Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo (SSC)| 06/29/12 | 2nd Test | Day 1

[JilaWatan]

waqar's golden words

droives (drives)
aar (hour)
toime (time)

 

[Bullet Drive]

drinks

 

[waqar goraya]

pradeep kills any joy of watching test cricket....very painful

 

[Ironcat]

SL certainly think this pitch will flatten out even more

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan 44/0 (15.2 ov)

 

[iHammad]

50 up

 

[ads101]

50 up. Good work!

 

[Ironcat]

Taufeeq seems to have learned fast

 

[waqar goraya]

if this pitch is going to flatten out even more then there is no chance of any result...but who knows little bit of overnight rain brings life into this for kulasekera and cheema or junaid

 

[Justcrazy]

54 / 0

 

[Justcrazy]

Runs on board will matter more than pitch.

 

[Ibad17]

Taufeeq Umar playing good here. Let's hope he keep up the same form.

 

[Ironcat]

Nicely done by Taufeeq

 

[Bullet Drive]

great knock

 

[waqar goraya]

taufeeq looks angry

 

[Bullet Drive]

hafeez will give it away now

 

[Ibad17]

50 for Taufeeq Umar. Well played.

 

[IAJ]

Lovely batting by taufeeq. Needs to carry on and make a big one.

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Really positive attacking cricket from Taufeeq today. Lovely 50.

 

[IAJ]

hafeez will give it away now

Tumharey munh mein keedhey

 

[waqar goraya]

hafeez looked like a tailender

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Time for a wicket.

 

[ads101]

Taufeeq out. Good knock nonetheless.

 

[waqar goraya]

 

[MoinHaroon]

Good job but gave it away

 

[IAJ]

Azhar in then? Lolz who will make the runs now?

 

[Pete Rose]

gave it away....century for the taking

 

[MoinHaroon]

Azhar in then? Lolz who will make the runs now?

That is funny. 10 more runs till lunch

 

[waqar goraya]

but he has lessened the pressure for coming batsmen by attacking

 

[MoinHaroon]

Chisti commentating for 10 sports

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

time for a wicket.

 

[MoinHaroon]

Lets see if Pakistan losses it now

 

[Bullet Drive]

poor shot!

 

[Pete Rose]

hafeez doing well as nightwatchman

 

[MoinHaroon]

I think Azhar will do good on this pitch

 

[MoinHaroon]

very good field setting well said chisti

 

[MoinHaroon]

Hafeez can't find the boundary

 

[MoinHaroon]

He is getting ready to go

 

[waqar goraya]

rengana comes so younis might also come soon as hafeez does not knows

 

[waqar goraya]

it is laughable now

 

[MoinHaroon]

rengana comes so younis might also come soon as hafeez does not knows

Hafeez should retire hurt or he is going to get out before lunch

 

[Badsha786]

hafeez struggling big time

 

[MoinHaroon]

Chisti needs to do good, it seems like he is on Radio

 

[Badsha786]

maybe he will fight through it will get easier for him

 

[Badsha786]

russell arnold is an ostrich

 

[ca_gold]

russell arnold is an ostrich

Absolutely - and apparently a sexist one at that - chisty putting him in place

 

[Badsha786]

the guy always thinks SL will win every game even when they were getting hammered in england they had no chance to win he still came up with a theory of how they could win

 

[waqar goraya]

i have already opened the large out smilie ...just matter of a click

 

[IAJ]

Hafeez hitting them well, straight to the fielders.z h

 

[Bullet Drive]

Kulu on!

 

[ca_gold]

Love Rameez comment about how Hafeez should use a block block bat instead of boom boom

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Another wicket to fall soon.

 

[Badsha786]

rameez is a suck up

 

[Badsha786]

yara why a wicket to fall soon you people are soo negative

 

[Badsha786]

this pitch is as flat as a parantha

 

[waqar goraya]

russell is hoping for 275 all out...lol!!

 

[ca_gold]

Why is russel such an idiot - these two arguing about the time now and again proved wrong

 

[Ironcat]

Chishti's snippets = lame

 

[Badsha786]

russel is a clown hoping for 275 on this pitch more like 500

 

[waqar goraya]

younis should be ready to score an easy 100

 

[Badsha786]

chisti said im not having lunch now he wants some

 

[Wassixpakistani]

Pitch perfect for batting and opening foundation has been laid nicely . I can't see us scoring less then 400 unless of course there are brain farts or umpires involved .

 

[ads101]

The hundred up!

 

[ads101]

Two nice s by hafeez

 

[ads101]

Good over that, hafeez has now got his SR to something respectable after 11 runs from his bat in that over. Not that run rate really matters at the moment, but it did seem a little of a joke that Hafeez was still on 20 odd after all this time when Taufeeq already scored 60 or so and has come and gone already .

 

[ads101]

come on azhar want him to score big today

 

[ads101]

Hafeez looking a bit better against Kula, but it still feels if anyone gets hafeez wicket it'll be kula.

 

[Inherent Ignorance]

Oh man...... looks like an extremely high scoring draw.

It will be interesting if I am proved wrong though.

 

[Inherent Ignorance]

Oh man...... looks like an extremely high scoring draw.

It will be interesting if I am proved wrong though.

 

[ads101]

hafeez's fifty up.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Ads wake me up when he is 98 not out.

 

[ads101]

That's like Hafeez's first fifty in 10 innings (i.e. all T20, ODI, test combined). Has to take confidence from finally breaking that barren streak.

 

[ads101]

Ads wake me up when he is 98 not out.

er how )

 

[ads101]

Taufeeq was actually playing much better than hafeez, looked in sublime form. Shame toffee sort of through it away. Good catch though.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Pakistan need to bat all day today with ideally at 270-290/3 or 4 at worst. Then bat two sessions tomorrow. 500 is minimum on this wicket.

 

[ads101]

Hafeez really getting confident now, looking for boundaries. Done the bulk of his run scoring after lunch. Was a SR of 20 or so not too long ago, now over 50. Looking better against kula every over.

Meanwhile azhar's plodding away not too troubled.

 

[JibranAnsari]

50 for hafeez , gotta be a draw.

 

[Sherlock]

Jayawardene

 

[JibranAnsari]

I haven't seen this runrate for pak in tests in 5 years , it is our one day runrate usually

 

[ads101]

Taufeeq looked in good form throughout his innings.

Hafeez looked rubbish at the start, but looks better now. Hitting and seeing them better. Still not amazing, but for the sake of the pakistan first innings can't afford to throw this away.

Azhar not sure, too early. Seems ok out there though.