Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo (SSC)| 07/04/12 | 2nd Test | Day 5

[shahidafridi123]

Sri Lanka's target is 260 in 37 overs.

 

[talha3]

Misbah you legend. Whatta team talk

 

[Ironcat]

Wow, nice pep talk from Misbah!

 

[khalil1986]

the two overs lost will make the run rate even higher, they need around 7 an over now.

 

[IAJ]

Wished we could open the innings with an old ball. Junaid would have loved that.

 

[qamar84]

misbah you legend. Whatta team talk

 

[Fawad2010]

Wow, never even dreamt that Misbah would declare before 30.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Beauty first ball.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Dilshan wants to quit test cricket

 

[shahidafridi123]

wow look at the swing!

 

[talha3]

Junaid should just bowl with all he's got now. Can afford to give his 100%

 

[Lara400]

ok erm..hain jee? this is an attacking positive move from Misbah!! this is what "real"cricket is all about!!

some bachay need to stop watching this format as its beyond them!

Ok Gramps I was talking about the non declaration after tea!!!!

Keep up Old Timer!!!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Cheema has to come to the party today.

 

[qamar84]

the way misbah is talking to them with respect with coolness i mean what a captain

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[Bullet Drive]

SL off the mark.

 

[shahidafridi123]

Dilshan wants to quit test cricket

What?

 

[Luton Bad Boy]

That psychological blow for the Sri Lanka openers who were ready to field for another 30-odd overs, now need to mentally prepare themselves for attrition survival batting

BRING IT ON!!!

 

[Bullet Drive]

SL with a good start.

 

[IAJ]

Somebody slap this joker Abdur Rehman. What was need for that?

 

[Bullet Drive]

SL seem positive.

 

[shahidafridi123]

Top work from Ammar Ashraf, who has dug up the stat that Saeed Ajmal's 34 overs is most bowled by a Pakistani in a Test without a maiden.

Cricinfo

Same Ammar Ashraf here on PP??

 

[shahidafridi123]

Peach

 

[Bullet Drive]

Terrific ball. Well played.

 

[Bullet Drive]

SL are pushing for the win.

 

[A.M.]

Junaid is a very goood bowler

 

[Ahson8]

This will be interesting...

 

[Bullet Drive]

Cheema looks very unfit. Look at the way he is running in.

 

[doctordamor]

i hope everyone who wanted us to declare after 1st over

 

[Bullet Drive]

SL pushing for a win..

 

[NeVerMind]

Junaid causing all sorts of problems. Irrespective of what happens today, it has marked the arrival of a Junaid as a bowler to be taken seriously...

 

[ads101]

Already SL have 10 in first over.

We had the chance to come out of this test positive and on top carrying on batting. Now we'll be fighting to save the test and restrict Sri Lanka's run rate.

Ridiculous captaincy.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Just take Cheema off. Innocuous bowling.

 

[shaz619]

Srilanka will play for a draw the only way we would have a chance is if they attempted to chase our target the only way that would have been possible is if we had declared on a lead of 180-200 which encourages srilanka to chase meaning we are mre likely to take wickets although it would have been risky

 

[Bullet Drive]

Already SL have 10 in first over.

We had the chance to come out of this test positive and on top carrying on batting. Now we'll be fighting to save the test and restrict Sri Lanka's run rate.

Completely agree..

 

[Bullet Drive]

Another quick one...... SL could win..

 

[A.M.]

Pranavitana on stirke now

 

[A.M.]

may be hafeez should ball instead off cheema

 

[doctordamor]

why in God name would u declare what the hell coach is doing

 

[ads101]

Completely agree..

feel so annoyed. We dominated this test, and now we'll leave with the feeling that Sri Lanka were unlucky not to have chased this down.

And at the rate Sri Lanka are going they could well pull this off.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Junaid should carry on and then give Hafeez from the other end.

 

[doctordamor]

16 after 2 overs run rate easily maintained seriously im so pissed

 

[Ironcat]

Look at those SL batting averages. Credit to our bowlers for getting them out for under 400 on this pitch

 

[talha3]

SL won't win this, trust me.

 

[Bullet Drive]

feel so annoyed. We dominated this test, and now we'll leave with the feeling that Sri Lanka were unlucky not to have chased this down.

And at the rate Sri Lanka are going they could well pull this off.

If we batted we'd be putting their fielders under a workout. Their bowlers under a work out. Our batsman with more time in the middle. Boosting averages and then we'd be on top going into 3rd test.

This achieves nothing. We will be on the back foot going into test 3.

 

[talha3]

If they get to 150 quickly, Pakistan can just set negative fields and bowl negatively.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Well bowled Junaid..

 

[ads101]

SL won't win this, trust me.

