Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 1st test - Day 2 | Galle | 5/7/09

[Momo]

Trail by 73

 

[Afridi_Fan]

MoYo moves to 82.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 219/4 - 73 behind now.

 

[Momo]

Herath removes Misbah

 

[Amjid Javed]

Misbah gone and caught at slip!

219/5

 

[Amjid Javed]

Loose shot by Misbah and he payed the price.

139 partnership ends.

 

[Momo]

A great partnership comes to an end. MY needs to go on to play a big innings.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Damn.

Well Played though.

 

[spectator]

its been a while now pak have weakness against left arm spin. no body plays it well except inzi

 

[pak4life]

Well played Misbah good partnership with yousaf. Just hope we can have another 100 stand

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Time for Malik to show how good he can play the spin.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Malik the new man in.

 

[Syndrome]

Malik and Yousuf together at the crease. This should be interesting, theres a recent history between these two.

 

[Romali_rotti]

HO HO MAlik/Moyo match made in heaven >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Momo]

Malik 44444444444

 

[Amjid Javed]

Malik off mark with 4.

 

[Momo]

That four had 'Moon' written all over it.

 

[Sufian84]

malik and yousuf together. how will that go?

 

[PakPassionate]

at the end of day 3
Pakistan 720/8 Dec

Srilanka in 2nd innings: 20/1



Kiya aisa ho sakta hai?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Malik gets going wwith a boundary.

 

[hasanb]

Trailing by just 68 runs now

 

[Momo]

That's Tea

 

[Rh bat]

pak on top now

 

[Amjid Javed]

Huge shout for LBW on last ball before Tea. looked close.

Pakistan 225/5 @ Tea.

Good session for Pakistan.

 

[Mercenary]

malik and yousuf together. how will that go?

Malik was genuinely cheering Yousuf's fifty in the dressing room. MoYo has a habit of doing things without engaging his brain first, his comments on Malik come under that umbrella.

 

[Momo]

Pakistan's session. First session that belonged clearly to one team.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Trail by 67 with 5 wickets in hand at Tea on Day 2.

Well Done Pakistan.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to try and get a 100+ lead here hopefully.

 

[Momo]

Pakistan need to try and get a 100+ lead here hopefully.

Yes, 100 is an absolute minimum from here on.

 

[spectator]

at the end of day 3
Pakistan 720/8 Dec

Srilanka in 2nd innings: 20/1



Kiya aisa ho sakta hai?

yes it can happen
but only in ur dreams

 

[Rh bat]

Form is temporary but CLASS is Yousuf!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pak4life]

pak on top now

I would not say were on top yet considering we have to bat last. Need a lead of atleast 100. Yousaf is the key the others need to play around him.

 

[PakPassionate]

yes it can happen
but only in ur dreams

acha then thura kam kar layty hain
wht abt 500/6? ab sahi hai na

 

[MIG]

Pakistan need a 300+ lead here - anything less than that and I suggest dropping MoYo and making Malik captain again.

 

[ahmed16]

Moyo and Malik looking good together at the crease. Moyo gave advice to Malik at the end of the first over. He wouldnt have done that if there relationship wa sour. I think Yousuf has nothing against Malik the player, just Malik the captain.

 

[ahmed16]

Pakistan need a 300+ lead here - anything less than that and I suggest dropping MoYo and making Malik captain again.

Lol, give Yousuf a chance.

 

[hasanb]

wouldve been great to go through that session without even losing one wicket, but nonetheless malik and moyo at the crease with akmal still to come, hopefully we can get a good lead here. 100+ is over optimistic at this stage we need to aim for 50+ once we get there if the lower order like gul can chip in too then who knows.

 

[hasanb]

Lol, give Yousuf a chance.

meanwhile you go off to learn the art of sarcasm

 

[ahmed16]

Moyo for hundred obvisuosly, but can he make it a comback to really cheer about....200 maybe.

 

[ahmed16]

meanwhile you go off to learn the art of sarcasm

will do

 

[Sufian84]

i just hope they dont run out each other.

