Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 3rd Test | July 3-7 | Pallekele | Day 1

[JibranAnsari]

After bowlers of ehsan adils caliber I wonder what crime did sadaf hussain commit to be banned from selection forever.

 

[Xoib]

Adil is like a net bowler.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan badly feeling the absence of hafeez.

 

[JibranAnsari]

The way SL are batting they will score 300 today.

 

[Man Of Steel]

Boring boring Test match.

 

[JibranAnsari]

what a trundler

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yasir must bowl 35 overs in a day.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Boring boring Test match.

I hope you remember your Warning which i gave you last time.

 

[Big Mac]

Boring boring Test match.

A quality leggie going through all the tricks on a first day pitch while at the other end an opener is single handedly holding his teams innings together.

This is great cricket.

 

[Big Mac]

Oh Jehan, you might be waiting another seven and a half years for your next test match after what you just did.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Wicket machine strikes again

 

[Adeel Naseem]

its Yasir vs Sri Lanka Match

 

[Sherlock]

Ehsan Adil has shown zero improvement from the last time I saw him.

What's worse is bowlers like him will repeatedly be given chances while others are kicked to the side-curb.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Misbah thought that it was a good idea to bowl first with three quick bowlers but apart from rahat no one cab swing a mm.

 

[Haroon786]

Runs starting to flow easily.

 

[Big Mac]

Ehsan Adil has shown zero improvement from the last time I saw him.

What's worse is bowlers like him will repeatedly be given chances while others are kicked to the side-curb.

He's a kid with insane first class figures, he deserves to be given a proper chance.

Misbah thought that it was a good idea to bowl first with three quick bowlers but apart from rahat no one cab swing a mm.

Pitch isn't doing much but Ehsan and Imran are keeping it tight which is good. Yasir's getting wickets because of the pressure that is being built up and the new ball is due in nine overs. We're in a good position right now.

 

[Markhor]

Despite Pallekele tending to be a seamer friendly place, its actually Yasir Shah who's proving the biggest threat. He's been a class apart in this series.

 

[angrypathan]

He's a kid with insane first class figures, he deserves to be given a proper chance.



Pitch isn't doing much but Ehsan and Imran are keeping it tight which is good. Yasir's getting wickets because of the pressure that is being built up and the new ball is due in nine overs. We're in a good position right now.

+1 And all 3 pacers were swinging the new ball, so hopefully if they can get their lines right this time, we should get a few wickets

 

[JibranAnsari]

Thank god we have rahat who can atleast use the new ball.. other two are plain useless.

 

[angrypathan]

Despite Pallekele tending to be a seamer friendly place, its actually Yasir Shah who's proving the biggest threat. He's been a class apart in this series.

Watch it suddenly display its seamer friendliness when we bat

 

[JaDed]

One wonders if its about backing your players which are more suited to the country's strength for example Pakistan backing its bowlers show performance in future and Indians backing its batsmen show performance whereas neither the Indian bowlers perform inspite of being supported or Pakistani batsmen.

 

[angrypathan]

Thank god we have rahat who can atleast use the new ball.. other two are plain useless.

Too bad he can't land a ball in the same spot twice in 5 overs.

 

[Logical]

Chandimal is turning out be an underachiever. A bit like Umar Akmal.

 

[Sherlock]

You know you've been poor when Rahat is given the main plaudits

 

[Big Mac]

One wonders if its about backing your players which are more suited to the country's strength for example Pakistan backing its bowlers show performance in future and Indians backing its batsmen show performance whereas neither the Indian bowlers perform inspite of being supported or Pakistani batsmen.

If India wasn't scared of everything Pakistan related the two nations could play each other regularly and you'd see Pakistan batsmen supporting the Indian bowlers

 

[angrypathan]

4, poor line from Rahat

 

[angrypathan]

4 more, another poor delivery.

 

[Adeel Naseem]

nice trundler

 

[Markhor]

Rahat bowling trash.

 

[Big Mac]

That last shot was a beauty tbf

 

[angrypathan]

3rd 4 of the over, great shot

 

[JibranAnsari]

Too bad he can't land a ball in the same spot twice in 5 overs.

Just goes on to show how our best available bowler isnt good enough.

 

[Adeel Naseem]

just 13 of the over better than Anwer Ali

 

[Logical]

Boring phase.

