Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 2nd Test | Colombo (PSS) | June 25-29 | Day 4

[WrexEverything]

Lol @ PakPassion blaming Azhar. You guys deserve 11 Afridis in the team.

 

[desi_launda]

Mohd Shami should learn how to bowl in test cricket from Prasad

 

[Square Drive]

Azhar MUST hit now.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Two or three people on this forum still blame azhar ali.. No offence but you guys really do not understand cricket. Im sorry but its pretty obvious you guys shouldnt even voice your opinion on this game when you criticize someone whosebeen batting with a strike rate of 90 in odis this year and has gotten us this far in this innings. Go ahead now blame him for exposing the tail..

 

[shah_1]

50 to 60 runs partnership is needed

 

[PCP_1]

Any chance of rain??

Hopefully a quick shower of four and sixes by the tailenders.

 

[imshally81]

Yasir will get his first fifty.. IA

 

[WrexEverything]

The people critising Azhar know absolutely nothing about how test cricket functions. Would you be happier if Azhar goes the Sarfraz route for quick runs? Idiotic mentality - "accelerate" hain bhai, day 5 pitch pey bowling karna avoid kardo....

Haha exactly. Imagine if Azhar had scored the same 107 runs in 100 balls instead of 290. The score would be the same but Sri Lanka would have far more time to bowl Pakistan out and complete the chase in easier conditions. Atleast with Azhar consuming deliveries, SL have less time to force the initiative and will have to bat on a more deteriorating surface.

 

[castortroy]

Game over.

Pakistan will inevitable lose the final test as it's the decider

 

[imshally81]

I like yasir helmet.. More protected

 

[Saeed]

Yasir will get his first fifty.. IA

) while bowling? I would be happy if he even scores half of that.

 

[Square Drive]

Still can't believe what Sarfraz has just done.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol no understanding of Test cricket at all.

Sure. Whatever.

 

[Executioner]

Honestly I think Azhar is pakistan's current best batsman in ODIs and Tests(yk and misbah not to be considered).

He doesn't have a great technique but he is a clutch player

 

[Man Of Steel]

AA ultra defensive and conservative approach throughout the day has been the primary reason of wicket falling at the other end especially of Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmad in a bid to improve the scoring rate while AA remained stagnant at the other end bringing demise of his partners.

 

[uberkoen]

Azhar Ali.

The Lone Ranger.

 

[shah_1]

200 runs target is a minimum, the pitch isn't that bad to bat on

 

[imshally81]

) while bowling? I would be happy if he even scores half of that.

No... In batting... U will see

 

[WrexEverything]

Oh my god I a appalled at the posting here. The same "Azhar tuk tuk put pressure on other batsman" nonsense. Wow you guys truly donot understand test cricket at all.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Some people here make me sick... Fortunately most of our population loves azhar except for some people who dont understand the game unfortunately

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Zeshan547]

Azhar ab b khud khuch nai kray ga, tailender ko kahay ga tm hit kru me tu wesay b thak gaya hun block kr kr k, what a coward, and limited player.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Yasir

Azhar ali must show some fireworks now

 

[PCP_1]

I like yasir helmet.. More protected

Didn't protect his stumps.

 

[imshally81]

Azhar.. Now Please dont expose the tail

 

[Justcrazy]

7 down , game over

 

[WrexEverything]

AA ultra defensive and conservative approach throughout the day has been the primary reason of wicket falling at the other end especially of Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmad in a bid to improve the scoring rate while AA remained stagnant at the other end bringing demise of his partners.

Yes, blame Azhar for Sarfraz's bad shot. Makes sense.

 

[honeybadger]

I half expected Yasir to do one of those Warne saves with the bat.

 

[HuzaifaElahi]

Azhar ab b khud khuch nai kray ga, tailender ko kahay ga tm hit kru me tu wesay b thak gaya hun block kr kr k, what a coward, and limited player.

I hope you're a troll, for your sake.

 

[m.shah]

Here goes the game fa pak.. Anyways good fightback it was

 

[Justcrazy]

Great bowling by lanka , need to give them credit

 

[PCP_1]

Zulfi to replicate his first innings heroics again.

 

[shah_1]

Azhar needs to go berzerk now #BOOMBOOM

 

[PCP_1]

Zulfi to replicate his first innings heroics again.

First match*

 

[WrexEverything]

Dhammika Prasad has been awesome

 

[marlonbrowndo]

We will lose this because we have no fast bowler who can take wickets now that wahab is injured and yasir and zulfiqar cant do it all on their own on this pitch

 

[Man Of Steel]

Azhar ab b khud khuch nai kray ga, tailender ko kahay ga tm hit kru me tu wesay b thak gaya hun block kr kr k, what a coward, and limited player.

Even if he tries to up the ante, he can't because of limited technique and skill, He's the last batsman you want to see with tailenders.

