Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Dambulla | 30/7/09 [SL inns]

[Genghis]

After a disapointing test series Pakistan will be looking to make a good start in the 5 match one day series. With the ICL players coming back into the fold, competition has hotted up and just about any line-up is possible today. Some exciting youngsters and some proven performers make them and exciting but unpredicatable.

SL on the other hand will be welcoming back two of their star bowlers in Murali and Malinga but have lost their in form opening batsmen Dilshan to injury. They will be looking for some revenge over the last time these two teams met in a limitted overs format - the T20 World Cup final loss.

Match starts in about 2 hours.

[undisputed]

I'm really looking forward to this one.

[Rh bat]

i've been checking from the morning for this thread.
i'd decided to create it but now its here really happy!!!

[Rh bat]

PAK to win with 1 wicket today

[undisputed]

Pak to thrash sri lanka.

[kingusama92]

It's going to be a fun match to watch because of the players that are in the squad. There are a lot of attacking players that could make for an entertaining game and series.

[DotCom]

Toss should be in about 35 minutes.. I am ANXIOUS to hear the SQUAD..

I hope Fawad gets a game, but also Mohammed Yousuf especially if we go with attacking batsman like Nazir.. Need that stability..

[afridi.rocks]

Inshallah doostoon!!!

[afridi.rocks]

Anybody who needs a link can PM me

[undisputed]

hope Nazir plays and makes century of 38 balls

[shahidrazzaq]

Kamran (WK)
Afridi
YK (C)
Umar
Misbah
Malik
Fawad
Razzaq
Gul
Aamer
Ajmal

[undisputed]

Originally Posted by shahidrazzaq Kamran (WK) Afridi YK (C) Umar Misbah Malik Fawad Razzaq Gul Aamer Ajmal

is that the confirmed playing 11 ?

[Rh bat]

i'm pretty sure misbah "block block hit" Ul haq would be playing.

[ahb23]

Any links for this game ?

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by afridi.rocks Anybody who needs a link can PM me

Private messaging can only be done through mods unfortunately so no one will be able to PM you.

Plus I am pretty sure no links are allowed on the forum thus unfortunately we have no way to getting the links from you

[AZ]

MSN is your friend

[Couch Cricketer]

This is cricinfo's predicted team
I agree with the team selection more or less but am not sure of the batting lineup they have given. Misbah at 7 is understandable but MY at 7 would be wasted. Would go with Malik at number 3 as after a good or a bad start the next batsman after Nazir and Akmal would have to consolidate without slowing down the runrate to much. With MY and YK at 4 and 5 and Afridi and Alam\Misbah (Should go with Alam as Misbah is out of form) 6 and 7


http://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/c...ry/416827.html

(likely) 1 Kamran Akmal (wk),
2 Imran Nazir,
3 Younis Khan,
4 Fawad Alam,
5 Shahid Afridi,
6 Shoaib Malik,
7 Misbah-ul-Haq/ Mohammad Yousuf,
8 Abdul Razzaq,
9 Umar Gul,
10 Naved-ul-Hasan,
11 Saeed Ajmal/ Mohammad Aamer

[sehban]

Pak won the toss and choose to bowl

[sehban]

umar akmal not playing

[mmkextreme_1]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Private messaging can only be done through mods unfortunately so no one will be able to PM you. Plus I am pretty sure no links are allowed on the forum thus unfortunately we have no way to getting the links from you

same here bro...

or bro can you post the link for like 2 min..and then edit the post?!

[AZ]

what's the team?

[waqar_ahmad]

Umar Akmal not playing

[sehban]

no imran nazir, nasim jamshed and umar akmal

[sehban]

also no rana naved

[lalaji]

No Imran Nazir....hahah loving it...he is so overhype and overrated

[SAM'S]

that means no opener?

