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

[Slog]

Match starts in little over an hour

Pakistan win the toss and bat!


Sri Lanka Team
JK Silva, FDM Karunaratne, KC Sangakkara, HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal†, KDK Vithanage, KTGD Prasad, PHT Kaushal, PVD Chameera, HMRKB Herath

Pakistan Team
Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar

 

[m.shah]

How is the weather today?? Anyone.

 

[Slog]

Cloudy but not raining as of now

Forecast is for rain near end of the day

 

[honeybadger]

Good decision to bat first on a green(ish) track?

 

[ViciousMachine]

Pak win toss and bat!! Go team green!!!

 

[Mir jibran]

Pak to bat first
same team

 

[Neferpitou]

Trundler Khan playing again. Only a matter of time till Wahab gets injured.

 

[honeybadger]

I got a feeling Junaid will come through.

 

[Abdullah]

Good decision to bat first. But the first session will be tricky.
Good test for the openers.
good decision to play juni too. Will give him confidence and he knows his time is running out at the same time. Have a feeling he will come good

 

[Saeed]

Great choice by Misbah. If our top order survives the first 15 overs we should be able to score 500 or more. But Pakistan top order as usual will do nothing, so be ready for 40/3.

 

[Slog]

Junaid shouldnt have been playing honestly

Imran Khan jr has always done ok when he gets the chance

 

[Neferpitou]

Hearing the pitch has assistance for seamers. Oh boy, poor Hafeez what must be going through his head.

 

[#GreenRoars]

i knew it, Unchanged pakistan team

 

[Saeed]

Hearing the pitch has assistance for seamers. Oh boy, poor Hafeez what must be going through his head.

The pitch always helps the seamers during the first 10 or so overs. Hafeez should only play limited over cricket because he just doesn't have the mental strength to play test cricket.

 

[honeybadger]

Chameera is the quickest of the lot but he sprays it. Pradeep was still a better option imo.

 

[UpInTheAir]

Hafeez to go in first over.

 

[Neferpitou]

Hafeez back in pavilion within 5?

 

[UpInTheAir]

Hafeez back in pavilion within 5?

I predict first over.

 

[honeybadger]

It will be a miracle if Hafeez gets into double figures.

 

[Neferpitou]

Poking already.

 

[#GreenRoars]

and here we go

 

[UpInTheAir]

Hafeez will never learn..

 

[honeybadger]

Any half decent pace battery should be able to dispatch Professor in first few overs on this pitch. This will be a litmus test of Lankan fast bowling.

 

[Thivagar]

Chameera is the quickest of the lot but he sprays it. Pradeep was still a better option imo.

Pradeep completed the expectation of a SL's Test pacer, 1 match per year. That is good enough.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Winning the Toss and Elected to Bat first is conspiracy against me: Hafeez

 

[Thivagar]

Advertisement boards everywhere

 

[hussain.r97]

What the hell!! Junaid playing again

How haven't the management realized that he's rubbish?

 

[#GreenRoars]

Hafeez survived 1st over, 89 more to go

 

[#GreenRoars]

Mathews ---- that's strange

 

[Thivagar]

Dammika Prasad bowling with a fracture finger

 

[ViciousMachine]

Ahmed gone, brutal start...

 

[Neferpitou]

The other hack goes first.

 

[Thivagar]

Shelfie gone

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

1 down, 9 to go

 

[#GreenRoars]

as expected, Shehzad

 

[Zeshan547]

So here we go, one hack gone another packing his bags.

 

[UpInTheAir]

It's annoying because they always get out the same way every time.

 

[Shafi]

Juniad again!!! Looks like Waqar will not kick him out until we loose this test.

 

[hussain.r97]

I saw that one coming. Typical Shehzad, either stuck at the crease, poking outside off, or premeditating some stupid drive.

 

[Shafi]

Shehzad is one of the worst opening batsman I have ever seen

 

[Zeshan547]

I guess even Nepal openers wouldn't be as clueless vs seem or swing as our openers are, and selecting them again and again just shows everything which is wrong with our cricketing system.

 

[Saeed]

Shahzad is a nuisance, both Hafeez and Shahzad should be kicked out.

 

[Neferpitou]

Hafeez on 8. 3 overs down.

 

[Square Drive]

Hafeez will score big today, iA.

 

[Square Drive]

Lovely shot for

Azhar looking classy as ever.

 

[Zeshan547]

Hafeez still not out on this pitch, qayamat ke nishani hai bhai,

 

[Square Drive]

Another

Positive start.

Poor bowling as well.

 

[Saeed]

Fail fielding and .

 

[Thivagar]

Stick to batting and fielding Mathews.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Just tuned in, only to see that Shahzad is out! Waiting to watch my man score a hundred in sha Allah. Go Younis

 

[Square Drive]

Shehzad needs the entire Test series before being dropped.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Stick to batting and fielding Mathews.

Yes, not test class. Can bowl a few as a filler in ODI's. Top bat though.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Azhar Mathews ko unki auqat yaad dilatai huay

 

[adarsh_bang]

How many test matches in this series? 2 or 3 ?

 

[Saeed]

Straight down the ground and another .

 

[adarsh_bang]

Azhar Mathews ko unki auqat yaad dilatai huay

Take it easy mere bhai!

 

[ViciousMachine]

How many test matches in this series? 2 or 3 ?

3

 

[Saeed]

Azhar on fire, 11 from 5 balls.

 

[Thivagar]

Green Track bully Chandimal should get a century in this match.

 

[adarsh_bang]

That moment when you realize Azhar Ali has more Test runs than Hafeez

 

[Neferpitou]

What a leave by Hafeez.

 

[UpInTheAir]

I want to see their 145er.

 

[Square Drive]

Hafeez looking excellent today. So pleasing on the eye.

 

[Neferpitou]

Here comes the phast bowler.

 

[Neferpitou]

Hafeez looking excellent today. So pleasing on the eye.

I'm loving those pokes outside the off stump.

 

[m.shah]

Debutant comes

 

[UpInTheAir]

This guy will get reverse

 

[Thivagar]

Looks malnourished like a typical Sri Lankan, decent pace though.

 

[Neferpitou]

That's good pace especially with that slingy action. Will be difficult to play if he gets it right.

 

[Slog]

Shehzad what a joke

Cant play outside UAE even if its a flat track

 

[m.shah]

146 kph

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

That moment when you realize Azhar Ali has more Test runs than Hafeez

Hafeez Test debut in 2003 while Azhar in 2010.

 

[UpInTheAir]

Looks malnourished like a typical Sri Lankan, decent pace though.

I thought typical Sri Lankan was more like Herath and Ranatunga.

 

[cricfan967]

Holy smokes that was fast, 147 kph


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[Thivagar]

I thought typical Sri Lankan was more like Herath and Ranatunga.

That is typical Sri Lankan at the age of 33+

 

[UpInTheAir]

That is typical Sri Lankan at the age of 33+

Lol I see. I guess whatever is happening to Malinga then.

 

[Square Drive]

Should've ran 2 there.

 

[Square Drive]

Pretty decent start by us, to be honest. Must keep it going.

 

[honeybadger]

How long before Sri Lankan cuisine ruins this guy?

 

[Neferpitou]

[MENTION=137677]Thivagar[/MENTION] is he vege?