Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 2nd Test | Colombo (PSS) | June 25-29 | Day 1

[Bullet Drive]

Misbah is waiting for that 50 average so he can retire but its not happening.

 

[Bullet Drive]

SHOT!!!!!!!!!!

2 runs to Misbah.

 

[honeybadger]

Why are you checking out his read end ?

Action, not rear end. His rear end is more like Herath's if he was struck with some kind of muscular atrophy.

 

[Bullet Drive]

SHOT Hafeez.

He's in now.

Double ton maybe

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez avg of 40 now.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Every ball of Kaushals is threatening.

Still no Herath?

I think he will get Misbahs wicket today

 

[honeybadger]

Been a while since a Misbah special.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Dhamika bowling well.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Misbah should retire after this series. We dont need him

 

[Belawal2014]

Russel Arnold looks like a sly fellow.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Time to swap Shafiq and Misbah position.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Uh oh rain time.

 

[honeybadger]

Russel Arnold looks like a sly fellow.

Nothing compared to Laxman Sivaramakrishnan.

 

[honeybadger]

Misbah should retire after this series. We dont need him

Time to swap Shafiq and Misbah position.

Make up your mind already )

 

[honeybadger]

In trouble

 

[#GreenRoars]

4 down for Pakistan

 

[neckbrah]

Wahab and Yasir will be enjoying this pitch

 

[Mir jibran]

170 allout

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

89/4

 

[#GreenRoars]

SHOT Hafeez.

He's in now.

Double ton maybe

jinxed it ,lol

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Well played hafeez. That was a ripper from tharindu.

 

[Belawal2014]

Some turn that...

 

[Big Mac]

Wahab and Yasir will be enjoying this pitch

I hope you're right because it looks like they'll be bowling on it soon.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Does anyone else think that Kaushal's action isnt all that clean?Or is it me only?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Time for herath from the other end I guess.

 

[neckbrah]

I hope you're right because it looks like they'll be bowling on it soon.

I wouldnt worry too much, SL batsmen will struggle alot more

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Does anyone else think that Kaushal's action isnt all that clean?Or is it me only?

No it's quite unorthodox. Might be called in this test I reckon by Paul Reiffel

 

[Belawal2014]

How tall is Dhammika Prasad?

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

bring chameera for shafiq

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan in trouble...

 

[cricketjoshila]

Big spin from Kaushal.

 

[Watsupdoc]

We are in trouble here. Need a good partnership.

 

[brute]

Professor has been schooled

 

[imshally81]

 

[#GreenRoars]

, Come on boys what are you doing?

 

[Theo_14]

We should have fielded first.

 

[honeybadger]

plumb

 

[Saeed]

Rain, thank god. Pakistan suck at cricket.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Does anyone else think that Kaushal's action isnt all that clean?Or is it me only?

not clean , he chucks a little

 

[Pantani]

Fantastic start!

Too often though, we've gotten opposition teams into this position, five, six wickets down for not many, and then let it slip.

 

[imshally81]

, Come on boys what are you doing?

Out ho rahey hein bouys

 

[Square Drive]

All hopes pinned on Saifi now.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Rain is here to safe Paksitan

 

[honeybadger]

and Herath didn't get to bowl at all.

 

[Big Mac]

We should have fielded first.

All the wickets, Azhar maybe being the exception, have been down to batsman error. Don't put it on the toss or the pitch when crap batting is the answer.

 

[cricketjoshila]

not clean , he chucks a little

On second thoughts after seeing his action in slow mo in that review,its not bad.

 

[Saeed]

I hope it rains for next 4 days.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Will Sarfraz, Waqar's dearest, bail out his team?

 

[adarsh_bang]

Shafiq will be kicking himself, but that really turned a mile.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Will Sarfraz, Waqar's dearest, bail out his team?

i though waqar didn't like Sarfraz!

 

[adarsh_bang]

What a time to get out Shafiq

 

[Nikhil_cric]

What the hell? Sarfraz has to bail this team out once again

 

[Pantani]

The rain has passed, it seems.

 

[#GreenRoars]

now again Pakistan relying on Sarfi and Missi?

 

[neckbrah]

All the wickets, Azhar maybe being the exception, have been down to batsman error. Don't put it on the toss or the pitch when crap batting is the answer.

Are you watching the same match? Theres a reason why this pitch produces results almost everytime.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

i though waqar didn't like Sarfraz!

