*Official* Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014

[Maximas]

It was a fully deserved fifer, he bowled some really testing spells on a flat pitch against a very strong top order

 

[grecian]

It was a fully deserved fifer, he bowled some really testing spells on a flat pitch against a very strong top order

I'm not saying it wasn't just saying it can be spinned both ways, it is not a game-changer.

 

[smash84]

Fair enough

 

[Days of Grace]

That's why Sanga will never be rated in the top echelon. Gives it away when set too often and can't lead his team to victories. Another padded double century on a lifeless deck in a bore draw. Yawn.

 

[smash84]

DoG I love your ATXI. Its awesome

 

[viriya]

Another padded double century on a lifeless deck in a bore draw. Yawn.

To feed the troll, 6/9 of his doubles before this have ended in wins.. Not that it matters really.

 

[YorksLanka]

Sanga shows his class yet again.second only to Bradman now in terms of scoring doubles..

 

[smash84]

To feed the troll, 6/9 of his doubles before this have ended in wins.. Not that it matters really.

Lol, he isn't trolling. He is being sarcastic about tge naysayers

 

[grecian]

Lol, he isn't trolling. He is being sarcastic about tge naysayers

Indeed, hard to do sarcasm on this issue though, because some of the stuff against Kumar is just ridiculous and open to parody.

 

[viriya]

The nightwatchman idea should die already.

 

[TT Boy]

Really dumb cricket from Pak this morning. Dug themselves into a hole, Azhar Ali is trying to get out every ball and that decision should have been reviewed. It wasn't out. If Sri Lanka can get Younis early, they will win this.

 

[Spark]

Really not sure what Pakistan are playing at here. Surely you knock off the deficit before you start thinking about parking buses?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Herath!

 

[Blocky]

Uh oh - two more wickets in the next session and Pakistan might just be adding to the whole "Sanga scoring a double tonne that wins his side the match"

 

[Maximas]

Oh man, it's still a flat pitch, why are Pakistan allowing us to put all the pressure on them, get through misbah and shafiq within the hour and we could really win this

 

[Blocky]

It's a flat pitch but you can't deny it's playing nicely for spinners at the moment - there is some good drift out there for both Herath (not normally someone who gets much) and Ajmal. The batsmen are making it easy for the spinners to just plug away at a length - it's what impressed me yesterday about Matthews. You come to expect Sanga and Jayawardene looking that composed against great spinners, but Matthews was handling Ajmal just as easily, you saw what happened with the rest of the batsmen once Ajmal had a chance to bowl at them.

It's a live match at this point - although Misbah has a great track record in these situations.

 

[smash84]

Wow. SL definitely on the verge of victory. Pakistan 4 wickets down and still 12 runs behind. Woah. So i wqs wrong. Galle producing a result

 

[Maximas]

Verge of victory? Please, a half decent partnership or two and this is finished, would be shocked if we won this

 

[Blocky]

Verge of victory? Please, a half decent partnership or two and this is finished, would be shocked if we won this

Misbah just being Misbah gives this game a likely draw chance in my view, but if he goes within the next seven overs then I think Sri Lanka would be in the ascendancy.

 

[Maximas]

Misbah just being Misbah gives this game a likely draw chance in my view, but if he goes within the next seven overs then I think Sri Lanka would be in the ascendancy.

Absolutely, but we gotta get him out before we think about that, lots of work to do yet was my point