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**Official** Pakistan and Sri Lanka in UAE

Migara

International Coach
really? got the impression that they benefited more from the howlers than pakistan.
Nah, Dilshan, Mathews, Paranavithana got wrong decisions and Taufeeq Umar was given not out on 100 off a blatant nick. SL got one lbw (Azhar Ali IIRC) in their favor and other lbw shouts were pretty dicey. I am only speaking of blatant howlers.
 

Xuhaib

International Coach
Nah, Dilshan, Mathews, Paranavithana got wrong decisions and Taufeeq Umar was given not out on 100 off a blatant nick. SL got one lbw (Azhar Ali IIRC) in their favor and other lbw shouts were pretty dicey. I am only speaking of blatant howlers.
FFS Parana and Mathews were no howlers marginal yes but not shocking or anything.The howlers were Dishan,Misbah and the reprieves for Taufeeq and 2 for PJ both teams were on the end by bad umpiring.
 
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salman85

International Debutant
Well played Sanga.

Now Srilanka will only lose 2-0.Mathematically,that's better than a 3-0 loss.
 

Woodster

International Captain
Sangakkara was outstanding and very ably supported by PJ. They dug in, showed great powers of concentration batting under pressure, at the start of their partnership this was the last hope SL had of salvaging a draw, and they managed it with a fantastic 201-run partnership.

Don't think Pakistan bowled badly at all really, the areas were generally pretty good, but as we all know, the fielding was not that of an international Test side.

Pakistan may have suffered from a very low run rate in that first innings, it was no surprise they ultimately ran out of time. To bat through 174.4 overs without increasing the run rate above three an over, is pretty laboured going. The positive is obviously batting for that length of time and registering a score above 500 to put pressure on SL, but they could have put more pressure on them by being a bit more positive.
 

mono

U19 Debutant
Kaushal Silva get a nod ahead of Chandimal. :(

edit: prasanna is injured, so this makes more sense now. :)
 
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nsniks

State Vice-Captain
Both Ajmal and Rehman playing, Cheema is out of the team. SL bring Prasad and Kaushal Silva in and Pradeep and P Jayawardene(groin injury) is out.
 

smash84

The Tiger King
"Waqar Younis says the pitch looks very dry compared to Abu Dhabi which had some grass cover"

Isn't Waqar supposed to be very ill or something? Wasn't the Zim tour his last assignment before medical treatment?
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
"Waqar Younis says the pitch looks very dry compared to Abu Dhabi which had some grass cover"

Isn't Waqar supposed to be very ill or something? Wasn't the Zim tour his last assignment before medical treatment?
Sitting on your ass and talking about cricket obviously not thought to be a physically demanding job.
 

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