Pakistan V SL - 3rd ODI

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Lanka 82/3. so far so good for Pak

need to maintain the pressure by striking at regular intervals

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SL 119/4 the halfway...RRR 7.93 :D

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Didnt expect this in SL:

9,45pm From what I can gather a fight broke out in the stands some 40 minutes ago. Some people were thrown out of the ground, and a lot of stuff was consequently thrown from the stands until one rock hit a Pakistant fielder. Since then the teams have reached the safety of the dressing rooms, riot police has arrived, armed guards have arrived and police has always been there. The stands have been evacuated
*9.40pm They seem to be going off as armed guards are on the field. Ian Gould and Srinath, the match referee, are in a conversation, which also involves fixing Srinath's jacket. The offending stand is being evacuated. Riot police is in too*
***9.37pm More fights among the crowd in the stands. The players meanwhile are sat down safely in the middle of the ground***
***Heli: "Omg! Never thought something like that would happen in Sri Lanka. If what cricinfo reported has treuly happened I would like to apologise to Pakistan and all the cricket fans in behalf of Sri Lankans. "***
*****A player has been hit by a projectile from the stands. They have stopped play for a bit. There is security out there at ground level, but this one seems to have come from the top tier. The police looked embarrassed and hassled. Match referee Javagal Srinath is out looking at stuff*****
***Just being told there was a mini riot in that stand about half an hour ago. This is quite scary for an international match. Spectators throwing rocks at players***

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Chaos out there. A Pak player has been hit by a rock thrown by someone from one of the stands

There is a reserve day for all the ODIs. So game could continue tomorrow from where they left off..

Pakistan should still win easily

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Sri Lankan are lovely people, fight was not because they are losing but between two drunk peopel.

Here is transcript of cric info.

9.45pm From what I can gather a fight broke out in the stands some 40 minutes ago. Some people were thrown out of the ground, and a lot of stuff was consequently thrown from the stands until one rock hit a Pakistant fielder. Since then the teams have reached the safety of the dressing rooms, riot police has arrived, armed guards have arrived and police has always been there. The offending stand - the south-eastern one - has been evacuated, and a lot of theor crowd have left by themselves. Now we are awaiting the match referee's word if the match is to be immediately awarded to Pakistan or if they will play out the rest in front of few viewers. Pakistan will win either way, that's for sure
Also it is quite possible that they were not targetting the Pakistan fielders. It is possible they were expressing their frustration at the police
Praveen: "As I have been in the grounds this fight has nothing to do with loosing the match. The fight was between two drunk crowds. Unfortunate. Please publish"
Umair: "Whoops, Srilankans are quite lovely fans, I hope this is some isolated event. Stay safe Srilankan and Pakistani players!"
Kassa: "Embarrassed on what has happened on the ground. Never thought Lankan spectators would act this way. Hope Match referee will continue the game soon. [sorry face] "

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I saw the rock, it was a big one and had it hit one of the players he wold have sustained serious injury.

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Match about to resume now

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Correction. No player was hit

cricinfo:
I want to report on a lot of apologetic emails from Sri Lankan fans, and responses from Pakistani fans that says they under stand and that they will find it hard to believe if indeed their cricketers were being targetted. They, too, seem to be going by the theory that these spectators were expressing their frustration at police, although that doesn't make it any less an offence
I can also report no player has got injured. Or at least there is no report of an injury yet. And we are still waiting to know the fate of the match
Also I must say that it is also possible that no player was hit, and that it it is possible a rock fell near where he was

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181 all out :jhanda:

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A comprehensive victory masterminded by the batsmen (not often you can say this about Pakistan!)

Yasir and Anwar bowled well too.

Anwar Ali managed to bring his career bowling average down from 64 to 54, a steady improvement..

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Crowd trouble at Premadasa Stadium interrupts match | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

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All this happening in premadesam?

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@ehsan; please open thread for next match.

Record first for Pakistan’s top six | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

135 - The margin of victory, Pakistan’s second-best in an ODI against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The biggest margin, of 146 runs, was also at the Premadasa, in 2009, when Pakistan scored 321 and then bowled Sri Lanka out for 175. It’s the fourth-best for Pakistan against Sri Lanka at any venue. It’s also Sri Lanka’s third-highest margin of defeat in a home ODI.

24-11 The win-loss record for teams batting first in day-night ODIs at the Premadasa since the beginning of 2005. The last six day-night games here have all been won by the team batting first.

5-11 Sri Lanka’s win-loss record when chasing in day-night ODIs at the Premadasa since 2005; when batting first, their record is 11-4.

316 Pakistan’s total, their second-highest against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Their best is 321, six years ago at the same ground, in a match they won by 146 runs.

1 Number of times Pakistan’s top six have all scored at least 35 - this was the first such instance. It’s only the third time their top five have all topped 40; the previous two were both in 2005.

93 Runs scored by Pakistan in their last ten overs, their second-highest against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Their best is 107, at Premadasa, in the match in which they scored 321.
7 Number of times Lasith Malinga has conceded 80 or more runs in an ODI. It was his fourth such instance in a home ODI, and his first against Pakistan. Five of those seven instances have occurred since the beginning of 2012. Malinga’s most expensive figures in an ODI are 1 for 96 in 7.4 overs against India in Hobart in 2012.

8 Fifty-plus opening stands for Pakistan in ODIs in 2015, the joint-highest this year, along with Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s average opening stand of 56.27 is the best among all teams in 2015.

77 Sarfraz Ahmed’s score, his second 50-plus score in 34 ODI innings. Three of his four highest ODI scores have come in 2015. His highest remains an unbeaten 101 against Ireland in the 2015 World Cup.

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