***Official*** Sri Lanka In Pakistan

[Precambrian]

I may be wrong but i thought the 2-1 loss in SA was in 2007?

Yep. My bad.

 

[TT Boy]

Sri Lanka won the toss and will bat (Corky conducted the toss). Akhtar plays (lost some weight) and Kumar will open with Jaya it looks like.

Ground looks pretty empty so far...

 

[TT Boy]

No Dilshan opens up with Jaya.

 

[TT Boy]

I like Pak's new kit.

First ball from Shoaib, four runs.

 

[TT Boy]

Jaya plumb but it was a no ball from Tanvir.

 

[TT Boy]

Waqar Younis has grown a Mushtaq Ahmed beard...

 

[Xuhaib]

Jaya plumb but it was a no ball from Tanvir.

I have heard that Tanvir has improved a lot, how is he bowling?

 

[Nishan]

yup sanath always had that problem with Tanvir big no ball though, I dont know why Kandamby hasnt been picked yet this year surely he deserves a chance

 

[IndGunner]

dilshan opening :O how odd.

 

[TT Boy]

Sri Lanka have such a long tail. Jaya not looking to tee-off (yet).

 

[TT Boy]

I have heard that Tanvir has improved a lot, how is he bowling?

Still bowls the odd pie but his pace looks decent and he can swing the new ball which is always a bonus.

Jaya opens up and smashes a four.

 

[Nate]

Pacy start from Shoaib, Dilshan slashing quite a bit.

 

[TT Boy]

Pacy start from Shoaib, Dilshan slashing quite a bit.

Yeah generating good heat, wicket looks very slow though. Dilshan going hard after anything short or just outside off.

 

[TT Boy]

Dropped by Khan at first slip. Dilshan went hard at that but Khan should have taken it.

 

[pup11]

Dropped by Khan at first slip

His catching has been dire for sometime now, and its odd because he was one of the safest fielders in the Pakistani side.

 

[TT Boy]

Pak playing four seamers, seems pretty strange given the surface. You would expect at least 15 plus overs from the spinners here.

 

[TT Boy]

His catching has been dire for sometime now, and its odd because he was one of the safest fielders in the Pakistani side.

Yeah his always been a fantastic fielder for Pakistan in the past. It was bread and butter catch for him.

Top start by Sri Lanka. Tanvir now bowling all over the shop.

 

[_Ed_]

Dilshan going bonkers now.

 

[inbox24]

Looks like it has been confirmed, the perfect ODI opening combination is one aggressor and one ultra aggressor.

Jayasuriya and Dilshan
Gilchrist and Hayden
Sehwag and Gambhir
Gayle and Misc
McCullum and Ryder
etc

 

[TT Boy]

Dilshan carrying on from the Bangla test series, his going after anything. Run rate is now 9 runs an over.