Pak tour of SL 2022

[Lone Wolf]

Chandimal has already missed 2 tons back to back.. He surely would like get that ton in third attempt.   He must have a solid record vs Pak.   I remember his match winning Ton in Abu Dhabi Test vs Pak. 

[Majestic]

Angelo Mathews vs Cheteshwar Pujara vs Azhar Ali?? Who is the better batsman of the three in tests? Discuss!

[Lone Wolf]

Damn....  That's tough  but I'll take Mathews over other two.  He has still got decent reflexes & range of shots than other two. 

Chachu Azhar is the worst. 

 

Matthews > Pujara > Ajju bhai

[Jay]

13 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Angelo Mathews vs Cheteshwar Pujara vs Azhar Ali?? Who is the better batsman of the three in tests? Discuss!

I dislike most Indian batters as many are vastly overrated. So I am going with Matthew > azhar > puji

[Clarke]

Even the best batsman can't resist a slog in the final hour of the day 

[Norman]

Lol 3 out of the 5 wickets were presented on a platter to paxtan today. Any decent team would have ended the day at 310/3 against this mediocre attack on this kind  of wicket. 

[Frustrated]

Nothing going right for the lankans.  Economic crisis followed by 0-2 whitewash in ongoing test series (likely) by another chinese colony.    Lucky that they got away with a drawn series against Aus due to a cheater home umpire.  

[Lone Wolf]

Dickwella playing a counter attacking inns..  This kid Wellalage has potential.  Anything close to 400 will be good score here. 

Entertaining cricket from Lankans. 

[Jay]

'I like it when I see fear in batsmen eyes', says naseem shah Lel

 

 

Just Lel.

[Austin 3:!6]

1 hour ago, Majestic said:

Angelo Mathews vs Cheteshwar Pujara vs Azhar Ali?? Who is the better batsman of the three in tests? Discuss!

Pujara > Azhar > Matthews

[Stan AF]

Btw, stumbled upon this recently. That's some good spin.

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

46 minutes ago, Jay said:

'I like it when I see fear in batsmen eyes', says naseem shah Lel

 

 

Just Lel.

Bowled well today.  Much better than Lassan the trundler 

[Norman]

315/6 is not a bad effort all things considered but they could have easily batted Poyzz out of the game in the first innings here by scoring north of 500. 

 

Now they'll most likely end up with 370 and if Pak bat long and get a huge score which they most likely will, pressure will be huge on SL in the 3rd innings just like it was for Australia in the second test. 

[First class]

13 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Ind v Pak in England will be interesting...  There's little chance for that to happen as it most likely will be either Ind/Pak v Aus in Finals. 

Their batters have old school techniques & are more compact than us...  Barring Alam ofc.   Bowling is proper buffet though.  They will do better in Eng but apart from Shaheen's initial spell.  They will be carted around. 

Australia will maul this attack in Lords without breaking a sweat. 

Yes, bowling is mediocre in unhelpful conditions . But, Naseem will be a much better bowler in a year or so and that useless shortie  phast bowler Hasan will be gone and whoever will replace him will be better than him. 

[Frustrated]

Worst possible start for lankans.  

[Axl100mph]

Naseem's allignment is so off that he is bowling 6,7 kphs slower that 2 years ago. Disappointing. Have always rated him hogh but his action problems are not letting shine like he can. 

[Lone Wolf]

5 hours ago, First class said:

Yes, bowling is mediocre in unhelpful conditions . But, Naseem will be a much better bowler in a year or so and that useless shortie  phast bowler Hasan will be gone and whoever will replace him will be better than him. 

Hasan has to go...  But he won't as he probably has Babar's backing in all formats.  Naseem did bowl better in this game but let's see.  He doesn't has the height so he has to rely on reverse & subtle seam movement like Shami.  He is skiddy for sure which isn't bad in subcontinent. 

Spin department is total LOL though.  Pak might have worst spin department among all Top 5 test teams.   Shadab need to be introduced...  Might be expensive but at least will pick wickets. 

[Lone Wolf]

Lol Shafique gone for duck...  Whatta start for Lanka. 

[Clarke]

First blood

[Norman]

22 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Lol Shafique gone for duck...  Whatta start for Lanka. 

 

He has a terrible technique to play the fast bowlers. Will be a sitting duck in SENA.