Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Strictly speaking that is not true. Batting is the key in ODIs. I believe any team can be put under pressure batting second (& esp. chasing under lights)** if you score 290+** …and if you have a decent attack you should win 90% of the time
The Q is: Is our batting good enough to score that many runs first up? We will probably know the answer today
Ofcourse if you don’t bat well & get bowled out for say 210-230, then you are really struggling & up against it. The only way you can win then is by bowling the other side out (cf. Bangla v Ireland). Hence you need wicket-taking bowlers
Equally, chasing anything over 250 under lights is not easy and SLA if they bat first will most likely score close to 300 runs. So Pakistan will have to bat really well today regardless of whether they bat first or second