Story Cherry Blossom(Sharjah Cup)

[fardin]

After a successful pakistan tour of india,I have decided That I am going to Play another tournament,this time it is 3 nations taking place,zimbabwe,pakistan,sri lanka,All matches will be played in sharjah,

 

[borncricketer]

nice sharjah cup... sound fun

 

[fardin]

The schedual,


26 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
27 Pakistan v Sri Lanka
28 Pakistan v Zimbabwe
29 Rest Day
30 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
31 Pakistan v Zimbabwe

November

1 Rest Day
2 Pakistan v Sri Lanka
3 Rest Day
4 Final

 

[fardin]

here are the squads

Sri Lanka Squad


*Marvan Atapattu (46)
Upul Chandana (21)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (17)
Dilhara Fernando (26)
Avishka Gunawardene (06)
Saman Jayantha (12)
Sanath Jayasuriya (07)
Mahela Jayawardene (27)
Kaushal Lokuarachchi (77) - added 26th August
Farveez Maharoof (28)
Lasith Malinga (99)
+Kumar Sangakkara (11)
Chaminda Vaas (22)
Nuwan Zoysa (23)
Muttiah Muralitharan - withdrawn

Coach - John Dyson
Manager - Ajith Jayasekera
Physiotherapist - CJ Clark
Trainer - Shane Duff
Cadability - Sanath Jayasundara
Selector - Lalith Kaluperuma


Pakistan squad(user)

Taufeeq Umar
Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
*Inzamam-ul-Haq
Younis Khan
Yousuf Youhana
Asim Kamal
Abdul Razzaq
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Malik
+Kamran Akmal
Danish Kaneria
Mohammad Sami
Naved-ul-Hasan
Arshad Khan
Mohammad Khalil


Zimbabwe Squad


One Day Squad


*Heath Streak
+Tatenda Taibu
Grant Flower
Sean Ervine
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Douglas Hondo
Travis Friend
Dion Ebrahim
Blessing Mahwire
Raymond Price
Andy Blignaut
Barney Rogers
Stuart Carlisle
Gary Brent
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caution further changes might take place as the matches continues!

 

[fardin]

nice sharjah cup... sound fun

I am sure It will be a nice one

 

[fardin]

Zimbabwe vs Sri lanka

1st match zimbabwe vs sri lanka

The first match of cherry blossom,zimbabwe vs sri lanka,Remember that zimbabwe is a strong side with the rebels on the squad,So pakistan and sri lanka has to watch out,You never know the unexpected.

Zimbabwe has elected to bat first!the pitch looks good for the spinners,sri lanka has the upper hand in this match.

 

[fardin]

line ups

Let take alook at the squad for both teams,This pitch was meant to be for the spinners,That is the reason zimbabwe has murhpy in there squad,

for sri lankan point of view,murli is missing,but shall be back in the next match againts pakistan,

 

[fardin]

Score card

Zimbabwe puts a errrrrrr, not a decent total on the board,considering That there was some help for the batsman,
from bowling point of view,mahroof took four wickets,

 

[fardin]

Bowling card and score card

Sri lanka replies,puting 216 at the last minute,It was a close match,I thought zimbabwe is going to win,The way sri lanka was going,The run rate,was the main issue for them but at the last minute,They pulled of a win.


Nothing much To say about the bowling card for zimbabwe,T, friend taking 2 wickets,good performance by him,and good contirbuting with the bat as well,

 

[fardin]

Pakistan's bowling performance and the Improvement.

pakistan has done well with bowling in this match,restricting sri lanka to undre 200,sami was delighted by his performance after poor bowling at home(pakistan)againts india,

sri lanka,won the toss and decided to bat first in a dry pitch,lets look at the conditions.

 

[fardin]

Line Ups

The two squads sri lanka has brought back murlis,He wasnt feeling well and didnt needed to play againts zimbabwe,a rest was more importent.
for pakistan it stays the same,in pakistan point of view it is the same,

 

[fardin]

Wickets sami's

The good start,In the first over,Sami isnt going to play around,He is going to trouble the batsman from the start to finish and indeed has,taking 3 wickets and having some fun,pakistan performance specially the fast bowlers has improved alot,not allowing the batsman to take easy runs,

Sami's class and jaysuria;s fall,isnt going to be easy batting in this pitch,sami is at his best.3 wickets,in his spell.

Teh first one to go was jaysuria the big wicket,the second wicket at the same fashion,touch the bat touch the pad into the stumps,sri lanka in big trouble,

sami swung the ball from start to finish,hasnt been easy for batsman this pitch favors the bowlers and for some strange reason attapatu decided to bat first,oh wow,

 

[fardin]

Danish kenarias Class

kenaria,s class,lovely stumping by kamran,he is a great wicket keeper indeed,Trying to loft the ball the sri lankan batsman and the ball span and the keeper made a lovely stumping.

The Lbw,front foot on the line pitchin up trying to sweep missing and losing his wicket,kenaria is looking good.

another wicket in the same fashion,kanaria is looking dangerous.

 

[fardin]

Good bowling performance by Sami and Danish

Lets look at the bowling card for pakistan.alot of improvement alot,the fast bowlers doing well although shoaib akhtar went wicket less but sami was showing some delight,kenaria also picking up 3 wickets and shahid afridi picking up 2.so good performance over all,and doing well.

 

[Ramz]

pakistan zindabad good bowling from sami..