***Official*** Pakistan v Sri Lanka in UAE 2013/14

[Maximas]

"The sails have been taken out of the Pakistani wind"

 

[Maximas]

Pakistan really ought to put a third man in

 

[Jarquis]

Oh Kaushal. Anyone else hear Sarfraz's "HA HA" through the stump mic?

 

[smash84]

why was hafeez taken off?

 

[Maximas]

Yeah I thought I heard a bit of laughter, another long vigil from Kaushal ends disappointingly

 

[smash84]

poor captaincy from Misbah yet again

 

[Maximas]

Ha Ha

 

[smash84]

was the catch easy? You just dropped the match there son

 

[Maximas]

was the catch easy? You just dropped the match there son

sitter by wk standards

 

[Maximas]

poor captaincy from Misbah yet again

Not really, Hafeez wasn't looking dangerous at all, you could sit on the crease and play straight very easily, Ajmal actually presented a challenge to the new batsman

 

[OverratedSanity]

Poor catching, specifically from the WK costing Pakistan control of the match. That's never happened before eh?

 

[smash84]

Poor catching, specifically from the WK costing Pakistan control of the match. That's never happened before eh?

haha....so true. I wonder how many matches we have lost just because of poor wicket keeping. We won't lose this b/c of wk but still this is proving costlyl

 

[Maximas]

Rahat Ali really needs a bit of luck, he's actually bowled rather well despite his figures IMO

 

[Maximas]

WAG

a great knock under pressure

 

[Maximas]

Sri Lanka dominating the match now, a good day of solid batting, they need to press on tomorrow and try to bat to tea at least.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Really glad Mahela came good. Been a while

 

[smash84]

yesterday Pakistan seemed to have batted as if this was the WACA pitch and not Dubai

SL making the wicket look placid (which it might actually be)

Such contrasting play from both teams.

Pakistan have been so piss poor this series that they don't deserve to win anything. I hope Pakistan get trounced. Such ordinary and spineless display of cricket.

 

[BeeGee]

Poor catching, specifically from the WK costing Pakistan control of the match. That's never happened before eh?

Why is it that Pakistan can produce top class talent in every department of the game except wicket keeping? When was the last time they had a really good test keeper?

 

[smash84]

Been at least 10 years since we had any half decent wk.

We should get one from SL. They have 4 almost world class

 

[nightprowler10]

Why is it that Pakistan can produce top class talent in every department of the game except wicket keeping? When was the last time they had a really good test keeper?

None since Moin Khan retired in '04, and even he was shaky as a keeper in his last year or so. Kamran Akmal showed a lot of promise against England in '05 but it was all downhill from there.