Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
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Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Allah karay aap ka alarm kharab ho jaye. 
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
muje tu kesi alarm ki zaroorat e nai
off day + Pakistan main afternoon
bas WAPDA wale tang kar sakte hain 
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Have to go to uni 
Going to miss the first 2 hrs
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
koi baat nai pehle 2 hours main wese b pakistan k zaida out e hone hote hian 
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Heavyweights clash at R Premadasa
The Preview by Siddarth Ravindran
February 25, 2011
Match Facts
February 26, Colombo
Start time 14:30 local time (09:00 GMT)
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Big Picture
When the World Cup comes to colourful Colombo on Saturday, the tournament will begin in earnest for two subcontinent teams. Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka opened with massive wins over Associate nations, but this will be their first real test in the competition. None of the smaller teams in Group A seem capable of challenging the Test nations, so the game will be important in terms of placings for the quarter-finals. And in a tournament whose first week has been loaded with one-sided matches, two teams packed with dynamic players also promise some high-voltage entertainment. Past records might suggest Pakistan have an edge - they have beaten Sri Lanka in each of their six encounters in the World Cups and have won their previous five games at the R Premadasa - but that will count for little. The two sides have not faced each other in cricket’s showpiece tournament since 1992, and the Premadasa has undergone extensive redevelopment. What will help Pakistan, though, is the relative lack of controversy surrounding the current team, a low-profile lead-up and the confidence of a recent series win, in New Zealand, behind them.
Sri Lanka’s advantage is that most of their players have had a taste of how the new track will fare during the domestic limited-over tournament held in January. Traditionally, this has been a bat-first venue, especially in day-night games where the team chasing has won only one of the past 13 matches, but it remains to be seen how the re-laid pitch fares .
Form guide
(Most recent first)
Sri Lanka WWWLW
Pakistan WLWWW
Pitch and conditions
The pitch will be the centre of attention since it’s a re-laid track, and Saturday’s game will be the first international game to be played on it. It may not be too high scoring a game, if the domestic matches played since the stadium was re-developed are anything to go by. The highest score batting first in the one-dayers played in January was 225, a total which was easily defended. Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, though, expects the bare surface to be good for batting.
Watch out for…
Thisara Perera was outstanding with the ball against Canada, and picked loads of wickets whenever he got a chance in 2010 as well. He worked up real pace in Hambantota, and has provided the team management with the welcome headache of working out how to accommodate him, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara and Angelo Mathews in the XI. He also adds muscle to Sri Lanka’s lower-middle order. Shoaib Akhtar has weathered stacks of controversies and fitness problems to become one of the few constants in Pakistan’s team. There has not been any talk of injuries for eight months, a minor miracle given his past record. Age hasn’t slowed him down too much either; even at 35 he remains among the quickest bowlers in the world.
Team news
Pakistan have hinted they will stick to the same combination that played Kenya, which means Wahab Riaz and Saeed Ajmal are likely to remain on the bench. Waqar Younis has said Pakistan are pondering how to use Abdul Razzaq better, but for now he will continue to be an impact batsman at No. 8 and opening the bowling. Pakistan (probable): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi (capt), 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Abdur Rehman, 11 Shoaib Akhtar
The main concern for Sri Lanka is the fitness of their pace spearhead, Malinga, who has a back strain. He missed Sri Lanka’s opening game, but he did bowl in the nets on Friday. The physio will take a call on Saturday whether Malinga will play. If he doesn’t, Sri Lanka could stick to the same XI that beat Canada.
**Sri Lanka ** (probable): 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Chamara Kapugedera, 6 Thilan Samaraweera, 7 Angelo Mathews, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan
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Quotes
“In the past we’ve played really well against him in this country. I don’t think we should worry about him that much; he is not 28 anymore. It is not going to be easy though. We’re prepared not only for him but the entire team.”
Waqar doesn’t think Pakistan should be scared of Murali
“I find it surprising that their name is not bandied about in the mix of potential World Cup winners as they have brilliant match winners with both bat and ball.”
*Mahela Jayawardene thinks Pakistan are among the favourites for the tournament
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Muttiah Muralitharan needs one more wicket to move past Wasim Akram’s tally of 55 wickets to become the second highest wicket-taker in World Cups.
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Sri Lanka have never beaten Pakistan in six World Cup matches, though the two haven’t met in the competition since 1992.
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One more stumping will take Sangakkara’s tally to eight, moving ahead of Adam Gilchrist and Moin Khan, with whom he current shares the record for most stumpings.
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This is Afridi’s fourth World Cup, but he is yet to make a half-century.
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Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Pakistan will destroy Lanka
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Shub Shub bolo
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
ab zaida tar matches main aisa e hota hay na 
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
in dono ko aap FC main last position per move kar dein
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
I somehow want to squeeze in another full time bowler in the side. Who should I drop? Hafeez? and open with Kamran and Shahzad?
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
I somehow want to squeeze in another full time bowler in the side. Who should I drop? Hafeez? and open with Kamran and Shahzad?
aaap ki sune ga kon :@:
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
I somehow want to squeeze in another full time bowler in the side. Who should I drop? Hafeez? and open with Kamran and Shahzad?
Why don't you squeeze Shoaib Akhtar? hopefully after losing some weight by squeezing he will be more fit :D
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
This is going to be one nerve wrecking match :D
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Why don't you squeeze Shoaib Akhtar? hopefully after losing some weight by squeezing he will be more fit :D
This is so true....Why don't he shed some pounds ?
Its going to make him lighter and lethal.....
May be he going to find his lost reverse swing....
Even BD bowlers are reverse swinging.....
Be Smart........Smarty Pants !
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
buhat baray bol hain…lets see
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
is ka keya hai kuch ulta seedha howa tu yee ghayab ho jayee ga 
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
Re: Pakistan VS Sri Lanka | 26th Feb
mujhe nai Pakistani Openers ko marna chiaye aap ko