Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Pallekele | 7/6/12 | Ist Innings

[Fawad2010]

Toss in 3 minutes!

[Bullet Drive]

Game may be rained out?

[Asif321]

Mausam acha hai

[Asif321]

Game may be rained out?

doesnt look that way

[Bullet Drive]

Hope not. A lot of website saying there's a huge chance of rain.

[LegendAli]

Sri Lanka win toss, batting first.

[Fawad2010]

Weather is partly cloudy, game is a go!

[Pakistaniboy]

Nothing about rain on cricinfo...

[Bullet Drive]

Sri Lanka win toss and bat first.

[Asif321]

Srilanka win toss . bat first

[Fawad2010]

Will be tough to chase on these conditions :/

[Bullet Drive]

Zee Cafe haven't shown any thing so far!

[Mobashir]

Mahela and Misbah back as captains! The two M's!

[Bullet Drive]

Will be tough to chase on these conditions :/

DL method supports team chasing

[talha3]

Our chances of winning now fall dramatically. 250+ and it's game over.

[Mobashir]

Zee Cafe haven't shown any thing so far!

They will come just three minutes before the match starts!

[Fawad2010]

Our chances of winning now fall dramatically. 250+ and it's game over.

250?

You overestimate our powers, friend.

[talha3]

Team news?

[Bullet Drive]

Please don't rain!

[Asif321]

No Cheema , no farhat ,, sami and azhar in

[Mobashir]

Our chances of winning now fall dramatically. 250+ and it's game over.

Not if Umar Akmal bats higher up the order...

[Bullet Drive]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/lk/pallekele-kadawidiya/833194/weather-forecast/833194

[Fawad2010]

DL method supports team chasing

yeah, but we will figure out a way to lose that advantage.

[talha3]

250?

You overestimate our powers, friend.

Being optimistic :dav

[Mobashir]

No Cheema , no farhat ,, sami and azhar in

So I guess :

Azhar
Hafeez
Younis
Misbah is our top 4???

[Asif321]

Pak Team: Misbah-ul-Haq*,Azhar Ali, M.Hafeez, M.Sami, S.Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, S. Afridi, S.Tanvir, U.Akmal, U.Gul,
Y. Khan

[Badsha]

Hnnnnng can't wait. Hope the rain doesn't ruin everything :/

[Bullet Drive]

Bat Umar at 4 and we will win. I want SL to make 300 and I wanna chase something big today!

[Fawad2010]

No Cheema , no farhat ,, sami and azhar in

:O

Really???

Best news I got today, so far!

[A.M.]

Very good team selected bowling looks very strong

[Bullet Drive]

Umar Gul comes back to the otherwise retained attack from the Twenty20s. Younis, Misbah, Azhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed are back too

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez, Azhar, Younis, Misbah, Umar, Afridi, Sarfraz, Tanvir, Ajmal, Sami & Gul

[MRSN]

Azhar Ali to open with Hafeez.

[Mobashir]

Looks like the team is the following :

Hafeez
Azhar Ali
Younis
Misbah
Akmal
Afridi
Ahmed
Tanvir
Gul
Sami
Ajmal

[Fawad2010]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/lk/pallekele-kadawidiya/833194/weather-forecast/833194

This seems more accurate: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/v2/weather.aspx?q=Pallekele%20Kadawidiya,%20Sri%20Lan ka

As it is not raining at the ground (AccuWeather says so)

[Fawad2010]

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Sami


Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene(c), Dinesh Chandimal, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga

[Bullet Drive]

22 minutes!

[Badsha]

team looks decent

[Mobashir]

Akmal will most probably at 4 if we loose early wickets because Misbah is unapt to bat against the new ball and is afraid of it...

[talha3]

This seems more accurate: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/v2/weather.aspx?q=Pallekele%20Kadawidiya,%20Sri%20Lan ka

As it is not raining at the ground (AccuWeather says so)

Yep, forecast for the ground seems good throughout the day:

http://www.worldweatheronline.com/cricket/pallekele-cricket-stadium-kandy-weather/lk.aspx?day=0

[Asif321]

Cant belive misbah has left :cheema out

[MRSN]

Aren't we playing an extra bowler?

