Pakistan tour to Srilanka 2012

[vvvslaxman]

wth :cantstop: sangu

[Iconoclast]

Chalo ... another Pak/Lanka series ... these things are getting as numerous and nauseating as India Lanka series

[Number]

1st T20 on Friday. I'm expecting Pak to win easily in all 3 formats. SL batsmen were not able to handle their spinners. But there is always a room for surprise when Pakistan is playing. :giggle:

[Old guy]

sri lnaka to win t20 and odis tests would be close i expect much better performance from sri lanka now

[Cricket_Guru]

[Laaloo]

^look at that chuck :omg:

[BERGKAMP]

all those suffering from insomnia, be sure to tune in to this series, you will be cured instantly.

[Cricket Tragic]

SL need to find other teams to play against.

[Sid]

all those suffering from insomnia' date=' be sure to tune in to this series, you will be cured instantly.[/quote'] :cantstop:

[cameron_black]

SL to win all three formats easily :winky:

[saneindian]

Thushara and Kula ambushed the Pakis in the last Pak-SL series in SL. SL caught the Pakis offgaurd by preparing seaming tracks and exposed the weakness of Paki batting. Hope they do the same this time too.

[cameron_black]

pallekele and hambantota will seam around a bit, but not as much as dambulla or the 2009 galle track. don't think seaming wickets v PAK is such a good idea though, might backfire. hopefully PAK still have bad dreams of what happened to them at pallekele v NZ.

[Cricket Tragic]

pallekele and hambantota will seam around a bit' date=' but not as much as dambulla or the 2009 galle track. don't think seaming wickets v PAK is such a good idea though, might backfire. [b']hopefully PAK still have bad dreams of what happened to them at pallekele v NZ.

:giggle: That was a brilliant game.

[1983-2011]

[hhhhdmt]

It's hilarious how Indian fans are so obsessed with Pakistan cricket, get a life:winky:

[Number]

It's hilarious how Indian fans are so obsessed with Pakistan cricket' date=' get a life:winky:[/quote'] Why can't Indians talk about this series ? :dontknow: lol

[Sehwag1830]

It's hilarious how Indian fans are so obsessed with Pakistan cricket' date=' get a life:winky:[/quote'] PCB is begging to play India and we are supposed to be obsessed with Pakistan cricket. Right out of Karachi logic book.

[Analyst Maaz]

