Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Pallekele | 07/12/12 | 3rd Test | Day 5

[Sherlock]

Inevitable draw. Unless SL take their finger out and actually attack.

Reminds my of the Test in the UAE/Abu Dhabi where Misbah could easily have chased the total instead blocked out like 20/30 overs to draw the match but win the series.

 

[IAJ]

6 wicket taking balls plsss

Yes only 6 good balls out of 90 balls.

 

[Asif321]

14 overs more

 

[NeVerMind]

Inevitable draw. Unless SL take their finger out and actually attack.

Reminds my of the Test in the UAE/Abu Dhabi where Misbah could easily have chased the total instead blocked out like 20/30 overs to draw the match but win the series.

Yes and that led to a good run. Mahela hoping for the same...

 

[JR111]

need to bring back sami in place of hafeez...samis been poorly used this test match!

 

[Justcrazy]

14 overs remaining.

 

[TaZ]

Sami to get Sanga.. its going to happen

 

[Asif321]

Sami to get Sanga.. its going to happen

but doesnt feel to give ball to him

 

[NeVerMind]

but doesnt feel to give ball to him

He just did!

 

[TaZ]

but doesnt feel to give ball to him

Wake up Misbah. Throw the dice.

 

[Justcrazy]

The match is a draw....

 

[Wristy_Shuffler]

Sami on to bait the batsman

 

[Asif321]

but doesnt feel to give ball to him

Wish Granted

 

[Sherlock]

They'll shake hands soon.

 

[NeVerMind]

Sanga still playing his shots. good cos that is the only way to get him out...

 

[JibranAnsari]

an attack coming too late...

 

[Asif321]

 

[JibranAnsari]

lanka should go for it.. too close to let it go

 

[TaZ]

Possibly the last few balls of Sami's test career here. Needs to get Sanga

 

[Justcrazy]

bring on

 

[NeVerMind]

lanka should go for it.. too close to let it go

they won't. they are taking the misbah approach...

 

[JibranAnsari]

pakistan lackk two wicket taking bowlers. Kaneria would have been good.

 

[talha3]

pakistan lackk two wicket taking bowlers. Kaneria would have been good.

So would Asif, so would Amir. But guess what, they're cheats.

 

[TaZ]

He better not shake hands. Keep attacking.. last chance

 

[Asif321]

get a hat trick

 

[JibranAnsari]

last over before we shake hands IMO

 

[Qadeer]

So if both teams know this match is a draw why arent they shaking hands and stop wasting time

 

[JibranAnsari]

saeed ajmal should at least complete his 5 fer

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka require another 84 runs with 6 wickets remaining

 

[Asif321]

misbah has denied shaking hands ... he feels we can still get win

 

[JibranAnsari]

shake hands already

 

[imshally81]

get a hat trick

in dream....

 

[Qadeer]

83 of 60 balls, even in T20 it would have been a tough ask against AJMAL

 

[Justcrazy]

Riffeth: "This hurts! This hurts big time! Sri Lanka should have gone for it instead of giving up so easily! very disappointing by SL!"

Cricinfo

 

[TaZ]

we need 10 overs of all out attack

 

[Asif321]

exact revenge taken by Lanka of dubai series wich they lost 1-0
here they win 1-0

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Asif321]

only 75 remain

 

[talha3]

How angry would we be if we were SL fans?

 

[NeVerMind]

Hands shaken...misbah looks disappointed....

 

[cricketpassion]

exact revenge taken by Lanka of dubai series wich they lost 1-0
here they win 1-0

With the help of Umpires and Rain

 

[Asif321]

SHAKING HANDS ........ poor from lanka

 

[JibranAnsari]

and it's over.

 

[Justcrazy]

has brought no changes, Dermot Reeve would have been better choice.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Misbah still hasn't lost a series . Hafeez was the captain in the lost match.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poor tour , lost both ODI an Test. Team is really down.

 

[Justcrazy]

That is the end of that. The teams have decided to call it off, and Sri Lanka have their first Test series win since August 2009

 

[TaZ]

Absolutely ridiculous.

 

[imshally81]

Drawn... thatz a poor tactics... we have still 9 overs left....

 

[JibranAnsari]

I think they won their last series against us.

 

[Nitin Tomer]

What a ridiculous performance by Srilanka. More then pitches, such instances of defensive mentality by captains are killing test matches...

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan should be disappointed here, they should have defeated SL.

 

[Asif321]

Sangakara and herath Finish leading run scorer and leading wicket taker of series

 

[Sherlock]

Cannot believe SL didn't go for the target

 

[NeVerMind]

Pakistan should be disappointed here, they should have defeated SL.

might still have done had we not lost one day on rain...

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan batted poorly in the first test , it could easily have been drawn.

 

[Asif321]

it is Pakistans first series loss since going down 1-3 to England in July 2010.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan must find a fast bowling all rounder before SA tour , also they need the bowlers start contributing some runs.

 

[JibranAnsari]

pakistan has lost three rating points , still number 5 though.

 

[imshally81]

Asad Shafiq should be man of the match

 

[JibranAnsari]

Parera should get it imshally

 

[Asif321]

will give asad shafiq man of match .. 75 n 100

 

[Asif321]

Asad is man of the match

 

[JibranAnsari]

Parera deserves it ,otherwise pakistan would have won.

 

[Amjid Javed]

The dropped catch of perrera and the 100 lead we gave away cost us this match. Also our **** poor pace bowling is leaving much to be desired!

 

[Asif321]

sanga man of series

 

[Random Aussie]

So basically running three overs late in an ODI has cost you a Test series loss. Harsh but that's what happens when you rely too much on one guy with a brain.

Commiserations Pakistan, everything that could have gone against you did on this tour. It's a measure of the teams improvement that a 1-0 loss away is considered disappointing.