[Hamxa89]

Bad toss to loose :(

[Fawad2010]

Toss Quotes


Misbah: I'm happy with the way the team played in the T20 series. Conditions look good but it rained in the last 2-3 days, the wicket was under cover. We aren't too sure about a par score, it would have been a difficult task had I won the toss.


Mahela: It's a good wicket and runs on the board will be a crucial factor. We haven't played much ODI cricket here, but we think about 160 will be a good score. Herath is the only spinner in the side, we have 7 batsmen. Angelo Mathews makes a huge difference, it's good to see him fit.

[Asif321]

looks like rain is about to come

[Bullet Drive]

16 mins!

[Hamxa89]

Apart from the last over in the final of the Asia Cup, Cheema was pretty ordinary in that game.

Sami has the edge over him. Good team. I'd have gone with the same :)

[Fawad2010]

The average score at this ground is around 200 and the highest score chased in this ground is 193.

[Osama_B]

160 is a good score :|

wth


am happy with team selection apart from gul...y on earth has cheema been dropped after his asia cup final heroics...only in pakistan :facepalm:

[Badsha]

No cable! argh

[Lara400]

Top 4 for Pak one trick pony's

[Bullet Drive]

Akmal will most probably at 4 if we loose early wickets because Misbah is unapt to bat against the new ball and is afraid of it...

Your right, that's the only way he'll be sent at 4.

[Fawad2010]

160 is a good score :|

wth


I know right!

Does he think its a T20?

[LegendAli]

Does Sami not know english? why interview in urdu?

[Badsha]

160. Tricky pitch then.

[Amjid Javed]

MJ thinks 160 will be a good score? ***! are we playing on a mindfield.

Also why have pakistan gone in with just 5 batsmen? Afridi at 6 or 7 is one postion to high atleast!

[Watsupdoc]

Good team. Would have preferred Shafiq over Azhar though.

[Watsupdoc]

He probably meant 260 :))

[Asif321]

:cheema feel bad for him

[carbon11]

with hafeez , azhar, younis and misbah as the top four pakistan will most likely struggle in the chase if sri lanka puts a decent score down.

[Bullet Drive]

Excited!

[Asif321]

here we go !

[Bullet Drive]

Teams

[Amjid Javed]

300 has been scored twice by team batting 1st on this ground.

Kiwis did it v Pak and SL v Zim.

Other two games here have been won by team chasing less then 200.

[Bullet Drive]

Chasing has been very difficult.

[Amjid Javed]

2 Wins for team batting 1st and 2 wins for team batting 2nd in 4 games played here!

Doesnt tell us much!

[Amjid Javed]

Chasing has been very difficult.

2 out of 4 doesnt really indicate that!

two games lost chasing were where total was 300+

[Mobashir]

Forget to say, sri lankan team looks very good in all three departments, and that after a long time...

[imshally81]

What about weather for today match ??

[Bullet Drive]

Wheres the speedometer?

[Badsha]

Bowling gulllyyy

[freelance_cricketer]

Good toss to win.

[A.M.]

Nice line to start with

[Bullet Drive]

First run on the board. 1 run.

[Bullet Drive]

Is there a review system in place?

[carbon11]

well bowled

[A.M.]

Nice bowl to end the first over

[A.M.]

Nice start by tanvir aswell

[imshally81]

Beaten

[freelance_cricketer]

Any official live stream guys?

[Bullet Drive]

End of the over. He seems to have improved.

[freelance_cricketer]

Dilshan averages higher than Mahela. :facepalm:

[carbon11]

dropped professor

[JibranAnsari]

what a third class ODI batting team , will struggle to chase 2oo. Azhar Ali , younis , misbah in the same odi team is the recipe for disaster annd you Hafeez is terribly out of form :facepalm:

[carbon11]

some ugly stuff from dilshan

[NeVerMind]

dilshan dropped by Hafeez. should have been taken!

[Bullet Drive]

Poor from Hafeez.

