Alfalah Bank Tournament in Sri Lanka

Keep praying fellas. Your prayers seem to have blown most of the rain away. See the dramatic weather change below.

http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp?locCode=VCCA

duuuuuuuudeee…why the hell is shoaib akhtar in the team :smack:

Sunday
86 (30) | 71 (22)

Thunder on Sunday..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

anyone in Middle EAst

so the match is starting tomorrow..is there anyone showing match online ..cuz i am living in dubai ..having so much probs over here ..

and LET THE BEST TEAM WIN TOMORROW :biggthumb :smokin2:

ATAPATTU PROMISES FRESH APPROACH IN BANK ALFALAH CUP](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/MAY/179204_SL_09MAY2003.html)

Marvan Atapattu’s leadership skills will be under the
microscope as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan start a
triangular series at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium on Saturday.
And, after a tedious two-Test series, marred by defensive
thinking, it comes as a relief to hear the new one-day leader
announcing positive intentions.

Tillakaratne, Sri Lanka’s Test captain, won few admirers for
his guarded approach during the Test series and, for Atapattu,
this seven-match tri-series thus provides an early opportunity
to persuade the selectors that there was no need to spilt the
Test and one-day captaincy. Despite bouts of dizziness since
being clunked on the head by Daniel Vettori at Kandy, Atapattu
is determined to play in Sri Lanka’s first game against
Pakistan on Saturday.

Atapattu, 32, has promised a fresh and innovative approach
during his tenure, believing that Sri Lanka have become
“somewhat predictable and one-dimensional” in the limited-
overs game. “Our opponents have become wiser to our game-plans
and we must become more flexible in our pattern of play,” he
said. “We should be able to react to new and unexpected
situations.”

First, though, Atapattu has demanded a “100% improvement in
the field”, more from his middle order, which he says “must
shoulder more responsibility” and more from the support
bowlers, whom he feels have coasted too long behind the proven
class of Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan.

But although Sri Lanka may have become predictable, on home
soil they have developed a system for winning matches that
works. Their one-day record in Sri Lanka is phenomenal - they
have not lost a single series or tournament since India
clinched the Independence Cup in July 1998. So despite a
lacklustre performance in the recent Sharjah Cup, when they
picked a side that lacked batting depth, Sri Lanka start as
favourites for the tournament.

They have also strengthened their squad, recalling Mahela
Jayawardene, who has also been handed the vice-captaincy,
Russel Arnold and Romesh Kaluwitharana - all of whom are
expected to play. Kaushalya Weereratne, a medium-paced
outswinging allrounder who took a five-wicket haul against
Pakistan earlier in the week, has also returned to the fold
after two years.

He will compete with Sri Lanka’s spin bowling allrounders -
Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Kumar Dharmasena and Upul Chandana - for
two spots in the middle order. Having taken a five-wicket haul
against Pakistan in a warm-up game during the week, and
considering the strong wind that blows across this open
stadium that would assist his swing, Weereratne may start.

Pakistan, meanwhile, have kept faith with their youngsters,
ignoring the likes of Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-
Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Saeed Anwar and Azhar Mahmood. They have
welcomed back Shoaib Akhtar to provide more punch to the fast
bowling, but his famously inflated ego is being held in check
after a public dressing down by Pakistan’s cricket chief,
Tauqir Zia, who has made it crystal clear that he cannot
afford to step out of line again.
:k:

Young or old, a Pakistan side always contains talent, and
Rashid Latif, who was persuaded out of retirement after the
selectors’ purge, has been entrusted with the responsibility
of gluing the team together. He could not have dreamed for a
better start at Sharjah, where Pakistan waltzed to victory,
playing with flair and energy, but he expects this series to
be altogether different.

“This is going to be much tougher and I have already told my
players what they can expect. On current form, I would rate
New Zealand and Sri Lanka as better teams than our present
outfit. This Pakistan side is still in the process of
rebuilding and finding its feet.”

