Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo (SSC)| 07/02/12 | 2nd Test | Day 3

[Justcrazy]

Talal: "The real flat bed is in fact faisalabad with 24 matches played and 13 draws, that is a result percentage of less than 46

 

[Ironcat]

Nice catch

 

[JilaWatan]

junni strikes

 

[Bullet Drive]

Massive wicket, in comes Sanga

 

[Justcrazy]

looking pretty flat.

 

[Bullet Drive]

This is the guy I hate watching bat against us. He's Bradman against us. He's mad! Get him early!

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[JilaWatan]

real test begins now

 

[Ironcat]

Aizaz can get Sanga on the angle

 

[LethalSami]

looking pretty flat.

??????????

 

[Strike!]

Yeah!

 

[Strike!]

Damn my stream is slow.

 

[Ironcat]

Need more noise from our fielders. 11 vs 2. Make it so.

 

[Ironcat]

Too much width from Cheema

 

[Bullet Drive]

We need Sanga very early here!

 

[Strike!]

Sanga is gonna be torturous.

 

[Justcrazy]

21 / 1

 

[Bullet Drive]

Cheema has more of a chance with Sanga.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Anyone faces 60+ balls on here, they'll get a ton.

 

[Justcrazy]

The pitch is flat , SL will have to play poor cricket to loose this game.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Bullet Drive]

I hate Sanga !

 

[Strike!]

Almost!

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 more wicket before lunch and we can definitely have chances to win.

 

[Ironcat]

Cheema needs to trim down his width

 

[Bullet Drive]

Cheema after his first over has been very poor. Time for Hafeez.

 

[LethalSami]

Hunbbel Meer: "Anyone with me that Junaid must be a permanent pace member in Test and ODIs? We've always seen him bowling on dead pitches. In helpful conditions, he will be the guy to watch!"

junaid has been only bowling on dead pitches yet he is avg. 30.......

will be good to see how he does in SA, AUS and Eng

 

[Strike!]

Get Hafeez on before lunch.

 

[Justcrazy]

40 / 1

 

[Ironcat]

Neither bowler bowling to his field. First time he does it in the over and there is an edge

 

[Justcrazy]

needs a bowling coach.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Over. Take Cheema off.

 

[Strike!]

Why persist with Cheema?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Sanga with a double.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bowl Ajmal now to Dilshan.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Saeed Ajmal onto bowl to Dilshan now.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Need more men round the bat.

 

[Bullet Drive]

90kph. Good stuff.

 

[doctordamor]

dilshan having so much luck man its unbelievable

 

[Bullet Drive]

Dilshan and Sanga play Ajmal the best around the world.

 

[Strike!]

Not looking good.

 

[waqar goraya]

dilshan is even worse than akmal in throwing his wicket.....too many errors but still there....

 

[doctordamor]

Ian Gould staying steadfast against pak that was lbw didn't give and next two balls went for boundries great going ian

 

[Bullet Drive]

Would have bowled Hafeez + that LBW was gone1

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bit of turn. Good comecback Rehman.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Perfect forward defence.

 

[Strike!]

There is turn.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Around 1 or 2 overs left before lunch. Pakistan ahead but one more wicket would make the game ours1

 

[Ironcat]

Afternoon spin will be interesting

 

[waqar goraya]

^
what about afternoon rain....

 

[Bullet Drive]

That's lunch.

 

[doctordamor]

at this run rate pak will be batting by tom

 

[Love Pakistan]

Dilshan survived like 10 times already! Talk about getting lucky!

 

[Sherlock]

We'll get Dilshan out sooner rather than later I think. Sanga is the massive wicket though.

 

[JibranAnsari]

150/5 will be at tea.

 

[Sherlock]

Bad news: The covers are being brought on, says Kanishakaa Balachandran, our man in Colombo. No rain yet, but a huge dark cloud approaching the stadium.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Game is definitely a drawn game now. No chance of winning. Rain wins.

 

[Bullet Drive]

It is raining now. A severe storm

 

[James]

What was the bowling like?

 

[Sherlock]

A one-word message from Kanishkaa, and it's the word we have been dreading: "Rain!". Plenty of covers around the outfield.

 

[Sherlock]

What was the bowling like?

Pakistan or SL?

We've bowled well with little help from the pitch. Dilshan looks on the verge capitulating though, but looks like rain will be the winner here though.

 

[Strike!]

There goes any chance of winning the series, Hopefully we can win the last one.

 

[JibranAnsari]

We will get them out after the rain goes under cloud cover , Junaid will take a 5fer.

 

[Sherlock]

Looks like the rest of days 4 and 5 will also be washouts.

On to the next one.

 

[James]

We've bowled well with little help from the pitch. Dilshan looks on the verge capitulating though, but looks like rain will be the winner here though.

Pakistan batted well. They deserve better than a washout.

 

[Sherlock]

It happens, we can't always win.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Sod's law, we finally bat well and the weather goes bananas

 

[LethalSami]

God can't do this to us

 

[JibranAnsari]

We had a chance to move up the rankings , umpires screwed us up in the first match and now rain snatching our chance of victory.

 

[speed]

There goes the series we can only hope of winning the last test and drawing the series now.

 

[IAJ]

Very postive reply from SL so far. They have already posted 70 runs. This is how you reply to a very big total.
You don't start blocking and then getting all out for 100.

Anyways with the help of dampness the rain will create we will inshaAllah bowl them out for less than 300 and enforce the follow on.

 

[Lachrymose]

Draw is the greatest possibility here

 

[Ironcat]

Very postive reply from SL so far. They have already posted 70 runs. This is how you reply to a very big total.
You don't start blocking and then getting all out for 100.

Anyways with the help of dampness the rain will create we will inshaAllah bowl them out for less than 300 and enforce the follow on.

Half of those runs were edges and Dilshan's lucky charms. He is lucky that he will still be on the crease once the match resumes.

 

[thecricket]

What they are waiting for? rain stopped already?

 

[Sherlock]

Wet outfield ^^^

 

[czarkeen]

Any updates

nothing on cricinfo

 

[qamar84]

3.00pm Rain stays away The umpires are out to take a look.

 

[czarkeen]

finally umpire to take a look

will get to see cricket but nothing much to this match now i guess unless something drastic happens

 

[Sherlock]

Hopefully Pakistan can bowl a few overs today because this tour has been nothing but harmful for it's consistently bad weather and the poor umpiring.

Everything about this tour has looked wrong.

 

[Lachrymose]

Hope Pakistan gets some quick wickets if and when play resumes...