[Bullet Drive]

Dilshan is the sort of batsmen who makes you pay.

[NeVerMind]

Considering the Sri Lankans openers are struggling, imagine how difficult our openers are going to find it...

[qamar84]

great bowling by pak so far

[imshally81]

:wide

[Osama_B]

dilshan is such a hack

how on earth did this guy make 190 odd against england in a lords test that too in bowler friendly conditions

[Osama_B]

awful umpiring

[Bullet Drive]

Tanvir is doing very well. Improved bowler. That's what I like too see.

[NeVerMind]

:wide

that wasn't a wide. Awful unpiring!

[carbon11]

:out

dilshan gone ugly innings

[Bullet Drive]

Horrible knock from Dilshan. He couldn't be bothered it seemed.

[NeVerMind]

:out

dilshan gone ugly innings

Good. Dropped catch doesn't hurt us and Gul gets the wicket as originally intended!

[x-man]

Hi friends!!! This is X-man from Pallekele. I have my umbrella in ma hand... It's about to rain. I don't expect a full 50 overs here... Duckworth will help Pak... Big doubt.... I'll update weather whenever I have time...

[qamar84]

gul ki :AAG :out

[Osama_B]

dilshan is a joke of a player

[qamar84]

Hi friends!!! This is X-man from Pallekele. I have my umbrella in ma hand... It's about to rain. I don't expect a full 50 overs here... Duckworth will help Pak... Big doubt.... I'll update weather whenever I have time...

thanks bro

[Hamxa89]

Hi friends!!! This is X-man from Pallekele. I have my umbrella in ma hand... It's about to rain. I don't expect a full 50 overs here... Duckworth will help Pak... Big doubt.... I'll update weather whenever I have time...

Not good to hear that :(

[carbon11]

it seems these sri lankan pitches are not easy to open the batting on

[Amjid Javed]

Thank god Hafeezs dropped wasnt costly!

8/1

[Bullet Drive]

Is there a review system?

[NeVerMind]

Do we have referrals in this match?

[imshally81]

:out mehla gone

[carbon11]

:out

what a ball by tanvir

[Bullet Drive]

No ball :(

[carbon11]

no ball

not out :))

[avidlearner]

Pitch appears to be two paced and pak pacers are bowling very well. Anything over 200 runs could be tough to chase under lights.

[Prince of Pakistan]

huge no-ball by Tanvir

[JibranAnsari]

out on no ball

[Amjid Javed]

:facepalm: come on tanvir!

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan sometimes really dont help themselves! stupid no ball!

lets hope its not costly!

[Vegitto1]

not a no ball!

[NeVerMind]

Oh man. no ball by Tanvir!!!

[Areesh]

:facepalm: no ball

[Amjid Javed]

SL main to batsmen in middle here so need to knock both over as early as possible, espcially sanga!

[Couch Cricketer]

That was out looking at the shadow the ball had left his hand before his foot went over the line

[NeVerMind]

huge no-ball by Tanvir

Not huge but marginal. could go either way!

[JibranAnsari]

It was a close call , the drag took the foot forward

[Hamxa89]

Damn you Tanvir!

[Osama_B]

russell arnold at it again

[Bullet Drive]

So its going to rain? :(

[Bullet Drive]

2 wides

[carbon11]

tanvir losing his line here

[JibranAnsari]

brilliant wide bowling

[LegendAli]

Tanvir, you terrible bowler, what are you doing?

[avidlearner]

Unlucky Tanvir not to have Mahela twice in the same same over. But both Tanvir as well as Gul seems to have read the pitch very well

[Bullet Drive]

That's the over.

[Amjid Javed]

Tanvir is bowling well here for once. Using early conditions well.

[carbon11]

Tanvir, you terrible bowler, what are you doing?

terrible he's been all over 2 high quality batsmen mahela and sangakara

[speed]

sami should be given the new ball not gul

[Bullet Drive]

out

[imshally81]

:outtttt

[carbon11]

:out

gul

[Mission18thMarch]

Was that actually a wide? ridiculous umpiring from a srilankan biased umpire

[talha3]

Excellent stuff from the opening bowlers.