[ShaazE]

No Imran, no Umar... that's a let down

[AZ]

lol why am I asking, best to turn on the telly and see...cya later folks...dua karo apni team ke liye

[waqar_ahmad]

Malik and Kamii to open for pak. No Jamshed or Nazir or Umar Akmal. Fawad Playing

[waqar_ahmad]

Pak won the toss, lanka batting

[sehban]

Kamran akmal
Shoaib Malik
Younis
Yousuf
Misbah
Alam
Afridi
Razzaq
gul
Amir
Ajmal

[undisputed]

line up is.....

malik
kamran
younus
yousuf
misbah
alam
afridi
razzaq
gul
aamir
ajmal

[sehban]

i wud have made just one change replace misbah with umar akmal

[undisputed]

im disapointed no Nazir, or umar akmal, why the hell is misbah retained. ok maybe malik is a bit decent but misbah is a joke, u akmal should of took his place.

[kingusama92]

Really pathetic that they are opening with Malik and sitting out two specialist openers for him.

[IM NOT YOU]

*** is going on in the top order??!??!?!!

[IM NOT YOU]

this team selection is a joke.


who is the ringmaster of this circus???!!!!!

[Omar Malik]

Batting till No. 8 and Malik will open with Kamran Akmal.

[undisputed]

pathetic line up.

[checkers.llvllaster]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Really pathetic that they are opening with Malik and sitting out two specialist openers for him.

That's disappointing, they say they want specialist openers, yet when the time comes to give them opportunities, they don't get it. What has Nasir Jamshed done wrong? You can't tell me that they dropped him based on a practice game...

If practice game counted so much, then why not Umar Akmal given the chance?

[undisputed]

they gone with a defensive line up, they dont want aggressive players like u akmal, jamshed, nazir

[SAM'S]

seems like a no brainer from YK

[bluffmasterv2]

No Nazir and Nasir, dissapointing.

[Omar Malik]

Not impressed with the line up

[undisputed]

this has taken a bit of the entertainement out of the batting.. thats why they choose to bowl because they want a lowish 200 score to chase with a sensible batting line up

[iZeeshan]

The exact team we expected. Probably won't see Fawad batting either, unless he opens.

[SAM'S]

seems like a test team to me

[Couch Cricketer]

I don't understand why many of you guys ask for links every match
usually the same websites have the links there is such a thing as
bookmark so you can go back to such a website.

Hey by the way did you read this article where they said it was legal for a website to host links to p2p sports stream as they were not streaming it themselves
http://torrentfreak.com/streaming-an...-legal-090724/

[checkers.llvllaster]

I think people here are assuming that Malik and Kami will open. However, I have a feeling that one of the openers for this game will be Fawad. They need to play him in his regular comfortable position...

[iZeeshan]

I hate this team!

No Nasir, Nazir, or Umar.

I hope Misbah fails terribly.

[lalaji]

Originally Posted by SAM'S seems like a test team to me

it is the test team...

they've replace DK with Afridi...

[mumtaz]

Fawad and Akmal to open for sure!

[mmkextreme_1]

well I don't blame YK for choosing this line up..because this is not a batsmen paradise of a pitch..not that I am saying that they can't play on it..but for the confidence for these new batsmen..I think that lineup is perfect for the situation..Misbah's last chance I would think..good for Mohammad Aamaer, and he is debuting because it is good for the bowlers..we will see the others in the series hopefully...good thinking on the end of YK I think..if we put Nazir, Jamshed, and Umar Akmal, we could have lost as well...this is a difficult pitch..Inshallah we will win..

[lalaji]

Shoaib and Misbah can not be dropped no matter what...


MYK has to find a place for these two to play.....either he is helpless or he just can't face the bs if these two are dropped...

Fawad sit on the bench forever...now he is a sr pro so he get a match while others sit out..

[Omar Malik]

Just knew it that they won't be kicking out Misbah for the 1st match

[undisputed]

would of liked to see more flare at the top of the order, the only hitters in the team are afridi and razzaq and they are down the order. atleast with nazir, nasir or akmal they would of got the team of to a fast start.