Yes, it was sarcasm. Sarfraz is Waqar's 'chirr'.

 

[brute]

Out ho rahey hein bouys

is boys played well

 

[Markhor]

Whenever the ball seams around you can trust the Pakistani batsmen to be all at sea.

SL have bowled well but we need another miracle partnership so we can at least post a competitive score.

 

[Big Mac]

Are you watching the same match? Theres a reason why this pitch produces results almost everytime.

Shezhad - Playing away from his body like a tailender
Azhar - Good ball which seamed away a touch. Had looked pretty comfortable for most of his innings otherwise.
Younus - Misjudgement of length and/or bounce.
Hafeez - Played back and tried to cut a ball that wasn't short enough from a bowler who was turning it miles. Stupid batting.
Shafiq - Apparently he was fast asleep and missed Hafeez's dismissal because he rocked back to another ball that wasn't short enough. Crap batting.

So yeah, I'm not seeing where all of our batsmen have been destroyed by a pitch filled with demons.

 

[Abhilash93]

Is Herath no longer the no.1 spinner for Sri Lanka?

This new guy is getting some Muralisque turn here & it seems SL havent missed Herath at all.

 

[Belawal2014]

We need a Sarfaraz special here.

 

[Shafi]

In these pitches we need at least 2 fast bowlers but we fielded 1 fast and 2 spinners

 

[neckbrah]

Shezhad - Playing away from his body like a tailender
Azhar - Good ball which seamed away a touch. Had looked pretty comfortable for most of his innings otherwise.
Younus - Misjudgement of length and/or bounce.
Hafeez - Played back and tried to cut a ball that wasn't short enough from a bowler who was turning it miles. Stupid batting.
Shafiq - Apparently he was fast asleep and missed Hafeez's dismissal because he rocked back to another ball that wasn't short enough. Crap batting.

So yeah, I'm not seeing where all of our batsmen have been destroyed by a pitch filled with demons.

I think you should get some sleep and should comment on Pakistani batting after you see the SL batsmen go at it. There are no demons on the pitch but like I said before, this pitch is known to produce results which means its suited for bowlers more than batsmen.

 

[#GreenRoars]

covers are being removed now

 

[Nikhil_cric]

In these pitches we need at least 2 fast bowlers but we fielded 1 fast and 2 spinners

Even Wahab doesn't do much with the new ball unfortunately. Rahat and Adil would possibly have done well here considering the seam and bounce on offer.

 

[Shafi]

Both Misbah and Younis due to their ages along with Shehzad (a useless hack) look burden to our team.

 

[honeybadger]

All the wickets, Azhar maybe being the exception, have been down to batsman error. Don't put it on the toss or the pitch when crap batting is the answer.

You need to give Sri Lankan bowlers more credit. Prasad bowled well and Kaushal was spinning it square.

 

[Big Mac]

I think you should get some sleep and should comment on Pakistani batting after you see the SL batsmen go at it. There are no demons on the pitch but like I said before, this pitch is known to produce results which means its suited for bowlers more than batsmen.

Yet a team has won the toss and bowled on just two occasions on this ground. Both times it was Sri Lanka putting in Bangladesh so they could polish off the minnows in three days and have a couple of days off.

Also, crap batting from the opposition doesn't make misjudging the length any less embarrassing for Pakistani batsmen.

 

[adarsh_bang]

If Sarfraz falls early today, Pakistan might well fold out for a below 150 score. Still too early to declare SriLanka to be on top though. Wait till both the teams bat out.
Wahab Riaz seems to like such positions i suppose. Even Junaid might be tricky on this track. Yasir is in form.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Once again poor batting means we are in a big hole at start of a test match, we need to improve big time and keep expecting miracles to bail us out!

 

[Watsupdoc]

Saved by the rain! The ball is turning a lot already though. Good signs for Yasir Shah and co.

 

[#GreenRoars]

starting in ten minutes

 

[Asif321]

somehow need 250

 

[Fineline]

We are gonna reach at least 417 from here.Sir Sarfaraz will be here shortly to murder the bowlers.

 

[Fineline]

Back to some action.Finally!

 

[Fineline]

Ramiz

 

[Fineline]

Wth!Misbah gone.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Misbah

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Now, as Misbah gone, What shd be the mode of sarfraz batting? quick runs.

 

[WrexEverything]

Haha that was hilarious