in test matches and is not a good test bowler.We also need to groom youngsters like Wahab and Mohd Naveed so that they can be in the team along with Asif and Aamir.

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Umar gul is excellent in T20. and very good in ODIs but in test.......????

 

[Oxy]

No matter how spoilt Asif is, we need him back badly, Gul has badly struggled in test matches and is not a good test bowler.We also need to groom youngsters like Wahab and Mohd Naveed so that they can be in the team along with Asif and Aamir.

Who is this 'we' you keep referring to?

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

I still beleive with so much runs to get in 1 session (that the last session).....YK should have closing fielders to attack... Sri lanka can in no way score 150 runs in 1 session....with 4 wickets downs.....

 

[Usman Chadda]

No matter how spoilt Asif is, we need him back badly, Gul has badly struggled in test matches and is not a good test bowler.We also need to groom youngsters like Wahab and Mohd Naveed so that they can be in the team along with Asif and Aamir.

Who?

 

[Sparhawk]

I hope sri lanka do go for it and we get a couple of wickets out of it.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I think pakistan pace attack will be much better off once Muhammed Asif returns, then Gul can be used as 1st change and that may just help pakistan!

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

If we can't win by setting a target of 491 ......when will we win then......

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Spin to continue after tea i guess....

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Splendid century by sanga

 

[Serendipity]

SL will go after it if no wickets until drinks!

 

[Usman Chadda]

SL will go after it if no wickets until drinks!

I hope they do. Thats the only chance of us getting quick wickets it seems

 

[slix10]

Who is this 'we' you keep referring to?

Haha.

What was my other username Oxy? Akram46? Damn, can't remember been awhile.

 

[WNC]

I've stopped watching. A draw from a winning position. Hopeless....

 

[muhammad.kamran]

comeon sri lanka at least u bring some interest in this game....try to chase the total......

 

[Amjid Javed]

Game is peetering out to a draw!

 

[Muhammad]

Keep the faith, one break is all we need!

 

[slix10]

If we can't win by setting a target of 491 ......when will we win then......

That's a good way to put it. But it was a damn good pitch bro. (Gul's 46 *cough)

 

[muhammad.kamran]

I've stopped watching. A draw from a winning position. Hopeless....

winning position.....??? for Sri Lanka....Pakistan was never in a winning position in this match.....these were us thinking that sri lanka will get out, not the Sri Lankans.........look the fall ow wickets for sril lanka is this innings so far....1-83, 2-139, 3-155, 4-277(due to injured batsman or else it would have been 380/3 or even better for sri lanka)...so i guess sri lanka is not playing in the final session today.....they should play positively and remove any type of "Khanas" from Pakistan team's mind....

 

[pakistani pride]

why not try fawal alam ? !

 

[muhammad.kamran]

That's a good way to put it. But it was a damn good pitch bro. (Gul's 46 *cough)

and have we won on the pitches which were suited for bowling...?

 

[Big Mac]

why not try fawal alam ? !

Like I've been saying for a while, Younis doesn't trust him. He won't bowl Fawad unless he's run out of ideas and is getting desperate.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I cant understand why Fawad has even been given an over. Most bizare!

 

[Usman Chadda]

why not try fawal alam ? !

His bowling isn't good enough.

 

[MIG]

Like I've been saying for a while, Younis doesn't trust him. He won't bowl Fawad unless he's run out of ideas and is getting desperate.

Wonder if he is even trusted in the nets?

 

[abc_to_xyz]

someone remember my post?

Looking at the pitch, it seems to be very close.... Only a 5-fer from Kaneria / Ajmal / Amer or Gul can save us...

http://pakpassion.net/ppforum/showpost.php?p=2039559&postcount=14

 

[cricketpassion]

Pakistan can not win this match now

 

[Deewana Mastana]

They'll be asking for a draw soon!

 

[Big Mac]

Wonder if he is even trusted in the nets?

He isn't. They keep him in locked up in a basement like Sloth from the Goonies. They let him out occasionally to face 4 deliveries in the nets all of which he smashes for four and then they drag him back to the basement in chains. It would explain why he keeps getting out on 16, poor guy instinctively wants to goes back inside once he's scored that many

 

[Sparhawk]

SL might not have whitewashed us but certainly feels like it. We need to up our game in Test matches.

 

[MIG]

He isn't. They keep him in locked up in a basement like Sloth from the Goonies. They let him out occasionally to face 4 deliveries in the nets all of which he smashes for four and then they drag him back to the basement in chains. It would explain why he keeps getting out on 16, poor guy instinctively wants to goes back inside once he's scored that many

You know, I want to laugh but I think you are right.

 

[Serendipity]

Fawad shud be tried for few over now and with Gul and amir from one end.

 

[Big Mac]

This is embarrassing, bowling wide outside offstump as though we're the ones playing for the draw.

 

[MIG]

I think we are done with this game. Sad

I am a great admirer of Inzi and many people used to make fun of me but an Inzi team, even Sami would have fired up a yorker or 2 - and got something out of this

 

[muhammad.kamran]

another bad day....

 

[muhammad.kamran]

at least sri lanka should have tried to win this to bring some interest in the game....our 5 days wasted....

 

[TaZ]

I think we are done with this game. Sad

I am a great admirer of Inzi and many people used to make fun of me but an Inzi team, even Sami would have fired up a yorker or 2 - and got something out of this

exactly - get Gul on and tell him to bowl an effing yorker or two

 

[IMMY69]

but look at the positive side...our batters can still score when the wicket is absolutely flat
and we finally took the game into a 5th day!!!

yey

 

[Oxy]

Wonder if he is even trusted in the nets?

From my visits to the World T20 games - no he isnt. Not once did FAwad practice bowling. Only batting & fielding.

Then he was given an over v South Africa out of the blue! Could have been costly!

I dont believe Pak know how to deal with Fawad Alam - arguabley our best batsman in this series; definately our best fielder!

 

[Serendipity]

flipping younid persistig with ajmal, dont get it,come on mate, think outside the box - one last push.....

 

[Big Mac]

I think we are done with this game. Sad

I am a great admirer of Inzi and many people used to make fun of me but an Inzi team, even Sami would have fired up a yorker or 2 - and got something out of this

I'm not sure I understand. I was under the impression that Younis Khan was this great, proactive, attacking captain because he clapped his hands loads and acted like a cheerleader when slow, sleepy, defensive Inzi was captain?

 

[MIG]

Just shoot the whole lot of them