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[The Blazer]

Imran Farhat
Shoaib Malik
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Inzamam-ul-Haq (c)
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Kamran Akmal (w)
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar (1st bowler)
Mohammad Asif (2nd bowler)

 

[Leicester Fox]

i hope murali takes 10 for

 

[Leicester Fox]

when is this match gonna be played?

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Blazer you picked Sami, and Farhat over Hafeez and Rana?

 

[GrayNicolls]

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Mohali

Here we are on this sunny day in Mohali. The pitch is looking normal, so no advantage to either team.
Pakistan look a very strong outfit and could take this competition by storm. Sri Lanka look good, but look like they can collapse. Can the power of Murali be enough?

Well at the toss, Sri Lanka won and elected to bat first. Jayawardene looked as if he would have preferred not to have won it as no one knows what this pitch will do.

SRI LANKA innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Sanath Jayasuriya                  b. Sami         12    30    0    0   40.0%
Saman Jayantha      c. Yousuf      b. Akhtar       17    24    2    0   70.8%
Marvan Atapattu                    b. Akhtar        2     2    0    0  100.0%
Mahela Jayawardene  c. Akmal       b. Sami         35    57    4    0   61.4%
Kumar Sangakkara    c. Farhat      b. Razzaq       45    63    5    0   71.4%
Tillakaratne Dilshanc. Razzaq      b. Asif          1     6    0    0   16.7%
Farveez Maharoof                   b. Sami          1     2    0    0   50.0%
Chaminda Vaas       lbw            b. Sami          0     2    0    0    0.0%
Dilhara Fernando    c. Afridi      b. Asif          2     9    0    0   22.2%
Lasith Malinga      c. Asif        b. Sami          6    16    0    0   37.5%
Muttiah Muralitharannot out                         3     7    0    0   42.9%
 
 Total:  134/10      Overs:  36.2          Run Rate:  2.68

Sri Lanka proved exactly what I said earlier. They were going fine on 26/0, then they lost wickets in quick succession and never really found a partnership to save this innings. Kumar Sangakkara had the only decent score of 45 from 63 balls.

The bowler of the innings was most certainly Mohammad Sami. Who'd have thought that this was the same guy who, not long ago, was struggling for a place in the team. And now, he turned out to be the hero of Pakistan's bowling attack.

PAKISTAN Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Shoaib Akhtar         8.0      0      39      2      4.88     0      1 
Mohammad Sami         8.2      0      24      5      2.88     0      1 
Mohammad Asif         8.0      0      27      2      3.38     0      0 
Abdul Razzaq          9.0      2      22      1      2.44     1      1 
Shahid Afridi         1.0      0       7      0      7.00     0      0 
Imran Farhat          2.0      0      10      0      5.00     0      1 
 
 
EXTRAS           Wides: 1      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 1      Byes: 4 

Total: 134/10         Overs: 36.2         Run Rate: 2.68

PAKISTAN innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Imran Farhat        lbw            b. Maharoof      9    18    0    0   50.0%
Shoaib Malik        c. Jayasuriya  b. Mural'aran   50    72    6    0   69.4%
Younis Khan         c. Sangakkara  b. Mural'aran   15    16    2    0   93.8%
Mohammad Yousuf     not out                        47    42    4    1  111.9%
Inzamam-ul-Haq      not out                        10    18    0    0   55.6%
Shahid Afridi        
Abdul Razzaq         
Kamran Akmal         
Mohammad Sami        
Shoaib Akhtar        
Mohammad Asif        
 
 Total:  136/3       Overs:  27.2          Run Rate:  4.98

Pakistan won this game quite comfortably, and were never really under any pressure. Shoaib Malik was the pick of the batsmen with his half century off of 72 balls, which included 6 boundaries.

Sri Lanka bowled well on this pitch, but really, their batsmen didn't help them out and they couldn't have done anything about the outcome of the match. The Murali factor troubled the batsmen as he picked up 2-29. But, he was also very expensive going for over 6 an over.

