Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 2nd Test | Colombo (PSS) | June 25-29 | Day 3

[Zeshan547]

Looking like a typical scene from EA cricket 2007, this lush green outfield , cloudy day, and good old test cricket.

 

[Bullet Drive]

All of a sudden ball started to spin.

 

[b.lesner]

when will odi squad be announced? they were saying during 2nd test?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shot.

Azhar is absolute quality.

 

[Square Drive]

Lovely shot from Azhar.

 

[Bullet Drive]

These two playing beautifully. Don't give it away.

 

[m.shah]

Shehzad got stuck in the 40's

 

[Bullet Drive]

Herath back now #uhoh #wicketcoming

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shehzad been on 48 forever

Scored 9 runs in an hour....

 

[Big Mac]

All of a sudden ball started to spin.

It's been spinning all day yaar. Enough with the pessimism/anti-jinxing

 

[Bullet Drive]

'Shehzad is a quality batsman' - Dean Jones

 

[Bullet Drive]

A run for Shehzad

49*

 

[Bullet Drive]

Oh we have to remember that in SL second innings we will only have Junaid as pacer.... so we need more runs with bat to make up for missing Riaz....

 

[Bullet Drive]

These two doing it nicely......

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez has struggled in that position for over 10 years.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Some tuk tuk by these two in the last few overs.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shehzad get off strike!

 

[Bullet Drive]

See this spell off...... hes bowling v well.

 

[Zeshan547]

"jehaan mbarak in ramzam mbarak" lol, rammez and his rubbish sense of humor.

 

[Bullet Drive]

lol wth.

Why they acting like he made a 100?

But great knock so far. Keep it up.

 

[MenInG]

lol wth.

Why they acting like he made a 100?

But great knock so far. Keep it up.

Its like a hundred!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Its like a hundred!

Haha true but was funny to hear commentator shout 'hes got it!!!'

 

[Big Mac]

Good knock from Shezhad, onus on him to keep going and get another hundred runs now. Younus looked terrible in the first innings and Misbah's isn't in the best of form either. Can't afford to relax and give it away.

No demons in the pitch, let's grind the bowlers into the ground.

 

[Square Drive]

Amazing, MA!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shot by Shehzad

55*

Come on boys great stuff.... keep going!!!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Today rain will be terrible!

Need to have a full day of batting and lead by around 100 by end of play with 7 wickets in hand.

Then tmrw with Sarf and others try to get to around 300.

Then I'm sure we can bowl them out.

 

[Pantani]

Kaushal and Herath should bowl together.

 

[Bullet Drive]

'Shehzad looks at ease when playing Herath' Ramiz

Shehzads play vs spin has improved.

 

[Yatoo]

Today rain will be terrible!

Need to have a full day of batting and lead by around 100 by end of play with 7 wickets in hand.

Then tmrw with Sarf and others try to get to around 300.

Then I'm sure we can bowl them out.

Let's first erase the deficit. Small small targets.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Lets hope Shehzad can score his 1000th run this innings

 

[b.lesner]

now selfie will be selected in odi too , selfie and asad shafiq amd fawad in odi , get ready for some epic tuk tuking , babar azam, sami , aslam and rizwan would be regular in pakistan after next world cup , thats pakistan selectors for you

 

[uberkoen]

Good start to the innings. Let's keep it coming lads. We need to keep those wickets if we are to bat out day 4!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Don't give it away now boyss.........

 

[Zeshan547]

Methews first over bowled chameera. Now don't bowling both spinners in tandem. He is really average captain. Even though a top tier test batsman.

 

[Bullet Drive]

100 partnership. Well done boys.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Shehzad should at least score a century here. Less than that is not acceptable. I would prefer a 150 tho.

 

[Saeed]

100 run partnership between these two. One would hope that these two would at least stay together for another 68 runs.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I absolutely love the work Waqar is doing with the team.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Future captains batting?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Trail by 68. Superb.

 

[Bullet Drive]

In sha allah 9th test ton for Azhar. Remarkable achievement.

 

[Bullet Drive]

40 more for Shehzad...... really really hope he gets it. Under most difficult circumstances. Saving a test match. Ball is spinning. You have 145kph bowler hitting your head. All the pressure from critics...... 100 will be very good to shut them up.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

40 more for Shehzad...... really really hope he gets it. Under most difficult circumstances. Saving a test match. Ball is spinning. You have 145kph bowler hitting your head. All the pressure from critics...... 100 will be very good to shut them up.

