***Official*** Sri Lanka In Pakistan

[Migara]

Younis Khan was plumb lbw to Mendis, not given by Steve Davis

 

[Xuhaib]

Younis Khan was plumb lbw to Mendis, not given by Steve Davis

Davis is one horrible umpire I think.

 

[Steulen]

Just what are Pakistan doing? They don't play for a looooong time and then prepare a road on which a yawnfest is the only possible outcome. Sheesz...

 

[Lostman]

tbh, I still like SL's chances in this game. There a few signs of uneven bounce and I am not really worried about any of the batsmen following this pair.

Also does anyone else feels Dilshan's fielding is vastly overrated? The guy's ground fielding is really good, but he sure does drop a lot of catches and is yet considered a great fielder by most.

 

[Uppercut]

tbh, I still like SL's chances in this game. There a few signs of uneven bounce and I am not really worried about any of the batsmen following this pair.

Also does anyone else feels Dilshan's fielding is vastly overrated? The guy's ground fielding is really good, but he sure does drop a lot of catches and is yet considered a great fielder by most.

Are you referring to his superman-esque dive across ten feet to get a hand to a ball travelling at 90 mph to him at midwicket?

 

[Lostman]

Are you referring to his superman-esque dive across ten feet to get a hand to a ball travelling at 90 mph to him at midwicket?

didn't see today's one. So I was mainly referring to Butt's drop yesterday.

 

[Uppercut]

tbh, I still like SL's chances in this game. There a few signs of uneven bounce and I am not really worried about any of the batsmen following this pair.

Uneven bounce= soooo overrated in terms of difficulty for the batsman to play.

 

[Migara]

Uneven bounce will be a factor if if Vaas could bowl at 90mph.

 

[Xuhaib]

Uneven bounce will be a factor if if Vaas could bowl at 90mph.

Did that ever happen?

 

[HMas]

Did that ever happen?

no

 

[Precambrian]

Just what are Pakistan doing? They don't play for a looooong time and then prepare a road on which a yawnfest is the only possible outcome. Sheesz...

Blame the curator. Not the team.

 

[Burgey]

Guys, there are reports over here concerning really bad crowd numbers at this test. Is that the case? If so, is it a ticket pricing thing or does anyone know a reason for the crowd being so poor?

 

[nightprowler10]

Just what are Pakistan doing? They don't play for a looooong time and then prepare a road on which a yawnfest is the only possible outcome. Sheesz...

Yeah its crazy tstl. Geo News reported hours before the Test that the curator worked over the pitch and removed every last blade of grass from it. I have no idea what they're thinking. If we lose this series I won't have a problem blaming the PCB as much as the team. You're not supposed to prepare a pitch to the opposition's strengths you idiots!

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah its crazy tstl. Geo News reported hours before the Test that the curator worked over the pitch and removed every last blade of grass from it. I have no idea what they're thinking. If we lose this series I won't have a problem blaming the PCB as much as the team. You're not supposed to prepare a pitch to the opposition's strengths you idiots!

It doesn't even suit their strengths though. It suits noone, in fact. I thought things were looking good for Sri Lanka yesterday, but now I can't see a result happening.

 

[JBH001]

Pitches like this will also, likely, hasten Murali's retirement. He has bowled on a few roads over the last couple of years, iirc.

 

[Xuhaib]

Guys, there are reports over here concerning really bad crowd numbers at this test. Is that the case? If so, is it a ticket pricing thing or does anyone know a reason for the crowd being so poor?

bad crowd numbers in tests isnothing new in Pakistan especially the big centeres Karachi & Lahore. Its not like there is no interest for test cricket in Pakistan. The facilities at the ground are so poor that nobody likes to go and watch these games and rather enjoy watching it on TV.

 

[Burgey]

Cheers mate. Seems a shame, but good to know the interest is still alive in tests there, at least from a TV perspective .

 

[Nishan]

Gee this is like Pulling teeth, Younis to double up. SL should ball Warnapura and Dilshan i am not sure why Mahela is wasting the precious energy of Mendis and specially Murali.

 

[Cricket_God]

I think younis blaming the media is just for show,i cannot think if captain wants a pitch
then a pakistani curator would not give him,Fact is most test series in pakistan begin
with flat pitches end with green top for last test if pak is struggling in the seires.

 

[Jono]

**** you Pakistan cricket for doing this.