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*Official* Match #8 — Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
345 very chaseable. Should be a close game though.

Sri Lanka outside of a few players is very very ordinary.
 

Andyhere

International 12th Man
Just play out Afridi for 3-4 overs. In fact just play out 7-8 overs without loss and the bowlers start panicking and begin to bowl so erratically. I feel they are not used to 50 over bowling; far more accustomed to 20 overs with 3-4 overs each.

No consistency or patience or clarity. Seem to not have a plan and bowl all over the place after there is a partnership.
Totally agreed! Couldn't have analyzed it better!
 

Silver Silva

International Regular
That was really poor from Sri Lankan middle and lower order , I don't know what game Ramiz Raja was watching, but Pakistan did damn good to pull it back after Mendis onslaught.

Yes we would have taken 340 at the start but context matters, it is unacceptable to not get 350+ after that Mendis innings.

61/5 in the last 10 overs after such a platform is a disgrace.

In fact last 20 overs we only scored 115 runs from a position of 229/3. I don't know what the hell DDS and Shanaka were thinking, they just let the Pakistani bowlers who were having an off day at the time completely off the hook.
 

BazBall21

International Captain
Yeah I think Sri Lanka are still clear favourites but they made a meal of it post-Mendis dismissal. 400 was well on at that stage.
 

Silver Silva

International Regular
Itsa good total from Sri Lanka but they slowed it down a lot to get to Samaras century
That's not true.
Samarawickrama's SR was 121.

When Mendis got out , Sadeera was 36 off 32 .
His next 72 runs came off 56 Balls.
He went from 87 to 100 in 8 deliveries.



The guys who were at fault were DDS 24 off 34 and Shanaka 12 off 18. Sadeera was excellent.
 

loterry1994

International Debutant
That's not true.
Samarawickrama's SR was 121.

When Mendis got out , Sadeera was 36 off 32 .
His next 72 runs came off 56 Balls.
He went from 87 to 100 in 8 deliveries.



The guys who were at fault were DDS 24 off 34 and Shanaka 12 off 18. Sadeera was excellent.
That’s what I meant the other batters didn’t do enough their lower order is a weakness. The last 5 overs was just poorly played. The last over was a joke
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Just realized that Pak dropped fakar. Makes sense given his form, but im a bit suprised they backed him for so long and then dropped him after one game in a wc that they won. Is he injured or did the way that netherlands game played out spook them a bit?
 

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