[Hamxa89]

"The foot slid after landing. I am not so sure even a little part of Tanvir's foot wasn't behind the line when it landed. Anyway, the calls has been made, and made upon looking at one replay "

Was it a no-ball guys?

[imshally81]

Mehla goneee

[Amjid Javed]

Interesting to see how much the ball moves around in 2nd inns, SL tend to have medium pacers who move the ball around well in such conditions.

[Bullet Drive]

Chandimal on now. 2 for Gul.

[Bullet Drive]

sami should be given the new ball not gul

Your right. Gul has only both wickets with the new ball. Good thinking.

[Amjid Javed]

Mahela gone as well now!

Both openers back early on!

[x-man]

Mahela gone. News Confirmed!!!

[imshally81]

sami should be given the new ball not gul

2nd wicket for gully...
do u wanna change your opinion now ?? :yk

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to go for jugular now!

[NeVerMind]

Jaya out! Gul on fire. Once again the no-ball doesn't cost us.

[g00g1y]

Salaam Guys!
g00g1y here, :out

[MRSN]

Voww Umar Gul looks in different today?:O good bowling

[pakistanigoneaussie]

lol and some people were asking where gul fits in

[imshally81]

Raining :(

[imshally81]

:4

[MRSN]

4 wides Gul :)))

[Bullet Drive]

Rain!!!!!! :(

[PTI tsunami]

Please no rain

[Bullet Drive]

Mahela gone. News Confirmed!!!

Weather looking better?

[JibranAnsari]

keeper was slow to react .. shame we do not have one good keeper

[avidlearner]

Chandimal is low on confidence ATM. When he burstled into the international scene he looked classy yet aggressive. These days consumes too many balls to get going. Now facing Umar gul who is on fire.

[speed]

Your right. Gul has only both wickets with the new ball. Good thinking.

sami is only good with the new ball he will get spanked around with an older ball

[x-man]

At the moment Little raining but match won't be paused as sun is very bright!!!
In Sri Lanka here is a proverb "never believe Colombo girl and Kandy rain"
That much unpredictable.

[JibranAnsari]

rain is about to arrive ..drizzling

[imshally81]

Salaam Guys!
g00g1y here, :out

W salam...
Welcome to PP :misbah

[Hamxa89]

Who said the weather seems okay for throughout the day?

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan would fund chasing tough here.

[talha3]

Without extras, Sri Lanka would have 8 from 7 overs!

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan would have to bat well here to win...

[JibranAnsari]

Waiting for sami to shoot his bullets

[imshally81]

:wide again

[LethalSami]

so many extras :facepalm:

[Areesh]

Tanvir bowling with a bad line here. :facepalm:

[Osama_B]

cmon cut out the wides!

[Amjid Javed]

Most of SL runs have come in NO ball and wides! really poor discapline here!

[Badsha]

Sangakarra will be the big wicket now.

[Bullet Drive]

Feel sorry for Cheema.

[imshally81]

some1 post a good quality links plz...then edit it after a while

www.pakpassion.net
better then live streaming :P

[Asif321]

srilanka are making it too boring

[imshally81]

:4
5 :wides

[carbon11]

4 more wides

[MRSN]

again bowling legside , poor bowling

[Hamxa89]

"And oh by the way, the rain has passed us, and the sun is out" :hamster:

[Badsha]

Gully yaaaaaar.

[Vegitto1]

haha - Pakistan scoring for Sri Lanka

[carbon11]

cut him in half

top bowling

[talha3]

Just gifting them runs.

[JibranAnsari]

keeper is no good

[MRSN]

voww Gul appeals on everything , I thought it was only Sangakara.

[Areesh]

Kia ho raha hai yeh. Itni wides aur no balls. :facepalm:

[speed]

gul is hitting the seam

[imshally81]

Feel sorry for Cheema.

No sorry for him...
we need some young bowler.... :akhtar

[MRSN]

Bowled him without scoring

[Bullet Drive]

Gul gets his 3rd!

[carbon11]

bowled him

dragged it on

[talha3]

Got him. Anhilation.

