Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE Oct-Nov 2011/12

[Rohit Doshi]

I am so happy to see the way Pakistan is playing at conditions which are filled with mixed reactions. Sri Lanka are again behaving like ????. They dont have the bowlers to take 20 wickets.

 

[Anjula]

if he is fearless then why he is batting in middle-order.. He fears that if gets out at top of the order then that will put pressure on Middle-order..

SL has scored 125 runs in 72 overs...

That's because he is the captain

 

[aayush93]

That's because he is the captain

so you accept it he is feared...
You expect a team To be Aggressive if that team captain Is one of the most attacking player.. Run Rate Below 2 is even Unacceptable in Test Cricket.

 

[sami ullah khan]

I am really glad to see Ajmal get a five-for here. He has bowled beautifully. Now our batsmen need to be positive in the chase.

 

[Aalay]

Sri Lanka should just recall Murli.

 

[AnshtheDj]

Congratulations Pakistan...deserving winners. They have shown how to win test matches on not-so-helpful pitches with supremely talented and extremely hard-working bowling attack. They also rectified last matches' mistakes by taking most of their catches. Azhar Ali with a brilliant hundred deserves special mention too.

I'm just so happy to see them doing well in highest form of the game. Keep it going Pakistan..make it 2-0 in test series.

 

[Rohit Doshi]

I just hope Pakistan keep winning on Dubai grounds. I would love to see them raping English in 10 weeks time. Ajmal will be tough to handle for England.

Back on this series man!! Sri Lanka needs some revamp in their batting lineup. Dilshan since being captain has played like ????!!

 

[Addy]

Good win this. Holding on opportunities was the key, which was missing in first test Glad to see Pakistan doing well in longer format of the Game Come one Men in Green make it 2-0

 

[AnshtheDj]

SL, as a test team, did a pretty good job in keeping ENG at bay after they lost 1st test to them back in May. They drew next 2 tests and lost 0-1 to to same set of English bowlers who handed the Indians an embarrassment of lifetime in Jul-Aug this year.

I remember Dilshan,captaining SL for the 1st time in test matches, scoring a fighting 193 in 2nd test. But he scored those runs as an opener. But in Middle-East, he has dropped down to middle order to allow a young opening pair to develop keeping an eye on future. That move doesn't seem to be working. As much as SL lack bowling penetration to take 20 wickets in a test match. their batting is not up to scratch. Being over-reliant on Sanga and Mahela has not helped. Dilshan is struggling at no.5 and Angelo Mathews is left to do too-little-too-late jobs with tail-enders. This where I think they could have been better served by having Samaraweera in middle order, especially for test matches. But he has not been picked and SL are going to find it tough to win in test matches with this team.

 

[Rehan_24]

Magnificent Win ALHAMDULLILAH. Nice talk by Misbah at the end. And it was good to see Tony Grieg taking the interview, A Person who is one of the most unbiased lovers of the game.

 

[sami ullah khan]

Yeah We finally won a meaningful test match. Pakistan are blessed with great depth in bowling department. So what if Aamir is gone. Anybody saw Junaid bowl. He was coming around the wicket, straightening the bowl, swinging it in and making life very difficult for Sri Lankan batsmen. Ajmal is a handful, Gul has finally settled onto a bowling plan for test cricket, Riaz is on the benches and we have finally got a settled opening pair. I have been a big critic of Hafeez but no one can be happier than me seeing him of come of age.
All in all I am one happy Pakistan cricket fan and this win means a lot to me.

 

[Rehan_24]

You said it right mate, It was definitely a meaningful test win after a very long time for us.

 

[Rohit Doshi]

Magnificent Win ALHAMDULLILAH. Nice talk by Misbah at the end. And it was good to see Tony Grieg taking the interview, A Person who is one of the most unbiased lovers of the game.

Are you serious about the 2 bold part? He is paid to speak for Sri Lanka and will always do. After Ravi Shastri its Tony who comes in being country paid biased.

Hope Pakistan can make 2-0 that will shift Sri Lanka to number 6 and Pakistan to number 5. That will be a huge boost for a team who has been struggling due to politics.

 

[BKB1991]

Well I havent seen the game but been following it on cricinfo, and must say its pleasing. The bowling attack has been brilliant and Junaid Khan seems to be finally justifying his selection. Ali finally got past his jinx, and we held on too some catches as well. The best part is we have performed consistently in two tests in a row, and hopefully can win/draw the next game.

 

[Paki007]

Khan Khan Junain Khan although his stats are not extraordinary in this match but still loved the way he bowled finally accept him as our attacker

Pakistan will reach 5th place if they win next match and also if Ausssies lose 2-0 then we'll be at 4th place difficult but possible

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Since Misbah has taken over the command(CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG)

we played 9 won 4 lost 1 and drew 4 pretty good record but i still feel we drew 2 games which we could have won.2nd test against NZL and 1st Test against SL.And would you imagine we played against SL,RSA and NZl(at home) but did not lose.The team which defeated us is WI Can't forgive my team for that match

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Magnificent Win ALHAMDULLILAH

Still Feel Hafeez doesn't deserve to be in team or his Performances has changed your Mind?