Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 5th ODI | Colombo (RPS)| Aug 9, 2009 | Pak Innings

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Just under 1 hour left to the last ODI of the series.

I really hope Pakistan win the toss again so we can put up a mammoth total.

Will be interesting to see if there are any changes in our line up today. Personally I want Fawad back in the team, either replacing Misbah or Mohammad Yousuf.
 
Oh no not another Alam fan leave him out we won without him forget him what time does Zee Cinema start coverage?
 
The only change should be Alam in for Misbah.

And no I'm not Fawad's fan, I'm just a Beast Lover :afridi
 
Shahid A said:
Oh no not another Alam fan leave him out we won without him forget him what time does Zee Cinema start coverage?

I started watching him when he was 19 so i want him to do well for our country. What has Misbah or Yousus done of late? It's ok if one of them plays, but you never know, one of them can smash a century today and that will be good for Pakistan.

Zee usually starts 10 minutes before the match starts. TenSports starts earlier.
 
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Pakistan should play the same team as the 4th ODI ,no need to change anything at all.
 
The chances of rain are 50%, in the last game the chance of rain was 60% so its hard to predict.
 
Pakistan won toss and bat first with same team!
 
pak4life said:
unchanged team


I would have like Fawad in place of Misbah but if Misbah fails today he must pack his bags for sure.
 
So that's 3 tests and 5 odis on the trot for Mohammad Aamer.

That's utterly ridiculous. Shame on the selectors, shame on the management.
 
Sheikh said:
So that's 3 tests and 5 odis on the trot for Mohammad Aamer.

That's utterly ridiculous. Shame on the selectors, shame on the management.


Gul and Razzaq are injured, so whio should play if you want to give Aamer a rest?
 
Pakistan are unchanged for this game. Sri Lanka have made three changes. Jayasuriya, Dammika Prasad and Nuwan Kulasekara are in.
 
hey guyz which channel are you watching the match on? because my ten sports is showing bangladesh zimbabwe game.

This is to the people in the Mid east
 
Afridi_Fan said:
Gul and Razzaq are injured, so whio should play if you want to give Aamer a rest?
I would have rested him earlier in the series. Give him a break after the tests, and bring him back towards the latter part of the odi series.

Even now I'd play bloody Yawar Saeed instead of Aamer. He's 17 for sanity's sake and you're breaking him down in his first series.
 
sehban said:
hey guyz which channel are you watching the match on? because my ten sports is showing bangladesh zimbabwe game.

This is to the people in the Mid east
Switch to ART Prime Sport
 
Sheikh said:
I would have rested him earlier in the series. Give him a break after the tests, and bring him back towards the latter part of the odi series.

Even now I'd play bloody Yawar Saeed instead of Aamer. He's 17 for sanity's sake and you're breaking him down in his first series.


You are right that he needs rest I dont have any problems with that.

But as he was our prime bowler in the test series how you can rest him in the start of an ODI series starting just after the test series?

With the series lost we should have rested him but then Gul and Razzaq get injured so we are left with no choice but to play him.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
You are right that he needs rest I dont have any problems with that.

But as he was our prime bowler in the test series how you can rest him in the start of an ODI series starting just after the test series?

With the series lost we should have rested him but then Gul and Razzaq get injured so we are left with no choice but to play him.
Because you're looking at your long term future. Resting him for the first two odis would have been the sane thing to do. But no, we like to grind our bowlers into the ground.
 
Sheikh said:
Because you're looking at your long term future. Resting him for the first two odis would have been the sane thing to do. But no, we like to grind our bowlers into the ground.


ye that right, lose the 1st two ODIs of a 5 match series and then bring your best bowler in, that completly makes sense to me.
 
Anyways, I hope Kamran can continue with his confidence at the start of the innings. He's looked good and needs to kick on now.

Also hope Nazir plays a more assured innings. A decent knock today should help him.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
ye that right, lose the 1st two ODIs of a 5 match series and then bring your best bowler in, that completly makes sense to me.
Again, completely missing the point.

But yeah, thank God we played him and won those two odis eh?
 
Sheikh said:
Anyways, I hope Kamran can continue with his confidence at the start of the innings. He's looked good and needs to kick on now.

