**Official** Pakistan and Sri Lanka in UAE

[salman85]

Glad to hear that.

It's foolish to expect Pakistan to be perfect like the mighty Australians.Even at the best of times,we will drop catches,lose concentration,but then we will also have a couple of match swinging overs/sessions to shift things in our favor.And despite Sanga's knock,the match is still firmly in our control.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Yeah I know that, it was just my frustration at the time.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I am also very happy regarding our bowling attack. When we lost the cheats, everyone thought that we would be in trouble. But Pakistan is one of the few teams in the world that can produce great bowlers again and again. And now we have unearthed Cheema and Junaid which will create a healthy competition between them and Wahab and Gul.

 

[salman85]

Man,the void left by Asif and Amir is HUGE.It pains me to see how good we would be right if those two would still be playing.And now much better we could have done at the World Cup.I don't think the current crop matches Asif/Amir,but i take heart from the fact that even Amir didn't set the world on fire initially.It took him a couple of series to finally come into his own.Junaid is getting better with time and has a lot of potential,and hopefully he becomes world class.

Sadly,this sight will be missed :

Mohammad Amir Magic Ball - YouTube

 

[Furball]

Yeah I know that, it was just my frustration at the time.

Yeah, fair enough. 90 overs is a long time, it's very easy to forget that when things don't appear to be going your way, and all Pakistan need is to get past Jayawardene and they're into the tail.

 

[centurymaker]

pakistan's fielding was a disgrace.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Is it just me or has Junaid actually started to bring the ball back in (something which he couldn't do before).

 

[Xuhaib]

Is it just me or has Junaid actually started to bring the ball back in (something which he couldn't do before).

only from round the wicket where he uses the angle has to make few minor adjustments in his action to have a decent inswinger.

 

[mono]

Ton up for Sanga, well played.

Cricket can get refreshingly simple sometimes, can't it? Sanga gets out, they lose. Sanga doesn't get out, they can draw.

Also, "Jayawardene b Ajmal 4" is a borderline humanitarian disaster.

lol

 

[smash84]

there goes the match from our hand

 

[Xuhaib]

Ajmal not rising to the occasion. once the batsman starts picking his doosra his effectiveness plummets Rehman might be given go next game and Kaneria should always be kept in the overall picture.

 

[smash84]

now that big butt is gone hopefully we can have kaneria back in the side

 

[TT Boy]

Great credit to Pakistan that they nearly got a result here. 2 test matches at Sheikh Zayed, thousand of runs scored with 2 (3 is coming up) double hundreds scored. And you can’t be too harsh on Amjal, the wicket is so slow. Even if you can’t pick him like Angelo didn’t, you can just play him off the pitch. Awful for cricket.

 

[TT Boy]

now that big butt is gone hopefully we can have kaneria back in the side

Just in time for England. What does Danish average against them?

 

[centurymaker]

we have seen this far too often in uae.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Seems like a handful of edges have dropped short today, are the slips scared of dropping yet more catches so they just stand back and let them fall short?

 

[Xuhaib]

Great credit to Pakistan that they nearly got a result here. 2 test matches at Sheikh Zayed, thousand of runs scored with 2 (3 is coming up) double hundreds scored. And you can’t be too harsh on Amjal, the wicket is so slow. Even if you can’t pick him like Angelo didn’t, you can just play him off the pitch. Awful for cricket.

Herath has outbowled him eventhough Ajmal was bowling with runs behind his back. His use of flight has been pretty ordinary in this innings also tends to drag down a lot of balls

 

[hang on]

good batting by lanka in this dig aided by some abysmal fielding and umpiring have led to this point. still, a final push after lunch (god that does sound rather horrid)...can..er...still create some ripples of interest.

 

[Furball]

LBW is still a valid mode of dismissal isn't it?

 

[Xuhaib]

Tony Hill is a disgrace can't believe he's an elite 8.