Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014

al Furqaan · #1 August 6, 2014, 01:31 PM

Two of the most boring sides in cricket are hooking up for what should be a snoozefest.

Solid knock from Younis has Pak recovering to 261-4 but anything less than 500 at Galle is sub par. Will probably be a draw as neither side has the bowling firepower of eras past. Will Jaya retire with a 50+ avg???

Tigers_eye · #2 August 6, 2014, 01:49 PM

Yup, draw and Jaya 50+.

Tigers_eye · #3 August 8, 2014, 10:53 AM

Stumps - Day 3

Pakistan 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
K Manzoor	lbw b Prasad	3	27	19	0	0	15.78

A Shehzad	b Prasad	4	7	3	1	0	133.33

Azhar Ali	b Herath	30	87	69	5	0	43.47

Younis Khan	c Vithanage b Perera	177	496	331	15	1	53.47

M Haq*	c †Dickwella b Herath	31	155	100	2	0	31.00

Asad Shafiq	lbw b Herath	75	194	147	8	2	51.02

S Ahmed†	c Mathews b Perera	55	116	71	6	0	77.46

A Rehman	c Sangakkara b Perera	50	94	61	6	1	81.96

S Ajmal	c Jayawardene b Perera	12	34	23	1	0	52.17

Mohd Talha	not out	9	23	19	0	1	47.36

J Khan	c Jayawardene b Perera	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 4, nb 1)	5
Total	(all out; 140.5 overs; 622 mins)	451	(3.20 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-4 (Ahmed Shehzad, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Khurram Manzoor, 5.4 ov), 3-56 (Azhar Ali, 21.6 ov), 4-156 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 57.4 ov), 5-293 (Asad Shafiq, 101.1 ov), 6-359 (Younis Khan, 118.3 ov), 7-388 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 126.6 ov), 8-424 (Saeed Ajmal, 134.4 ov), 9-451 (Abdur Rehman, 140.2 ov), 10-451 (Junaid Khan, 140.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RMS Eranga	31	13	78	0	2.51	(1nb)

KTGD Prasad	24	3	81	2	3.37
1.3 to Ahmed Shehzad, middle stump takes a hit! Prasad does it for Angelo. He continues to get some inward movement and this time draws the batsman into making a mistake. This was pushed outside off, fuller, Shehzad pushed forward but failed to take the inward movement into account. That takes the inside edge and crashes into the middle. Shehzad could have left it on the line 4/1 5.4 to Khurram Manzoor, another shout for lbw and I don't think he has an escape from this one! This was full outside off, jags back in, Khurram falls over to the off side like he has been throughout his short stay, pushes outside the line of the ball and gets hit right in front of off. He thinks about challenging the decision but decides against it. Did it hit high? Maybe.. But that looked out straightaway.. replays say that would have hit the middle of the off stump 19/2
AD Mathews	15	7	25	0	1.66

HMRKB Herath	38	9	116	3	3.05
21.6 to Azhar Ali, beautifully bowled! That has clipped the off stump and it takes a while before anyone realises it... In fact the keeper and the bowler go on for an appeal for caught behind, but Azhar starts walking once he sees the off bail is off. That one was bowled with a round-arm action, it drifted in, lured Azhar into his front-foot lunge, dipped and spun past the outside edge to kiss the off stump.. A Herath special that one.. 56/3 57.4 to Misbah-ul-Haq, what a ripper! This is tossed up, pitched on the middle and Misbah was looking to drive it to off, but it turns sharply to catch the outside edge en route to the wicket keeper. Just when Abhishek Purohit was saying how good Misbah is as a player of spin, one of the best in the world along with Sanga (I hope he mentions it in his report).. He falls to a spinner.. 156/4 101.1 to Asad Shafiq, there he goes, the Rangana! Breaks the partnership with an arm ball! It was tossed up and it kept coming in with the arm, Shafiq was playing for the spin and was pushing forward in defence but played outside the line. No doubt about that, it was hitting the stumps. The batsman asks for a review but he is not going to hear any good news. The replays confirm the umpire's decision. 293/5
MDK Perera	31.5	1	137	5	4.30
118.3 to Younis Khan, there's the wicket! Younis Khan marathon is over at 177, he skipped down the crease but wasn't quite near the pitch, stretches forward to reach for the ball, ends up chipping a tame shot towards midwicket, Vithanage dives forward there and collects a low chance, it's been a rough Test for Perera so far but he has now got the big one 359/6 126.6 to Sarfraz Ahmed, that has been smashed to the silly mid-on fielder placed for that shot exactly! The batsman charged down the pitch but didn't get any elevation, hitting it straight and hard to Angelo who takes a good sharp catch 388/7 134.4 to Saeed Ajmal, another wicket for Dilruwan! Ajmal tucks this sharply turning delivery into the hands of Mahela at leg slip. HIs 201st catch but that dismissal would excite Ajmal too. There was some bounce on that delivery too 424/8 140.2 to Abdur Rehman, the batsman's fun and games are finally over as he smacks this flighted delivery straight to long off where Sanga takes a well judged catch at the edge of the boundary. Rehman was a bit disappointed he didn't get it over the line. It did look like he had made a good connection 451/9 140.5 to Junaid Khan, what a catch! That is a stunner! You have to take a look at this when you get a chance.. He makes it look so easy. It was spinning down the leg side and Junaid looks to sweep it, but it catches the glove (probably) and Mahela takes it with one hand, moving to his right, so nonchalantly. That's what makes him such a cool catcher there. 451/10
KDK Vithanage	1	0	10	0	10.00

Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	lbw b Junaid Khan	19	15	4	0	126.66

JK Silva	c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Talha	64	140	11	0	45.71

KC Sangakkara	not out	102	218	13	0	46.78

DPMD Jayawardene	not out	55	109	6	0	50.45

Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2)	12
Total	(2 wickets; 80 overs)	252	(3.15 runs per over)

To batAD Mathews*, KDK Vithanage, N Dickwella†, MDK Perera, KTGD Prasad, HMRKB Herath, RMS Eranga

Fall of wickets 1-24 (Tharanga, 4.4 ov), 2-144 (Silva, 46.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Junaid Khan	20	6	71	1	3.55	(1w)
4.4 to Tharanga, this is close! the umpire raises his finger as soon as the bowler turns back to ask the question. This one jagged back in and like in the first over, Tharanga is falling over to the off side.. But the batsman asks for a review of the decision. It has hit him above the knee roll, that must have forced him to call for the review, but the predictor is showing that the ball is taking the leg bail off.. It stays umpire's call and Tharanga has to go. Just like Khurram in the first innings, he looked like a walking lbw candidate despite edging a fair few 24/1
Mohammad Talha	14	4	45	1	3.21	(2nb, 1w)
46.6 to Silva, Superb catch by the keeper! Silva pushes at a length delivery and slightly pushes inside the line, he gets a thick outside edge that is dying towards the right of the keeper. Sarfraz dives to his right and plucks it with one hand. 144/2
Saeed Ajmal	29	7	76	0	2.62

Abdur Rehman	17	2	56	0	3.29

NoName · #4 August 8, 2014, 02:34 PM

Sanga Bradman doing what he does best against Pak and BD

Gowza · #5 August 8, 2014, 09:47 PM

2 modern greats cashing in on tons so far, we'll see if a 3rd can do it over the next couple of days. herath a seriously underrated spinner though imo, ajmal might have a superior record but if i was picking one to bowl for me i'd probably take herath, gets really good turn, great drift, enough variations and being an SLA there aren't many top quality ones of those. i'd take swann, murali and saqlain over ajaml for offies as well. herath top of the tree for SLA's imo.

al-Sagar · #6 August 9, 2014, 02:02 AM

khel kee jome utheche ????

simon · #7 August 9, 2014, 06:10 AM

Sanga double ton

Gowza · #8 August 10, 2014, 12:22 AM

Sanga moves past Lara as the clear #2 in test doubles, bradman has 2 more than him.

koushik · #9 August 10, 2014, 05:33 AM

Sri Lanka need 99 to win from 21 over.

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koushik · #10 August 10, 2014, 06:14 AM

SL NEED 71 FROM 14 OVER

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koushik · #11 August 10, 2014, 06:16 AM

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simon · #12 August 10, 2014, 07:13 AM

Pak-stunned

Srilanka

what a boring match turned so exciting thanks to Pak batting, lol
Mathews is the best cricketer of 2014

koushik · #13 August 10, 2014, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by simon
Pak-stunned

Srilanka

what a boring match turned so exciting thanks to Pak batting, lol
Mathews is the best cricketer of 2014

cant say best cricketer but best captain.sanga is best cricketer

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Zeeshan · #14 August 14, 2014, 01:09 AM

I hope Mahela retires with a bang instead of a whimper.

Gowza · #15 August 14, 2014, 04:12 AM

no umar akmal again, pakistan are wasting this guys talent, he was good enough to get a few of his development years at test level which would have made him even better but now he's coming into his prime years and missed out on a lot of tests that they could have played him in, it's not like pakistan are that strong of a batting unit that they couldn't have played him.

sanga already out, hope jayawardene scores the 96 or however many runs he needs in this match to end with a 50+ average.

Murad · #16 August 14, 2014, 07:09 AM

Mahela needs to score a century in the last innings if he wants retire with 50+ average.

Tigers_eye · #17 August 14, 2014, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Murad
Mahela needs to score a century in the last innings if he wants retire with 50+ average.

or a zero notout.

al Furqaan · #18 August 14, 2014, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gowza
no umar akmal again, pakistan are wasting this guys talent, he was good enough to get a few of his development years at test level which would have made him even better but now he's coming into his prime years and missed out on a lot of tests that they could have played him in, it's not like pakistan are that strong of a batting unit that they couldn't have played him.

sanga already out, hope jayawardene scores the 96 or however many runs he needs in this match to end with a 50+ average.

PCB don't support there batsmen except for Younis, Misbah, and Malik. Younis and misbah have at least put up runs and been clutch but they should have played U Akmal and other youngsters instead of has been like Hafeez etc.

PCB seem to be firmly behind that cheat Amir however.