[imshally81]

:out

[x-man]

Bowled

[Badsha]

gulyyyyyyyy

[Bullet Drive]

Come on Gul. Get a 5-fer!

[speed]

ball hits the seam and gone

[JibranAnsari]

waqar younis on fire .. into the chandimal

[Amjid Javed]

14 wides so far! ***!

[Asif321]

:out gulllla

[talha3]

Even with all the gifted runs, we're absolutely dominating.

Take the gifted runs out,

SL 8-3 off 8.2 overs.

[Vegitto1]

Come on Gul. Get a 5-fer!

10-fer!

[avidlearner]

Chandimal's agony comes to an end.Gul gets yet another wicket. SL stuttering at 23 for 3.

[freelance_cricketer]

Gulli on fire. :gul

[GujjarSher]

Good to see Gul bowling well after the bad T20 match

[Osama_B]

dam it cut out the wides!

[imshally81]

Appeal and denied

[carbon11]

umar gul robbed

[Badsha]

Holy **** when gully gets going he gets going

[bforme]

what is the speed of Gul???
He seems to be pumped.

[talha3]

Reifell!!!!

Gul should have had 4.

[GujjarSher]

Sri Lanka would be 12/3 if not for the wides lol

[Bullet Drive]

Horrible decision. Gul would have had 4!

[Amjid Javed]

If we hadnt given so many extras this would be even more embrassing for SL.

[Hamxa89]

keeper is no good

8.2 Umar Gul to Chandimal, 5 wides, oh five more wides. Tries the big inswinger, but starts too straight, and the keeper has no chance here. Of the 23 so far, 14 have come through wides.

You okay?

[Asif321]

it was out

[Amjid Javed]

Maybe MJ was right! 160 might be a good score here!

[Osama_B]

pathetic umpiring so far! could have had them 5 down by now

[carbon11]

tanvir taking the ball away from lefthander

[talha3]

Big inside edge :(

[Mian Hassan]

any links guys?

[Mission18thMarch]

Wow I always hated riefel atleast makes 1 decision wrong always this could be costly it tharanga.

[Bullet Drive]

0(18)

[pakistanigoneaussie]

i withdraw my comment on the umpires

[Bullet Drive]

0(19) - whats the longest without going for a run?

[imshally81]

pathetic umpiring so far! could have had them 5 down by now

How ???

[Ahson Afzal]

Tharanga should have been out

[carbon11]

very good opening spell from tanvir and gul

top stuff

[Bullet Drive]

I'd go with one more over of Gul and then bowl Hafeez.

[Bullet Drive]

What's the weather like?

[avidlearner]

SL's Hope of scoring 200 looks very remote now. Once Ajmal comes in even Sanga can't be saved. It will be an herculean task for SL batters to score anything over 150 after this disastrous start.

[qamar84]

what the hell umpire look blind or what :facepalm:

[imshally81]

From Cricinfo

8.5 Umar Gul to Tharanga, no run, and he is gone first ball. Wait he is not. Oh he is not given. Thick inside edge onto the thigh pad, and caught by Sarfraz, but not given. Short of a length, on off, moving back in, takes a solid edge, but Umpire Reifell makes a mistake

[qamar84]

:sohail and :gul bowl fantastic today if you forget the wide and noball

[Hamxa89]

If Tharanga scores big Reiffel should be rifled!!!! :pissed:

[Bullet Drive]

All this without bowling our best bowlers. Ajmal & Afridi :)))

[King Khan]

Bring on Afridi and Sami! clear them up!

[Bullet Drive]

Lovely ball. If Gul never bowled those two wides. He would have been 3-3.

[qamar84]

good move by :misbah to continue with :gul

[Bullet Drive]

Bowl Hafeez now. Leftie specialist.

[qamar84]

i think :misbah should give one more over to :sohail

[Bullet Drive]

Poor to see Tanvir carrying on.

[imshally81]

oh batsman is very lucky... good bowling from tanvir

[imshally81]

:four

[Ahson Afzal]

first :4

[qamar84]

great bowl by kukri