They would still find a way to criticise him. There will be haters.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Azhar boy dancing on the pitch against herath.

 

[imshally81]

Only 67 runs to go.... only !!!

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

In sha allah 9th test ton for Azhar. Remarkable achievement.

Hopefully yes.

 

[rollingstoned]

Such a crap outfield. Reminds me of an indo pak game in Qatar in the late 90s.

 

[MSaad1237]

Good going, All 3 results are possible .

 

[Saeed]

If we bat till tea time for tomorrow at the rate of 3, we should be able to get 450 or around.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Such a crap outfield. Reminds me of an indo pak game in Qatar in the late 90s.

Who won that game?

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Has anyone noticed that azhar plays way too many shots on back foot?

 

[Saeed]

These 2 are playing like they just came to the pitch, we need single and doubles.

 

[razabbas]

Shehzad is on it's way to play a career defining knock

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Careful there man.

 

[Saeed]

Almost got shahzad, wth is shahzad thinking.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

These 2 are playing like they just came to the pitch, we need single and doubles.

They just took doubles twice in the last two balls.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Almost got shahzad, wth is shahzad thinking.

Hes coming down the track to attack herath. Commies explained.

 

[Bullet Drive]

What a talent Shehzad is.

 

[Bullet Drive]

49 avg for Shehzad!

 

[Saeed]

Hes coming down the track to attack herath. Commies explained.

Probably planning to get out since he has scored a 50. Either he will be stumped or will tuk the ball to the fielder while out of crease and will get out.

 

[Bullet Drive]

145 more runs for 1000th test runs for Shehzad.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Probably planning to get out since he has scored a 50. Either he will be stumped or will tuk the ball to the fielder while out of crease and will get out.

Lol okay.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Probably planning to get out since he has scored a 50. Either he will be stumped or will tuk the ball to the fielder while out of crease and will get out.

then u dont know Ahmad Shahzad who has the best conversion rate in the team.

 

[MSaad1237]

Should Pakistan play for the draw or win ???

 

[Saeed]

Lol okay.

Oh trust me, these guys have very syasi soch they don't care once they think their place is granted.

 

[PCP_1]

Should Pakistan play for the draw or win ???

Always for win. Win = Cake.

 

[razabbas]

Should Pakistan play for the draw or win ???

Draw is out of the equation , plenty of time is left

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Oh trust me, these guys have very syasi soch they don't care once they think their place is granted.

I dont buy your argument because he has been coming down the track to herath since the start. So. Nahi yar.

 

[Big Mac]

These 2 are playing like they just came to the pitch, we need single and doubles.

There are two and a half days of play left and Sri Lanka are still comfortably on top. There is zero need to worry about the scoring rate.

Probably planning to get out since he has scored a 50. Either he will be stumped or will tuk the ball to the fielder while out of crease and will get out.

He's been playing like this from the first over of spin and he's going alright.

 

[Big Mac]

Should Pakistan play for the draw or win ???

Talk of a draw or win is utterly meaningless at this point of the game.

 

[Saeed]

He's been playing like this from the first over of spin and he's going alright.

Not really, he almost got out few minutes ago.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Well bowled Herath!

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Damnnnn.

 

[uberkoen]

Why is Kaushal bowling around the wicket? makes no sense

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Why is Kaushal bowling around the wicket? makes no sense

Last ball might have given you an idea.

 

[Big Mac]

Not really, he almost got out few minutes ago.

A) He was in by miles

B) He's got 65 from 135 balls and is still going. In what world is that not alright?

 

[razabbas]

Why is Kaushal bowling around the wicket? makes no sense

almost got azhar ali there

 

[Big Mac]

Why is Kaushal bowling around the wicket? makes no sense

More chance of getting the outside edge with the doosra/arm ball and it makes the LBW more likely with the amount of turn he gets. It makes it much, much harder for the batsman to pad the ball away and forces them to play every single ball.

Surprised he wasn't doing it earlier.

 

[Nado_]

Need a ton from misbah or younis along with a sarfraz special for us to get a positive result i feel,

 

[Pantani]

Come on guys, take a wicket. Please!

Kaushal is looking dangerous