Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo (SSC)| 07/02/12 | 2nd Test | Day 4

[Square Drive]

Very exciting day coming up in about 1 hour. Let's hope it doesn't rain. Sri Lanka need another 281 with 9 wickets to avoid the follow-on. Any updates about the current weather?

 

[Ironcat]

What have we got saved for the rainy day?

 

[czarkeen]

rain forecast all day

i am not even going to get my hopes up

 

[Square Drive]

9.35 am The sky is getting gloomier and gloomier, the pitch is back under covers. The start is officially delayed now, till 1015 am.

Ah well, draw it seems. We can hope the rain stays away, but I doubt it will stay away for long.

 

[Usman]

Yep heavy rain is forecast for the whole of today and tomorrow. There simply isn't going to be time to bowl Lanka out twice. How I wish this rain came in the last match!

 

[Lachrymose]

Yep heavy rain is forecast for the whole of today and tomorrow. There simply isn't going to be time to bowl Lanka out twice. How I wish this rain came in the last match!

You are so right!

 

[Square Drive]

10 am The sun is finally coming out, announces Kanishkaa, our man at the SSC

Good news...

 

[Lachrymose]

^Aah, finally, some sun

 

[MoinHaroon]

Come on stop this trial with fast bowler

 

[MoinHaroon]

Bring in our strength Misbah. Are you stupid or something

 

[Lachrymose]

Pakistan need a wicket here ASAP...

 

[Lachrymose]

Let Ajmal begin his magic...

 

[MoinHaroon]

Pakistan is wasting time with these pacers, they will never take a wicket

 

[MoinHaroon]

Come on Dilshan and sanga will get there eye in and then they will not get out

 

[MoinHaroon]

Almost empty

 

[MoinHaroon]

They are doing good but I am not sure if they are going to take any wickets

 

[MoinHaroon]

2 more overs and I am sleeping

 

[MoinHaroon]

Finally

 

[MoinHaroon]

Dilshan gone in this over

 

[MoinHaroon]

Ajmal too short, dont worry about runs

 

[MoinHaroon]

Bad over, I think it is a draw

 

[JibranAnsari]

looks like srilanka will score 500 too..

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Barely anyone active here right now...

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

SL 116-1, we need some quick wickets right now

 

[ahamedirshad123]

@rgcricket: Sangakkara has now scored most runs vs Pak in Tests, goes past Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 2,089 runs.Took only 15 mts vs Sunny's 24

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Lunch Now...

 

[Looney]

Barely anyone active here right now...

What do you expect ? The pitch is flat and the rain interruptions will lead to a draw

 

[Sherlock]

Rain, rain.

It's a draw fellas.

 

[JilaWatan]

Rain, rain.

It's a draw fellas.

no sh** sherlock!

we knew that yesterday

 

[JibranAnsari]

how many rating points we lose in case of 1-0 and 1-1?

 

[LegendAli]

no sh** sherlock!

we knew that yesterday

easy cowboy, dont take anger out on sherlock, not his fault.

 

[shakil]

Play about to resume

 

[style_guru]

Pakistan actually could have cornered SL after a good performance with the bat, but destiny had other plans in store.

This remaining part of the match is a mere formality. Can both captains agree to a draw on the 4th day of a match??

 

[leatherface58]

Pakistan actually could have cornered SL after a good performance with the bat, but destiny had other plans in store.

This remaining part of the match is a mere formality. Can both captains agree to a draw on the 4th day of a match??

it was never gonna happen.it's Colombo SSC. bowlers go to die on this wicket.

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[Lachrymose]

Who will get the breakthrough? Is it even possible?

 

[style_guru]

it was never gonna happen.it's Colombo SSC. bowlers go to die on this wicket.

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I know it's not a wicket where sides can get through the opposition batsmen in a herd. But just a suggestion that the sheer weight of runs behind would have helped Pakistan trouble SL. A psychological advantage to Pakistan could not be denied here, had it not rained that much.