Time for some [MENTION=865]Big Mac[/MENTION] GIFs

 

[JibranAnsari]

Chandimal is such a stylish batsman. Always wonder why he fails against us. May be this match he will score a ton.

 

[JaDed]

If India wasn't scared of everything Pakistan related the two nations could play each other regularly and you'd see Pakistan batsmen supporting the Indian bowlers

its BCCI tbh average Indian wants the series.

 

[Adeel Naseem]

Yk Should Bowl Now

 

[Asif321]

lol what did IK do

 

[Shafi]

Our fielders are good comedian

 

[Big Mac]

Boring phase.

Time for some [MENTION=865]Big Mac[/MENTION] GIFs

Petition the mods, they all get deleted nowadays.

 

[Shafi]

Our this lot of fast bowling is the weakest in the history.

 

[m.shah]

Great delivery great stumping

 

[angrypathan]

you beauty

 

[Big Mac]

Brilliant bowling from Azhar, nice recovery from Sarfraz to deal with the extra bounce.

We've got a shot at wrapping this innings up before stumps now.

 

[Haroon786]

Can see SL getting 400 in this innings.

 

[Markhor]

Massive wicket ! Its our day now.

 

[Abdullah]

Today is a prime example of why we need Hafeez in the team until there is an adequate replacement or the 4 main bolwers are much better than what we have now.

Had he been playing he would have bowled the second most overs today and the score would be about 220-7 with a better over rate,

And some less of this shoddy fielding please!!

 

[Haroon786]

Spoke too soon - brilliance from our future captain.

 

[Abdullah]

Azhar says ''take that!!' to yasir

 

[Big Mac]

hahahahahahahahahahaha Prasad you idiot

 

[Haroon786]

What ?

 

[angrypathan]

AZHAR ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII maaaate

 

[Ahson8]

Hahahaahah

 

[#GreenRoars]

come on Azhar ali do it, make it 3 in 3

 

[m.shah]

What a catch by yasir

 

[Haroon786]

Lanka could lose day 1 in the space of 2-3 overs.

 

[Abdullah]

Hope that Kushal is on strike for the hat trick ball

 

[Haroon786]

No team hattrick, but can Azhar get his own one ?

 

[m.shah]

Leg spin in full flow

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Tremendous catch by Yasir btw.

 

[Thivagar]

Nondimal playing like a retard

 

[m.shah]

Keep the leg spinners on.. Fast bowlers are hopeless

 

[Haroon786]

Not this time.

 

[Thivagar]

Leg spinners are proving us that even part timers can look threatening. R.i.p to all the part time offies.

 

[honeybadger]

Azhar overdoing the googly now.

 

[Haroon786]

Crucial period now.

 

[Thivagar]

Misbah looks like he is in a good mood

 

[Thivagar]

*** did i just see a forest fire ?

 

[Thivagar]

Why googly is better than doosra

- You get topspin from googly forcing batsmen to play the wrong length.

 

[Thivagar]

I know that look, Chandimal is going to hack

 

[Big Mac]

Why googly is better than doosra

- You get topspin from googly forcing batsmen to play the wrong length.

A doosra also has top spin. What you should have said was:

Why googly is better than doosra

- It's bowled by a leg spinner which automatically makes it cooler.

 

[Thivagar]

Undercutter by the batsmen

 

[Bullet Drive]

Once again failing to wipe off the tail.

Imran Khan is a nothing bowler.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I hope they don't waste this new ball as well.

 

[Thivagar]

A doosra also has top spin. What you should have said was:

Why googly is better than doosra

- It's bowled by a leg spinner which automatically makes it cooler.

Maybe the right wording would have been something like "Googly contains more topspin than Doosra...by 10 times". You can also decide how big you want your googly to turn. It is also much easier to bowl than a Doosra.

 

[Shafi]

If these are our best fast bowlers from domestic I wonder why our batsmen are so crap

 

[Thivagar]

Just remembered that this ODI series will be playing with the new rules, meaning Kusal can't hack and that is the only thing he could do.

 

[rooster]

Once again failing to wipe off the tail.

Imran Khan is a nothing bowler.

Have some patience it's just 4 overs

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Just remembered that this ODI series will be playing with the new rules, meaning Kusal can't hack and that is the only thing he could do.

Except for 5 fielders in last 10 overs and batting PP removal...everything is same.

 

[Thivagar]

Sri Lank is good at producing this kind of talent(hacks)