New Zealand have been bolstered by the return of their one-day
specialists - Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Andre Adams, Kyle
Mills and Chris Nevin - but news that Cairns has yet another
injury, this time a side strain that will prevent him from
bowling, has caused some frustration for the management. With
Scott Styris also not able to bowl a full quota of overs, the
balance of the side has been affected. Vettori’s ankle has
healed sufficiently for him to play.

Stephen Fleming believes his side are better placed to cause
an upset in foreign conditions that they have been for a
while: “We have a couple of experienced heavyweights coming
back into the side and are looking forward to the series a
lot. Both of these teams have been tough for us to beat in the
past in these conditions, but I think we are a bit better
equipped to deal with them this time - we have a good chance.”

**Sri Lanka (likely) 1 Marvan Atapattu (capt), 2 Sanath
Jayasuriya, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene (v-capt),
5 Romesh Kaluwitharana, 6 Russel Arnold, 7 Upul Chandana, 8
Kaushalya Weeraratne, 9 Chaminda Vaas, 10 Prabath Nissanka, 11
Muttiah Muralitharan

Pakistan (likely) 1 Taufeeq Umar, 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Younis
Khan, 4 Yousuf Youhana, 5 Faisal Iqbal, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7
Abdur Razzaq, 8 Rashid Latif, 9 Danish Kaneria, 10 Shoaib
Akhtar, 11 Mohammad Sami.**

Need some help on my decision making.

Is the tournament worth spending $99.99, it is likely to be washed out with rain, so should I order it.

we have ordered it. Don't care about the rain. Alone site of Shoaib bowling is worth $99.99.

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*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
Need some help on my decision making.

Is the tournament worth spending $99.99, it is likely to be washed out with rain, so should I order it.
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If you have fast internet access then go for Willow, or Ehsan/Teaser Broadcasting Company :)

whats the url of Ehsan/Teaser Broadcasting Company .????

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*Originally posted by Changez_like: *

If you have fast internet access then go for Willow, or Ehsan/Teaser Broadcasting Company :)
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is wilow tv showin the matches?

last week i checked.. there was no sign of this tournment.. can u please find out for me?

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*Originally posted by hello143: *
whats the url of Ehsan/Teaser Broadcasting Company .????
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Its:
www . gupistan .com/Khail Khilari mai PM to EHSAN or TEASER.php

^ main ne aap say kuch poocha hia wo bhi farsi main :halo:

I feel Pakistan will start off as the favorite.. Sri Lanka and New Zealand haven’t been in good form the last few matches :jhanda:

Go Shoaib go! Show the Kiwis what you did last time :jhanda:

I got something from Dish Network in the mail that says the match starts tonight (the 9th).

Anyway I'm happy with the inclusion of Shoaib. Thanks for the pics from PTV those were great!

I think picking the top 11 will be hard also but I don't think that you should drop Shoaib Malik for one of the new guys. He's been doing really well. I hope the Taufeeq and Faisal shape up or someone should get rid of them. They're useless!

Good luck Pakistan!

So who do you think will make it to the finals with them? I'm hoping it'll be the Kiwis.

Most probable team:

Taufeeq Umer
Mohammed Hafeez
Faisal Iqal
Yousuf Youhana
Younis Khan
Shoaib Malik
Rashid Latif
Abdul Razzaq
Shoaib Akhtar
Mohammed Sami
Umar Gul

We should stick with 4 seamers since we won't be able to bowl the Lankan's out by our spin.

when match gonna start?

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when match gonna start?
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May 9. @ 11:45 PM EST

**2 HOURS & 35 MINUTES LEFT FOR THE PAK vs SL MATCH TO START.

My broadcast is up and running anyone wants to test or wants to enjoy PTV for 2 hours and 35 mins. you are welcome to check it out. Link is the same as before.

For the people and by the people of :jhanda: brings you this great service for free.

P.S. I know the service is not very great but thats what you get for free and something is better than nothing, I wish I could make it better. Hopefully it will be better in the futrue, its a long project with so little time, anyways :jhanda:

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who is broadcasting it?

Match will start at 11:30 PM tonight

who is broadcasting the match? I need IP address with port#.

teaser, you're going straight to heaven when you, you know what.

man, maybe it's just me but your server is wicked for me.