SRI LANKA Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Lasith Malinga        7.0      1      22      0      3.14     0      0 
Farveez Maharoof      6.0      0      42      1      7.00     0      1 
Chaminda Vaas         5.0      0      22      0      4.40     1      0 
Dilhara Fernando      3.0      0       9      0      3.00     1      0 
Muttiah Muralitharan  4.2      0      29      2      6.69     0      0 
Sanath Jayasuriya     2.0      0      10      0      5.00     0      0 
 
 
EXTRAS           Wides: 2      No Balls: 1      Leg Byes: 2      Byes: 0 

Total: 136/3          Overs: 27.2         Run Rate: 4.98      Extras: 5

Altogether, Sri Lanka looked poor today, and Pakistan looked very impressive and showed that they are capable of winning this competition.

Pakistan win by 7 wickets and Mohammad Sami won the Man of the Match.

The Blazer must be proud.

 

[The Blazer]

Aha, a crushing win to kick off the campaign! Expected nothing less.

Great presentation, GN, it's very neat and organised. Easy to read and a treat to the eye.

Blazer you picked Sami, and Farhat over Hafeez and Rana?

Yep, I picked them both for a reason. Farhat for his flair and ambitious strokeplay; Sami for his pure pace and wicket taking ability. Shame that Farhat failed, but Sami picked up a 5-fer! That certainly justifies his selection, doesn't it?

It was a gamble to have Malik open the innings, but thankfully it paid off and he registered a good 50. MoYo as always was class and provided solid batting towards the end of the game.

Good win!

 

[GrayNicolls]

Yeah, a real gamble payed off for Pakistan. Well done Blazer.

 

[Leicester Fox]

SRI LANKA DOCK PLAYERS WAGES!​

Shock reports are coming out of the sri lankan camp that the sri lanka cricket association is refusing to pay the players after their appaling loss to pakistan.A statement from the camp read: the sri lankan cricket association is refusing to play the players wages after our shocking loss to pakistan. The players fully accept this punishment and have vowed to work harder in our efforts in this competion and preparing for the 2007 cricket world cup in the west indies." however muttiah murilitharan is less than happy issuing a statement today saying "i've got a family to feed. i played quite well. This is completely unfair on all the guys. We've spent months training and we had one bad day at the office. It's complely ridiculous. Quite frankly i might go on strike!"


Coach leicetser fox desperately tried to diffuse the situation saying"everyone needs to calm down. It's my job to guide sri lanka cricket through this sticky patch and statements like murali's don't help. I've spoken to the lads and they've agreed to play next time. It's my job to turn things like this into our motivation to go ahead and win the competition. this matter has all been cleared up and is a thing of the past."However there seems to be an rift between the players and the sri lanka cricket association thats always growing bigger. Will this issue be solved or could sri lanka cricket be on a steady road downhill.

 

[GrayNicolls]

Haha. Nice sadistic board.

 

[Leicester Fox]

mahela jayawardene has been stripped of the captaincy with immediate effect after questioning my leadership. The new captain will be kumar sangakarra :boxing

 

[Leicester Fox]

whats the next match

 

[GrayNicolls]

The next match marks the start of the Kenya-Zimbabwe-Bangladesh series.

Zimbabwe vs Kenya. I will choose Kenya's team. It should be done tomorrow. If Zorax wants to make changes, he can do.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Kenya XI:

Maurice Ouma (Wkt)
David Obuya (Wkt)
Ravindu Shah / Hitesh Modi / K.Otieno(Wkt)
S.Tikolo (Capt)
T.Mishra
Collins Obuya
T.Odoyo
Peter Ogondo
Nehemiah Odhiambo
Alfred Luseno
Hiren Varaiya

 

[Leicester Fox]

thomas odoyo played cricket for my mates club in lancashire. apparently he was awful yet he can hit brett lee for 6. maybe there isn't that much of a gap between the proffesionals and us.

 

[GrayNicolls]

Do you want to play Taibu, Zorax?