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

[JibranAnsari]

No.... Go n see some WC highlights for wicket flying

how about now.. pakistan is going to bowl

 

[imshally81]

how about now.. pakistan is going to bowl

Now i can permit u

 

[MSaad1237]

Need to attack with Spinners, Zulfi and Yasir Shah early on,, JK is useless.


Whom should be the replacement for JK and Wahab in next match??

 

[JibranAnsari]

we will win it by 50 runs. SL cant survive junaids opening burst of thunder bolts.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Need to attack with Spinners, Zulfi and Yasir Shah early on,, JK is useless.


Whom should be the replacement for JK and Wahab in next match??

Junaid will play , rahat will replace wahab.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This is what happens when you throw away your wickets in the first innings the way Pakistan did. Barring a terrific performance from Junaid and Yasir, expect SL to win at least by 7 wickets here.

 

[Madplayer]

Younis khan should open the bowling. He can swing it more than any fast bowler in the team.

 

[Pantani]

What a collapse, we threw match away

First innings collapse was worse

 

[adarsh_bang]

Match will probably be all over before lunch tomorrow. Pakistan will do well to drag it further. Moral victory
Match 3 will be interesting, but SL should be favorites to beat Pakistan minus Wahab

 

[PCP_1]

They should stop having teas and lunches. Its offensive to the guest team.

 

[Man Of Steel]

AA slow and stagnated innings will cost Pakistan this match, If he had scored with a little bit urgency when Shafiq/Sarfraz were batting with him, lead would have been close to 200.

 

[JibranAnsari]

AA slow and stagnated innings will cost Pakistan this match, If he had scored with a little bit urgency when Shafiq/Sarfraz were batting with him, lead would have been close to 200.

or shafiq and sarfraz hadnt thrown away their wickets we would still be batting. Show some perspective.

 

[Justcrazy]

153 is target

 

[Executioner]

If SL can bat out the session without losing more than 3 wicket they can win.

I am not sure if 153 is a tough ask by any stretch of the imagination. Need to get Kausal and Sanga early maybe the game will be on

 

[PCP_1]

We can win this if we get the top 5 out for under 20 runs.

 

[MSaad1237]

What has happened to Junaid Khan?? He used to be a Killer bowler against the Lankans.


He is lost interest in Bowling I think, utter rubbish he's become ..

 

[Abdullah]

Shame because we looked good for 225 when azhar and Shafiq were there.
real shame.
tough ask now.
Need junaid to crack it open.

 

[jog_1]

SL will win by 6 wickets.

 

[Sherlock]

We're around another 150 short, and that's being kind.

Well done SL. Poor from Pakistan, barring Azhar.

 

[Man Of Steel]

We're around another 150 short, and that's being kind.

Well done SL. Poor from Pakistan, barring Azhar.

No, Including him, his laborious stagnated stuttering stay at the crease didn't help our cause one bit.

 

[JibranAnsari]

waqar needs to pump junaid up before sending the team in , a great spell can change the game.

 

[loves_cricket]

Pak done good, but short by about 50-60.
Still it will test SL.

 

[adarsh_bang]

Who will share the new ball with Junaid?

 

[PCP_1]

Woohoo. Rain.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rain always comes at the wrong time.

Why didnt it come when we were 5 down.

 

[Bullet Drive]

If Junaid cannot get wickets, drop him.

 

[WrexEverything]

Rain always comes at the wrong time.

Why didnt it come when we were 5 down.

You have to be joking. This is the perfect time for rain. Wastes time without disrupting the Pak batsmen's concentration and if they can get back on field today, Pakistan bowlers can take advantage of the moisture.

 

[JibranAnsari]

You have to be joking. This is the perfect time for rain. Wastes time without disrupting the Pak batsmen's concentration and if they can get back on field today, Pakistan bowlers can take advantage of the moisture.

The only moisture will be in the outfield which will make it difficult to bowl.

 

[JibranAnsari]

You have to be joking. This is the perfect time for rain. Wastes time without disrupting the Pak batsmen's concentration and if they can get back on field today, Pakistan bowlers can take advantage of the moisture.

BTW which bowler in pakistan can make use of the moisture in air? If you are saying junaid I would say stop kidding me.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Wahab's birthday today, turns 30.

