Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 3rd Test | Pallekele | 07/08/12 | Day 1

[Down2Earth]

taufeeq playing one of the worst innings i've seen in quite some time

 

[insurge]

Taufeeq getting badly exposed

 

[ads101]

Agree with talha3, starting to think Taufeeq is going to score a century here despite being poor so far. Could have got out a number of times, but the man is still in.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Ball is doing just enough.

 

[ddss]

Why is this pitch so green?

 

[Ironcat]

Hafeez.

 

[talha3]

Hafeez gone, who would have thought?

 

[JilaWatan]

agaya hafeez apni oqaat per

 

[Afridirocks]

ball swinging and hafeez fails lol

 

[talha3]

That was a good ball, must be said. Seamed in sharply.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Perera has turned into Asif. Great in dipper.

 

[Down2Earth]

hafeez got an unplayable one, don't blame him for that.

 

[Looney]

Azhar Ali sent in at 3

 

[talha3]

Perera has turned into Asif. Great in dipper.

Imagine Asif on this pitch...

 

[imshally81]

 

[ddss]

Cant wait to see what Azhar will do haha

 

[saeed-sohail]

ball swinging and hafeez fails lol

When ball swings all our batsmen apart from Malik struggle since I have been watching 1987.

 

[Ironcat]

Trott plays these deliveries the best. Stays 3 feet out of the crease and covers three stumps outside off

 

[ads101]

disappointing from hafeez, he was looking good out there.

 

[saeed-sohail]

We need a score here. 270+.

 

[Afridirocks]

When ball swings all our batsmen apart from Malik struggle since I have been watching 1987.

inzi, yousuf even younus are pretty good against the swinging ball, hafeez is our opener should do much better

 

[JilaWatan]

When ball swings all our batsmen apart from Malik struggle since I have been watching 1987.

since 87? r u referring to saleem malik or "please-no" shoaib malik?

 

[talha3]

Taufeeq gets his drive out. Good sign.

 

[saeed-sohail]

since 87? r u referring to saleem malik or "please-no" shoaib malik?

Original Malik yaar, not the bits a pieces Malik.

 

[insurge]

Really impressed with the SL keeper

 

[Down2Earth]

inzi, yousuf even younus are pretty good against the swinging ball, hafeez is our opener should do much better

there's a reason yousuf and inzi batted at 5...

 

[Ironcat]

since 87? r u referring to saleem malik or "please-no" shoaib malik?

I think he is implying that Malik's struggles are not a function of conditions/pitches

 

[saeed-sohail]

inzi, yousuf even younus are pretty good against the swinging ball, hafeez is our opener should do much better

Inzi and yousaf were batting 4-5 not facing the new ball. Yousaf had good technique not Inzi to deal with swing.

 

[Ironcat]

Taufeeq playing Perera correctly. Out of crease.

 

[talha3]

Good stuff from Taufeeq coming down the wicket.

 

[saeed-sohail]

We need to get to lunch with 2 down or .....

 

[talha3]

It'll be a huge achievement if we manage to get to lunch only 1 or 2 down.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Azhar getting examined here.

 

[Ironcat]

Azhar should have come out of crease.

 

[saeed-sohail]

It'll be a huge achievement if we manage to get to lunch only 1 or 2 down.

Stop copying me. There goes Azhar.

 

[talha3]

Azhar gone. Looked uneasy.

 

[Looney]

catch taken Perera getts another one

 

[Down2Earth]

azhar ali got owned!

 

[talha3]

Stop copying me. There goes Azhar.

lol actually didn't. Seems we're thinking on the same page at the same time.

 

[saeed-sohail]

YK in, nervous.

 

[cricketworm]

not surprised at all.

 

[Down2Earth]

probably 150 all out on the cards.

 

[JilaWatan]

lol pak always makes perera look good

 

[Naraku]

all hopes on YK

 

[iHammad]

wow Pakistan...2 down

 

[saeed-sohail]

Ya Allah khair.

 

[Ironcat]

If it doesn't rain, we will certainly have a result here.

 

[talha3]

1st wicket was a beauty. 2nd wasn't great batting.

 

[Wristy_Shuffler]

So unlike Azhar to drive this early. I was expecting a sequence of leaves and blocks.

 

[cricketworm]

Excellent bowling Perera! After bowling Jaffa ball he comes up with overpitch outswinger!

Brilliant.

 

[saeed-sohail]

22 by Hafeez might be the top score here.

 

[waqar goraya]

is this srilanka ???

 

[saeed-sohail]

Dil haara warming up.

 

[Looney]

If another wicket goes , Toffee will go into his shell and tuk tuk with a SR of 19

 

[saeed-sohail]

is this srilanka ???

Headingley of 80s.

 

[cricketworm]

If Kulasekra finds a way to bring back that ball to Taufeeq, he will be in trouble. LBW prospect!

 

[talha3]

Taufeeq is STILL there, which is the key.

Good shot.

 

[saeed-sohail]

If another wicket goes , Toffee will go into his shell and tuk tuk with a SR of 19

That's what we need. Ball purana karna hai quaid ke liye.

 

[cricketworm]

This leaving by Taufeeq is always scary! Very close leaves.

 

[Ironcat]

Keeper appealing like the ball hit him under the belt

 

[saeed-sohail]

YK on strike. Jal tu jalaal tu aayee Bala taal tu.

 

[Ironcat]

Come on, Younis. You are staying too far back.

 

[talha3]

Good leave YK.

 

[cricketworm]

Sun is out! Good Signs! Hang in there for 15 more minutes, pitch will ease out.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Pereira alderman bowling well.

 

[Ironcat]

2 down into lunch, and that will be a good accomplishment

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan will miss rehman dearly , sami is a waste of space.

 

[saeed-sohail]

YK looks focused.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hope we cross 200 this time..

 

[cricketworm]

See the difference between footwork of YK and other batsman! That's what Pak. batsman usually lacks.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Shukar hai over nikaal gya.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Nazar nahi laganey ka ustaad.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Soft hands are key. Azhar went too hard.

 

[Ironcat]

Taufeeq's 360 at the moment = slip cordon

 

[JibranAnsari]

Younis is due a century , medicore series so far for him.

 

[saeed-sohail]

We are scoring nearly 4 an over.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Younis is due a century , medicore series so far for him.

87 29 and 32 with two poor decisions.

 

[Khabri420]

They really need to get through this session without losing any more wickets.

 

[Ironcat]

Younisssss.

 

[talha3]

Another duck...

We're in trouble.