They have a much better chance of winning than Pakistan do. And even if they don't, they'll walk away with the mental advantage that had they made pakistan worry about losing.

 

[Ironcat]

Already SL have 10 in first over.

We had the chance to come out of this test positive and on top carrying on batting. Now we'll be fighting to save the test and restrict Sri Lanka's run rate.

Ridiculous captaincy.

Not quite. To get to this total, SL will end up losing wickets like no tomorrow. They will go defensive WAY before Pakistan will have to.

 

[Bullet Drive]

If they get to 150 quickly, Pakistan can just set negative fields and bowl negatively.

What was the whole bloody point of delcaring then!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Another edge for four..

 

[talha3]

Parnavitana has scored 13, not one run has been convincing.

 

[Xoib]

lol at kids thinking Lanka will go for the win they are only giving a dart just so they can get rid of close in fielders.

 

[ads101]

If they get to 150 quickly, Pakistan can just set negative fields and bowl negatively.

just like Sri lanka did to us second innings? And even then we scored at six an over with a bowler doing most of the hitting. What if Sri lanka's aggressive batsmen like Dilshan, Matthews decide to have a shot at it?

 

[talha3]

What was the whole bloody point of delcaring then!

They've already had a couple of plays and misses and one run out oppurtunity. On another day they could have been 2 down already.

 

[Luton Bad Boy]

Pakistan will take more from this game than Sri Lanka

- Hafeez close to 200
- Azhar Ali scoring 150+
- Junaid Khan taking a 5-fer
- Only 2 Sri Lankan batsmen scored sizeable scores in their 391
- Misbah declared twice in the match

What can Sri Lanka take away from the match??

 

[doctordamor]

7 an over SL going easily without any risk

 

[Ironcat]

Dilshan is tired. Sanga will be tired. They are already 1 up and have no incentive to win.

 

[LegendAli]

I have a feeling history will be made today, inshallah!

Let's go Pakistan, take this!

 

[ads101]

whilst I agree Sri Lanka won't probably win this, we put ourselves in the situation where we were at risk of losing. There was no point of doing this.

Even if we don't lose, the mental advantage will now be with Sri Lanka.

 

[talha3]

just like Sri lanka did to us second innings? And even then we scored at six an over with a bowler doing most of the hitting. What if Sri lanka's aggressive batsmen like Dilshan, Matthews decide to have a shot at it?

We didn't even get to 6rpo, SL need over 7. Plus we lost a couple of wickets. SL won't take any chances if they lose a wicket(s).

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[Luton Bad Boy]

Are we forgetting the Ajmal and Rehman factor in a chase in a test match???

Ask England??

 

[talha3]

Take Cheema off now.

 

[doctordamor]

another 4 crap

 

[Ironcat]

If Pakistan get a few wickets, mental advantage will be theirs. All depends on who will win the session.

Pakistan has nothing to lose.

 

[ads101]

We didn't even get to 6rpo, SL need over 7. Plus we lost a couple of wickets. SL won't take any chances if they lose a wicket(s).

SL need exactly 7.

We got just under 6.

And we didn't start off as aggressively as Sri Lanka did.

1 run more per over isn't a huge difference. Especially considering we only lost 2 wickets. Sri lanka have their whole batting order to pull this off.

Don't think we'll lose this. But there's no way in hell we really had a shot at winning with this sort of declaration. Just a chance to lose.

 

[doctordamor]

Are we forgetting the Ajmal and Rehman factor in a chase in a test match???

Ask England??

SL are not england they are better bat of spin then england history might be made today with SL win then we can kiss 3rd test goodbye

 

[LegendAli]

at people not realizing that every sport team goes for wins, people questioning why we declared need to give it up and go to bed.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Game is in favor of SL.

 

[czarkeen]

SL keeping up with the RR uptil now atleast amd hope thats as far as it goes

 

[A.M.]

Junaid to Dilshan

 

[cricketpassion]

Bring spinners

 

[A.M.]

2 dot balls to start

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good leave. Dilshan has changed since no captaincy burden.

 

[A.M.]

Junaid bowling great line

 

[talha3]

SL need exactly 7.

We got just under 6.

And we didn't start off as aggressively as Sri Lanka did.

1 run more per over isn't a huge difference. Especially considering we only lost 2 wickets. Sri lanka have their whole batting order to pull this off.

Don't think we'll lose this. But there's no way in hell we really had a shot at winning with this sort of declaration. Just a chance to lose.

Hmm I guess we should just agree to disagree. I think there's more of a winning chance than losing chance and you think the opposite.

 

[A.M.]

again nice line and length

 

[A.M.]

one run

 

[Bullet Drive]

30-0