*Official* Match #8 — Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka

[Daemon]

Pakistan have an outside shot at this imo. The dew will make it tough for spin and SL don't particularly bowl well at the death. Pakistan don't have a lot of good batsmen left but they do have batting up to Hasan Ali at 9.

 

[nightprowler10]

Feels weird seeing that abdullah isn't even 24. Has been around for going on 3 years now and has 1200 test runs at 50 opening the batting. Falls under the radar a bit for such a talented young batsmen.

Yeah he was picked for the Bangladesh series before he really got going in the domestic circuit, with just a handful of matches under his belt. One of the rare "gut feeling" picks that seems to have worked out from the get go.

 

[loterry1994]

This chase is definitely on they still got firepower at the back

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Rizwan is on point with his cut shot.

He brings up his fifty; the 4th in the last 5 matches for him.

 

[Silver Silva]

Pathirana is not ready for 50 over cricket , he bowls way too many variations , doesn't look for any consistency. The effect of too much T20 cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Pathirana is like one of those one-hit wonders...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Juxtapose him with Welllalage and you see a bowler who thinks and bowls.

Oh boy, they are turning it up all the time.,

 

[loterry1994]

Sri Lanka we’re going at over 7s at this stage Pakistan are close to 6 now. Sri Lanka’s last 15 really hurt them had no where near as much intent as the previous overs

 

[Silver Silva]

Abdullah Shafique has been really impressive, there is a calmness about him at the crease.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I can't wait to see Saim Ayub and Abdullah opening the batting together for Pakistan.

 

[OverratedSanity]

SL's wobbly last third of their innings looks like it's going to cost them now. They should've got 400+.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Now that's a top-shelf century.

Deserves to be featured in ESPN's greatest ODIs

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This over is gonna be a big one

 

[Molehill]

This is all of a sudden looking very straightforward. I'm wondering if SL have the worst bowling attack in the competition. Just cannot stem the runs.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bowling as toothless as my absent Windies team

 

[Daemon]

Pathirana is just really bad right now. He'll get better but this is too high stakes.

 

[Tec15]

Pakistan should be favourites now, with this partnership and all that batting left.

 

[Silver Silva]

What a catch !!!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That is a screamer at backward-point!

 

[Daemon]

What a catch! Unlucky for Shafique