 

[imshally81]

Riaz should come for bat at least

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Azhar ab b khud khuch nai kray ga, tailender ko kahay ga tm hit kru me tu wesay b thak gaya hun block kr kr k, what a coward, and limited player.

I wish nauman anwar was bitting instead of azhar we would have scored 600 by now. Please i beg you dont watch any more cricket.. Your posts actually embarrass me biggest fan of nauman anwar

 

[JibranAnsari]

Sarfraz has no brains.

 

[imshally81]

Again single at first bowl

 

[castortroy]

Game over

 

[Madplayer]

We need 70-80 more runs here. Azhar should farm the strike now. But he seems to be eager to get off strike

 

[Zeshan547]

What a clown took single on first ball end exposed yasir for five balls, but sorry some retards will still say, "he did the right thing, it's not azhar fault if yasir can't bat and azhar did the right thing, but you idiots don't understand test cricket"

 

[Man Of Steel]

AA exposed Babar again

 

[JibranAnsari]

Sarfraz will either blast or will get out , not a good quality to have. We needed a gritty innings from him here.

 

[WrexEverything]

No, Zulfiqar has to be trusted and can score runs, so not a bad decision by Azhar to take a single.

However, if Zulfi gets out, Azhar needs to start shielding.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Azhar should bat better than this with the tail. Shouldn't have taken first ball singles. Add atleast 20-30 more.

 

[JibranAnsari]

If junaid does not get at least 3 wickets this innings , he should be kicked out for good.

 

[adarsh_bang]

But he has played an amazing knock, other's didn't show up. 50 overs he has faced himself on a dicey pitch.

 

[Zeshan547]

And the survivor did that again with babar this time, took a single on first ball, talk about being responsible and doing it for the team.

 

[JibranAnsari]

No, Zulfiqar has to be trusted and can score runs, so not a bad decision by Azhar to take a single.

However, if Zulfi gets out, Azhar needs to start shielding.

We only have one wicket after that , wahab won't bat. Shielding one wicket does not mean anything.

 

[imshally81]

4

 

[#GreenRoars]

 

[adarsh_bang]

Handsome punch through the cover region.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Azhar needs o kick on now , only 19 runs in last 66 deliveries by him.

 

[MSaad1237]

We are doomed ...


Only Rain can save us now .

 

[imshally81]

Review

 

[PCP_1]

Azhar gets going

 

[adarsh_bang]

That looked plumb.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Rubbish display of batting by Azhar. He must have accelerated when YK got out. Had he accelerated the lead would have been near 200 now.

 

[#GreenRoars]

great review,
Not Out

 

[imshally81]

Thanks God

 

[desi_launda]

not out

 

[Man Of Steel]

Babar shouldn't be exposed to pace anymore, AA should be mindful of that, but then again AA doesn't have the necessary skillset to burst and score quickly, Terrible batsman to accompany a tailender!

 

[Madplayer]

Oh man he got saved by a whisker

 

[adarsh_bang]

Oh wow!!Azhar gets a life... You could say he deserved a life.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Babar shouldn't be exposed to pace anymore, AA should be mindful of that, but then again AA doesn't have the necessary skillset to burst and score quickly, Terrible batsman to accompany a tailender!

he is a good ODI player, but they've spread the field for him.

 

[Shafi]

Same pitch SL fast bowlers are getting 5 wickets and our fast bowler cant get 2-3 wicket. Loosing this test will be blessing for us so Waqar may force to drop one opener and Junaid for 3rd test.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Anyway SL deserved to win this match. Our first innings batting was atrocious and even in second inning apart from azhar no one was good enough.

 

[Pantani]

Dhammika Prasad has turned into a real asset for Sri Lanka over the past 18 months. Works hard, takes wickets.

 

[m.shah]

Here goes the game fa pak.. Anyways good fightback it was

 

[PCP_1]

Technology finally working in favor of Pakistan.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Got to get to 200. This is not good. We had this game. Pitch isn't doing all that bad.

 

[Shafi]

Rubbish display of batting by Azhar. He must have accelerated when YK got out. Had he accelerated the lead would have been near 200 now.

Yes Azhar Ali needs to be dropped and replaced by Afridi or Mukhtar

 

[Man Of Steel]

Azhar needs o kick on now , only 19 runs in last 66 deliveries by him.

Pathetic to say the least!

 

[Madplayer]

Dhamika prasad the best "seam" bowler from sub continent?

 

[Pantani]

Wouldn't you love it if Wahab couldn't bat!

It would be helpful. Wahab can play, if he comes in at 11 and hits a quick 20, Pakistan might have a defendable total.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Time for Babar to finally take some wickets. Has been awful in his test career. He needs to step up today and take a 5-fer.

Come on Pakistan.

 

[Pantani]

Dhamika prasad the best "seam" bowler from sub continent?

He's a good honest trier, nothing more. The Sri Lankan Peter Siddle.