Complacency Is Pakistan's Biggest Threat Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka provides an opportunity for Pakistan to put the shambolic tour of 2009 behind them where they were defeated in both the test matches and one day internationals. Sri Lanka has been a bogey team for Pakistan in recent times as the Greens were victorious in all 3 formats when they met in the Emirates in the October & November of last year as well as defeating them during the World Cup & Asia Cup in the fifty over format. Hence, Pakistan go into the series as the more confident & favourites of the two sides. As always the test series is what will have the greatest impact & bearing. It provides an opportunity for Pakistan to create some history by winning their 5th consecutive test series, 6th consecutive test match & further strengthening their formidable undefeated streak in both test matches & test series. The series will be the first of Dav Whatmore in charge after getting his tenure off to a winning start by securing the Asia Cup in Dhaka on March 22nd during his first assignment as full time coach. The professor on the other hand will have the opportunity to make his mark as captain in these two twenty20 internationals which commence tomorrow, having been awarded the role. The Pakistani all-rounder is all set to make his captaincy debut with a young new looked side. The tour has been structured perfectly with the limited over affairs at the beginning leading up to the 5 day series with the length of the games increasing as the tour progresses. This was the complete opposite to how the tour in the Emirates was structured. It would be better if ICC had more of this in place, really trying to prioritise test matches as the main event with everything leading up to the contest which matters most. Since the sides last met both teams have had a change of coach with Geoff Marsh & Mohsin Khan no longer in charge. Sri Lanka have had a change of leadership across all versions of the game whereas Pakistan have had a change of leadership in just the Twenty20 version of the game with Misbah ul Haq being retained following his successful run in both Test matches and one day internationals. Sri Lanka have won two of their last 4 tests & finally have won in the whites without their 800+ wicket taker. Rangana Herath with his wily left arm spin was the star performer in both of those monumental test victories. Pakistan on the other hand have beaten England by their highest ever margin in a test series & won their 2nd Asia Cup title in 28 years as their front line achievements since they last locked horns with the Islanders. They have consolidated on the comprehensive wins against Sri Lanka to ensure their resurgence was not an illusion, but a definite reality. Stats Pakistan have a 5-2 record vs Sri Lanka in 20/20 cricket, winning the last 3 Pakistan have won 6 of their last 7 ODIs against Sri Lanka Pakistan have a 16-9 record against Sri Lanka in test matches Pakistan have won 7 of their last 8 ODI series to go along with being semi finalists at the 2011 World Cup & winning the Asia Cup Misbah ul Haq's last 3 scores vs SL in LOIs are 66,48*,72*. The solid middle order batsmen also has 2 unbeaten half centuries in his last 2 innings in Sri Lanka. Aizaz Cheema has been MOM in the last 2 LOIs against Sri Lanka Sri Lanka have lost their last 4 ODIs Last Time They Toured Sri Lanka In 2009 Tests = Lost 2-0 ODIs = Lost 3-2 T20 = Won Last Time They Played in the UAE Tests = Won 1-0 MOTS was Saeed Ajmal ODIs = 4-1 MOTS was Shahid Afridi T20 = Won MOM was Aizaz Cheema Predictions T20 = 1-1 ODI = 3-2 Pakistan Test = 2-0 Pakistan Preferred Line Up T20s - Hafeez ©, Shehzad, Khalid, Umar(WK), Malik, Hammad, Afridi, Arafat, Gul, Ajmal, Raza ODIs - (more or less the same as Asia Cup winning side) Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah ul Haq ©, Umar Akmal, Safraz Ahmed (WK), Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema Tests (set in stone) - Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah ul Haq ©, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (WK), Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema Key Performers Key Players T20 Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez - 3 MOMs in this format last year Ahmed Shehzad - naturally aggressive player suited for the format Saeed Ajmal - 4 wickets in his last game Sri Lanka Dilshan - 2009 T20 WC player of the tournament Malinga - CL T20 2011 leading wicket taker MJ - Has scored 100s in this format too Key Players ODIs Pakistan Misbah ul Haq - Scored 4 of his 19 ODI 50s against SL Shahid Afridi - MOTS when Pakistan won 4-1 last year Saeed Ajmal - 31 wickets during the previous tour vs Sri Lanka, including 12 in the 5 ODIs Sri Lanka MJ - leads from the front as captain Upal Tharanga - changed role in the middle order since MJ took over & is impressing Thisara Perera - developing bowling all rounder who can add priceless runs Key Players Tests Pakistan Azhar Ali - most 50+ scores during the test series in the UAE & highest average during the series Taufeeq Umar - career best vs Sri Lanka and leading run scorer when they last met in the series in UAE Abdur Rehman - 30 wickets in his last 5 tests Sri Lanka Rangana Herath - Sri Lanka's 3rd leading test wicket taker Thilan Samaraweera - highly underrated batsmen averaging 50+, did not play against Pakistan in the UAE Kumar Sangakkara - MOTS with a century, double century in the UAE for the visitors What This Series Means The series might not sound the most attractive tussle on paper considering how frequently these two sides have been meeting in the last 3 years or so & how one sided the contests have been in recent times, but one cannot take Sri Lanka for granted or take them lightly at home especially. They are one of the top 7 test oppositions Pakistan can be facing, have some legendary batsmen in their line up & are not a cakewalk, particularly at home by any stretch of the imagination. They will be familiar & experienced with playing the Pakistan side so you will expect them to negotiate with the likes of Saeed Ajmal better this time around. Hence, complacency is PakistanÃÔ biggest threat & as long as they ensure this keeps as far as away from their cricket as possible, they should in effect take the series honours. The series will be overshadowed by the England V South Africa test series which is probably the series of the year as two top class, settled and balanced sides go head to head in lively conditions & even the West Indies V New Zealand tour which starts in July which will be an even battle with two sides who will be determined not to lose to each other knowing that this is their best chance of beating a decent side. Pakistan played 11 Test or ODI series in 2011, winning or drawing every single one of them. I'll go as far as saying that the Test & ODI series wins against Sri Lanka would be in the top 3 if one was to a ranking of the significance of those series wins. Hence, beating the Lankans is special & we regard them highly, even though historically Pakistan have had the edge over them. Of course if Pakistan do win the series in Sri Lanka it will be of more meaningfulness as they are a different preposition on their home patch as established. Plus, Sri Lanka did have their own financial problems when they last played Pakistan so they were in a bit of turmoil away from the field of play. Those issue seem to been resolved now which should put them in better stead. The T20 leg of the tour is more significant in this context with the T20 WC 3 & half months away which will be held in Sri Lanka so adapting to the conditions will be a factor, although conditions do not play a huge part in this format, but will play somewhat of a part still.

[Ultimate_Game]

Complacency :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: A team which has yet to beat WI in WI and have generally sucked since the advent of neutral umpires is talking of complacency :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Sehwag1830]

Complacency :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: A team which has yet to beat WI in WI and have generally sucked since the advent of neutral umpires is talking of complacency :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

Please stop trolling with decent fans. :winky: :--D