Why wasn't Azhar Ali given the ball today?

[JibranAnsari]

When the 4th wicket partnership was prospering and when 8th wicket partnership was going on , we could have used leg spin for a change but it surprises me why it was not used.

[MRSN]

this deserved a new thread

[Bullet Drive]

Question is why was Hafeez bowled after 70 overs despite their being a left hander out there all day.

[JibranAnsari]

Originally Posted by Bullet Drive Question is why was Hafeez bowled after 70 overs despite their being a left hander out there all day.

I remember Azhar got rid of stubborn sangakkara when he has made 200+ , it was totally surprising for me when he did not get the bowl at all.

[Bullet Drive]

Instead of Hafeez or Azhar getting the ball. Captain Misbah gives the ball to innocuous Younis Khan

[ads101]

The question is more why did he not use more overs from Hafeez?

[talha3]

The question is why were Gul and sami so useless?

[JibranAnsari]

Originally Posted by talha3 The question is why were Gul and sami so useless?

Sami was expected to be useless yaaar

[Zamee]

Because he is in the team for his batting lol

[ads101]

Originally Posted by talha3 The question is why were Gul and sami so useless?

we all know the answer to that lol.

Misbah's generally a good captain, and hasn't been afraid to use hafeez before. Wonder why he didn't. Not like hafeez was tired, he didn't score anything substantial in the first innings.

[Zamee]

Originally Posted by JibranAnsari Sami was expected to be useless yaaar

But but but he is phastttt

[rhussain33]

Originally Posted by JibranAnsari When the 4th wicket partnership was prospering and when 8th wicket partnership was going on , we could have used leg spin for a change but it surprises me why it was not used.

Originally Posted by Bullet Drive Question is why was Hafeez bowled after 70 overs despite their being a left hander out there all day.

Originally Posted by JibranAnsari I remember Azhar got rid of stubborn sangakkara when he has made 200+ , it was totally surprising for me when he did not get the bowl at all.

Originally Posted by Bullet Drive Instead of Hafeez or Azhar getting the ball. Captain Misbah gives the ball to innocuous Younis Khan

Originally Posted by ads101 we all know the answer to that lol. Misbah's generally a good captain, and hasn't been afraid to use hafeez before. Wonder why he didn't. Not like hafeez was tired, he didn't score anything substantial in the first innings.

Well either there was something very very fishy being done and SL were purposefully given opportunity to edge ahead

or

It requires some thinking outside the box, be brave and try something different, but I thought Misbah was the best thing to happen since sliced bread?

Yep doesn't make sense to me either

[Ironcat]

Hafeez was given the ball, and it didn't matter.

You can name your random player and ask why he wasn't given a ball, but SL didn't quite pile on 500 and, for most of their inning, were playing on par with our score.

A much better thread would have been:

Originally Posted by talha3 The question is why were Gul and sami so useless?

[Akmal Dynasty]

Azhar needs to make big runs tomorrow.