[Juggernaut]

Malik opening shouldn't be a huge problem ... he's done it before and he averages 40 at the top (39.54) so i'm not too dissapointed .... I wanted Fawad to play so good on him ... surprised that Nasir missed out ... if you're gonna have specialist openers then use them

[azfar wali]

Well the team selection isn't great but Lets hope we would still win this

[Couch Cricketer]

Originally Posted by lalaji Shoaib and Misbah can not be dropped no matter what... MYK has to find a place for these two to play.....either he is helpless or he just can't face the bs if these two are dropped... Fawad sit on the bench forever...now he is a sr pro so he get a match while others sit out..

Dropping Misbah I can understand as he is simply not in form
but I don't understand why you would want to drop Malik

[slix10]

Originally Posted by iZeeshan I hate this team! No Nasir, Nazir, or Umar. I hope Misbah fails terribly.

Nazir got out on 0 in the prematch, he's a hit or a miss.

[bluffmasterv2]

Considering three highly rated batsmen by the fans (Nasir, Nazir, U Akmal) are sitting out then Misbah must go. I hope he proves me wrong this game, but this could be one of his very last oppurtunities.

[iafzal]

YK taking no risk and going with the old timers.
I was hoping he will play one of them: Nazir, Jamshed or Akmal.

I hope malik opens instead of Alam.

[lalaji]

Originally Posted by Couch Cricketer Dropping Misbah I can understand as he is simply not in form but I don't understand why you would want to drop Malik

i agree ...sory i was still thinking a test mood..lol

Misbah Should have been dropped for Nasir J...NJ open with Kami and malik coming down the order..

[undisputed]

waqar just said afridi quit test matches? did i hear right??

[Lahoria]

What pathetic selection if anyone thinks for a second that either Malik or Fawad can be permanent openers then they are only fooling themselves. The only positive I see is that guys like Umar Akmal and Nasir won't have to play on this low scoring ground.

[checkers.llvllaster]

Originally Posted by slix10 Nazir got out on 0 in the prematch, he's a hit or a miss.

Dude, Nasir Jamshed has been pretty promising opener so far. You can't do a knee jerk reaction and that too just based on a PRACTICE game. Also, if you are using practice match, then why won't you give Umar Akmal a chance?

[lalaji]

Originally Posted by bluffmasterv2 Considering three highly rated batsmen by the fans (Nasir, Nazir, U Akmal) are sitting out then Misbah must go. I hope he proves me wrong this game, but this could be one of his very last oppurtunities.

Imran Nazir is just hype...nothing much..

we dont know much about UK and NJ yet...NJ has been impressive from what we've seen so far..

[SAM'S]

Originally Posted by undisputed waqar just said afridi quit test matches? did i hear right??

may be slip of tongue, LOL

[SAM'S]

i don't have voice, can someone tell me what is Afridi saying on tv?

[insaftak]

what the hell, no nasir, no umar, this sucks

[lalaji]

Originally Posted by insaftak what the hell, no nasir, no umar, this sucks

its going be hard for Umar to get in since he is a middle order bat...just look how long it Fawad to get in...

Nasir J should have been there ...

[Omar Malik]

Play to start in 5 mins

[iafzal]

Only 2 Ms plying.
SL figured out that Mendis is decoded by pakistan.

[Omar Malik]

175 is the average score batting 1st on here

[octavian]

No Imran Nazir.. WTH mann

[octavian]

Afridi.rocks you have a pm

[lalaji]

Originally Posted by octavian No Imran Nazir.. WTH mann

he is overhype and overrated...

test and failed on many occassion..

[sohaibsyed]

lol did you guys hear what yk said about umar akmal. He was like hes not mature enough. when he is old enough he will play every day in my side

[Omar Malik]

Assistance for seamers early on so InshahAllah hope Gul and Aamer can make good use of the first 10 overs

[sohaibsyed]

lets see how wise this decision was