 

[siccric]

Expecting contributions from both Malik and Akmal here

We need a decent lead since we'll bat last, but this has clearly been our session. If only we hadn't lost Misbah, but then it can't ever be perfect

 

[siccric]

i just hope they dont run out each other.

 

[feather]

Malik was genuinely cheering Yousuf's fifty in the dressing room. MoYo has a habit of doing things without engaging his brain first, his comments on Malik come under that umbrella.

They were good friends earlier. Hopefully Younis/Anti has sit them down to dsicuss their issues. Yousaf being older and religious person hopefully has been able to over look their recent issues and they move on.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

wow it is really nice to see moyo among the runs.....class is permanant

 

[afridi.rocks]

First they gotta concentrate on cutting the trailing runs.

 

[CricVet]

OH well, as I said it yesterday, even if Pak took the route of Pak-A, we will be on the driving seat. I am hoping a day now w/o further casualty. We must cross 400 and ideally get close to 500 at least.

 

[afridi.rocks]

Inshallah moyo will make hundred

 

[spectator]

acha then thura kam kar layty hain
wht abt 500/6? ab sahi hai na

yea that can happen

moyo will receive 5 lac rupees for his 200 from ijazz butt if that happened

 

[Khabri420]

Inshallah moyo will make hundred

InshaALLAH. He's played a classy knock!

 

[CricVet]

His job is not done yet. Come on Yousuf. Score 200+ (God willing)

 

[Momo]

Soemthing tells me MY will get dismissed in the 190s.

 

[Umta]

Yusuf is a class act. What a great comeback. Now we realize how much we miss our most under-rated legend

 

[hasanb]

Soemthing tells me MY will get dismissed in the 190s.

Id be extremely delighted if he gets to the 190s mark...inshallah he will and then maybe even go on!

 

[CricVet]

Go on, jinx him, wont you MoMo. you didnt have breakfast with an Ind today, did you?

 

[Momo]

Go on, jinx him, wont you MoMo. you didnt have breakfast with an Ind today, did you?

Come on, there's no such thing as a jinx.

Except that Saeed Anwar jinxing thread. That is for real.

 

[MIG]

OK this name lark is getting ridiculous now

HMRKB Herath

 

[Saj]

A lead of 80-100 could be brilliant for Pakistan - lets wait and see

Pak trailing by 67 at the moment.

 

[CricVet]

Yeah, that voodoo has worked so far.

 

[Rh bat]

malik blocking everything

 

[spectator]

is the pitch dead or they are making it look dead. why are they not rotating the strike??

 

[CricVet]

Well, Test cricket is not all about the runs only. Malik is doing good. we need to extend the number of sessions.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

we have to bat three more sessions atleast to get to a winning position more if we want to completely take SL out of the match

 

[ahmed16]

Why do all the sri lankans chat after every delivery.

 

[Rh bat]

maiden from herath!

 

[hasanb]

so the session starts in defensive mode then.

 

[spectator]

it seems like its 10 day test going on

 

[feather]

Ramiz being a Pakistani after a long time. Saying how we have contributed to cricket with many different things. While I type this he comes out with we gave you Sachin :/ maybe his still undecided.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lovely clipped shot for 4 by malik.

 

[Momo]

Malik 4

 

[hasanb]

and the shackles finally broken by that boundary from malik

 

[Momo]

62 behind now

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 230/5 - Trail by 62 runs.

 

[cricketpassion]

Ramiz being a Pakistani after a long time. Saying how we have contributed to cricket with many different things. While I type this he comes out with we gave you Sachin :/ maybe his still undecided.

He is talking about sub continent

 

[feather]

He is talking about sub continent

Yes, I know but rarely do you see him stand up for Pakistan cricket or be positive. So I was just having a laugh on his expense.

 

[Rh bat]

herath's bowled welll or is it pak making him look good?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

:MoYo: moving steadily here.

 

[hasanb]

partnership moves onto 16 now, earlydays yet

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 240/5 now - Trail by 52 runs.

 

[dblock]

it seems like its 10 day test going on

Pakistan are playing it well.

Days 2 and 3 are the best days to bat, Pakistan should make sure they play as much of those as possible.