Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2023 - 2 Tests

[Bevab]

Jayasuriya looks like a serious talent at home. Not sure how effective he will be away from there but he’s got the right temperament to keep things simple and subtle whilst letting the pitch take care of things that a subcontinental spinner requires.

 

[CerealKiller]

Pakistan let too many runs scored for the last 2 wickets.

Exactly. Scores would be level right now without those two partnerships for the last two wickets.

Abdullah, Azhar and Salman, all out to straight balls…

 

[Aislabie]

Hilariously poor captaincy from Dimuth here: zero pressure, simply allowing Babar to take or not take a single whenever he chooses - even off the sixth ball of the over. One of the worst passages of captaincy I've seen in recent Test cricket, because he doesn't even have the excuse of the game getting away from him because the game is only moving at one run an over

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Babar Azam - One man show.

But as @Aislabie pointed out the captaincy and the field placement is very very questionable.

 

[CerealKiller]

Haven’t seen the match, was following on Cricinfo. Initially I thought Babar should attack because Naseem is gonna get out soon anyway. However he withstood the bowling better than expected, so Babar’s tactics paid off. Brilliant hundred.

 

[SMMODS]

Superb Century from Pakistani Captain.

 

[CerealKiller]

Pakistani GOAT already

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Pakistan let too many runs scored for the last 2 wickets.

Uno Reverse

 

[CerealKiller]

Only twice has a target of 100+ been chased at Galle, only one of those was 200+.
So Pakistan will have to bowl perfectly to get a target below 200, and then bat even better.

 

[Bevab]

Stunning stuff from Babar, feels like he’s really kicked on since captaincy.

 

[CerealKiller]

Stunning stuff from Babar, feels like he’s really kicked on since captaincy.

Andrew Fidel Fernando puts it perfectly, like he always does

"World-class Babar Azam constructs an innings that only he can"

World-class Babar Azam constructs an innings that only he can

He batted slow, trusted his defence and played another sublime innings when no one else could get to even 20

www.espncricinfo.com

Also, second Test to be also played in Galle, due to protests in Colombo. Hoping we win the toss in that one.

 

[Bevab]

Andrew Fidel Fernando puts it perfectly, like he always does

"World-class Babar Azam constructs an innings that only he can"

World-class Babar Azam constructs an innings that only he can

He batted slow, trusted his defence and played another sublime innings when no one else could get to even 20

www.espncricinfo.com

Also, second Test to be also played in Galle, due to protests in Colombo. Hoping we win the toss in that one.

Fernando is a gem of a writer, possibly one of the very few I have time for in Cricinfo.

 

[CerealKiller]

Yasir still bowling regular loose balls after a full domestic season to prepare is pretty bleak.
We haven’t bowled much worse, SL have just batted much better.

 

[CerealKiller]

If they lead by 250+, we're toast. Need some magic here. Maybe reverse swing could do it.

 

[CerealKiller]

Missed a review off Nawaz. Can’t afford that.