***Official*** Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2015

[mr_mister]

im playing as pakistan in cricket captain '13 atm. the stupid game makes mohammed yosuf and misbah retire at the same time, at the start of the 2014 season.

all these notouts are gonna send misbahs and younus's averages thru tha roof

 

[Xuhaib]

wow amazing did not expect this.

Younis exploits in the last 12 months have taken him above Inzi imo and if he does not have a late career blip he could seriously threaten Miandad mantle as the best ever Pakistan batsman.

 

[smash84]

Well done pakistan.

The shan masood haters can suck it.

Where are they?

 

[mr_mister]

get big bad jamshed in

 

[G.I.Joe]

Good stuff from the Pakistanis here. Did not expect this.

Younis is a legend.

 

[harsh.ag]

Younis definitely becoming a cult figure

Just 20 runs off Miandad now.

 

[viriya]

wow amazing did not expect this.

Younis exploits in the last 12 months have taken him above Inzi imo and if he does not have a late career blip he could seriously threaten Miandad mantle as the best ever Pakistan batsman.

imo Younis > Miandad in Tests and so is their GOAT batsman.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

imo Younis > Miandad in Tests and so is their GOAT batsman.

disagree but certainly up for discussion

 

[Daemon]

Holy ****, just saw the score. Bloody impressive.

Hindsight heroes are going to be all over the Herath v Kaushal decision now

 

[Jono]

Hindsight question.

Peeps, how do we feel about Sanga not playing this test? Home test series, deciding test match, team loses, best player is playing for Surrey.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hindsight question.

Peeps, how do we feel about Sanga not playing this test? Home test series, deciding test match, team loses, best player is playing for Surrey.

People were saying it was disappointing even at the time. I get that he might have committed to Surrey before Angelo and SLCB persuaded him to play this series but surely he should play the decider.

Might not have made a difference though... he just didn't seem interested at all in the first two games and played some very weird shots.

 

[YorksLanka]

Well done to Pakistan on a fantastic win and series win, hugely deserved, we just weren't good enough..to chase down that kind of second innings score is brilliant...

 

[Prince EWS]

Hindsight question.

Peeps, how do we feel about Sanga not playing this test? Home test series, deciding test match, team loses, best player is playing for Surrey.

Instinctively I thought it was dire as ****, but it seems like Sanga wasn't meant to play this series at all and had been talked into it. I think what happened was that intended to retire entirely, then signed for Surrey, then was asked to play a couple more series and said something like "I couldn't even if I wanted to, I'm locked into my Surrey contract during the third Test" and then the selectors said they'd let him have that Test off if he agreed to play the other two.

What doesn't fit into that narrative is the fact that Surrey actually played games during the first and second Tests which Sanga missed anyway. But I think the answer lies in his contractual obligations and his original intentions, and not just him deciding to randomly not play one of the games.

 

[Kippax]

Sangakkara confirms international retirement | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

"I have decided to call it a day on my international career during the second Test of the Indian series," Sangakkara said after stumps on day three of the second Test in Colombo. "This was the commitment I had made with the previous selection committee. I had originally planned to retire after the World Cup, but following discussions with the previous selectors, I gave the commitment that I will be available for these two series.

"At the same time I said that I would be unable to play six Test matches, but I could do four, and if that was okay, and I would give 100 percent of my commitment to these four Tests. Once they said this was okay, I decided that I would extend my career."

Sangakkara had given thought to playing only the first Test against India following a change of proposed dates for that tour, but has since chosen to honour his commitment to the previous selectors. There had been calls, from within Sri Lanka's sporting and political establishments, for him to extend his career by another year, but he has declined those requests.

However, a hitch has arisen in the latest schedule for the India series, with Sri Lanka's general elections now scheduled for August 17 - the day before the first Test of that series is set to begin. Sangakkara hoped the India series "wouldn't be postponed again", but with the board reluctant to begin a high-profile series so soon after the elections, it now appears likely that the Galle Test will not begin on August 18, as presently proposed. A postponement of several days is likely.

There is also the matter of the venue of the second Test. The tentative schedule has it slated for Colombo, but there are suggestions it would be more fitting if Sangakkara retires in his home town of Kandy. Ideally, he would play his final match at Asgiriya, where he grew up playing school cricket for Trinity College, but this is unlikely as the ground's facilities are now considered inadequate to host international cricket. Pallekele would be a likelier option, but SLC has not committed to switching venues for the occasion.

"I am actually not sure where the venues are," Sangakkara said. "I would love to choose where I am going to end, but that's not going to be possible. I have to play wherever the matches are.

"I watched Muttiah Muralitharan play his last Test Match in Galle. Murali is from Kandy and we both grew up there. Kandy would have loved to say goodbye to Murali. I have had so much good fortune in my career, and I can't ask for everything. Sometimes you have to just do the best you can with what's there. If I don't get a chance to play my last Test in Kandy so be it. I will be disappointed, but that can't be helped.

"Asgiriya would have been perfect. I remember when Test cricket went away from Asgiriya, I was disappointed as a player. But I understand that facilities and surface and all these things matter. It's not going to be at Asgiriya."

Sangakkara said his decision to stagger his last four Tests over two three-match series had more to do with his personal desire to play only a few Tests beyond the World Cup, than with his contract with Surrey. "My request to play two Tests in each series is nothing to do with the Surrey commitment. Any county understands that your country commitment comes first. Even if I go now and say, 'Listen, I am not coming. I want to play for Sri Lanka,' there are no issues. I have signed a two-year contract with leeway to come and go whenever the national duty comes."

 

[Swingpanzee]

mad respeck to pakistan. done an amazing job here

 

[Jono]

Nothing to do with Surrey, more to do with Sanga being a bit of a bitch?

I mean he's been treated like **** by SLC board forever etc. so he doesn't owe those ****s or anything. But perhaps he owes his teammates in playing the deciding test?

Disappointing. Not worth crucifying him, but its ****.

 

[Kippax]

We've been denied Youtube streaming for Sanga's final series ftr -
Sony beats Ten Sports bid for Sri Lanka vs India - Firstpost

 

[Kippax]

Nothing to do with Surrey, more to do with Sanga being a bit of a bitch?

Hanging out with Boycott too. Poor.

 

[Spark]

I think Arnold just says things in an annoying way, even if what he says is reasonable. I'm not talkin accent. Its just the way he says things. Hard to explain.

I think it's that he says things in exactly the same vaguely interested sort of way whether it's a dot ball or a matchwinning six

 

[viriya]

Hanging out with Boycott too. Poor.

I agree this was poor by him.. just commit to the whole damn series or just gtfo.. looks ****ty when he's just in wimbledon chilling while his supposed mates are toiling. He made a half-decision and it showed when he batted in this series as well. Hopefully he does well in his last test or the end will leave a bad taste in the mouth.