At this aged Pakistani bowlers used to break many records and he is still treated as new comer

 

[Neferpitou]

At this aged Pakistani bowlers used to break many records and he is still treated as new comer

He's not treated as a newcomer anymore.

 

[m.shah]

Lol it is raining heavily

 

[Square Drive]

Yess rain!!

 

[shah_1]

Hope it rains the whole today and tomorrow 40 to 45 overs are cancelled because of rain

 

[uberkoen]

Let it rain! Let it rain! LET IT RAIN!

 

[Markhor]

Rain, glorious rain.

Lets hope Test will be washed out.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hope it rains the whole today and tomorrow 40 to 45 overs are cancelled because of rain

They will still get it the rest of 45

 

[Pantani]

Rain!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Stop please rain. The match should be over today.

Want to do some work tomorrow.

 

[shah_1]

They will still get it the rest of 45

45 overs, they will try to play their shots then we have a chance to win this match.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Stop blaming Azhar

The blame is on Asad and Sarfraz

Blame on all 3. ab khush

 

[Pantani]

Stop please rain. The match should be over today.

Want to do some work tomorrow.

There's less than 40 overs left, Sri Lanka are not going to score at four runs an over on this strip. It will go into day five even if the rain stops right now.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

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..

Azhar really need to understand cricket. He could easily take away game from Srilanka but he....

 

[JibranAnsari]

There's less than 40 overs left, Sri Lanka are not going to score at four runs an over on this strip. It will go into day five even if the rain stops right now.

We probably will get them out in 35 overs.

 

[Man Of Steel]

I sacrificed my entire day of studying for Central Exam just to see these mediocre bunch putting up a good fight but instead they chickened out.

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

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.

I am not sure whether Azhar tuk tuk put pressure on other batsmen or not but I am 100% sure abt one thing that Azhar tuk tuk did not put any pressure on Srilankan bowlers.

 

[hussain.r97]

Don't get how anyone can blame Azhar.

If there is someone to blame, it's Sarfraz. He should have kicked on with Azhar, and played risk free cricket until we got into a better position. His wicket exposed the tail too early.

Can't blame Asad as much, his wicket was down to bad luck. The shot was on.

Misbah and Younis are also culprits to a lesser extent.

 

[imshally81]

Azhar ali did some as asad shafiq in first test

 

[Adnan Siddiqui]

Don't get how anyone can blame Azhar.

If there is someone to blame, it's Sarfraz. He should have kicked on with Azhar, and played risk free cricket until we got into a better position. His wicket exposed the tail too early.

Can't blame Asad as much, his wicket was down to bad luck. The shot was on.

Misbah and Younis are also culprits to a lesser extent.

Is it only Srafraz responsibility to play such inning which take game away from opposition, why Cannot Azhar play such inning after set on crease?

 

[Man Of Steel]

I am not sure whether Azhar tuk tuk put pressure on other batsmen or not but I am 100% sure abt one thing that Azhar tuk tuk did not put any pressure on Srilankan bowlers.

+1
Morelike he put pressure on himself and his team mates at the other end making them play rash shots and losing their wicket especially Sarfraz, He was forced to up the scoring rate because of AA stagnated innings from the other end.

 

[shah_1]

What's the weather prediction for tomorrow?

 

[Pak_Jazba]

Play called off for the day.

 

[uberkoen]

Called off for the day! YESSSS!

 

[hussain.r97]

Is it only Srafraz responsibility to play such inning which take game away from opposition, why Cannot Azhar play such inning after set on crease?

We didn't need quick runs. We needed to accumulate runs until we got to a safe point, and then counter attack from there. Sarfraz should have provided support to Azhar to get us to the safe point we needed to get to. There was no needs to take risks.

He knew that there was nobody else who could bat after him, and he knew we weren't in a position to dictate the play, so why did he need to try and dictate terms?

 

[hussain.r97]

What's the weather prediction for tomorrow?

Rain all day apparently.

It's in our best interests for this this game to be rained off.

Next game, we have a real good shot, they have no Sangakarra, so we need to be at our best, and go for the kill.

 

[Captain_Obvious]

Wow !!! Now people blaming Azhar here
guy batted 100 overs in a day 4 wicket and yet you expect more out of him.
If not for Azhar, Sri Lanka would have won today itself.

 

[#GreenRoars]

play has been called off for today