 

[Ironcat]

One wicket is all you need to open the door.

 

[shakil]

Pakistani bowlers are going to hurt their averages from this match

 

[LegendAli]

WOW Sanga's 5 year old is too impressive.

 

[qamar84]

rain ruin this match

 

[qamar84]

WOW Sanga's 5 year old is too impressive.

good technique for his age

 

[qamar84]

wow beauty by rehman almost an edge

 

[qamar84]

dilshan strugling vs rehman

 

[qamar84]

great over by rehman

 

[waqar goraya]

so the rains have brought a change in this pitch....some sharp turn

 

[Boi]

Looking at the scorecard, it seems as if this is one of those genuinely crap games of cricket that woud even put an ardent cricket fan off from watching. Test Cricket should be banned from being played on roads like this Colombo track.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Come on. 1 wicket man!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Who's gonna bring up 3 figures first.

 

[leatherface58]

ANY t20 league game > a test match on Colombo SSC. i would rather watch 3 hrs of batsman bashing bowlers than 5 days of batsmen bashing bowlers. i love test cricket but it's pitches like these....

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[Amjid Javed]

Serious **** poor test surface, ICC should look at pitches like this and ban them from being used in test cricket.

 

[lameduck]

Serious **** poor test surface, ICC should look at pitches like this and ban them from being used in test cricket.

No they were gonna ban the Galle pitch not so long ago.

 

[style_guru]

Bowlers from both sides would be dead by the end of the match

 

[Bullet Drive]

100 up for Dilshan

 

[Bullet Drive]

Pitches like these end test cricket.

 

[leatherface58]

i don't give a damn what constitutes good cricket but i would rather watch cricket on substandard pitches than on 'good' pitches like these. uncovered pitches FTW

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[Sherlock]

Shocking Test.

So bad it's embarrassing.

 

[Zamee]

Serial killers should be summoned as bowlers on this pitch. This would be a better punishment than hanging them.
One of the worst pitches ive ever witnessed.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Pakistan should just bowl some part timers. Bowl Azhar & younis.

 

[Asif321]

what a test match

 

[Sherlock]

No need bowling our pacers or spinners any longer, just give the part-timers the ball.

 

[leatherface58]

the will be happy

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[Sherlock]

It's clear to me SL are just gonna bat out today and tomorrow and make the bowlers toil.

 

[doctordamor]

why not have azhar bowl man its useless pitch, pitches like this should be banned.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bowl Azhar Ali.

 

[czarkeen]

Its quite mysterious why Misbah never bowls Azhar apart from the only time he bowled and got Sanga

Anyway this match is probably the deadest boringest match ever

These flat pitches should be banned

 

[Sherlock]

Someone at cricinfo :

SSC = Sanctuary to Score Centuries.

Enough said.

 

[Sherlock]

I'm officially out of this thread. Such a boring game now.

 

[Strike!]

Test cricket at it's worst.

 

[truthseer]

Worst pitch ever, I suspected it when Hafeez made 196 but it's even worse.

 

[truthseer]

Chishti said it reminded him of Faisalabad and his old story (I've listened to it once) was more interesting than the match

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Sangakkara now holds the record of scoring most Test 100s vs Pakistan

 

[leatherface58]

wow hilarious qadir impression from Azhar Ali.

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[truthseer]

Sangakarra OUT

 

[style_guru]

Does anyone knows if the two captains have ever agreed to a draw on the fourth day of a test match??

That would atleast save the bowlers from such tormentation

 

[Amjid Javed]

Wont be shocked if SL order a smiliar dead surface for last game in Pakelle.

 

[Strike!]

Sangakarra OUT

This is bannable.

 

[A.M.]

Sangakarra OUT

??? what u watching ???

 

[truthseer]

Just adding some spice to a boring match

 

[NeVerMind]

No wnder even when Sri lanka are winning, they are consdiered one of the most boring sides in the world (at least in test cricket)...

 

[Asif321]

srilanka should declare