2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

Chandimal brilliantly caught by Younis Khan

Good test for Pakistan this match .. CHASING A TOTAL

This defensive strategy of batting first after winning the toss, making a small total and then strangling the opposition with spinners is getting way too boring. During the recent series in UAE (which Pak won 4-1 against SLA), Misbah basically batted first after winning the toss. About time Pak made** some successful run chases** (250+) as well

But must try & restrict SLA to around 250

52/3 so far so good

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

Sanga should be out quickly :sunnyboy:
Batting second ll be an uphill task for Pakistan :hinna:

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Cheema to bowl now in place of Gul

In this over Cheema gave only 1 run :hbk: uss end par he problem thi :hmmm:

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Hammad strikes...65/4

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Thirimanne gone .. .hamad azam got his first wkt of the match … :aejaz: :jhanda:

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Go Pakistan Go…

Take them out of this tournament. :k:

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Hammad :hbk:

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14.3

 Hammad Azam to Thirimanne, OUT  




 **HDRL Thirimanne c Umar Akmal b Hammad Azam 7 (18b 0x4 0x6) SR: 38.88  **

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

This is effectively a KO game for SLA and pressure's telling on their players

66/4 after 15 overs

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

Good Captaincy by misbah … forward short leg for upul … sensing a kill … :jhanda:

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

Coo Pakistan :k:

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

We need to get Sanga to put SL under further pressure.

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

jab se app ne post ki hai … koi out hi nhi ho reha hai … :crying:

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

chasing 200 will be difficult for pk batters

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

mera SL mahan. Aab dekhna.

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

Given Pakistan's unpredictability over recent years esp. our batting, any chase of over 200 might still turn out to be very interesting and close!

95/4 (24 overs)

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

99/4 at the halfway mark

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

need to break this partnership now!

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

wth is up with afridi?

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

:(

Re: 2012 Asia Cup: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, Thur March 15

one of the Bangladeshi commentators sounds like Ravi Shastri!

142/4 (32 overs)

From here on SLA might even get up to 250+