Pakistan in Sri Lanka - Jul-Aug 2009

[DME786]

murali is injured and out of the 1st test.

by the way shouldnt thisi be sticky by now?
match starts in 14 hours

It only increases our chance of winning the first test match. Their bowling doesn't look to good without Murali and Malinga.

 

[sami ullah khan]

Pakistan were doing so well and had lankans at 35 for two. But Akmal's poor wicket keeping again ruins it for us as he drops an absolute dolly of jayawarenda. Plz replace akmal is tests atleast.

 

[Ari]

What a start for Aamer two wickets straight away should have had four though two easy chances going down. Dropping Jayawardene on zero could be costly.

Great to see some test match cricket again after all this T20 overload.

 

[Insomniac]

We have Saeed Ajmal and Shoaib Malik who can bowl, and Younus Khan brings himself on.

What the hell?!

So now Younus Khan is a batsman, part time wicket-keeper, and now a part-time bowler..

zMario added 4 Minutes and 50 Seconds later...

Wow, Younus is a better bowler than Paul Collingwood, and he bowls faster than Irfan Pathan.

Why didn't he try this earlier in his career?

 

[aussie1st]

The new guys are causing SL trouble and you could say the new guy is also causing Pakistan problems. At least this match will see more than 1 inns unlike the previous Test these two nations had.

 

[ali_ed2001]

Once again our fielding has let us down. Jaya dropped on 0, the other opener dropped when he had less than 10..now he's on 57..

 

[Insomniac]

After lunch we need to get Aamer back on with Ajmal, and hopefully we can get Paranavitana, Samaraweera, and Dilshan fast.

Then we can just clean up the very long tail Sri Lanka has.

Younus Khan the pick of the bowlers (after Mohammad Aamer) :laugh

 

[ali_ed2001]

Younis Khan got a wicket :banana2

 

[Howsie]

I didn't even know this match was on, how fast is Younis Khan bowling btw.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Sri Lanka is all out for 292 runs in 81 overs. Malinga didn't play, because he wasn't fit yet for Test matches. Also I feel Kaneria should have played. Sri Lankan pitches favour spin bowling and he has been taking wickets in County Cricket.

Pakistan will have to bat 6 or 7 overs till stumps.

 

[Insomniac]

I didn't even know this match was on, how fast is Younis Khan bowling btw.

120 kph, highest 128 kph.

So faster than Irfan Pathan and Chaminda Vaas...

Salman Butt has another brain fart, gone first ball. Younus Khan in now.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I am reading from cricinfo he actually left the ball alone and then it went to hit the top of the off stump.

 

[Howsie]

I see the young fella picked up a few wickets, good on him.

What's the pitch playing like?

 

[Insomniac]

I am reading from cricinfo he actually left the ball alone and then it went to hit the top of the off stump.

It was a straight ball though, I don't know why on earth would you leave that ball.

zMario added 0 Minutes and 41 Seconds later...

I see the young fella picked up a few wickets, good on him.

What's the pitch playing like?

No swing movement; only seam movement.

When Saeed Ajmal decided to flight the ball a little, he got some spin, so it looks like the usual Sri Lankan pitch.

zMario added 4 Minutes and 43 Seconds later...

Are our batsmen this inept against any type of movement?

zMario added 3 Minutes and 19 Seconds later...

Yep, we're as crap as England.

 

[aditya123]

I`ve watched the whole day so far and it has been enthralling. The Pakistani innings has been all action so far.