Also hope Nazir plays a more assured innings. A decent knock today should help him.


I think this team management has one slot for the openers get covered by Kamran in T20 and ODIs it will be good if he continues to show the form of the last 2 games.

As far as Nazir goes I really hope he has a good outing today.
 
Sheikh said:
Again, completely missing the point.

But yeah, thank God we played him and won those two odis eh?


And if he wouldnt have played the 1st 2 ODIs and we would have lost, you wouldnt have jumped onto team management for not playing Aamer?

Lets think again.
 
Sheikh said:
I would have rested him earlier in the series. Give him a break after the tests, and bring him back towards the latter part of the odi series.

Even now I'd play bloody Yawar Saeed instead of Aamer. He's 17 for sanity's sake and you're breaking him down in his first series.

I agree with you but on the other hand Pakistan dont play much cricket so a couple of full series will not break him down. If this happens series after series then i will be concerned. Besides as many other have mentioned we dont have many fresh bowlers available.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
I think this team management has one slot for the openers get covered by Kamran in T20 and ODIs it will be good if he continues to show the form of the last 2 games.

As far as Nazir goes I really hope he has a good outing today.
I think Nazir will go straight back into the T-20 side, and rightfully so.

Still has to cement his odi spot though, and that should only be done with a run of consistent scors.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
And if he wouldnt have played the 1st 2 ODIs and we would have lost, you wouldnt have jumped onto team management for not playing Aamer?

Lets think again.
Absolutely not. It's a long term decision for a 17 year who's already had a few injuries in his short career.

If the team management came out and said we're resting Aamer for the first two odis, the majority of people here would have applauded the decision irrespective of the results.

Sometimes it's about more than just winning and losing.
 
Sheikh said:
Absolutely not. It's a long term decision for a 17 year who's already had a few injuries in his short career.

If the team management came out and said we're resting Aamer for the first two odis, the majority of people here would have applauded the decision irrespective of the results.

Sometimes it's about more than just winning and losing.


I seriously doubt that after following Pakistan Cricket for the last 20 years.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
I seriously doubt that after following Pakistan Cricket for the last 20 years.
When's the last time a 17 year old bowler played 3 tests on the trot?

That too as a debutant?
 
Sheikh said:
When's the last time a 17 year old bowler played 3 tests on the trot?

That too as a debutant?


Should we have rested him for the 3rd Test and played Razzaq in his Place? Yes

Should we have rested him for the 1st 2 ODIs of the series? No
 
A very good toss to win for Pakistan.

300 again and hopefully the bowlers can do the job once again.
 
sehban said:
hey guyz which channel are you watching the match on? because my ten sports is showing bangladesh zimbabwe game.

This is to the people in the Mid east

PRSPR apparently.
 
Afridi_Fan said:
Should we have rested him for the 3rd Test and played Razzaq in his Place? Yes

Should we have rested him for the 1st 2 ODIs of the series? No
I think the point is that he should have been rested at some point on this tour. For him to have played every single game is atrocious management of a very young talent.

Agreed?
 
What do we wish to gain from this game?

To me, Pakistan winning or losing is immaterial.

I would like to see some solid performances from our bowlers and Omar Akmal - in my mind, I want to him to prove to me that he is the real thing - another 50 or 100 will do just that :D
 
Imran Nazirs time to take control.
 
:))) :))) :))) :))) Umpires cant wait for the introduction of technology.
 
MIG said:
Imran Nazirs time to take control.
wishful thinking MIG. Take control and Imran Nazir, not words that I thought I would ever hear in the same sentence :)
 
Akmal is still standing as he'll come out again - He hasnt even taken his helmet off! :p

Rameez is like someone tell him he can only bat once! :)))
 
This is why the 'Review System' is required. Such blatant horrible decisions certainly needs to be rectified by applying it.
 
Pitch is aiding swing...dont know if its the customary mornng swing..it shouldnt be as this match has begun in the afternoon.
 
Bublu Bhuyan said:
Imran Nazir got a life yesterday, remember ? Akmal's decisions compensates for that.
What's that saying about 2 wrongs?
 
Sometimes I wonder if these umpires actually know the rules !
 
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